Short Explanation: Here's my entry for DeviantArt's 11th Birthday Skribble Contest.
Long Explanation: I started this contest as soon as it popped up in my inbox and got about half way through a piece that had sharks floating in space when I finally checked out some of the submissions and noticed that everybody was doing some kind of marine life thanks to shark week...so I started over.
Thank god I did because I am fairly new to using Manga/Comic Studio and I think I learned a lot from starting the other piece so that I was able to come up with something far more creative and something that I was infinitely more happy with.
My previous attempt can be seen here:
[link]As for this piece - I was so nervous about doing something with the lines that I wasn't supposed to (I read the rules like a million times) that I kept them on a separate layer the entire time so as not to mess with them even though I wanted to make them thinner or tapper soooo badly I was too afraid. If you can't make out the lines I have made up a cheat sheet here:
[link]Soooo long story short - thanks DA for the contest and the opportunity to create a piece that is the first one I am truly happy with in a long time.
Comic/Manga Studio, Photoshop CS5
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I hear you about financial struggles - still haven't found that "dream job" yet that is a combination of art and financial security.
Thanks so much about the color thing - honestly color choices are always the hardest decisions for me to make so a lot of my reference material is based off of color palettes that I like and then work off of.
I am not using my Bamboo anymore - I got an Intuos for Christmas and retired my bamboo; however, if I hadn't gotten the intuos i probably would still be using it - I think it's a great tablet for the price and does pretty much all the same things as the fancier ones. (Now that I have started focusing more on my line-work I am drooling over the cintiqs but honestly who has $2000 to drop on whim right?) So yeah I would definitely recommend the bamboo - the only downside I found is that it is way susceptible to scratches which don't really affect the touch system all that much but cause little bumps in the line-work every now and then D:
I would love to see some of your digital fantasy stuff! I was always jealous of your innate ability to simplify things in an aesthetically pleasing way
I remember you using Painter to pull color schemes for that wicked spider piece. I still think the two I liked best (as far as color goes) is that Kurt Cobain piece and that self portrait you did with the birds. I think because you pay so much heed to color, that is why it is successful.
Grats on the Intous! I had a Intous3 but the battery leaked and I was mortified. I'm using an old tablet of my boyfriend's at the moment. It's okay, but the drawing area is super tiny and when I want long sweeping lines I hit the edge
I've been working on and off for like two years on a Blood Elf priest painting. I really can't create my own generic fantasy stuff, it just always feels.... generic. But it is looking really great so far, if I do say so myself. I'm working on it in earnest and will def post when it is done.
Thanks for the super compliment about being able to simplify stuff. It's a double edged sword, because when you get into trying to create form you have to stop yourself from simplifying. And value will always ALWAYS be my weakness
Are you still in Rhode Island? I'm here in Florida. If you are I hope the storm didn't hit you too bad!