Graver

wow, the mystery of your mom is revealed! And she has some great skill with the pencil. It's great that we finally get to see her work and I hope she keeps up the production... there’s nothing like an audience to get an artist back in the drivers seat

Hey, the hands are prety good as is. I only honed in on his right hand because you said you were having problems with his hands in the first place and I was all "problems? Hrm, lets see what's ging on there then, shall we"

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I was hopping mostly due to a bit of a fear of taking my pants on a plane

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And they let you on anyway?? Wow, security must be really relaxed in the south!

(tee hee! )

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Of course they let me on. Once they beheld the shear aw and magnificent wonder of an unbridled me, they would not, nay, could not deny my passage. Besides, I had to leave my pants as they were holding my paints.

Spell check aims to ruin me!

great work there Juggs! I have to say, I really like the line work you have started adding to your work, it really adds anouther dimension to them... and stangely enough, actualy adds depth (usualy, it's the oposite, but you end up doing everything all backwards ;p ).

I love the great glow of the fires and those great meaty mits of his!

Looking good so far. The armor rough really tightens the figure up quite nicely. One thing that does worry me a touch is his head. In the first sketch you posted, my first impression was "decapitated hero guy, that's unique" After studying it, I realized he just had a tinny little head. Based on the proportions of his body, it comes off as very odd looking. The small head look might come off as more natural if his build was more squat... broader shoulders, shorter legs, etc. However, it looks like you might be enlarging it in the armor rough, it's hard to tell with only the scarf there, so it might not be much of an issue.

One other problem I saw with the head in the first sketch is it's placement. It is sitting a bit too far to the right (the figures left). If you were to draw a central contour line up the figures chest, the heads placement would probably be a lot easer for you.

As the hands go, the hand to the right (his left) is a thing of beauty! I love that hand! The slight "fanning" of the fingers of the fist really help make it look and feel real... it's great. The problems with the hands that you might be having seem to be rooted in that finger placement.

While the figures left hand is perfect, you didn't quite get that fanning in his right hand. All of his fingers are folded exactly the same and seem to be just marks on the same folded plane. Try to duplicate what you had done with his left hand and that should eliminate any problems that you might be having with them.

The fingers do not fold the same because they originate from different points on the hand. What I mean to say is the end of the hand is not flat but curved. The point where the hand ends and the pinky finger begins is about a knuckles distance back from where the index finger begins. This coupled by the nice and meaty bottom portion of the thumb gives the fingers a fanned like appearance when they are curled into a fist.

Still, great work so far... just based on the difference from sketch to armor rough, t5his looks like it's going to turn out great.

First off, I'm really not a zombie... I've just been away from my apartment for the holidays and haven’t had the chance to steel Starcham's laptop for any real length of time until now . I haven’t been able to put in as much work on The Gift as I was hopping mostly due to a bit of a fear of taking my pants on a plane based on the various stories of crazy-[censored] security on flights now. I wasn't sure what I could and couldn't take with me (and I'll be damned if I'll put my tools in baggage to be checked and lost) as last time I flew, Tears for Fears were really big Times have changed since then I think.

Either way, I managed to hijack some of Starchasm's paints and am back to work and have a bit of an update here...

The Gift: Color01

Here I have been mostly concentrating on the shadowy background and pushing Kitty back into it. I’ll be focusing in on Kat and the Cop next

I would have uploaded it to my DA account, but for the life of me I can not remember my password... eh, I'll get it fixed soon.

Oh, and COH_NPG, thanks for the input on Kitties hair. I had originally had it a bit more believable but just didn't like the way it looked. It obscured too much of her face and the perspective made it look weirdly cut. I often fudge my perspectives up a lot (I don't like reality... it's never been nice to me so I shall not be nice to it :P ) and in this case, I decided to have the hair swept a bit to the left for a bit more drama (I have to get some use outa my artistic license or they'll take it away from me!). Still, thanks for the keen eye, I still do miss some of the most obvious things

oooOOOOOo the magician card is looking quite nice there Wraith... I can't wait to see t finished.

