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Published: 2007-03-14 00:09:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 3543; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 45
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A little late, but this was supposed to be my thanks 3000 pic.This pic uses parts from my previous pics of Seaspray-Windcharger [link] , Prowl [link] , Starscream-Bumblebee [link] , and Prime [link] . Check them out too if you haven't already!
Then, of course, I modified Prowl into Bluestreak, and Windcharger into Tailgate. Though some call this a Transformers gimmick (same design + different colors = different guy), I personally love how they have multiple characters with the roughly the same design.
I had a thought to modify Bumblebee into Cliffjumper but I figured there would be too many modifications, and then I thought about changing Prime into Ultra-Magnus-white-Prime, but I figured there wouldn't be enough room.
Either way, I had a LOAD of fun with this. Hope you like it, and thanks for 3370!
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Very cool.
I like the positioning of these guys.
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Thanks! Yeah this one was all about the positioning. It actually took a while to get right...I was surprised that I could flip Windcharger and rotate him a bit to get a slightly different pose with Tailgate. Had to redraw an arm though.
Thanks for commenting!
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How did you create the graphpaper/terrain-map?
What do "3000" and "3370" mean in the context of your comments on this piece?
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The graphpaper/terrain-map I just did freehand. Photoshop is annoying cuz it's hard to get straight, smooth lines (Painter is supposed to be better with that). Then I added some darks and brights.
3000, 3370 mean pageviews. Usually people upload thank-you deviations when they hit certain pageview amounts like 5000 or 10000.
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You have problems getting straight, smooth lines with a digitizer tablet? hehehe... I'm actually glad to hear that. I was wondering if I was the only one.
Why is it that it's so easy to get decent results with pencil and paper, but when we switch over to the PC, the lines look like we drew'em during an earthquake? Is it a question of hand-eye coordination (the feedback being so far removed from teh muscle-twitches), y'think, or something else?
Good luck getting more students. Hey, I thought your family had an English school-- but it sounds like you're working on your own...? Good way to make money, though. Back in Hiroshima I used to get half my money just from itty-bitty lessons I offered 8 hours a week out of my home.
re: going abroad: yep, I figure I'm only earning abotu $20 an hour at ITP, which is what they pay in Viet Nam for English teachers-- with a far lower cost of living and lots more free time for art & life. Less health coverage though, I think-- nobody ever says "Hey, I need medical treatment, I think I should go to those fiiiiine hospitals in Viet Nam".
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Check the link below for information on pen tablets and digital inking. It really opened my eyes.
[link]
I started a new English school. The family has a cram school and computer learning school.
Hmm...well my wife went to Vietnam and got food poisoning, hehe. I went to Thailand and the food was great, the service was great and I didn't get food poisoning!
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re: place to live versus place to visit:
I agree, Thailand's probably a better place to visit. As far as living, though-- the English teacher salaries in Thailand are about US$600~800 a month, versus $14~$20 an hour in Viet Nam. That's MY major deciding factor.
Tell me more about your visit to VN-- were people friendly, were the streets and gutters clean, were there shopping malls, yada yada.
Why'd you start a separate school, when your family already has a cram school? Better salary, more flexible hours?
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I didn't go to Vietnam, my wife went! hehe
The cram school doesn't teach English for conversation cuz it's geared towards testing. So the only choice was to start a new school.
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Thanks for the link. I've never worked with Painter-- but when I look at the Photoshop version, it seems to me that this fellow isn't using dot shift-dot to automatically draw perfectly straight lines.
(Try it-- make a dot at teh beginning of where you want a line, then hold down the shift key while making a dot at the other end of the line. PS automagically makes an equal pressure line from one dot to the other-- works the same with brush, pencil, burn, smudge, dodge.)
For me, I'm just not happy with the way Photoshop does simple hand-drawn (non-straight) lines.
Interesting point that guy made, that Photoshop doesn't really let you tilt the canvas. Well, we can (using free transform), but it screws up the pixels.
I wonder if Wacom's software would allow that.
Do you do your initial sketches and inking digitally, or on paper? In which program?
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Yeah I knew about the dot-shift-dot thing!
I used to do all sketches and inks on paper, but I stopped because it's less of a hassle to do everything digitally.
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I still can't get nice clean curved/handdrawn lines digitally, so I'll have to stick with paper, bribe you with a pizza while looking over your shoulder as you draw, or go out and test-drive that "painter" (?) program mentioned in that link you gave.
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interesting... though of course it woulda' been cooler if you had re-drawn them, I can understand the fun of re-coloring and re-editing existing pics
strange thing, this pic didn't show up on my deviantwatch... bugs?
with the cast of characters you have here though, I would've went for the original toy box "Transformers" type instead of the new toy one.
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Yes, I just wanted to slap something together for my thanks 3000 pic. I have other stuff in the works which should be quite cool. But it is weird, reediting and recoloring is immensely fun!
Didn't show up on Deviantwatch?? Weird...well, dA is so buggy it's no surprise.
I agree with you on the TF type...I just couldn't find a good-enough resolution pic of the old TF title. Do you have one? If so, plz send and I will paste it on.
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Thanks! Oops I gotta get to your hug certificate, hehe.
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You're welcome! I'm an old TF-G1 fan!
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