DSG 411: Character: Gentle Giant

[dsg bot]

Today's topic is: Character: Gentle Giant

[dimness]

ok ime the first 2day w a quick ref for my giant. see what you've got meanwhile i'll add some detail (and those details making my giant gentle in particular)

http://81.196.77.197/websites/conceptart/toweb/gentleGIANT.jpg

[Cold]

ye nice peace dimness, im diggin it, I hope you get the detail how you want them. I'll start my peace now.

Blue is the color

http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/4575/GGiant.jpg

[dimness]

reminds me of fairy tales - wich is good :) the blue is rather frosty in my opinion (no argue about that - choice is yours) but I do wonder what (spider??) lies on giants' shoulder?!

[Cold]

TY Dimness, was going for more detail, but when i saved i only saved the miniture copy of the pic and forgot to save the original to work on.

I hate PHOTOSHOP!!

Going to buy Painter Programm from the Shops, yes, actually going in there and buying it. Its tempting to Download stuff.
:chug:

[dimness]

actually pshop corelpainter and opencanvas are all good. but the best of all is opencanvas (to me) for quick stuff. it has somethin none of the other two have: rotate canvas option. with a poor tablet in hands you can really take advantage of this option.


btw here's my second stage giant. hope u'll get a strong crit on it 2 make me finish the gentle fellow.

http://81.196.77.197/websites/conceptart/toweb/gentleGiant2.jpg

[shadoman]

Dimness, actually Painter does have a rotate canvas feature. Check out the Help files for a demo. I have never tried out Open Canvas, but it sounds cool.

[JSlayer]

Oh yes lol! Here are my giant:

http://img49.photobucket.com/albums/v149/JSlayer/dsg411_2.jpg

Dimness - oOooh urs is nice =) I wonder how to choose those colour combi .. it looks so nice

Cold - Ur picture is nice =) Unique point of view. I wanna paint like that !

[JeniThus]

http://www.squidartjen.com/conceptartweb/gentlegiant.jpg
Well, here's mine. It's been a while since I've posted, I'm trying to get back into the swing of things. Crits and comments welcome, as always.


dimness: Nice use of texture, I like the roughness of it, it makes the image more tangible.

Cold: I like the different perspective you're using, it's nice to look at an image and have it not be from the angle we're used to.

Jslayer: I like your idea, maybe he could be marching on a surface other than the edge of the paper though, it starts to flatten out the character. I like how he's dragging the flowers along behind him, it alludes to the personality of the giant.

[Gumdrop]

After about an hour an a half I decided to call it a day. Would like to come back and add something to represent scale.

http://pookabin.com/images/DSG/DSG411_GentleGiantLarge.jpg

dimness - LOL. Great character. The flowers are a nice touch, but their size looses the giants size. I actually like the look of the skin in the first rough pic' better. Nice colours.

Cold - Nice angle and anatomy. Wish it was bigger though.

JSlayer - I guess flowers are the order of the day, but like dim' the scale is lost.

JeniThus - He looks really friendly. great facial expression. For some reason I think the toes add so much character to the pic'.

[Matt Smith]

Ok, I have had the worst time lately being creative and being able to do work. So today I just decided to sit down and do something and who cares how it comes out, just do it. I am always worried about little details and refrences and what not. So this is what I did....

http://www.mattksmith.com/Giant.jpg

[Jibbly]

Wow! A lot of really great stuff here, I really hope I'll have min finished before the day is through...but I truly like a lot of these, good work everyone!

[Osmus]

http://img7.photobucket.com/albums/v18/osmus/gentlegiant.jpg

[Cold]

matt smith - good work on the face, nice mood to it.

Gumdrop - your style is seeable from a mile away, which is a good thing and on tomorrows Dsg topic i will finish and scale a big picture just for you:)

Dimness - good work lad!:D

[dimness]

Everyone managed to bring up a fragile huge fellow on page, wich is nice.

Cold - expecting yet the finished version and the ansewer:what is that on his shoulder? :)
Gumdrop: why not flowers like everyone, a stick in his hand makes it rather nasty :D

as 4 myself, i ruined my boy. the second stage was my favourite so judge yourself:

http://81.196.77.197/websites/conceptart/toweb/gentleGiant_b.jpg

[brawkstake]

superquickie today..
http://img9.photobucket.com/albums/v24/brawkstake/Untitled-1.jpg
cold: like it!

[Osmus]

oh man..that one is cruel with the little girl in the skirt.

http://img7.photobucket.com/albums/v18/osmus/jaredsleep.jpg

[xbiten]

many real good contributions today.
just to name a couple of them...
dimness: That's a really fine peace. personally I think the second was the best.
Matt Smith: A really friendly giant, I must say. red cheeks and all. Keep up.
Gumdrop: Your style is extraordinary. A scotish giant :chug:
Cold: simple and clean. really like it alot.


Here's a real quickie. naptime.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/xbiten/2D/dsg's/dsg411-2.jpg

[merd]

Hey Cold!
This one is just great! Nice colors, a good perspective; all in all a really good concept! Only thing to worry about is the background but hey its a daily SKETCH group!
:chug:

[Cold]

LOL end to end I am the only one who doesn't really like it, but thx for the complyments.

Dimness - its not a spider its a human.

I've just sketched up another picture on PS, with the base colour blue, that was my main goal for todays-personal-purpose.
Abit off topic, but here it is anyway

http://img1.imageshack.us/img1/2797/Shark.jpg

[NoodleBoy017]

this is my first dsg. heres my take on the topic (contains nudity):

http://img39.photobucket.com/albums/v121/noodleboy017/gntlgiant.jpg

yeah i know its about as cliche as it gets, mother nature the gentle giant. and yeah i know my anatomy sux. good ones today tho i love ures cold.

[DV8]

my gentle giant- no time for colour :(

Four toes- just for you gumdrop!

http://www.mikephillips.ca/dsg/dsg_411_gentle_giant.jpg

[Shelldragon]

Gentle giant huh? Maybe I should just repost the same thing I did for misunderstood troll.

[Peepers]

Hope I dont get lynched for being too lazy to make my own cityscape.

http://www.morlochhorde.com/screenshots/morloch2.jpg

[Shinbun Kakashi]

:rofl: :rofl: Peepers that is awesome!!! It's my favorite by far! hehehee

DV8 I love the style....very cartoony....tv show! yay

brawkstake that is one disturbing image.....

Gumdrop....always can tell it's yours....great job!

~Shin :p

[INFERNOmunky]

heres mine for today....pencil with a touch of love from photoshop....


http://img21.photobucket.com/albums/v64/INFERNOmunky/DSG/DSGgentlegiant.jpg

[DV8]

thanks dude, appreciate the compliment. cheers!

Mike



DV8 I love the style....very cartoony....tv show! yay

[shadoman]

I figured this big guy would like to have a little pet, like an elephant (yes, that is an elephant in there... he was an afterthought).

About 1.5 hours in Painter.
http://www.shawnadomanis.com/dsg/dsg411.jpg

Dimness - That is really nice, I like the progress shots, but I think you overworked it. I thought that your second post was much better too. My only question is are about his legs... where are his lower legs? I don't mean to pick on you — like I questioned your Paladin — I am just curious. Come up with a cool answer and you've nailed it! Kewl. Plus that axe is bad ass.
Cold - The perspective and colors are great. I love the little guy on his shoulder, especially the contrast in colors.
Gumdrop - Damn you for not finishing that!!! He rocks! He looks drunk too. So he's a happy drunk.
Matt Smith - Giants and beer, they go hand in hand. Hahah. Good work.
brawkstake - Woah! That's rough.
Osmus - Hahah, that is funny... Nice sketch.
DV8 - Hhaha. That is a nice sketch. He looks happy and full...

[Al Ian]

http://jmarkey77.home.bresnan.net/images/big/speedpainting/ggiant.jpg

[sixBlade]

love the idea shadoman. How come the reflected light from the glass and his clothing doesnt change his skin colour tho?

[euda]

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/amarano/cody/grobo.jpg

Humans and Robots, togeather we CAN save the earth.



At least that's what'd say if I ever finished it... :P

[geezer87]

funny how many ppl thought to use flowers to convey gentleness.

here's my attempt ...

http://www.allengilliland.com/albums/studies/study_dsg411_041204_sketch.jpg

[Charcoal]

http://www.rogeroda.com/images/gentlegiantweb.jpg

[shadoman]

Sixblade - Good point. It's too late for me to make alterations to it now, but thanks for the help. Yeah, I didn't even think of it, but it is how real light would work, so....

[silentbrain]

http://venimarolka.com/dump/041304-dsg-gentlegiant.jpg

Ran out of steam for this one. Got sort of an art block these days, been playing videogames in lieu of drawin...not good, hahaha

[insane visions]

http://www.thinktankdsz.com/images/giant.jpg