Magik Island
Charlie Dayman
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Originally Posted by Eastern Magik
@DBAA lol 
@Frost if you want, i can upload real size b/w version too.
@Charlie thanks for the feedback *hug* i kinda finished that picture already :P but tried to fix that problem, and i just made it worse
then i just cut a little her shoulder and that necklace , its not really noticeable, but if you look at that spot it looks better than before (i can't believe how i manage to mess anatomy up even when i use references >_< ), also added a little shading below the skulls (been so focused on detailing them i forgot to add shadows below them :S )
Gah, I came late to the party then, lol. For getting the angles to match up properly in that case, just abuse plum lines for proper comparisons. Definitely the easiest way to make sure things are lined up correctly.
And the pose for Minami looks great, definitely has that kind of "runway" feel to it.
@Frost if you want, i can upload real size b/w version too.
@Charlie thanks for the feedback *hug* i kinda finished that picture already :P but tried to fix that problem, and i just made it worse
then i just cut a little her shoulder and that necklace , its not really noticeable, but if you look at that spot it looks better than before (i can't believe how i manage to mess anatomy up even when i use references >_< ), also added a little shading below the skulls (been so focused on detailing them i forgot to add shadows below them :S )
Gah, I came late to the party then, lol. For getting the angles to match up properly in that case, just abuse plum lines for proper comparisons. Definitely the easiest way to make sure things are lined up correctly. And the pose for Minami looks great, definitely has that kind of "runway" feel to it.
Lady Kaguya
oh wow. minami's is looking amazing!! i love the pose and details...and yeah, i'm speechless. there's something just so special about your art. it has a lot of life to it. it's so anatomically accurate and rich, i've never seen a style quite like yours in a way...like how you paint. it's beautiful.
i really need to commission you someday haha
i really need to commission you someday haha
Eastern Magik
@Minami <3
@Charlie yes, i know. Sometimes i use that method to fix some small errors
@Lady Kaguya waaw, thank you so much for your kind words *hug*
Minami wips
As requested, changed her hairstyle and added color:
Some small fixes on her face and ofc more color:
I felt like something is wrong with her left leg, so i redrew both of them:
@Charlie yes, i know. Sometimes i use that method to fix some small errors
@Lady Kaguya waaw, thank you so much for your kind words *hug*
Minami wips
As requested, changed her hairstyle and added color:
Some small fixes on her face and ofc more color:
I felt like something is wrong with her left leg, so i redrew both of them:
Charlie Dayman
I'll try to make it to the party earlier next time you're having troubles with anatomy
Oh, and definitely keep those core shadows on her that you have right now. The contrast and the current color selection is perfect.
P.S. Is it me or are you starting to work on smaller canvases now?
Oh, and definitely keep those core shadows on her that you have right now. The contrast and the current color selection is perfect.
P.S. Is it me or are you starting to work on smaller canvases now?
Tommy's
CnC time!
Ok I was gonna give you some comments based on the first one, and wanted to start with pointing out that her foot was a bit angled tooo much. But I see you have corrected that already
Great!
One thing that makes me think is the shadow. Her face has a very strong shadow, really looks great. But the light is clearly coming from her right. Yet on her left arm, it looks like the light is coming from the other side.
To indicate what I mean, I took the liberty again to make some changes.
I think her face will get some secondary light aswell, from her shoulder, but I exagerated that a bit too much, but you get the point
Ok I was gonna give you some comments based on the first one, and wanted to start with pointing out that her foot was a bit angled tooo much. But I see you have corrected that already
Great!One thing that makes me think is the shadow. Her face has a very strong shadow, really looks great. But the light is clearly coming from her right. Yet on her left arm, it looks like the light is coming from the other side.
To indicate what I mean, I took the liberty again to make some changes.
I think her face will get some secondary light aswell, from her shoulder, but I exagerated that a bit too much, but you get the point
I really like the skintones you picked, like charly said, be sure to keep those!
Hope it helps some :3
Eastern Magik
@Charlie kk, will keep them. And no, im doing this on a 6000x4000 300 dpi. I use "fit on screen" option and then print screen it (its faster, and sometimes i forget i resized original image XD )
@Tommy it does help a lot , thank you so much for pointing that out, i probably wouldn't notice it until its too late XD
here, i tried to fix it, hopefully its better now
Also, trying out some designs for her boots (please ignore the fact that they are in complete lack of highlights ) :
@Tommy it does help a lot
, thank you so much for pointing that out, i probably wouldn't notice it until its too late XDhere, i tried to fix it, hopefully its better now
Also, trying out some designs for her boots (please ignore the fact that they are in complete lack of highlights ) :
InfestedHydralisk
I like the first and last one the most, maybe raise the third one's up a bit I think, but that's up to Minami.
Lady Kaguya
i say this all the time when i see your art, but this one may be my favourite lol, it just has so much personality and depth to it. i can just imagine her clothes blowing in the wind. the lighting really draws me in and looks very accurate. cant wait to see the finished one : D
Aeronwen
Ravenhawk
I loooooooove the pose so much and the composition looks amazing. Really fits Minami's necro. As for the footwear, I love the first and last as IH said.
Eastern Magik
@IH haha, she said the same thing.
@Lady Kaguya <3
@Aero hmmm, will see about her knee, thanks for pointing that out *hug*
@Mina thank you, im glad you like it
And update (im really slow lately, i know, and im sorry for that )
Redone garter belts, blended her skin (still not done), her dress is almost done, added earrings, make-up (not set in stone, need to see if Livia likes it), hair is almost done...
@Lady Kaguya <3
@Aero hmmm, will see about her knee, thanks for pointing that out *hug*
@Mina thank you, im glad you like it
And update (im really slow lately, i know, and im sorry for that
)Redone garter belts, blended her skin (still not done), her dress is almost done, added earrings, make-up (not set in stone, need to see if Livia likes it), hair is almost done...
Verene
Oooh, I like the makeup.
Minami
miriforst
Wow these are the most amazing works of art I've seen on this forum 
Eastern Magik
@Verene thank you <3 (nice avatar btw 
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@Minami great ^^ lets hope that you will still love what i have done with your necro lol. I tried to put chaos gloves on, but then i got this huge problem, they pull all attention away from necro. Its like the first thing you notice on the picture are those gloves, everything else falls into shadows when they are on, probably because they are white and everything else is dark >_< So, heres my solution, if you don't like it, i can put chaos on, or i can paint some different design
@Star Jewel yes, i tried to fix that, hopefully its better now, thank you for feedback *hug*
@miriforst waaw, thank you so much ^^ but im sure if you look around you'll find a lot better artists than me here
custom brushes used for feathers and that diamond in the middle, everything else is painted. Still needs a lot of work, if i find the time, i'll finish it tomorrow
)@Minami great ^^ lets hope that you will still love what i have done with your necro lol. I tried to put chaos gloves on, but then i got this huge problem, they pull all attention away from necro. Its like the first thing you notice on the picture are those gloves, everything else falls into shadows when they are on, probably because they are white and everything else is dark >_< So, heres my solution, if you don't like it, i can put chaos on, or i can paint some different design
@Star Jewel yes, i tried to fix that, hopefully its better now, thank you for feedback *hug*
@miriforst waaw, thank you so much ^^ but im sure if you look around you'll find a lot better artists than me here
custom brushes used for feathers and that diamond in the middle, everything else is painted. Still needs a lot of work, if i find the time, i'll finish it tomorrow
Verene
Ponies for the win!
I like the feathers, but feathers are pretty much always awesome <3
One thing I've noticed, though, is that her left cheek (left from looking at it) looks almost a bit swollen - it's fatter than the other one, and looks slightly odd.
