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[CaptBrenden]

Incomplete but seeking feedback... Its Cpl. Adrian Shepard from Half-life: Opposing Force

Added after 2 hours 11 minutes:

Okay.. not its pretty much complete, updated the image.

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oh and
http://www.mangarevolution.com/image.php?imgid=14828

In durring whoring  Could everyone click next to the picture where it says +major style ?  Im trying to get past level 1

[VonDaab]

Alright, so heres some honest feedback:

Trigger finger, looks bit dislocated, too far from the rest of the fingers.
Also, might be a bit too thin for male fingers.

LOL DEAGLE.

TRRIGGUR DISCIPLINE!

The pouch on the right looks a bit too rigid to be made of canvas or some other "soft" textile/material.

I dont know, might be just me but with all the halftoning, the image seems very cluttered and "overtoned".

The angle his feet are in makes me think that hes squatting or something similar.


Its still a very well done piece, I can see that you've put much effort in this one.

[CaptBrenden]

as I would expect from a fellow artist. "it looks pretty" doesnt help me much.   I agree about the hand thing, I fought with it forever and it still looks wrong...

However.. the Desert Eagle bit.. Please dont call it a deagle.. it sounds somehow... dirty... The character used a Desert Eagle(it replaced Freemans 357 revolver), and thats why I drew him with it. Plus as a Desert Eagle owner, I can personaly say its one of the Finest hand guns Ive ever used.. Counter Strikers can suck the sweat off a dead mans nutsack. (Gawd I hate counter strike.. any game that bills itself as a tactical shooter shouldnt have pulling out your knife and jumping around like an idiot be a legitimate tactic)

As for the over toning.. If I were drawing the frames of a manga yeah Id cut back alot on the tone.. but since this was a full page sized drawing designed to have a great deal of detail I did alot more to it.

anyhow, thanks for the constructive advanced critique

[VonDaab]

No problem.
Personally I dont like the DE, mostly because of the weird choice for action, bulky appearance and it being a bit of a "gimmick" among guns.

I'd understand a DE in .357 magnum, where you still got some magazine capacity, but the .50AE model... what the hell?

Oh well... have some IS-3-tan with dislocated leg.

[CaptBrenden]

Honestly,   do you really need more then 8 shots of .50 AE?  I dont think the action is all that bad personaly (tho I wish It were double action not single.. but hell the 1911 is single action too and its one of the greatest handgun designes ever created).  I find mine to be extreamly acurate and powerful, yes has a fraction of the kick a .50 revolver has due to the way the slide is built.  With the heavy barrel and only the rear portion of the slide going back it remains balanced when firing reducing muzzel jump and recoil dispite its insane round size.   And besides,  the version I have (the MKXIX) I can swap out the barrel and bolt as fast as I can feel strip it and convert it to .357 or .44.  

If you want a magnum, the desert eagle is it.  The only other one Id concider is Smith and Wessons new sheild gun 8 shot 357
 tho, the DE still wins in that its got easy to change magazines, as where the model 327 isnt really ment to be reloaded in combat (a sheild man would have a second one in a holster behind his sheild, if he runs of of bullets he drops it and pulls the second)

The DE is in a whole nother class then most handguns, its a specialists weapon. Oh, another perk is its the only semi auto magnums I know off the top of my head, which makes it one of the only ones that its possible to get a silencer and such... Plus the addition of a 10inch barrel and scopes or red dots.. its just an awsome weapon and ill stand by it.

Normaly Id be the first to disown something for being a gimmic or over hyped, but I feel the desert eagle has earned its reputation.

Now back to art discussion...Your pic, putting aside my distaste for strapping hardware to a girl and calling it a tan, looks pretty good. Its been a while since ive seen you do something that wasnt drawn with pixels in paint.  I do think her trigger finger is a tad long tho.  Wrapped around the grip it should still only stick out about a knuckle length and a half then the rest.. But who am I to judge? I cant draw hands for shit most of the time. That and I cant help but feel sorry for her, her breasts being as big as her head and all... I can only imagin how much of a pain that is.

[VonDaab]

Yeah, her trigger finger might be a bit too long. But theres so many other things aswell wrong it that drawin, so...

This whole IS-3 drawing was pretty much improvisation, I had no earlier sketches that I could get some desins from, thus the drawing was ridiculously slow.

