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[Orthodoxia]

Silinde Ar-Feiniel, on Mar 25 2009, 12:17 PM, said:

Yeah, it's cool now! Thanks for the info about lineart!

You're welcome

Aliya, on Mar 25 2009, 05:58 PM, said:

:drool: I dunno, what toy say... She looks... looks... hot... Maaan... I love your style, Doxie!

I did use a reference as a jump start but I'm still learning.

[Aliya]

Orthodoxia, on Mar 25 2009, 08:49 PM, said:

Aliya, on Mar 25 2009, 05:58 PM, said:

:drool: I dunno, what toy say... She looks... looks... hot... Maaan... I love your style, Doxie!

I did use a reference as a jump start but I'm still learning.

Don't worry, I use references, too! Pretty much often, I might add.

[Orthodoxia]

I haven't posted anything in a while so here are some of my more recent pencil drawings I really prefer traditional medium to digital.
Solaaufein and Narra reading,


My Bhaalspawn trying to be intimidating,


My Knight-Captain, former spirit-eater waking up from an intense dream,


And here's valen form HotU. I used him as a practice for male torso. It didn't turn out so well I'm afraid


Back to drawing now

[Aliya]

That flail is so scary!

[Mistress Elysia]

I really, really like your style - I tend not to favour 'anime'-ish styles (because they tend to be a bit staid and cliche), but your style is vibrant and interesting - it's also so very nice to see this kind of work done with traditional media! You have a real talent for posing and creating mood - your picture of Sola and Narra is simply lovely !

[Orthodoxia]

Aliya, on May 30 2009, 12:51 PM, said:

That flail is so scary!

And it's just the tip of it

Mistress Elysia, on May 30 2009, 07:05 PM, said:

I really, really like your style - I tend not to favour 'anime'-ish styles (because they tend to be a bit staid and cliche), but your style is vibrant and interesting - it's also so very nice to see this kind of work done with traditional media! You have a real talent for posing and creating mood - your picture of Sola and Narra is simply lovely !

Thank you I did start with anime but I'm trying to evolve it into something that would be a style of my own. We'll see how that goes

Here's another one,

So here's Aneele, again, standing in front of the Crossroad Keep. I never get tired of her.

I used several references for the castle, some English, Sottish, Mesopotamian... And I'm debating heavily with myself which medium to use to colour it. Suggestions?

All done on akvarel paper.

[Leila]

Do you use copic markers? Because that might look nice, if the ink you use can withstand the bleeding. If not, I'd go for digital. An unfortunate side effect of coloured pencil, as much as I love using them, is that it overlaps the lineart.

[Orthodoxia]

It's waterproof ink but, eh, I don't own copic markers. The best thing I can do with are wooden pencils and temperas.

[Epantiras]

Uhm, I'd suggest you to do a good quality scan of the black and white pic so if you screw things up with traditional media you still have a chance to color it in digital ;-)
If you're going to use digital, I'd like to see it with a paper like texture ^_!

BTW I think there's something wrong with the prespective of the castle but bear in mind that I'm not good at it myself x_x but look atht eh wall section between the two high towers on the left, you can use the windows as reference: it seems the wall is taller on the right than on the left.

[Orthodoxia]

I have tiff file saved and ready to use should the fancy strike me

As for the perspective, it's quite possible though I'm not sure. I did use photos as references

[xdeathplanetx]

wow doxia your style is great!

[Orthodoxia]

Now in color. The more I work with pencils the more I like them

[Silinde Ar-Feiniel]

Doxia that's great! I wonder how you can add such details with pencils! Awesome!

[Epantiras]

Looks very good, sharp colors

[Orthodoxia]

Silinde Ar-Feiniel, on Jun 9 2009, 05:14 PM, said:

Doxia that's great! I wonder how you can add such details with pencils! Awesome!

You can surprisingly a lot of things with pencils

Epantiras, on Jun 9 2009, 11:31 PM, said:

Looks very good, sharp colors

The biggest problem I had was adjusting the colors on the monitor to match the ones on the paper.

[Galsic]

Orthodoxia, on Jun 10 2009, 01:05 AM, said:

The biggest problem I had was adjusting the colors on the monitor to match the ones on the paper.

I don't think I've ever been completely satisfied with any of my efforts at this. It's a pain in the arse .

Let me add that I quite like the simplicity and mood of the Solaufein one.

Edited by Galsic, 10 June 2009 - 12:35 AM.

[_Nix_]

Orthodoxia, on May 30 2009, 11:31 AM, said:

And here's valen form HotU. I used him as a practice for male torso. It didn't turn out so well I'm afraid

Oh my god, has he got a pierced tail? That is so freakin' COOL

I love your pencil colouring. Would you mind if I used it as a reference to practise mine?

[Orthodoxia]

Galsic, on Jun 10 2009, 10:28 AM, said:

Orthodoxia, on Jun 10 2009, 01:05 AM, said:

The biggest problem I had was adjusting the colors on the monitor to match the ones on the paper.

I don't think I've ever been completely satisfied with any of my efforts at this. It's a pain in the arse .

Let me add that I quite like the simplicity and mood of the Solaufein one.

Thanks I'm still not all too pleased with the colours. They ended up too sharp and vibrant. Yeah, that's a bad thing

_Nix_, on Jun 10 2009, 11:06 AM, said:

Orthodoxia, on May 30 2009, 11:31 AM, said:

And here's valen form HotU. I used him as a practice for male torso. It didn't turn out so well I'm afraid

Oh my god, has he got a pierced tail? That is so freakin' COOL

I love your pencil colouring. Would you mind if I used it as a reference to practise mine?

I don't mind. Practice all you want

[Grayana]

I love your style, it's so distinct and original!

I especially liked the comic and the last picture, with the castle wall. It also made me want to try pencil colouring for a chance, it's been a long time since I used those...

I hope you will provide us with lots of pictures in the future!

[Orthodoxia]

Grayana- Took me a while to spot, this but thanks for the comment I try to improve with every picture.

Something I've been working on for the past few days. I went through too many tutorials for this one.

Edited by Orthodoxia, 12 August 2009 - 06:55 AM.