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Creepy Doc 04-10-2007 04:01 AM

Hey, it really looks like the original... :eek:

dripik_12 04-11-2007 02:27 AM

Woah!:eek:That looks beautiful!:eek:Keep it up;)

Alf Shall Rise 04-11-2007 05:25 PM

I like it! Your work looks like it would be a professional cartoon! How do you do it? I must know you're secret! :p

Matriar 04-12-2007 01:16 AM

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Hey, it really looks like the original... :eek:

Thanks. :)


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Woah!:eek:That looks beautiful!:eek:Keep it up;)

Thank you! Will do that. ;)


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I like it! Your work looks like it would be a professional cartoon! How do you do it? I must know you're secret! :p

Thanks!

I noticed that it looks like the real cartoon when you make the lines very thin.
By the way, the lines theirself are not all black. Silver has brown lines in his face, I noticed that in the movie so I made it too. :)

I've made a tutorial one week ago. Actually, it's a comic turorial but I used the same coloring technique for making the picture with John Silver too.
(I had to split the tutorial because the whole file became to huge.)

Part1 (Storyboard and pencil drawing the real comic)
Part2 (Coloring of the background)
Part3 (Coloring of the characters)

Hope, I could help you. :)

Creepy Doc 04-12-2007 11:26 AM

Cool. I wish I could try this out but I dun have Photoshop...

Arxryl 04-12-2007 03:54 PM

Same here... I wonder to myself silently how much one would cost? It always sounds so interesting but...


and by the way, you are in a cameo appearance in my thread if you want to check it out... ;)

Matriar 04-16-2007 01:44 AM

I'm afraid, Photoshop is pretty expensive indeed. I only could use it because my brother is computer scientist and has lotta good programs too. I'm lucky even I didn't really deserved it. :)

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Made a new picture. The colored version of "The Interpreter".

Left: Original Size (I actually worked with this size to make the details better. Especially to draw the lines clearly.)
Right: Smaller Size

You may criticize it. I think, it became totally crap...

dripik_12 04-16-2007 06:01 AM

I think it looks really beautiful!:)Maybe the umm human's foot looks a bit strange:goof:...

Creepy Doc 04-16-2007 12:47 PM

The farmer looks like a dork. XD
But that's only the expression, not the art or lines. They're good!

Arxryl 04-16-2007 05:00 PM

Awesome! That looks very good... it must have taken a lot of time! I like the twilight effect.

Matriar 04-18-2007 09:14 AM

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Awesome! That looks very good... it must have taken a lot of time! I like the twilight effect.

Thanks! The effect itself didn't take long, actually. You only need to click some buttons of Photoshop and voila. ;)
Making the line art and coloring took long.

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The farmer looks like a dork. XD
But that's only the expression, not the art or lines. They're good!

The farmer is supposed to be the unkowing person too. Thanks! :)

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I think it looks really beautiful!:)Maybe the umm human's foot looks a bit strange:goof:...

You're right. Will do that better next time. :)

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Currently, I work for a picture of Paco_The_Taco's characters again. I don't know, I love his comics. They got interesting stories. :D
These are only the sketches of the characters which I needed to do for practicing. The little girl is Pan and the monster is Acho.

(Original picture from Paco_The_Taco here. )

"When Pan was born, her parents were horrified to discover that she had two horns growing out of her head. Believing her to be a demon, they abandoned her in the jungle, chained to an egg. When the egg hatched, Acho was born. The chain that once bound her to the egg now bound her to the creature, and her parents had intended for Acho to eat her once he had grown large enough.

Things went differently, however, as Pan was able to tame Acho with her music playing, and the two have formed a close bond (both figuratively and literally, due to the chain). She communicates to him with solely her music, and he is fiercely protective of her.
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Creepy Doc 04-19-2007 01:35 AM

Lovely sketches, SM! I like the one of Pan and Acho in the second picture most. :)

Matriar 04-19-2007 08:03 AM

Thanks for the comment. Much appreciated. :)

Paco_the_Taco 04-21-2007 08:08 AM

Ah, so THAT's what your OWF username is. The "search" feature didn't have much luck with "GloomyUnderwoods."

Matriar 04-21-2007 01:07 PM

Hey, great to see you here again! :D

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Ah, so THAT's what your OWF username is. The "search" feature didn't have much luck with "GloomyUnderwoods."

Heh, you could have asked me on Deviantart for this.
(Actually, I don't like my OWF username anyway...)

dripik 04-22-2007 04:46 AM

In my opinion, that comic tutorial is a real hit. It's really useful, I've already started working on one of my W@RF-related drawings, following the tutorial's coloring steps.

I like those pirate-related pictures. They remind me of the game Monkey Island (of course, the game lacked half-machine pirates, but still...).

Matriar 04-23-2007 03:08 AM

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In my opinion, that comic tutorial is a real hit. It's really useful, I've already started working on one of my W@RF-related drawings, following the tutorial's coloring steps.

Glad, I could help. :)
But I saw one little mistake of mine which I noticed yesterday. Usually, cartoons don't light up the lines of their characters when they put the shadows/light effect on them. So the lines have to be a single layer and the colors another one. Use the light/shadow effect on the coloring layer then! :)

Matriar 04-24-2007 04:34 AM

Pied Piper of Hamelin
 
Yesterday, I was like drawing a picture of the Pied Piper of Hamelin for some reason.
I don't know, that was like one of these PING!-inspirations. I thought about the part of the story when this guy led the rats to the river (I'm not sure whether it was a river or a lake... deep water, definitely, where the rats drowned then) and I had a picture mind immediately. So I simply drew it.

This is the sketch which I'm gonna color soon.
It badly needs to get some colors for the right expression...! :eek:

To give this "fan art" some own ideas of mine as well, I plan to make clear the water means death for the rats by overshadowing the colors of the environments. Like, from right to left, the plants becomes sere and the sky is dark too.

Unfortunately, the Pied Piper's melody played on his flute is too sweet for the rats to resist. :)

Creepy Doc 04-25-2007 07:32 AM

Very nice sketch. Can't wait to see the colored version!

dripik_12 04-25-2007 08:04 AM

That looks really good!:)keep it up!

moxco 04-25-2007 09:56 AM

Great sketch. I espeacialy like the the rats.

dripik 04-25-2007 10:39 AM

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But I saw one little mistake of mine which I noticed yesterday. Usually, cartoons don't light up the lines of their characters when they put the shadows/light effect on them. So the lines have to be a single layer and the colors another one. Use the light/shadow effect on the coloring layer then!

I'll remember that next time I color a picture with PS. I'm not going to use lighting effects on this project, so you weren't late with saying that. The picture's looking a lot better with the stronger outlines, that was my main interest the learn.

I remember that story. The way I remember, he led the rats through a river, because he could cross, but the rats couldn't... I mean, not without drowning. You captured the rats' posture quite well. They look natural and real because of that

Matriar 04-28-2007 08:31 AM

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Very nice sketch. Can't wait to see the colored version!

Thanks! :)

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That looks really good!:)keep it up!

Thank you, Eni! :D

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Great sketch. I especially like the rats.

Thank you. Much appreciated.

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I remember that story. The way I remember, he led the rats through a river, because he could cross, but the rats couldn't... I mean, not without drowning. You captured the rats' posture quite well. They look natural and real because of that

Thanks, dripik! :)

Matriar 04-28-2007 12:11 PM

Sorry for double-post....
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I made a comic again.
It's about me and my first meeting with Jack Sparrow in Disneyland. Don't worry, it's not really a true story...



My favorite scene (in POTC1) was the moment when Jack Sparrow in Tortuga got slapped by the many women with which he surely has carried on with and has cheated on them as well, I guess.

Oh, and concerning the fifth picture: I really look weird like this when I'm excited...

Creepy Doc 04-29-2007 03:16 PM

Heh, pretty funny. I like these expressions of yours. :D

Matriar 04-30-2007 01:50 AM

Thank you! :)

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I made something what looks like a movie poster about my story.
It's a dream of mine what probably won't come true. :)

Creepy Doc 04-30-2007 01:58 PM

Heh, it really looks like a movie poster. Great work!

Matriar 05-01-2007 02:53 AM

I found a quite old photo which had a bad looking quality. So I tried out some filters of Photoshop to make it look better. Accidentally, it came out like this.
But I like it that way.

It's our little park near home. It can be kinda creepy when it's night and everything is silent.

dripik 05-01-2007 09:03 AM

What a fun way to greet someone. "Hi! *slap*"
Now seriously, I liked that comic, frame 9 was hilarious.

And that photo you modded, it looks a bit like an oil painting to me. It gave an interesting touch to the picture.

dripik_12 05-02-2007 08:16 AM

Awesome pictures Judith!:) I like the "Life of a Heartless" the most! keep up the GREAT work!:D

(o_O Cool signature, dripik!)

Matriar 05-04-2007 04:33 AM

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What a fun way to greet someone. "Hi! *slap*"
Now seriously, I liked that comic, frame 9 was hilarious.

And that photo you modded, it looks a bit like an oil painting to me. It gave an interesting touch to the picture.

Thanks for the comment! :)

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Awesome pictures Judith!:) I like the "Life of a Heartless" the most! keep up the GREAT work!:D

Thank you very much! :)

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Will try to show more pictures soon but currently, I'm just too busy with other things and stuff. :(

Creepy Doc 05-06-2007 01:45 AM

Oh, no problem. I can('t) wait to see it! :p

Matriar 05-07-2007 01:28 AM

Sometimes I'm bored. Nah, that's not right, I'm often bored. But sometimes I'm bored and draw pictures about weird-lookin' and crazy creatures.

So that's what it looks like when I draw stuff like this:

dripik 05-07-2007 07:36 AM

I liked the twins the most. I didn't realise the difference between them until I saw Henry's (sp?) expression.

How much time did it take to fill the paper with all these characters? I usually need 2 days to do so.

(EDIT: Thanks Eni!)

Matriar 05-07-2007 07:54 AM

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I liked the twins the most. I didn't realise the difference between them until I saw Henry's (sp?) expression.

I don't know how I could come up with this idea of these guys. Well, it was at dead of night and I got a weird, funny mood. :lol:
Thanks for your comment! Much appreciated. :)

(What does "sp" mean?)

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How much time did it take to fill the paper with all these characters? I usually need 2 days to do so.

Oh, not that long. It was a quick doodle. Maybe, at most, three-quarters of an hour, I think.

dripik 05-07-2007 08:20 AM

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People (or at least I) use 'sp?' when I'm not sure how do you spell a word. In this case, I couldn't read if it was Henry or Herry.

Three-quarters? It's quite good, even if it's just doodling, and not a planned-and-prepared drawing.

Matriar 05-07-2007 11:24 AM

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People (or at least I) use 'sp?' when I'm not sure how do you spell a word. In this case, I couldn't read if it was Henry or Herry.

It's Henry. Excuse my bad handwriting...

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Three-quarters? It's quite good, even if it's just doodling, and not a planned-and-prepared drawing.

It's more like sketches for me anyway. Real drawings of mine took longer of course. :)
And these ones doesn't have perspectives which are hard to draw too...

moxco 05-07-2007 11:54 AM

My favourite is the little dude with a '?!' above his head.

Creepy Doc 05-08-2007 12:15 AM

Your sketches are interesting, even they're born outta boredom.
Seems that this cat went mad because he noticed that he got a tail. Kinda funny, though. :)

Matriar 05-10-2007 08:44 AM

Thank you very much for your kind comments, guys! :)

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Some surreal stuff.

"Need some medicine..."


http://oddworldforums.net/attachment...1&d=1178815737








I think, music feels like this sometimes. You may think that the blood is a quite macabre Idea.
Well, I really thought long about the color of this liquid in the bottle and came up with the idea to make it look like blood to be given when you feel like you lost too much of yours, what makes you feel very tired and dying...

Say what you want, I like it.

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Left: this Size
Right: original Size (and a few more shading around the frame)