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| scorpion12192 Wrote: draconus i see that his is better but strugler spacificly asked for someone to do it on the compute so thats how i did it.....he used kolored pencils.......go look on the 1st page if u don't believe me...yes,it is my first time,i joined kuz i really wanted to do it....i tried my best to do them good...i used paint on my computer.... it took me 1 and a half hours to do ...so all the work for nothing... |
Um, no. The original was a drawing in graphite pencil. Dark Spectre then colored it on computer. Look at this:
Pencils by Jax007,
colors by austinpwrs_d
Once again, pencils by one person, colors on computer by another. This is the sort of coloring necessary. Have you ever even read a komic book?
However, due process is necessary. Note that I am currently a minority in voting you off. ALL THREE team members must vote for an official verdict.
| Kuroana Wrote: Well, if you think I'm not good enough for it, I won't disagree (strugler even told me in MSN that I can learn a little more), but what makes you think I'm racist? Just because I made that comment about Kang? I'm sorry, but I picked up as reference some of his MK4 sprites, on which he appears the way I said. I didn't mean to be any offensive. Coming to think about it, I'll post my coloured sketches as soon as I can (even if I'm out of the team now... just to show 'em) |
Alright, perhaps there was a misunderstanding, but be more careful about what you say. This kind of thing does matter!
Both of you keep in mind, verdicts can be reversed with a second vote if your artistic skills grow and you turn in new work!
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Those pics were colored by austinpwrs_d. You should ask him. Dark Spectre also has some experience with coloring. As for me, that is not my department.
Now, to koincide with the Liu Kang concepts by strugler coming tonight, here are some of mine:
Now, to koincide with the Liu Kang concepts by strugler coming tonight, here are some of mine:
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| Kuroana_no_Taiyou Wrote: Well, they may look as crappy as the first ones, but at least I tried, eh? Oh yeah, they're as normal text because I don't remember how to put them as hyperlinks... Some notes: 1. The ones of Johnny Cage and Liu Kang are exactly the reproved ones, with the difference I covered and coloured them too. 2. Coming to think about it, the artworks may look kinda crude 'coz I covered (didn't really inked) them with black pen (not spherograph) and coloured them with pencils and nothing else (even the shading). This is why Raiden's background looks so shitty. 3. I didn't make any background for Liu Kang (as I thought the movement lines would do it) and Sub-Zero (this one was just a matter of lack of reference of a picture for the Ice Pit or something alike... XP) 4. Scorpion's background are only flames over a black bottom also because I didn't have any reference of his Netherealm stage in UMK3. 5. A friend told me my problem of drawing is on settling proper proportions. Maybe that's why Kano's head is that big (it may be because of an error of measurement of his side look too... I'm just getting better on side looks). 6. But that's not the reason why Sub-Zero's left arm looks smaller. I intended to make it as if it were flexed like the right one. 7. I had the idea for Sonya's background when I remembered that her bottom picture in the MK3/UMK3/MKT selection screen was the flag of USA, but I mis-measured the stripes. Then, there's another crappy background. Well, it's too much, but that's it. |
You see what you did there? You said yourself that these were crappy, but then you went and gave a bunch of excuses. This is the difference between a good artist and a bad one. A good artist may draw something crappy, but he doesn't show it to anyone! He goes back and starts again!
#1 Get an anatomy book from the library to see how proportions and muscles work. Or you know what, even lazier option - get a comic book. Come on, people! You volunteered to work on a komic book, but it's like you've never looked in one before!
#2 Don't draw so dark - you don't work for Hanna Barbera. You MUST start out light. Get a harder pencil if you have to, like 2H, or even 6H if you have to press hard. You MUST start light and BUILD UP the lines so they gradually get darker. This is not an option, this is necessary, even if you draw like Jax007. Ask him how he works and he'll tell you the same thing.
#3 Don't outline with a sharpie. Inking should be done with aselection of very fine pens. Get a Rapidograph or a Micron. My set includes Micron 005, 2x05 and 08. If you get just one, get an 01. After you ink, ERASE PENCIL MARKS IF YOU ARE GOING TO COLOR IT.
#4 That's not how you use color pencil! The use of color pencil is in fact very similar to the use of paints. You have to apply several layers. You have to MIX THEM on the paper to create form. Then blend, blend, blend. If you can see the pencil marks, you're not done. Here is a color pencil piece that I did for Color Theory class at the beginning of the quarter. It's a 5" square. The objective was to represent the colors and patterns of the outfit you were wearing that day, in proper proportion. It took a week and it was a pain in the ass.
Color pencils are very difficult to use. PROCEED WITH CAUTION. DO NOT use color pencil until you master graphite pencil.
Better yet,
#5 Don't use color pencil! Call it a hunch, but any colorist worth anything uses Photoshop for coloring.
See, this is why I asked your ages and how much involvement you've had with art. Why is everyone ignoring that question?!
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Here is another example of color pencil work. This is a preliminary test I did for the same class.
It demonstrates the amount of layering and blending necessary for a final project and also brings me to
#6 preliminary work. A good artist has learned that you never ever EVER under any circumstances start on the final piece right away. First, you get your idea. Then, step 1 is to do research. You go to the library or on the internet and find resources - photos and other people's artwork that you will use for reference and look at frequently to help yourself work. Step 2 is to make several sketches of the final piece. You are testing and changing composition, style, positive/negative space, and subject matter. Then, step 3, you do a color test. Try out the colors you will be using and see how they mix with shadows/highlights and each other. This is demonstrated in the picture above. Then, think about limiting your palette. Will your picture look more dramatic if you use only black and yellow? Earthtones? Then, and ONLY THEN can you begin your final piece. If you are painting with acrylic, the color mixing may be performed on the cavas, since acrylic paint dries so fast. [I love acrylic paint, by the way. If you don't like what you did, it's already dry so you can paint over it and do it again!]
It demonstrates the amount of layering and blending necessary for a final project and also brings me to
#6 preliminary work. A good artist has learned that you never ever EVER under any circumstances start on the final piece right away. First, you get your idea. Then, step 1 is to do research. You go to the library or on the internet and find resources - photos and other people's artwork that you will use for reference and look at frequently to help yourself work. Step 2 is to make several sketches of the final piece. You are testing and changing composition, style, positive/negative space, and subject matter. Then, step 3, you do a color test. Try out the colors you will be using and see how they mix with shadows/highlights and each other. This is demonstrated in the picture above. Then, think about limiting your palette. Will your picture look more dramatic if you use only black and yellow? Earthtones? Then, and ONLY THEN can you begin your final piece. If you are painting with acrylic, the color mixing may be performed on the cavas, since acrylic paint dries so fast. [I love acrylic paint, by the way. If you don't like what you did, it's already dry so you can paint over it and do it again!]
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