Aidan Thurifuge:
Christopher Snow:
Dont Mess With Me:
All were done in both Painter IX and Photoshop CS2. Unfortunately I can't do any more for a while but perhaps some day..
Thanks for looking y'all
chobomaster's portrait fun time
chobomaster
Hello. I completed a few commissions for some of the patrons here and thought I could share them with you all.
Aidan Thurifuge:
Christopher Snow:
Dont Mess With Me:
All were done in both Painter IX and Photoshop CS2. Unfortunately I can't do any more for a while but perhaps some day..
Thanks for looking y'all
Aidan Thurifuge:
Christopher Snow:
Dont Mess With Me:
All were done in both Painter IX and Photoshop CS2. Unfortunately I can't do any more for a while but perhaps some day..
Thanks for looking y'all
Mistical miss
Sweet, interesting style 
SPIRIT OF THE SEA
Wow thats awsome I love the ranger with the stalker
Messy
Thanks a million Chobo, I really love it!! It's definitely a different style... Like Van Gogh came to Guild Wars Really really cool.
I hope I can catch you in game today
Really really cool.I hope I can catch you in game today
Commander Ryker
Loving mine....it's a different style then what's been done and variety as they say, is the spice of life. 
To Spirit, Orson is a lynx, not a stalker. He gets very offended when called otherwise. 
To Spirit, Orson is a lynx, not a stalker. He gets very offended when called otherwise.
SPIRIT OF THE SEA
lol sorry didnt know
Morag D
something totally different again! wow, I like your style, very nice pictures
Xeroxz
I love it, if you ever wanne make some ingame money for such a picture let me know 
^_^; i'd be glad to pay 50k to 100k for it
^_^; i'd be glad to pay 50k to 100k for it
StarrTheInsane
Very nice color on all these. Great lighting and active strokes! You absolutely nailed the style. I love Aidan, thank you!
chobomaster
Thanks all for the comments! Glad you all are enjoying your portraits. I have to say it's weird that everyone talks about the "style" in which I do these, since I never really thought of them that way. It really is something that just happens unintentionally.
StarrTheInsane
Impressionism: Characteristics of Impressionist painting include visible brushstrokes, open composition, emphasis on light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, the inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience, and unusual visual angles. -Wikipedia
Your work is similar to:
Morisot
Monet
Manet
Renoir
And I can tell you that's something special in these times. Not many people can do it. Nowdays, if it's not taking a close stab at photo-realism, it's more of a cartoon. Most artists are more concerned with the figure and the precision of detail (like I tend to be) than of the color, movement, light, and emotion. I think it's very important to capture those things, especially for someone who was willing to spend money (be it in-game) for a portrait of their character. It means there IS emotion there and it's not just some pixels on a screen. I, myself, fall short in that department, because I get caught up in so much detail that the emotion sometimes gets lost.
Your work has been very inspiring!
Your work is similar to:
Morisot
Monet
Manet
Renoir
And I can tell you that's something special in these times. Not many people can do it. Nowdays, if it's not taking a close stab at photo-realism, it's more of a cartoon. Most artists are more concerned with the figure and the precision of detail (like I tend to be) than of the color, movement, light, and emotion. I think it's very important to capture those things, especially for someone who was willing to spend money (be it in-game) for a portrait of their character. It means there IS emotion there and it's not just some pixels on a screen. I, myself, fall short in that department, because I get caught up in so much detail that the emotion sometimes gets lost.
Your work has been very inspiring!
chobomaster
Wow, those are very kind words.. but I dunno if I deserve to be compared to Monet or Van Gogh & the others.
But you're definitely bringing up a subject that I'm very concerned with. Stylized or cartoon drawing is one subject, but when it comes to painting what you're really doing is painting light as the human eye sees it, and the objects it hits to form a scene/portrait are totally incidental. It's an idea that was practiced by Velazquez and the Impressionists took it to the extreme, seeing the world almost like a machine. I'm not saying I rank with them, but I guess you could say I'm after the same thing.
The trouble is when you are trying to make things up that are not really in front of you, ie pretty much all fantasy illustration. I tried my best with these portraits but there is still a lot for me to learn about the subject.
But you're definitely bringing up a subject that I'm very concerned with. Stylized or cartoon drawing is one subject, but when it comes to painting what you're really doing is painting light as the human eye sees it, and the objects it hits to form a scene/portrait are totally incidental. It's an idea that was practiced by Velazquez and the Impressionists took it to the extreme, seeing the world almost like a machine. I'm not saying I rank with them, but I guess you could say I'm after the same thing.
The trouble is when you are trying to make things up that are not really in front of you, ie pretty much all fantasy illustration. I tried my best with these portraits but there is still a lot for me to learn about the subject.
Xeroxz
chobo how did you make these? ^^;
chobomaster
Not sure what you want me to expand upon..
but I used a tablet all the way, no pencil sketch scanning, if that answers your question
but I used a tablet all the way, no pencil sketch scanning, if that answers your question
StarrTheInsane
Mine's an Intuos3, what's your tablet?
Xeroxz
that tablet of urs allows you to draw that in colors and everything? 
*must get one* ^^;
*must get one* ^^;
chobomaster
Well technically you should be able to do these with a mouse too, though your strokes might not be as accurate or nice. For the painterly strokes, they're mostly the "artist oils" tool in Corel Painter.
