The Gallery... - Page 35

17th Angel · 10-30-2008, 01:36 PM

mwaah! Thanks dah ling!

.... No idea why I just turned into the designer from 'the incredibles' there... Strange...

mee · 10-30-2008, 04:06 PM

do you like percy the penguin, he has had a paint job

thats about the best i can do when it comes to painting

17th Angel · 10-31-2008, 02:43 AM

Penguin looking good there mee!

One of my latest:

I went through a pink and purple era I now seem to be doing alot of bald upper body males lol.... Dunno

Pathless · 11-14-2008, 11:35 PM

I wish I had the command of color in Photoshop that you do, Alex. I am trying to convince myself that it has something to do with me having an older, limited version of the program. Feel free to disillusion me, if you want. How do you do it?

I'm fond of this sketch I did today. It's conceptual artwork for a story I am writing about the underworld. Sketching often helps me catalyze and digest new ideas I am working with.

17th Angel · 11-18-2008, 12:30 AM

Brother I use an "old" Version myself. Photoshop Elements 5 it is my favourite and personal prefrence to digital editing... Nothing else will do for me.....

You need to layer the colours... Make them like say 30% transparent... And go over and over them, layer it, dodge it, burn it, sponge it.... Get it to the style that is pleasing to your artistic eye... Sorry I ain't got much else lol Basically all I can say is faff around with it and you will find yourself

Pathless · 01-04-2009, 09:37 PM

Still haven't gotten around to mastering the ol' P-shop, but now that the holiday season is over I am starting to get back to work on the ol' sketch-a-doodles. Here's one with lots of dynamic movement/structure. I think it's some kind of rock structure. I seem to draw those a lot.

Pathless · 01-05-2009, 03:51 AM

Okay! So, Alex. I have taken some of your hints and tricks, tips and advice and started dallying in the photoshop like I've never dillied before, and I likey! Layering! I didn't know!! And you can do a lot more with paint- and airbrushes than I ever knew before, too! Wheeeeeha!

Here is an image of an ogre or a giant or something that I sketched up today. Then, I used it as my practice template for familiarizing myself with all of the nifty bells and whistles of layering and translucenting and using the "difference" effect--which, mind you, I got a bit carried away on here. It's a work in progress, obviously.

Sketchy:

After getting carried away in Photobop:

So it needs help, but I'm getting the hang of this, I think.

greymare · 01-08-2009, 05:29 AM

Looks like one of the characters that my boys play world of warcraft with.

Pathless · 01-08-2009, 06:35 AM

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Looks like one of the characters that my boys play world of warcraft with.

I'll take that as positive feedback, the grey! That's kind of what I'm going for. I'm a bit of a fantasy geek.

greymare · 01-08-2009, 07:54 AM

oh yeah, they would love it. LOL. All that world of warcraft/warhammer stuff. my 3 boys ( 11, 18 and 21) are all into it. ( at least its something they have in common.).lol

17th Angel · 01-12-2009, 02:52 PM

dickey dickey dickey!!

You getting there! And as you go on you will learn what works for you and what simply doesn't, it's all a personal thing that has to comfortably fit the artist in question... Layer this bit, burn that bit, dodge that bit, maybe add another layer! then another it's all good... We are all but apprentices in this world!! which seek mastership!

Loving your works keep up the layering!

Pathless · 01-12-2009, 07:25 PM

I just noticed that our member Penguin is still around. I hope he sees this next image.

I got a request on a gaming forum to make some images of a "dire penguin" for someone's tabletop D&D game, and this is my first one. There will be more, including a boss dire penguin with a dancing top hat.

Yeah, Alex P, I think I am getting the hang of layering. You were right! Layering is the bizzomb!! I'm finding it quite distracting. More images to come...

17th Angel · 01-14-2009, 10:03 AM

That penguin is ace lol. I was gonna give you another tip but I forgot in the short space of time it took me to click reply. (If there are any 'K' letters missing off any posts I make from work, my bad... The K is sticking.)

Ah yeah! there it is.... When you use the 'brush' tool you can use this for far more than simply filling colour, depending on how you have the layout of PS, once you've selected the brush, (by default) there will be the brush menu at the top... Size, strength and so on... Near there will be a drop down menu which shows 'normal' click through that and see what extra's you can add to your images... Example on that penguins teeth you could like choose a light blue colour put the brush setting to errm.. Linear burn (working from memory) and spalt some of that down on it's fangs then ontop of that using a smaller brush size put some white! (of course in linear burn again.) Shiney fangs

May I ask your permission to give that penguin a colouring of my own? then post it back up here? I just fancy doing some texture work lol.

17th Angel · 01-14-2009, 03:59 PM

Just finishing a sketch which I'll share later

Anyone with facebook who wants to see a few of my recent images search for Lex Capo Parsons and you can then access my albums and so on, I got it so even people that are not on my friends list can see me, cause I am an attention whore at heart. *offers a solomn nod*

Pathless · 01-15-2009, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex P

May I ask your permission to give that penguin a colouring of my own? then post it back up here? I just fancy doing some texture work lol.

Please be my guest. Play around with it.