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http://users.telenet.be/kristofspaey/ · by **KristofSpaey** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 1:17 pm

That last one's great!

by **chrisc** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:14 pm

Nice! Are you still doing your own life drawings?

by **MBirkhofer** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:13 am

Yeah. They just aren't really all that interesting to share really.
Had some neat ones while watching Braveheart the other night. Tevo is pretty sweet for that too. Pause and get a chance to do figures in motion, as well as period outfits.

Right now, I want to make a push on working on doing some full renderings. Character designs, shots, environments. Lots of pencillers get some supplemental income from doing commissions.

by **MBirkhofer** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:43 pm

(a+b)/a=a/b=1.618

Was doing some sketching and I got side tracked by a spiral.
And used it as an excuse to do a number of things.
Learn how to use the pen tool in ps. Seriously, I had no clue how that damn thing worked. Work paths.
Experiment with creating naturalish watercolorish color.
Experiment with fake distress/tears.

by **chrisc** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:50 pm

Experimenting is fun! I like it--nice textures & watercolors.

by **Thor Badendyck** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:13 am

Lovin' that golden mean spiral.

How did you do those textures? Magician, reveal your secrets!

by **MBirkhofer** » Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:06 am

Which?

The base is just a basic brown paper bag texture.

The "rips" and water color are both actually the same 2 or 3 watercolor brushes.

One of the interesting ways to make textures look much more natural, I have found, is to apply them, then erase them back with another textured eraser, even the same brush sometimes.

by **MBirkhofer** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:23 pm

WIP.

My shadowdancer.
Trying to develop a number of things. While working on drawing, I go back and redefine her and build her design up.
I'm not a fan of fetish-wear super hero costumes. And when trying to design a DnD character, also I wanted her to build on pseudo-realistic fantasy design. Rogue needs to be agile, access to potions/scrolls in a fight. Arrow guard on her left wrist. (Bow is not shown.) I should add that to her back, it would make sense for her to have it here. She was going to have sleeves on both arms for protection, but asymmetry is sweet as well. Shin guards need work.

I had her with short hair for a while. I'm been trying to decide on a cut. Recently, while working on expressions, I tried a bunch out, and ended up with this one. Which I really like. I didn't want long bangs at first. However, I noticed that the long side bang, is VERY expressive. It can be used from the side, back, and front to help telegraph emotion. So I think its the right choice.
The eye black is also a new idea. Saw a history show, that explained the Egyptian eye black was to cut down on glare from the sun. That makes so much sense, yet I never put 2+2 together on that. I thought it fit the character well. Serving as partial disguise.
Also... I watched Ergo Proxy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK3ZiYsa7iw

I did a number of head shots for emotions, and a full body shots. This image was done more neutral on purpose to serve as a character shot more then scene. I was going to post a few of the others here. But I hated them when I looked at them after I scanned them. :/

25 essential expressions VV
http://napalmnacey.deviantart.com/art/2 ... s-55523083
Everyone is doing it!^^

by **Sixter** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:51 pm

With my mind the thing that stuck out for me was the toe spikes. Even for wall climbing with a grappling hook, pointing down so severely would be bad form. Take a look at some crampons with front points. They usually have a slight downward point. They are even used for "dry tooling" which is climbing on rock with ice gear, sometimes necessary when there is bare rock between ice features.

Evidently Ninja's wear spikes on the bottom of their feet.
http://www.tbotech.com/ninja-foot-spikes-ashiko.htm

by **MBirkhofer** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:25 am

Yeah, that was a first draft. I'll probably redesign those with more research. Underfoot would interfere with walking on hard surfaces. Stone/wood. A medieval tempering would probably be more flat and less hooklike. Cobbled shoes/boots are an issue as well. But I'll probably stick to that for looks.

by **MBirkhofer** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:33 pm

Quick headshot in PS of Casia.

by **Guinea pirate** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:41 pm

I like the fem Shepard ones a lot, though I saw now they're quite old. But it hurts my soul that you have Ashley in your squad :cry:

by **MBirkhofer** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:41 am

I loved Ashley. She had easily the most flushed out and complex character in the game. Wrex as fun, but really 1 dimensional.

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