Tips and other things

[madcat2]

trying to make a orc mutant

All suggestions are helpful.

 

[Elfsilver Lord]

Are you using MS Paint? It looks like it.

Add shading! How hard is it! Cmon, people aren't just one color, they are multiple shades and tints!

 

[madcat2]

Nal i'm, using gimp but i did do it quick because i had to go some where.

 

[Kimbo]

god dammit, dont upload as bmp, i cannot view them in zoom.

 

[madcat2]

Why can't you zoom .bmp?

 

[Kimbo]

I open images in tabs to see full, zooming by click takes too long to load.

But from what i can see, you have little shading.

Just wait a while, im going to draw something up for you.

 

[madcat2]

k. Yeah i've never been great at shading i useally do to much or to little.

 

[Kimbo]

alright, here tones.
You can clearly see the hair tones, darkish purple, dark blue to light blue.
then for the skin dark blue, flaring green and pale yellow green.
Basicly. darktone=blues-midtone=greens=lightone=yellows

Basicly, lay down your midtone first, then the darktone then the lightone then the highlights( which is basicly just white, but not all the time)

In some painting cases, you but the darktone first.
But you get the idea. Basicly follow that and make sure you have opacity, not 100, have the edge slightly blurred. Remember that.

Take note, add tattoes and stuff BEFORE highlighting, but also make sure to keep the tattooes lighter tones aswell so it doesnt look flat.

 

[THE_END]

Wo
Wulf laying down some serious skinning on that face
Now for mad to just improve on the skin

 

[madcat2]

Woah you're awsome at skinning.

 

[Kwaliti]

Shit, now I got skinning inspiration!

 

[madcat2]

Shit, now I got skinning inspiration!

You're going to skin a mutant too =)?

 

[Kwaliti]

Not really. More of a non gay version of Arthas.

 

[THE_END]

Ahh nice
Arthas not being gay is awesome
Ok mad, you need to get rid of all the strange black areas on your skin, it looks messy with all of them

 

[madcat2]

Here this one is the one i was working on alittle bit ago before i had to go do things.

See i did what you said on the red thinggy and used colors instead of burn and dodge even tho it doesnt look much better.

 

[Elfsilver Lord]

but also make sure to keep the tattooes lighter tones aswell so it doesnt look flat.

Read that again.

 

[Kimbo]

what i mean by that is, your tatooes are just slapped on, they lack the feel of tatooes, tatooes are on the skin, they will follow the same depth as the skin.


you want the bottom one, not the top, you have the top.

 

[madcat2]

Well i want the red marks to look like the sticking out of the skin because there like gills.

 

[Kimbo]

....why are their gill like things on their feet? tell more and ill draw up an example.

 

[madcat2]

Woops sorry not gills, basic idea for them they where to help the creature get through the water easier / heat sencers so they can see from all sides. by the way... Sorry i'm, being so trouble some.

 

[CombatTheWombat]

If they are some sort of sensor then they would most likely be protruding from the skin, yours look too flat. Throw down some dark shading around the edges and bottom, and some pretty severe light shades around the middle and top especially. This will make them appear to be sticking out=censors.