a big fat bunch O' creature wip's ^-^

[cartoonfox]

hi, here is my latest creature. i was happy with the origional sketch, but i have over done it with the ink yet again.

its life size
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v19/cartoonfox/creatures/creature-002.gif

if anyone can help to fix it, or has any comments etc, please post.





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[Robert.B]

too much detail in the face lower the contrast too

[Kresh]

Ya definatly way too much detail in the face. The only way to fix it probably is to color it on the computer then maybe it will turn out okay. Insane detail job though

[cartoonfox]

yeah i am gonna colour it. that was the plan from the start. i just need to get my inks and gouache.

thanks :)





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[mr.right]

Hey, I'm pretty ignorant... probably... but isn't gauche a lot like water color? I say that if you put the same amount of detail in the torso then it will look better, again, after you paint it.

That is, if gauche is similar to water color.

I think you should also scan in your pic and try working with painting it digitally before you paint it... analogly?

I'm sorry. I'm trying to give a serious suggestion but I feel my inexperience as an artist is probably tainting my suggestion.

Good luck.

[cartoonfox]

hi, thanks for the reply.

gouache is actually a chalk based paint. its strong and quite thick, unlike water colour, which is water based and can be weak and is thin.

once i colour it, it should look better and clearer.

thanks :)





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[cartoonfox]

theres no point making another thread, so i guess i'll post more stuff in here.

i actually did this on the last day of the workshop, while waiting to find time to show my portfolio (i didnt get a chance in the end) and then i slapped a load of black ink on it while on the plane coming home, but it took 3 days to dry :/ :D

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v19/cartoonfox/creatures/creature-003.gif

i plan to colour this as well (thats why its in the WIP section :D)






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[toinjoints]

ALFIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ehehehe(persona l joke)

I like it, but i think there´s to much detail in the head, and lesser in the body, you should balance it more. :D

lets go to the irish pub and draw!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cartoonfox]

PORTUGESSSSSSEEE!!! (another personal joke :D)

thanks man. yeah i need to learn to calm down and balance everything out. i'm drawing another right now, i will try my very hardest to not ruin it. :D


yeah, lets go to the irish bar... i wish we could man, we all had a great time. 4 days was way too short. :( i guess we'll meet again in prague.





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[cartoonfox]

another. i kept it clean as i plan to colour this as well. i have a pile of sketches waiting to be coloured. i need to get my inks and gouache :D the pile is rising :D


http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v19/cartoonfox/creatures/creature-004.gif





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[toinjoints]

do you have bad dreams at night!?!?!?! ehehehehe

i love this, you creature bitch :D

[cartoonfox]

lol thanks portugesssse!! :D

actually i havent had a nightmare since i was 10. i wish i did once in a while so i could design even cooler creatures :D

thanks, glad you like it. i'll be colouring these as soon as i get my materials. hopefully sometime this week.

more to come soon,,, need to get back to the drawing table :D





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[cartoonfox]

ok heres another. i did it last night but my scanner was going all funny. so i said screw it and went to sleep :D

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v19/cartoonfox/creatures/creature-005.gif
theres no detail yet, i'm just trying to work on my line art to get a sense of distance. (thanks to hurricane and another guy (cant remember his name, but he was irish) in amsterdam for letting me know about me needing to work on my lines :))

any help would be appreciated.




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[toinjoints]

keep them coming babie! :P:P:P

:chug:

[cartoonfox]

hehehe i will man, i will ^-^

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v19/cartoonfox/creatures/creature-006.gif
a quick one, i dont really like it. but i might be able to save it once i colour it.


...btw, if anyone's wondering why all thease are in the wip section, its because i'm waiting to get my inks and gouache, and then i'm gonna colour them all. i just need to get the money :D so thats why they're in this section and not the sketch one or somthing.

any help or advice for any of these most appreciated. :)




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[cartoonfox]

i really want to learn painter, but everytime i open it, i give it a shot and then get fed up 'cos it allways looks crap.
so i tried to colour this one and i kept going even though it loked crap. that way i'll learn.
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v19/cartoonfox/creatures/creature-006--c.jpg


any help appreciated.




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[hurricane]

http://hurri.dajm.com/op_07.jpg

see the difference?... u gotta think in shapes more then lines when u color... the way u colored it made it flat.. look especially on his right arm.. u shaded the msucles as if the were flat shapes with dark/light edges..

sorry for the fast overpaint, but i just wanted to make something fast

keep em coming ! great work so far !

[cartoonfox]

woah thanks man, thats helps a lot. i'll try and apply that to my next digital colour peice. :)

and thanks again for all your help and support in amsterdam, really appreciate it :)



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[OptimusDinkus]

man, how many pages on your sketch book get inked through because of the amount you use!? my goodness fox, thats insane. How long have you been drawing for btw?

[cartoonfox]

actually, not one of my pages has leaked ink, the paper isnt very thick, maybey 100/120 g/m2 but the inked must be thin or something, i dont know, lol :D i guess i'm lucky. sometimes when i colour big parts black, a bit leakes through to the other side, but never onto the next page.

i allways ink my sketches. sometimes i go straight in with the ink, or sometimes i pencil it first if i'm unsure of what i'm doing. but i allways have to ink, its just a preference of mine. :D


i've been drawing for about 6 months. i started in september, but i took a month out in feburary when i got lazy and played on my gamecube all day :D



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[cartoonfox]

ok heres another

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v19/cartoonfox/creatures/creature-007.jpg

tried colouring it as well. its all practice, right? :D
http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v19/cartoonfox/creatures/creature-007-c.jpg




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[cartoonfox]

i've moved all my stuff over to my daily sketchbook (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19144), so go there and post noooooowwwwww! ^-^



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