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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 15:40:00 No.948442 View View Reply Original Report

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lemme have it. what do ya think?

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 14:34:00 No.948433 View View Reply Original Report

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does anyone know how to "cross-fade" an image with another image so that one image is transparent over the other?

thanks!

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:16:00 No.948404 View View Reply Original Report

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Well i suck at drawing heres a recent pics
ANY POINTERS WILL HELP

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:30:00 No.948410 Report

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block out the figure/pose and composition first.
Focus on getting the shoulders and hips and position of the spine right. Whatever you do, dont draw the head and work down. Which is what it looks like here. The person would fall on their face, and their hands are tiny. Its useful to make many 15 second gestures of various poses, and then finish the ones that are interesting, and feel like they are in proportion.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:34:00 No.948412 Report

Quoted By: >>948414

At least you're modest, since the things wrong with that drawing can fill up 5 threads. The guy above me has a good idea of what you should do.

You most probably already heard this before... but, practice drawing actual anatomy first if you're serious about this.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:36:00 No.948414 Report

Quoted By: >>948431

>>948412
>my failed spoilers
Wow, don't mind me being a faggot.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 14:25:00 No.948431 Report

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>>948414
/ic/ doesn't have spoilers. Period. You did it right, but /ic/ really has no need for spoilers.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 11:27:00 No.948357 View View Reply Original Report

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Hi, I've almost finished drawing this character!

Can anyone give me advice/ help me with the shadowing?

Also, how does this look so far? Advice!?

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 11:34:00 No.948358 Report

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Hands and feet are too small.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:22:00 No.948405 Report

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bumbumpbump!

I've resized feet and hands!

Need more advice!

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:26:00 No.948408 Report

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Try putting more contrast into the colours.
Like change the underwear to like white or something to go with the hair.
Also her arm is weird. The arm on the right near the upper arm. It looks odd.
And he left leg looks way too long.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 14:12:00 No.948423 Report

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hi Shinobu

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 14:25:00 No.948430 Report

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>>948357
Look at her neck. Look at her elbow. Look at the way her body is sitting on that couch.

That's all wrong. Before shadowing, improve the figure.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:36:00 No.948413 View View Reply Original Report

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Sup /ic/
I'm looking for tapestries/mural ideas for my new house. I'm sortve a hippie, so I like abstract or generally interesting looking tapestries. Any suggestions?

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:40:00 No.948415 Report

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like tapestry like you are going to weave it? Like on a jacquard loom? Or screenprint it? Or just paint some stuff on the wall?

Can you tell us more about you, or what you like? Otherwise giraffes taking bong hits is as valid as any other response.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:45:00 No.948416 Report

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>>948413
No, I plan to use them to come up with a unique design, or if i like the specific tapestry alot and its for sale i'll probably buy one. I'm very peaceful and introspective. I like things that represent that. For example I have a tapestry on my wall now that has a peace sign amongst a galaxy of stars etc. Like i said its a little abstract. I dont want them all to be in that manner though.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 14:19:00 No.948426 Report

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bump

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Anonymous Sun 01 May 2011 13:31:00 No.947792 View View Reply Original Report

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How do I get lines to look like this? Is it traditional media? Is it digital? If so, what settings or whatever should I use? I've tried kicking the res up to super-high and going slow, but it ends up looking scribbly, while this looks...organized messy?

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Lefty-kun !/IsMOEc4mo Mon 02 May 2011 02:56:00 No.948121 Report

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>>947842
dont use the stabilizer

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 02:59:00 No.948126 Report

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>>948121
Not using the stabilizer at all is stupid, but I understand if you meant to lower the setting.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 05:07:00 No.948192 Report

Quoted By: >>948425

Well, without stabilizer, and trying out some different brush settings, I got this. Obviously not perfect, and quite time consuming, but it's a lot closer to what I want. Now I just gotta practice and get good at line weights and such.

See anything else wrong/wonky with this?

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:50:00 No.948419 Report

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Bump

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 14:19:00 No.948425 Report

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>>948192
Wrong, not particularly, it is an improvement over the first. (well the lack of a nose is disturbing, but im going to chalk it up to style.

Varying the line weight will help, Line weight should either indicate light/shadow, or importance, or solidness of the material. Otherwise, your image seems flat.

When it comes to line weight, maybe you should step out of anime for a second, and cause someone else posted something about it, and look at 15th-17th century engravings? say start with Martin Schongauer and see how he uses swelling lines and different line weights, and how to get dynamic shading with just line.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:48:00 No.948418 View View Reply Original Report

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AMERICA FUCK YEAH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhnUgAaea4M

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:32:00 No.948411 View View Reply Original Report

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Hello fellas
I'd ask on /b/ but they're mad about the bin laden thing. I'm sorry if this doesn't go here.

¿Do you know who did this piece? I liked it very much and i want to know more about the artist

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:14:00 No.948403 View View Reply Original Report

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I'm not quite sure if this is the place to ask for this, so please bear with my faggotry.

I was looking in on how to copy the style of medieval drawings such as this one, but I don't know how they were done and the books I have don't really say anything about that. Is there a specific sort of pen or tool or whatever that I must use to recreate lines like these? That's all I really want to know. I'll be thankful for any help.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:23:00 No.948406 Report

Quoted By: >>948409

Cant tell for certain from the image there, but if it survives and is period, it is probably a copper engraving (if its recent, it is trying to mimic the style). Search for engraving, intaglio, and etching (its far 'easier' engraving, while ive done it, is technically very difficult), and printmaking in general.

If you want to just mimic the style, pen and ink is the way to go.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:24:00 No.948407 Report

Quoted By: >>948409

this is likely a print from an engraving or etching. some older medieval prints are woodcut.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:29:00 No.948409 Report

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>>948406
>>948407
Awesome, thanks. I guess I'll have to try with the ink, then.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 05:23:00 No.948205 View View Reply Original Report

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Hey /ic/ Noob here i have Been coloring this Pic for a /co/mrade,

but the Problem i have No idea how to do Realistic Skin tones any Criticism or Help would me much Appreciated.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 06:14:00 No.948227 Report

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One last bump

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 06:38:00 No.948243 Report

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Dude on the left looks odd.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 06:54:00 No.948253 Report

Quoted By: >>948306 >>948401

If you want to do realistic skin tones, look at actual skin tones. Look at pictures of people. Hell, since you're doing Iron Man, look at Robert Downey Jr.

The real question, IMO, is why do you want realistic skin tone? You're coloring comic book characters in a comic book fashion. Why not stick with that and make the skin tone look comicky or cartoony? Pick up some comics or google some comic book images to see what works and what doesn't.

If you want to meet in the middle, look at some of the guys that paint comics like Alex Ross and Richard Isanove to get an idea of what colors to use. Or some of the Ultimates series that were painted.

tl;dr: Study skin tones to see how to do skin tones.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 09:09:00 No.948306 Report

Quoted By: >>948401

>>948253is right of course.

But if you arent going to do that, as for a base color a14 b 21 L whatever depending on ethnicity is a good place to start. You can vary it a few points from there. Remember to desaturate the shadows, or move towards green (or underpaint with a green earth color). Which is true in general, but nothing looks more fake than sunburnt shadows. A little movement towards magenta in the hightlights can work, but slightly,slightly, your figures shouldnt be be wearing rouge on all exposed parts. That should get you started.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 13:06:00 No.948401 Report

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>>948306
>>948253
Thanks.

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