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Re: Fan Art

Post by Jacktheawesome » Sun Sep 11, 2011 1:18 pm

Oh thanks SF! I couldn't figure out how to do that... AWESOME!

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Re: Fan Art

Post by Korban3 » Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:36 pm

Is this deserving of a fan art post? I think so:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour#Popular_culture
This is the parkour page on Wikipedia. Read the fourth paragraph of the Popular Culture section.

Yes.
Yes, I did.

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Re: Fan Art

Post by Jacktheawesome » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:24 pm

That idea was brilliant. We should do it for all relevant wikis.

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Re: Fan Art

Post by Korban3 » Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:48 pm

Eh, just sort of came to me when I got to the popular culture part. I was all like "WTH? Assassin's Creed and Prototype ain't got shit on OG's parkour!" *Add, add, add"
But maybe we should. Maybe...

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Re: Fan Art

Post by Fidchell » Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:23 pm

Hey guys, I did a quick painting of Turner. Tell me what you think. :)

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Re: Fan Art

Post by Korban3 » Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:04 pm

Hey, that's pretty good. My only complaints are that the ears should be longer and stand straighter. I think his face should be more acorn-like too. His nose is too snout-like for me. I know I saw a good diagram of what I mean once, but I'd have to dig for it. But everything else about it is good. I like the fur, the eyes are good. Very nice painting overall.
Here's that image. Not the greatest for it, but it gets the general idea across. I saw it on drawfurry.com which I found a kinda useful site for getting the shape of an anthro character down. I had a hard time with heads and just general shape that I was gunning for, but I got it figured out and this site felt like it helped.
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I never had a problem with hands though, which is strange. I must spend a lot of time idly staring my hands or something. :?

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Re: Fan Art

Post by Fidchell » Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:13 pm

That's pretty helpful! Thank you. :)

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Re: Fan Art

Post by Count Roland » Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:29 pm

yeah with the way it is right now it's kinda earily human.
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Re: Fan Art

Post by Fidchell » Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:35 pm

Sorry if it creeps you out. The human-like look is basically just my style. :P But I agree that the facial structure needs work.

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Re: Fan Art

Post by Count Roland » Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:39 pm

hahaha it doesn't really, I just wanted to make a joke about the ears, hence the spelling.

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Re: Fan Art

Post by Korban3 » Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:17 pm

No problem Fidchell, but don't change it or your style if this is just the way it is
I wouldn't want to impose my opinions or beliefs on someone. I hate that kind of thing.
But yeah, no problem. I like to help folk out, or just give advice. Makes me feel better when I have to beg for C++ help, or art tips Ninjas is great for art tips. He's all like "Today, I'm gonna do some half-ass art to remind myself how awesome I normally am." And then makes something akin to this:Image

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Re: Fan Art

Post by Fidchell » Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:30 pm

Yeah. What's really important in making your painting and its subjects stand out is by proper understanding of lighting and shadowing placements. Even in an awesome looking painting like that if I look closely I can see very simple strokes done on various parts of the clothing that properly give it a 3-dimensional look.

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Re: Fan Art

Post by Korban3 » Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:47 pm

I know. Aubrey's art is wonderful, but then he comes out with that art video recently, and outperforms himself amazingly. In the comments under that video, someone posted up links to a guy who talked about edge treatment in his blog thingy. I learned a ton of useful stuff just reading the first 5 pages, and it is a huge insight into the work that goes into paintings. While the articles were on oil painting specifically, they would apply rather directly to digital painting because it's edge theory, not oil painting technique. Sky's the limit, especially when it comes to personal hobbies and skills. There's no point where you can say "Holy shit. I can't get any better."

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Re: Fan Art

Post by Jacktheawesome » Fri Sep 16, 2011 12:37 am

Honestly, I kind of like Aubrey's old style better.It was like his signature.

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Re: Fan Art

Post by Korban3 » Fri Sep 16, 2011 12:20 pm

I like both ways of doing things, but it felt to me like all he did with his old style was make it look more realistic. The lighting was better and it seemed to have more 'pop' to it.

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