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Author Topic: [Eventual 18+] HemaStudio  (Read 8190 times)

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« on: June 19, 2016, 01:28:52 am »
I did say that I came here mostly for art, especially since my art thread in the other forum I'm in hardly receives much attention. I put the 18+ warning due to the fact that sometimes I will draw characters making obscene gestures, using foul language, having some violent scene, or doing the dirty. I seek to represent human things in a somewhat idealized form.

I'll cut my rambling here and share my first piece under the cut, although it's already been posted in that other forum. Just a forewarning, at this point in time, I do not have a workable scanner, so this was taken with a cell phone camera, therefore the quality and colors are not exactly true or pretty.

Spoiler: TW: Very, Very Mild Blood (hover to show)

Now, there are many things that I already see that should have been adjusted, such as the jut of the blonde in the corset's wrist, shoulder and somewhat mooshed face. The other one looks a little too thin to my eyes as well. Some of the shading work probably could have used more layering to smooth out the roughness, too, however, my colored pencils are running a little low. I also see some lazy inking and a couple of inking mishaps, especially on the corset.

If anyone else sees something that can be improved upon, feel free to let me know. This isn't a piece that I'm absolutely proud of, but perhaps it's better to start rough so that I can make mistakes that I can learn from.

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Re: [Eventual 18+] HemaStudio
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2016, 07:38:21 am »
The picture doesn't seem to be working. Is there another link you can use??

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Re: [Eventual 18+] HemaStudio
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2016, 06:07:17 pm »
I tend to use imgur to share my work. Is there a better image sharing site that cooperates with this forum?

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Re: [Eventual 18+] HemaStudio
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2016, 08:34:16 pm »
I can see the pic fine.

Nice drawing.
Did she just bit the lips?

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Re: [Eventual 18+] HemaStudio
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2016, 08:54:28 pm »
Did she just bit the lips?

Yes. The character is a vampire. She tends to give her partner some trouble because of it. I think biting the lips shows another layer of need as far as vampirism is concerned. Normally it's seen in a more "sexual" context of kissing, so I guess I was having fun playing around with subverting that idea.

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Re: [Eventual 18+] HemaStudio
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2016, 07:35:52 pm »
I would recommend anything but imgur. The reason why is that it's blacklisted on certain people's filter.


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Re: [Eventual 18+] HemaStudio
« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2016, 09:16:16 pm »
I see. I wasn't aware of that. I used to use tinypic, but they tend to delete images after a while. Would PRTSCR.net work?

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« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2016, 09:31:45 pm »
I see. I wasn't aware of that. I used to use tinypic, but they tend to delete images after a while. Would PRTSCR.net work?

For some reason photovucket and deviant art works. But I'm not aware of any other image host.

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Re: [Eventual 18+] HemaStudio
« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2016, 09:39:15 pm »
Modified for photobucked, as I said:

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« Last Edit: June 21, 2016, 12:29:03 pm by HematoLogMeIn »

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« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2016, 12:50:08 am »
So I noticed your characters' bodies tend to look very similar. Their arms and hands are a little on the short and thick side.

I wouldn't worry too much about emphasizing any muscles. But I also say their might be just too much color Inn this one page, and even with that much color, your characters do not appear distinct enough.


So perhaps choose a specific color palette for each character before hand so people can recognize them easier. And speaking of color, try not to color in too harshly. Just color in soft and add layers if you are using color pencils.

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« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2016, 12:35:05 pm »
Hrmm, I see your point about the body similarity. This took up a whole 8.5"x11" page, which I'm generally not used to doing. I generally do have pre-planned color palattes, but I didn't in this case. I'm impressed how quickly you caught onto that.

You also make a fair point in how harshly I color. I don't intend to, but generally I fear the color not showing up properly when I take a picture of it, and I'll probably continue to have that problem until I get a functioning scanner.

As for the muscles, it is worth noting that a lot of my ideals are represented in my art, as well as the fact that anatomy is still something I'm learning to utilize. Now that I understand muscle structure, I tend to use it as a basis for shading. Perhaps I'll cut back on that on some characters.

Thank you. That was oddly insightful, almost on a personal level. (Then again, if you put yourself into your art, I suppose it can be a personal experience.)

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Re: [Eventual 18+] HemaStudio
« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2016, 01:01:42 am »
It looks great in my opinion. But I also thought it was some form of drawing based on legend of zelda for some reason.

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Re: [Eventual 18+] HemaStudio
« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2016, 03:03:44 am »
The pointy ears, blonde hair, and green shirt no doubt helped play a role in that confusion.

Hopefully I'll get up a muse and have something else to share with you all by the end of the week.

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Re: [Eventual 18+] HemaStudio
« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2016, 03:38:29 am »
The pointy ears, blonde hair, and green shirt no doubt helped play a role in that confusion.

Hopefully I'll get up a muse and have something else to share with you all by the end of the week.

Also the purple princess dress and blonde elf too.  But I'll keep a look out for more.

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Re: [Eventual 18+] HemaStudio
« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2016, 11:36:50 pm »
I would recommend also drawing characters by themselves and then side by side to see if you are ubintentially making them too similar.

 

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