Warrior Girl Drawing Finally rendered!

[thomas7g]

Hi Everyone! I finally finished (mostly) the drawing on the CF splashpage. I had originally planned on doing this finished shadding stuff but all the admining over and problems with CF put this girl on a back burner. But with the new calm and wonderful atmosphere of CF, AND the great work of our mods, I have been able to get back to her.

I hope you like it. :)

http://thomas7g.com/post/Maren12wip.jpg


She isn't completely done. But the only changes I plan from now on are pretty slight. :D

I do have a question to ask, which do you like better? The finished render or the cartoony one on the CF splash page?

:superholy

[thomas7g]

And if you are interested, you can see all the WorkInProgress versions. Its in this thread:
http://www.colonialfleets.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3104

;)

[bsg1fan1975]

I like! Kinda looks like me!

[doc834]

I only wish I had that much artistic talent.

[jewels]

This one, Tom. She's gorgeous.

[BST]

This one, Tom. She's gorgeous.


:thumbsup: Excellent work, Tom. Outstanding!

[Bombadil]

Definitely this one, Tom. The other one is great. This one is greater!

[Muffit]

Gorgeous Tom! Wish I could draw like that! But I couldn't draw water from a well! LOL! :D

[amberstar]

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:) You've really out done yourself this time.

Amber

[Gunstar Aries]

Great Stuff, thomas! Now that I'm digging into my DVD series, she kind of reminds me of Athena...

Regards,

Gunstar Aries

[Bombadil]

I like! Kinda looks like me!
What are you doing Friday night???? :love:

[unowhoandwhy]

I liked the other one, but this one is gorgeous. If I were a guy I'd marry her!

You are a truly talented artist.

[The 14th Colony]

Beautiful she is. Lovely work, Thomas.

[shiningstar]

It's beautiful!

[thomas7g]

Thank you everyone. I really appreciate all the compliments!
:cow:

if anyone is still checking out thisthread I was wondering if I could ask your advice on something.

Please check out this artist's work.
http://www.gamecritics.com/feature/artgallery/soulcalibur2/page15.php

I am very inspired by the techniques this guy used. he is head and shoulders much better than me. But I was wondering, What parts of the drawing other people think I could learn from?

I'm thinking maybe I should drop the hard black line. And go for the thin very slight outlines. I also prefer this shading to what I have done.

Please if anyone has any criticisms, I would appreciate it!

:D

[Rowan]

Thomas I love your finished Warrior girl! :D :thumbsup:
in reply to your question above you could dimish the hard black line...I don't understand what drip means?
but the shading looks fine to me, the other guys techniques is intense shading as if a spot light were on the chatacter, colours and shadows are intense, but I don't know that it woudl suit your warrior girl..

[thomas7g]

oops I meant drop not drip :)

I was just thinking which style is more attractive. That guy is one of the best of the best. His art sells games. But I was thinking about if I like the black line. I like it, but I was wondering how much others do.

its all a matter of taste I suppose. :D

[Rowan]

oops I meant drop not drip :)Ok good I was thinking I was ignorant to some special art lingo!

I was just thinking which style is more attractive. That guy is one of the best of the best. His art sells games. But I was thinking about if I like the black line. I like it, but I was wondering how much others do.

its all a matter of taste I suppose. :DIs it much work to remove the black line and let us compare the difference?

The reason his art sells and is used for games though is because it's spetacularly flashy looking! which is what you need in a game ...flashy and eye catching/ eye poping. If that is your goal to sell your work for games, and his work sells well, and hes considered the best then obviously imitating some of the techniques he employs that makes his designs so successful would be the logical thing to do. But everyonw has their own style of drawing I don't see all that big a difference between your work, different techniques but not necessarily better, I mean I love looking at paintings by Constable, but how would I even begin to compare them. Your anatomy looks good,I don't think his is any better than yours. I prefer the way you draw features, more warmth in the face, more depth of character.
take your warrior girl and dress her in something flashy and see what you come up with.;)
ok well that's my two cents worth Thomas:D ;)

[Bombadil]

Great Stuff, thomas! Now that I'm digging into my DVD series, she kind of reminds me of Athena...
Definitely. Maybe amberstar wants a new avatar!!

[unowhoandwhy]

I still prefer yours, thomas. The other artist is very good, I like his use of shading, but your warrior girl is that fresh-faced girl next door that I would prefer to see in games. Of course, I'm not a guy, so I tend to prefer women with more clothes and more brains, they make better role models. :D

[thomas7g]

lol- Amber can have anything she wants, But her avatar is really cute. :)

Thanks UWW! I appreciate your support. I wasn't thinking so much of her sexuality, more just the style of rendering. But I'm happy that you would like this more! Sadly though... if this was for a game, I really would have to emphasize her breasts. Cause that sells. I remember getting nice but subdued comments on all the girls I drew. But draw one bimbo and BOOM the lust factor goes through the roof!

hormones.....


