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Re: Drawing my own portrait pack.

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:20 pm
by Darklord
Oooh he looks fierce! :P

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

Daniel.

Re: Drawing my own portrait pack.

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:46 pm
by sayianianian
Darklord wrote:I reckon he'd be at home in a bi-plane! :lol:
Not quite what I was going for... haha!

Re: Drawing my own portrait pack.

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:02 pm
by Darklord
it's that brown leather jacket I think, give him some googles and he's set! ;)

Daniel.

Re: Drawing my own portrait pack.

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:39 pm
by 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 ?

Re: Drawing my own portrait pack.

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:58 pm
by fmunoz
There is a good tutorial about how to colour portraits (made for The Battle for Wesnoth) at
http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Portrait_Tutorial

Re: Drawing my own portrait pack.

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:03 pm
by archelaian
Thanks for the link, I will have a look.

Re: Drawing my own portrait pack.

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:16 pm
by sayianianian
archelaian wrote: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!

Re: Drawing my own portrait pack.

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:30 pm
by Flying Ace
haha cool, I wish I was this artistic :oops: though keep up the good work loving them :D

Re: Drawing my own portrait pack.

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:48 pm
by sayianianian
Flying Ace wrote:haha cool, I wish I was this artistic :oops: though keep up the good work loving them :D
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!

Re: Drawing my own portrait pack.

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:07 pm
by sayianianian
Two new additions. These are just edits of the others - kind of a palette swap with some details changed around.

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