gandorf_101

I think it is more like a banner then parchment, so it would be some cloth-like material. But that is just what I think. In that case if it is cloth I'd consider even adding some waves in the material to hint at it being more cloth like rather than a parchment, but either way I'd expect to be able to see through either material with rips in it like that, thats just my opinion though, however I really like what you've done :) would have been even cooler to see in high res but >< :)

Hey Venomai, it's been a while since I've last read these forums or been here but I thought I would give you some c/c since I am currently studying game development at the moment, first of all you're off to a great start. My first peice of advice would be to perhaps rethink your 'edge flow' I'd start with the head by conforming it to something like this: (Hope you don't mind the paint-over ^^) With an edge flow similar to that, you will reduce your poly count and will also have a much smoother and evened out mesh :) Here is a much higher poly head of a pretty standard example of some good basic edge flow: Other than that I can't really comment on much because the texturing doesn't look to be near completion yet :P but if you have any questions about anything feel free to ask and I'll try check back and answer :P

I'm kind of confused by the rips in the paper? shouldn't there be transparency behind the rips rather than another sheet of parchment considering there is no indication of any underlying parchment? Other than that, no real c/c to add, looks nice.

Thats a really silly thing to say~ :anxious: Nice pixeling :)

Learn to draw with pencil and paper and study anatomy, then it will come a lot more natural. C/c: - Your lines are too linear / symmetrical - Your shading needs to be a lot "deeper" make sure you're not just using the fill tool and the line tool, actually get the pen tool and shade the whole thing and "dither" it a lot more - Spend more time on it, and be patient, I can tell you've rushed it - Save as png (because I can see the sketchy jpeg artifact effect) - Study anatomy - Sketch out your ideas on paper and then figure out how you will put them on paper, this will make it a lot easier for a beginner like yourself to work on lineart. Practice :thumbsup: EDIT: if you're over 18 or whatever the age limit is over in your country, try searching some artistic nudes on deviant art and try sketching them -_^ it's the closest thing to live drawing, not as good but still helps a lot :)

- Too saturated - Too many awkward colors that aren't working together - Try blending your render better and use some of the colour in it (hint: hold down alt and click on a color to quickly select a colour you want from your image) - Give it some light effects with overlays and such... this will give your sig more depth - watch where you move your overlays I can see the hard edge at the top middle of your sig, of course this could sometimes be used as an effect but here it just doesn't work. - Add a border -_^ Keep practicing :

Looks nice, I think you've gone a bit overboard on effects though cause it looks a tad washed out :P I'm guessing anyway, it's hard to tell since you haven't included a pic of the original render, thought the HDR look that you've tried to mimic, turned out cool, that is of course if it wasn't already in the render :) Oh and hi to anyone who is old school and may remember me :P just thought I would see what has been going on since I checked in last :) Peace.

I remember you :) Does anyone remember me? :P

OH NOES... NOT WEARING BRACERS!!!!!!!!! yes.. anyway, firstly i really like the colours u have chosen on all accounts theyre very interesting yet very fitting i also really like the figure (i believe is the correct word) of the SECRET UBERASSASSIN its close to flawless althought i believe his back foot should be back a bit more so it really looks like hes pushing that thing. other than that the flame thingo looks strange because its coming from his hand but its randomly shooting up.. hehe but the flame itself looks like it will look very nice. anyways gs nice sig and i would really like to see the end result and some progress pics :), remeber to sample it. u never know what sum ppl are like here. >< edit: forgot to mention i rekon this sig would like nice with an abstract background like the flames but diffrent... (all pixel ofcourse)

oh noes! the abbhorent gandorf!!!! RUNNNNN well acually here is some c/c which hopefully u wont have a 'QQ /emo /wrists' over... 1stly its good that you have tried to blend in the render with the abstract but the render is alot lighter than the render.. im sure u know how to make it brighter so yeh... umm also the render has little white bits around the edges u still have not cut out.. this is a pretty major error but thankfully easy fixed :) and finally there is no reason to restrict your image to a gif, instead go into; file > save for web... and then select the file type "png-8" and then fiddle around with colours used etc till u get a nice quality image within the size you need.. i hope that helped and gl.

