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Loopydave — how I paint a drunken dwarf
Published: 2010-11-24 22:32:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 73197; 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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if this's photoshop...i'm killing you!
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Its painted in photoshop, but please dont kill me... I'll never get the picture finished in that case!
Cheers!
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IN PHOTOSHOP?! oh god.. I gotta learn more about that, I just use photoshop to photoshop pictures AND in one case I used it to paint a kind of animal, or something...
and yes, I'll kill ya... because you're so good at this
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oh i love it thankyou for being so generous , inspiring !!
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Probably the first time a drunken dwarf has been called inspiring! You're Australian, right?
Cheers!
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yup but in sydney, i`m doing airbrush but moving to photoshop for some work, 
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I'll forgive the Sydney bit as you learnt in Melbourne
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haha !!!, yea I was thinking about moving to melbourne actually, I enjoyed that city,
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Thats the beer speaking there!
Cheers!
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This is very cool show of your skills and also valuable resource for us n00bs. Thank you!
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Great work, Dave! Each step is a piece of art on its own!
Just one question - from step 1 to step 2, you morph some rough pencil shading to a more detailed shading. How do you do this? On Photoshop, using the smudge tool?
Also, any tips on the hair and beard would be awesome!
Great work! I'm a fan!
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Cheers! I usually just paint over the pencils - normally on a layer above, keeping the pencils as a guide, blocking the colours in with a hard edge brush set to a low opacity, building up my colours.. and using a soft brush to build up grades. This should give you an idea of the steps between 1 and 2 [link]
As for hair, cant say I'm really that much of an expert.. but the general rule is to start by blocking in your shapes and areas of colour and then work in the 'clumps' of hair and work up to individual strands - still working on getting better at that one myself!
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Thanks! Left you a comment on that pic, too!
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Must be from hanging around all those drunken dwarves
Cheers ma'am!
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A lovely little strip! It's always nice to see how talented and hard working people create their art!
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NOt sure my mother would have ever believed I would grow up to be hard working, but hey !
Cheers man.
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I always learn so much just by LOOKING at your stuff, you are such a talented artist, thanks so much for making these, PLEASE make more...actually, I demand it. thanks.
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Lol! Cheers! Have done some other step by steps if you havent seen them..
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Um... what the? How in the freak do you go from pencils to making it look like it's a photo of a figurine?? What do you use to give the ultra-realistic effect?
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It looks as though there is no way this gets a response (seeing as though there are already so many), but I just have to say that I am truly impressed and motivated by your work. I saw one of the pieces you colored for A. Ruiz, and in the comments section you said you just use Photoshop, standard brushes, and time. Is this completely true? Can I achieve similar results given enough patience?
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It is indeed true. I pretty much stick to the standard soft brush for gradients and soft tones and the standard hard edge brush for flatter areas and edges - I set it to a low opacity and gradually build it up as I work. People have their preferred way of working and brushes they like, but the most important thing is about getting the fundamentals right first (colours, lighting, shadows, how different textures work etc).
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I wish I had one myself! I have a replica viking helmet in my studio, but sadly no duck sits atop is helm!
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Someone has to make one, they'd sell like hotcakes! I'd buy the first five! (I'm really skint so any more would just be insane)
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Thats the beer talking there fellow
Cheers!
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Its important to know how to deal with and paint drunken dwarves. Its right up there with learning how to ride a bike, change your socks or feed your pet mongoose.
Cheers!
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You're my Idol!! It's Serious. Your works is fucking Awesome!
But I've one Question.. How much layers you normally use?
Continue with your great job and always evolving!
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Cheers man, very nice of you to say! As for layers, it really depends on how I'm feeling at the time and the end application. Sometimes I paint it all in one layer just for fun, but mostly I tend to paint each major part as a separate layer - usually keep the forground separate from the background so I can place the picture on a blank page if I want to.
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^_^ I invite you to see this video of me drawing on the bus [link]
Hope you enjoy it
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Cool! I used to draw all the time when I caught public transport - but mostly the people I saw there. Dont get to do it anymore now that I work from home and rarely get out - kind of miss it
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Cool ^_^ is like a theraphy I have 3 hours going and backing from my work so I vae enogu time to draw it and experiment it really helps me to let the hand flows over the paper.
You artwork rules I love how you define the contour and the clean style you develope I hope to be close of that with my gothic style of course, now Im playing with oils, I hope to get the hand to do what I want ^_^
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