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RoninDude — Cyber Elf - Blade Dancer
Published: 2013-11-16 07:09:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 16292; Favourites: 756; Downloads: 1169
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Personal work.I needed a break to test out some ideas I had, so I threw this one together last night after my work. It ended up spilling into today, but I learned a lot, and it'll be applied to those commissions I've got lined up.
Also, this was really fun. I hardly noticed the time pass as I worked on it. Usually I feel like quiting after the sketch, but this one was just so smooth, and it came out just how I wanted. I might have liked to have the character stand out a bit more from the background, but meh. Always the next pic!
Oh, and I have a rediculously cheap $30 commission sale going on. Check it out and see if there are any spots left:
$30 commission sale!EXAMPLES
Oct 28, 2013 Speed Paint Practice - Darkness by *RoninDude
COMMISSION RULES
Number of characters: It's $30 for one character. If you want more than one character in an image, then it would be $30 per additional character. Background would cost extra, so if you want one, talk to me about it.
Artistic License: I choose pose, and level of detail. The only thing I will guarantee is that it will have basic color and shading, and the lines will be clean. See Examples above for range of detail. It really is quite a deal!
No Revisions: Once I receive the description or reference images, that's it. I will s
No references, some textures used, post painting.
12 Hours
Paint Tool Sai + Photoshop CS4
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Comments: 61
Stunning work on this piece especially the detail !
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The costume and pose works really well together. She looks like a badass ninja ready to strike.
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Thanks! I really really enjoyed this one, and I am pretty happy with how the armor turned out.
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I didn't use texture brushes. I only paint with a round brush in Sai. The texture on her suit was just an image of carbon fiber that I manipulated in Photoshop Using The Warp tool, After Painting The image. The texture is on its own layer, semi transparent.
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what about the hexagon design on her abdomen?
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Same thing, except I used a honeycomb texture.
I guess I should say that I desaturated the texture images before using them, so they didn't bring any of their own color, and I set them to overlay or some other soft transparent layer type.
If you are curious about texture work, check out some of Feng Zhu's work over on youtube. He describes it well in most of his videos. He calls it "photo bashing".
I only use it to add texture to a material if painting it manually would take too long. First I paint and shade the illustration manually with a round brush, then use any kind of photo that would work for the texture (dirt, wood grain, scratches on dirty metal, etc) and warp it in Photoshop to make sure the pattern of the texture follows the contour of my painting. It's tricky, but it comes in handy sometimes.
Careful, though, because using photo textures can be done too much, and over doing it can ruin a picture. It's best to keep it faint and use your painting skills as much as you can.
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ok thanks a lot. and your tablet?
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what program and tablet? just curious
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Oh! I used a Wacom Intuos 5 medium sized, and I usually work in Paint Tool Sai.
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man idk how people do it in paint tool sai. thank you
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Just like any other program, you just have to learn it.
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oh im very well experienced with sai. but i cant paint like that
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Thank you! I really had so much fun with this one. All the little details were a joy!
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Wow. How did I miss this one. I love the atmosphere you captured in this one. Her hair is amazing. And the colors are great. Plus elf warrior with blades and green eyes... um yeah - this is a winner!
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Thanks, dude! I really enjoyed this one. I'll have to revisit this character again.
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I agree with alot of the comments people are making. The hair is some of the best you have done. The texturing is a great detail, here. The lighting is good. The only thing with the lighting which kind of is good and bad is you seem to have a glow effect on the outside of the character. Its good because it help to give the character more depth from the BG, and it also help with the lighting on the side with the glowing blades, but its kind of weird to have it on the other side. So basically the glow effect looks ok. The key things was that it is subtle, which is good. I don't think I would have noticed it the first time I looked. The BG fits and I like it. Love the pose. That cut cable it great, wish there was a few more in the BG. The lasers are so-so. Lasers are more like this: www.dinkuminteractive.com/wp-c…
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With alittle bit more noise and some flicker like you have right now, but more subtle. The lasers add alot to the scene to give it more of the idea of what is going on to this character. Alluding to something going on off scene. The metal bit are nicely done. The green circle parts on the armor could have a subtle glow on them. There is a starburst like effect in the center which is really subtle which I like, just want to see some more movement perceptive from it.
I do have to say Ronin. You are really focusing and improving. I am really happy you are keeping it up.
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Thank you for the detailed comment! Allways appreciated.
I wanted to add the body glow for two reasons. One, I wanted her to be pulled out from the background, which you guessed, and two, I wanted it to make her suit look like it was providing some kind of shield of energy, without being too obstructive to the scene. I suppose it'd make sense if there was a backstory to the scene that people could relate to.
As for the Lasers, oops! Those were place holders for an idea. I did not want a solid beam of light. I wanted it to look like swirling oil within the beam, to suggest it was a different kind of technology. Ive seen it in a movie, though I cant recall what it was now. I remember ALIENS had something similar, at the beginning, when the salvage team found Ripley's cryotube, but those where more fan like scanning lasers, not a beam. Still, I meant to do more with it, just forgot, last minute. XD
Thanks again for the comments, its great to get feedback.
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Simply AWESOME amazing work and insanely level of details in the coloring
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Thank you! I was worried it was too blue. XD
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The lighting is very nice, and it has a lot of detail!
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Thank you, I have been studying lighting a lot, its good to get positive feedback.
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XD Not looking too good for her. What was that about bringing knives to a gunfight?
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welp she's not really the smartest apple in the bunch I take it XD
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Or maybe she has some kinda tech that makes guns useless, like ninja from Metal Gear Solid. She looks super confident, so I think either she's dumb, or well prepared.
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eh probably dumb XD (sorry man, just warhammer 40000 has instilled a deep hatred of space elves into me XP)
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Well she's an earth elf XP
My original idea is that those are security turrets, so probably not much of a threat. I also considered giving her a gun and sword, instead of two swords, but meh. It's open to interpretation. If you see a dumb elf, then that's what she is!
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Really sharp, I like the sorta overtly-cg look of her armor, and the lighting is indeed nice.
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Thanks dude! Her armor was the most fun, and took the longest.
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