My W(ork)I(n)P(rogress)

tidbit · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject: My W(ork)I(n)P(rogress)

so the last few days i've been making something.

old. http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/8/26/f_whatdoyouthm_b695c02.jpg&srv=img26
newer. http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/8/27/f_part2m_1f12ff6.jpg&srv=img32 (colors are not final!)
newer new: http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/8/28/f_rawrsm_061e3fb.jpg&srv=img37 (colors are not final!)
this is pretty new: http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/9/1/f_clampm_7ed9a1b.jpg&srv=img29 (colors are not final!)
same as above but pink hairs: http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/9/1/f_yayornaym_9f22c89.jpg&srv=img26 (colors are not final!)
pretty damn new!: http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/9/2/f_wheeem_fbf132a.jpg&srv=img27 (colors are not final!)

been working on it 1-2 parts a day. it'll be a little side-project. I am taking my time.
this is also my 1st human figure drawn.
also my 1st anime drawn.

day 1: body outline
day 2: hairs
day 3: eye (easy Razz

)
day 4: pants+coloring
day 5: tanktop+shoe
day 6: hair shading
day 7: skin shading+basic clothe shading
damn, 7 days sofar....I'm slow, even though I'm taking my time.

this is done in gimp, nothing else. Not hand drawn then scaned, no tablet, just GIMP+me Smile

heres the tutorials I'm going off of:
hairs 2
http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs26/f/2008/154/3/4/Tutorials___Hair_by_Scythe_Sugar_Static.jpg
Wings!
http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs7/f/2005/261/5/2/WingsTurorial.jpg
clothes and folds, part 1
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs7/f/2005/233/1/5/ClothesTurorial.jpg
clothes and folds part 2
http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs7/f/2005/248/7/2/ClothesTurorial2.jpg
hands and feets
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs25/f/2008/154/d/1/Tutorials___Hands_Feet_by_Scythe_Sugar_Static.jpg
Poses
http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs26/f/2008/154/c/6/Tutorials___Poses_by_Scythe_Sugar_Static.jpg
The Body
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs27/f/2008/154/a/b/Tutorials___Bodies_by_Scythe_Sugar_Static.jpg
Hair 1: bangs
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs10/f/2006/160/c/b/Hair_Bangs_Tutorial.jpg
eyes, ears, nose, mouth, face
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs9/f/2006/014/0/d/TutorialFace2.jpg
hair shading
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs11/f/2006/191/4/e/bighairtutorial.jpg
skin shading
http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs11/f/2006/188/0/2/skintut.jpg

any constructive crit+tips= Very Happy

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Ugly-Wan · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:49 pm Post subject:

all i can say is how the F**k did you do that in gimp?
did you use a tablet or mouse?
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tidbit · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:11 pm Post subject:

Ugly-Wan · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:03 pm Post subject:

Bull · spammy piggy Joined: 05 Jul 2008 Posts: 506

Well its nice done but its all the some just a different background. But still good work Very Happy

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tidbit · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject:

updates in 1st post Smile

coming along good I'd say. (screenshot is soomed out, so its not as High Quality)
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Ugly-Wan · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:19 pm Post subject:

nice i am looking froward to it
is there a chance you will tell me you secrets
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tidbit · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:25 pm Post subject:

my secrets:
3+ years of gimp
curve tool
reference pics
tutorials
patience
trial and error
common sense
and
a computer

I need a shirt idea. Was thinking of a hoodie, but might be to hard :/
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Ugly-Wan · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:53 pm Post subject:

i have 5 month experience in Pain.net and have no idea what most of the tolls do most of the stuff i have done so far is simple and easy it workout perhaps i should do some tut's?
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tidbit · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:16 pm Post subject:

I barely do tuts. I mainly do trial/error and experiment with each tool.
but I'm a rare breed, I catch onto apps fast, while most stuggle.
So yes, do tutorials.
dug up some lniks for you.:
http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewforum.php?f=15
http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/doc/2.6/Help/en/Tutorials.html
http://www.mitchelaneous.com/2008/08/07/10-best-paintnet-tutorials/
http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=paint.net+tutorials&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
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Ugly-Wan · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:11 pm Post subject:

hay thanks what do you think of this (my first real thing very basic)
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj105/Ugly-Wan/Bird.png
took ages to upload
picture is mine as well
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tidbit · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:15 pm Post subject:

if uploading to the interwebz, you should save it as .jpg, much smaller filesize.
also, not to sound rude, but what part did you make/edit? Or is it just a photo?
it looks fat Laughing

. I like fat birds, they funny.
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Ugly-Wan · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:47 pm Post subject:

i said it was simple i cut the bird out and put it in a new layer made the original black and white
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tidbit · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:29 pm Post subject:

well, since I thought it was a photo, nice work Razz

first post updated.
shoe+tanktop.
just gotta shade/background and possibly add accessories. Then I'm done. I thinks.
yes I know the shoe tip is weird. I'll fix later. Idea

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lydiaftw · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:00 pm Post subject:

i love it youre so talented Smile

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tidbit · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:09 pm Post subject:

well, next imma do the shading.
but I haven't started yet. I probably won't till Monday. Sorry.
found 2 shading guides (hair and skin), but those methods are a bit harder then my current method. so I'll play around a bit.
soooo, yeah. An update on Monday or Tuesday.

1st post updated with the 2 new tutorials.
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Boobsmagee · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:12 am Post subject:

i believe i've seen a few of those tutorials a very long time ago

lately i've been watching a lot of speed painting
and anime/manga tutorial stuff

i really haven't learned much, but i've been thinking about doing some
art...specifically a dragon and a few other things

looks like you've got a pretty good start

although could possibly lose a few creases on the pants

and despite not having used paint.net

gimp is probably better
you just have to know what your doing
theres not a whole lot to the paths tool/pen tool
it just takes time to getting used to

at first i found both gimp and photoshop to be really confuzzling and scary lol, but after looking at a few tutorials showing what certain things do, and a bit of messing around i began to slowly get into things...i recommend trying it over paint.net

i've also been interested in vectoring, which added to my want to make characters lol i'll probably start soon here too, unless school wears me down :/
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^and still updating O.o

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tidbit · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject:

still haven't done anything, Razz

hopefully I will tomorrow unless something comes up.
yes, gimp/ps, confusing at 1st, tons of options, and depending on your "skills", hard.
but after learning, VERY very good.

for vector graphics:
Inkscape=free, great, but doesn't allow animations (I think Razz

)
Flash=expensive (unless cracked Wink

), great, animations+games
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Ugly-Wan · Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 6:03 pm Post subject:

perhaps i should give Gimp a try i hated photoshop due to the fact you have to pay and it takes over your ram like hell.
try this site for open source alternatives OSALT
for animation try this
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tidbit · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 5:18 pm Post subject:

hair shading is (done?)
2 colors added in 1st post.
yes I know a part of the hair is missing its outline, and I'm not sure about the zig-zag highlight on top.

I used a method that will probably never work again, if this method even worked on this pic.
yeah. shading is not fun. :/
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