[Art, Acting] StarRunner's Art Bin (Redesigning StarRunner)

[Tapewolf]

On paper? You know... that might actually help!

..state of the art 1983 graphics

[Zedd]

As long it doesnt walk about and kill

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

..state of the art 1983 graphics

Ah, the memories.

[James StarRunner]

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/42610031/

Many thanks to Kingofhearts for the outfit idea. I made some (very) minor tweaks, but I just loved his idea so much! So this is pretty much my ref pic for the secret santa project. Maybe I'll even get something this year!

I was kinda lazy with shading... I only did the hair, but there's many thing seeking my attention, so I'll finish it later.

And now to index my art thread before it gets locked... *index index index...*

[Kenji]

Just remember, after pushing the buzzer, you have to phrase your answer in the form of a question.

Nice job, Jamey ol boy. I like the eyes and hair especially.

[James StarRunner]

Ya, I actually looked at a hair shading tutorial this time and tried something new for eyes. The tutorial wasn't quite for that style of hair, but I thought I improvized pretty good... Could still use more practice though.

[Zedd]

Nice really nice

[Tapewolf]

Nice.  Your anatomy seems to be improving, I think.  I'm not entirely sure about the tail to be honest, it's too smooth, should be more ragged and fluffy-looking.
How did you make the background?

[James StarRunner]

Nice.  Your anatomy seems to be improving, I think.  I'm not entirely sure about the tail to be honest, it's too smooth, should be more ragged and fluffy-looking.
How did you make the background?

Ya, it was a little smooth to begin with, but it seemed to get smoother after scanning/colouring it. I still didn't think much of it though.

The background? Geez... Umm... I kinda went back and forth on it as I was just experimenting. What I think it basically came down to was rendered clouds (blue and white), glass filter (tiny lens), inverted the colours, added a transparent to solid gradient on top set to about 30% opacity (at least I think it was 30%...), inverted the colours, and tweaked the colour balance. There may or may not have been more filters that snuck in. I'm going to have to see if I can duplicate that effect as I find it an interesting texture.

[Tapewolf]

The background? Geez... Umm... I kinda went back and forth on it as I was just experimenting.

I ask because it reminded me of Gabriel's background here:

http://clockworkmansion.com/forum/index.php?topic=1490.msg57801#msg57801

[James StarRunner]

Hmm... I can sorta see the resemblance. Perhaps we used some similiar filters.

[Zedd]

*cough*

[James StarRunner]

It's been too long since I posted here. Scanner's not working, so I decided to do some colouring since at least my photoshop's working. Credit for the line art goes to KingOfHearts (and what amazing line art!)

[Nikki]

ho shiz....

sweeet...

[James StarRunner]

Ho shiz is right! I love this pic!

[Nikki]

*staring at the awesome combination*

[Tapewolf]

It's been too long since I posted here. Scanner's not working, so I decided to do some colouring since at least my photoshop's working. Credit for the line art goes to KingOfHearts (and what amazing line art!)

Awesome.  It reminds me very much of the colour prints of V for Vendetta - which isn't really too surprising since that was originally line-art art as well.

[King Of Hearts]

That's effin' sweet, man!

Dang! If I knew you were planning on coloring that, I would have cleaned it it a bit more.

[Zedd]

It looks good neverless

[KarlOmega1]

OOC: speaking of KOH, did he do Xze's avatar?

On topic: that...is a great piece of art, you two are great.

[James StarRunner]

Awesome.  It reminds me very much of the colour prints of V for Vendetta - which isn't really too surprising since that was originally line-art art as well.

Dang, I love that movie!

That's effin' sweet, man!

Dang! If I knew you were planning on coloring that, I would have cleaned it it a bit more.

I wasn't planning on colouring it till last night actually... but it's all good! I'm glad you're so impressed! It's mostly your work after all. 

OOC: speaking of KOH, did he do Xze's avatar?

On topic: that...is a great piece of art, you two are great.

I believe so. Can't remember when he did Xze's though... KingOfHearts certainly had the more difficult job on this one though, I just had to stay in the lines.

[Nikki]

OOC: speaking of KOH, did he do Xze's avatar?

On topic: that...is a great piece of art, you two are great.

indeed ^^

i had to edit it tho because the full drawing is...*ahem* Not..safe for the forum ^^;;;

[Tapewolf]

Awesome.  It reminds me very much of the colour prints of V for Vendetta - which isn't really too surprising since that was originally line-art art as well.

Dang, I love that movie!

Never seen it.  I'm temped to scan in parts of the comic though.  Getting the rare BW strips for comparison would be hard, although I believe my Dad has a copy of it, since he was the one who introduced the family to it...

OOC: speaking of KOH, did he do Xze's avatar?

I'd recognise that style anywhere.  I was trying to find the full picture, but since it doesn't seem to be publicly available, I'm guessing it's kind of dodgy.
[As Xze has confirmed]

[James StarRunner]

Still a work in progress. I'm checking to make sure everything looks right before I finalize it. If anything looks out of place, please say so.

The forum shrunk it down a bit too. View the larger image from my photobucket to see it bigger.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/jaguarstarrunner/eviljakobcolour.png



Oh ya, my scanner works again! Yay!

[Zedd]

Really wicked looking there...

[GabrielsThoughts]

interesting the silhouette looks familiar, although I can't place where from, I'm still recovering for some blunt force trauma.

[Drake Manaweilder]

The only thing that looks off are the eyes, they look a little bit too small, but it might just be me and my 1:10am mind... Headwings are another thought, though that's his call.

[James StarRunner]

Thanks guys.

Here's another coloured version of a pic KOH drew.



Oh and more crit would help for Jakob's pic (the one right before this one)

The only thing that looks off are the eyes, they look a little bit too small, but it might just be me and my 1:10am mind... Headwings are another thought, though that's his call.

Thanks, we thought something was off with his eyes. I can try to make them bigger, yet they are also supposed to be half closed. I'll try to find a happy medium. Thanks Drake!

(As for the headwings, those were opted out)

[Tezkat]

Oh and more crit would help for Jakob's pic (the one right before this one)

Okay...

Not only are the eyes a bit small, but they're also too widely spaced. Human eyes are around one eye width apart. Non-anthro wolves actually have about the same 1-1-1 eye spacing, but it appears closer to 1-2-1 because of the fact that less of their eyes are visible (exposing little more than the cornea). Here, you've given Jakob human-like eyes almost three eye widths apart, which looks quite odd.

There's a larger problem in the perspective on the head. Given the positions of the eyes and the ears, you'd expect him to be facing the camera. However, the position of his nose suggests a head tilt and more of a 3/4 viewing angle. The end result is an impression that someone bent his snout out of position. If you're redoing the eyes anyway, you should realign and reposition the right eye (his right, our left) so that it falls into the curve created by the left eye and the muzzle (and maybe move the ears a smidge to match).

The pose is pretty cool, though.

[King Of Hearts]

nice work on the camo colors, though I think Paladin's face could be a bit brighter to contrast with his hair.

ack... my old art... the horror... now I got the urge to renew some more old stuff...