aggie93,
Lol, no prob! Will definitely take a better look at your sketches later. 
gorgnut,
Lol, thanks ~ avatar compliments of Goro! 
Sorry you wonāt be able to finish this nowā¦but bear in mind, all OFDWs remain open indefinitely ~ so you can always come back to this piece, even weeks or months later.
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
Erm. Hi. Iāve never been in this forum before. :waves: Heh. Ummā¦ anywho. Iāve never painted a guy before, and am generally somewhat weak in the anatomy area anyway, so I guess I could use this. Also have never copied a painting before. So be gentle. 
Ahhā¦ hereās my WIP, after two hours:
http://www.geocities.com/sini_violin/dante1.jpg
I like my way of doing it, too. So there. Colours are not final, 'cause I like to build up on them to get the colours I want. Also, sketchy lines are not final and I need to fix a few that arenāt so sketchy. Mrr.
Anywho.
Yep. Back to work.
mornie,
Hey there, welcome aboard! Wow, Iām quite impressed with your piece, particularly given that you are new to figurative art! 
Would you like to tell us a bit about your training and background? Itās always interesting to know a bit about our fellow members.
Fantastic start, and really looking forward to your next update and participation here!
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
Ermā¦
I had nothing to do today, so I sat here and workedā¦and workedā¦then realised Iād spent about 12 hours on this today. My brain is be a bit of the soggy now O_o so tomorrow Iāll get started with the concept sketches for the CollabBATTLE and give you folks a rest from my update spewing
Almost finished the base sketchy colours nowā¦then I can finally get to some REAL painting 
(i.e. detailing and textures)
Elsie,
Whatās to blush about? Youāre doing a tremendous job! :applause: Canāt wait to see this when the ārealā work has been completed. :bounce:
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
Hehe, thank you Becca Iām just afraid of flooding this place a little haha āOh, look, I added a toe!ā
Arghh :banghead:
Elsie - how I envy you those 12 hrs! IĀ“ve put a green/greyish āblobā in todayā¦ the only progress in four days 
I hate to think that I wonĀ“t find the time to finish this one. Well, IĀ“ll finish it, but it seems like itĀ“s gonna take me ages, eons. The OFDW will be up on nr 162, and Becca wonĀ“t be able to ROFL anymore, and Mr Mu wonĀ“t be able to get up on the chair again or remember who restled hom down, and not even the SpiritDreamers themselves will be able to tell whoĀ“s who anymoreā¦ But, the positive thing about it, is that my old hand by then will tremble and give the painting some nice natural movement.
Elsie,
Ummmā¦have you seen how many WIP I post myself? No problems, darlinā!
SaraD,
LOL, youāre a comedian! 
ā¦I am ROFLā¦for nowā¦
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
Hi Rebecca and Everyone
Working on big figures
Changed hands, faces etc.
Like remaking a classic movie
King-Kong comes to mind.
Just a fun experiment. Learning alot in the process.
Want this piece to have my personal fingerprint on it
when I am finished
Metaphorically speaking that is, of course.
Take Care
Glenn
Erm. Thank you! I hope I wasnāt misleading about my backgroundā¦ but I guess in a way I am new to figurative art, since Iāve never actually sat down and studied a figure. I copied about five or six (literally) out of a figure-drawing book, but thatās about it, and I wasnāt really paying attention. I have done somewhat cartoony figures, but they aināt very good, 'cause I didnāt know how. Ahem.
Hmm. Background. Wellā¦ Iāve been drawing since I could hold a pencil, pretty much. Most of my experience with that has been portraits drawn from photographs. I felt I needed some broader experience (heh), so I took up painting off and on about two years ago. Then, almost exactly one year ago, I got my Wacom (squee!), so Iāve been trying to learn how apply colours to these things since then. Also, painting is really a whole different ball game when it comes to putting down the lines and defining spaces and whatnot. At least for me. So here I am, trying to learn!
Oh yeah, and no art classes. I kinda always assumed that I would find them irritating and stifling. Yes, you may slap my wrist. My learning has been 99% from observation. Other than that, Iāve used peopleās suggestions like āHey, why donāt you try shading it this time!ā or āThereās this thing called perspectiveā¦ā. Oh, and Enaylaās tutorials. Theyāre spiffy. Only tutorials so far Iāve found useful, honestly. At least that Iāve seen.
