just need your opinions on this illustration please?

[Stevo Chartrand]

😮 NICE!!!!!! Impressive work Ramj!

Stevo

[Ramj]

Here it is at 100%, I start off low res and keep increasing the size and adding more detail, so it may get larger

(note, the preview is slighlty zoomed/distorted):

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[Marekdlux]

😮 awesome work!
-Marek

[Ramj]

Thanks, I don’t usually show my stuff cos I get bored and give up on it,

the proportions are off and I obviously have a LOT more detail to be putting in, but hey, it’s enjoyable,

[Shane Drew]

😮 WOW! You’re obviously one very talented young man. Thanks for the heads up Ramj. Well done….

[Harry Cleary]

that is brilliant, how do you go about starting that.

[Ramj]

-I start off with a blank canvas the same size of my screen, 1280 x something or other,

– I’ve made a custom brush that acts like a pencil, it’s 1px wide and has variable pressure due to how much I press on the graphics tablet I use

– I block out the figure roughly with this, always working at 300% zoom, (don’t ask me why, It just feels better for me)

-I then block out the colours on a multiply layer so I can see the sketch through the colours

-then I change that to a normal layer and define the shape a bit more without the sketch underneath.

then I usually resize the pic and work over it again, I@ll probably resize another 2/3 times, as it’s on a layer on its own I can then do exactly the same with the rest of the pic independantly.

early pic:

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[Ramj]

big update from yesteday

not sure which direction to go witht he feathers on the top of it’s head, I think I’ll try and get it as realistic as possible on those, add some more colours apart from yellow/orange.

I’ve also run out of room at the bottom, but I can always just add more!, I love computer art.

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[Marekdlux]

Wern’t you looking for a job recently? If so, someone needs to hire you quick! Your talent better not be going to waste.
-Marek

[Shane Drew]

quote Marekdlux:

someone needs to hire you quick! Your talent better not be going to waste.
-Marek

couldn’t agree more marek!

[Derek Hunter]

MAN ! you got skills well done !! :appl:

[Robert Lambie]

as everyone else has said mate, great work!
its difficult enough for folk drawing with paper and pencil never mind computer screen and tablet.

top notch! 😉

[Peter Normington]

Cool ramj.

Can I ask if, and why you would prefer to do something like this, in a photo prog as opposed to a drawing prog.
Is it because its more like drawing with real media?

What will the final drawing be used for?

peter

[John Simpson]

Brilliant work Ramj, wish i could afford you & your talents.

L J

[Ramj]

I use photoshop rather than Corel painter (the only alternative as far as I can see) because it’s the one I’m used to, Painter is superb for making things look and feel like real life media, however, I find photoshop is great for my methods and with customisation of the brushes etc you can almost recreate real life stuff with time.

then again I don’t really see it as trying to emulate real media,

Also, with photoshops latest incarnations it includes vector tools (or rather Vector-based raster tools) and although I like to not use the tools too much (IE I try to not undo or use levels/brightness etc) they are brilliant for getting a perfect curve (such as I’ve used on the bottom of the right eye to get that little bit of a white glint.

The image is just a bit of fun for me, chance to hone my skills and it’s something I enjoy, ie being meticulous about where the light should go etc helps me with my overall design skills, I may print it out eventually just for the sake of printing it.

Unfortunately the chances of me finishing this peice, like most of my pics, is very slim.

[Nicola McIntosh]

brilliant work ramj 😀

did it take you long to do?….i wouldnt know where to start 😕

nik

[Ramj]

taken me about… 3 hours on and off??, I literally sat down and started sketching on photooshop, and it’s rare I like a sketch,

I must admit, the first design was actually meant to be a chocobo, which is off a final fantasy computer game, but that makes me sound like a right nerd.

so instead it’s going to be an adolescent chicken who’s jealous ’cause he’s a late developer.

[Shane Drew]

quote Ramj:

so instead it’s going to be an adolescent chicken who’s jealous ’cause he’s a late developer.

Talent AND an imagination…. :lol1:

[John Singh]

Its great stuff Ramj
you’re real dandy with photoshop

Think I would patent it though