CgTalk Daily Sketch 828 25 MN "The Dark Lord"

[grafixsuz]

This is my effort. I started at 10:37 pm and finished at 10:59 using Artrage 2. My baby I'm sure is the Dark lord.

[Relm]

30-ish minutes. Photoshop. The Dark Lord Voldemort is my hero!

http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/1076/relmthedarklordlz6.jpg

Edit: Oh darn I forgot, all credits of characters go to Ms. J.K.Rowling of course, but if this goes against the rules, go ahead and take it off. It's just fanart sketch though for practice with some brushes. :thumbsup:

[JulianKnot]

@Relm and grafixsuz: very nice pictures, I like the different moods

my entry is a bit bumpy, last week I got my tablet, it isn't configured for my purposes yet
done with tablet and gimp in 30mins(sorry)
http://www.plastikfreun.de/dailysketch/DarkLord.jpg

[BrittanyRichardson]

The gamma/colors on my monitor are all messed up today, so I have no real idea how this looks...

painter ix, wacom, 25min

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/2641/darklordts9.jpg

[kbarts]

Photoshop, wacom, 22 min. The Dark Lord with his favourite toy:)

http://kbarts.hu/tmp/lord.jpg

[JulianKnot]

I like the topic; another picture with red eyes:

gimp & wacom, 25mins:
http://www.plastikfreun.de/dailysketch/DarkLord2a.jpg

finished after 40 mins:
http://www.plastikfreun.de/dailysketch/DarkLord2.jpg

[lucavi]

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e307/deceptant9/darklord_devenecia.jpg
25 min, pencil/PS

Brittany, nice one :)

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e307/deceptant9/darklord2_devenecia.jpg
1 hr, pencil/PS

[Silken Shadow]

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m186/silken_shadow_miss_megan/thedarklord.jpg

20 mins in Photoshop w/tablet

[JimiPhoenix]

Lucavi - there's something quite Luis Royo[esque] about your pic. In fact, if your Dark Lord was clutching a nymphette in a suggestive pose and and a semi-transparent slip, you'd have that whole look down :D

Nice work Brittany. My monitor is actually permanently offset (I'm having problem's recalibrating it), but Photoshop's colour profile makes up for it somewhat. A lot of the time I upload pics here (I use a Mac for non-design related things, go figure) and they lose a little something. Yours looks good though! The sketchy lines in the background make me think of marionettes for some reason. Could be a Dark Puppetmaster :)

[Inchoatos]

Photoshop, 15 mins


http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/603/91115minjz5.jpg

[May-lea]

I considered drawing Lord Voldemort, but I though I didn't have time to do any decent fanart in 25 min...

So I went for something more random... Not that it's any decent either, but oh well. I didn't check the other entries before drawing this, but I would have liked to draw something like Brittany's piece. Oh well, maybe next time, or in my dreams...


25min, Photoshop+tablethttp://www.triskell-productions.com/CGtalk/Dark%20lord.jpg

[toastmonster]

I haven't been here in like forever... glad to be back!
25min photoshop/wacom
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d46/Dekonstruct/Daily_091106.jpg

[BrittanyRichardson]

Lucavi - Thanks. I always enjoy seeing your sketches. They are so imaginative and beautifully rendered.

JimiPhoenix - Thanks. A Dark Puppetmaster, eh? Sounds good to me.


May-lea - I think your sketch is lovely. I think you have really improved over these past few weeks - in quickness and in quality. Keep up the good work. :thumbsup:

[Eurayo]

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g59/Eurayo/24min_darklord.jpg


24 min; Photoshop

[Robertt]

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/4357/cgtalkdsgdarklordbyrjt2006qa1.jpg

Painter / 25 min. / tablet

RobertT

[Paleraven06]

First time tablet user and first time Daily Sketcher. I haven't had the thing more than a few hours and I figured what better way to break it in than a trial by fire (ahhh.. sorry for the pun on the picture :D ). Lemme know what you think since I don't really have any experience to base the outcome on. Cheers!

