Speed Painting II

[Chruser]

New thread guys. Post your work!

[Chruser]

Messed up perspective bonanza!

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/ihatewind.jpg

[Dr. Geekstar]

is that you walking on the cable ???

[gendark01]

Here are my drawings some are ok but not as good as Chruser's though. Check em out
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/41193fd9ac9f0.jpg
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/41194099c2981.jpg
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/411940d36d250.jpg
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/411941bbcc5c0.jpg
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/41194277992d2.jpg
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/411943f58a711.jpg
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/41194452f36c0.jpg
Just a kool pic of me with like devil spikes
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/4119416abb45f.jpg

[Dr. Geekstar]

you scare me and now i'll get evil nightmares.... im gonna post my Uber-Godlay drawing soon

[slaynish]

you scare me and now i'll get evil nightmares.... im gonna post my Uber-Godlay drawing soon


Hurry up with it then.

[Dr. Geekstar]

i can't post it, its made with artrage that uses its own extension :'(
can't save it as anything else but .ptg

ah nevermind, got some help from chruser :)
NOW PH34R MY L337 DRAWING SKILLZORS !!!!!!11 :(

[slaynish]

Here are my drawings some are ok but not as good as Chruser's though. Check em out
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/41193fd9ac9f0.jpg
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/41194099c2981.jpg
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/411940d36d250.jpg
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/411941bbcc5c0.jpg
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/41194277992d2.jpg
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/411943f58a711.jpg
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/41194452f36c0.jpg
Just a kool pic of me with like devil spikes
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/4119416abb45f.jpg
hey man i saw your last pic and was like WOOOOOOO some one has more rolls on there chin then me, man i feel so skiny, ypu know what i mean. :)

[Penguin]

*yawn* test

[gendark01]

hey man i saw your last pic and was like WOOOOOOO some one has more rolls on there chin then me, man i feel so skiny, ypu know what i mean. :)

lmao yeah i've been needing to go on a bit of a diet :p j/k

[Chruser]

gendark01, you should just practice anatomy a bit more. You show good potential.

Dr. Geekstar, you need to work away your symbolism. Draw things from life, the way you see them. Not the way you think you see them. As I suggested in IM last night, you could always get the Betty Edwards' book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.

Penguin, no, no, don't overpaint. It doesn't teach you anything. Using references is perfectly fine, but DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES OVERPAINT. Using Artrage's built-in colour picker is even worse. Open the picture up separately, and try to paint it. If the composition sucks, remove things from it. It's your picture, mess with it however you like. Make it a learning experience.

Keep practicing guys!

[undeadzombieguy]

OOh its karoo! I'm going to paint with my mouse right now!

[Dr. Geekstar]

i wish you goooooood luck :rolleyes:
if tablets werent that expensive...

[undeadzombieguy]

i wish you goooooood luck :rolleyes:
if tablets werent that expensive...

indeed :( I'm negotiating with my parents on loaning me the money cause I need that tablet for school ;).

rofl this guy can lift some serious iron. still took me 17 minutes LOL, fucking mouse :mad:

EDIT: fucking useless drawing, i'll post again when I really have something.

[sheerx]

liked that penguin/duck

[undeadzombieguy]

It's Karoo the fastest duck of arabasta :P

[gendark01]

With Artrage http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/411a6620ee8a0.jpg
Without Artrage http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/411a683b28c91.jpg
I downloaded that art rage and did one lol I think it sucks though :( oh well tell me what ya think~

[Randuin]

I'll post some crap when I'm out of communist land

[Chruser]

Blargh. Fucked eyes. Photoref, messed around with stuff to my liking. I'll need to start painting a LOT of portraits to get good at this.

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/nowheretorun.jpg

[iceman887]

wow that is good, did u make that from scratch

[Tyrannicide]

Those are all amazing pictures, I wish I could do that. Keep up the great work guys.

[gendark01]

Well I finally got my camera fixed so I took some new pictures, My art is still no way compared to Chrusers

Ash from Evil Dead 2
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/411efa29aa2e1.jpg

http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/411efab5795a0.jpg
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/411efb33d13e6.jpg
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/411efb757bcb9.jpg
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/411efbfd3da6a.jpg
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/411efc9f1f051.jpg
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/411efccbe2551.jpg
http://www.applepics.com/4/userfiles/411efd676ab40.jpg

[Chruser]

Today was a productive day. Three pictures, one hour each. Boy, do I need to learn how to draw.

Speed 01 (bleh):
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/BlueCity.jpg

Speed 02:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/jumbojungle.jpg

Speed 03:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/treebundle.jpg

[slaynish]

Today was a productive day. Three pictures, one hour each. Boy, do I need to learn how to draw.



Guess who is homosexual!??! NOT ME!

[Chruser]

Blurgh. Ultra spam.

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/supermess.jpg

Thanks for the portrait. :P

[Chruser]

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/hellisrepetition.jpg

[slaynish]

Sweet tucan!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/slaynish/mypic.jpg

[Chruser]

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/mellowbrowingWTF.jpg

[Chruser]

Blughspam. 6 hours of sleep coming RIGHT UP!

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/hurkforest.jpg

[symnzXx]

ermm.. chruser.. you are so extremely good at this.

[‡AC‡]

Thanks for the link too art rage.

Edit::
2 sigs I made with art rage.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/AzureKathos/Signatures/Artragesigsag.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/AzureKathos/Signatures/Artragesigzel.jpg

[Chruser]

5 minutes, paintchat:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/cityofLightcityofMagic.jpg

Does anyone run windows and normally never shut down your computer or something? I need to find someone to host PaintChat for Zelaron.

[tokill.ace]

Chruser stop being so damn good ><.

[‡AC‡]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/AzureKathos/artrageac.jpg


Can a computer that the user is logged in but not on the machine host it?

I can if two users can be logged in and still have it running.

[Randuin]

EDIT: added two more

Trees = 30 mins
http://zelaron.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3100 (http://zelaron.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3100&stc=1)
Coloring the girl = I dunno... 5 minutes?
http://zelaron.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3107 (http://zelaron.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3107&stc=1)
The lamp = 45 mins
http://zelaron.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3108 (http://zelaron.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=3108&stc=1)

[Chruser]

Sorry guys, I've been busy with school, drawing more stuff than any painting. Anyway, I found some time to experiment with some standard PS brushes. An hour or something, with ref.

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/puddlecross.jpg

[Randuin]

I'm interested to where that orange light comes from... The sky isn't at dawn o.O

[Chruser]

Ugh, this ref attempt was doomed from the start, but I decided to poke it further. Hopefully, I learnt something from this frustration.

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/crappybridge.jpg

[Tyrannicide]

PLease stop posting your paintings, everyone, your making me and other members very jealous{sp} -_-

Your all too fucking talented.

[platnum]

Tell me whats wrong with your last painting?

[sheerx]

Does anyone run windows and normally never shut down your computer or something? I need to find someone to host PaintChat for Zelaron.

I don't know what your talking about but ALthough I'm usually on teh computer after 8pm eastern time, I hardly turn the computer off... Usually on for 10-16 days...

[Chruser]

Well, it runs on Windows, and the software is available for free. You'd just need to leave your computer on as often as you can so others can connect to your IP address.

Anyway, my internet finally got somewhat back on track. It's been dead, on and off, for two weeks.

Paint to post!

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/cigphone.jpg

[PureRebel]

lol good work chruser ;P

[Chruser]

http://www.corel.com/painterix/comingsoon/index.html
Painter IX was released earlier. Try the trial out, the oils are awesome. :)

I have yet to come up with something "awesome" myself. From ref:

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/speedtrain.jpg

[Randuin]

Your cell phone sucks the balls.

[Chruser]

Portrait of Kida. With a hell flare.

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/flarestab.jpg

[Kidagakash]

i fucking love it! omg! i cant express how much i like it!

[Chruser]

*sigh*
No time to paint digitally lately. Anyway, some colour studies from ref gone down the drain. I ended up doodling mindlessly, hoping to save something.

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/solepole.jpg

[Randuin]

http://www.zelaron.com/thinkpork/free/Randuin/RandomCrazy.JPG


GAAHAHAHA his face has shit on it >.>

10 minutes

[Dr. Geekstar]

i fucking love it! omg! i cant express how much i like it!

its very nice indeed... but please get your old avatar back, i like staring at it -.-

[Chruser]

I need to learn to simplify more effectively.

Value study, from ref.
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/BWSRoad.jpg

[matrix6977]

crusher could you look at my post in the thred above this one i put the post in the wrong spot.


also crusher...i think you should be in some sort of class or have a carreer in computer design or sumthing man those pics you design are awesome..mind to spread your talent along? ^_^

[PureRebel]

its Chruser!

[Randuin]

Bah... no one comments on mine :P

[matrix6977]

hit me up with linkage i never looked at urs.

[Randuin]

It's the guy with the funny suit.

[matrix6977]

oh that pic man when i first got IX i tried drawing it man. your pic inspired me to dl the program because i saw crushers and i was like f*** it cuz i know ill never be that good...then i saw your and im like now that looks awesome yet simple...so i tried it :/ not as easy as i thought....ill see if i can attach my pics up soon so you can laugh at mine :D

[matrix6977]

ill see if i can attach my pics up soon so you can laugh at mine :D


hers is two...

[Randuin]

Realizing we both have tablets. And Chruser is a photoshop user :(

[matrix6977]

id like a tablet :/

[Randuin]

http://www.zelaron.com/thinkpork/free/Randuin/elf.JPG

5 Minutes Doodle :)

[Chruser]

Junky quick doodle, no ref. :P

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Droneland.jpg

[Chruser]

OC doodle. Anyone interested in joining?

http://213.50.34.38/nim.jpg

[matrix6977]

crusher go back to painting the full pics of people i like them better but more than anything i love your pics of beaches i use them for my background all the time...they so freakin awesome :D

[Randuin]

http://www.zelaron.com/thinkpork/free/Randuin/oldman.jpg

As long as we're in some sort of painty mood

[matrix6977]

good job randuin much better than i could do but dont mind the stupidity in this wuestion but who is that? it looks like an expresident.

[matrix6977]

sorry for double posting but i went back to page 3 of this thread to re save the pics i designed that no one commeted on :( (probably better that way since they suck compared to randuins and chrushers) but i had to resave the pics since i got kicked out of my moms house and dont have that computer any more...but to make a long sotry short randuin commented that him and chrusher had tablets and i was wondering if either fo you too could hook me up with some one or somwhere that a tablet was really cheap even if its a crappy tablet, i just wanna try one out.

[Chruser]

Blah, been busy. Value study from color ref.

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/ValueStudy.jpg

[matrix6977]

Let these three words sum up this long paragraph I had planned to say on this picture :

Damn Good Work

[Randuin]

I need to find some good references.

[matrix6977]

Fill me in on what you mean by refrences, if applicable I will try as hard as possible to help you.

[matrix6977]

Wow matt....senior member...IM SO PROUD!

[Chruser]

I've been doing too much traditional junk lately. Come on guys, don't be afraid, post something. :)

Some paintchat stuff:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/DoodleSheet1.jpg

Kind of forgot the Painting part here, but oh well.

[dmacfour]

At least I know I'm not the only one that draws in school all day.

[Chruser]

Sad, isn't it? :)

Painter IX oil spam.

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/showgirl.jpg

[undeadzombieguy]

A little something I drew in class, no ref :).

[Dr. Geekstar]

not bad, if i could draw that 'good', id draw all the time :(

[Chruser]

Blah.

http://213.50.34.38/LadyBlack.jpg

[Sovereign]

What was supposed to be on the right O-o

[Mantralord]

Oh god Chruser, stop drawing...all your pics are nauseating and boring. You just paint everyday things. Things that I could flip a channel on TV and watch.

Why don't you paint a tree taking a crap or something?

[Chruser]

They'd show my stuff on TV? Awesome. :)

http://213.50.34.38/Droboot.jpg

[slaynish]

I agree with mantralord.

Paint a tree taking a crap.

Or a goose fucking a dog.


Pick one.

[Chruser]

Haven't updated in a while, sorry guys. Lots of them are quick spams in 30 min.

http://213.50.34.38/Droboot.jpg

http://213.50.34.38/DeeEssEm.jpg

http://213.50.34.38/01-CowboyBlimp.jpg

http://213.50.34.38/02-BeachRaid.jpg

http://213.50.34.38/03-TownStove.jpg

http://213.50.34.38/04-Waton.jpg

http://213.50.34.38/05-Pralacios.jpg

http://213.50.34.38/BlingBlingPaperDoll.png

http://213.50.34.38/06-SketchyGuy.png

http://213.50.34.38/07-CowboySpambop.png

http://213.50.34.38/08-WCGirl.png

http://213.50.34.38/09-ShroomyDoom.png

[Chruser]

Some ref scribbles.

http://213.50.34.38/10-HorsebackScribble.png

http://213.50.34.38/11-ShipAhoy.png
Scanner didn't appreciate my acrylic tones.

[slaynish]

Croozer...

Yor art is good croozer.

[Chruser]

Some pchat stuff.

http://213.50.34.38/Verstableschta.jpg

[slaynish]

Yeah. We had a jousting battle.

Here it is!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/slaynish/gheyayay.jpg

[Chruser]

Yes, thank you for failing to load the paint layer and placing a giant, heart-shaped purple cloud butt on my drawing. TT

[slaynish]

Eh, what can i say.. I'm a natural :)

[Chruser]

Been whoring with traditional stuff lately. Oh well, some scribble for you.

http://213.50.34.38/giddysquid.jpg

[D3V]

I wish I was sweedish, work 1/2 the amount of hours Americans do, pay more taxes, but everything is free

[Kaneda]

Why exactly do they work then? Just to pay the taxes for all the free stuff.

[Chruser]

Ooohohoh, art whorage time for activity. Three for a dolla!


http://213.50.34.38/sladash.png

http://213.50.34.38/moatfloat.png

http://213.50.34.38/scribbaly.png


(Okay, I confess, I've been busy making less speeded stuff for art school and neglected my precious board a bit lately. Boo-hoo.)

[kaos]

Damn ur good...how long does it take u to do the ones in ur first page?

Doesn't look speedy to me.

[Chruser]

Bah.

http://213.50.34.38/tworl.png
http://213.50.34.38/digitalios.png
http://213.50.34.38/hices.png

[Chruser]

And then it EXPLODED.

http://213.50.34.38/DoodlesAgain.png

Hmm, decided to touch tablet again after over a month. So rusty. Traditional is king.

[Xenn]

Pretty cool.. although the nude one looks like a drugged up necrophiliac with breast implants :D

[JRwakebord]

But at the same time is mysteriously arousing.

[Lenny]

Every single picture is a big red X...for me...

:(

[Chruser]

Schtuff.

http://www.picaroni.com/spambot2.jpg

http://www.picaroni.com/spamplane.jpg

http://www.picaroni.com/soldanier.jpg

[Xenn]

OH GOD

It's just like my dream!

I need to buy 1500 feet of extension cable and a small radio wave transmitter.

[Dr. Geekstar]

That's some awesome drawing stuff :o

[Chruser]

Digital is bad. Traditional is good. Rinse and repeat.

http://213.50.34.38/hellv.jpg

[Kaneda]

My new wallpaper.

[JRwakebord]

That does look pretty fuckin sweet.

[Lenny]

Can I just ask which program(s) is being used to create these speed paintings?

[Chruser]

Thanks guys. As for the programs used, I started with an initial sketch using PaintChat (a free Java application, which kind of resembles something between MS Paint and Adobe Photoshop), and finished it off a bit more in Photoshop. I'm happy with any application that comes with opacity-setting brushes and good color pickers.

Some kind of digital tablet is not necessary, but it's nice to have. The Wacom Intuos series are great if you can afford them. The tablets don't truly give you the feel of a real pen/pencil, but it's pretty close.

My personal favourite applications for digital painting are:


Adobe Photoshop

Photoshop has a very nice brush system (easy to make custom brushes if you want to), and it has a great feel to painting in it. The differences between Photoshop CS2 and the former Photoshop CS are insignificant for anyone who uses the software for drawing/painting applications. I do believe CS2 has some kind of perspective guide tool, but I haven't tried it yet.

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/main.html


Corel Painter IX

The latest version of Painter comes with a large selection of brushes intended to simulate traditional painting. The program can emulate traditional tools fairly well, but it's far from perfect. However, the sheer quantity of tools, many of which are extremely good, makes the program very interesting, and can be used really well in conjunction with Photoshop. Even if you're normally not into (digital) art, go ahead and download the 30-day, full-functionality trial of the program. It might very well get you interested in the field of art, or at least give you a fun time trying out lots of different art mediums without creating a mess of oil stains. :)

http://www.corel.com/painterix/home/


PaintChat

PaintChat is a free Java-based drawing/painting application, which can pretty much be used on all computers with any graphical interface OS. While it is one of the most powerful pure-bred art applications, it also comes with the very neat possibility of partaking in simultaneous multi-user sessions who share one large canvas. It is, unfortunately, not very easy to run without some basic knowledge of Java applets. Some knowledge of the Japanese language is helpful for installing the application, although not necessary by any means.

http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA016309/paintchat/download.html


ArtRage

Just like PaintChat, ArtRage is a free application, with the best oil paint simulation engine to date. If you're not the type of person who knows exactly what you want to achieve when you start painting, ArtRage may provide the same kind of difficulty as real oils; the fact that it's very hard to overpaint wet paints without blending the colors into some weird hodgepoke.

http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html



Hmm, did I forget any? openCanvas perhaps, which is a pretty cool multi-user "Photoshopesque" application, but I don't use it very often.

[Lenny]

I was looking at the opencanvas site (used the link in the apps thread) and what you can download from there is only a free 30 day trial unfortunately.

For a beginner, which would you suggest playing with to start off with?

[Chruser]

For a beginner, which would you suggest playing with to start off with?

For a beginner to digital art with previous traditional art experience, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter and PaintChat are all great. PaintChat is the only free application of the three, the rest are 30-day trials.

As for beginning in the field of drawing/painting, stick with a pencil, marker or ink pen, and many sheets of cheap paper. Don't buy the expensive art sketchbooks from stores, look into the kind of 6x8" to 9x12" notebooks you use for school. The blank notebooks without any stylesheet lines are what you're looking for, and they're sometimes ten to fifteen times cheaper than regular sketchbooks per page, at least over here in Sweden.

The best way to learn is to draw from life, and you will develop a sense of form and lighting impact far better than what can be learnt from studying photographs. If you do study photographs, try not to "copy" them, but try to understand them. Why does the light fall upon the object the way it does? How do the plants in the far background grow? Feel the gesture of the scene.

[Lenny]

Have you ever heard of a program called Paint.net?

I was flicking through a computer magazine called Computeractive (don't know if you've heard of it, if you have, Paint.net is described in the new issue - 18th to 31st August 2005) and this program caught my eye.

It's freeware and is available to download from the Computeractive site. You may enjoy it:

www.computeractive.co.uk/2129101

That link takes you to a page with a description of the program, specs (of sorts) and a link to download it.

In the computer active magazine it is described:

This enhanced version of the standard Paint program that comes with Windows offers some powerful features that are normally to be found in paid-for-image-editing programs. In addition to basic editing tools it includes support for layers and several visual effects, and it is possible to use the Undo function multiple times. This program requires the .Net framework to be installed - go to www.computeractive.co.uk/netframework if it is not already installed.

[Chruser]

Dun, dun.

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/esspea.png

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/acrylic001.png

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/aqua001.png

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/botoro.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/teve.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/cholosSIJUN.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Pencil001.jpg

[Dar_Win]

Tell me, why does the robot have it's hand on it's hip?

[Great-Thanatos]

why aren't there the little plugin things in the outlet?

[sheerx]

it's still freakin sweet. I like the second to last one the most!

[Randuin]

O Shit, It seems you have picked up quite a few skills in college... heh

[Chruser]

A couple of paintings/drawings/whatever.


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/conpu.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Metalcup-small.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/krook.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/mattecopter.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/haws.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/FormKnight.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/bookies.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/plantpot.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/chasmos.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/scrutty.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/distortion.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/arch.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/infinimus.jpg

[Arkantis]

Nice man.. I really like that second to last one where it looks like a man walking through a cave by candle.

[Chruser]

Arkantis: Thanks.

Blahblah.

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/mattemount.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/chor.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/creatureGesture.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/scraposky.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/stasos.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/burke.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/angelo.jpg

[Lenny]

Wow. That mountain is amazing!

The doodles are great too.

How'd you get so good?

[JRwakebord]

The buildings in one of those sketches remind me of Headlong.

[Chruser]

Thanks guys. I've noticed that people really prefer my more detailed works, but I still like to keep things loose enough to capture the mood/light/basic ideas. In a sense, it feels like tidying up / adding details to the piece is solely the result of wanting people to find amazement in your technical expertise. "Ooh, the skin is so slick that it looks like a photograph!" Spending 5 hours smudging color blobs together doesn't teach me anything, it feels. Or am I just stupid for not aiming for what "most people really like"?

Anyway, some new studies and stuff, mostly water colors this time:


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/MoronRock.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/shwing.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/aypelzine.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/landscaper.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/candylady.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/SkinStudySheet.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/aquarellic.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/carstuff.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/purploid.jpg

[Penny_Bags]

Well, I'd rail those chicks.

[Chruser]

More stuff coming soon, I just need to photograph some paintings that are too large to be scanned.

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/krowkiz.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/birdsies.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/rider.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/antenna.jpg

[Chruser]

New batch! (Oldest in the top)

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/comp_spsomething.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/comp_hicous.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/comp_spyay.jpg

Life, two Bridgman copies:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/hander.jpg

Master (?) copy:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/copee.jpg

Rendering practice from ref:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/faceh.jpg

Doodles, ignore the giant, skewed head:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/doodlez.jpg


I took the liberty to photograph some recent oil paintings too:

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/facel.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/spplanes.jpg

Inspired by Craig Mullins, my choice of colors:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/spoogeriver.jpg

Finally, a sucky mouse doodle from imagination. Bleeh! I guess too much Wacom reliance for digital work isn't good though; I just can't seem to control the strokes well enough with the mouse.
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/mawntz.jpg

Gonna study some Loomis now, hum de dum.

[Dar_Win]

Very nice Chrusuer. I'm jelous you're so good. :(

[Chruser]

Dar_Win: Thanks. Don't be jealous, drawing and painting are really all about practice. The more time you invest in it, the better you will get. Of course, "there are better ways to invest time than to spend two hours filling out a background", to quote Craig Mullins.

Just check this thread out if you don't believe me, I'm amazed the images are still around. Geez:

http://www.zelaron.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25383


Aaanyway, draw to post. Some Loomis copies and stuff:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/looom.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/loomiscopies.jpg

Employing the ball drawing method on references:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/phor.jpg

Some drawings from imagination:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/doodl.jpg

Hum de dum. Perspective got a bit funky. I should really do more of these, and practice harder on capturing larger shapes and forms quickly:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Blocker.jpg

More stuff:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/washerroom.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/roomdoom.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/crowkire.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/lifedr.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/drowin.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/armedtotheteeth.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/proceptual.jpg

[Lenny]

Wow. Some of these must take ages to do.

I know that this thread is a "Speed Painting" thread, but online the first it seems to be only you contributing. You ought to start up a third thread, again with a certain theme, and a time limit of an hour per picture, and see what people come up with. Just one page of this thread is enough inspiration for most people, let alone 4 pages :p you never know what might come out.

[Jamesadin]

Wow! Very nice stuff. :)

[Chruser]

Lenny, thanks. That's not a bad idea at all, some other art forums have things alike that in the form of daily sketchgroups with certain themes (e.g. "The aliens attack", "Walking trees" et cetera). If anyone reading this would consider to contribute on a regular basis, let me know.

Jamesadin, thanks.

My computer decided to die on me. I had the chance to try Windows XP 64, but it refused to let me install a majority of the drivers. I had to revert back to an older OS, and now I'm without scanner drivers again.

Anyway, some quick studies from ref, about 30 minutes (25-35) each, trying to get better at getting the large shapes and the important things down quickly. Gotta do a bunch of these from life as well. Oldest at the top, newest at the bottom:

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/citystuff.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/groupstuff.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/boatstuff.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/armorstuff.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/trainstuff.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/castlestuff.jpg

[Lenny]

If I was any good, or could find some sort of guide/tutorial, then I'd be jumping at the chance to contribute.

I know there'll be some people willing. Look at the number of current members who posted in the first thread.

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These ones you've just posted are amazing!

Am I right in saying that the castle is based upon one of the Crazy Counts castles somewhere in Germany or around that area?

[Chruser]

New stuff. I should start posting daily, but I'm too lazy to scan so often. Make me. ;)

Lenny, thanks. Not sure where that castle is located, I just picked a random photo on my computer for reference for that one. As for tutorials, I suppose the best thing you could do is to just grab a pencil and start drawing things you see around you. That is, fruits, plants, buildings, people, anything you come across. Build a visual library. Even if you won't remember how to draw a specific person you're practicing, you'll still improve over-all.

I guess this place has a couple of cool painting tutorials and such:

www.sumaleth.com/links

Hmm, a month since this page started apparently. Funky, but I'm not working hard enough.

Oh well, here we go.

Doodle:

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/robotentry.jpg


From life:

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/spsp.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/mohandz.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/spmark.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/modelay.jpg


From ref:

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/refaces.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/lady.jpg

[Lenny]

A dead body? Interesting...

And I like the hands. Interesting to see you contort them into different positions.

Where do you get your inspiration for those you don't draw from life or reference?

EDIT: Okie Dokie. I'll give it a shot. And I'll have a look at that site.

I'm pretty sure that the castle was one of the Crazy Counts. I'll try and find it.

EDIT 2: King Ludwig II of Germany - also known as Mad King Ludwig.

Spent all his gold building 5 absolutely amazing castles. His state ran out of money before the 5th was completed.

He was from Bavaria after all. :)

EDIT 3: I like these. Not as fun as Triple posts though. :(

http://www.gregoryferdinandsen.com/MUC2001/MUC_Images/Hohenschwangau,%20Looking%20Down%20(2).jpg

Recognise that pic?

It's of King Ludwig II's Hohenschwangau Castle.

[Chruser]

Very cool find Lenny, I like that view of the castle. My inspiration for the things I don't draw from life or reference? It depends, sometimes I just want to try to get a certain idea down, so I blob color randomly onto a canvas until something I like appears. Imagining what you want to draw and projecting the image in your mind onto the paper before drawing it seems to help a lot too. Usually I start off by looking at an object of some kind, and then I work from that shape and build on new things from there. It's kind of hard to explain.


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/skyetch1.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/skyetch2.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/skyetch3.jpg

Wonkiest feet of 2006:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/skyetch4.jpg


Stuff from today, I really like how the first one came out for some reason:

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/punkstah.jpg

Buncha' blind contours:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/contour00.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/contour01.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/contour02.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/contour03.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/contour04.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/contour05.jpg

Scary:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/contour06.jpg

Some more studies:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/footsies.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/legsies.jpg

[Lenny]

Hehehehe...you've moved on from hands to feet. :p

This 'blind contours' thing looks interesting. I'm probably wrong in saying this, but is it when you don't look at what you're drawing at all? Instead you feel the contours of the person's face (in this case) and draw what you feel?

[undeadzombieguy]

whoa that's some nice improvement chruser. I've been getting into drawing again lately aswell. I'll post some stuff later. :)

[undeadzombieguy]

Some quick poses sketches with ref
http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/5654/masterref19bl.jpg

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/4289/masterref20iu.jpg

so far the only "painting" I've done, altough it isnt exactly done, there's still alot of rough edges on it. with ref.
http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/4199/skullbw6ba.jpg

stuff i did today, no ref
http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/8104/various18zx.jpg

I've got some more on my pc but alot was lost due to me being stupid. Also have some more classic studies on paper, but I dont have a scanner. :(

I havent really started painting yet, as I want to get the basics of the body in first. But the skull exercise has given me at least the confidence to start painting more stuff real soon. :D

I've also started with maya 3d so it's kind of switching between different stuff all the time but it's alot fun learning it all, especially when you start seeing improvement.

[Lenny]

I've been playing with Maya...well when I say playing, I mean it's been bullying me into submission. After a few months I've finally worked out how one draws the curves...but that's it. :)

It looks like everyone likes to draw hands and arms...the skull's very good too.

See Chruser, you've already got one person willing to post in a new Speed Painting thread.

[Chruser]

Cool, more participation. :D
undeadzombieguy: Thanks, I like the arms, and the gestures look promising. Be careful with using too soft brushes for paintings, they're easy to take into habit. Harder brushes require you to understand the planes (and therefore, form) a little better. Keep it up!


Some recent stuff, mostly studies from ref/life. Paintdrawdoodle to post:

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/ColoredFace.jpg

Hogarth planes:

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/hogStuff.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/esp.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/vehic.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/contour07.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/contour08.jpg


Some Bridgman studies:

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/bridgwomaneyes.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/bridgstand.jpg


Marker experiments (mostly from life):

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/markermouthstuff.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/shadowshade.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/fatman.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/miniones.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/seated.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/sitten.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/landing.jpg


Experiments gone horribly awry:

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/bagstohell.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/messtohell.jpg


Quick sketches from Spooge ref:

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/spoogies.jpg

Yup, that's all for now. Feel free to crit. :)

[Medieval Bob]

Your eyes are getting better.

[Chruser]

Thanks Bob.

I've been busy lately, but here's a doodle. More spams coming up soon:

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/AeroFlight.jpg

[Randuin]

How you color good.

Done with traditional media or digitally? If digital with what package and what kind of brush configuration for the mountains?

[Chruser]

New page!

Thanks Randuin. The landscape was painted in Photoshop, with the "Airbrush Pen Opacity Flow" (19 px brush by default), and a few finishing touches added with the "Mesh - Large" brush in the Faux Finish Brushes package, both come with PSCS2, although I remember the Airbrush Pen dating back to PS7 at the very least.

Some spams:

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Figure.jpg

(Yeah, this is what happens to my handwriting when I'm more concerned with other things, glaring into the wall (at objects) in this case.)
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Notes.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/ChairMan.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/modallo.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/DoorPainting.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/OrangeishBanana.jpg

(All-day pose, if you're wondering):
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/GroupSit.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Modelord.jpg

A couple of poses from imagination:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Peoples.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Kicker.jpg


I found a couple of older scans, a bit over a week ago or so, some master copies.

Rembrandt copy:
http://www.picaroni.com/data/RembrandtCopy.jpg


Original (after someone scanned it, anyway):
http://www.picaroni.com/data/Rembrandt_Self_Portrait.jpg


Proud-Hon Study:
http://www.picaroni.com/data/Proud-Hon-study.jpg


Edit: Weird, the satsuma looks like a bright-red apple with my Flatron L1715S screen set to "Movie" mode, while it looks more naturally orange in the default mode. I guess I should be comparing colors on more monitors to see what most people will experiencing my color choices as. (As if I really care :))

[Lenny]

Orange for Lenny.

So is the bananana...

I like the Eyes on the copy. Gives it a good sense of realism.

And you know what? I'd imganined your writing to be all curly. :p It slants like it might be left-handed...but I don't think you are.

Although, you're very creative...a good sign of Leftiness.

[Chruser]

I'm right-handed, and not familiar with how your handwriting is "supposed" to slant depending on whether you're right- or left handed. Isn't the right half of the brain responsible for creativity? ;)

Matte painting (painted on top of a photograph):

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/MatteCastlar.jpg


Original photograph:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/CastlarPlate.jpg


Some studies/sketches:

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/amies.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/shipms.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/tradolans.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/faciah.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/facies.jpg

[JRwakebord]

I love the matta painting. Impressive.

[Lenny]

I agree, the Matte Painting is truly amazing!

And yeah, the Right-side of the brain is responsible for creativity, which is why you find a lot of the more creative people are left-handed -- left-handers are connected to the right side of the brain, and right-handers are connected to the left side.

According to a couple of studies, a persons writing does slant in a direction depending on the hand they write with. Usually lefties would slant slightly towards the right, because of the way we write (especially those who right with the crab-claw method). It'll be interesting to see how Bob writes, he's a leftie too, I think.

But that's all beside the point. The Matte Painting is great. Good job Chruser. :)

[Chruser]

Thanks guys, I'll need to paint more of those later, they're a really good way to learn more about perspective, lighting and composition.

Big batch this time (kind of), been busy lately. Oblivion managed to hog the weekend too, ouch. Good thing my computer sucks so I can't really enjoy the graphics though. ;)

Mostly stuff from imagination this time around, some stuff from life too, and 2-3 characters with reference as help:


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/LeaningPillars.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/BoatyRemmy.jpg


Two unfinished PS sketches:

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/fromthebrain.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/trackway.jpg


More!

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/haeds.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/looneywade.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Induses.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Drawdle.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Walkinbout.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Flyabout.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Ployit.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/peepoz.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Chacol.jpg

[Chruser]

Puh-bah.


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Discoking.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/FlameDoor.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/stylebone.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/HoverCurtain.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Scrubadoo.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Palpatine.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Trip.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Forespeaker.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/ManualMatte.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Turashu.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Trashbagged.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Spoogespired.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Treecut.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/RoboDrone.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Potflower.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Paramount.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Paraphrase.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Velotown.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Fieldyard.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Linegate.jpg


http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Sitdown.jpg

[Lenny]

I like the one with the robot. Reminds me of Dali paintings, kinda.

The different colours for shade is very interesting. It's impressionisty.

[Atnas]

I had no Idea Chruser was into art.

Hehe... I hope to be as good as you someday. :)

Still got 4 years of highschool to go, then onto Art school with me!

By the way, do you use a tablet? I'm getting a summer job to pay for one.

I'll try and do something and post it.

Yay for a one minute photoshop blowup.

[Lenny]

He is indeedy. So into it that he's doing Art at college.

I think that some, if not most of his work are things that he's painted or drawn and then scanned in and uploaded.

Though you will find quite a bit that he's done on graphics programs.

[Atnas]

Hmm. A major area I need to work on is profile.

Here's a mousedraft.

[Atnas]

I liked this thread, time to revive!

A character I've been playing around with, not fully finished...
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h34/Atnasx/Driol.png

I did this for some one on RMXP.org
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h34/Atnasx/Frenchie.png

This was a gift for the RMXP.org secret santa
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h34/Atnasx/Kraftbattler1.png

---------------------------

And I got my tablet today!

I can't wait to try some good old oekaki in it!

[Chruser]

OH YEAH, TABLET MAN! Great to have more posters here. Sorry for not checking this thread in ages, I've been busy.


Digital stuff:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Atronach.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/PenStandJunk.jpg

http://www.mmofps.com/Poo/Albatrossium.jpg


Sargent master copies:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/SargentArab.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/SargentMissPriestley.jpg


Traditional:
http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Bottles.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Factorize.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Brevet.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Boxes.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Trashcans.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Roomdoodle.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/CastRule.jpg

[Dubby]

Spengbaab~

[Atnas]

I should be finishing a few contest entries soon. One's in pencil and another is digital. I'm also doing around 7 others... I'll try and finish soon. Those look great Chruser. You're like... My father figure now. XD

[Atnas]

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h34/Atnasx/SethGR-3.png

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h34/Atnasx/vampo.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h34/Atnasx/Vampav1.png

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h34/Atnasx/SainPoses-2.png

I've been lazy. Been spriting alot as well.

[Lenny]

Wow. Nice sprites!

Are those done with your graphics tablet?

[Atnas]

The sprites with my mouse, everything else with my tablet.

[Chruser]

Hey guysngals, iIt's been a while.


http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/8219/brod0150pacrotatedandfifh2.jpg

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/8180/brod02fixedtintsrotatedco1.jpg

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/9773/brod03rotatedcutautoconzo4.jpg

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/2425/brod04rotatedandcutacfs2.jpg

http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/5214/breadkorgcrw4342maybefieb1.jpg

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/959/krowukeiyu02sh5.jpg

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/8917/krauwkire03aw2.jpg

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/5316/sp02qh2.jpg

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/9264/leancrowkeyspr5.jpg

[Atnas]

I love your pencil sketches. <3

Do you use different pencils for different shades?

[Chruser]

I love your pencil sketches. <3

Do you use different pencils for different shades?

Thanks. No, I used a lithography pencil (6B) for all of those sketches. Works great for thin strokes as well as wide ones.

[Atnas]

Ah, I use 6B for final lines.

I haven't touched my 9B, though...

[Lenny]

Can I ask, is that bread you've painted and put in the basket?

[Chruser]

Can I ask, is that bread you've painted and put in the basket?

Indeed it is! I have painted around 35 of them so far, aiming for 100.

[Lenny]

Haha! What a strange thing to paint on. Looks good, though.

What started you on painting on bread?

[Chruser]

Haha! What a strange thing to paint on. Looks good, though.

What started you on painting on bread?

Thanks. Insanity made me do it.

Some stuff I forgot to post, or temporarily threw away because I didn't like it:

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/BoxWithWhitePaper02.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/ThereWillBeNoHesitation.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/Obeliskus.jpg

http://www.zelaron.com/gear/HelmShip.jpg

[Lenny]

Wow! Colourfulness. The last one definitely. What is it? :p

How's the admissions thingy going, btw?

[matrix6977]

:D my art work from years ago is a few pages back. (page 3 to be exact)

[Atnas]

I'm trying to use Photoshop instead of Manga Studio for my line art.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h34/Atnasx/Untitled-1np.png

[Atnas]

http://www.paper-hearts.org/art/October2007PAContest-Atnas.png

Amazing what six months of practice can do.

I finished this two days ago.

I think I'm going to scan some sketches today or tomorrow, just to revive this thread. :)

[Lenny]

A man stops at a busstop, and sees another man with wooden amrs and legs.

"My god!" he exclaims, "Are you alright? That must have been some accident you were in!"

"Accident?" the man with the wooden limbs replies, "These were no accident. Me father were a tree."

---

Which leads me on, quite well, actually, to your fella with a tree for an arm.

It's very good. I particularly like the sketching on the jeans to show folds and subsequent shadows.

I eagerly await your scans.

[Atnas]

I remembered seeing Chruser's arm study and figured I'd try and practice that in one of my sketchbook entries.

http://www.paper-hearts.org/art/Charlie%20Sitting.jpg
http://www.paper-hearts.org/art/study.png
http://www.paper-hearts.org/art/study2.png
http://www.paper-hearts.org/art/study3.png
http://www.paper-hearts.org/art/study4.png
http://www.paper-hearts.org/art/study5.png
http://www.paper-hearts.org/art/study6.png
http://www.paper-hearts.org/art/study7.png
http://www.paper-hearts.org/art/study8.png
http://www.paper-hearts.org/art/study9.png
http://www.paper-hearts.org/art/study10.png
http://www.paper-hearts.org/art/study11.png
http://www.paper-hearts.org/art/study12.png
http://www.paper-hearts.org/art/study13.png
http://www.paper-hearts.org/art/study14.png



http://www.paper-hearts.org/art/sepia.jpg
http://www.paper-hearts.org/art/gaiaswhimair.gif
http://www.paper-hearts.org/art/Charles1.jpg
http://www.paper-hearts.org/art/Self%20copy.png
http://www.paper-hearts.org/art/hand%20copy.png



http://www.paper-hearts.org/pixel/CompiledNov4th.png
http://www.paper-hearts.org/pixel/ValenceDownRD.gif

[D3V]

bumping an old favorite thread.