OotS Style Art/Fanart Showcase IV

[Zefir]

Wow they are great especially the shading.

How long did you need to draw them? Especially the Circle.

[AsteriskAmp]

Wow they are great especially the shading.

How long did you need to draw them? Especially the Circle.

Thanks.

Each took about two and a bit hours. As for the circle, if you consider the hand drawing process then around 10 hours, if you do not, it goes down to 6

[Ashen Lilies]

I suppose it's in the spirit of this thread to mercilessly whore out present my latest line of avatars. Striptease edition!





It's a sad day when you have to name the fully dressed avatar such in the filename, in order to differentiate it from the 'regular' one.

[CapedLuigiYoshi]

Whoops, I made an odd thing.

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A very odd thing indeed. Yes, he's got a lime for a head, that's what I'm talking about.

I guess I'm asking for advice here? I'm still pretty unpracticed, so there's definitely things I could work on.

[Elder Tsofu]

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You're beginning to remind me of Ego Slayer.

[Gullara]

*fires up inkscape* *arts*



Meet Cynthia. Isn't she adorable? >=3

[Kurien]

Even though this thread moves slowly, with the infrequency of my posts there seems to be quite a few pieces to respond to! It would take over an hour to comment to everything, so I won't comment at all, My reasoning being that if I just comment on some, then it seems I'm ignoring others.

However, I do have something I'd like to show. Maybe one or two of the the long-time posters might recognize this picture:

A what-if? scenario in which for some reason the members of the Order of the Stick happened to swap origin stories and each others' roles.
I decided to update it using the better Paint skills I developed since drawing it all the way back in 2007.
Here it is:

Their (tentative) names are: Hal Starhilt, Belkar Thunderleaf, Roxy Greenshine, Vaaran, Elanicalicus, and Durkon Bittershield.

Also, another piece I tweaked a bit was this fairy whowasceliaandthenwasnot:

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And finally, I revisited an avatar I made for Krade for Genderbender Week 2010. I remember it got comments about a disparity between the face and the rest of the avvie, so along with some tweaks I changed them to something inspired by an anime style.
Original:

Modified:

[smuchmuch]

While I do agree with the comment about dispartiy between heads and bobies in your style, I have to say the old version still looked much better, in my opinion.
Sorry but those pseudo anime eyes just look damn creepy. (The mouth seems better placed, though)

[Kurien]

While I do agree with the comment about dispartiy between heads and bobies in your style, I have to say the old version still looked much better, in my opinion.
Sorry but those pseudo anime eyes just look damn creepy. (The mouth seems better placed, though)

Really? The comments I got back then were that the OotS style eyes were creepy. If some of the other posters agree on the anime eyes thing, then I'll have to try something else . Also, do you think the head is disproportionately large to the body as well?

[Savannah]

Both sets of eyes are creepy. I'd try the anime style eyes, but with a normal eye color instead of the yellow (or at least yellow that doesn't blend into the skin as much).

[smuchmuch]

I'd say if you keep the anime eye and golden irisses,maybe try making the eyes slightly smaller and have the top of the eye cover the eyes a bit (so the irrises look less like full circle.) It might help.

If you are going for a rather detailled style, maybe you could try putting in the inkling of a nose (even if it's just two small curved lines to keep witht manga style)

And yes the head is rather disproportioante for the body but it doesn't look too bad, IMO. Slightly cartoony proportions are rather common in avatars (not to mention the OOts style ones.) and rather understandable (I mean you can only fit so much setail in a small box and it is the part whose going to be looked at first, so normal to put some emphasis on the head.)

[Kurien]

I'd say if you keep the anime eye and golden irisses,maybe try making the eyes slightly smaller and have the top of the eye cover the eyes a bit (so the irrises look less like full circle.) It might help.

If you are going for a rather detailled style, maybe you could try putting in the inkling of a nose (even if it's just two small curved lines to keep witht manga style)

Hmm, I guess resizing the image lost some of the detail. For instance, I did try to give the impression of a nose, and there were whites to her eyes. Here's the original pic in its MS Paint format:


Taking Savannah's and your advice into account, I tried to make the eyes slightly smaller, and made much of the iris in deep shadow. I also upped the contrast of the shadow that was outlining the nose.

