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sketcheth β 121313 Couch Process
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EDIT:: You can now see anΒ animated version on tumblr!!
Every image is roughly 15 minutes of work. Sometimes I missed the timer and let it go long, and there might have been some undocumented work between the steps. Okay, okay, so there's nothing consistent here but I tried.
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I've been wanting to put up something that shows my process for a while now. As you can see "process" for me is synonymous with aimless wandering.
In all seriousness, this is how a lot of my stuff starts out, a vague tonal drawing with some sketchy lines over top, suggesting a pose that I think is interesting, and then I go from there, blocking in colors and hopefully establishing a sense of atmosphere as quickly as I can.
This is a strange one too because I started this back in October and got a couple hours in before letting it go, and then when I came back earlier this week I forgot where I was, and was mostly just turned off by how dull the color was, so that's why there's a sudden saturation jump.
This is a pretty weak tutorial from an educational standpoint, but hopefull you get something out of it! I want to do the tutorial sort of thing moreso on Justin.tv, because I feel like it's more interactive.
Painter 12.
6-8 hours.
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Wow... I just have one question. How much often do you change the layer? Do you have some rules like " sketchlines ", " bodyparts" or things like that?
Thks anyway!
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Thank you for showing this! I love the ability to see each step in the process
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Dude, I hate you. Β This is amazing. Β A direction I want my work to go but can't get away from line work.
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Very nice pic! Sweet to see the progress, it is very inspirering. Only critique i can give is that adding light reflection from the gameboy to her face/torso is missing and leaves the impression that power has been turned off.
Any way nice work. Looks really natural and coasy.
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You know, that's a totally fair critique. I think it does kind of break the narrative a little bit. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. I appreciate it
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No worries, i guess thats why we publish our work, except for the fact that others appreciate it. Any way, i will probably take a look at this next time i blow the dust of my Cintiq
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Yep, exactly. Getting a response, critical and not is the only real reason to share your work and I always relish the critical feedback. But yeah, especially if you've got a cintiq GO MAKE STUFF!
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I'm such a slow replier.. Any way! i tried something I've never tried before. I've always drawn stuff in black'n white, then made the layer 'luminosity' and added colour behind it. It woks great for outside environments were you generally only have one light source and then some bouncing light.. but in inside environments it just doesn't cut it. So, with inspiration from your drawing, a lot of other tutorials and some knowledge about colours and light bounce ect. i drew directly in colour, and.. im surprisingly happy about the result! So.. there should come some pictures on the page within this following month.
So.. I WENT MADE STUFF! (i know.. horrible grammar in that last sentence, but it had to resemble yours)
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Glad to hear you made stuff and that I could be tangentially helpful! Rock on, buddy.
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damn it. my current project is a 3 page comic.. page 1 is done, and with a relativly good flow, then i start on page 2.. and i've redrawn the first pic 3 times now. its funny how you make a whole page with relativly ease, and then when you have to start on page two you just cant get it right.
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Thanks for taking a look, it was my pleasure.
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An assortment of custom made brushes in Painter12. Most of them are based off of the charcoal brushes in one way or another, though. I'm planning on releasing a pack of my favorite brushes in the future so stay tuned!
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Awesome, i have been trying to replicate with a gouache and oil brush. I can't wait to mess around with your brushes
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Sweet, well I'll try to make it sooner rather than later! I've been very busy lately so I just haven't had the time to make anything worth posting.
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Take your time dude, i know how you feel right now haha.
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This is great, love it. 15 min for every segment is amazing... Great end result.
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i like a lot this picture, so it is a pleasure to see his progress.
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Hey buddy, long time no see! What's up?
Btw, nice one! The final piece looks amazing though, thanks for showing us your process
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Hey man, good to hear from you. Are you posting your work anywhere else these days? Thanks for the comment!
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You're welcome!
About the animations, not really 
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I'm glad to hear that I'll at least be able to see more of your work!
Aww pff, don't call me an expert. We're all trying to solve the same problems in different ways. I'm glad you asked though. I'll definitely give some critiques, but you have to give me them too!Β
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Lovely to see this! As always the bold colors are handled so well!
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Thanks so much, I really appreciate you taking the time to comment.
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Absolutely brilliant and fantastic! It is so interesting and inspiring to see each step create a beautiful masterpiece. Nice work, as usual.
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Thank you very much shellz!
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Would love to see this in animation (makes the differences more visible)
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You know, that's a brilliant idea, soΒ I posted one on tumblr! Β If it's too annoyingly small (tumblr has very strict gif size restrictions) I can respost it but larger and as a scrap here on DA. Thanks for commenting, as always.
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No problem, so awesome to see it as an animation! Thanks for making it!
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very nice! I always enjoy looking at other artist's painting processes.
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It's fascinating seeing other people work, isn't it? 
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It was great to see your process - thanks for posting!
The piece is really nicely done, but I feel the need to say that no girl actually looks like this when she's gaming.
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uh huh . . . you aren't every gamer girl
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Great progression ! For the line, you do a special layer, and you hide it later, or, you paint over ?
And again, nice work
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Thanks, with these I usually have the sketch drawn right on the base canvas layer and I just start painting directly over it. If I want to try something that might be a bad idea, I'll try it on a separate layer and then flatten it later. I like to keep the sketch on the canvas though, because then I can't get rid of it, and it reminds me to keep moving around the painting to cover up all the areas I haven't touched yet.Β
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Thanks for your tips, that would help me a lot, trying to do some painting without the line.
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Hey, whatever works, a lot of my favorite artists have very line-oriented work, there's no right way to do it!
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Thanks andΒ yep, but for the moment i want to try, without line
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