neonakis

Feb 8 2006, 05:45 PM

i can see the influence
however, if you look at the example posted above, the fingers, though gnarly looking, still have some normal bone structure, in fact it kind of looks like he's even drawn in the structure in the dragon's right front claw.

if you look at your dragon's left claw, it's fingers are bending in an impossible way. and if you compare it to the right claw, they are unbalanced, the fingers on the left being much much longer than the fingers on the right.
The only thing that mentler seems to really get freaky with is the nails, but the proper bone structure still seems to be there.

Villageidiot

 

I think she looks pregnant cause her belly and breasts are so big...

humbleego

Feb 9 2006, 04:23 PM

Is it the girl from Mr. & Mrs. Smith? What's her name?

Anghenfil

Feb 9 2006, 04:57 AM

Sure. Do you mean just how to draw them or what's my process for coming up with them?

juggleballz

Feb 10 2006, 06:44 AM

great shading jack. the first one is great. nice pose. the chest seems a little flat and rather than making him look lean it sorta makes him look too skinny. I kinda agree with u on the solar plexus area. the defined ribs again make him look starved rather than lean.and rather than the ribs running diagonally/vertically, i feel they shud be more rounded around the body. plus the solar plexus area is a little too low. it tends to be just below the chest area.

The arms are quite well done. makes him look buff. (how gay am i sounding). I think the top of his right arm/ bicep, just below the arm pit, is a little off to me.

The left sholder, there seems to be a flat area just below the ball of the shoulder. im being picky here, but i think it looks okay. his ear cud be moved forward a little.

BTW, humans are definately NOT my strong area, but i hope what i have said is ok. im always worried incase im talking shite lol, but i think ang, and comlock and the noob, can sort this one out for ya.

kib

Feb 10 2006, 08:25 AM

A word about scanning:

It is really frustrating when you scan your recent pencil work for posting and it comes out all faded and lacking the detail or contrast you worked so hard to include.

If you aren't going to post-process your image with Curves or Levels in PS after scanning (where most of that data can be recovered), then take a look at your scanner settings.

Most scanners automate the process for the Lowest Common Denominator user, and we all know that doesn't include anyone in this forum The automation tries to guess what you want by what it sees, and since it thinks you are an office worker scanning pics for a monthly report, that usually isn't good enough.

So here are some steps to better scans:

-scan at a higher DPI (75 is for screen, but doesn't get much data on the scan pass, so set it for 150 and then reduce your image size 50% in PS)

-set it to Greyscale instead of colour (for greyscale pics, natch)

-UNcheck any Descreen or Unsharp Mask options (these are for cleaning up CMYK print dots and sharpening up blurry images. You don't want the machine deciding if your careful detail needs to be "fixed")

-open up your Advanced options (they must be in there somewhere, if not DL the latest drivers/firmware/etc for your scanner) and use the Histogram and Curve panels, experimenting to get a better scan

-Histogram crunches the blacks or whites to a max/min value and is data "lossy" so don't use this if you want to get a high-res print of your scan later

-Curves uses algorithms to recalculate the image and so doesn't lose the data. Try a nice S curve pushing the whites up and bringing the blacks down to increase contrast


*And yes, I know I have simplified these explanations, but not to the LCD

kib

Neo_uk

Feb 10 2006, 06:21 AM

Wood-elf style.. the backhand with the staff has been lost due to scanning *sigh*
*Image..