Fanart contained within... twah!

[Elegrand]

Im really looking forward to the pic, ill try and search for some textures though.

Edit: Here\'s a wood texture, its not the best though.

[Icefalcon]

There are a ton of free textures here...http://www.grsites.com/textures/ ...if you wanna browse...

Im looking forward to your tavern picture, thats a huge request...all those people 8o Im sure you will pull it off though :]

Also, sice your the expert with Photoshop, could you explain to me how I would make a good shiny sword blade? Im trying to make this picture and I am just really getting frusterated with making the blade of a sword. Im an amature (just got Photoshop a couple days ago), so anything would help...tips The only things I can do is all the filter effects, and uh...layers, and texts...hmm X(

[Kintall]

YAYYYY, itrs essentialy done thers more I could do but well this will do for now, it has more layers than a bag of onions, and its made me cry just as much..

sniff sniff...


but anywho, I did find an intereting way of doing th shadows on everything, I made a layer of solid black on top put its opacity to like 40% then changed its blending mode to \"darken\" then used the eraser to cut the light areas out of that layer

and icefalcon as far as making swords shiny  theres heaps of ways, the cheapest is using the layer blending properties bevel/emboss and satin, to do it yourself though can be a little harder but is well worth it, to be honest I\'m not all that good at it myself, but my way kinda works, I give it a shading region (on a grouped layer abover the sword\'s colour layer) then rub out one side of it then make another layer and do in solid white the shine layer

seee diagram (me make myselfs )



as per usual comments and suggestions are more than welcome they are wanted, questions will be answered and requests will be strongly considered

[Crj]

Hehe, i dont want to agree with you here. Beval, Embos and Alpha layer lighting isnt the best way to make such stuff. The best way is burn and dodge!

Kintall, i like your drawings, but your coloring style(oh, im no anime lover at all).
Have you ever tryed to color your drawings more realistic, whithout the outlines? Sure, it takes much more time, but IMHO it looks muuuuch better. I recomend you to use diferent brushes during the coloring and shadowing process, that makes it look more detailed.
Maybe this isnt the best example, but this what you can maku using only burn, dodge an smudge tools

[Kintall]

I didnt say bevel and emoboss was the best I said it was the \"cheapest\" , and as far as burn and dodge goes, to be perfectly honest I havent used it. I\'m somewhat self taught as far as photoshop goes (today I figured a few more keyboard shortcuts ).

and I have done more realistic styles, painting etc in fact I\'m classicaly trained.. (painting photography sculpture) it didnt take. and heck if I painted the colouring in, the pic could take ages, hell it probably took more than 3 hours all up allready

 as far as the style I have, its the one I like. colouring this style is however quite new to me as is photoshop

I hope that I can start to do professional quality pictures in future..  hopefully


in other news I\'l soon have a gallery up and running as soon as I figure out how to make webpages and put them on my ftp ...  I used MSword to make one before but I\'ve since forgotten how. Thankfully my friend is doing a big scary IT degree so he\'l probably know

anywho, comments, constructive criticisms and suggestions are still welcome as are questions, requests and potatos in the shape of polish celebrities



[edit] and if this doesnt get a comment out of Mogura god knows what will...  [/edit]
[edit again] and I didnt include a wallpaper with this one because it is one (1024x768 ) hee hee[/edit again]

[Elegrand]

Wow! Thats amazing Kintall!
The TWAH!!!! thing is pretty funny...

[Fanomatic2000]

...But what does it mean, TWAH? Is it some kind of shortening, or is it just a nonsense-word? like DOH!

Anyway, I like your style the way it is. It has a personal touch to it, and I dont think you should change it (didn\'t say you cannot improve though )
Oh, and I love manga as well. My favourite artist is Niko Geyer. If you want some inspiration you should check his gallery here

I\'ve noticed that your lines looks very smooth. Is there a tool in photoshop for this? I\'ve seen something similar in Flash, but there must be something like that in Photoshop as well.

Constructive criticism about you latest masterpiece: The chair to the lower right doesn\'t look right in perspective if you compare with the chair the blue Enkidukai is sitting on, but that\'s the only error I can find.

Hehe, and that Hawaii-drink was a very funny add-on to the \"mystic stranger\" sitting at the table. A very parodical and funny image overall (and nice over-dimensioned beer-glasses btw. )

Kintall shows his front-feet again!

[Icefalcon]

Ha, I love the big Kran sleeping on the floor like a baby...ROFL

[Xelex]

Another request big guy. A small group of assassins and theives ranging from different races pillaging a villiage. Please don\'t make them look like dorky henchmen. Make them look like people who have actually done this before and have good hygeine. Oh yeah a nice night scene would do. (:  This is going to be the hardents one you have probably done yet. May even take you 10 minutes (lol). But give it your best and nothing less.

Thx a plenty Kintall, oh like your lil signature marking with your name in it.

[Kintall]

[sarcasm]Hmm... just watched an utterly engaging docco on salmonela....[/sarcasm]  


thanks for your comments (and to those that looked and didnt comment but: \"thought real hard about it\")

Elegrand:
I\'m glad you like it, it was a bastard... a challenging one but a bastard nonetheless (note to mods: am I allowed to say \"bastard\"?) it was a good request though it has at least taught me an interesting lighting method.
The twah is good isnt it

Fanomatic2000:
is a sign of umm...   well iys a sign of Twah, what else
And I\'m glad you like my style, its coming along nicely I hope, and as for Niko Geyer, I\' liked the pics (especialy the FOnewm and HUnuwearl one) whoever she/he is they do have both well versed skills in colouring and composition as well as good taste in games (Guilty Gear X)
as for the smooth lines well I\'m not sure entirely if this helps but theres a checkbox in photoshop 8+ brushes window called \"smoothing\"
and the chair does stick out like a sore thumb.. ahh well live and learn

the drink had to be added, had to be

and I have hind feet....?

Icefalcon: He is a happy lil kran (you have new sig. I like, you ,make yourself?)

as per ususal requests comments questions criticisms (constructive)  are wished for dearly

[Icefalcon]

Originally posted by Kintall
Icefalcon: He is a happy lil kran (you have new sig. I like, you ,make yourself?)

Yes I did, took me a while to do something you could do in 10 min, but yes, I made it entirely from scratch

[Kintall]

well its a cool sig all the same, and its made all the cooler by the fact you did it yourself.. quite inspiring really

so inspiring in fact I\'m making my own new sig..


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finished

peoples likey like?

(p.s reposting pic to save back clicking)

[Icefalcon]

Yes your sig looks better now with your full name and not just the \"K\" and the \"K\" is really cool too, with the little animated eye
Again, that tavern is awesome

[Kintall]

well since no ones seen fit to give me a request I\'l maybe do another art series.... problem is what to do....

hmmmm...


I GOT IT!!   \"Lucient throughout the ages\" yeah... that sounds good...  beef beef

well then coming soon etc...

[edit]Request lines still open by the way... as are comments critiques etc...[/edit]

[Xelex]

Originally posted by Xelex
Another request big guy. A small group of assassins and theives ranging from different races pillaging a villiage. Please don\'t make them look like dorky henchmen. Make them look like people who have actually done this before and have good hygeine. Oh yeah a nice night scene would do. (:  This is going to be the hardents one you have probably done yet. May even take you 10 minutes (lol). But give it your best and nothing less.

Thx a plenty Kintall, oh like your lil signature marking with your name in it.

Kintall you still haven\'t done this one or did you not see it?