Photoshop 7.0
Wacom Intuos 6"x8"
22 Minutes

http://www.electronichorizon.com/images/daily_sketch/dark_lord.jpg

[thebigxer]

the whole thing took me about 2 hours

http://www.tbxr.com/cgtalk/darklord.jpg

pen sketch+photoshop

[danielh68]

Some really nice entries today :)

25mins.

http://www.danielhelzer.com/sketches/sketch243.jpg

[GauntMan]

Wacom + OpenCanvas and GIMP. ~1:15; To see at 25 minutes, remove all coloring

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/gauntman/sketch/sketch827.jpg


danielh68, very nice. I like the character design, particularly the face and headgear.
thebigxer, good flame effects and pallete
Paleraven06, welcome! I like the way you used color for shading - warm on the left, cool on the right
robertt, dramatic! And an interesting take on the topic.
Eurayo, excellent fire. The dreadlocks and flames tie the picture together well
toastmonster, great teaparty!
May-lea, glowing effects on the armor really pop out. I tried the same effect, but less sucessfully.
Inchoatos, an interesting start, nice and loose
Silken Shadow, It took me a moment to see the body. A translucent effect might have been interesting to try as well.
lucavi, disturbing and wonderful
BrittanyRichardson, excellent eye on the clothing. Well thought out and designed. I also like the lines in the background as mentioned above.

[May-lea]

Hey Gauntman, here's my trick to make a glow: Paint what's going to be glowing on a separate layer (using the gimp, I don't know opencanvas but I doubt you can do that). If the glow is going to be the same as the glowing element, pick a bright colour with no black at all. If not, it doesn't really matter, you'll correct that later.

Duplicate that layer once. Colour correct to get a bright colour if applicable. Duplicate it again.
Apply a gaussian blur (if available) to the first duplicate layer, using a small radius. Adjust it so you see the glow close to the original shape. Apply another blur on the second layer, with a bigger radius. Then put the original layer on top of the two duplicates. You have your glow!

You can now paint the reflection of your light on nearby objects if you want, using the same colour as the glow.

Well that's how I do anyway. The effect is more obvious when the background is dark, too.

Thanks for the comment, too :)

Brittany, thanks for the comment as well. I'm trying hard to improve but it's not always easy :)

[InKraBid]

[img=http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/4822/25mindsfdarklordcj9.th.jpg] (http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?image=25mindsfdarklordcj9.jpg)

Heres my img, a bit influenced by the (pcgame) Enclave dark mentor.

[Pimpfish]

http://pimpfish.do-ob.com/Art/2006/Dark%20Lord25min.JPG

Needed a good reason to practise hands :o

[Lowki]

thought i would try working from a black canvas for this one.. not sure about the colours, any thoughts
heaps of cool posts...
woooo scary.
20min photoshop and wacom

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2620/darklordlt4.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

[Lowki]

danielH, Lucavi and Brittany.. kickass as usual.

[zng-Y]

Guys & Girls,
Damn... too many freakin' great ones in here!
Brittany and Lucavi - totally awesome sketches!
Kbarts - nice sketch! But maybe a bit too "sketchy" imo.
The bigxer - Welcome back! :D Nice one.
Danielh68 - great style! keep on going.
Low ki - I kind of like the colors!

Still messing around, hoping something good will turn out.
Not realy what i was aiming for, but ah well... i posted something!

PS
http://members.chello.nl/c.megens2/pictures/dark lord.jpg

[SAN-X]

mmmm... yeah... time is always not enough... :-\
anyway that's what i have after 25min
(PS + tablet)
http://san-x.nextmail.ru/graphics/challenges/cgtalk.com/dailysketch/darklord-30min.jpg

----
as it was my first dailysketch, i decided to complete it regardless of time limit;
+25 min (50 min total)
http://san-x.nextmail.ru/graphics/challenges/cgtalk.com/dailysketch/darklord.jpg

[Grevy]

And here is my "Dark Lord". The concept is a bit inspired by the Witch King (Think he is called the Witch King) from Lord of the Rings.

It took 20-25 mn. In Photoshop

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n7/Holmgrevy/DarkLord12-9-200625min.jpg

[SuperMuscle]

Low ki, is that spawn and the violator?

[NilsCG]

Sorry, a little bit more... 30 minutes. Just a few week I'm here and there are really great works in these daily sketch. Congratulations to all ! I will try to post my votes soon. http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6573/1843/1600/Dark%20Lord.jpg

[GauntMan]

here's my trick to make a glow: Paint what's going to be glowing on a separate layer (using the gimp, I don't know opencanvas but I doubt you can do that). If the glow is going to be the same as the glowing element, pick a bright colour with no black at all. If not, it doesn't really matter, you'll correct that later.

