Tartyrsause

yay.. learned at skin 3d models now... so I can just save the 3d stuff for movies and animation along with my flash stuff..

as far as anime artist then.. how about Masami Obari ?? .. well the creator of ranma 1/2 or clamp would also be good.. but there works seem ta elude me for some reason.. ranma's eyes always come out wrong :*(

me me...

Tartyrsause ...

and course everyones already seen pics of the old man alternate form..

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Great job Alex, very creepy! Juggy's? I can't seem to find it.

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oh hey.. yer right... he hasn't entered it here yet.... odd... it's up at his deviant art page though

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ack.. someones holding out !!! ... I wanna see some jiggly zombie juggs

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haha thanks everyone for the birthday wishes, and tarty for the....errrr cake. it really made my day

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glad you liked it ... just make sure not to show anyone at work... to much sexyness is a bad thing.. err.. sometimes...

err.. I guess putting a female in the cake woulda been sexyer maybe...

..aww.. why is everyone avoiding Guardian server :*(

* runs past and plops down *

NSFW ... lots and LOTS of skin showing.. but the cake and banner cover the naughty bits...

Super Sexy B-Day Cake

happy B-day youngun

..I make something NSFW for you later today ... *runs off *

..yea.. think its gonna have ta be vector art ta scale down that small without fuzzing up

anyone have any tips for making those cool avatars?.. I need one and I need ta make Mr Awesome one too..

TA !! .. how come I cant find the picture in your avator, listed in your DA pics???!!... its no fair I only get to see small bits off it :*(

..can we do minor updates to our entry?.. DA needs da right feets..

ahh well.. took me ten times longer ta rig up the lighting in 3d then it woulda had I just pained 2d..


WAIT WAIT.. how about if I put that stuff at the END of the painting AFTER I finish painting it normally as a 2d painting?.. then it would be like using filters AFTER I already painted normaly... that would work wouldnt it????

*runs past and plops down*

Dead-TA

heehee... cuz im a suck up no matter what

ahh well.. I can say at least I tried ..
Melanie-Moody-Finished-for-now ...

can I post Melanie Moody if I put a bone on her???

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. .. err no wait.. im still workin on coloring it.. ahh well

*runs off*

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All NSFW content needs to be behind two links. The two click rule is there so that you cannot directly link to any adult material from this site. Instead, you link to a pointer site where you can then link to the real material. This was instituted a while back by the mods.

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... well its not porn... its the same image you would see in vamprillia or danger girl.. or bringing coh comic to work and reading it (* at least on some pages *)


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What I see you doing with 3DSMax is cheating. You aren't really learning how to "create" what you're after, you're pushing buttons hoping the layers of filters will do it for you. That is photo manipulation, it is not art in my humble opinion... and certainly not anime.

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..its layered up 3ds objects overlayed on 2d image with texture mapping and lighting.. pretty much what you can do with photoshops " import 3d to new layer" option.. but with more control and better tools..


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The simple cell shading Shia showed you is a good place to start,

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yea.. im very impressed with what Shausi did.. its very helpful

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Okay, this is somewhat difficult for me to get around the two click rule, but this is my attempt.

Look in here for the following pictures:
/Melanie_Moody_Inks.jpg
/Melanie_Moody_Flats.jpg
/Melanie_Moody_Cel.jpg

This is an example of the 'less is more' aspect of anime style art. In the 'Inks' pic, I've taken your piece and slimmed down the number of lines to create more of a minimalist piece. That's generally the smooth and clean look of most anime styled pieces. It's also similar to the art deco style of the new breed of Bruce Timm style pinup art and fusion style superhero cartoons.

In the 'Flats' pic, I've just added basic color flats into the picture to give it some hue. It already starts to look like an animation cel, with it's very basic bold shapes.

