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Loopydave β how I paint a drunken dwarf
Published: 2010-11-24 22:32:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 73189; Favourites: 1244; Downloads: 3007
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Because absolutely no-one demanded it!!... yes, its a step by step guide to painting your very own drunken dwarf. Or more precisely, a visual record of how I couldn't make up my mind on a decent helmet design.Full pencils [link]
Larger 'finished' paint [link]
Click on for larger view. Just don't spill the beer.
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Incredible work !
Was the picture a command work ? May you show us the complete picture ?
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Thanks! Image was done for the fun of it.
The full pencils are hereΒ
Β but I never got further than painting this much
Cheers!
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Need to finish the full portrait.
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May I use it for my blog and Facebook page, please ?
My blog and Facebook page are Le nain braillard.
www.lenainbraillard.fr
www.facebook.com/lenainbraillaβ¦
Have a nice day
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isn't drunken dwarf an oximoron?
btw you do great art
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Thanks! Drunken dwarf is probably a some kind of redundancy, though not as much as 'bearded dwarf' would be
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I'm trying to break down in my head how you paint. Do you paint on top of or under your sketch, just using it as a guide? You don't do any kind of inked lines like comic book artist?
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Yes and yes is the short answer.
Longer answer.... if the piece has not inked lines I usually paint on top of my sketch, but tend to keep another (hidden) layer with the original sketch if I want to refer back to it at any stage.
And yes, I do paint 'under inked lines' as well... here's one example loopydave.deviantart.com/art/S⦠but there are quite a few further back in my dA gallery.
There is no real right or wrong answer in how you paint in photoshop really though... find whatever works best for you I say!
Hope that was helpful.... cheers!
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Thanks so much for the reply! You're paint work is amazing!
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it's amzing, you're so talented ! Thanks for this step by step !
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A big drunken burp from the dwarf and a thanks from me for checking out this piece
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Now I want to see Gerard in a duck helmet!
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Nice to meet a fellow fan of the drunken dwarf
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Another great piece..... hahaaaa, gonna have to dig out ye ol' Thes...thesa...thesris...dictionary first(then the other one)... keep writing great so much.
You have mentioned 6000 x 6900 pixels being the size of whole piece...What is the canvas size for this piece Loopydave? ...do you change that on completion?
The ol' draw large, then shrink it down to tighten it up scenario...
Cheers, Bare.
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Cheers! If its a commercial piece, I usually work out the size the clients wants before I start, but on a personal piece like this one, I just paint it pretty large so I have an option to make it a poster or something down the track.
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Thanks Dave,.... I appreciate you taking the time to answer.
Cheers, Barry
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whats the resolution of a image like that when you are painting it?
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The face area in the picture is approximately 2500 by 2700 pixels, but its part of a larger piece (pencils for which is [link] ) and the whole thing is some 6000 by 6900.
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wow, I generally stay under 2000 x 2000~ ...thats because I flip canvas horizontally a lot, and it starts get ridiculous slow.
nice to know, thanks a lot
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Step one. Grab Dwarf. Step two. Drink beer. Step three. Repeat step 2.
Cheers!
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Thanks bro you got awsom illustrations ...Drink Beer
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sadly, this looks alot like my uncle on a sober day lol
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Does he know any good dwarf drinking songs?
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i'm sure he does, he spends most of his paycheck on payday at the bar lol
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This illustration has faithfully as sense of the Beautiful,... Beautiful!
Eyes of the tonality of a White Dwarf Star.
STREET FIGHTER - CHRONICLES OF A SAGA
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this is by far one of the better "how I paint"s I have seen here on DA so far. It really shows the steps you take. Your work is amazing and very inspiring.
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Super nice of you to say. And if my work inspires you to illustrate more drunken dwarves, then all the better - the world needs more pictures of drunken dwarves I say!
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so very true....I feel bad for my low level dwarf. If only he'd not drink so much maybe he could get out of Ironforge.
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That looks like me on a friday night! This is so supre cool 
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You must let me know where you pick up your drinking helmet sometime! This was a little bit of personal indulgence - practice and fun done around a lot of other work.. cant remember the exact time total, but it really was much longer than it should have been and measured more in terms of days than hours. Still unfinished and sits on my hard-drive waving a beer at me trying to get my attention to get around to finishing it.
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Wherever I lay my drinking helmet, is my home 
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A cheery drunken dwarf thanks!
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