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[lordnincompoop]

It seems that I found this Thread in the weirdest way possible.
But whatever.
More Color in Future! Maybe. Minimalism seems to make some things nicer.

That's because there's less to hate. :p

Also, the Guy standing outside is a Migrant, who has not been let in, due to being a Legendary Waste of Space.

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Also, isnt there some tag to make everything nicely shrink to fit the screen?

[img width=whatever height=something]http://image.here/yourdrawing.jpg[/img]

Like so:

Nicely done!

[Chilton]

It seems that I found this Thread in the weirdest way possible.
But whatever.
More Color in Future! Maybe. Minimalism seems to make some things nicer.

That's because there's less to hate. :p

Also, the Guy standing outside is a Migrant, who has not been let in, due to being a Legendary Waste of Space.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Also, isnt there some tag to make everything nicely shrink to fit the screen?

[img width=whatever height=something]http://image.here/yourdrawing.jpg[/img]

Like so:

Nicely done!

Thanks - Now I can shrink stuff.

[Farmerbob]

Sometimes I doubt the sanity of the members of this community.

Sometimes I doubt the sanity of just about everyone, including myself.

I'm not sure if humans are capable of sanity, mostly because we seem to redefine it fairly regularly.

[Buttery_Mess]

I wanted to practise landscapes. There is a dwarf fortress in there, so it's on topic.

[Kilroy the Grand]

It's a dwarf fortress? Then why haven't those trees been deforested?

[Mephansteras]

@Buttery_Mess: I like it! It's got a good feel to it.

@Kilroy the Grand: Obviously they've moved to underground tree farms so that the forest can be used to help funnel enemies along a known path.

[Guardian G.I.]

Those points near the entrance are probably tree stumps.

[Buttery_Mess]

Yeah, they are tree stumps. Let's just say it's a big enough map that they couldn't keep all the trees chopped without the forest growing back.

[Farmerbob]

DF troll :

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T

Crayon Art Goblin shearing a troll

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[Buttery_Mess]

You know, I realised recently that trolls wear clothes, whereas cyclopes romp around stark bollock naked. I tried to illustrate that recently, but I just could fully bring myself to complete the illustration.

[Julien Brightside]

I am pretty sure Deon could illustrate a female one.

I figured how to do grayshading today. (I think thats the name at least.)

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[Ferozstein]

I did an illustration of my guard/marksdwarf squad captain, Dumat Ezumanil, as an exercise in Photoshop rendering. I'm not quite happy with how it came out, but decided I don't want to spend any more time on this picture, so consider it finished.

Note the two werewolf heads motif on her quiver, it is the symbol of my fortress.

She is eighty-nine years old, born on the 6th of Galena in the year 165.
She is corpulent. Her very long straight hair is neatly combed. Her eyebrows are quite long. Her dark tan skin is wrinkled. Her head is somewhat short. Her rust eyes are somewhat narrow. Her lips are thin. Her hair is goldenrod with flecks of gray.
She is almost never sick and slow to tire.

[Loud Whispers]

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You kidding? This is amazing

[lordnincompoop]

I did an illustration of my guard/marksdwarf squad captain, Dumat Ezumanil, as an exercise in Photoshop rendering. I'm not quite happy with how it came out, but decided I don't want to spend any more time on this picture, so consider it finished.

Note the two werewolf heads motif on her quiver, it is the symbol of my fortress.

She is eighty-nine years old, born on the 6th of Galena in the year 165.
She is corpulent. Her very long straight hair is neatly combed. Her eyebrows are quite long. Her dark tan skin is wrinkled. Her head is somewhat short. Her rust eyes are somewhat narrow. Her lips are thin. Her hair is goldenrod with flecks of gray.
She is almost never sick and slow to tire.

Though your Photoshopping skills are quite, quite decent, I have several issues with this picture:

• You do not have a proper light source. The shadows are placed in arbitrary locations, making the picture look less than stunning.
• No shadow on ground. No ground.
• The nose is... Phallic. I'm sorry, but that's about the best I can describe it. Perhaps some practice with references is in order.
• The drapery on the chainmail shirt especially is unconvincing and stiff.
• There are several issues with space, positioning and perspective such that you create unconvincing angles and positions for several components in the picture, as well as some very queer joint and body part positions.
• Anatomy is lacking.

I think you'd benefit from time away from the computer and stylus when you sketch or practice.

[Ferozstein]

Though your Photoshopping skills are quite, quite decent, I have several issues with this picture:

• You do not have a proper light source. The shadows are placed in arbitrary locations, making the picture look less than stunning.
• No shadow on ground. No ground.
• The nose is... Phallic. I'm sorry, but that's about the best I can describe it. Perhaps some practice with references is in order.
• The drapery on the chainmail shirt especially is unconvincing and stiff.
• There are several issues with space, positioning and perspective such that you create unconvincing angles and positions for several components in the picture, as well as some very queer joint and body part positions.
• Anatomy is lacking.

I think you'd benefit from time away from the computer and stylus when you sketch or practice.

Thanks for the critique! You managed to nail down most of the issues I have with this picture myself. Also, the legs are very underdetailed in comparison to the rest of the figure. Did I mention I'm not especially happy with it?

I'm practicing both with pencil on paper and a Wacom tablet in Photoshop. The problem is, I'm better at Photoshop than I'm at drawing, as you have noticed. Perhaps I should shift the ratio in favor of pencil sketching.