Finally, in the 'Cel' pic, I added one and only one level of basic shading. It is not a soft shade, but instead a hard cel shade, where the light separation is very obvious. Now it really looks like an anime or animation style piece, with it's bold shapes and simple shading. To finish the job, I just added some highlight into the hair crown.

You already have the basic proportion down, you have some of the styling down, now you just need to work on the 'less is more' mantra. Once you have the style down, then you can start getting more fancy and doing more complicated techniques, like multilevel shading, soft gradation and coloring the line art itself. But for now simple is the way to go. Once you can make it look easy (which we all know it never is,) then you'll know you've succeeded.

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whats the two click rule???

anyway, this all looks great and helps me a lot as far as where ta go with it next.. though my minds still fixed on complex.. ..complex .. complex... im gonna at least try simple, or start to at least.. vector art is probably the way for me ta go next for simple shading without the temptation of mixed colors.. *hugs adobe flash*

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I would add some more color to her skin, you can barely make out the shading on it. Also the white highlights on the legs and hair are a bit strong. You might want to use your base color in 3 tones first, and then add the white in sparing proportions.

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all the shadings in 3dmax.. im working wiff the lighting now ..

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Are you going for a cell shaded look or a cross over between comic coloring and anime?

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as realistic as you can get without it looking bizarre

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Edit: in my humble opinion, I don't believe the 3DMax Studio is helping you. The piece in general looks overly filtered. I know this, because I have done this, before, many times before I knew how to color properly or with any semblance to the styles you're looking for... it looks cheated, especially when your drawing has so much personality, the coloring takes away from it, in that it looks like 2 different people did the piece. One who can draw anime, and the other learning to color it.

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*grabs poor 3d max and runs away with it*.. I have to at least TRY.. my life would be so complete if I can take my love of 3d art and merge it with my love of 2d art, flawlessly.. I want not only my anime style but my other styles to look so realistic that you can see the twine threads looped around the characters coat buttons..

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I would try your hand at the traditional cell shades, then add some comic highlights for effect. I could be stepping out of line here, but were you going for a specific look of anime, as in some movie or manga you know of? If I saw an example of what you wanted to achieve, I could probably breakdown some tips for you in coloring in a similar vein.

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...I cant think of any artist off hand ( * Masamune Shirow * ) .. there all really good IMHO ( * Masamune Shirow * ).. so im sure any of them are fine ( * give me Masamune Shirow brains on a plate so I can eat it with the hopes of getting at least half of his style *) ..so really any will do .. (*Masamune Shirow, Masamune Shirow, MASAMUNE SHIROW *)

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What are you using to color it?

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photoshop.. ( and 3d studio max a little )..


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And FYI, this may be skirting the line of NSFW.

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..I will put that im my upper post...

NSFW ... so get back to work and no peeking till you get home!!


..well its my first time for actually getting into coloring something.. sense all my other WIP is ink... thought I would throw this out for an critique..

...I plan on reposting it over and over and over and over on this thread till I get it just right..

Melanie-Moody-colored-WIP

angel.. I wanna do one of your main... plz .. need bio and screenie if its ok..

corrected her thumb and cleaned it up a bit..

CORRECTED-Melanie-Moody

kinna wondering now that you cant see her thumb from that pose.. err.. WHERE is that naughty thumb going?

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One thing though. You put her rear hand on backwards. :3 Don't be discouraged though, we've all done this from time to time. It's just a simple fix to remember for next time. I always try to adopt the pose myself, to double check my thumb orientation. It takes a few seconds and it's good practice for making sure my elbows are in the right spots as well.

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ack.. well I can correct it before anyone else notices.. ..I try to do the pose myself too.. but I was so wrapped up in trying to get the high heels and lace to fit on me.. I forgot to notice the thumbs... err.. I will sneak a corrected one in later and no one will know.. *nods to self*

Melanie Moody.. will look better when colored.. err... I think I made her too cute and innocent for her to be Melanie though..

Melanie-Moody-WIP

and..ick...

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