And, Scarf, I will hunt you down and skin you alive for the desecration that you have visited upon Abby's outfit! Such an alteration is unfer... un... ah, heck, I lurvs it! It makes me grin and giggle and froth and twitch. Hell, Abby has reached that special kind of powerful madness where her entire appearance is based on her own self image and warped perspective... she could be gray... maybe I should make that one of her outfits when I log in again... yesssss.

Thank you soooooooo much for visiting the honor of being the Fool upon Abby!

Unfortunately, there is no update for Justice from me yet... sooooo far away from my computer... soooo far...

I'm very glad you like it, Foo. Since it was an ultra suppa secrit, I was a touch woried since I couldn't send you the peliminaries for approval (and a touch worried that it had gotten lost in themail as well )... I guess Matsuko really knew your character (and he was real fun to do as well... I do so love cloth ).

Now I just gotta remimber my log in info for DA so I can update my page...

Okay, currently on the chopping block is two kitties for Katfood.

Sorry, not funky captions at this juncture... my brains having a hard time with words today... such a hard time... damn you words!

The Gift: sketch

wow, things are really coming along. Wish i had an update on justice, but allas, haven't been able to work on her... soon though... like when January hits

Sun, ya, i really really really love all the thought (and humor) you put into the Emperis. That is just classic great... and i totally didn't see the EULA, but, damn, that is a good one!

Serengeti, you got the Emperor down, man... great casting choice! As far as the flag goes, i noticed an area that could use a bit of work. You have some great wind blown flapping going on with the lines, but that seems to stop abruptly at the star field. The bottom line of the star field is too strait. It should be fallowing the contours that you've set up with the stripes. Still, great work.

Squirrel, I am really loving the hermit so far. i love that grainy texture you gave it (and the colors are still rocking!). The buildings are coming along quite nicely as well and i love the misty sky. Just make sure you get some details in the background on the left hand side to balance out Skrapt's position.

great stuff... i really gotta get on mine...

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Hey ??? What??? Are my eyes deceiveing me??

There are LINES in this picture? By Juggertha??

You know this is a sign of the end of days.....


Great pic Jugg Grats spinomania

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Hrm... i knew there was something different about this one, I just couldn't quite put my finger on it.

Great work there juggs, and great lines to boot! I love your take on the sines, great stuff!

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Did some flats for it - what do you all think of my color choices?

Also: Should I clean up the working lines? or leave them?

I'm tempted to leave a lot of them because I like the "sketchy" effect for this picture >.> it feels grittier to me... but, I want to know what everyone else sees. (I can clean the lines up even post-coloring if necessary).

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LEAVE THEM!!!!!

My old life drawing teacher practically beat into our heads that you should only ever erase something if it adds more to your drawing then leaving that element in. Nine times out of ten, it wont. In this case, those sketchie lines that help define the hermit there add sooo much interest to the image. Removing them would only remove some great and wonderful paths for the eye to fallow and take so much away from your drawing.

I love the way the drawing is turning out! Leave the lines, leave everything, just build on top of what you have and remove nothing!

Oh, and the colors are quite nice... I dig them truly...

Wow, thanks all! I'm glad it turned out decant and to everybody's liking. It went through several stages where it had me terribly worried . Since the more saturated colors (which is the result of just more layers of paint and thicker applications of colored pencil) turned out so well, they will be sticking around. I always try to take what worked from the previous piece and push it a bit further in the next piece, although, unfortunately, that means (if all other pieces before this are any indication) each piece will be taking me more and more time to complete (why God, why?!) I gotta find a way to keep what I got and cut down on production time... somehow...

