Concept Art Workshop
Alrighty, I'm seeing a goodly amount of interest so I'm going to open the CAW group up for folks to sign up with. I figure the best way to do this is for folks to subscribe and then when they post their art, make sure you use the CAW tag at the bottom of the submit form. By joining up and posting your work, you're acknowledging a desire not only for praise but critique. We're all looking to improve, hopefully. Remember folks that critique is not criticism. If you've got a problem with a piece, make sure you can offer a solution to try. "This Sucks" is not helpful, nor supportive. Try to keep it polite and helpful. And have fun, for Elune's sake. Tools to try: Artrage by Ambient Design: http://www.artrage.com/index.html
[art] Asheline
Hello RP-Haven! I'm not ded yet! Just really busy.... as usual. >.>
One of the winners of the feedback submission contest! <3
OOC- Art Raffle and Video How-To Pilot. Help Greatly Needed!
Shameless promo image is shameless! ;)
More info below the break, image takes you right to the good stuff.
[art] Amellia (plus! art commish-contest info sneak-peek!! :D)
So, I havent posted up much lately as I took some time to get back to my roots and tighten up on my art foundations. I'm happy to say It's paying off. :D
More below the break, as well as some info about a FREE ART COMMISSION raffle I'll be hosting soon!
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Of Art and Fear: Two must-reads for inspiration and motivation.
... So first I'm embarrassed to say I've never seen this forum before. :x
But! I found it looking for a place to share this information, as it was an immense help and inspiration to me.
I think one of the biggest things we struggle with as growing artists is the motivation to continue to create when we're not "inspired", immediately followed by the feeling of inadequacies. No matter what we do, how much we draw or write, what ends up on the page is never quite what that sketch had in it's potential.
I learned this week that those two important things are not only what all of us as artists feel, it's a part of the process!
NOTE: This applies to both visual artists and writers. It's all art.
First Sergeant Elias DeWalt hnnnghhh
So I got bored during loading times last night, grabbed a little notebook and a pen, and HNNNGHED this out! Somehow, color got attached too.
[Art] Grizzle me Tsilas Blackwater. Arrgh.
Sure, elves are supposed to live for a long time and age gracefully...but there is always an exception to the rule!
[art] Commission: Lovely Trio
Hello RPH! It's been a while!
Full size below the fold, plus a little something extra. :)
Doodle - Brothers at Rest
Decided to unpack my Wacom tablet and play around with my new CS4 tonight. Tried a bunch of old things I've never been good at: drawing directly from the wacom tablet, Trolls, clean lines. Tried some things that were totally new: odd perspective, watercolor brushes.
It's not awesome but its mostly just to get myself drawing again. Thought about cleaning up the coloring, but I kind of liked the bleeding watercolor effect. Still not as pretty as using a good old real pen and watercolor set. But meh. Gotta practice with this new fangled digital stuff!
I wanted to do a doodle of Iloam and Balla napping in the grass after a good day of fighting and wrestling with other Gurubashi Trolls. Inspired by this awesome set on Flickr of the Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling Championships in Turkey every year.
WIP - Melanim
This was a quick drawing done at the suggestion of Elex, while drawing in Opencanvas. :D It's very sketchy, and not really colored as of yet. Alas, my tablet quit working as I decided to color it, so this is what I did instead. I have to say though, I'm pretty pleased with it. Thanks for any comments, critique welcomed. Full image below the cut!
Zoram Strand In The Morning
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Image below the cut. Playing about with AR3's new watercolor brush.
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