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[EagleV]

Actually, I find hands one of the easier parts... Just hold your own hand in whatever position you want, and draw what you see. A face, on the other hand. Apart from the fact that I'll have to find a portable mirror, my face is not really model-worthy . I always tend to struggle with the mouth and nose.

[azazel]

Given that a lot of my illustrations deal with hand damages (breaking fingers the wrong way, crushing joints.. you get the idea), I'd rather not. Apart from that, it's a start but to be honest, at some point in your "career" you're bound to realize that you have to know how to draw a hand without seeing it.

Expanding on that idea though: use a mirror - waaaayyyy back (20 years, give or take a few) when I started I used to hold my left hand in whatever position as practice. It was well after I was past any major issues with hands that my teacher told me to use a mirror instead of trying to turn your own hand towards your face while at the same time drawing.

Oh hey, a new day - let's see what we can bring to bear today.

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I forgot to use layers today, so I'm afraid you get to see my entire work process. That right foot still needs some work after I (not that I'm going to) clean up the lines some, but other than that I'm not seeing any glaring mistakes. Cheap way of not drawing hands, I suppose.

So as to not disappoint! A hand! A really quick sketch, because it's just a hand. But it's a hand, and that counts for something, right?

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And with that I'm going downtown to buy myself a couple of new sketchbooks.

[Ironhand]

So, you guys have all seen this at the fan art thread, but I actually want help so I'll ask here.

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The background is just those cheesy Photoshop cloud filters, and it really shows.
How do you guys make nice, grundgy backgrounds that don't look PS-generated?

Like what does Davion do? Those textures are mind-meltingly gorgeous.
What's the secret? Fancy brushes?

[mendonca]

I'm no expert, but I think you're background looks very good. And I personally like the 'streaks', they are effective.

I've been playing with painter ...

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[azazel]

So, you guys have all seen this at the fan art thread, but I actually want help so I'll ask here.
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How do you guys make nice, grundgy backgrounds that don't look PS-generated?

Related, I suppose: http://gallery.artofgregmartin.com/tuts_arts/making_a_star_field.html
Now, dwarves don't really have a use for a star field (I think, although a few images spring to mind), but I think a lot of what is going on there can be applied to other backgrounds. But I'm not a digital artist, so yeah - take it with a pinch of salt.

[neosorcerer]

So, you guys have all seen this at the fan art thread, but I actually want help so I'll ask here.

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The background is just those cheesy Photoshop cloud filters, and it really shows.
How do you guys make nice, grundgy backgrounds that don't look PS-generated?

Like what does Davion do? Those textures are mind-meltingly gorgeous.
What's the secret? Fancy brushes?

The secret really is custom brushes, for example here are some of the brushes I made:

Which I use to create stuff like this:

Using a custom brush creates a more organic textured look when you are painting in photoshop. Just experiment with any random shape and all the different brush settings and you'll find what works for you.

[Red Fortune]

I'ma back, but my post stating that I was going away seemed to... Disappear? 

Anyway, I was very bored and drew things and mucked around with brushes.


It's a bowl... Speedily drawn in about 20-30 minutes.

Speaking of backgrounds and starfields, I was mucking around painting with brushes etc and ended up with this done in an hour:


Also, site I recommend to practice anatomy/posing: http://www.posemaniacs.com/

[Hippoman]

Does anyone here wanna make me a picture of my dream?

[The Mad Engineer]

What was the dream?

[Hippoman]

It's here:
http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=43236.msg978096#msg978096

[Red Fortune]

dream blah

What part would you want drawn?

[The Mad Engineer]

Describe this Emily in detail.

[Hippoman]

dream blah

What part would you want drawn?

Basically the scene form the window, Emily just jumped, planes are crashing or something like that.

Describe this Emily in detail.

Now that's harder.
Black hair, just past the shoulders.
Skinny. Not super, but skinny.
maybe about 5' 8".
What she was wearing I never paid attention to.
What else do you need?

[deadlycairn]

Wait, will you guys do requests?

[Hippoman]

I was told I needed to upload this:

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Now we all know what Hippomen look like.