For the better part of my life, I've had an interest in learning how to make visual art. Due to various circumstances beyond my control, I never really got a chance to properly practice those skills, but recently I've had more free time on my hands, and enough money to buy a Wacom tablet. About a month ago, I picked up a free trial of Photoshop CS6, and although the trial expired today, I think I've developed my skills to the point of presentability. So I'm gonna show off. A lot of these are gonna be related in some way to tabletop games.
(http://s22.postimg.org/64v2pvdkx/Jose_Trejo1_Inked.png)
Jose Trejo, a character I wrote up for a homebrew RPG based on the high-camp manga JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
(http://s22.postimg.org/65ssmbgwh/Feeney_n_Jess1inked.png)
Another player's characters from a Pathfinder game I'm in: The bookish, timid summoner Fenney and his eidolon Jess. Jess is the real character; as far as roleplaying goes Fenney's just along for the ride.
If I can get my hands on another art program, there'll be more to come. Criticism is welcomed.
Nice! Wacoms rule.
These are great! Wacoms do indeed rule :fnord:
There's a free alternative to photoshop, which will do everything you need it to do to keep on drawing: http://www.gimp.org/
There's also an inexpensive drawing program called Clip Studio Paint (previously called Manga Studio), which has all sorts of great bells and whistles for tablet illustration. It's what I use these days. http://www.clipstudio.net/en
Best wishes and keep up the great work!
Quote from: Bobby Campbell on August 10, 2015, 06:21:37 PM
These are great! Wacoms do indeed rule :fnord:
There's a free alternative to photoshop, which will do everything you need it to do to keep on drawing: http://www.gimp.org/
There's also an inexpensive drawing program called Clip Studio Paint (previously called Manga Studio), which has all sorts of great bells and whistles for tablet illustration. It's what I use these days. http://www.clipstudio.net/en
Best wishes and keep up the great work!
Thanks, I'm installing GIMP as I speak. I should have some more work up later on this week.
Great drawings.
(and also I agree about G.I.M.P., it's a great program!)
So I ended up going with Photoshop CS2. I'd gotten used to Photoshop, and no other program was really doing it for me. Besides, there's a loophole that lets you legally acquire it for free.
Someone requested some character art from me, and I saw it as an opportunity to practice my anatomy. This is far from complete, I should probably mention.
(http://s4.postimg.org/ialr3jibx/Tony_Zeppeli_Leather_Rebelbluesketch.png)
You may notice the rather fabulous bent of my posing. It'll only get more fabulous from here.
(http://s28.postimg.org/hruaulhml/Tony_Zeppeli_Leather_Rebelredsketch.png)
Here's an update. I have to say, I had a lot of trouble with that face, but I really like the way it turned out. Constructing these things in three dimensions really helps.
Looking good! Keep up the great work! :fnord:
Krita is an amazing free painting suite. I'd recommend it over Photoshop for the sheer number of effects you can achieve:
https://krita.org/download/krita-desktop/
Nice drawings BTW.