DSG 342: Character: Atlantean Witch Doctor

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Today's topic is: Character: Atlantean Witch Doctor

[eyebooger]

.... first post.....so nervous =/

going to color later, but need sleep now

http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v31/eyebooger/stoner.jpg

[davi]

nervous? man, that's a fantastic piece, welcome to the dsg :]

[Kexe]

I really like your style ...dont know what it is, but good work

His left hand and elbow seems a bit wierd cant really explain how to fix it cause im not sure.

The muscle (or what it is) that runs from the ear to the middle of his neck (dont know what its called) is too thik at the bottom i think.

Hope it helps..:D

[Caspergt]

Nice energy in the hair and tentacles. Retain it when going color.

[bhuddistmonk]

this is an AWSOME topic, will post after school.

http://img8.photobucket.com/albums/v23/Bhuddistmonk/IMG09.jpg

done in a sketch book i made full of brown bag paper

[Cybot Floor]

mmmhh - tentacles? though that are flowting energies/water or somethin.
Nice sketch - now gimme colors! ;)

@topic: i have absolutly no idea of atlantean things...
historically its just an old civilisation like the etrusker oder the greeks... until their island sunk into some ocean. now they are all dead...
then theres the disney-version... under-the-sea-hightech-people and that stuff... nothing for me...
btw: a witch doctor is some kind of medicine (wo)man, isnt it?

[Gumdrop]

Yes, a Witch Doctor is a medicine (wo)man... usually associated with tribes. Their healing powers are more bent towards the spiritual side of things... oh and lots of herbal remedies.

The use of Atlantians makes this a good topic. You can do just about anything... fantasy... sci-fi... historical fantasy. A good topic I hope to tackle later if I have the time.

[silentbrain]

another study proving that lightning doesn't strike twice
http://venimarolka.com/dump/020304-dsg-atlanteanwitchdoctor.jpg

eyebooger- great abstraction of the anatomy, bold and pleasing. Welcome to the dsg, hope you stick around!

[Cybot Floor]

thx gumdrop...

silent brain: awesome colors!
but what is that bright mess behind the character on that platform-thing?


heres mine. does anyone spot the atlantean aspect in my pic? ;)
http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/44/555744/800_3836356463613336.jpg

[stormy]

cybot floor - he's gotta dolphin on his head?

here's mine. his shoulder is kinda disconnected lookin' and the feet/hands....yeah, they stink. practice, practice.

Things I'd change already if there wasn't ink on it. I'd make the snail shell bigger and figure out more detailed streamers. I dunno. Am I the only one that finds this hard? Fun, but hard.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/oldstormy/atlantean.jpg

[Forge]

but eyebooger already post in dsg before ... :confused: i think too many people here a sleepy ;) first post was for first post in this thread huh ?
eyebooger good work as always :chug:

[Cybot Floor]

yeah, thats it. i wasnt sure, if its identifiable...he's supposed to be a whale-shaman.

and even if i didnt explicitly ask for - i also would be happy about criticism...

to your pic: you said it all by yourself.

[Carnifex]

extremely rough-not happy with it...only thing i like is that i got the legs/feet somewhat decent.
http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/1003/fisite/atlantean_witch_doctor.jpg

[kaptah]

http://www.sannahellstrom.com/cg/atlantian_small.jpg

It took about 4 hours to paint. Just can't stop and have too much time to spend.

[Cybot Floor]

carnifex:
thats funny - my only objection is, that her legs are wrong... ^^
she has extrem knock-knees (x-beine) and she has no stabil stand. take those legs some degress apart - that should solve both problems.

kaptah:
...and it was worth it. brilliant surface effekt.... is that squid there stationary?

edit:
kaptah, if that picture is digital, try adding some more dark water beneath the witchdoctor... could look even better

[eyebooger]

Davi, Forge , Silent brain: Heh when I meant first post, I meant first to post on today's dsg. I been posting in dsg for a week now 0_0

It's my fault my english is bad :(

[Hunger_Artist]

http://members.tripod.com/carlbeu/75b584d0.jpg

Cybot Floor- nice hat!

stormy- the hardest thing about doing a concept should be the idea! Drawing hands and feet can be difficult ( I cheated on mine). It helps to develop a simplification of the anatomy though (i.e. triangle = foot) and save the heavy detail for anatomy studies.

[Carnifex]

update-now she looks as if tripping over the next moment,but what the hell.atleast she's not standing like an anime character anymore(x-form);)
http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/1003/fisite/atlantean_witch_doctor2.jpg
hunger-good one,but i'd leave out the face beside the figure,dimishes the value somehow.

[Cybot Floor]

when i said "legs" i ment also her feet *g*

somethin like this... the blue line is her z-axis. as you can see, your lady would just tip over to her left side...
btw: cover her nipples... a lot of amis around... . perhaps some sort of metal stars ;)
http://www.arcor.de/palb/alben/44/555744/3436333937306134.jpg

[cjay]

got bored w/ other projects and sketched this out real quick
http://img17.photobucket.com/albums/v50/indica/DSG342.jpg

[Railboy]

http://www.atomicagedog.com/art/dailysketch/atlanteanwitchdoctor.jpg

I used a limited color pallette on this one and I think it helped me keep everything nice and unified. About 45 min in PS 6.

Excellent water, Kaptah.

Cybot floor - more toothbrush technique?

Clarification: That little circle in the middle of his head is an eye-hole in the mask, not a mouth.

[Cybot Floor]

Originally posted by Railboy

Cybot floor - more toothbrush technique?

:) yes, and i think, im getting better ^^

Is that blue light emitted from the (underwater?-)fire?
It seems to start behind the head though...

[Klymestar]

Atlanteans are ageless. ;)

Been about 3 hours on this.. needed a break so i'm just gunna post it now hehe. Finishing the arms/hands/sphere/background later. =P

http://www.keltaria.net/DSG/342.jpg

[moops]

didnt have time to finish it.
http://www.angelfire.com/comics/naart/painting/atlantis.jpg

[buz]

http://alt64.gotdns.com/dsg/342_atlantean_witch_doctor.jpg

[Hesse]

nice stuff everybody
finnally got a wacom so this will be my first time participation on a dsg
it makes good practice
and i need lots of it
not quite happy with this one :(
better luck tomorrow




http://users.pandora.be/hesse/scetches/dsgwitchdoktor.jpg

[guggemmaneuver]

My, it has been a long time since I've posted here... Great work everyone!

My image is more, "ATLantean" than lost city of Atlantean. Being from the southeastern united states, my witch doctor is more of an apothecary, complete with vials of organs, skulls, and ancient books. cobwebs, candles. And it's all over in buckhead georgia, right beside the infamous clubbing scene. Stop by and pick up a soul, mortal.

Character is one part vampire, one part streetwise shaman, one part nosferatu a' la MAX SHREK.

http://www.joel-ball.com/dsg/dsg3ii2004.jpg

[Railboy]

It's coming out of his head/back. I just scribbled it there and it looked neat so I went with it... no real reason. :)

Guggenmaneuver, your stuff sometimes reminds me of a more controlled Quentin Blake (Roald Dahl illustrator).

[guggemmaneuver]

here's one of my references... though i didn't actually draw from this image... just kind of followed the "type."

http://www.ledoux.be/photo_evt/Nosferatu_(Murnau).jpg

[guggemmaneuver]

Great work hungerartist and railboy! I'm loving the unorthodox layouts and the mad color selection. Cudos for THat KILLER GRITTY LOOK hunger--that surgery claw is TERRIFYING. Excellent first post eyebooger--a very nice pencil rendering!

guggenheimlichmaneuver

yeah, so i'm from georgia and couldn't pass up the opportunity to work in the atlanta wierdness...

[GraphicMaster]

http://www.graphics-lab.com/sketch03.jpg
http://www.graphics-lab.com/sketch04.jpg
http://www.graphics-lab.com/sketch05.jpg
2nd post! I will add color if I get time.

I had a couple of questions, do most of you use reference for your sketches in this forum? Some of the work I see is sooo good I wonder if it's just pulled from your head.

PS No reference for me... like you couldn't tell:(


Edit: Cybot Floor, thanks for the input, good feed back! I've follow a little of your advice. I hope to get around to coloring this. I'm tempted to pull this into illustrator and kick it's a** but the reason I joined these forums was to take a step back from the computer.

Edit 2: I can't stop....

[Cybot Floor]

i dont in DSG.
think, its most about creativity.

your creature is fine; poor squiddy ;) - but work out some details on the feet an knees (and genitals) - and u should try to play with the contast in PS after you scanned it. could make a difference.
whats the witch-doctor-aspect in your creation though?

[OLSEN]

Nice work from everyone today.

http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v31/ksm_olsen/weirdo_from_atlantis.jpg

Edit: Hunger Artist, i´m your newest greatest fan. It´s great to see you pushing your personal style the way you do.

[young paddy1]

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v19/youngpaddy1/dsg/fishman.jpg

[johanson]

http://www.andrewjohanson.com/images/dsgAtlantisShaman.jpg

I'll jump in later with a crit or two, but for now... I'm off. Zoink!

-andrew

[Prometheus|ANJ]

ermm...
http://w1.485.telia.com/~u48508900/shaman.jpg

[bbwolf]

Nice medicine men around here. I´d have two pics matching the masked maniac around the fire and one karibean seawitch, but they´re not from today. Did not peak at others work before starting.

Kaptah: I really dig that pic. That´s one fishhead. Cool

I did this entirely in PS in about 1 1/2 hrs. Yiy, yis I know watch´a gonna say, Zoidberg, but my first image was the famous Gaggle-Leach from Snarf-Quest. Absolutely hilarious roleplay influenced comic from Larry Elmore for dragon magazin. Anyone remember that?? http://www.highlight-comic.de/conceptart/dsg01/dsg_witchdoc1.jpg

[Railboy]

GraphicMaster - I didn't use one this time, but most times I use a reference for poses. I'm not very good at drawing the human form yet and it's good practice. I also use reference for textures a lot, like bark or cloth.

[S.C. Watson]

Ended up going more with a Shaman type character as opposed to a witch docter.

A lot of good ones today, so I'll just note a few that stand out:

bwolf, I really like your cephlapod character.
Olsen, as always, you rock.
Railboy & Cjay, I like both of yours, but they remind me right off of Atlantis the movie.
Kaptah - I love your character. Good colors.
Silentbrain, I love the colors, but I can't tell what's going on.

Good works all around peoples!

http://img9.photobucket.com/albums/v25/Oregano/Concept1/342-shaman-a.jpg

http://img9.photobucket.com/albums/v25/Oregano/Concept1/342-shaman.jpg

PS - didn't keep track of how much time I spent on this, but it wansn't more than a couple of hours.

[Gumdrop]

No time for me today, but a real nice turnout.

eyebooger - Welcome. Great first post. I like your style.

silentbrain - Intersting idea. Now what does it do? Fire thunder bolts?

Cybot Floor - I like the pose and the flabby stomach on that. Makes a refreshing change from uber defined six packs. Suits the character.

stormy - Those arms look strange, but I like the details such as the starfish and staff.

Carnifex - Nice mask design.

kaptah - The sunlight effect is awesome. I also like the colour transition on the legs. Sweet design.

Hunger_Artist - Of your different styles, I like this the best. The colours and variation in the gown are great.

cjay - Haha... reminds me of the vegetarian cannables (sp?) from Monkey Island.

Railboy - Really nice design. Love the mask.

Klymestar - Very soft and tranquil looking. Nice pastal colours.

moops - Another pic full of energy from moops.

buz - Hehe... I like that. Real nice pose.

Hesse - Would have liked to see a more original pose, but the colours are nice.

guggenmaneuver - Nice style. Reminds me of one of the artists that used to do those old Fighting Fantasy books. Love the line work on the face.

GraphicMaster - Looks promising. I'd like to see more definition.

OLSEN - Sweet design. I love the detal of the drape (?) around the shoulders and the glasses. His right arm would seem to reach beyond his knees when straight. Intentional?

young paddy1 - Love that fish helmet.

johanson - Nice character and pose. Would like to see it taken further.

Prometheus|ANJ - great pose and muscle brush work as usual. Is that a manta ray on his back? I wanted to do a manta man.

bbwolf - Cute. Very nice effect on the cloak.

Oregano - Man I love that pose. Real great.

[S.C. Watson]

Gumdrop, thanks for taking time for us all, even though you didn't have the time for yourself today. Your thoughtful comments are appreciated by everyone, I'm sure.

I also appreciate the fact that you push us with your questions on the pieces.

Thanks guy, and missed your work.

Oreg.

[killrobots]

Prometheus|ANJ - that pose is just awesome

bbwolf and johansan - both your pieces are very friendly. made me crack a smile.

oregano - i really like that sketch. thanks for posting the before and after. the pic could've worked for me without the floating geometry and i lose the witch doctor a little bit in the lake. but hey, it's 100x better than i could do. again, i really like her pose.

well... oh man. here goes mine...... please help me...

http://www.theglasspack.com/dsg-2-03-04.jpg

i really don't know where i was going with the headpiece. i think i just started getting discouraged.

[OLSEN]

Originally posted by Gumdrop
OLSEN - Sweet design. I love the detal of the drape (?) around the shoulders and the glasses. His right arm would seem to reach beyond his knees when straight. Intentional?


Nopes, not intentional, just a stupid mistake i didn´t notice myself.

Thanks for pointing it out, i´ll think twice before i do that mistake again. :)

Nice ones Oregano and Prometheus.

[Barti89]

Great work all
Hunger Artist : Love your style
Well .. my first two posts where crap hope this ones better :P
Did a sketch and then a quick coloring job in ps 7.0
http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v32/barti89/atlantis_doctor.jpg
and then the coloring job :P
http://img3.photobucket.com/albums/v32/barti89/atlantis_doctor_copy.jpg

please comment :)

[sparky | emily]

the witch doctor is riding his giant fish.

http://www.adventuredog.net/images/atlantean.jpg

[Sapphire]

I went with a more shamanistic design, too. This is the bare ink outline, and I was going to try doing a watercolor wash over it and colored pencils, but I'm really nervous about ruining it so first I'm posting the outline.

Used my new 46-joint spiderman toy for posing reference. Seriously, it's better than a wooden posing doll...

http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v35/Sapphire8400/atldoctor_001.jpg

johanson: I love the concept of a wise, learned frog...very cool.

Oregano: The pose is nice, and I like the limited color scheme as well as the fact that he's not in water.

OLSEN: You scare me with your skill, you know that? SCARE me.

-Sapph

[charge]

http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~cuch/post/atlantean.JPG:firedevil DON'T SAY ANYTHING STUPID

[Beatnik]

http://www.zmans.com/misc/dsg_342.jpg

[SABRE]

HI GUYS!!



http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v19/SABRE/DOCTOR_WITCH.jpg




CIAOO................................

[stormy]

I did another. looking at it on the computer, the arms are too long and the collar bone is too long. I'm just having basic male anatomy problems. I haven't had time to finish it, and there's alot of shading to do yet. I'd also like the effect of light coming down through water.

http://members.lycos.co.uk/oldstormy/atlantean2.jpg

[Iotrez]

Oh man! Didn't know when to stop tonight.

Cybot Floor : Really cool natural looking pose.

Sapphire : Maybe right shoulder could do with being raised a
bit.

Sparky | emily : Could try making some of the areas on the fish and character which are in shadow, a bit darker(similar shade to dark areas of water)


http://homepage.ntlworld.com/simon.davies/Atlantean Witch Doctor .jpg

Edit - Improved shadow and reflection.

[treeboy]

only had a few min. to spare (as in 5-10 min) due to excessive hw. however inspiration struck and i havnt posted much of my own work due to my feelings of inadequacy :)

this turned out ok for a 5-10min sketch :)

http://members.cox.net/rendar895/witchdoctor.JPG

omg. i just noticed his right hand, i swear i can draw better hands :bash:

[Wundergeek]

Ugh. Been way too long since I've even had time to sketch one of these in class... I'll have to try to get back into the rhythm.

She's a bit too cute for a witch doctor, but oh well. I was going for more of an Atlantis before it sunk kind of thing than Atlantis after it sunk. 35 minute pencil sketch during a lecture class. :rolleyes:

http://www.pbtteam.com/dump/atlantis.gif

eyebooger: great first post. :)

kaptah: Awesome. I love the colors.

hunger: phew. creepy, as always. but so cool.

railboy: very cool. I like the view, and I think the limited palette worked well.

bbwolf: I love the head!

oregano: very nice as always

iotrez: wow, man. wow.

[shadoman]

Great topic with great results from all...

Worked on this during lunch and minutes here and minutes there while trying to repair the kids GameCube... anywho, about 1.5 hours using F and 5B pencils.

http://www.shawnadomanis.com/dsg/dsg342.jpg

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Iotrez - I love your work man. The lighting is really good, but it is not cast onto the character. It doesn't have the warm light on the creature or it's staff.
SABRE - Jellyfish, the only way to travel. Nice.
Sapphire - Very nice ink work. Clean. Now I have an excuse to buy my son a new Spiderman toy.
Oregano - That light is so dramatic not to mention the pose. My fav.
OLSEN - That is so crazy!
kaptah - I love the shadows.
Railboy - The colors are great. I like the limited color palette. Does the doc's hands look flat? It just looks a bit off.
Silentbrain - I don't know exactly what is going on in this picture. There is not enough contrast to make the character pop.
Eyebooger - I love your sketch work. It's very stylized.

Til tomorrow...

