Markdoc Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art Since we are doing Fantasy art, here's something I whipped up a while ago - the Grandmaster of the warguild "Fall of Princes" - one of the important NPCs from my game cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted May 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art I really like the elaborate chasing on the armor... Very cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labrat Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art And Mhor' date=' a healer, sage and storyteller who once upon a time was a famous warrior.[/quote'] I dunno if I'd want to trust a guy with one eye that sez he was a healer... Great stuff, ANB. Consider thyself repp't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted May 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art I dunno if I'd want to trust a guy with one eye that sez he was a healer... Great stuff, ANB. Consider thyself repp't. Thanks for the compliment (and rep ) And just tween you and I... He actually has two working eyes, of sorts (at least in my campaign) Its just that if he goes around showing off the magical ruby thats replaced his missing eye, people notice him a lot more. And it can see through the leather, so the patch makes life easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art Thanks. Its one of my favorites too' date=' and I'm REALLY hoping to see it cleaned up.[/quote'] Well, I had a crack at this last night, using several different approaches (selecting just the blue with differing levels of specificity, color-dodging the blue out, color-burning the pencil in, playing around with the curves, etc). All of them basically give crap results. The problem is that the blue lines have "aged" through the pencil. So it's easy enough to remove the blue lines, but since they are stronger in both shade and intensity than the pencil lines, if you do, you end up with lines "cut" through the pencil drawing. It looks worse than leaving them in place, to be honest. I'm not a photoshop god, but I am reasonably competent. And I can't do it The only way i can see to rescue it would be to grey-scale the whole picture and then go over the figure carefully with the eyedropper and brush, painting all the lines out. It'd probably be faster to redraw it from scratch Sorry. cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art And on another note here's another character - Driss Wolfhead, a two-sword fighting Death Cultist (specialised in hunting down undead and granting the peace that comes from being cut into a hundred wiggling pieces). Unfortunately, he got crippled beyond repair fighting a troll shaman and the Thing From Beyond she summoned up. cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art And here's his replacement - Uhklor. Driss was an honour-bound barbarian swordsman who lived by a strict code of honor and was always first into combat. Uhklor was a smarmy, sophisticated priest from the decadent city who was always first to leave the area of combat cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThothAmon Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art And I find myself cursing the day I ever even considered trying to draw on graph paper. One of my all time favorite pics is on Blue line graph paper' date=' and I don't have the photoshop skillz to clean her up. Heres the raw scan...any of you geniuses out in Herodom able to save her?[/quote'] Unfortunately not. And I'm no slouch when it comes to Photoshop. If you had a really high res flat scan and a couple of hours to kill you could spend time cloning out the graph lines - that's the only approach I can think of that would be guaranteed to work. I like the image too. I know it's supposed to be Celtic but it also has an Oriental feel - juxtaposition of wind motion and static pose probably. And what kind of fantasy artist do you call yourself?! The armour looks useful and semi-realistic instead of gratuitously T&A oriented I'm sure I've seen a mask maker selling work on eBay, hand-made leather masks very similar to that worn in the image... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted May 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art And on another note here's another character - Driss Wolfhead, a two-sword fighting Death Cultist (specialised in hunting down undead and granting the peace that comes from being cut into a hundred wiggling pieces). Unfortunately, he got crippled beyond repair fighting a troll shaman and the Thing From Beyond she summoned up. cheers, Mark Nice! Great minds think alike and all that... I had a Runequest character that coulda been this guys brother. They even share a last name (ok, so its actually more of a moniker). Targon hunted Chaos tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted May 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art Unfortunately not. And I'm no slouch when it comes to Photoshop. If you had a really high res flat scan and a couple of hours to kill you could spend time cloning out the graph lines - that's the only approach I can think of that would be guaranteed to work. I like the image too. I know it's supposed to be Celtic but it also has an Oriental feel - juxtaposition of wind motion and static pose probably. And what kind of fantasy artist do you call yourself?! The armour looks useful and semi-realistic instead of gratuitously T&A oriented I'm sure I've seen a mask maker selling work on eBay, hand-made leather masks very similar to that worn in the image... Thanks for trying. I'm gonna see if I can go Low tech on this and try to salvage the pic through more traditional means. Yes, it does have a bit of an oriental feel to it...the flowing bits and the polearm head are what does it, I think. Yes, I know a couple of mask makers who make similar masks. When I have the funds, or a good trade, I'll probably be having one made. And I'm the kind of fantasy artist who actually fights in armor... So I have a constant internal struggle... part of me wants cheesecake, the other part wants functionality. Function usually wins. *sigh* Thanks for the feedback. I'll be sure and post if I manage to clean her up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barwickian Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art Here's one of mine - urban fantasy of Matrix-meets-Highlander inspiration. Yes, I'm another Poser buff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaeto Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art Here's a Mage/Cleric I've used. Opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaeto Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art And in her Study with her Research Tomes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaeto Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art Yeesh! I post to a thread and it promptly dies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted May 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art Taint dead yet. I've been busy tho (mostly with other threads) and haven't been keeping on top of this one. Nice work. Very pin-upish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcady Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art My work can be found in my gallery: http://arcady.deviantart.com/gallery/ I'll see if I can get a small set of thumbnails in here though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcady Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art It only previews if you do one at a time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcady Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art Not DnD Fantasy, but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcady Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art A witch I put together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcady Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art An Orc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted May 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art Nice stuff, Arcady! great rendering work. For a moment I thought your beastmaster lass might not be boardsafe, then I realized that those were exceptionally small breast cups, not exceptionally large nipples Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcady Posted May 25, 2005 Report Share Posted May 25, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art She's actually based on a miniature, or I wouldn't gave gone -that far- with the design. Here's the mini: https://www.fantization.com/Painting%20Contests/Celtos%20Contest%20June%202002/Ron_Spencer4.JPG -NOT- painted by me. I got into 3D art in 1999. Originally thinking it would be an 'easy way' to do illustrations, rather than the drawings I'd been doing. Turned out 3D work is harder, and not at all like I expected it to be. But it's a lot of fun so I keep at it. There are things you can do in 3D that you just can't pull off in other mediums. Eventuallly I'll figure out how to do some of them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaeto Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art And here's a Halfling Rogue I've used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art OK since the thread isn't dead yet Here's Raarl - a half-troll pit fighter turned adventurer from a PBEM game that recently died (sigh). Cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted May 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 Re: Herophile Fantasy art OK since the thread isn't dead yet Here's Raarl - a half-troll pit fighter turned adventurer from a PBEM game that recently died (sigh). Cheers, Mark I REALLY like this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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