08-14-2020, 07:56 AM
@Pubic Enemy: Thanks man - glad the 3D construction came through - I agree about alternating between reference and invention.
@Cgmythology: Thanks for dropping by dude.
@Leo Ki: The people I did this for wanted a comic-book feel to it so I wanted the lines to show through - but I agree that the chair lines were probably too strong.
@Graphicnovelist: Yeah I like to paint traditionally as well as digitally. You read the sword-shooting-crossbow right - although I call it a "swordlauncher" :).
Been a bit busy with one thing or another recently but I saw that Gimp 2.10 is out so I thought I'd give it a spin for old times sake as it was my first digital art tool - took me ages to work out how to use the smudge tool again.
Then I tweaked the brush dynamics to give a more natural stroke:
@Cgmythology: Thanks for dropping by dude.
@Leo Ki: The people I did this for wanted a comic-book feel to it so I wanted the lines to show through - but I agree that the chair lines were probably too strong.
@Graphicnovelist: Yeah I like to paint traditionally as well as digitally. You read the sword-shooting-crossbow right - although I call it a "swordlauncher" :).
Been a bit busy with one thing or another recently but I saw that Gimp 2.10 is out so I thought I'd give it a spin for old times sake as it was my first digital art tool - took me ages to work out how to use the smudge tool again.
Then I tweaked the brush dynamics to give a more natural stroke:
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