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Checkered-Fedora — light and shadow UPDATE 2

Published: 2009-04-08 13:01:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 5382; Favourites: 378; Downloads: 56
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Description thanks for critiques guys. I applied a couple of them and retouched it up. Hope you like it better now ^^

SORRY to have Edited it 3 times. I REALLY think I'm DONE now since im not going to rework it anymore and anymore critique will make me go from the YAY I want to learn stage to the wait so EVERYTHING about the guy sucked in the beginning now he half sucks I hate him *throws the deviation away* stage... u__u hope you guys understand and thanks for the critique thus far. No more please though. Here's what I changed since my first post.

Added shadow towards the botton of the image, cleaned up his ear, made the horns a bit more visible, gave him a second eye, attached his eyebrow to the bridge of his nose where it belonged, fixed her nose so it wasn't crooked, redid his lips, redid hers a touch as well. I THINK thats all of it.


OH GOD I'M SOOOOO freakin tired. Its 6 a.m. and I gotta say its been a damn long time since I've made an artwork that I couldn't sleep until it was done.

This started out as an oc session with ~Hosuni She drew the girl. But after we ended it I found myself coloring...and coloring more...and coloring more...AND COLORING MORE...yeah. In any case I did most of the coloring but hosuni mapped out the base color palette and the shadow layout on her girl. I just smoothed it out and finished it up.

AHAHAHA OMG so here is proof I can do a painterly style. I just usually dont. Ah well I learn something new about myself and my abilities every day.

So anyway lets see if I managed to make it through this description with BASICALLY spelling right

I'm gonna go die now.


Left side character and art (c) to ~Hosuni
Right side character and art (c) to *checkered-fadora

IF YOU WISH TO SEE THE IN PROGRESS STAGES I have them posted in a gaia thread. [link]
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Comments: 83

StripeyMistress In reply to ??? [2009-04-09 00:01:43 +0000 UTC]

But it looks fantastic anyways. X>

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Phoneix-Faerie In reply to ??? [2009-04-08 21:44:00 +0000 UTC]

this is very good! great to see something in a different style from you and sleep! sleep is good!

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Fallen-Sama In reply to ??? [2009-04-08 21:39:17 +0000 UTC]

Very cool.
I really like the way you colored this.

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MelyssaThePunkRocker [2009-04-08 21:09:13 +0000 UTC]

Ooo, I LOVE this.

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nadiwa In reply to ??? [2009-04-08 18:53:29 +0000 UTC]

It's beautifull!!! i love there faces and looks .

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Checkered-Fedora In reply to nadiwa [2009-04-08 20:04:09 +0000 UTC]

thank you <3

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christi-chan In reply to ??? [2009-04-08 18:16:24 +0000 UTC]

I still haven't figured out how to get that painted look digitally. I suck at painting anyhow, but still. lol. I will say, critiquing-wise, that the coloring overall looks very good. the skins and such were done very well, however something about the guy's hair makes it feel unfinished to me. I'm not sure if i can explain it but compared to the girl's hair, it just doesn't seem as detailed. hope i'm making sense. Oh and the line work on the inner ear of the guy, it's kind of distracted being it's not as clean as the rest of the pic.

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Checkered-Fedora In reply to christi-chan [2009-04-08 18:26:42 +0000 UTC]

haha OMG I was soooooo tired. I think I completely forgot to fix his ear. FAIL

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christi-chan In reply to Checkered-Fedora [2009-04-09 03:20:11 +0000 UTC]

lol, that i can understand.. damn artist moods. if only i could afford not to sleep to work on art.

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Hosuni [2009-04-08 18:14:56 +0000 UTC]

<333 ILU BB

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Checkered-Fedora In reply to Hosuni [2009-04-08 18:25:58 +0000 UTC]

ILU mooooar

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Hosuni In reply to Hosuni [2009-04-08 18:18:49 +0000 UTC]

Pft I suck, okay...as for a real comment-

The only thing that stands out to me out to me is as I would agree with watashiveracasan is Unas jawline and chin. Ive got no idea what it is but it does look slightly odd.

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Hosuni In reply to Hosuni [2009-04-08 18:22:08 +0000 UTC]

HA okay I figured out it. The dark shadow on the bottom of her nose needs something to balance it out, meybe under the lip or something- and her lawline seems way too flat without proper shadowing. Also, the bridge of her nose on the right has some odd shading that makes her nose look crooked

Thats about it

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Hiwiwy [2009-04-08 16:56:09 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, very nice

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monikapalosz In reply to ??? [2009-04-08 16:45:48 +0000 UTC]

i usually can't sleep until stuff is done xD

I really like your painterly style!

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Checkered-Fedora In reply to monikapalosz [2009-04-08 18:27:37 +0000 UTC]

^^ Thanks. Also grats on the DD

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monikapalosz In reply to Checkered-Fedora [2009-04-08 18:32:43 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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watashiveracasan In reply to ??? [2009-04-08 15:48:43 +0000 UTC]

Coloring hmm...

Him: Horn & Hair, sort of hard to see where they connect. Shoulder lighting looks off, and so does ear.

Her: Ribbon around her neck, and chin/jawline look off.

@.@ I couldn't really see much else.

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Checkered-Fedora In reply to watashiveracasan [2009-04-08 18:32:10 +0000 UTC]

so....this will probably make me sound dumb but i TOTALLY forgot to finish his ear

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watashiveracasan In reply to Checkered-Fedora [2009-04-08 20:23:48 +0000 UTC]

XDDD Poor ear.

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Hione [2009-04-08 15:02:58 +0000 UTC]

D: I hate you both! I can't do that! TT.TT 'Tis soooooo pretteh.....

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Checkered-Fedora In reply to Hione [2009-04-08 18:29:02 +0000 UTC]

u___u *doesnt wanna be hated*

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Hione In reply to Checkered-Fedora [2009-04-09 00:38:46 +0000 UTC]

Awww, I don't really hate you love. :3

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tursiops33 [2009-04-08 14:45:03 +0000 UTC]

REally nicely done!

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CelestialValkyrie [2009-04-08 13:47:07 +0000 UTC]

your coloring is amazing! esp your shadows! my fav part is the nose!and the fleshy colors on the right. Only thing is tho start playing with is planes. The nose shows shape even between nose/ lips, and some around the eyes as well, but there are more^.^ It will add depth, not going over board since its semi-anime realistic ^_^

[link]
best part to me..for semi realistic anime planes is...eyes,nose,lips, under lip(shadow cast between bottom lip and chin)and more if you like..depending on the bone structure of the character X3. Your an awesome artist @w@ so I bet this will be like pie!

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Checkered-Fedora In reply to CelestialValkyrie [2009-04-08 18:34:14 +0000 UTC]

oh wow that is a very cool reference. Do you have more angles and lighting directions from that charming manly man?

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CelestialValkyrie In reply to Checkered-Fedora [2009-04-09 22:19:48 +0000 UTC]

emnn I just look up a random head on google XD but look up "face planes" they should have more<33 or if your really interested! boooks!

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Checkered-Fedora In reply to CelestialValkyrie [2009-04-09 22:59:23 +0000 UTC]

^^ well if I'm going for reality I could always tackle gaunt old men too? Old people are awesome.

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CelestialValkyrie In reply to Checkered-Fedora [2009-04-09 23:18:17 +0000 UTC]

agree! I love painting them over young people<333 such interesting shapes

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KinaMorii In reply to ??? [2009-04-08 13:09:45 +0000 UTC]

This turned out really well. ^_^
I like the color contrast between the two characters.

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Checkered-Fedora In reply to KinaMorii [2009-04-08 18:31:16 +0000 UTC]

thanks. I still got crap for sleep from it

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KinaMorii In reply to Checkered-Fedora [2009-04-08 19:14:02 +0000 UTC]

Aw, well, hopefully you can catch up a little bit tonight. ^_^

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