HOME | DD
Mr--Jack — Cryx: DeathJack Process
Published: 2010-07-13 05:30:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 39252; Favourites: 954; Downloads: 1839
Redirect to original
Description
So, about 25 or so hours overall, colours done in Photoshop CS3.Feel free to ask questions, I'll try to answer them.
Final piece is here -
with some others.
NOTE: this isn't a tutorial as such; i worked out a pretty solid method while working on these illustrations (I ended up producing more than 20 of them) but I've since changed my process a fair bit and always continue to experiment, but either way I hope it's helpful.
Enjoy!
Warmachine © Privateer Press
Related content
Comments: 260
Hey Luke, is there anything particular you look after when you do the silhouettes? Yours always seem to be so ... lively!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I did this [link] using these steps, they helped a lot thank you!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
its amazing , have something from Dawn of War Style ^^ , but can you explain what you mean with " metal rendered on seperate layers " ?, what you do there... because i have big problems with draw metal -.-
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I want to ask something.. I always get confused and wasted by lineart. How did you do yours? I can see it's digital, but manually with a pen tablet or did you use the photoshop's pen tool?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
This linework was done in sketchbook pro but these days I just use photoshop; either way it's pretty similar, I use a tablet and a basic round brush - vector / pen tool lines are far too laborious, especially to go with a detailed painting like this.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Oh, thanks xD
I just asked 'cause I'm having a little trouble with the lineart. I recently got a tablet but wasn't able to pratice with it a lot.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Yeah, having a tablet is completely essential to the digital painting I do
does take a while to get used to it though
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thanks! ;D
I'll have some more pratice xD
I'm not very fond of using vector lines ;D
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
owo nice. this gives a easy way of doing metal in my art.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
you! it was you! you stole allt he talent! give some back! there are other people that want to do awesome stuffs, too! 
love your wips... very insipring.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
You make it look like it's so easy to paint
This is pretty awesome!!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Um. . . it was a bit spread out, but I guess maybe 3 days if you compressed it.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Wow , simply badass evil mecha! Makes me think of some bosses from SmashBros or KingdomHearth , but ... more detailed and looks , in my pov , better 8D
Great art, always more than usual 
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I bow to your greatness Mr. Jack. i just bought the Warmahine book with your illustrations from Privateer Press. did not even know you had done the Death Jack one of my favorites.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I'm confused as to howw your getting perfect 'colouring within the lines'...
Are you useing the quick mask for every individual section? Because I've found it to be a pain to go throw and flat colour every section too only say to myself "there, a whole day of tedious colouring flats done......now what...ooh damn I have no idea what I'm doing"
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Well the short answer is I'm not
The main silhouette is done using the magic wand and then the rest of the 'flats' are fairly roughly painted in actually - it's just that at this small size they look tighter than they are. I didn't really use the quick mask or other selection tools that much while painting generally since (at least on the 'Jack, the background is a different story) it's mostly straight painting and not much gradient work and that sort of thing.
Because I know that I'm going to be painting over the top of everything (even with the background) to clean it up you don't have to be so paranoid about getting your flats right. (Especially I guess on a piece like this with only a few basic colours.)
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
damn, well that clears up alot of mssing links, cheers for taking the time to answer my Qs, I gotta put this info to work.
cheers again, and buff zerg.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
wow..this is awesome!!!!!!!!!
i love your artwork man..
can i seek for some advice about the glow stuff?
i always try to make things glow..
but it seems to failed all the time..
things like illidan's warglaive or protoss's psi blade stuff like that..
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
how do you go about the atmospheric BG?
love the MSI tag btw.
great stuff as always.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
That's one of the few times that I use a brush that's not at 100% opacity, but I usually just paint it in.
Thanks!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I loved the way you made these jacks,and loved them more when you showed on how to make them!
But I have a small question: any tips on making the tight lines and how do i make the lines more discrete when i paint the illustrations?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Well on these working at a higher resolution always helped to get things tighter; and just taking your time with it.
Thanks!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
we can do it the easy way or teh hard way...
i'm planning a invasion with the main objective of kidnaping one of your PSD files.
or you can simply share it
the choice is yours!
lol, but yeah i'd effing love to see one your insides...i mean , of your work!
that would be really cool! and i'd love you for evah!
anyway i separated question, do you ever mess up with flow?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
as in the brush setting? Not really, no - opacity with pen pressure has always done enough for me.
At some point I might
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Amazing work, I've been trying to work with my bamboo and cs3... but i can't get anywhere near your quality.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
It's more practise than it is tools, but thanks kindly!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
| Next =>