A dwarf, anyone?

[art7sayan]

:wavey:


Really nice !! You got a lot of skillz in sketching!!! lol

[Titan]

I like the clean line feel to it..and the modern comic style..(Joe MAD inspired?)

But now I cant post my dwarf...I had one I was working on for my concepts, but yours is way better...;)

its a marker drawing, right?

great work....!!!

[Norante]

Yes, marker drawing.

No, no inspired by Mad, althought I must admit my style looks like that of him.

I think I will like those markers, post more drawings soon.

[jeroentje]

He cool!
He reminds me of "The Lost Vikings"!
I LOVED that game.

You're getting the hang of those markers! :thumbsup:
(are these ad's?)
jeroentje

[Norante]

he, thanks!

No, no AD's! I could only find the Prismacolor. have to hang with them for now.

C'mon, people, I dont have mych feedbeck here, I thought you would chop it down for me:wip: :wip: :wip: :wip:

[jeroentje]

Oh you want hard critics eh?!

Okay, here you got it;
when you use markers, and you colour something, there's no way back, so if you want some white in it, leave the lightest spaces open. Try to use the white of the paper more. If you do, the picture will look more "open" and come to live more.

Loose that background. The best thing about markers is that they can look sketchy, wich will bring some speed- and movement- feeling in it. So that black box in the back doesn't fit with it and also makes it look too static.

But as I said: I DO like it!
jeroentje

Tip: when you know you're definitely finished, take some white, covering (mean non-transperent) paint (or Tip-exx) to kick in some highlights. But don't overdo it.

[Norante]

Thank you for the advice, it was the most valuable.
There it goes, without the background. Actually, the background was inserted in Photoshop. I think I was a little pushy with it:p :p

I will post more as soon as I can draw. Thanks again :thumbsup:

[lamfan]

Cool Sketching picture! How long do you spend to finish it? very good!:applause:

[FIRESKY718]

wooooooooooooo~~~~~~~~~~~ so cooooool~~~~~``~~~

l've collected this one ~~


want to see more ~~

[jeroentje]

Yes, that's better.
I like this guy better than your previous thread.
Try to keep it all a bit loose and don't smear in all the light parts for the next. Can't wait to see it, you're getting better allready.

Keep 'm coming!
jeroentje

[Sangotten]

That's another way cool marker drawing!!!

I think that the last update is cool but if you just add some marker stripes in the background it would be more dynamic. I know it was mentioned before but I think some highlights would really do the trick! It's good to see that your marker drawing skills are improving fast!!!

:thumbsup:

[dell]

That’s really good well done, I must admit I prefer the one with the back drop as it takes some of the attention away from the whole drawing i.e. spreading the attention across the whole render. Automotive designer use this technique, it breaks up the image.

[Norante]

Thanks for all the comments!!

I will take all of them in account in the next works, dont worry.

Dell - I had this feeling, but maybe it was not good for this case.

Sangotten - Gonna try that next time, even if it's in Photoshop, to see what happens.

Lanfan - Two hours, maybe a bit more. I'm still trying to get the hang of those markers :p

Jeroentje - thanks for keeping track of my advance. with good feedback, we can aways improve, huh?:beer:


I feel that more highlights (i.e. using more white paper space) would do the trick. Althought I think the figure is quite solid, it maybe falls in the weird definition of "half-drawing, half-sketch":)

Thanks again!

[William GUiLE]

It's GREAT! I love that style! :applause:

However, dwarves are generally very proud of their race, so I think he won't be disappointed to be called dwarf! And for his weapon, IMHO an axe would be more appropriated!;)

[Norante]

Bah, all dwarves use axes. And he is NOT a dwarf, just a..mm.. puny man! Dont say that loud, if he listens, you will be in trouble ;-)

[Norante]

What kind of ink should I use for the highlights? Any suggestion?

[element412]

i know a famous marker-artist that use white wood pencil and white gouach.
i love those drawings, gotta learn that marker style.

element

[jeroentje]

For highlights?
If you mean the larger white parts in your drawing; leave them open and let the white of the paper come trough. That definitely gives the best result with markers.
If you mean the actual (small) white highlighted dots; use white gouache (don't put water trough it). Or use Tip-exx. That last thing may sound weird, but it's cheap, and a lot of professional marker artists use it.
I sometimes use white Posca-markers when I'm in a hurry, but they leak and the ink is too thin.

jeroentje

[Norante]

Yeah, for the small highlights. I agree that leaving the open spaces is the best too, and will do that in the next ones. Too bad Im not with much free time to draw more for now.

What in the hell is Tip-exx? What kind of product?

Anyway, thanks you guys for the support. Especially you, my fellow bag-in-the-head friend :beer:

[jeroentje]

Oops. This site is global...
And Tip-exx is probably a brand. It's correction-fluids for typists.

jeroentje

[Norante]

I coudnt find any of these, so I will be stickin to white nanking and white gouache for the time being.

[jeroentje]

Doesn't matter. Gouache is the best solution for it anyway.
Don't hang on to materials too much. It's not the materials that make you a good artist, but talent, experience and keeping your eyes open.

Keep improvising, it will make you better and more flexibel.
(I have once faked old parchment by laying xerox-paper in day-old coffee, to falsify Leonardo DaVinci's).

jeroentje :beer: :insane:

[Norante]

Hehe, that was nasty.

Anyway, if we are to keep this discussion about materials, lets do it by PM, or we will be burned here:shame:

[jeroentje]

He Norante... this was NOT meant in any nasty way man! I'm very sorry if you think that it was and I'll take back everything that I said!

I just meant that you will make good work anyway, no matter if you find the materials you want to use or not.

Keep posting!
jeroentje :beer:

[Norante]

NNONONONOj, I DIDNT meant you are nasty!!!!!!!!

Sorry for the bad english. I was joking about your "trick", with xerox.

I was not, by any means, trying to offend, or being offended!! By the contrary your comments are aways very welcome.

Sorry for the misunderstanding!!:wavey:

[jeroentje]

Your English... MY English... me being drunk... :shrug:

Anyway, how are you going in the markerdepartment?
jeroentje

btw, power to the Bag-People!!! :buttrock:

[mjm]

*watches the soap opera unfold and resolve itself*

Well, now that that's over, I like it. Perhaps push your values more. Really dark darks, and really bright highlights. You don't need to have a perfect gradient either. Going from 10% grey to 90% grey often looks better than 10, 30, 70, 90, etc. (and you get nice hard edges!). So, value and edges, really. Dynamic and defined edges around the focus, lost edges around areas that aren't of great interest (in shadows, for example). Same goes for value, too.

Keep it up.

[Norante]

Thank you. :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

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