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Fan Area => Fan Art => Topic started by: Pretz89 on August 16, 2005, 05:57:03 am

Title: Pretz's Art thread
Post by: Pretz89 on August 16, 2005, 05:57:03 am

Soon Ill be posting my art and i would like to know of a good yet cheap painting program

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Post by: Under the moon on August 16, 2005, 06:30:13 am

There\'s always the Gimp. Can\'t get much cheaper than free.  :)


Sig below was made in the Gimp, btw.

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Post by: Karyuu on August 16, 2005, 06:33:09 am

GIMP is somehow always recommended, but you won\'t find anything really cheap and worth it in the art world. Might want to look into trials of Paint Shop Pro, Photoshop, Corel\'s Painter, Alias Sketchbook, etc. I... wouldn\'t recommend touching MS Paint ;)

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Post by: Pretz89 on August 16, 2005, 07:05:53 am

thanx for the advice under the moon and karyuu

heres my drawing of a female klyros there was something wrong woth the scanning though

(http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8089/fklyros1il.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

please feel free to paint it or edit it

oh and if you have any requests just ask

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Post by: Gentar on August 16, 2005, 09:28:55 pm

not bad! very....comic bookish...but not bad at all.

Keep up the good work!

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Post by: Lordbug on August 17, 2005, 12:21:13 am

I need to set up my very own art thread.... so people can laugh a bit and carry on with their days a bit more happy...


The female Klyros is good! :D Looks Comic-Bookish like Gentar said :P
More More! :D

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Post by: kang_holion on August 17, 2005, 01:50:14 am

Awsome style, to me it looks closer to American animation. It\'s an awsome peice, let us see more :D !

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Post by: Pretz89 on August 17, 2005, 04:34:02 am

Thanks you guys! It really feels cool when people comment you like that.
Heres another drawing of mine. Its an Ynnwn doing
some kind of spell

(http://img349.imageshack.us/img349/5393/untitled74sa.jpg)


I really hate all the gray thats around him. If somebody could help me or teach how to get rid of it would be great. Im new at the scanning bussines and picture editing.

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Post by: Karyuu on August 17, 2005, 04:40:08 am

Nice! I actually like how the paper tone scanned in with the drawing, but to get rid of it either make sure your drawing is cleaner (erase all excess lines and smudges), or up the brightness and contrast with your scanning utility or image editing software.

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Post by: Keyaz on August 17, 2005, 06:58:24 am

I did some work on the klyros girl :3

i have an odd method and i dont use layers xD

retraced
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Demarthl/newone001lined.jpg

Cleaned (removed smudges etc)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Demarthl/newone001cleaned.jpg

8o re retraced! because im odd :|
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Demarthl/newone001relined.jpg

then i coloured it, and guess what yes! i done over the lines again!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Demarthl/newone001colour.jpg

xD

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Post by: Pretz89 on August 17, 2005, 07:59:10 am

Whoah! Great job demarthl!Thanks.Love the colors in the coloured one (duh! :rolleyes: )

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Post by: Keyaz on August 17, 2005, 08:01:17 am

welcome ^^ of course there are alot of people here better then me at this, i do it as enjoyment, it took me a good few hours to do it, but in my eyes the time was well spent, well between doign that and talking to a special someone

the ynwnn looks awesome, i may attempt that tommorow

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Post by: Sikarda on August 17, 2005, 08:31:16 am

Yeh, nice work alright, not sure if you have any Adobe software, if I have any linework, I...

? scan into photoshop
? adjust with levels to clean up greys (sometimes convert to bitmap, depends)
? use magicwand to select all black, use select similar, or fiddle with until you get what you want.
? then, in the paths palette (yes, there are quick keys for this stuff!), make a work path, you can just use the default 2.0 tolerance if you like.
? in File, export your paths to illustrator, open in illustrator, add stroke (black) and remove white fill. Now you will have an editable vector.

Not sure if this anything you are after and it is one way of a few and very simplified, as always you will need to experiment to get the results you want but it is handy, keep up the good work. :)

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Post by: Lordbug on August 17, 2005, 11:47:33 am

:O

Teh Dudez\' hand\'z on firez!!!!
*casts rain on the guy\'s hand
Better now Sir? Mean drawer huh?


@Pretz(el)89: I like it very much! :D

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Post by: Kixie on August 17, 2005, 10:52:43 pm

Wow, the second picture you have posted, pretz, is amazing. I can\'t wait to see it coloured  :)

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Post by: Keyaz on August 17, 2005, 11:31:03 pm

you mean like this?
fixed
i used layers this time \\o/

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/Demarthl/ynnwnpng.gif)

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Post by: Pretz89 on August 18, 2005, 03:19:44 am

Once again, thank you, Demarthl. Love the colors on the fire! The grayish orange gives it a cool effect.

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Post by: Soulless_Body on August 19, 2005, 10:37:52 am

Your pic\'s are very cool. but the guy that is casting a spell look as if he hase 2 right arms?

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Post by: Burntleaf on August 19, 2005, 07:17:27 pm

or heis double jointed....? I reckon the ynwwn would look better with a bit more texture to his body? dont kill me

EDIT: o wait sorry my computer has a wierd colour thing wher orange looks black in colour.. saw picture on laptop n looks vry good

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Post by: Pretz89 on August 22, 2005, 06:41:45 am

Here\'s my first try on drawing a Kran and in colouring.Used the gimp, no money to get paintshop

(http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/9353/colouredkran5gn.th.jpg) (http://img375.imageshack.us/my.php?image=colouredkran5gn.jpg)