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[VonDaab]

Heh, well thanks. Good you like it.

Yeah, I too have had my moments when I had to punish a legion of targets.
Also blue balloons, which really gave the "boom! headshot!" feeling.

Btw, your image kinda stretches the page so that the text doesnt really wrap correct. Any possibility to crop it a little?

Oh yeah, found this. It's one early sketch using the new way to color.

[NejinOniwa]

Dark...i like that. Her face seems a little bit out-of-place color-wise, though. Is that intentional?

[VonDaab]

Intentional? Probably not, as my coloring and understanding colors are pretty much at noob stage.
I went 3 years art school, still, I was never taught any decent color theory...

[NejinOniwa]

Woah, that's one shitty art school. Not getting your money's worth, I'd feel.

[VonDaab]

Yes well, it was a Graphical design school. But Graphical design should require color theory.

The education was free though.

[NejinOniwa]

I guess that's true...your time's worth then? Haha ^^

[CaptBrenden]

I dont know, I personaly think nejin is insande and sucks at art critique cus that picture looks pretty good. I feel you did an exellent job of color on the picture. I feel her head looks like it belongs as much as a pink haired big eyed anime girls head can in a situation like that.  He head stands out as much as anyones would in covert ops that doesnt do something to subdue it (cammie paint, balacava or whatever) I feel she looks pretty much like I would expect someone too standing in the dark once your eyes have adjusted.

Now what I notice about the picture is her expression... It really makes me wonder what it is shes seeing. Im not sure how to describe it, but its like whatever it is had made her drop her guard... like it put her deep in thought or something. She doesnt have a tactical air about her at the moment, more of an innocent one which seems od for someone with side arm in hand wearing tactical clothing.  

Sure, Im not sure if you were even thinking about any of that while you were drawing it, but it just seems like there is alot of hidden thought and emotion coming from her which give the peice a nice feel.

[NejinOniwa]

I personaly think nejin is insande and sucks at art critique cus that picture looks pretty good.

Oi. Discretion, use it. Don't slam down on people for casual comments, you.

[VonDaab]

I had an idea behind that drawing, but I got bored with it and never finished it.

People have opinions, bear with it Neijin. Personally I agree with you and think the colors arent that well choosen.

I've been lately in a mood of drawing not-so-tacticool military stuff.

[NejinOniwa]

Mooh.
Why does the lower part give me the impression of a hockey player...?
Kneepads, maybe.
Oh well; it's got nice detail, I've got to say. A huge load of that tedious stuff I'm always to lazy to deal with ^^

[VonDaab]

Yeah, they're kneepads.
Though, I dont know where you get the hockey part...

[CaptBrenden]

Humm, good stuff that. I almost want to try toneing that  Interesting detail, actually putting the knee pads down in the standby position instead of the knees if Im not mistaken. Tho, normaly when I see that people also rotate them outboard as well as drop them to shin level. More comfortable to have them there when not inuse.  Overall I like it. Mind if I give it some tone?

[VonDaab]

Well, sure. I think I could check if I got a hi-res of it.

Yeah, some people rotate them, probably to get it out of way when you kneel and dont have them in use, or something, dunno. I just pulled them down.

EDIT: Slightly bigger one.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee258/VDaab/belbduhires1.jpg

[CaptBrenden]

I just thought it was an interesting detail to include.  Hi-rez would be great tho I could probobly work of that one if I had to

[VonDaab]

The one I linked to in my last post is the highest resolution I could get.

Ugh, I always seem to draw on too low resolution.

And now that I tried some hi-res. My computer craps itself...
512MB's isnt really the optimum I say.
Anyways, some wip: