I've moved from sketching from a wooden mannequin + reference images to using a 3D model. So to start things off, I've designed a new character, that I have named Akiko. I've tried go down a more adventurous route, by going with more extravagant positions and camera angles, as well as more unique/anime style of clothes. Anyway, not much more to say, except to go look at the pretty pictures :3
| Posted by: PacMan42, 6th Mar 2009 | 0 Comments |
Welcome back!
I've prepared a mini update, in the hope of keeping this place a little more active and maybe get a little bit more attention ;D
First up, I decided to try my hand at a more realistic looking sketch, and considering I absolutely sucked at drawing people back at school, I don't think it turned out too badly :).
The second and final part of this update is a W.I.P and is yet another one of my little tasks that I set. 1. I wanted to try and get some interaction in one of my drawings, since most of my work just involves a character that is just there and 2. I wanted to try and get some more detail into a picture, I usually ignore the little bumps and crevasses in the skin, where bones and muscles pop out so I wanted to try and add some of them.
I'm pretty sure I have achieved my first goal... I'd definitely class that as interaction
. So far to a certain extent I think I have achieved my second goal, but I think it's going to take a bit more practice before I get the hang of it.
One of my other goals that I am always trying to do is improve my style by either making it look more "realistic" or at least more empressive and I think I have made a rather big breakthrough with that. I have changed from adding one layer of "shading" to the skin which would be used for both colour and shadow and moved to adding to layers of "shading"; a base layer of colour, which provides both variation in skin tone and and 3D shape, and a second layer of black, which is the shadow and helps to add depth to the picture.
Anyway, let me know what you think of this "improved" style and whether it is worth the extra time that it takes.
Don't forget to register and leave your comments by clicking "x comments" in the bottom right corner.
I've prepared a mini update, in the hope of keeping this place a little more active and maybe get a little bit more attention ;D
First up, I decided to try my hand at a more realistic looking sketch, and considering I absolutely sucked at drawing people back at school, I don't think it turned out too badly :).
The second and final part of this update is a W.I.P and is yet another one of my little tasks that I set. 1. I wanted to try and get some interaction in one of my drawings, since most of my work just involves a character that is just there and 2. I wanted to try and get some more detail into a picture, I usually ignore the little bumps and crevasses in the skin, where bones and muscles pop out so I wanted to try and add some of them.
I'm pretty sure I have achieved my first goal... I'd definitely class that as interaction
. So far to a certain extent I think I have achieved my second goal, but I think it's going to take a bit more practice before I get the hang of it.
One of my other goals that I am always trying to do is improve my style by either making it look more "realistic" or at least more empressive and I think I have made a rather big breakthrough with that. I have changed from adding one layer of "shading" to the skin which would be used for both colour and shadow and moved to adding to layers of "shading"; a base layer of colour, which provides both variation in skin tone and and 3D shape, and a second layer of black, which is the shadow and helps to add depth to the picture.
Anyway, let me know what you think of this "improved" style and whether it is worth the extra time that it takes.
Don't forget to register and leave your comments by clicking "x comments" in the bottom right corner.
| Posted by: PacMan42, 18th Feb 2009 | 1 Comment |
Hi and welcome to the updated version of this website. I can now add news, and you can comment on that news as well as all my images and tutorials on this website. To mark this update, I have compiled a large(-ish) collection of art that I have yet to upload.
Firstly, I have added a second website to the Websites section, as well as adding thumbnails, so you can get a little preview.
Next is a small collection of forum sigs that I have entered in various FS Sig of the Week competitions and my latest sig that I made, based on the anime/manga Afro Samurai.
I've been trying to improve my digital sketching skills, since I used to only sketch in my sketchbooks and this process was time consuming (finding my sketchbook, and my sketching materials for a start... as well as having to scan my sketches) and there are also many benefits to sketching with a graphics tablet... You have unlimited supply of "pens", by changing brushes and properties in Photoshop... and you can easily edit things with minimal effort. Most of my practising sketches I either never saved, or have lost them in one of my many folders, but I have managed to find one:
I've never really been any good at drawing the same character, they usually end up looking like a completely different character, or they just turn out crap, so as a result I gave up trying to actually draw the same character twice. It's been quite a while since my last attempt, so I made it my mission to try and create a character and draw her in different positions and from different angles. Most of my attempts didn't turn out great, but I did manage to finish 4 sketches.
Since they didn't turn out too bad, I've started rendering the first successful sketch.
Finally, I've saved the best for last, one of my first anime renders that I have actually finished (and am happy with) in quite a while.
That's all I got for now, hopefully I'll have some more stuff to update you with soon.
Don't forget to register and leave your comments by clicking "x comments" in the bottom right corner.
Thanks for reading. :)
Firstly, I have added a second website to the Websites section, as well as adding thumbnails, so you can get a little preview.
Next is a small collection of forum sigs that I have entered in various FS Sig of the Week competitions and my latest sig that I made, based on the anime/manga Afro Samurai.
I've been trying to improve my digital sketching skills, since I used to only sketch in my sketchbooks and this process was time consuming (finding my sketchbook, and my sketching materials for a start... as well as having to scan my sketches) and there are also many benefits to sketching with a graphics tablet... You have unlimited supply of "pens", by changing brushes and properties in Photoshop... and you can easily edit things with minimal effort. Most of my practising sketches I either never saved, or have lost them in one of my many folders, but I have managed to find one:
I've never really been any good at drawing the same character, they usually end up looking like a completely different character, or they just turn out crap, so as a result I gave up trying to actually draw the same character twice. It's been quite a while since my last attempt, so I made it my mission to try and create a character and draw her in different positions and from different angles. Most of my attempts didn't turn out great, but I did manage to finish 4 sketches.
Since they didn't turn out too bad, I've started rendering the first successful sketch.
Finally, I've saved the best for last, one of my first anime renders that I have actually finished (and am happy with) in quite a while.
That's all I got for now, hopefully I'll have some more stuff to update you with soon.
Don't forget to register and leave your comments by clicking "x comments" in the bottom right corner.
Thanks for reading. :)
| Posted by: PacMan42, 12th Feb 2009 | 0 Comments |