I blame the IS-3's thick armor as the reason for the heavy chest.
230mm front-armor is pretty impressive for a WW2 era tank.
Compared to the TigerII that had only 180mm.

Also, Anime + Physics = Kittens die.

EDIT: I dont know if this really counts as "art" because its just a bunch of random sketches, but I hope this will put a smile on your face.
http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs25/f/2008/185/1/2/SketchDump_by_havenolimits.jpg

[CaptBrenden]

XD P head in a suit.. I guess its raep time! Oh and the ocelot with the neko mimi is priceless. Yeah I loled

also.. Related?
http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/dblog.php?u=18180&e=143857#856636



Okay, this peice is a gift art for a friend who got me into Dream Of Doll ( http://www.dreamofdoll.com/ ). It shows one of her characters Felicia-Val (find her on DA here.. http://felicia-val.deviantart.com/ at least untill someone can convice her shes good enough for MR) holding her doll and my manga avatar Evangline with my doll. If you would like to see my actual doll view here here : http://geekygothgirl.deviantart.com/art/Kanako-and-Kay-85758063 Anyhow, I said something to my friend that made her upset and this is sort of a very long in the coming apology.

Okay, some things about the picture.... VonDaab commented on my previous picture that it was too cluttered with all the half tone shading, so for this one I attempted to avoid using tone for shading effects.. the only place where tone was used to shade was on the bushes. Instead I used hatching lines and highlights. I eched the tone on the bushes with a parallel lines ruler on the bushes to create the impression of light shining down. This is also my first real attempt at a proper background. Perspective rulers were used to create the walls and I had to do a bit of research to decide how to draw the trees. The leaves were quite time consuming but I think they turned out wonderfully. I also experimented a little bit with texture and pattern tones on this one, with the stone effect on the wall and plaid pattern on the tie and skirt. Also I dropped a computone background in instead of etching my own clouds like on Unsung Hero of Black Mesa. I also tried to recreate an ocean effect I spotted in a manga with white lines on a falt color tone, but Im not sure Im happy with how it turned out...

If you like the picture, please visit this link and click next to the picture where it says +major style.  It helps me move up through the ranks of the artists there
http://www.mangarevolution.com/image.php?imgid=15061

[Aurora Borealis]

Beautiful and brilliant work, Captain! Although you skipped the shading process in that picture, it is still of equally fantastic quality as your other manga-style works!

The background is really nice and maybe I can study from it as well (as I cannot draw trees, bushes, or waves worth ****)

I checked the Dream of Doll website and all I gotta say about those dolls: DO WANT! But alas I cannot buy anything or spend any money online. Too bad for me

I'm sure your friend you made that picture for will love it!

[Grinder]

Don't piss off angry square.

[NejinOniwa]

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ಥ_ಥ

YOU MAKE UNICODE TROLL SAD
STOP IT

[VonDaab]

"Stop that, It's silly"
This thread needs more proper military clothing.

This picture is not an example of that.

[CaptBrenden]

I like her... combat boots.  Actually those kind hurt my ankles, the leather is too stiff.  anyhow awsome pic is awsome.

My latest work.  Damn it took forever -_-  I was playing with using black more.  Its got a few problems but I like how it turned out over all.


As always if you like it, please visit this link and click the +major style link next to the image and help me raise through the artist ranks there
http://www.mangarevolution.com/image.php?imgid=15278

[VonDaab]

I've never really been that interested in Warhammer, so I cant give any advice on that.
But the tone looks better, the black gives it good contrast.
Do you resize the pictures after toning? Because that might produce the "irregular dots" thingie, which kinda bugs me.

Hmm... Nothing else to say really.



Some Futuristic Tacticool:

[Gussy Keniji]

Something of a test run on Shi Painter Pro. Can't say it's good...maybe next time when I use Shi Painter Pro again or somethin...


Behold: Hate-chan lolz

...I uh dunno why she's in such a pissy mood...

Edito: Apparently, the pic wasn't displaying at first, but it should be okay now.

[CaptBrenden]

Gussy: Its not displaying...

Von Daab:  Tacticool XD Im gonna have to remember that one  Looks awsome too. Shes got tiny feet <_<

Any yes, there is some resizing. The original file is megaz big. I keep it for prints and such, but for web display it must be made smaller.  I did it as a PNG in fireworks so the distortion is minimal.. If I resize it in photoshop it looks fuckshit crazy <_<