The makeup/scar pattern looks great, and I'm totally loving the stockings and garters = way sexy and classy <3
I like the feathers, but feathers are pretty much always awesome <3
One thing I've noticed, though, is that her left cheek (left from looking at it) looks almost a bit swollen - it's fatter than the other one, and looks slightly odd.
The makeup/scar pattern looks great, and I'm totally loving the stockings and garters = way sexy and classy <3
Skiasca
I love this piece, I think it's one of your best works. The progress between each piece is very inspiring. I'm still learning how to properly use my tablet/photoshop and all the WIP's are really helping me sort my (simple) first pictures out
One thing I will mention though (just a little thing ^^), I am aware that the Vabbian has some gold like jewellery on it but to me gold is a very warm looking metal and IMO kinda distracts from 'coolness' of the overall piece. I thought maybe matching the colour with the silver of her earings, but that might make the jewellery less noticeable against her skin tone. The only other thing I can suggest is maybe making it lace like, to match her suspenders. If that makes sence. If the gold pieces are wanted feature from the original request then nvm
@Verene, If we're looking at the same cheek I think it's just the shading, but I can see why you think it looks swollen.
One thing I will mention though (just a little thing ^^), I am aware that the Vabbian has some gold like jewellery on it but to me gold is a very warm looking metal and IMO kinda distracts from 'coolness' of the overall piece. I thought maybe matching the colour with the silver of her earings, but that might make the jewellery less noticeable against her skin tone. The only other thing I can suggest is maybe making it lace like, to match her suspenders. If that makes sence. If the gold pieces are wanted feature from the original request then nvm
@Verene, If we're looking at the same cheek I think it's just the shading, but I can see why you think it looks swollen.
Minami
@Magik: I think the velvet gloves are absolutely fabulous! ^_^ What an awesome solution, and it fits in with the pic perfectly. Please keep them!
Scar pattern and the feathers also look amazing!
@Verene: I chose the garter + stockings, because I thought they're way too sexy and unfortunately you don't see many girls wearing that combo nowadays
@Skiasca: In the game, the jewels are supposed to be gold, but I asked Magik to make them look more like canary diamonds because Minami would choose that :P Sparkly-shiny win! ^_^
Scar pattern and the feathers also look amazing!
@Verene: I chose the garter + stockings, because I thought they're way too sexy and unfortunately you don't see many girls wearing that combo nowadays
@Skiasca: In the game, the jewels are supposed to be gold, but I asked Magik to make them look more like canary diamonds because Minami would choose that :P Sparkly-shiny win! ^_^
InfestedHydralisk
Minami
Well, Minami's trying
bebe
Woo.. that's gorgeouss!
Eastern Magik
@verene mhmm, i think its because of the tattoo, i tried to fix it, hopefully it looks better now, thanks for pointing that out
@Skiasca thank you very much And im glad that you find my progress piccies helpful 
About jewelery - what Livia said
@Livia great, now scroll down for finished version and tell me if you want me to change something
@Bebex ty <3
And finished version of This Night can be found here If it shows blurry picture, then please click download button on the right
@Skiasca thank you very much
And im glad that you find my progress piccies helpful About jewelery - what Livia said
@Livia great, now scroll down for finished version and tell me if you want me to change something
@Bebex ty <3
And finished version of This Night can be found here If it shows blurry picture, then please click download button on the right
Minami
@Magik: OMG it's beautiful! Thank you so much, Magik! ^_^
I love everything about the picture, and I'm so glad you put her little Kuunie in there!
She looks so gorgeous! This will be my wallpaper for sure
I love everything about the picture, and I'm so glad you put her little Kuunie in there!
