[Art] Keaton the Black Jackal: Commission Preview~ (21/10/09)

[Mao]

If it helps any, I did some looking around your DA site and I found a two pictures that I definitely did not find flat at all:  I believe it was the "Are you Challenging Me?" here and  and the "Out Cold" here.

Maybe there's something you're doing differently in these two than you usually do?

[Sunblink]

If it helps any, I did some looking around your DA site and I found a two pictures that I definitely did not find flat at all:  I believe it was the "Are you Challenging Me?" here and  and the "Out Cold" here.

Maybe there's something you're doing differently in these two than you usually do?

Welllll... Those are in black and white, but I used some types of shading in that picture. Basically, by coloring in some parts with pencil. That's probably why things look a bit more three-dimensional. Some people tend to like my pencil shading for some reason.

~Keaton the Black Jackal

[Mao]

Might have something to do with it being good.   At this rate, I'm going to have to look into possibly getting a forum sig and avatar commissioned out of you!

[Sunblink]

Might have something to do with it being good.   At this rate, I'm going to have to look into possibly getting a forum sig and avatar commissioned out of you!

Hehe. Well thank you! And honestly, I would really enjoy that, considering I've never made a signature/avatar set before - but that's probably a discussion reserved for PMs. X3

~Keaton the Black Jackal

[Brunhidden]

i thought you did the sig for xze xze, and there was someone i thought had your work as an avatar but i don't know who

[Sunblink]

i thought you did the sig for xze xze, and there was someone i thought had your work as an avatar but i don't know who

I did the picture in the sig for Xze-Xze, but I think Haz actually made the picture into a sig. He also worked on my avatar

~Keaton the Black Jackal

[Nikki]

Yar. Keaton did the Pic, and i -think- Haz made teh sig |D i'll ask him tomorrow

[xHaZxMaTx]

Yes, I made the sig.  Not too proud of it, in retrospect, but what artist likes old art?   I also used to have an avatar I made, myself, using a drawing of Keats' and I made Keats' current, and previous avatar (without the pimp hat), and .  Speaking of avatars for Keats: It's a Keaton... on a steeek.

Oh, and awesome arts, as always, Keats!

[Sunblink]

Yes, I made the sig.  Not too proud of it, in retrospect, but what artist likes old art?   I also used to have an avatar I made, myself, using a drawing of Keats' and I made Keats' current, and previous avatar (without the pimp hat), and .  Speaking of avatars for Keats: It's a Keaton... on a steeek.

Oh my god.

That is the most amazing thing ever.

*wears avatar like a badge of pride*

~Keaton the Black Jackal

[Brunhidden]

that stick looks uncomfortable

[Mao]

Yeah, but it could be in a much.. much more uncomfortable spot.

[Sunblink]

Second of god-knows-how-many commissions finished. Starting on the next one once I get some drawings out of the way...

CLICK HERE

Time Taken:
* Everything: FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER.
Currently Listening To: "Bad Girlfriend," by Theory of a Deadman

Click the link above for a more detailed description. Right now I'm a little bit tired, so I'm not in my most talkative of moods.

All I can really say is that yes, this is the new shading style I mentioned in an earlier post. If you want to know more about it, you can find a link to the tutorial in the description of the picture above. The picture is of Laertes, Cogidubnus's character.

Yes, you all have to put up with another annoying watermark. I made this one more foolproof than the previous one!

~Keaton the Black Jackal

[Paladin Sheppard]

*heaps praise upon the black backed Jackal*

[Jairus]

*concurs with the Armored Wolf Incubus*

Wow, I've got to look at some of your other stuff. That was awesome!

[Tapewolf]

I can't resolve it at the moment and anyway, I'm a little twitchy about visiting DA at work, but I'll definitely check it out tonight.

[Dannysaysnoo]

.....wow....

[Tapewolf]

Got it.  That is superb.  The watermark is kind of annoying, but definitely harder to remove.
He's going to make a nasty hole in the carpet if his arm tires and he loses his grip on the weapon, though...

[Cogidubnus]

Don't think there's anything I could say that I haven't already, Keats. I'm extremely pleased with it.

*Cough*EveryoneshouldgivealltheirmoneytoKeaton*cough*. 

[Brunhidden]

*rummages pockets, finds 37 cents and a stick of gum*

well, there goes my groceries...

[Sunblink]

*Cough*EveryoneshouldgivealltheirmoneytoKeaton*cough*. 

