I thought so too! Very glad that you like it :)Quote:
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A koala is what I tried to come close to, since I've used it as a present for an Australian friend :)Quote:
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I thought so too! Very glad that you like it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by aliengirl
A koala is what I tried to come close to, since I've used it as a present for an Australian friend :)Quote:
Originally Posted by aliengirl
Just some pencil and charcoal efforts...
Nice drawings :)
Here are four oriental miniature cities, ancient japanese, ancient chinese, medieval japanese and industrial japanese :)
http://i40.tinypic.com/zve6vl.png
It's very good to see the thread regathering its life http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/...ys/respeto.gif
Wonderful sketches, I think!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sionn Harrow
Very nicely detailed!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyriakos
Koala - tick!
M and M gets zapped - tick!
Owl - tick!
Landscape - tick!
Lily - tick!
Cities - tick!
:)
Sionn, those drawings are beautiful! I really love the owl. The depth in the flower is excellent.
Kyriakos, I especially love the green roofed buildings.
Max, that smile guy's background is outstanding!
"just..."! - Those are well excecuted drawings.Quote:
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Just curious, what specific medium did you use for the colored drawings? colored pencils? Prismacolor, Derwent, etc.?
Nice work.
Thank you very much Var http://smiles.kolobok.us/personal/hi.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Varenne Rodin
A fairy sculpture in polymer clay. She's about 3.5 inches tall on her base. Itty bitty. :)
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=9432
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=9439
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=9437
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=9438
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=9433
Var, you are an awesome sculptor!
Your sculpting is so awesome that I just can't believe how awesome it is! :p :)
Thank you, Max! Hehe. That makes me feel happy!
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Is she a bit self-portraity? Can't say I've seen a platinum blonde fairy before Varenne. And life-size too (for a fairy I mean - not Tussaud's). Quite amazing in the detail department. The weave and stitching on the clothes is fine enough to not look out of place.
I've been glooping again:
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/...styry/goop.jpg
(From a new video)
Cool! The ripples are amazing!
Thanks for the sweet things you said about my fairy, Mystyry. They say we put a bit of ourselves into our art, so you may be right about that. Her costuming required lots of tiny stitches. The lace overlay on top was the most time intensive.
Yes, I'm quite happy with that ripply discovery V ;) Currently over-using it on just about everything (sensational animated - hopefully finished by Friday, video's so time consuming though that I can sense something's going to come up between today and then)
What type of glass bead for the eyes and wand? It looks opalescent. A sculptor's secret perhaps?
I had a business meeting today with some1 so boring i sketched instead of notes. I drew a dove in his arm.
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z...ess/guypss.jpg
I see the dove! That's awesome Tony!
It is partially a secret. I make beads/crystals/water drops from start to finish by layering glazes. The eyes are more complex and contain multiple materials. They start out as balls of clay. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MystyrMystyry
Varenne,
I love the fairy sculpture. Is it tricky baking it? Certain temperature/time? Very talented!
Thank you, Tony! The baking process can be tricky. Overbaking creates scorch marks, underbaking can cause cracks. I bake these at about 270 degrees fahrenheit. 30 minutes per quarter inch thickness. Then a cooling time in the oven. Going from hot to cool too fast will definitely crack them. I also have to bake them on soft cotton pads to maintain their shape.Quote:
Originally Posted by tonywalt
The great thing about polymer clay is that it can be baked in a home oven. I have a second oven anyway because I don't want to have to clean out art residue every time I go to bake food. Eventually I plan to get a kiln so I can make porcelain ball jointed figures and great big things.
The other big pro to polymer clay is that it stays pliable and workable until it's baked. I'm usually shaping a piece for four to eight ten hour days. :)
That's pretty incredible Varenne. It must be nice to follow your passion.
Not that I don't like the artsy bohemian world of investment banking:smile5::ack2:
Interesting Varenne :)
Cool line drawing Tones. You should let yourself get bored more often ;)
This is the 22nd version of this thing, and I think I've finally got it right (though it's subject to change). Credit goes to gt3232 for the model, but I did design the water and weather. I wanted more than it just drifting through the mist - trying to achieve a realistic angle placement on the Flying Dutchman has proven to be the hardest part, though no doubt building the model myself would have been still more difficult.
http://i1134.photobucket.com/albums/...ry/storm22.jpg
That's really cool MM. It's so striking!Quote:
Originally Posted by MystyrMystyry
Amazing, Mystyry! I love it! So dark and stormy.
How is the video coming along?
Thanks, and sorry, no, no video yet - but it should be better for the delay :)
Looking forward to it, Mystyry.
I drew this while I was waiting for supply shipments for sculptures. Then I played with the colors on my phone. It's a boredom drawing...
http://www.online-literature.com/for...pictureid=9450
Our Var can draw!! http://smilys.net/ernste_smilies/smiley4998.gif
And she is also in possession of a baking method!! http://smilys.net/other_smilies/smiley1006.gif
How wonderful our Var is!! http://smilys.net/winkende_smilies/smiley2550.gif
And all the other works and artists behind them too http://smilys.net/other_smilies/smiley5161.gif http://smilies-gifs.com/hola-adios/13hola-adios.gif http://smilies-gifs.com/aplaudir/5aplaudir.gif
I have been experimenting with bullets and came up with a few variations to be used in future projects. I think some of them are close to real bullets, though the 50 cal ones (the two long bullets at the bottom) turned out less shiny than I would like... probably the last one at the bottom-right corner looks better, though still a bit spotty... I wouldn't really mind the spots if they looked shinier. I'm not fully satisfied :rolleyes:
Nice work by all :) I too like the drawing of the girl a lot :)
Some more miniatures by me, these are ancient Germanic, ancient Persian, Medieval Aztec and Fantasy Orcish towns:
http://i41.tinypic.com/kcihpc.png
Just don't hold your breath - my life is so full of distractions and being thrust that way and this, that pretty much anything can happen from minute to minute ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Varenne Rodin
Boredom with attitude I say!Quote:
Originally Posted by Varenne Rodin
Another self portraity piece? And the colour has significance, Goldie?
Who are they for? (I don't mean intended for? :) ) Though I see what you mean about the lack of shine. Can you maybe put them through the Photoshop light filter - it isn't perfect but it can help. I did it once but at this moment I can't remember what on #put scratch head smiley here#Quote:
Originally Posted by Maximilianus
I like the Orcish ones! (For their unusuality)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyriakos
During ongoing experimentations I discovered I was using Paint.Net's Shape 3D plug-in rather wrongly, especially the lighting feature. Today I came up with what I think to be a more realistic 50 cal bullet. I will post it soon, and in the meantime I will go pick a few targets! :p :DQuote:
Originally Posted by MystyrMystyry
Cool Max - They're a lot shinier now!
And... Outer Space Agency! How did you render them again? Looks unreal - at least sci fi unreal! ;)
:)
Since I've been building a fleet I decided it was best to open my own space agency business :p
Everything was done on Paint.Net, throughout several days experimenting with textures and the splendid Shape 3D plug-in (whose very many capabilities hadn't been thoroughly explored till then).
Planet textures come from a combination of the clouds and heightmap effects, being the latter the evil effect that gives a texture a coarse elevated appearance. Then the Shape 3D thing renders the textures onto a sphere through various lighting and angle adjustments.
Spaceships follow a similar process. Their metal skins can be done in several ways. A stained metal surface can be achieved through the clouds effect, then applying a motion blur to give it a groovy look, and finally adjusting colors. A more polished metal skin can be done through a multigradient turned into B&W, then picking a suitable color. Once the basic texture is ready, every part of the spaceship needs to be done separately due to the Shape 3D plug-in limitations (it can only render simple 3D objects like spheres, boxes, cylinders, bullet-like cylinders, all their half-section variants, and other less conventional shapes). Fortunately this plug-in allows to load/save settings. I had to create different settings for every wing, fin, rocket, and whatever part, then calculate angles, lighting position, final position of the finished part when assembled to the other parts, and so on. It's been time consuming and it's surely inferior to what one can achieve on a 3D modeling software, but curiosity led to explore the possibilities of the Shape 3D plug-in, and to discover that a plethora of shapes comes out of it depending on how it's used.
Bullets were the first results from the Shape 3D thing, which later gave birth to the spaceships, and to three missile models for a space battle scene that will be depicted on the forthcoming episode.
I'm hoping everything looks reasonably realistic http://smiles.kolobok.us/standart/sc...one-s_head.gif
I've been away too long. I was commissioned to design chef's coats for action figures. I've missed everyone and thank you so much for the compliments on my stuff! It is self portraity insofar as I draw what's familiar, especially when I'm bored (it's easier). I'm not as pretty as my art, but I like that too.
Some great artwork has been happening here! I'm working on an elf sculpture. I'll post pictures of that soon. Happy Valentine's! :)
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Good! Then I must contact you in case I feel like going on a holiday. ;)
Yeah, the surface of the planets have a nice rugged look. Considering all the effort you put in, the result must be good. :)Quote:
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I think if your art is pretty, then you must be undoubtedly pretty :) I hope your commission has been successful http://smiles.kolobok.us/standart/ok.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Varenne Rodin
Do contact! http://smiles.kolobok.us/standart/ok.gif :pQuote:
Originally Posted by aliengirl
Thank you AG! :)Quote:
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Wow! There's been so much good art on here! :crazy:
Maxey, I can see you're improving a lot! :thumbs_up I love the bullets and the space ships! :D
Kyriakos, I always enjoy your sets!:smilewinkgrin:
Mystyr, That ship at sea is amazing!!!:p
Varenne, keep up the good work! :thumbsup:
Since it's been a minute since I've posted anything, here's one I've done in the past...month? I've actually been writing lately, and I'm on a small art block, but I'm working slowly but surely through it. This piece actually took the longest on the line art. The coloring was quite easy. :) Can you guess who this is supposed to be?
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...re-d4p3zvq.jpg
Thank you Beau! http://smiles.kolobok.us/personal/hi.gif Very kind of you http://smiles.kolobok.us/standart/thank_you.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Beautifull
The tail reminds me of Pikachu, if I am correct... Has Pikachu acquired a humanlike anatomy? http://smiles.kolobok.us/standart/sc...one-s_head.gif Looks wonderful to me, as everything you draw :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Beautifull
Thank you, Beautifull! Your picture looks great. I love his eyes and the gradient peachy background.