We lempiä sinun hieno maalaus!
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Nian's sketchbook
Sectus
*ponders*
We lempiä sinun hieno maalaus!
(that may potentially make no sense)
We lempiä sinun hieno maalaus!
(that may potentially make no sense
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Nian
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*ponders*
We lempiä sinun hieno maalaus!
(that may potentially make no sense)
Hahaha. XD Yeah that makes sense in a way. Why thank you lol. Sorry for speaking finnish in the thread. It's one of the most difficult languages I know though. I think my english is better than my finnish even if I am finnish myself. XD
We lempiä sinun hieno maalaus!
(that may potentially make no sense
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Hahaha. XD Yeah that makes sense in a way. Why thank you lol. Sorry for speaking finnish in the thread. It's one of the most difficult languages I know though. I think my english is better than my finnish even if I am finnish myself. XD
AW Lore
Wow, wonderful drawings Nian 
Nkah Sennyt
Good lord. I always forget how phenomenal your art is until I see it again. [More] Art from you is definitely on the list after my FoW. <.<;
Foxeye
<--- is now a pile of oohs, ahhs, and squees on the floor
I've always been really addicted to colors (my husband always heckles me to pay more attention to anatomy and values in my stuff, rather than relying on color so much), and your artwork is like a hit of high quality color-crack to me. (The rest of it is excellent too, but I always fixate on color use.)
Is color theory something you've studied/practiced very diligently, or is it an innate talent? I know that good art is more often perspiration than inspiration, but every so often someone is born just "getting" certain things well.
I've always been really addicted to colors (my husband always heckles me to pay more attention to anatomy and values in my stuff, rather than relying on color so much), and your artwork is like a hit of high quality color-crack to me. (The rest of it is excellent too, but I always fixate on color use.)
Is color theory something you've studied/practiced very diligently, or is it an innate talent? I know that good art is more often perspiration than inspiration, but every so often someone is born just "getting" certain things well.
Teh_Nemesis
Well, i can only add many "wows" to you, excelent work. Very impresive.
Those look definitely awesome. I wish i had the skills to do digital painting that way. I can only work with natural means XD, but i'm short of time for artworks lately. Well, someone recently inspired me to get back to artworks again so it feels really good to hold a pencil in my hand again. I've been using photoshop for a long time, yet i have never worked on digital painting before. Probably your works inspire me to start practicing myself
Any tips for the newbies like me?
Well, see you around.
~Diane.
Those look definitely awesome. I wish i had the skills to do digital painting that way. I can only work with natural means XD, but i'm short of time for artworks lately. Well, someone recently inspired me to get back to artworks again so it feels really good to hold a pencil in my hand again. I've been using photoshop for a long time, yet i have never worked on digital painting before. Probably your works inspire me to start practicing myself
Any tips for the newbies like me?
Well, see you around.
~Diane.
Nian
Argh. XD Before my thread dies I shall post something. Sorry they are not GW related but my original characters and creations. I'm currently working on some GW arts but I'm a bit busy atm.
My redheaded shaman girl, Neesa.
My curvylicious mage character Hisa Liliam and her rival and partner in crime Raj the horn(y) dude.
One of the things I'm currently working on but *gasp* who could it be.
Man, I forgot to answer some questions. I guess I just thought I did and forgot to actually do it...how typical. XD
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My redheaded shaman girl, Neesa.
My curvylicious mage character Hisa Liliam and her rival and partner in crime Raj the horn(y) dude.
One of the things I'm currently working on but *gasp* who could it be.
Man, I forgot to answer some questions. I guess I just thought I did and forgot to actually do it...how typical. XD
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Is color theory something you've studied/practiced very diligently, or is it an innate talent? I know that good art is more often perspiration than inspiration, but every so often someone is born just "getting" certain things well.
But just personally I think colors and lightning are waaay more important than anatomy and correctness in artwork. Colors can do so much to a piece that other values become way less significant and flaws may go unnoticed. It's all about creating illusions eh? ;P
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Those look definitely awesome. I wish i had the skills to do digital painting that way. I can only work with natural means XD, but i'm short of time for artworks lately. Well, someone recently inspired me to get back to artworks again so it feels really good to hold a pencil in my hand again. I've been using photoshop for a long time, yet i have never worked on digital painting before. Probably your works inspire me to start practicing myself
Any tips for the newbies like me?
Well, see you around.
~Diane. I think being able to use natural mediums and just draw and sketch a lot is of great benefit and will help you no matter what digital mediums you feel like using in the future. As for digital painting tips. I don't know if I'm any good at giving tips but here are some I try to follow myself. :P
-Don't be afraid to make a mess because you can always undo, erase and paint over. Use more than one layer to make this more efficient.
-Try out different brushes to find your favourites. You can pretty much make your own brushes and adjust them 'till kingdom come but it's not nessecary. Personally I like to use just a few brushes that seem to work for me. I finally found this link yay! CA.org forums has a really nice thread for PS Brush sharing.
-My favourite technique is to paint on top of a sketch. Paint colors and do the shading underneath the lineart first like you would color something with visible lineart. After that just start painting on top of the linearts, blend them into the picture and make them disappear where you want them to. Some people like to start painting on top of a mess and keep adding detail but I rarely do that myself.
This is pretty much what I did:
Something like that I guess. I think it's somewhat of a general concensus that Painter overrules Photoshop in painting digitally and Photoshop is better fore manipulating and adjusting photos and the like. But there are ofcourse people like me who still love to use Photoshop for painting even if the brush dynamics are really clumsy in comparison to Corel Painter. :P
Any tips for the newbies like me?
Well, see you around.
~Diane. I think being able to use natural mediums and just draw and sketch a lot is of great benefit and will help you no matter what digital mediums you feel like using in the future. As for digital painting tips. I don't know if I'm any good at giving tips but here are some I try to follow myself. :P
-Don't be afraid to make a mess because you can always undo, erase and paint over. Use more than one layer to make this more efficient.
-Try out different brushes to find your favourites. You can pretty much make your own brushes and adjust them 'till kingdom come but it's not nessecary. Personally I like to use just a few brushes that seem to work for me. I finally found this link yay! CA.org forums has a really nice thread for PS Brush sharing.
-My favourite technique is to paint on top of a sketch. Paint colors and do the shading underneath the lineart first like you would color something with visible lineart. After that just start painting on top of the linearts, blend them into the picture and make them disappear where you want them to. Some people like to start painting on top of a mess and keep adding detail but I rarely do that myself.
This is pretty much what I did:
Something like that I guess. I think it's somewhat of a general concensus that Painter overrules Photoshop in painting digitally and Photoshop is better fore manipulating and adjusting photos and the like. But there are ofcourse people like me who still love to use Photoshop for painting even if the brush dynamics are really clumsy in comparison to Corel Painter. :P
Leon_Ux-ixen
Wow I leave for a year and all these new artists spring up o.O
The part that I really love about your characters is the way they look, it's like a corss between anime and realism(the style I choose when I do busts) and the river of colors that flow through each picture so wonderfully. Even the ones that lack a background for detail are masterfully done and don't nee done. I adore your work and bow to it. *bow*
Keep drawing before I sick my LvL.70 Rogue on you. =P
(WoW is an addiction run!)
The part that I really love about your characters is the way they look, it's like a corss between anime and realism(the style I choose when I do busts) and the river of colors that flow through each picture so wonderfully. Even the ones that lack a background for detail are masterfully done and don't nee done. I adore your work and bow to it. *bow*
Keep drawing before I sick my LvL.70 Rogue on you. =P
(WoW is an addiction run!)
Jeff Highwind
I can see Raj as a combo madman in a fighter game, but yea epic concepts.
Nian
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Hehe, well the thing with me and anime is. I can't quite get rid of the style even if I wanted to. It'll take time. When I started drawing characters they were all based on western fantasy stereotypes but then somewhere along the way anime came around and there it is! Dang it haha.
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I can see Raj as a combo madman in a fighter game, but yea epic concepts.
The mage and the "devil" are very old characters and certainly have their fair share of clichés and I wouldn't argue with that. I was younger when I made them. But clichés are fun sometimes hehe! I'm sure Raj would appreciate that comment, maybe I should really make him mad...hmmm sounds interesting!
Sectus
So... pretty... artwork! *faints*
Riesz
Amazing art... I'm just in awe! The details, the colors, everything is beautiful.
I especially love the way you draw hair. The way it flows and swirls about is so elegant! Keep up the excellent work; I can't wait to see more!
ravensong
Looking good Nian...very good!
Im excited about ...the thing! 
azn deathfire
LUUUUUUUUUUUV yur style
ugh i'm so jealous lol, photoshop for some reason wont work on my computer, so i'm stuck with opencanvas XO
Nian
I haven't had much time to properly draw or play for a while but here are some sketches I did a while back. Had just forgotten to scan them. All of these are based on characters often seen on the screenshot forums. Mainly TNMT related peoples~! Wonder if you can guess who they are based on. :P
Okay I guess you can't really guess this one since she isn't wearing much anything. I was supposed to draw Mango's Roar Roar but somehow the clothes didn't turn up in the picture. :P Ok well back to my miserable duties now bybye. 
Morag D
wow they're incredible! I love Lokii best, she looks so sexy and exotic
Nian
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wow they're incredible! I love Lokii best, she looks so sexy and exotic
Thanks for the comment. I guess it's obvious she is Lokii. xDI had drawn Arala with her twin too but that one's not ready for showing even as a sketch(I guess I love monks). Why are I so messyy. Ä_Ä
Sectus
(Bah! The forum apparently ate my previous post...)
Love the new sketches! Lokii is my favourite one as well. I hope you get time to draw more soon Quote:
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Mistical miss
Sweeeeet
just some detail added to mila's hands would be good ^^
I Might Avenge U
Very Nice, you have a way with hair O_o
Unlucky Slayer
Needs more Rits. =P
(Both Cycle one Rits would be super.) =P Anyway Great work. Cant wait to see more.
