naruto or something lol

lol started as a brush test doodle, and slowly formed this, maybe subconcious from watchin the latest episodes earlier, zomg. sasuke! :)

cloak dude

er well, it was just a doodle, but decided to try work it in a bit... try improve a little like :) hope ya like it

facial expression translates to: "... Ye i gotta problem, I dont like this red cloak, I ASKED FOR BLUEE!!!!!"

XD

Greg x

Where wolf?

It's Marty Feldman as Igor!

Heh heh, get it?

Werewolf

Wonder Woman

Quick sketch - inked in marker -

T E S T

I will not write any comments to this. This is kinda more a test if you can see, what this was supposed to look like.

Please write a comment with your bid! (My dad said it was all impossible to see - for me it's pretty clear :D)

Easter Chibbit

Chick + Rabbit = PURE CUTE

bin dun?

Easter Mutant

Well it took some time but here is my part for the easter mutant:

Made it quick in Illustrator. I could do better but I've been ill
for about 4 days now and I'm already happy I managed to put it on
before the topic changed.

Space Nebula

I was trying to do a space nebula thing but I dont know well how to do a center light without the render flare. This is my 1st post finally :)

The Bird Woman

This was for daily deviations in conceptart.org, i hope u like it, DONE IN GIMP! http://niyado.deviantart.com

clouds

my attempt at clouds

Another photo study - semi-finished - inked with brush

Sketch practise

Hi everyone!

It's been awhile since I last posted something (sorry!), but I've been quite busy...

So, here's a little sketch-thingy I made recently^^

I've also been studying some anatomy, and I really like how her face came out, since I always have trouble drawing faces this small >.<

Please comment! ^^

Clouds

Hey guys! This was my own attempt on creating some clouds, it turned out quite good, but not too realistic.

Btw; is it a "no-no" to use dodge/burn? I recognized that you didn't use it any in of your tutorials.

Anyway, I hope you like it! (I hope it's not a problem that I spam the site with my stuff :D)

Poses

Finally by drawing multiple times the tutorials from idrawgirls.com i can now draw this poses from my mind. Hope u like it. http://niyado.deviantart.com

Clouds

Well here is my first attempt for clouds:


It's done with a soft-edge round brush. I found that sticking with a larger one
works better. Finishing the edges with a large eraser also works well.

Cliff

Hi guys!

This is my latest painting. It turned out quite simple, because I couldn't make any nice background, even though that's what I wanted.

I tried with some water and a sun, but it turned out quite sh*tty.

If anybody is interested, then you can have the PSD so you can make a nice background, and show me how it's done. :-)

Open Soure Software

I just did a quick search for open source software, and found this.

An article that contains a selection of replacements for the Adobe Creative Suit.
Guess one has to be creative when low on money. ;)

It also contains Open Office, a free variant on MS Office. One of the programs I use.

Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. Think of "free" as in "free speech,"
not as in "free beer." Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy,
distribute, study, change and improve the software. (from Free Software Directory)

Some more links:
Free Software Directory
Source Forge
Gara Systems

Have to advice this one also though Classic Media Player. Like the old windows media
player, but no need to install and it plays about everything.

Also recommended Greenfish. Personally I found the Icon Editor quite handy.

And of course one of the best known: Firefox
Although I do have to admit I use Netscape. ;)

Let the open source revolution begin!

Happy easter guys lol

lol silly mood = silly pictures today hahahaha, happy easter guys! x

Gymnast

Another fairly quick photo sketch - inked in brush - she's Russian.

Heat Blur Tutorial

If I recall correct, some time ago someone asked how to make a heat blur for mech exhausts ext.

This tutorial is an after effect, so far I found that it only works on finished .jpg's ext.

A summery:
Gaussian Blur's,
Saving your selection and
the Ocean ripple Filter.

In this tutorial, we are going to add a exhaust heat to this MiG31:


First we need to select the area where the heat
would distort using the circle selection tool (M)


After having the right area selected, we can add the Gaussian blur:
Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur...


The Gaussian Blur window:


Tweak around with the Radius, just don't put it to high.

Next we need to save our selection, since we well need to use it again later:
Select -> Save Selection...


The Save Selection window:


We don't need to add a name since its the only selection save we will use this time.

Now we select a smaller part, within the previous selection that we just saved:


This is to give it a bit more effect. Repeat the Gaussian blur (Ctrl + F)

Reload the selection we just saved: Select -> Load Selection...
The load selection window:


We can just click OK.

Now that we have our original selection again, we can add the Ocean Ripple:
Filter -> Distort -> Ocean Ripple...


The Effect Filer Window:


Here we can add all kind of filters, each with there own effect.
But for now we keep it to the Ocean Ripple. Adjust the "Size" and "Magnitude"
to your liking. It's again advised to keep the values low for a more realistic effect.

So there you go, now the MiG31 has a exhaust heat blur:


This effect can of course also be used for fire's ext.

Digital Matte Painting and Techniques Tutorials

A friend of mine found this the other day on the intranet (internal network)
and passed it onto me as he thought I might like it also, which I do:

Digital Matte Painting and Techniques Tutorials

I haven't finished it jet, but from what I have read I'm sure you all
will find it also useful. It's in PDF format, which I assume most of you
can open or else you can download a free reader here.

Colour Harmony

During my break I took the time to look a bit into colour harmony.
First I came upon this site, which gives the general idea of the whole:
Color Harmony

After that I found this site that I think is very useful for all of us:
Color Harmony Tool (Flash required, free for download here)

Enjoy.

Tentacle Monster

Look at that toothy smile! He's happy to see you! I think a background could help. I'll repost later probably.

- Andrew Quintiliani

Foggy

Hey guys! I found this website yesterday. It is really nice and useful.

My name is Christoffer, I'm 17 years old and I'm from Denmark. Here in Denmark we do not really have any attractive artschools I think, except the one costing alot. My plan is to become 3D designer (I am decent, but as in drawing I have the heart and the creativity, I just need the techniques and experience), but maybe I should become art designer instead (I like that it's not too complicated, it's all from your soul - even though it's hard to master).

I saw alot of your tutorials. After I saw the tutorial with the beach and the space-ship I wanted to make something similar too, using the techniques and stuff (oooh damn you make it look easy).
Maybe you could tell me which brush to use or which art-book you think I should borrow in the start.

Honestly I didn't really have any thoughts of the landscape, it just came from the heart, after I learnt a few techniques from the tutorial.

(Using photoshop CS2, and I am thinking of buying one of those wacoms..)

I have more text in my head, but it kinda vanished now. I hope that I get some nice critique/help.

P.S. thanks for inviting me to this site


Regards
Christoffer Lykke Larsen / http://my.opera.com/ChrisCruel/blog/