Drawing my own portrait pack. *COMPLETE*

[Darklord]

Oooh he looks fierce!

I reckon he'd be at home in a bi-plane!

Daniel.

[sayianianian]

I reckon he'd be at home in a bi-plane!

Not quite what I was going for... haha!

[Darklord]

it's that brown leather jacket I think, give him some googles and he's set!

Daniel.

[archelaian]

Nice work.
I would try my self as I draw a bit but I'm not sure about how to do from the black and white drawing to the finished portrait xD

How do you color the portrait ?

[fmunoz]

There is a good tutorial about how to colour portraits (made for The Battle for Wesnoth) at
http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Portrait_Tutorial

[archelaian]

Thanks for the link, I will have a look.

[sayianianian]

How do you color the portrait ?

I use photoshop and electronic pen and tablet made by wacom called the "bamboo fun." I did a review of it on youtube which also shows some of the drawing process:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sanQU604H4

For these LoG portraits I just draw with a one pixel wide line in black then on a layer beneath that I lay out the colors. For the skin I put down a base color over the whole skin area then go back and choose lighter and darker tones of that color to paint out the shadows and highlights.

I also do the hair, clothes, and other details on seperate layers so I can adjust their colors individualy after I am done, and to keep from messing up other sections.

I studied graphic design and art in university for 4 years but I'm still not as good as Juho or a professional artist - so if you just draw as a hobby it will take time to learn how to blend colors and imagine the three dimensionality of the faces you are trying to render.

That's all the advice I can manage - hope that helps!

[Flying Ace]

haha cool, I wish I was this artistic though keep up the good work loving them

[sayianianian]

haha cool, I wish I was this artistic though keep up the good work loving them

I am aiming to get about 10 more done. It's fun to spend some time drawing these then going in to play the game. I will have a lot of choices for new parties when the level editor is out!
Thanks, hope you guys can use them!

[sayianianian]

Two new additions. These are just edits of the others - kind of a palette swap with some details changed around.