[agentJ]

http://utweb.ut.edu/Student/DavidA/2D/feb3-DSG.jpg

Just screwing around. not that long maybe 30 minutes? :P

[SevenknowN]

Hey everybody! I just stumbled across the DSG, and had to post! This took around 1 hour or so.

http://studenthome.nku.edu/~mciverad/adammciver/fullsizeimages/dsg342AtlanteanWitchDoctor.gif

Here are my faves from this post:
- sparky | emily: Nice idea!
- eyebooger: I love your style. I'd like to see it in color!
- Hunger_Artist: Diggin' your style too. Great texture!
- SABRE: My favorite! The concept is too cool!

[SABRE]

HEY THANKS AND WELCOME SEVENKNOW!!

@SHADOMAN: YEAH, YOU CANNOT LEAVE HOME WITHOUT ONE!! :p


@sparky | emily: NICE COLORS!! I LOVE THAT PARTICLES!!

@OLSEN: NICE WORK.....WHIT COLORS WILL BE GREAT!! YOU INSPIRED MY ON THIS TOPIC!! WELL....YOUR WORK, AND MOEBIUS TOO!! XD<----(SMILEY)




AU REVOIR.........................

[Jianna]

meh, lined paper is a nono and she's very incomplete. i guess that's what happens when you draw while trying to take calculus notes though i guess

http://img17.photobucket.com/albums/v51/jianna/doctor.jpg

[Sapphire]

I'm finished with it, it's watercolor, colored pencil, ink and a touch-up for the white in PSP. The paper buckled, but I dealt with it as best I could.

http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v35/Sapphire8400/witchdocsm.jpg

[Pixie]

Sorry for the crappy quality, my scanner isn't working at the moment so I had to try and get a pic of this with my camera. The lighting in this room is less then optimal for that kind of thing. Oh well. Went with something that had a lot of drapey cloth, as that's one of my bigger weak points. It was a learning experience if nothing else. :)

http://img1.photobucket.com/albums/v40/piccolo133/atlawitchdoc.jpg

[eyebooger]

phew barely made it.

Prometheus|ANJ I just wanted to say your one of my fav artist
*runs away in fear*

Sabre : kewl aladdin style!

errr color is all new to me but im slowly gettin there

http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v31/eyebooger/stoner1_copy.jpg

[mjw4745276]

No time to Sketch for this one, but a good topic and very well implimented by most.

OLSEN: Great work again, I like the concept of this piece it has a myterious (planescapelike) feel to it. Which is very Atlantean in my books. The blurring of the background gives the figureand image a good feel of depth too.

eyebooger: It's a good start to DSG, Welcome. My advice in this instance (and not only to you but to all) would be to flip the image in photoshop (horizontally) and then study the form again. It's amazing how viewing your own work while reversed can clearly illustrated your mistakes.

[Harmony Steel]

Sorry for the late entry. These were done about 7 hours ago but I've only just been able to scan them.

http://www.harmonysteel.com/lj/jan2004/witchdoctor1.jpg http://www.harmonysteel.com/lj/jan2004/witchdoctor2.jpg

[SABRE]

@eyebooger: HEY THAT LOOKS GREAT!! THE COLOR ITS NICE!!
HO....AND WELCOME TO DSG, ITS A GOOD SCHOOL!! :D







AU REVOIR............................

[Barti89]

really nice eyebooger.
Sabre: just wondering :D is your keyboard broken or do you just always use capslog ? :D

[Cybot Floor]

:rofl:
the most fun this time was all those people welcoming eyebrooger !!!

obviously the lot doesnt read(!) the posts... :rolleyes:

btw welcome eyebrooger, very fine FIRST post ;)

[Iotrez]

Originally posted by shadoman - The lighting is really good, but it is not cast onto the character. It doesn't have the warm light on the creature or it's staff.

Thanks for pointing that out, I missed that. THe shadow from the witch dr looks way off as well.

Nice work everyone

[SABRE]

Originally posted by Barti89
really nice eyebooger.
Sabre: just wondering :D is your keyboard broken or do you just always use capslog ? :D

XP ITS LIKE A........TRADITION, ITS HARD TO EXPLAIN IN THIS LANGUAGE :D



CHAUU.......................

[shadoman]

Eyebooger, it's good to see your work in color. An in your defense, I knew what you meant. IT WAS YOUR FIRST POST OF THE DAY, NOT THE DSG. Good work...

[Gumdrop]

Oregano - Thanks. I like to take the time to comment when I can... even if it's only a word or two.

eyebooger - The swirls look great coloured.

[Caspergt]

yeah, eyebooger, nice color

...and welcome to CA!

muahaha, just kidding ;)