Samus Aran: done in Photoshop

[WIGI]

this is a pic of samus aran i made in photoshop. the pose is originald rawn by blowtoes, the lineart done in illustrater by BooM. I took it and coloured it from scratch in ps.


Comments please.

 

[tGwarr10r]

that looks awesome :D

 

[TehCadenzilla]

that is really sick and i could never do that...the only problem is that the pose its in makes its right arm look really small and deformed

 

[Leahdybug]

Good so far your coloring is nice. The line art in the shoulders makes it looked a bit squished . Ribs seem a little to far down but that im really thinking is just me. TehCadenzilla is right about the arm too.

What tools do you generally use for coloring?

 

[WIGI]

generaly speaking i use the brush tool, lasoo tool, blurr tool, and stuff.

i use alot of fill layers with attacthed hue/saturation layers to do the shading and highlights.

changing the hardness level of the brush also lets you acheive the highlights easier



and see how i did the lines in the helmet, chest, and torso? i want to colour the otehr lines aswell, but have not had any time.

 

[E123Omega]

Honestly, the shoulder pads look too big. Overall, pretty awesome.

 

[WIGI]

i didn't make the lines, pose or anything like that, i just coloured it, soo comments and sujestions about teh acual colouring of the line art NOT amde by me would be a little more helpfull. also if anyone has any coollineart done in illustrater they want coloured, if i like it, i may just do it =)

 

[Leahdybug]

I know you wanted tips on coloring however I'd liek to ask you how you look at coloring. if you dont mind of course. http://bunchabugs.deviantart.com/gallery/ if you want to get a general idea of my coloring style. I try to approach layers but since im a traditional artist I get a lil fustrated with layers. Im use to one layer =P. I understand color just get confudled when it comes to actually laying it down. im if you like since this is your thread after all =P

Now i do have something to say, but this may be a mater of pfreference vs an actual critique. You kept the traditional color which is good so i dont know if you want it more realistic. When i say that i mean reflected color from the rest of your armor. That light bouncing of the armor would mean color reflectivity. i see what looks liek a bit of green in your highlights. However thats a big shiny gun I dont seen any of that armor color reflected in the rest of it. Like I said though that might be more of a stylistic choice.

 

[IceEmblem]

That is amazing, really, you should make some more.

 

[WIGI]

i will if people give me line art that i like

lol, line art should be done in illustrator, if its a reallly cool hadn drawn pic, i could do the lines aswell.

 

[Hypercat-Z]

It seems an official artwork. Good job!

 

[Exovel]

I'm not sure if my opinion counts for much, but I'm thoroughly impressed. I'd say the shoulders are a bit large if I was forced to critique something.... but that's only if I was forced. Great job.

 

[WIGI]

thanks =), but again, i didn't make the lineart for the shoudlers or any of it, i just coloured it, but thanks for the praise. =)

 

[Exovel]

Wow. It helps to read the first post. Nice coloring then.

 

[GreatClayMonkey]

Thats superb. I know you didn't make it but the shoulder is bothering me so much however the coloring is phenomenal.

 

[WIGI]

lol yeah i got like a 98% on this for my grade 11 comtech project. i would of ahd 100 but i met only ONE of teh criteria for the project.


He told us to use brushes to make a wallpaper sized image with text and a siluhette of us, and teh size should be 7 by 10 inches.

mine. no brushes, not a wallpaper, no siluhette, and it was like 4 by 4. i did put text into the one i handed in though XD

yeah, if you giuys think i should do more, give me some good line art lol and if i liek it il do it