Races of Middle Earth - Character - Slacker


#4

I like your style, and I like the little creature for sure. I’m just not sure that this fits into the LOTR realm that well. The main character looks a little to “hip-hop” for my tastes.

It’s still early … so I’m sure you’ll do something great with it. Keep going Slacker!


#5

thanks guys. I hope I won’t let you down. More to come. Hopefully when I bring the whole scene together it will look a lot more LOTR. :beer:


#6

I like also the distance you are putting from your concept to LOTR.
Instead of “another” so you have a “unique”, an your own stuff

I like it


#7

Yeah man keep ya own LOTR style… more individual!!!
:beer: :beer: :beer:


#8

Put him in a background Slacker! He won’t see it but I will.:beer:


#9

hey, hey. Thank ya both. I’ll go with my style for a while & try and blend the enviroment a to match. Thanks for the support. :beer:
I started creation of a larger/stronger Slacken. Very Wip, but here it tis anyway.


#10

snuck up on me there Gamoron. Background to come. :slight_smile:


#11

It´s the Slacker-Slacken… Chief of the specimen…great:thumbsup: … Like this one more then the first…

Cheerz:beer: :beer: :beer:


#12

Oh yeah thats better. Better feel to it. Reminds me of older Zelda images. I’m a big Zelda fan. My only crit is why didn’t you close some of those lines? I think you should try it dude.


#13

:slight_smile: And another update. I closed a few lines & added some stuff - like a face. Still no background… Maybe I’ll start a girl slacken next… Lot of time left…


#14

I think ya should give him a blindfold(Spelling?) then shades…
Anyway this turns out great,… and hope to see the Lady slacken soon.:beer: :beer:

Laterz

Tom


#15

Thanks! Ya, I know the shades got to go… Was trying for a thin blindfold. Didn’t come out like I wanted.
CgFreak: the line - I use Illustrator 10 - the paintbrush tool & a wacom give you these lines. For thiner lines, have to use the pencil tool.
Tommy Lee: me too, me too… :beer:


#16

Well, I figured I try something completely different. Since I’ve never really used Painter, I figure I’d give it a go. Very wip, and rushed, but an attempt none the least…


#17

and I’m back… My brains been very distracted here lately. I got a little off subject and started creating this creature below. Big furry thing, with a human head grafted inside his mouth area…

and, in case your wondering, above is the work of Paint Shop Pro & the smudge tool… here’s a closeup of the human head.
Close Up Of Mouth Area

will we see more of this strange beast??? probably not.


#18

Looks like your onto something, what, I don’t know but it looks cool.
But smudge tool=Evil in my opinion
Keep it up:thumbsup:


#19

You got plenty of time to develop this one Slacker. Nice start. As for the smudge tool, I see nothing wrong with it. It depends on what kind of painter you are. Those that don’t use it, I would think paint more like Degas, and those that do, probably paint more like David. I’m some where in between. I use it at times, the same way I’d use a brush to spread out oil paint thinly over a another dried layer.


#20

hey thanks guys. I like the smudge, but I have a hard time getting anything passed a cool look to come out of it. It’s kind of like a fun filter. Maybe in a couple of years I’ll have the painting skills to combine with it… :arteest:

Anyways, back on track, I did start making a girl slacken today… here’s the beginings. hopefully more updates soon.


#21

More updates… Still got to fix some stuff, but the final composition will probably involve these three. cheerz. :beer:


#22

Yeah man!!!
This comes along really great…totally unique chars. Fit well together. :thumbsup:

Cheerz:beer:

Tom


#23

thank ya Tommy.
Another update… I still need to make the blindfolds look less like shades, lighten around the girl’s creature, and learn how to paint backgrounds. :shrug: c&c welcome.

a little larger pic