Tauren's art

[Kintall]

Originally posted by Taurenthefirst

I really dont make the basic shape things most people do, like the circle for the head and stuff. i dont know why, but i just cant do that. ive tried it many times,

well you gotta start sooner or later, all the greats do it (Netsya Nomura, Satoshi Urushihara, Masamune shirow and the list goes on) once you start doing it you will really notice the difference, I know I ve said it somewhere before on this board but get yourself a copy of \"how to draw manga vol1: compiling characters\" I think it will REALLY help you, you can probably order it from your local comic or book shop its about $40 Aus so it shouldnt be too much where you are

but above alll PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE, its really the only way

anywho keep up the good work

[Taurenthefirst]

aaahh poop... my comp died, like totally, forever!!  ahh and im poor too, so it took me forever to save up enough for a new one. but, finally im back, and school lets out in a week, so then work should speed up. and thanks for the comments

[Ineluke]

Originally posted by DepthBlade
Its a nice picture but you should shorten it up if you want it to be your sig! *looks at his watch* you should be getting a PM from moogie shortly to shorten it up 500 x 140 pixels i think is the limit?

So how\'s yours so big?

[Taurenthefirst]

its not anymore i fixed it.

[Erik]

He Taurenthefirst, I\'d recomment that you buy yourself a good anatomy book, it\'s really a great help when drawing chars ....and modelling them

[Taurenthefirst]

yeah i know, i suck lol. im gonna get that book kintall suggested and just keep practicing lol.

[Erik]

I have this anatomy book:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/078948045X/qid=1085523587/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/102-8400520-7960110?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

And i really like it, lots of very good photo reference. It\'s $27 @ amazon.

[Taurenthefirst]

woohhoooo, tomarrow is the last day of school!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy!!!!!!

and to honor this day, i have this:




i did this a while ago, its aragorn from lotr. did this all in pencil, just a sketch w/ some shading.

edit: the new link didnt work all the way but this is the best i got for now...all thats missing is the knees anyway...

[Taurenthefirst]

here is a sketch of my first monster:

monster 1
kinda weird i know.
explanation:  its attatched to a rock with its front leg thingys, so this makes it move very slow, but it has a very powerful attack by planting its spikey thing into the ground and smashing stuff with its rock.  it can also balance on the rock and stab people with the spike.  finally, if it is in dire need of nutrients, it can quickly absorb minerals from the rock, but this will make the rock weak and crumble, causing the creature to have a harder time keeping it balance and losing its ability to smash stuff.

 and here is a little something my freind sketched up for me:  (as you can tell, he is alot better than me)
wolf thing


edit: links fixed

[Erik]

The first pic reminds me of HalfLife, scared the hell out of me.

[Monketh]

Originally posted by Taurenthefirst
woohhoooo, tomarrow is the last day of school!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy!!!!!!

and to honor this day, i have this:




i did this a while ago, its aragorn from lotr. did this all in pencil, just a sketch w/ some shading.

...June 8th...  ...JUNE 8TH...GAAAHHH!

*ahem* Looks good, did you have a source image?

[Taurenthefirst]

yes i have a source image, it was the front of the video game case for lord of the rings the 2 towers:) you can probably tell that the source only went to about the bottom of the right(well his lefft) arm, cuz from there down the drawing gets worse lol  8o

EDIT: whoooohoooo school is out!!!!!!!!!  :]  

[Taurenthefirst]

finally!!!!!!! my completly completed drawing if finally completed!!!!!!!!!!! man that took forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  i really like the way it turned out. the first one has darker shadows, i guess to kinda represent a brighter and more focused light source, like a big ball of energy, and the second one has lighter shadows. tell me which one you guys like better, and what else i could have done to make this drawing better (i like the second one better)


firnal

edit:
ok all i have left now is one of them, but this is the one i finally picked to be the final version anyway.

[Taurenthefirst]

man its been a long time since ive posted in this thread.  cant believe i didnt get any replies from my last pic, was it that bad? or do you guys just not like me?
oh well here\'s some sketches i did while on vacation.

ok well i did have some sketches.... but im having some trouble with upl.mine.   but you can expect the sketches as soon as i get them uploaded lol

[DepthBlade]

Originally posted by Taurenthefirst
woohhoooo, tomarrow is the last day of school!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy!!!!!!

and to honor this day, i have this:




i did this a while ago, its aragorn from lotr. did this all in pencil, just a sketch w/ some shading.

I really liked this picture alot especially the face, but it somehow looks like the hair is cut and paste from another picture i dunno maybe its just my eyesight but it doesn\'t look authentic...still really good!