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[Jopax]

Spoiler: Now in color (click to show/hide)

[lordnincompoop]

Spoiler: Now in color (click to show/hide)

I thought it looked a bit flat at first glance, and I see why. There's no perspective distortion in the picture; the grass is the same size and length all the way through, and I'd expect the tree to be smaller that close to the horizon. The pole seems to fade into the ground, reinforcing the flat look.

[Jopax]

Now that you mention it, it does look flat, and the pole seems to fade into the clouds too >.<

[lordnincompoop]

I like the clouds though, how'd you do that?

*is incompetent with Photoshop*

[Jopax]

Some custom brushes i have, but most of the time i don't use them since they look too good, so they kinda stand out XD

[lordnincompoop]

Mind sharing the brushes? :I

[Jopax]

Sure, i got a few packs a while ago so i'm not sure which one is with these brushes, so take both, they're not really large

First one

Second one

[strongrudder]

Found this sketch I did some time ago, when I was trying to figure out what my thoughts were on how lady dwarves work.

I tend to follow the vanilla raws, which leave out beards for the females. But that leaves some figuring on making them look properly Dwarfy, instead of short sexy human ladies.

One idea was that they could hide their bare chins with clothing, especially when confronting other races. And wear tough-looking armor into battle. The idea is not that dwarven women are oppressed and forced to adhere to the way their men look - it's more that as dwarves, it's an aesthetic they find pleasing.

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I have another idea, but I'm waiting to get a drawing to illustrate it that isn't completely ugly. You'd think that being a chick myself, I'd have a better idea of how to draw feminine critters. :d

[Hippoman]

Found this sketch I did some time ago, when I was trying to figure out what my thoughts were on how lady dwarves work.

I tend to follow the vanilla raws, which leave out beards for the females. But that leaves some figuring on making them look properly Dwarfy, instead of short sexy human ladies.

One idea was that they could hide their bare chins with clothing, especially when confronting other races. And wear tough-looking armor into battle. The idea is not that dwarven women are oppressed and forced to adhere to the way their men look - it's more that as dwarves, it's an aesthetic they find pleasing.

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http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a388/ninja_otter/ladyDorf.jpg

I have another idea, but I'm waiting to get a drawing to illustrate it that isn't completely ugly. You'd think that being a chick myself, I'd have a better idea of how to draw feminine critters. :d

More. That's amazing.

[lordnincompoop]

Unless she has an epic chin, I'd expect the mask thing to be over her nose too, as it seems pretty loose.

It's nice though.

[Mephansteras]

I really like that, Strongrudder. Any plans on doing a colored version?

[Svampapa]

You'd think that being a chick myself, I'd have a better idea of how to draw feminine critters. :d

Not to draw any conclusions about your preferences, but we study what interests us I guess. I find myself having much more fun when I draw females than males... must be all them curves.   

Like her expression though! Despite half the face being covered her facial expression can be read quite clearly.

[strongrudder]

Just realized I hit the hyperlink button instead of the image-embedding one in my last post. Fixed that. :d

Unless she has an epic chin, I'd expect the mask thing to be over her nose too, as it seems pretty loose.

It's nice though.

That's a good point. It'd probably be obnoxious to deal with if the thing were too loose.

Not to draw any conclusions about your preferences, but we study what interests us I guess. I find myself having much more fun when I draw females than males... must be all them curves.   

Like her expression though! Despite half the face being covered her facial expression can be read quite clearly.

I do like drawing animals/monsters and dudes, so you may have something there. I can draw women when I have reference, but when I don't I default to manly anatomy somehow. Still working on that.

[Akigagak]

Not to draw any conclusions about your preferences, but we study what interests us I guess. I find myself having much more fun when I draw females than males... must be all them curves.   

Like her expression though! Despite half the face being covered her facial expression can be read quite clearly.

I do like drawing animals/monsters and dudes, so you may have something there. I can draw women when I have reference, but when I don't I default to manly anatomy somehow. Still working on that.
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You're drawing Dwarves here. Their women should be at least as manly as human men.

Male dwarves are on a whole new plane of mangrit.

[Nivim]

 For a beardless dwarf of a non-military profession, perhaps you could try a (tighter, raised, and) heavily decorated version. Not necessarily random pigments, hanging chains, or rings, but a fuller and more detailed patterns; perhaps of the repeating kind that looks like it's moving without doing so. I have an image of a diamonds inside diamonds pattern in my mind, that although innocuous when flat, gives the impression of a smiling toothy maw when worn.
 Although, when I try to remember images of stocky women, the chin and eye sockets always seem to decide the effect, so it sounds like a bad idea to obscure those features. For a moment there, I thought Maran Gor would be a good example, but although the KoDP image of her is immediately distinguishable as "a strong, stocky woman", she's not nearly short enough, and fat.