Re: Inkscape guide for OotS avatars
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Originally Posted by
Trixie
What.
Paint is hands down the best, most lightweight editor you can use - it you know how to use it. All my avatars saw paint at least once during drawing.
I don't mean to say paint is bad, just that I wouldn't use it.
Re: Inkscape guide for OotS avatars
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Originally Posted by
Trixie
What.
Paint is hands down the best, most lightweight editor you can use - it you know how to use it. All my avatars saw paint at least once during drawing.
Plus it's great for spritework!
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Um... I'd advise to to spend another 15 minutes working on sword, both hands, and legs.
Also - eyes, mouth and shoulderpads.
Head, shoulders knees and toes (Knees and toes!)
Head, shoulders knees and toes (Knees and to-o-o-oes)
Eyes, and ears, and mouth and nose,
head, shoulders knees and toes (Knees and toes!):smalltongue:
Re: Inkscape guide for OotS avatars
You should add a guide on drawing monsters with odd-shaped heads, like kobolds.
Re: Inkscape guide for OotS avatars
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Originally Posted by
Herpestidae
You should add a guide on drawing monsters with odd-shaped heads, like kobolds.
Ehh, this guide is made to tell you exactly HOW to learn those things.
If you can't make them good, then start tracing, make a template, and then continue.
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And then I saw Freshmeat's post. I... am both insanely jealous and awed. Terrific work, sir!
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Awesome guide! Now I'm hooked on the program. I do not know how you would do anything without the nodes tool.
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I used your guide, and then tweaked a bunch to get the left half of my current avatar. I found it incredibly helpful. I would certainly recommend it to others. :smallsmile:
Now if only I could get the bugs to look right...
Re: Inkscape guide for OotS avatars
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Originally Posted by
Thajocoth
Now if only I could get the bugs to look right...
The best way is to find something that looks vaguely like the bug type you want in an OotS strip. The demon roaches are one type, but I'm sure are some flies or moths in there somewhere.
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Try looking for roy's corpse shots.
Woohoo halfing!
Re: Inkscape guide for OotS avatars
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Trazoi
The best way is to find something that looks vaguely like the bug type you want in an OotS strip. The demon roaches are one type, but I'm sure are some flies or moths in there somewhere.
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Originally Posted by
AlfredAmeoba
Try looking for roy's corpse shots.
Thanks a lot! It does look a lot better now that I looked back at Roy's corpse and the Killer Hornets Belkar put on V... They're like a swarm of tiny glowing things instead of the weird-looking balls of light they were before.
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Originally Posted by
Herpestidae
You should add a guide on drawing monsters with odd-shaped heads, like kobolds.
I agree with this.
Also, I have a hard time drawing halflings. Anybody got advice for them? The girls especially have a weird body shape I can't get...:smallyuk: Same problem with dwarves.
I'm pretty good doing most other races, though.
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Originally Posted by
EmeraldPhoenix
I agree with this.
Also, I have a hard time drawing halflings. Anybody got advice for them? The girls especially have a weird body shape I can't get...:smallyuk: Same problem with dwarves.
I'm pretty good doing most other races, though.
*ahem*
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Originally Posted by
Crimmy
Ehh, this guide is made to tell you exactly HOW to learn those things.
If you can't make them good, then start tracing, make a template, and then continue.
Just go through the comic and find a kobold or whatever it is you want to draw and trace it.
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My first attempt! Baby steps, and all that.
(Dunno why I just bothered reposting and spoilering my avvie...)
The guide is really helpful, so thanks for that. I think I just found a new hobby :smallbiggrin:
I think props and/or expressions are going to be my least favourite things to deal with. Gonna have to make a nice big collection of reference material.
Re: Inkscape guide for OotS avatars
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Gossipmonger
My first attempt! Baby steps, and all that.
(Dunno why I just bothered reposting and spoilering my avvie...)
The guide is really helpful, so thanks for that. I think I just found a new hobby :smallbiggrin:
I think props and/or expressions are going to be my least favourite things to deal with. Gonna have to make a nice big collection of reference material.
That's actually pretty good!
Though the mouth seems a bit strange.
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Zersk786
That's actually pretty good!
Though the mouth seems a bit strange.
Thanks! Yeah, I couldn't get the mouth quite right, but close enough is good enough for now. I'll probably edit it once I get a bit more practise in.
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Gossipmonger
Thanks! Yeah, I couldn't get the mouth quite right, but close enough is good enough for now. I'll probably edit it once I get a bit more practise in.
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0692.html
Bottom set of panels. Lots of open mouths there for you to compare with. Good luck!
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Thajocoth
Awesome! There's a lot of useful props in that one too. Cheers.
Edit: Minor update. Comparison below! Time for a break now, though.
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The mouth is definitely an improvement, although it still needs a bit of work, I've found mouths one of the hardest things to get right in OotS style. And it may interest you that there is an OotS precedent for goat-legged fauns, although the stick-legs convey the meaning fine already. :smallsmile:
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I apologize if this has already been answered, but what font does The Giant use when speech is concerned?
*EDIT* After much deliberation, I believe that it is Comic Sans.
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Zelthax
I apologize if this has already been answered, but what font does The Giant use when speech is concerned?
The speech appears to be Comic Sans MS. It's one of Microsoft's Core Fonts for the Web, so it's on most computers.
The title font appears to be Lucida Grande. This font comes with Mac OS X, but it might be harder to find if you're using Windows.
Edit: Maybe Lucida Sans Unicode might work? It's slightly different (the numeral 1 is different, for example) but it's got a similar look.
Re: Inkscape guide for OotS avatars
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Originally Posted by
Zelthax
I apologize if this has already been answered, but what font does The Giant use when speech is concerned?
*EDIT* After much deliberation, I believe that it is Comic Sans.
Looks like a version Comic Sans to me. probably bolded.
EDIT: Ninja'ed. Twice.
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Wow, that was a very helpful guide. Thanks for putting it together. Of course the last thing I needed was another time sink... :smallamused:
Pretty happy with my first result, (which is now my avatar). :smallsmile:
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Thanks guys.
And Trazoi, your guide has been great. Created my avatar with it, in fact.
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Thanks man.
Your guide was really useful.
Here is my first try: