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Pate · 23 Sep 2011 at 13:05

Great stuff Shifty, you have a talent and a half.

TheMeekon · 23 Sep 2011 at 13:06

A little something I have done on my dinner break. Think it was after playing a lot of RO2:

shifty_uk · 23 Sep 2011 at 13:17

Cheers fellas. After a lot of talks with the other half, I've decided to give up on my mundane, safe career options in management etc and focus on my one true passion, production art. Couple more years left at uni and hopefully plenty of time to get my portfolio up to scratch! That's the plan, anyway!

Lighting is my biggest downfall, mainly because I'm almost scared of adding colour/depth/detailing to my non-reference sketches. Really need to get a grip and really think about things!

TheMeekon said:
A little something I have done on my dinner break. Think it was after playing a lot of RO2:

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Haha, just knocked it up during your lunch hour, eh? Awesome skills with the texture mapping!

TheMeekon · 23 Sep 2011 at 13:26

shifty_uk said:
Cheers fellas. After a lot of talks with the other half, I've decided to give up on my mundane, safe career options in management etc and focus on my one true passion, production art. Couple more years left at uni and hopefully plenty of time to get my portfolio up to scratch! That's the plan, anyway!

Lighting is my biggest downfall, mainly because I'm almost scared of adding colour/depth/detailing to my non-reference sketches. Really need to get a grip and really think about things!

Haha, just knocked it up during your lunch hour, eh? Awesome skills with the texture mapping!

2 lunch breaks, really quick simple practice as I don't get to do any normals maps at work right now.

yeh lighting is haaaard but once you nail it your work work jump in quality. Don't be scared just play with grayscale to start with, go really extreme and moody then scale back. A 3 point lighting system is always good place to start.

Pate · 23 Sep 2011 at 13:28

shifty_uk said:
Cheers fellas. After a lot of talks with the other half, I've decided to give up on my mundane, safe career options in management etc and focus on my one true passion, production art. Couple more years left at uni and hopefully plenty of time to get my portfolio up to scratch! That's the plan, anyway!

Lighting is my biggest downfall, mainly because I'm almost scared of adding colour/depth/detailing to my non-reference sketches. Really need to get a grip and really think about things!

Haha, just knocked it up during your lunch hour, eh? Awesome skills with the texture mapping!

Brilliant, it's great to see someone have faith in themselves! If you can consistently knock out work like the stuff you have posted, you will do great!

In other news, got a bit of spare cash so looking to purchase an intuous 4. Deciding if it's worth the extra from the small up to medium size. It's a fair old whack, but I wouldn't wish to lament not paying the extra in a year or so.

Craig R · 23 Sep 2011 at 13:30

Work in progress:

Craig R · 23 Sep 2011 at 13:35

kenmare said:
Brilliant, it's great to see someone have faith in themselves! If you can consistently knock out work like the stuff you have posted, you will do great!

In other news, got a bit of spare cash so looking to purchase an intuous 4. Deciding if it's worth the extra from the small up to medium size. It's a fair old whack, but I wouldn't wish to lament not paying the extra in a year or so.

Personally I wouldn't fancy using any smaller than the A5 size.

Pate · 23 Sep 2011 at 13:44

Craig R said:
Personally I wouldn't fancy using any smaller than the A5 size.

So go for the medium? (yes I'm looking for justification

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Is the small one a5 and the medium one a4?

Craig R · 23 Sep 2011 at 13:48

kenmare said:
So go for the medium? (yes I'm looking for justification )

Is the small one a5 and the medium one a4?

I think small is A6, medium A5, large A4.

TheMeekon · 23 Sep 2011 at 13:50

Don't get an A4, we have them at work and they are just too big. A5 wide is spot on.

shifty_uk · 23 Sep 2011 at 14:16

Cheers for the encouragement chaps

Nice smooth rendering Craig, like it

Tablet size is relative to screen size, imo. Huge screens with massive resolutions wont fair too well with small tablets. I use an A5 spec because it's widescreen like my laptop - My medium of choice when painting because I can essentially sit anywhere and relax.

shifty_uk · 23 Sep 2011 at 14:20

MoNkeE · 23 Sep 2011 at 14:34

I really like your work, Shifty

Wizzfizz · 23 Sep 2011 at 14:36

I'd love to learn to draw but I just don't know were to start. Some very nice pieces of art in here.

Edrof · 23 Sep 2011 at 15:05

Some of the stuff in this thread is great! I'm going to be publishing some ebooks soonish and might need front covers..

shifty_uk · 23 Sep 2011 at 16:31

MoNkeE said:
I really like your work, Shifty

Thanks, man

Wizzfizz said:
I'd love to learn to draw but I just don't know were to start. Some very nice pieces of art in here.

Literally just a case of picking up a pencil/pad and start drawing whatever you fancy! I'm sure there will be a few beginner sketching exercises on Youtube or something if you search.

Forde said:
Some of the stuff in this thread is great! I'm going to be publishing some ebooks soonish and might need front covers..

Email in trust

powelly · 24 Sep 2011 at 16:31

bit of a doodle when i got bored, btw this is done with a mouse so it won't be as good as everyone else's

cannot wait to get a tab

_ST · 24 Sep 2011 at 18:19

Here is a sample of my girlfriends artwork. It would be nice to get some feedback from you all as she has only been drawing a year.

Efour · 24 Sep 2011 at 18:21

_ST said:
Here is a sample of my girlfriends artwork. It would be nice to get some feedback from you all as she has only been drawing a year.

yeah she is rubbish, only a year wasted mind you.

franco_22 · 24 Sep 2011 at 18:31

Efour2 said:
yeah she is rubbish, only a year wasted mind you.

You're joking? She's not rubbish...