LOL

[amberstar]

lol- Amber can have anything she wants, But her avatar is really cute. :)


Really anything? You're too good to me Tom :love: Thanks but I like seeing the Tos Actors each time I log on. Makes me feel at home..............but you never know I may change my mind. That drawing does make me think of Athena!

I'm not a professional artist, but here it goes>>>>>>>>>>>>
The other artist is good, but honestly I like your style better Tom! Your warrior girl is outstanding! If you want to change anything the black line could get smaller, but other than that I think she is great!

Amber

[thomas7g]

of course you can have anything! Course I know I can say that cause I know you wouldn't ask for something I can't give without pain. So I can open the gate wide open for you. :)

Thanks Amber for the compliments and the helpful criticism.
:D

:love:

[amberstar]

;) No problem Tom!

:love:

Amber

[Doctor Salik]

Beautiful!
Thomas, is there any chance of getting a high-quality poster from this drawing? I visit conventions quite often and it would be great to have people like Richard Hatch sign this piece of art. Also I was wondering if we could use the picture for our German BSG fan effort.

[thomas7g]

Sure! It would be my pleasure!

But I want to do a few minor corrections. Give me a week to do them and I can send you a hi rez jpeg. :)

[Doctor Salik]

That's great news. I'll then go to a copy shop and have them make a digital print.

[gmd3d]

Hi thomas7g
she is smashing a thiner line would make a softer drawing if that is what you like
I would like the line of her chin to be thiner to soften her face which I always thought was Athena, if it was me drawing her I would thin the line by half and no more and as all have said she is BEAUTIFUL.

In Admiration
potemkin :salute:

[thomas7g]

Thanks Potemkin!

I think you may be right about the thick line. I'm going to have to try a thinner line the next time I draw a character.
:D

[gmd3d]

anytime Thomas7g the lady is a fox and I would fly with her anytime :D
sometimes it very hard to be objective with your own work I know as my ffather is a oil painter and I like pencil and paper only now am I getting in computer
drawing

potemkin :thumbsup:
keep it up man and I also like your style over the other one

[thomas7g]

:thumbsup:

Thank you very much!

:D

[BST]

:music: Oh, Tommy! :music:

When ya gonna finish the other one? hehehe

:halo: :D ;)

[thomas7g]

HUH?


Tommy confused.... :confused:

[BST]

HUH?


Tommy confused.... :confused:


Remember the other lady that you were working on?

[thomas7g]

Oh yeah!

[BST]

:) ;)

[Rowan]

ok you two are making me *very* curious.....;)

[BST]

ok you two are making me *very* curious.....;)


That's good.......hehehe

:)

[Rowan]

Brat!:P: ;)

[BST]

Brat!:P: ;)

You taught me well!! ;)

[Rowan]

:P: BST you are crusin' for a thwack aren't you! ;) :D

[BST]

I suppose.....should I report to appropriate location?

:D

[Rowan]

OMG you are spoiling me today! mmmmm yes please!;) :D

[kitty]

Thomas, I think that you are a very talented geeza, and I look forward to seeing more.
I aggree with the others on the dark line issue, but she still looks fabulous.
Very eye catching, I am dead impressed. :thumbsup:

[Ethan]

WARRIOR GIRL IS AWESOME!

I would classify myself as a practiced doodler . . . (trying not to overplay myself) . . .because I have only worked with pencil, but the render on your model is fabulous.

You mentioned another . . . I would like to see more like this . . .

Ethan

[vectrex70]

Hi Tom

Love the Warrior Girl!
Have you ever thought of doing a 3D CGI Poser rendition of the warrior girl ? With your increadible drawing talents, It would be a piece of Cake!

[thomas7g]

One of these days I want to do a 3d girl. But well... my skills in 3d are a bit below par. :)

But thank you
:salute:

:bounce:


Ethan- that other one is in the pipelein too. :) Just have to get my system back to normal so I can stop being a technician and go back to being an artist.
:D

It will take forever, but it will happen! :D

[BST]

WARRIOR GIRL IS AWESOME!

I would classify myself as a practiced doodler . . . (trying not to overplay myself) . . .because I have only worked with pencil, but the render on your model is fabulous.

You mentioned another . . . I would like to see more like this . . .

