I think I've probably said it before, but your work has this really tidy sharpness that's nicely visible on these.

That's great to hear. I usually avoid soft edged brushes, even if I'm doing something that requires soft undefined edges such as clouds or foliage, IMO it looks nicer to manually blend rather than let the tools do it for you.

Thanks again guys. I really appreciate the good feedback I get here.

And we appreciate the great art that you shower us with. <3
If i am to say something constructive, it'd be that the longbowman's legs seem a bit funky, somehow. A bit thin for a man at war, perhaps? Also, the rightmost leg blends in with the background, don't know if that's intentional.

I too noticed the left leg blending into the BG later after finishing that one. As for the thin legs, I was trying to imitate the sort of tight-fitting trousers I see in medieval settings all the time though they are definitely too thin even for tight pants, legs have thickness, I gotta remember.

This was the general attire I was aiming for

Because our Design Drawing teacher was sick we missed a class. Just so we had something to do we were told we could draw a spaceship or whatever if we wanted for extra credits. Since last friday was the last day to hand in drawing assignments I decided to draw a spaceship the day before:

It's horribly crooked and bent, mostly because we're not allowed to draw with rulers or pencils, but instead have to use fineliner and our own hands and eyes. Worth noting is that I had gotten glue into my eye the day before and that my hands have been shaking every day for as long as I can remember.

Guess who inspired me....

It has a kind of retro sci fi feel, I like it.

I'm getting a speed racer feel from it.

introducing barrel.png



also pictured: horridly uneven metal bands and the cloddiest outline ever

the top is uneven and it's making me nervous

is your barrel having a stroke

not just one stroke

MANY strokes

from a brush

w0w

@Natti: would you care to elaborate so that i can begin trying to make it better?

the back bit seems to be higher than the front bit is what i mean
it's driving me nuts

The right hand side is also pinched slightly.

Ah yes, that's just me having a bad eye for such things, and/or having stared myself blind at it (i think most drawpeople can verify that this happens). I could also only really see what Natti is on about after turning it upside down. :I
I may try fixing this, since i suppose it's good to practice getting things to line up properly.

Amazing stuff, madmax! Love the longbowmen. Nice contrast in values too, although I think in the longbowmen one the contrast in the background between fog and chars might be a bit too much. Not a big deal either way. Think the proportions of the bg chars might be something to look out for though, the knight on horseback in the longbowmen one especially looks a little too cartoony.

Here's a photo study I started working on yesterday:



Just linework for now, but I'm gonna try and fully render it as well later.