IT'S MOAR LIKELY THAN YUO THINK
This is a work in progress. It will get completed when I get back from vacation in New Hampshire, but here's some progress pictures. I would like some feedback on suggestions for further shading colors, background, etc.
(http://photos-823.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v288/6/87/9111823/n9111823_37289737_6391.jpg)
Making the stencil...
(http://photos-823.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v288/6/87/9111823/n9111823_37289738_6684.jpg)
Transferring the stencil to the canvas...
(http://photos-823.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v288/6/87/9111823/n9111823_37289740_6964.jpg)
Filling in the background...
(http://photos-823.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v288/6/87/9111823/n9111823_37289741_7251.jpg)
Outlines!
(http://photos-823.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sf2p/v288/6/87/9111823/n9111823_37289742_7550.jpg)
And this is where I have it so far. Yellow pterodactyl on a red background. I'm going to shade the ptero more, but I can't decide if I want to do it with some orange and brown or some green and brown, so suggestions, please? Any further suggestions? I'm not really a very talented artist, so it probably won't get a whole lot better than this, but we'll see. ;)
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i vote orange and brown of course.
even if you pick green, shading is important, it looks a bit flat now.
if you don't want to pick a new colour, another way to do shading is to make some of the black lines thicker. so basically make the bottom-right lines of anything that's convex thicker, and the upper-left lines of anything that's concave thicker as well.
as far as i can judge most things in your paintings are convex, except the wings which are concave.
also making the inside of the mouth a different colour is a nice idea, but it shouldnt be a bright colour like white. i dunno which other colour, if you want to stay in the few-colours style, red would be a possibility, but it would make the mouth seem look-through. in that case it's probably better to fill it in with black.
if you're going to do shading with a different colour, you can use that of course.
Yeah, it definitely needs the shading, and it needs something for inside the mouth, I just hadn't decided what yet. I'm unfortunately really bad at shading, so we'll see what happens when I try. :wink:
I can't critique it, I just wanted to say that I love it! It's cute.
are you going to hang it proudly in your apartment when you are done?
I like it how it is now
its adorable
I wish i had one
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Quote from: Darth Cupcake on June 27, 2008, 04:12:47 PM
... and it needs something for inside the mouth, I just hadn't decided what yet.
(http://img01.picoodle.com/img/img01/7/3/11/f_cutepuppym_1069e43.png)
i think shading would wreck it's comic book-ish appeal
i like it the way it is.
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I instantly loved it!
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Wow, DC, that's awesome! Nicely done! :D
i would totally display that in my office
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I like it just the way it is!