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Hello! I wanted to show you what I’m working on right now. Both pictures are not finished yet. I usually do the layout and the basic colors first, then add the shading. I wanted to try CantDraw’s shading process, so the basic colors will probably change for darker ones. If you haven’t seen his tutorial yet, I highly recommend it! http://www.heromachine.com/forum/tips-tricks-how-tos-and-guides/cantdraws-coloring-tutorial-part-1/#p42787
The first one is a OC. She’s a hacker usually living in small apartments or hotel room. Here she is in her temporary room, surrounded by her mess, working on a gadget to relax.
The other one is…well no one in particular I was inspired by a contest some week back that I saw to late to participate but that still interested me. I’ll let you guess what it is
Keep in mind that those 2 are WIP I’ll post them finished as I get around to do it. I’m working too on the thread started by Hammerknight about making oneself as a knight, and I’m very excited to draw myself as one…self portrait is hard to make, I think, but its fun, nonetheless.
I’ll post the link when I’ll be finished with it.Comments? Questions? I always enjoy constructive criticism, it helps me get better!
Cheers!Wow! It’s amazing! Your characters have such awesome poses, it makes a very dynamic picture. And your shading is fantastic! I’ve read your tutorial, and will try that method! Thank you for taking time to make that! ^-^
Just a little advice (and I may be wrong, take it or leave it :P) : Maybe put less contrast in the faces? For example, in the angel picture (which very nice btw) I would’ve put the highlight of her right cheek a bit darker and more diffused. And maybe more contrast to the hair
As I said, its only my little advice, and I may be wrong.
Anyhow, your art is awesome and inspiring!Very nice art! Everything is so…clean, the colors, the shading… and I must say I’m impressed by your 3/4 pose which you use perfectly. Might have to use you trick to make boots in 2 different angle, I never thought about it before
keep on the good work ^-^Cheers!
Hello all!
It’s been a while but I’m working on 2 other pieces. Thank you for the comments, I will try to incorporate these in my new pics. Here is my entry for the Indelible contest. It’s about a priestress who tried to remove tainting from a demon. Now, as she was succesful in this endeavour, she is stuck with it for the rest of her life. As always comments are appreciated!Indelible Taint
Thank you,
Cheers!
ValyndrilHello!
I’m here to claim my prize ^-^
The hand only, not the arm. Would that be ok?
Thanks in advance!Hello!
I want to start by thanking you for character of the week and hall of fame ^-^
Here is a new picture I recently finished after a long time being forgotten. How to explain it?… in a d&d custom campaign setting I’ve created with my boyfriend, there’s a small city of necromancers that just want to live accepted amongs others, and not needing to be hidden. So the following represent an inn own by one vampire (with explains his paleness) and his sister. Its a moment before the inn is actually open, but make yourself comfortable we’ll be open for business soon!“Welcome!”
Original characters from a custom campaign setting.
As always, comments and questions are appreciated!
(AMS: I actually take it as a compliment, I’ve just saw what Zyp made, its pretty awsome, so thank you!)Cheers,
ValyndrilI’ve been using HM3 for around 2 years, maybe little more, but the first time I’ve shaded was 1 year ago. I was mistaken though, the first time I shaded was with Sheleigh, but the first time I shaded the hair and skin was with The Forsaken. With The Forsaken I was looking for a challenge: a weird pose and trying to make metal look a little bit more…metallic. By mistake I faded the line art on certain pieces of equipment and realized then that it gave it a shinier look, more reflective-like. So if I could make metal look shinier why not the hair? Because the pose made the character bigger I could give it more detail, and now I mostly always enlarge the characters.
I like to try out new things on every picture, and when it works I use that trick on the next. As for the trees for shading and dirt, I’ve used it the first time with “I will protect you” when I saw the newly added trees. I wanted a gritty look and couldn’t get it with smooth circle. For the rain I tried a floor pattern and it worked.
Apart from the faded circle that gave shading, the other thing that changed my style, was when I realized that lines are lines, meaning that, depending on how you place something it can look completely differently than the original angle. And the fact that my computer can easily handle 500 layers helps a lot too
And no, I’m not ZypI’m happy that you like my heromachine-made art and I’ll be happy to answer any other questions!
ValyndrilHello! Thank you all for the nice comments ^-^ Here is a piece I’ve made a while back. It was the first time I used the “fading circle” to make light and shadow. I got the idea to make grass from hair from the picture with the elven girl and the bird on the hero machine banner (sorry dont know who made it :s ) And Stulte, feel free to steal my tricks! :p
The Forsaken
Original character in a custom campaign setting
Don’t hesitate to leave comments or questions!
Good day! (or night)
Valyndril
