--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, Scrapper Black Dragon
<scrapperbd_at_y...> wrote:
> --- Siegl <ceoazt_at_y...> wrote:
> > when I'm colouring myself, I do a so AWFUL job (and it's
> > the least I can say), it's really an horror for the eyes.
>
> It pays to scan/print or photocopy your work before
> colouring, so if you mess up, it was only a photocopy and
> you can do it again. I used to do like you and colour the
> original till Tokes showed me that there was another way
> and there isn't really a need to colour the original - yes,
> it is nice to have the sketch, ink and colour all done on
> the one piece of paper, but if you are going to scan, print
> or whatever, no one can tell anyway. So make it easier on
> the artist and make as many copies as you need!
Well, as I know I will end up with a total mess, I just don't colour
at all : it's simplier, fastest, and far more safe... ;D
>
> Do you mind if we have a go at adding a bit of colour? I
> am sure there are a few photoshop fiends who may like to
> have a try and I feel tempted to drag out the paints. (Have
> to wait till I go home, since I am visiting friends and
> using their uplink.)
I LOVE when people try to colour my works !!!! It's very difficult
due to my kind of style, but I already know a few artists who are
real magicians with my pics... So yes, go on !! ^^
>
> > You may have to notice something : I do NOT give out a
> > "clean" work like Jim's or Des' or most of the artists.
> > Look carefully : my lines are not continuous, it's more
> > like an "inked rough".
> It's just a different style - that I quite like. It
> depends on what you are applying the drawing to what may be
> more suitable, but you have to be commended for the detail
> accuracy in the characters and general 'plausible detail'
> in other objects. When you draw a character, there is no
> doubt as to who the character is supposed to be - you get
> them correct!
#^^#
>
> > This kind of style I got is VERY fast to display, add to
> > this it's been thirty
> > years now I practice drawing as an amateur, and you'll
> > understand how it is it takes me so few time.
> I showed your last few pics to Tokes (pro for about 15
> years) and he was quite impressed with your level of work,
> especially considering the time frame. Tokes teaches
> cartoon style drawing as well as doing posters and comics
> for Live to Ride magazine as well as does the occasional
> commission for the Australian surfwear brand Mambo
> (http://www.mambo.com.au/mambo.html - 'intersting' web
> site... O_o) Like all things, it is fine to experiment,
> but if you stick to what you are good at and enjoy doing,
> then reputation will find you on its own.
Wow, double #^^# ...
> > > Maybe there is a chance for a group project?
> > My, another project involving me... ^^'' Well, I
> > certainly don't say no !!! Just need to get well-detailed
> > scenes, and a lot of
> > patience for my inspiration to pop out...
> Fantastic! As I get more done to the point where you can
> draw some useful ideas, I'll mail you off group. This
> could end up a very impressive little project!
OK, we'll see if I can follow this... ^^''
>
> > You can mail me
> > personnally also if you want for this...
> I think Onyx was mumbling something about wanting your for
> something else, since Lori seemed to have been getting all
> the best toys of late. ;-)
Well, I don't know if Jim accepted his gift, but Onyx surely already
tried to get her part of the fun... Still struggling with your
mails, Jim ?? ^^
>
> Your latest trike pic is well detailed and has excellent
> depth - something for me to aspire to! Awesome detail
> everywhere you loo - it is the attention to detail that
> really makes many pictures. Get the structures correct and
> the rest is in the detail. One of the reasons JMH's pics
> are so popular - he packs in the detail.
The problems of a very detailed pic, is that you are more subject to
forgot some... If you look closely my last pic, you'll realize that
for the vehicle I drew, the front wheel got no depth as for its
inner metal circle supporting the tire, although the tire itself
clearly got that depth !!! But I realized that only two days after...
>
> Probably the only major improvement I can suggest is if you
> are able to use photoshop or someother editing package and
> do the writing using a computer based font. There is
> nothing really wrong with your writing, but it looks that
> extra level of professional using a computer set font.
Yes, I know what you mean, and it's indeed a weak point in all my
drawings containing writings. But besides the fact I'm too lazy to
do this (and when I think about speeches, I must write them
immediatly or I forget the exact terms I found), yes, I'm a very
lazy artist, and the fact that since a few monthes, for an
unexplainable reason, my Photoshop bugs on some operations like
writing (even after uninstalling/reinstalling it a few times and
manually suppress every sight of it in the system), well, there is
also the question of unity in the pic. And for the particular style
that's mine, very roughy, a clean type face looks incredibly wrong,
just like you seemed to guess yourself !!!!
> Scrapper, Black Dragon, visiting friends and making use of
> an internet connection. :-)
Received on Wed Aug 03 2005 - 03:53:26 CDT