The hellions were part of the fun of this piece. It's really kind of sad that they are such jokes in game (mostly because they is just low level crunchies) because, story wise, they have such great potential. I mean, they are a viscous and violent gang of murdering psychopaths who are more a satanic cult then a street gang fallowing the dogmatic edicts handed down to them from of a couple of mysterious leaders to spread as much pain and corruption as they can. There is just so much untapped nasty potential to the Hellions... never mind the fact that I just love the choppers (come on, psycho ax murders!) and the raw gritty nature of the street gangs (I do wish they lasted for more levels beyond the freaks)

And Bradders, you are more the welcome! It was totally my pleasure working on Noisemaze... he offered me a lot of opportunities that I hadn't had before

Up next is gonna be two kitties for Katfood

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Man everyone has some good starts. Im still in the coming up with idea phase. The Tower is a hard one to translate to Co*. But I must succeed!

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Hrm, maybe you should look into Recluse's Victory for ideas. The essence of the tower is destruction...

Suppa nice there! And I dig the hands... I always like a good hand and them is good hands. Yup... hands... I'm rambling... but, nice work!

15 maddening hours latter, and Noisemaze's most dangerous predicament is complete! This one has to be my most saturated and paint laden watercolor to date... and for a few tense hours there, i thought I had completely botched the work up... but i managed to pull it back from the brink (which is a very very good thing as I did not relish the prospect of starting over )

Either way, here for your viewing pleasure is...

A Bad Feeling

Well, here's a bit of an update to the piece. I wanted to post it last night, but that's when my internet decided to go out for the night (it just does that sometimes ). I ended up layering a lot more paint into it then I ever thought i would need to , but, finally, i am nearing the end. I should have it completed by the end of the night!

And, I reckon by popular opinion, the passage will be added to the description of the final piece Thanks all for the input, as always!

Wow, that's a great sketch there! I love the line work in it and the perspective... and, strangely enough, the way you did her eyes. Great stuff, and, ya, I'm with the others here... I wanna see more of your work. You need to show off more often... or get helped in the sewers more XD

Wow, this project got a quick kick in the seat with some serious nitrous! Damn. It looks like I'll probably be pulling up the rear with mine (thanks for setting the speed, Celtic, damn you! nice piece though, very nice, but still, much damning in your direction). Either way, here's what i got so far...

And Squirrel, wow, I am loving your hermit so far! I love the trashed ragged looking robot (cyborg?) girl with the light bulb hanging off of the end! Nice touch... and you got the isolation of the hermit down as well and it looks like there's already a hint of the introspective truth hunting nature of the hermit as well... just a glimmer though. I can't wait to see that one finished out.

Oh, and you got a good layout for Death so far CJ. You with death... it's gonna rock!

Can i please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please

*takes a breath*

please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please do Justice?

Please...

Huh?

Can I?

Knowing that he had found a clue, Noisemaze flicked his trusty Zippo to get a better look at that suspiciously crimson colored pool of liquid on the floor. Just as his senses confirmed what it was, the hairs on the back of his neck stood at attention -he was starting to get a real bad feeling about things...

Finnaly, got the madness of writing about 40 pages of words that i truly did not want to write out of the way as well as a good chunk of waisted time on a well paying commissioned gig i probably didn't get... but that just means it's time for another update from queue land! Wahoo! This time, it's the intrepid detective, Noisemaze

More to come as it comes... though I am going to truly and honestly try to have this one wrapped up by Sunday night. Wish me luck!

ooooo, that is a nice drawing there. You did a great job of pulling from what Lynx had drawn and giving it a bit of a nice twist (the hair is a great touch). Nice all around.

you is a weired, yet amusin', freak o nature

Great stuff there DJ!

I loved the statue in combination with Comrade and the wonderful sweeping arch that they form together... then I read the tribulations you went through to make it work. Well, you most definitely pulled it off quite nicely.

Composition can be a real [censored] sometimes, but when done well, damn

oooo... ink wash is usually beautiful on it's own man (it used to be my favorite form of drawing), but if you feel the incredible need to have it colored, it actually would be easy to do if you got a high rez scan of it and had someone digitally color it mostly through layers and brushes with their bend mode set to color. Since an ink wash will set the value of the area already, all you would need to do theoretically, is set the hue and saturation.