[Ashen Lilies]

Having taken the liberty of copying it into my art program so I could resize it to avatar size, all I can say is much. Much, much better.

[Elder Tsofu]

I liked the old new version much better than the old version, it removed all the creepiness in my eyes. The new new version seem slightly better yet though.

[smuchmuch]

Okay looked at it in 120*120 and it's a lot better, IMO. (I still think manga eyes are a bit creepy but that's just a matter of personal preférences here, I think)

[CrimsonAngel]

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I made Homestuck class templates.............

[Hattish Thing]

Hello all! I'm new to the whole avatar making thing, but I thought that I might have well gotten started...Practice makes perfect I guess. I've been working on Inkscape....here's my second avatar ever. (My first one was too bad to mention. Hey, does anyone know how to make lines thicker or bolder Inkscape?

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[smuchmuch]

the 'width' parameter on the 'Stroke style' sub section of the 'Fill and stroke' options (Can be accessed from the top of the 'object' menu or by right clicking on most objects,)

[Crimmy]

Just a little thing for nekidness week. Joking.

[Hattish Thing]

the 'width' parameter on the 'Stroke style' sub section of the 'Fill and stroke' options (Can be accessed from the top of the 'object' menu or by right clicking on most objects,)

Oh! Neat! Thanks! Hey, how do you get hair to go above the face? Because there's a lig bold line going through the middle of the hair from the outline of the head. >.<

[Crimmy]

Select the hair and press Page up, or the head and press page down.

[Tiffanie Lirle]

Character designs! A coat-person and a Mana Corp. goon.

[Crimmy]

The first one's shadow over the eyes... I think the shadow needs either more hair-like shape, or blurriness. But I like it all, the pose, the boots.

The second one, I'm speechless.


Also, what happened to you, my dear Scarecrow Lady?

[Tiffanie Lirle]

The first one's shadow over the eyes... I think the shadow needs either more hair-like shape, or blurriness.

Yeah, you were right. I added a blur effect and lowered the alpha to 80. It looks much smoother now. Thanks.

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Also, what happened to you, my dear Scarecrow Lady?

If you're referring to the avatar. I was spontaneously kidnapped in ABR by a giant bird. Which led me to trying out a new drawing style. It's all rather confusing.

[Crimmy]

Confusing, indeed. It looks nice, though.

And the shadow looks much smoother now. 7 thumbs up.

[Aruius]

Hey everyone,

I just drew myself a new avatar (its been a while), and I was wondering what you guys think of it, or if there is anything glaring that I managed to miss. He's a character that I'm currently playing in a campaign, and he's been through quite a bit!

[Dark Elf Bard]

New stuff!

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[Hattish Thing]

Well, I have tried once more to make an avatar! I'm not sure if this one is better than my first...

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[Dark Elf Bard]

Damn! That's really good! I think you just need to work on spacing your eyes a little...

[Gullara]

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Just a little thing for nekidness week. Joking.

Keep being awesome. That's all there is to say.

Character designs! A coat-person and a Mana Corp. goon.
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Ooh, these are really awesome. Especially after the shadow fix on the first one. Mark me impressed.

Hey everyone,

I just drew myself a new avatar (its been a while), and I was wondering what you guys think of it, or if there is anything glaring that I managed to miss. He's a character that I'm currently playing in a campaign, and he's been through quite a bit!
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Very nicely done. Perhaps the upper arm is a bit awkward. My only real grip is with the shape of the body. It's so straight and ridged when the pose really calls for it not to be. Otherwise I like it, though.

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Hm, these avis are rather rough and choppy. Not strictly bad, but I think they could use some tidying up.

Well, I have tried once more to make an avatar! I'm not sure if this one is better than my first...

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Not bad. I think the legs are a bit too long, and the head is certainly too small. Not bad at all for an early avi. *nodnod*


And now, I spent most of today making four avatars.

Renetta:


Fettina:


Arel:


ReboNak:


EDIT: And one more!

Becca: