Captain Obvious Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art I think Batman is the root cause of all heroic posing on architectural ornamentation Or possibly just the ones in bad weather at night.. I have it on good authority that Bruce Wayne traveled to Paris specifically to learn that particular skill from Quasimodo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art Nuthin' special, just goofin' around, but I kind of liked it... Cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storn Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art Continuing with my blue palette period... a Dire Wolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantriped Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art oooh pretty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted January 26, 2006 Report Share Posted January 26, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art Dassa big puppy. Related side-note, they've got a prehistoric dire wolf skull in the Denver Museum. They really were that big! Bill. (Nice doggy... niiiiiiicccce doggy...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storn Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art Here is something a bit different from me. This is for my upcoming Weapons of the Gods game. It is a map of the valley that the PCs are from, now being called back as their beloved sifu has been poisoned. Might be useful for Ninja Hero, Dark Champions kinda thing or a Fantasy Hero with oriental trappings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storn Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art Here is an NPC for my upcoming Weapons of the Gods game (tomorrow!). This is Forceful Leaf, spirit of the Eagle Forest Valley. She is a quasi-spirit... but of course, knows kung fu. Because anyone of worth in WotG knows Kung Fu. It is also new software for me, so it was a lot of struggle trying to figure out how to do stuff. This was done in Corel Painter IX (I've been a photoshop boy up to now.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayapuppies Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art Wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art I use Photoshop - how does Corel Painter compare? Why the change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art I use both quite a lot (though I'm still quite a newbie at Painter). I've always found Photoshop to excell at image editing rather than creation -- by which I mean that it gives better results if working up from an image created by traditional means (pencils, charcoal etc.) and scanned. Its selection capabilities are better (or at least easier) than Painter's, and it allows for a much wider range of layer interactions. Painter, on the other hand, is capable of an immense range of "natural media" effects, imitating the effects of traditional media. It allows for interactive mixing of colours right on the image as you paint, and for the easy creation of naturalistic textural effects. I haven't even begun to penetrate the full extent of its capabilities in this regard. You can also "paint" with pre-defined symbols as in this image (approx 450 KB), a map-doodle I did to try out building and using them. I like them both a lot, but they're definitely distinct tools, each fit for a different purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art There's a cute free program (which unfortunately doesn't do watercolour) called Artrage that imitates different mediums too. http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale A. Ward Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art To all of the artists who have graciously displayed their work here... Thank You! Having created artwork in analog media (i.e. actual paper drawings, etc.), I have a couple of questions for those who work in digital media. 1 - Do you create from scratch on the computer, or do you work in analog media then scan it in later? 2 - If the former (from question #1), what interface device(s) do you use? (My attempts at drawing with a mouse have been sadly lacking in the quality that I have seen displayed in this forum.) If anyone can point me to some kind of tutorial or discussion group for digital art, I'd be very thankful. I've wanted to contribute to this forum for quite a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art I've heard just about every digital artist say they use digitizer tablets. Such as the ones from Wacom, or they draw and then scan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korvar Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art My usual method is to do a pencil sketch, scan that in, and use a graphics tablet to "paint" the colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art Also, there's a difference between rendered art - like this image of our current group doing some dungeon-bashing (since the last picture, my character has acquired some armour - and some pants!) which is by definition from scratch and the handcrafted work from people like Fitz and Storn. Design sense and an understanding of proportion and colour transfers between the two, but not much else. cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantriped Posted February 27, 2006 Report Share Posted February 27, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art My latest piece of art-work, this one was drawn first, then completly redrawn and shaded in Photoshop. [ATTACH]20766[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantriped Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art Mostly same process as above, except I actually use another image to get the position right. this one took about 8 hours. [ATTACH]20802[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantriped Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art And here is one I did for a friend of mine. its his *shiver* DnD Character, Valis Yaun. [ATTACH]20819[/ATTACH] After killing a Black Dragon, the insane mage working for him, and small army of uber Orcs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storn Posted March 13, 2006 Report Share Posted March 13, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art Something a little different. This was sketched from a bust at the Detroit Institute of Arts in probably 20 mins or so... not quite sure... I was having fun and babbling to another artist. This is Giovanni Bandini Coismo, Grand Duke of Tuscany. I had never seen this bust before, I go to the DIA probably 10x a year. But they have deep, deep basements and new stuff is always rotating up. I wish I could remember the painting's name that he was near.... for it is an amazing portrait of his wife and child and it is huge! It is always in their permanent collection... oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art Something a little "later period" than usual for me - a landsknecht for all you steampunk fantasy guys. This was made out of a low polygon game model, of all things. cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantriped Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art heres another digital piece. This one is a favorite character of mine by the name of Melchiah, he's an undead mage. [ATTACH]20952[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art Good stuff as usual, Katal. I think you're really maturing as an artist -- there's a definite difference between your current work and the stuff you first posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markdoc Posted March 19, 2006 Report Share Posted March 19, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art and since I was bored, I did another one this evening. This is the bad guy for the next sries of adventures lying before my players... cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantriped Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art Thanks Keyes, The main difference is that I'm doing the vast majority of the work digitally now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted March 20, 2006 Report Share Posted March 20, 2006 Re: Herophile Fantasy art and since I was bored' date=' I did another one this evening. This is the bad guy for the next sries of adventures lying before my players...[/quote'] Let me guess.... he's really a nice guy, he's just misunderstood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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