Ethan

Oh, just wait....it'll knock you out!! :)

(I'm being a real stinker, aren't I? ) ;) :D

[thomas7g]

naw! But the pressure to perform!!!! ACK! LOL

[Rowan]

Oh, just wait....it'll knock you out!! :)

(I'm being a real stinker, aren't I? ) ;) :D
YES! YES YOU ARE!!!:P: ;) :D

[Rowan]

naw! But the pressure to perform!!!! ACK! LOL

I thought guys were used to that kind of pressure!;) :D

[thomas7g]

:nervous:

[Doctor Salik]

Sure! It would be my pleasure!

But I want to do a few minor corrections. Give me a week to do them and I can send you a hi rez jpeg. :)

So, Tom, what's the story on the pic? Don't want to rush you, but I hear Dirk Benedict is coming over to Germany and I'd like him to sign the poster.
;)

[thomas7g]

can this wait till after the chat? I have alot of bugs to take care of regarding this. :)

[Doctor Salik]

Yes, of course. Take all the time you need.

[thomas7g]

Bad news. I lost some hours of drawing on this. The last version of this was toasted with the hard drive failure. Luckily I had this in several places so an earlier version is okay. But this version here is toast. But it ain't too bad. Her hair work is gone. And the helmet and hands lost their shading. And the boots aren't as finished.

But I didn't lose all of it. Just the last day of work on it.


http://thomas7g.com/post/Maren12wip.jpg

[Laura]

Forgive me for perhaps not seeing the obvious, but isn't this posted drawing a copy of the finished original? Why can't you use it? Or am I missing something?

[thomas7g]

yeah... it is. I'm posting that this current version was lost in a hard drive error.


Though the last save was on another drive. So I only lost a days worth of work. Not too bad, but frustrating.

[unowhoandwhy]

{{{{{{{{{{{{{thomas}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Technology is only wonderful when it works.

[thomas7g]

Thanks UWW. Its not a big loss. Just annoying. I did it once, I can do it again :)

[thomas7g]

Just wanted to let everyone who is intrested know.... I redid most of my work. Its almost done. It looks a little different. But then its really hard to duplicate soemthing like this. So it came out a TINY bit different.

I hope everyone will like it. It should be done in a day I hope.
:D

[Rowan]

It should be done in a day I hope.
:D
Can't wait! it's hard for me to be patient! :D ;)

[amberstar]

I can't wait to see her, I bet it is even better than the first :)

Amber

[BST]

Tom,

Did you lose ALL of your BSG artwork when your PC went belly-up? (You know the one I'm talking about. )

:)

[thomas7g]

I still have that I think....:D

The Maren is almost back to where it was before. It pretty much looks the same. I used the jpeg above as reference. But the hair and eyes are different. Just slightly. Its less cartoony. More like a real person. Just a bit.

[thomas7g]

I did it! This is mostly done. Had to redo the hands, some of the face, all the hair, and the helmet. Also added alot of tuning all over her.

http://thomas7g.com/post/Maren13wip.jpg



I hope I am not disapointing anyone expecting a bigger change. But I am just happy to be here again after losing the last version to a hard drive error. Thank you everyone for your positive comments.

:)http://thomas7g.com/post/Maren13wipcu.jpg

[Rowan]

Thomas she looks great! :thumbsup: fantastic job! :D ;)

[Muffit]

I did it! This is mostly done. Had to redo the hands, some of the face, all the hair, and the helmet. Also added alot of tuning all over her.



Bedivere: "Did you dress her up like that?"
Crowd: "No!" "Nah!" "Uh-uh!"
Crowd: "Um, maybe"
Crowd: "Yes" "A bit"
Crowd: "We did the nose" "And the hat"
Bedivere: "There are ways of telling if she is a witch"
Crowd: "Are there?" "Tell us!"
Bedivere: "What floats on water?"
Crowd: "Lead!" "Very small rocks" "Churches"
Arthur: "A duck"
Bedivere: "So logically..."
Peasant: "If she weighs the same as a duck... she's made of wood!"
Bedivere: "And therefore..."
Crowd: "A WITCH!!!!!!!!"
Peasant: "Throw her into the pond!!!"

*Sorry T7G! I couldn't resists when you started listing things you changed! Truthfully tho', she's GORGEOUS! Great job!!!!!!!!!! :thumbsup:
:muffit:

[repcisg]

Top drawer Tom!
First rate!

[thomas7g]

ROTFLMAO!


Oh my! That was funny muffit! I had a :wtf: going for awhile. But then I broke out in laughter!

I guess making a list shows how anally detailed I can get. When I do art I tend to get waaaay to detailed.

:D

[unowhoandwhy]

She's beautiful. The expression on her face, including the smile lines are fantastic. Well done! Bravo!

[jewels]

Wow!

[amberstar]

Excellent Tom!

[thomas7g]

:blush: