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Post by BlackNightberry on Feb 23, 2010 12:07:04 GMT
Not actual Gunnerkrigg fanart, but gosh golly! Look at the dots!!! And I drew it way back in 2005... Attachments:
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Post by legion on Feb 23, 2010 13:10:32 GMT
Not actual Gunnerkrigg fanart, but gosh golly! Look at the dots!!! And I drew it way back in 2005... You can predicte the future Next thing you know, your eyes will become perpetually covered with darkness and you will have terrifying halucinations that become real if left untreated D: (Nice drawing, however).
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Post by BlackNightberry on Feb 23, 2010 13:32:36 GMT
Not actual Gunnerkrigg fanart, but gosh golly! Look at the dots!!! And I drew it way back in 2005... You can predicte the future Next thing you know, your eyes will become perpetually covered with darkness and you will have terrifying halucinations that become real if left untreated D: (Nice drawing, however). Oh no! I have to find somebody,who'll cure me and quick! Thankyou
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Post by Mishmash on Feb 25, 2010 20:24:43 GMT
So! Not exactly fanart, but I saw someone on the MS Paint Adventures forum who had made the lead characters using a site for making avatars. I thought I'd try making Annie and Kat, since I can't draw like all you talented people! And here's Annie in her formal uniform: If you're interested, the site is called tektek.org/dream EDIT: I am having a lot of fun with these! I did Zimmy and Gamma too;
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Post by salsa on Feb 25, 2010 21:53:20 GMT
Hello. I've been following GC for a while and while this didn't start out as fan art, that's what it became. Anywho, I give you Moddey Dhoo. (Apologies to those with low resolution screens and dial-up)
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Post by legion on Feb 25, 2010 22:02:10 GMT
Mishmash > those are pretty cute :3
Salsa > why hello there, pretty nice style !
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Post by salsa on Feb 26, 2010 1:55:24 GMT
Mishmash > those are pretty cute :3 Salsa > why hello there, pretty nice style ! Thanks. I'm trying to get better at drawing on the computer (that one was done in Mypaint). I skimmed through the thread and there are some very good artist here.
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Post by fuzzysocks on Feb 26, 2010 8:27:06 GMT
It looks scary but well done!
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Post by Ruushi on Feb 27, 2010 2:22:33 GMT
I used a sprite art I just made. I just changed two of the characters so now they Look like Annie and Kat. Attachments:
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Post by Chrome on Mar 5, 2010 2:52:35 GMT
Another pass at Kat and Annie from the future - this time a bit more in the teenaged years (15-18). Enjoy. PS. Yes, I watch NCIS.....if anybody wonders why Kat looks a bit like Abby from that show. (Heck, those two would get along famously, methinks.)
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Post by legion on Mar 5, 2010 5:22:27 GMT
Hawt.
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Post by edzepp on Mar 5, 2010 6:29:35 GMT
Kat even has one of those eye necklace things. Nice touch.
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Post by Snes on Mar 5, 2010 8:05:10 GMT
Ha ha! Yeah, I can see Kat having a thing for Big Gulps. Great drawing!
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Post by digikitty on Mar 5, 2010 11:36:14 GMT
Looks amazing, Chrome!
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Post by Chrome on Mar 5, 2010 19:27:18 GMT
Thanks. I figured by that age, her mother's letting her use her etheric computer system. After the whole Jeanne thing I figured it'd be interesting to see how Kat deals with the Court's scientific authority. Figured at the very least, it's made her a bit more rebellious at heart. Hahah, I forgot about the Caf-Pow, but I could see Kat getting into that. She's already a gamer, so that'd be a natural progression.
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Post by thereisnosaurus on Mar 6, 2010 9:03:46 GMT
God there is some epic epic GC fanart. Particularly epic win from Messr Chrome there, I love your interpretation of the girls grown up . The intellipunk look really fits Kat and Anne seems to have grown a bit wilder, unsurprisingly. Anyhow, a little more from me:
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Post by legion on Mar 6, 2010 13:16:57 GMT
Nice :3
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Post by Snes on Mar 7, 2010 1:04:00 GMT
Aw, look at the little robo-butterfly.
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Post by Chrome on Mar 7, 2010 3:21:25 GMT
Nice quote goes well with nice drawing. I like how you captured her in a peaceful moment - not inquisitive, not goofy-happy, just...peaceful.
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Post by Count Casimir on Mar 9, 2010 21:14:45 GMT
Good looking stuff, as always, everyone. I've missed this place and its epic fanart thread.
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Post by jackshandy on Mar 12, 2010 13:12:07 GMT
hey I've come to bring down the tone of the joint. Guess who these crazy kids are.
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Post by Casey on Mar 12, 2010 15:05:13 GMT
Zimmy and Gamma, of course! I like the evil shadow on the wall. Very poetic.
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Post by eddurd on Mar 14, 2010 8:34:56 GMT
Inspired by the last line of Chapter 26. Attachments:
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Post by Yin on Mar 14, 2010 9:32:13 GMT
The funniest bit is the hair!
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Post by mumtazkhan on Mar 16, 2010 1:31:25 GMT
I have an art related question, and this thread would seem to be the best place to ask. Lately I've been trying to get into the digital side of drawing, and for a long time have dreamed of eventually making my own webcomic.
I've got a dinky little Bamboo tablet that I use with photoshop. I can manage to scratch out basic forms with it, but it's cumbersome, and I can't get any smooth lineart. My question is are there certain techniques I can use to be able to get started here? Do you guys usually use the intuos series tablets, or do you spring for the more expensive cintiqs, because I can't see these tablets being anything close to convenient to use.
Honestly, any advice or references would be great, and if this is the wrong place for this kind of question, feel free to yell at me and I'll go away =[.
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Post by nikita on Mar 16, 2010 2:09:29 GMT
I had the same problem as you back when I was young. It was right after the war when I got my first tablet. Back then, the cheapest wacom tablet was called "Volito" and I experienced the same problem. I "solved" the problem by using a newer version of photoshop.
Also, drawing with a tablet requires a fair amount of practice. The main reason for this in my opinion is that the tip of the pen feels totally different from a real pen. You can adjust that a bit in the tablet preferences, but there is no way around getting used to it.
The good news is that you'll improve with experience.
Another thing: I found that the pressure sensitivity works better (more linear) when set to firm.
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Post by eddurd on Mar 17, 2010 1:36:06 GMT
I have a Bamboo Fun tablet. I start with a "sketch" layer, which looks very rough. I erase the lines I don't want until I have a halfway-recognizable sketch.
I then create a new layer to do smooth line art, using the sketch as a guide. Next, I fill in areas with the paint bucket tool (set to "darken" so it won't bleed into the black lines).
Finally, I create a "shade" layer set to about 30% to 40% intensity (maybe 60% if there's a strong light source) and add shadows and highlights. On the color layer, I select an area with the magic wand, then select the shade layer, and use a large soft-edged brush (black for shadows, white or a light color for highlights).
Flatten the image, and there you are!
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Post by thereisnosaurus on Mar 17, 2010 8:14:21 GMT
I've found a neat thing to try when using the less sensitive tablets is to learn to vector draw. Sketch roughly and then use flash or the pen tool to ink your work. While this can take a little while (perhaps even several months) to get used to, it will give you very high quality work compared to what you can achieve freehand with the low-end tablets- not to mention being vector based and thus infinitely scalable.
I started off with a graphire and then moved on to a 9x12 intuos 3 and then a cintiq 21UX. I think the 9x12 tablet is probably the best value in the entire range, it gives you a great blend of portability, active area and sensitivity for a reasonable price. I love my cintiq, but I wouldn't recommend it to most people, the intuos is a far better tool to learn on.
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Post by wombat on Mar 17, 2010 22:55:09 GMT
I had some free time today in my Web2 class, so I messed around on Photoshop and made these: ^The idea is that Annie learned to use her blinker stone to do a make-rainbow-things spell. ^Plagued by monsters.
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Post by rowlock on Mar 18, 2010 0:47:55 GMT
Zoom in. Zoom in more.
Then, when you've zoomed in way too far... Zoom in again.
Even if you haven't got much tablet resolution to play with, when the stroke you're trying to make takes up 75% of the tablet's width, it will be a lot smoother than trying to make it with tiny chicken-scratch gestures in the center of the pad.
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