Jeff Highwind
Now I'm mad that I diddn't reserve a spot. Epic art works Nian.
Nian
I do want to get back to doing a few more GW commissions in the future. Atm it just seems impossible, ha.
Btw this is what my sketches REALLY look like before I clean them up. Pencil sketches are even worse, filled with smudges etc. I always have to erase them like once or twice before I get the lineart clean. I'm sooo jealous of people who can draw clean pretty shaded sketches from scratch. Curses! :P --- This is actually zOMG Lore's mesmer done waaay back. I'm still planning to cel color it and send it to her when I get it finished. It's a bonus for commissioning me twice and for the nice tips. :3  (I have a huge lineart version if somebody for some strange reason wants to color o.o) Edit: Hmm...where to upload huge lineart version...*scratches head* XD Err let's hope imageshack doesn't compress it much to much: There we go. (: Edit2: Oops, you can erase the for Lore text since that should be from me only. XD
Unlucky Slayer
Ooooo *raises hand* I could use more to color when I get to it.
Daenara
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Thanks for the comment. I guess it's obvious she is Lokii. xD
I had drawn Arala with her twin too but that one's not ready for showing even as a sketch(I guess I love monks). Why are I so messyy. Ä_Ä :O If you draw a picture of my monk, I'll be the happiest monkette out there... <3 <3 <3 I can't wait! Your pictures are just incredible.. I'm always excited when I see this thread bumped because I hope there's something else you've posted here.
Roguish Seraph
omg! You made Lokii sexah *hugs*
I must pay you back for that awesome drawing ^^ *goes for her tablet*
actionjack
Design +++
Style +++ Color +++ Skill +++ Sexyness +++ Want to marry me?
Killaya
OH, my, god o_O
I love them. The ele in the first post is just stunning. Wonderful work, if you ever do decide to start up commissions again, I would be extremely interested in buying!
Morag D
well, as you suggested someone color your pretty sketch for awLore, here's my attempt
that dress HAS to be in pastel colors (made thumbnail as not to hijack your thread xD) thx for letting us play with your drawing, it was so much fun!
Nian
Oooo! You colored it! I got this butterfly happy feeling in my stomach when I saw the thumbnail. Very lovely, thank you Morag! I love the whole color theme you chose soo much. It's definatelyl something I could never think up, soft and beautiful~~I'm always attracted by warm down to earth tones like that. 8)
Morag D
whee! you like it! *does happy dance* is it ok for you if I put it down as a collaboration project on my deviantArt page? self-promotion
I should really like to color some more of your gorgeous lineart if you'd like to share
clawofcrimson
Can I comission a tutorial on coloring??
Unlucky Slayer
Fixed Morag's link. =P
Very nice coloring. Now I'm not sure if I wanna do it myself cuz I'd fail. =(
Nian
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I should really like to color some more of your gorgeous lineart if you'd like to share |
I very much like coloring others linearts myself. Don't remember if I have any other linearts anywhere. I'm so messy with my sketches I usually just skip the 'clean lineart' phase and jump right onto coloring. xD
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Fixed Morag's link. =P
Very nice coloring. Now I'm not sure if I wanna do it myself cuz I'd fail. =( Meh don't be to hard on yourself now. I don't believe a word of it. :P
Very nice coloring. Now I'm not sure if I wanna do it myself cuz I'd fail. =( Meh don't be to hard on yourself now. I don't believe a word of it. :P
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Can I comission a tutorial on coloring??
Maybe if I wasn't a lazy bum....I mean *cough* a very busy person that is!
I think I used to make a few tutorials long time ago but I don't even use the techniques in those anymore I think. XD I could at some point try drawing an Open Canvas piccy and upload the event file. You could watch the paint process with just a tiny program I could upload aswell if I find it.
Jeff Highwind
I can link to a tutorial on coloring I used once, give me a tick...
http://www.deviantart.com/view/28818568/
AW Lore
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omg... i go slacking for some time and i fail to see this?Nian, you DO know that now ill have track you down for this right? be warned, there is no escape from me. oh and Morag, thanks for the coloring, it looks awesome! i have always loved big dress like...err...dress? sort of clothing, and the way its drawed just makes me drop my jaw.
actionjack
So Nian, got any new stuff yet?
mojave mango juice
Idk if you saw my post on the other forums, so...
Ty so much for drawing my Roar Roar, its so cute
Nian
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Idk if you saw my post on the other forums, so...
Ty so much for drawing my Roar Roar, its so cute
I did notice it thank you Mango and sorry I was just too lazy to answer. Very typical of me. :PDoodled Noa's wammo gal Amy in noob armor during yesterdays BBQ party. Drew from memory so no idea wheter this was what she looked like but she certainly was no princess harhar. I'm gonna try and devote today to just drawing and hopefully I will finish at least one piece of work. I have loads to do afterall. Edit: Finished coloring Lore's mesmer(with the old dye). Tried a different style of coloring on it.  Link
AW Lore
oh wow Nian, the coloring looks awesome, very nice job! me wuvs it.
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