Duplicate that layer once. Colour correct to get a bright colour if applicable. Duplicate it again.
Apply a gaussian blur (if available) to the first duplicate layer, using a small radius. Adjust it so you see the glow close to the original shape. Apply another blur on the second layer, with a bigger radius. Then put the original layer on top of the two duplicates. You have your glow!


Thanks for the explaination, May-lea. It makes a lot of sense - I always forget about image filters when sketching! I will need to try this out and see how it works.

[Lowki]

Low ki, is that spawn and the violator?
yes i guess it is very spawn with those colours... part of the reason I wanted to change them...but oh well...McFarlane is king.

[zng-Y]

NilsCG, can't see your picture. I'm curious so post it well ! :D

[Vyse-soa]

Finally found some time again for the DSG :love:

25 min, Intuos 3, Phtoshop
http://homepage.hispeed.ch/welkesblatt/thedarklord.jpg

[buzzz3d]

After 25 min:

http://www.erik3d.speedlinq.nl/sketchbook2/dsf828_25min.jpg

After 90min:

http://www.erik3d.speedlinq.nl/sketchbook2/dsf828final.jpg

Photoshop CS

[Stevansche]

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4710/lordpeanutvy9.jpg

Went over the time.

60 min ps/tablet

[SylvanMist]

My first time doing a daily sketch...looked like fun and good practice.

25mins, PhotoshopCS2 & wacom.
man this sucks so bad I'm ashamed to say I did it, but figured I should post it anyway :p

[Wiggin]

Roja- Don't worry if it's not your best sketch. We're all here to learn and get better. I wish I could show you my first sketch here, oh my was it bad.

Anyway, good work. And don't be too hard on yourself.

[Cris-Palomino]

Done in Painter...oils, acrylics, pencils...signed at the 25 min. mark.

Boy, there are some great pieces!

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/DarkLord.jpg

First time doing this...lots of fun.

Cris

[Dominus]

liked the topic so here`s my morning speedy, 20 min :)

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/5548/darklord20min2iv4.jpg

[Frejasphere]

Hi all :)

There are some great ones in here (and great topic too!) Chris (thanks you inspired me to pop in here - and then I couldn't resist), Vyse-soa, Dominus: Like the feel of yours :) and so many more :thumbsup:

This is just a scanned pen sketch, but enjoyed doing it :) kept to the 25 min so ended up with ink on my hands :D

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m311/frejasphere/TheDarkLord_eAA.jpg

cheers all and take care
a. :)

[SylvanMist]

Thanks for the reassurance Wiggin :)

There's so many good sketches around here, it can be discouraging at times, or hopefully push you to work harder!

[Mathorne]

This is extremely impressive - how some of you folk (Dominus, lucavi, Brittany Richardson, Vyse-soa and others) can manage to get those things done i such a short amount of time is beyond my understanding.

Never the less, my try at this subject. If there's a cliché out there that I haven't struck, please tell me... Photoshop, 25 minutes.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v85/Merskum/01copycopy.jpg

[JurajMolcak]

http://features.cgsociety.org/gallerycrits/185679/185679_1158265143_large.jpg

25 min / Photopaint + scanned lineart. My second try for daily sketch today. I found it pretty nice to relax from regular work just for fun. Hope to participate more around here.

[SamsonsReaper]

um *coughs* 2h , got carried away
http://www.leventep.com/Pics/1_Example/death2.jpg

[ikuru]

SamsonR, your evil Owns!
Here is mine...
http://features.cgsociety.org/gallerycrits/230246/230246_1158317453_medium.jpg

[CaveatScoti]

I had 25 mins, I had a go. Feh. Painter.

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i155/caveatscoti/darklord.jpg

[Surrealix]

So many amazing sketches for this topic. Mine's a bit cliche, but couldn't be bothered coming up with anything interesting.

~ 40 min / GIMP / tablet, I forgot to save a copy at 25 min.

http://www.surrealix.com/sketch/the_dark_lord.small.jpg

[kbarts]

Multiply entry is allowed so i made another "dark lord". It is different:)

I almost forget: Photoshop, wacom, 20 min.

http://kbarts.hu/tmp/lepke.jpg

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