Everyone should give me money and sex. </BDK reference>

Still, I'm really glad you liked the picture, Cog. And I'm really glad that a lot of other people liked it as well. Thank you all so much, everyone!

Yes, I'm not addressing the comments individually. I just can't write today.

~Keaton the Black Jackal

[Mao]

I love the finished product! Quite the devious smile mixed in with what, to me, looks like an almost bemused look.  Quite nice.

Question/Criticism time:
I'm wondering about the light on the clothing a bit with relation to the shadows thrown by the table/chair.  They don't seem to match up unless there's more than one light source.  Is that it?  There's dark spots on the clothes that should be hit by the light (example, and a spot on the knee on the left side that should be in the light if  the shine on the pants and furniture shadows are any indications).

Anyway, sorry I'm always yangin' on ya about this.  It does look excellent and from the seems of it, Cogi loves it.  So.. would just money be acceptable?  ;-)

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

So.. would just money be acceptable?  ;-)

What, is "cute" not your type? ;-]

[Mao]

So.. would just money be acceptable?  ;-)

What, is "cute" not your type? ;-]

Cute is fine by me.  9 years younger however, not so much.   Makes me feel like a pervy old man just talking about it.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Consider yourself lucky. She's less than half my age. :-/


... Scuse me while I get out my zimmerframe.

[Jairus]

In about two months, I'll be four years older than her.
Okay, this is just getting weird. Let's get back to her art!

Again, really nice. I'm sorry that you need to use such a large watermark to protect your work.

[Mao]

Consider yourself lucky. She's less than half my age. :-/


... Scuse me while I get out my zimmerframe.

Hmm.. maybe you should commission Keats to do a picture of a box and a walker (zimmerframe).

[Sunblink]

I love the finished product! Quite the devious smile mixed in with what, to me, looks like an almost bemused look.  Quite nice.

Question/Criticism time:
I'm wondering about the light on the clothing a bit with relation to the shadows thrown by the table/chair.  They don't seem to match up unless there's more than one light source.  Is that it?  There's dark spots on the clothes that should be hit by the light (example, and a spot on the knee on the left side that should be in the light if  the shine on the pants and furniture shadows are any indications).

Anyway, sorry I'm always yangin' on ya about this.  It does look excellent and from the seems of it, Cogi loves it.  So.. would just money be acceptable?  ;-)

Ah, I've mentioned this before, but the light source is supposed to be coming from directly above the character. However, with my incompetence () at light sources and shadow/highlighting placement, the light source appears to be originating from the top-left. Weird.

It's really no problem, given any and all advice is definitely appreciated. It's how I (try to) improve. I'm really glad you like the picture, so thank you. Also, money is still acceptable; I was kidding about the money and sex thing and I just wanted an opportunity to quote BDK.

Again, really nice. I'm sorry that you need to use such a large watermark to protect your work.

It's not really a necessity, given nobody's ever tried to steal my artwork before (thank GOD), but because this is a commission I wanted to be very careful. Plus, my last watermark was pretty easily-removed so I decided to be a bit more thorough. The better option would have been to not post this at all, but I was so proud of the results that I wanted to show off the image.

Cog has the non-watermarked version.

Consider yourself lucky. She's less than half my age. :-/


... Scuse me while I get out my zimmerframe.

Oddly, the first thing that came to mind was "llearch is ooooooooold."

The second thing was "what's a zimmerframe?"

~Keaton the Black Jackal

[Mao]

Ah, I've mentioned this before, but the light source is supposed to be coming from directly above the character. However, with my incompetence () at light sources and shadow/highlighting placement, the light source appears to be originating from the top-left. Weird.

Nah ah!  None of that!  As a critic of your work, I'll decide when you get called incompetent.  This is not one of those occasions.

The second thing was "what's a zimmerframe?"

~Keaton the Black Jackal

I answered that one in my post.  We know it as a walker.

[Pagan]

It took me awhile to finally realize the significance of "walker"...

Very nice, Keat. What's the IV on the (I'm guessing that it's) wine? Just a random four?
I think this is my first time in this thread, so I'll say this here, I love your keaton-face signiture.

[Tapewolf]

It's not really a necessity, given nobody's ever tried to steal my artwork before (thank GOD), but because this is a commission I wanted to be very careful. Plus, my last watermark was pretty easily-removed so I decided to be a bit more thorough. The better option would have been to not post this at all, but I was so proud of the results that I wanted to show off the image.

Well, it just makes it more of a challenge   
I kid, the gradient shading would make this a bit of a problem to de-mark.