Starr - I'm using a graphire4 6x8. but man do I want an intuos
Starr - I'm using a graphire4 6x8. but man do I want an intuos
Garreth MacLeod
Those are really nice looking. That is a nice style you've got there. They do look like impressionist paintings
StarrTheInsane
The Intuos3 is SOOO worth the price! My grandfather wanted to get all the kids iPods for Christmas a few years ago, and he asked if I could use one. I said, "Well, I don't really have anywhere to go that I don't have my laptop with me...so instead..." I only asked for the small one, but he insisted on the 6x8. I'm so glad I got this size.
Right now I'm using Photoshop CS. I tried Elements 2 and 3, but I liked the interface on 2 better. With CS you can pretty much customize everything, so it's not a problem. My first was Adobe PhotoDeluxe 2.0. It had a very noob-friendly interface for a graphics editor.
Right now I'm using Photoshop CS. I tried Elements 2 and 3, but I liked the interface on 2 better. With CS you can pretty much customize everything, so it's not a problem. My first was Adobe PhotoDeluxe 2.0. It had a very noob-friendly interface for a graphics editor.
chobomaster
Thx Garreth
Starr- that's pretty awesome. I bought them wholesale and sold the rest to pay for mine. Anyway, I'm wondering, do you know exactly how the intuos performs over the graphire? I know it has 1024 pressure levels. But what exactly is the tilt feature.. does it mean your angle of tilt to the tablet cause the stroke to be thinner/thicker like calligraphy? Does it also take into account the angle of rotation, like say you have a star shaped brush -- will it rotate if you twirl the stylus?
I guess what i want to know is, does the intuos make it feel more like you're painting with a brush?
Starr- that's pretty awesome. I bought them wholesale and sold the rest to pay for mine
. Anyway, I'm wondering, do you know exactly how the intuos performs over the graphire? I know it has 1024 pressure levels. But what exactly is the tilt feature.. does it mean your angle of tilt to the tablet cause the stroke to be thinner/thicker like calligraphy? Does it also take into account the angle of rotation, like say you have a star shaped brush -- will it rotate if you twirl the stylus?I guess what i want to know is, does the intuos make it feel more like you're painting with a brush?
I Might Avenge U
Artists Have a Language.. Who Knew!
Nice Work Chobomaster, I like the way you do things. I has a nice "Liney/linesk"
style to it. It's new around here.. At least I think it's new around here...
Nice Work Chobomaster, I like the way you do things. I has a nice "Liney/linesk"
style to it. It's new around here.. At least I think it's new around here...
Foxeye
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Originally Posted by chobomaster
Thx Garreth
Starr- that's pretty awesome. I bought them wholesale and sold the rest to pay for mine. Anyway, I'm wondering, do you know exactly how the intuos performs over the graphire? I know it has 1024 pressure levels. But what exactly is the tilt feature.. does it mean your angle of tilt to the tablet cause the stroke to be thinner/thicker like calligraphy? Does it also take into account the angle of rotation, like say you have a star shaped brush -- will it rotate if you twirl the stylus?
I guess what i want to know is, does the intuos make it feel more like you're painting with a brush? I haven't used the graphire myself, only intuos3, so I cannot compare, but I can say that the degree of painterliness is probably entirely dependent on how you customize your brush in Painter. I haven't delved into it too much, because I get overwhelmed by all the choices after a while, but when you are in the brush creator you can see all the options to vary based on pressure, tilt, bearing, direction, yadda yadda yadda. And if you get Wacom's 6D brush it probably gets even more fun.
Starr- that's pretty awesome. I bought them wholesale and sold the rest to pay for mine
. Anyway, I'm wondering, do you know exactly how the intuos performs over the graphire? I know it has 1024 pressure levels. But what exactly is the tilt feature.. does it mean your angle of tilt to the tablet cause the stroke to be thinner/thicker like calligraphy? Does it also take into account the angle of rotation, like say you have a star shaped brush -- will it rotate if you twirl the stylus?I guess what i want to know is, does the intuos make it feel more like you're painting with a brush? I haven't used the graphire myself, only intuos3, so I cannot compare, but I can say that the degree of painterliness is probably entirely dependent on how you customize your brush in Painter.
I haven't delved into it too much, because I get overwhelmed by all the choices after a while, but when you are in the brush creator you can see all the options to vary based on pressure, tilt, bearing, direction, yadda yadda yadda. And if you get Wacom's 6D brush it probably gets even more fun.
runeseeker1
Quote:
Originally Posted by StarrTheInsane
Your work is similar to:
Morisot
Monet
Manet
Renoir
And I can tell you that's something special in these times. Not many people can do it. Nowdays, if it's not taking a close stab at photo-realism, it's more of a cartoon. Most artists are more concerned with the figure and the precision of detail (like I tend to be) than of the color, movement, light, and emotion. I think it's very important to capture those things, especially for someone who was willing to spend money (be it in-game) for a portrait of their character. It means there IS emotion there and it's not just some pixels on a screen. I, myself, fall short in that department, because I get caught up in so much detail that the emotion sometimes gets lost.
Your work has been very inspiring!
Other characteristics of Impressionism include broken color. Broken color is a term in which instead of mixing a green, you use shimmering flecks of yellow and blue to create a more lively green, that shimmers on the surface. Your pictures use broken color (though not as extensively as some Imressionists like Seurat, whose paintings consisted of only dots)
chobomaster
Thx IMAU & rune.
Foxeye -- thx for the reply. I've yet to explore the brush creator in painter.. still not even used to their built in brushes & what the basic settings do. haha.
Foxeye -- thx for the reply. I've yet to explore the brush creator in painter.. still not even used to their built in brushes & what the basic settings do. haha.