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Post by jabbro on May 8, 2009 16:52:37 GMT -9
Thanks to Jim, I have my own project forum to post stuff into. (Thanks, Jim!) ;D I really do not know what to do here besides post up more of the stuff I have been working on. Since I am still very new at this, please let me know if you see anything that needs fixing. I tried to learn from the last ratman and lighten this one up a bit, as well as make the color variations more dynamic. I still have one last ratman I'd like to squeeze into the HORDE, but we'll see how that goes. As you can see I played around with the gem in the chest trying to make it glow. I hope it turned out OK.
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Post by squirmydad on May 8, 2009 17:14:14 GMT -9
I think your stuff looks fantastic.
There is no pressure to do anything with your own board. I just do this so it's much easier for everyone to stay organized. When you feel compelled to do something, post away, when your tired of it, take a break, the board will be here until you request that I take it down.
I'm really impressed with your figure art ,and you seemed to have captured the right look quickly. It is an ever evolving thing though. I know I like to try new figures just to experiment with new design techniques.
Keep up the good work. JIM
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Post by onemonkeybeau on May 8, 2009 17:56:06 GMT -9
Wow... no kidding, dude! You have a knack for this! This figure took all the concerns from your first Ratman and turned them into strengths! Great job on this! I'm with Jim, keep it up, but don't burn yourself out What other figs are you cooking up? onemonkeybeau
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Post by jabbro on May 9, 2009 4:46:29 GMT -9
Thanks for the encouragement. I hope I can continue to learn and improve. I really like the One Monk style. When I first found the figures on PaperMakeIt for Jim's Skeleton Pirates months ago I knew I must find more like it. I have been rejecting paper figures left an right because they did not hold a candle to Jim's standard.
I have a bunch of stuff inked from my first attempt at making paper figures. All of the ones so far are from that set. I also have a group of Men-at-arms, some Elves, Ogres, some wizards and the heroes of HeroQuest design. I also have a werewolf, and some GW night goblin types.
Once I run out of these, I hope to design some different critters with some of the stuff I have learned so far. I already have ideas, the problem is restraint. If I go ahead and draw them, I'll want to jump to those and leave the current set behind.
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Post by squirmydad on May 9, 2009 7:04:12 GMT -9
Ha! Welcome to my world. I'm a kid in a candy store, I can do whatever I want with too many great choices, but usually just wander in circles dabbling in everything, I must focus.... JIM
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Post by sarnon on May 11, 2009 9:42:45 GMT -9
Great work. I'm unable to download the full res rat warrior from Photobucket. Can you check it out? Thanks.
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Post by jabbro on May 11, 2009 11:26:58 GMT -9
Great work. I'm unable to download the full res rat warrior from Photobucket. Can you check it out? Thanks. Try it again. I was monkeying around with the files today. I just re-posted it as a PNG format. I discovered that Photobucket tends to over saturate everything if it is saved in a CMYK Color, so I just switched to RGB and saved in a different format to avoid confusion.
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Post by Aestelon on May 11, 2009 12:08:23 GMT -9
Good call switching to PNG; it's by far the best format for graphic-type images like we tend to use. JPEG doesn't handle flat areas of colour well at all.
Fantastic fig; again, I love the shading on him. The rusty shield works really well.
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Post by xtea on Sept 24, 2009 11:39:13 GMT -9
Whoa! I love the coloring especially on the cape. ;D That glowing effet is really awesome.
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Post by jabbro on Sept 24, 2009 13:41:12 GMT -9
It is easy to do with layers.
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