Wow. This is getting longā¦ Anywho, last update for tonight:
http://www.geocities.com/sini_violin/dante2.jpg
Thank you.
[b]Glenn,
[/b] Really liking your direction!
mornie,
Thanks for that! That actually helps me and everyone else here to understand where youāre coming from a lot better.
Wow, really impressive for little art background! It will be interesting to see what kind of shape you can whip yourself into by the end of this Workshop ~ so far, youāre doing a great job!
If youāre interested in Tutorials, we have Tutorials gallore here on the forum, and I can refer you to one external Tutorial which I think is quite good at describing a black and white > color painting process:
Stahlbergās painting tutorial:
http://www.androidblues.com/JealousyStepbystep/jealousystep.html
Also check out the Anatomy Forum Links here:
Tutorials, Workshops, Anatomy Reviews & More ā¦ [links within]
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=273525
Glad to have you aboard, and looking forward to your continued participation in the Anatomy Forum.
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
Sorry for not having an update. In addtion to work I am working on a Tattoo design for a friend who going to get it inked this weekend. Iāll post the design over on my anatomy forum when finished. Iāll hope to have an update to show tommorrow. I had better get to it as I can already hear Rebecca uncoiling her bullwhip.
Aggie- Glad to see you sticking with it. Nice sketches. BTW, you know you a true lone star stater when you actually type the word āyāallā instead of just saying it. Hilarious.
Glen - How Bizarre! Very cool with animal head thing going on.
Elsie- Staggering progress here.
lmao!
Elsie - in fact I enjoy every little update from you, so donāt you dare to be a miser about them!
Glenn - When you mentioned you wanted to demonize this guy I had no idea how far you were going to take this! Almost looks a bit like one of your bird-dragons! Now, I am really hooked!
Hiā¦ Rebeccaā¦:wavey:
Glad you donāt mind the changesā¦ only way I could ā¦SEEā¦itā¦my heritage I guess ā¦LOL!! ā¦
Rettā¦ ā¦
If you think thatās bizzare, ā¦you should have seen this baby Great Horned Owl I raised
from a chick years agoā¦used to feed him young live chickensā¦he would grab them by
the head with his beak, while holding them down with his clawsā¦and swollow them whole
head firstā¦I am seeing this demon iām painting doing the same thing with his preyā¦
Not just a vision borrowed from Bosh in this caseā¦LOL !!
MR MUā¦ You havenāt even begun to ā¦ SEE ā¦ my DARK SIDEā¦ YET ā¦ ROFLOLā¦
I think you better get a seat belt for your chairā¦ LOL !!
SaraDā¦ Iāll always be able to spot you, ā¦all I have to do is ā¦ what is written above my
avatarā¦ Also,ā¦You should take off your seat belt while painting this oneā¦ it might
get finished soonerā¦LOL !!..
TAKE CAREā¦EVERY = ONE ā¦
Glenn
Well, after reading Elseās post I am a bit afraid I might be the one sheās talking about. But since I am posting this, hereās my toe:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d50/Aggie93/060201Dente.jpg
Oh and my Psyche painting:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d50/Aggie93/060201Psyche.jpg
Vidar - My dialect is very strong it carries over into my writings. Since your up in the area, have you heard about our (Aggieās) law suit with the Seahawks over the 12th man? Is it a bunch of hype?
aggie93,
Nice progress on the Bouguereau piece! As regards your painting, what medium are you using?
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
Rebeccak - I am using oil. I am not a painter, as you can tell. I figure I will learn by baptism of fire. I am building it slowly.
aggie93,
No worries, thatās what weāre here for, right? You might find this post on Queensoulās Anatomy Thread helpful:
Tips on oil painting for a beginner:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=3192877&postcount=89
If youāre interested in reading the post in itās context, here is the page in Queensoulās Anatomy Thread where the post resides:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=301285&page=6&pp=15
Cheers,
~Rebeccak
No updates from me thus far. Iāve been either too busy working on old projects or starting new ones. XD That and Iām scared to start painting the foreground figures. lol But it is nice to see how everyone is progressing, and looking at how different we all approach the same drawing.
