Races of Middle Earth - Character - Culann

#23

Yet another small update. Still working out the details… :slight_smile:

#24

Looking good Culann.

You’re from Ireland eh? Can you do me a favor and tell me what my last name means? McCullough.

I’ve been told lots of different things. One was “of the lake” is this true?

#25

Thanks Gamoron, but I’m not really happy about how it’s turning out…I’ll restart later today, because frankly, painting this feels like painting a miniature. The face of the sandman on paper is quite small, which is why I have to get REALLY CLOSE with a very small brush to include details.
About your other question, well, it really depends on how you retranslate your name into Gaelic. Because there is more than one possibility. Anyway, Mac means ‘son’ or ‘son of’. Now, Cullough could have originated as Collach, which means boar. clears throat
This should, of course, not be taken literally…so it’s more akin to ‘Son of a brave man’
It has to be said, though, that I’m not an expert on name origins. :slight_smile:

#26

Cheers Dude! I’ve heard “son of” before, but not boar. I do like Son of a brave man. Maybe you try painting it in Photoshop. Paint it as a base and then scan it in and do the fine details in Photo. I’ve done it in the past and was happy with the results.
:beer:

#27

Well…I would paint it in Photoshop if I had Photoshop, but that’s not really the only reason why I’m doing it traditionally. I’m still building my portfolio (for college), and this is a piece that I want to include. I’m not sure how digital entries would be regarded. Also, I love working with traditonal media. So, I’ll happily work out a way to do it right…and I’ll surely tweak around digitally. I’ve always done that. :wink:

#28

I like your sandbeast, and the black red color scheme for the clothes its very haradrim too. I understand why are you working with the traditional media, but if you had painted this in photoshop you wouldn´t had that miniature face problem. But you couldnt get that lovely “material” look of your drawings. Ah, the eternal debate… :shrug:

#29

Thanks for the comment, Pancreas. :slight_smile: I started a new one today, and I will stick with this one. It’s painted in a different style, a little more loose, and so far I like it. I did some colour correction digitally, to emphasize the shadows a bit more. It should be finished either tomorrow or the day after, I’d wager. :wip:

#30

looking good dude!:thumbsup:

#31

Thanks Gamoron…hmm, I say that rather often…I should start to think of ingenius alternatives like, ‘Gamoron, thanks’ or something like that! :wink:

#32

lol… same problem here.
Great ther… but please don´t loose to much details even its a more loosy style. Watch that ya counterbalance between loose and detail.
My two cents.

Keep going:thumbsup:

Tom

#33

Tha…:rolleyes:
Nice criticism, Tommy! I did start anew in order to get the ability to include more details, so that’s what I will do. But I like the the texture created by the new colouring style, so I will keep that as well…We’ll see how it turn’s out.:slight_smile:

#34

I´ve to agree with you about the textures. Very interresting stuff comes out when ya keep loose. Wait for ya next update buddy…
Tom

#35

Update…looks like I’m going to finish it tomorrow… I’m really under no pressure, so maybe I’ll keep tweaking it a little longer. He will hold a weapon, just in case someone was wondering. I just didn’t work on that yet. I’ll also do a background.

#36

Yeah…looks good. Nice pose ya got here.
No crits now.:thumbsup:

Tom

#37

That was quick!
Uhm…thanks Tommy! :wink:

#38

Nice work Culann. Lets see the background.:beer:

#39

Probably too late to tell you this (and difficult to fix if your still doing this traditionally), but you really should start with a background color other than white. It would make your colors much richer.

Keep going though … I’m liking this one. :thumbsup:

#40

Thanks Kirt! Well, yes, I heard about not using white as initial background colour, and I did it before. But the thing is, I didn’t mean to actually use the character I’m doing right now, he was a mere sketch on ordinary sketchpad paper. But then I started experimenting with colour and liked the look, so I kept going. I also found out today that the page he was on really wasn’t large enough, so I transferred him to a bigger sheet. So, it’s basically layer-work, except it’s not digital yet. :wink:
I will update tomorrow, I couldn’t do much today. :hmm:

#41

Quick update, crappy scan.
I started the background layer, and currently I’m not too fond of it. BUT, it’s WIP, and composited together with the main sandman, it looks acceptable. So I’ll keep working on it.

#42

Update.
Still working out details. Just wanted to show some progress.