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Published: 2010-04-23 23:21:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 1293; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 12
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I was thinking today that all of my fanart tends to be quite relaxed scenes, or landscapes. So I hereby announce that something ought to be happening in whatever I decide to draw next. Anyway, I digress...This is Daine/Veralidaine Sarrasri from book one of the Immortals series by Tamora Pierce.
This is also the first proper painting I've tried to do with my data tablet, and the first time I've tried using things like leaf and grass brushes, so please excuse the repetitive nature and so on. Next time will be much better!
Stock and Brushes:
Leaves: [link]
Forest setting: vaguely
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Comments: 16
Beautiful...I liked how you draw Daine, very sensible and pretty, not over the top helpless girly. AWESOME!
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Thank you! It's quite challenging to find stock/references where people aren't trying to look pretty, I've found. :/
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I quite like all the different leaf brushes. ^^ How many different brushes did you use for those?
As for Daine, I'm in love with the hair. Very well done!
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There was a collection of brushes (they're on DA) and I kept switching between four... the frondy one, the little bush leaves, the clover, and the large round leaves. They all have at last four colours, so I guess sixteen.
And thanks! I like doing hair, but I'm never too happy about curls.
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This is cute
I absolutely love the way you've shaded the tree trunks/branches.
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oooh, looking good. I really like the tree branches for some reason - lots of nice shapes and shades of green and brown.
Maybe work more on the depth of the foliage - currently it looks like you just painted the trees and then scribbled overtop with a few leaf brushes on scatter with different colours and sizes. Maybe if you tried laying down some more texture first, then branches, then leaf brushes, then more branches, and more leaves, etc.
The forest looks very thin at the moment - adding more layers of deeper shaded trunks would probably help.
Also, take more care of the shades and shapes used. The foliage of the trees which should be in the background is too similar in shape, size, and colour to the bushes in front. This brings the background to the same level as the foreground, and flattens the image. The grass is also very similar, only changing shade as it reaches the treeline.
Some good work adding in different plants the the grass, but I think there could still be some more variety. maybe some coloured flowers, or the fern-like brushes you used in the top left of the image.
some helpful resources:
some brushes: [link]
a tutorial/speedpaint wlakthrough by the same person: [link]
Other than that it's a very promising start! I look forward to seeing what more you can manage as you get more used to the tablet
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Thank you, great critique! I'll try all of those in the next painting, I'm very aware that I'm really, really new to all this.
(Sorry it took me so long to reply BTW, proof reading dissertations is time consuming.)
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heh, I'm hardly fast with my replies either, and I don't really have any excuse
getting really tempted to head to a library and re-read a load of the various Tamora Pierce books... but then I won't get revision done for A levels in just undr four weeks...
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Ugh, tell me about it... I have an exam a week on Tuesday which I haven't even thought about yet, and a rather tantilising pile of historical fiction in front of my revision notes... well obviously the only way I can access my notes is to read all those books first, right?
I brought all my Tammy books to uni with me and haven't really touched them (save for reference)...
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heheh, I knew there must be a reason why all my notes are hidden under half finished drawings...
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You know, technically if one tiny corner of the drawing overlaps those notes, it's physically impossible for you to be able to see them? They're completely hidden. Honest.
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I know right!
strange how it happens, but clearly true. A fact that clearly must be investigated, which I seem to spend far too much time trying
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But investigation implies more research into this phenomenon, which seems kinda ironic... it's a vicious circle.
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it also involved testing it with different revision notes, and drawings to see how wide-spread the phenomenon is. not to mention having to always maintain partial notes with drawing coverage at all times of day and weather, and many other possible conditions to see what external factors affect the result...
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