At the begining of your bio shouldnt it be Sir Leoric? not King Leoric? :oops: yes

ok woopidoo 1. stop having an emo cry and take some c/c and improve 2. if thats ur 1st drawing accept it sucks... i would if it was my 1st.. i mean cmon... 3. do not quote me saying things i couldnt give a flying ___ about... 4. if you dont like my C/C thats ok just dont take it and keep hearing.. omgosh totally sweet piczors man.. 10/10.... u wont improve this way... cry more gg noob

find any other post by me that u consider harsh.. plz try find one my post was not meant to be harsh i understand one comment that i will take back was harsh (being the 1st thing i said) and i will sorely take that bad but what else did i say that wasnt constructive?

ummm u know alot more than me so i feel kinda aqward suggesting somthing but i guess u could maybe add more highlights because i believe that it looks like a shadow to me is because um it looks like its being casted down onto the water because its a darker form of the water next to it... so maybe add more highlights so it looks like the water is reflecting the bank, and maybe add more brown and maybe some green that is the grass overhanging the bank.. thats a very hard question but and its out of my knowlege so thats just a guess. :oops:

oh tttia i missed ur post but ty very much for that info :) still thinking hmmmmmm :P

well there is my character 'Leoric the Lionhearted' Leoric's Bio: Sir Leoric is a noble man brought up with nobal blood, he lives for and serves his king and is a very valorous warrior who will die for his king. Leoric was Knighted by his king, This gave him the name 'Sir Leoric the Lionheated', the name 'Lionhearted' comes from his valorous and gallant personality. edit: Sorry for the background render but it doesnt really have anything to do with my character so i guessed it was ok.

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Thats a bit harsh... QFT.

Well see the problem is, he made it in class. You draw in class out of shear bordem or spare time. Buying a sketch (thats right, its spelled s k e t c h) book is a waste of money and time, ruled paper or white paper will do just as well as anything else. When drawing something out of bordem you dont limit yourself to real-world things; infact, ANY time you draw you dont limit yourself to real-world things. Limiting your self puts strains on your imagination and the freedom to draw what you want should come natural anyway, maybe if we didnt have such great sketchers raising the bar for pad and pencil drawings he wouldnt be getting the criticism he is now. This sketch looks like it was meant to be cartoony- not a real octopus. Correct me if im wrong, but that CC seemed a little too harsh to be helpful. whats diffrent with a sKetch pad and paper? nothing? why are u correcting me? i didnt say anything about making it look like the real world, hence me saying; "but drawing depends on what u want to draw." i said nothing of this.. but wat i was trying to get through was that his style needs improving as it should so i provided him with some useful information.. ontop of that i have no idea what your talking about... i said nothing of what your telling me not to say? i said nothing of limiting your self, i only said things about improvement. oh and C/C is meant to be harsh its critisism.. unless you would rather me say "omgawd! GRATE!!!!! WOowwww111!!11!111 11/10 YOUR LIEK 1EE7" the point is if there is nothing nice to point out or there are no positives i wont and dont have anything to say that is anymore positive that encouraging him by saying goodluck and telling him how he can improve.

that is possibly the worst attempt at drawing ive seen posted on a forum :roll: firstly there is shading but about 1/2 of it is wrong not to mention its very messy shading. your octopus is also very 2d due to the lack of in-appropriate shading also when you want to draw somthing keep in mind u should know what your drawing before you draw it unless your doing some unplanned abstract. there are many other things wrong with your pic easy-put by saying the whole image is wrong. just keep practising and you will get alot better dude, if you dont already have a scetch book just buy one an fill it up with scetch after scetch with anything.... some things u could scetch would be people (making sure u considering the human anatomy and drawing it properly... atleast trying to anyway)... but drawing depends on what u want to draw. sorry for the harsh comments but its only going to help you improve, just practise more and when u think your drawings are at a forum standard post them. Goodluck.

MI 1ST PIX0l W4t DOO U THioNC?!!?

thanks so much for the help, i feel more confident about buying a tablet now :) Im thinking i will get the intuos 4x8 i will search around my area for some cheaper prices but again ty vvm for your help :)

lol its kinda strange LEIK WTH?! lol but yer it was amusing... BUT I DEMAND U TAKE THOSE DANCING NIGHTCLUB BLOBS INTO FURTHER PRODUCTION THEY OWNED! I DEMAND A EXTENDED NIGHTCLUB EPISODE WITH DANCING BLOBS!!!!! seriusly... that was funny

very very nice tttia :D uve gotten soooo much better (even thought u were already very good) i agree with ven here, the eye is beautiful it just brings so much life to your image and im definatly feeling this peice. keep the work coming tttia and ven :) u guys are inspiring me :P

looking nice man, but im confused why is there a shadow being casted from the land into the water on both of the water banks? there is 2 suns now? :P haha jk but yeh am i getting it all wrong or is that a mistake? anyway very nice work man im loving it, i hope to soon get my tablet and begin painting soon :)