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Post by dcbradshaw on Sept 18, 2011 16:04:35 GMT -9
Something I've been thinking about trying lately--it's very rough and needs some serious shading and gradient work, but here's a first attempt: If anyone is familiar with WEG's MiB game, there are these page guardian-like little sketches throughout the books. This is (heavily) based on one of these. The books are just so-so, a decent property with only mediocre execution by WEG, but these little snippets of original art shine out. Lots of character in small packages. I've been thinking about how to edge them for cutting... Difficult, because they're, uh, "in black."
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Post by ken on Sept 18, 2011 16:22:44 GMT -9
That looks really cool. Great a action and lots of character. I'd try a dark grey border, almost black but just light enough to see when printed.
Looking forward to seeing more.
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Post by cowboyleland on Sept 18, 2011 17:17:31 GMT -9
I'm going to highlight the iconoclast side of my personality again. The point of black edging is: 1) to make the figure stand out from the background and 2) make it easy to run a black marker around the edge and thereby hide the paper. If your figure is already black you don't need to add a black edge. For this guy I would thicken up the black lines around the back of his head, hands and gun and extend that added thickness over the whole back. When he is folded and glued he can be cut out from the front. People can follow the border between the black and white and the added thickness at the back will make up for any slight misalignment in folding. Running the marker around the edge will then cover any remaining white and he will look awesome. I say again, the black borders were introduced to get away from the white "halos" don't add them if you don't need them and don't substitute other colours if your figure is black. Wow, that was ranty, sorry for the tone
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Post by revgunn on Sept 18, 2011 19:41:42 GMT -9
That's freakin awesome. DO NOT shade him. It'll ruin the look. Its simple and has tons of character. Great job.
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Post by cowboyleland on Sept 18, 2011 20:25:20 GMT -9
I agree with Revgun on that one.
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Post by Parduz on Sept 19, 2011 9:27:11 GMT -9
Well, if shading means "gradients", I agree too. Given the "simplicity" of the drawing (i mean it in a good way!) i think that simple "manga style" shades (shadows? what's the right word?) could be good.... something like Okumarts shading style. I truly love this guy, anyway
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