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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: Turnsky on April 24, 2003, 08:34:01 pm
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(http://users.bigpond.com/turnsky/images/foxsketch.jpg)
(http://users.bigpond.com/turnsky/images/silverwolf.jpg)
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I've been meaning to tell you......
clothes, they are your friends
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i know, i'm just trying to get the proportions correct.. and besides, 'weres' arn't known for thier fashion sense :p
however, thing's like the above, won't affect foxfire to a major degree.. i'll try for some 'clothed' ones later on... these are just concepts
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I hope I give you the ****s, you wimp!
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:wtf: i don't mind the odd snipe, but that was just plain pathetic
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It was a quote. Perhaps I need to put flowers and smileys and little pink letters around my jokes, people here seem to have large pointy objects crammed up their asses.
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oh... i didn't get it... sorry...
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Go watch a movie. Preferably a bad horror flick.
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been watching too many movies already...
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I like the second one a lot, especially the head. The expression is just how it should be for that posture ^_^ Nicely done hands and feet on both of them too. The posture of the first is a little iffy though, unless he's leaning on that weapon?
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In a nutshell.
The body and the pose of the first one are exellent (the right leg could use something under it though), the expression ok. He seems a bit bored to me :p
The expression on the second one is exellent, but I'm not sure about the pose, the stance could be more "ready".
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thanks, actually they were both 'experiments' of mine, they were actually the first time i used 5-digit hands instead of the 4-digit hands you've seen me draw previously...
as for the first one... the right leg is the leading leg and thus is closer to the camera, the eyes i've been experimenting with, and the reason he seems bored is that he is standing watch or something...
the second one - he's in mid growl/roar or somesuch...
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fair enough :nod:
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the weapon though, was gonna be a spear, but i decided on a halberd type thingy..
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it actually shows quite well that you decided to change the type of the weapon. I think the stick itself is quite good but the blade looks like it's... how would I say... "made in a rush". Nevertheless, a good weapon I think it is.
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i like the first one i might have to scale it down for a avatar to use some where
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gortef, i'm in the market for a graphics tablet.. what do you reccomend?
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I'm not Gortef, but my recommendation is a Wacom tablet. Get one of the refurbished Intuos series tablets if you don't have all that much lump cash - the Intuos2's in any decent size are hell expensive. Or try ebay, see if you can pick one up there.
Personally, since I don't even have the cash to get a refurbished one, I've got myself a Nisis graphics tablet. For something like £60-80 (I can't remember), it's an A4 tablet with a pretty damn decent resolution, and as many pressure sensitivity levels as one of the Intuos tablets. And it's all cool and shiny, as well as having both pen and mouse to use on the surface (like the intuos tablets). Also like Intuos and Intuos2 tablets, it has a clear top surface that you can slide stuff under, say if you want to trace it. And finally, both tablets have little strips at the top which act as menu bars. I use this quite a lot on my Nisis, as it's programmable.
However, of course, it is cheap, and there have got to be problems:
- The mouse you get that you can use on the tablet is kinda hard to hold for someone like me with big hands. If you have smaller hands you might be okay with it.
- Both the mouse and pen require a single AAA battery each, making them kinda heavier than their Wacom counterparts, who somehow got away without batteries. I use rechargable alkalines for this, as it's useful to keep them charged up - see the next point.
- If your batteries run fairly low (takes a while, especially if you remove them between uses), tracking goes a little iffy, especially when the pen or mouse is lifted off the surface. Usually you can lift it a few centimetres and still get a response, but if you try that with low batteries it jumps around a bit instead of being smooth.
- It's probably just my hands being a little shaky, but smooth curves are hard to keep smooth. I emphasise that it's probably my hands and the fact that the emitter in the pen is slightly elevated above the tip, so if the pen is angled slightly then there is a small movement. I expect this problem exists with all tablets, unless Wacom's no-battery system involves some kind of radio-reflective nib, which I doubt as the nibs are interchangable between different types of pen that are used on the surface, and the fact it, like my nisis, has a few buttons on the pen. Oh, and the Wacom pens have an 'eraser tip', so you can flip the pen over and erase stuff on the screen - don't try that with the Nisis one, it's just a bit of plastic at the end and you'd scratch the tablet ^_^
Hope this helps...
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I also recommend a Wacom Tablet. If you have the cash then Intuos2 is the choise as Odyssey said, but unfortunately those buggers are quite expensive. That's why I have Wacom Volito, heck it's quite cheap and small but it still has the Wacom quality. And being small doesn't matter that much afterall. Sure it is easier to draw with a larger talet but this will do just fine.
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I have an old aiptek, please don't throw rocks at me :nervous: :shaking:
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*grabs a rock... ... ... ... ... and eats it*
haha, fooled ya
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Originally posted by Gortef
I also recommend a Wacom Tablet. If you have the cash then Intuos2 is the choise as Odyssey said, but unfortunately those buggers are quite expensive. That's why I have Wacom Volito, heck it's quite cheap and small but it still has the Wacom quality. And being small doesn't matter that much afterall. Sure it is easier to draw with a larger talet but this will do just fine.
Um... Intuos2's are Wacom tablets. It's basically all Wacom does that is worth getting (other than those cintiqs...) these days, so I grouped Intuos's under Wacom (read: expensive). The Volito... That's either discontinued or Wacom's site is ****...
I was recommending Nisis as the alternative to the Wacom (Intuos series), for those like me with little wallets. Bigger wallet = Refurbished Intuos, Even Bigger Wallet = Intuos2.
EDIT: Okay, so I haven't checked the Wacom site in ages. It used to be worse than a geo****ties site... Now it's gone all x-box on me :shaking: Anyway, I'm not going to comment on the Volito, as I don't know jack about it ^_^
EDIT2: Hey, wait a minute, isn't that Volito just a black Graphire2? :wtf: