It was a lot of fun. I meet some good people. Nice to put a face to a name here. Roberto was much more hostile in person than here :twisted:. Seriously, it was a good night. Hopefully next time we can address some of the marketplace issues that came up.
ROFL…a 5’3" bundle of hostility, eh? ROFL…
Yep, hope to catch ya next time.
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
ROFL…you know what they say about height sensitivity being inversely proportional to height…:rolleyes: 
Roberto was much more hostile in person than here
Yeah, now I see what you mean…:rolleyes:
I thought it was that tempermental artist thing. I never realized that it might be that Napoleon Syndrome. Oh well, everyone knows big things come in small packages.
I thought it was that tempermental artist thing. I never realized that it might be that Napoleon Syndrome. Oh well, everyone knows big things come in small packages.
ROFL…you’re my hero… I’m sooo dead, btw…
:twisted:
smackbringer, if all else fails, you can always buy Poser and a few models. Set them up and apply the Vallejo render plugin filter for rendering. I think Daz3d made that plugin.
I can’t believe a moderator is trying to hijack this thread :eek: . See all the fun, you need to come to the meetings now smackbringer.
Well you have done all you can do. Too often customers point to a high budget product and say ‘yeah we want something like that’. I’ve been in that boat myself often enough and you don’t want to go there.
I don’t know what you mean about a pro bailing you out tho.
Anyhow you told them and that’s the main thing.
Ok getting back on topic.
This could be a topic on the dialy sketch forum.
Would you be willing to outsource it?
there are a couple of great sketch artitst that would do a great piece in that forum.
_R
What meetings?
And I’m glad to meet you all so soon. This is pretty cool, I had no idea that this many people were local.
Man, that’s a tough one. If you are going to tackle it, break it down into digestible bites to ease your anxiety. Try this:
Sketch your comp (hopefully the client can review a few thumbnails)
Redefine your line work in terms of light and dark by choosing three gray values: Lignt, Medium and Dark. Work out all your problems at this stage.
When your done with your Grisaille (grayscale painting) create a new layer and set it to Overlay, then fill it with a warm earthy color.
Flatten it
Then create another layer and apply your desired colors at different opacities (perhaps 30%-40%) while periodically changing between Normal and Overlay brush modes–whatever works at the time being.
Once you achieved a wash of your general color scheme, flatten it again and then tighten it up with more opaque colors (80%) while eye-dropping directly from the canvas.
Hope this helps. Good Luck.
Realistically speaking, only artists who are highly skilled/experienced could reproduce that Boris Vallejo look. Anyone who’s novice or intermediate will not be able to do it. You should always take on assignements within your ability, or else you risk ruining your professional image and reputation. You could stretch a bit and take on assignments that will challenge you, but if it’s blatantly above your current skill level, you’re really just asking for a nightmare.
I wish you luck. And if you don’t pull it off, at least you’d have learned a very important lesson.
What meetings?
And I’m glad to meet you all so soon. This is pretty cool, I had no idea that this many people were local.
AA. Nah, local SIGGRAPH meetings.
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
May I ask what a SIGGRAPH meeting is?
I think If I do go forward with it, I may work in grayscale for the preview. I’ll try to talk with the producer today and tell him about my anxiety and ask if there are any other artists that might be able to do this. This thing has got me stressed.
I’m no great artist (yet) but I can give you some advice I learned in the school of life. Just do it. Don’t think about it, don’t talk about, don’t worry about it. Just do it. 
Just got an email this morning from the producer saying “I hope we can procede quickly with this.” With some reference photos. So it begins. I’ll Be posting my progress I guess. My plan of action is to start drawing on an 11x17 peice of paper. Good art always starts with good lineart so its going to be drawing time. Even if the coloring sucks, if the lineart is good, I might still be able to pull it off.
Why risk your name on one job if you are getting constant work from this client.
You should find another artist. IF you are willing to outsource it I can do it for you since this is my style. My skill level is near Boris Vallejo’s level and have samples I can send you. I live in Maryland. Send me a PM and I will send you the samples.
You should definitely farm this project out or renegotiate with your client. Just my honest opinion.