She looks so gorgeous! This will be my wallpaper for sure
Eastern Magik
yaaay, im glad you like it :3
well, time to get back to some non gw related painting (yes, i'll still be updating this topic, you won't get rid of me that easy )
atm, just sketching some ideas, and out of 5 sketches narrowed choice down to 2 ^^ (which im going to show here, the rest are having some serious anatomy problems *cries* )
p.s. does anyone knows if i can remove prefix from the topic name?
well, time to get back to some non gw related painting (yes, i'll still be updating this topic, you won't get rid of me that easy
)atm, just sketching some ideas, and out of 5 sketches narrowed choice down to 2 ^^ (which im going to show here, the rest are having some serious anatomy problems *cries* )
p.s. does anyone knows if i can remove prefix from the topic name?
Tommy's
Geez Magik, take a break. Your steady production of art is unbelievable.
And p.s. yes you can. Just edit > advanced, and it should be up tehre somewhere. I think...
And p.s. yes you can. Just edit > advanced, and it should be up tehre somewhere. I think...
Aeronwen
oooh Minami looks wonderful....the hair! the feathers! the make-up!
I want that dragon!
Totally Gorgeous
Like the new sketches - particularly the blue.
I want that dragon!
Totally Gorgeous
Like the new sketches - particularly the blue.
Eastern Magik
Geez Tommy you say that like its a bad thing :P
And no, its not there its supposed to be next to the topic title but its not there...
@Aero ty love ^^ i probably won't color neither of them...
And heres something i plan to finish (most likely)
And no, its not there
its supposed to be next to the topic title but its not there...@Aero ty love ^^ i probably won't color neither of them...
And heres something i plan to finish (most likely
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Charlie Dayman
Who is this one for? Face kind of reminds me of Megan Fox. You know, back when she was still hot...
Unlucky Slayer
If you cant edit the prefix yourself let me or another mod know and we'll change it for ya. =)
Thistle Xandra
awesome magik I was wondering what art you would work on next since you finished up your GW commissions list (btw, minami's looks gorgeous!).
Those sketches look great (even if you're not coloring them :P ) and I really like the blue pallet you're going with the latest WiP
I was wondering what art you would work on next since you finished up your GW commissions list (btw, minami's looks gorgeous!). Those sketches look great (even if you're not coloring them :P ) and I really like the blue pallet you're going with the latest WiP
Eastern Magik
@Charlie well, its not for anyone in particular, im just winging it XD i just needed to paint something thats not fan art, and i got inspired by one stock model on DA, so here it is
@US ooh it would be so awesome if you could just remove that prefix entirely, pretty please? :3
@Thisle thanks :3 im just gonna play around with color, we'll see where thats going to take me
Cut the whole picture in half, just to get better focus on her face. Yes, anatomy of her chest is a little off, but haven't really got to work on it (since im just painting, don't have sketch for this one). Will make some flowers/water droplets/something else fall from above as she tries to catch it ^^
@US ooh it would be so awesome if you could just remove that prefix entirely, pretty please? :3
@Thisle thanks :3 im just gonna play around with color, we'll see where thats going to take me
Cut the whole picture in half, just to get better focus on her face. Yes, anatomy of her chest is a little off, but haven't really got to work on it (since im just painting, don't have sketch for this one). Will make some flowers/water droplets/something else fall from above as she tries to catch it ^^
Unlucky Slayer
Prefix removed. =)
Verene
Oooh, that looks really nice so far.
Also, I'd love to see the model stock that inspired you, if you don't mind, since my photomanip resource folder could always use more goodies
Also, I'd love to see the model stock that inspired you, if you don't mind, since my photomanip resource folder could always use more goodies
` Marshmallow
#____# !!!!!!
Minami turned out so prettyfulss~ ;_;
And the new piccy...reminded me of Katy Perry <_< >_> IDKWHY (Has been listening to E.T. too much -_-)
Minami turned out so prettyfulss~ ;_;
And the new piccy...reminded me of Katy Perry <_< >_> IDKWHY (Has been listening to E.T. too much -_-)
Charlie Dayman
Ah, okay I gotcha
By the way, have you ever done any male drawings?
By the way, have you ever done any male drawings?
Ravenhawk
Looks good so far! Love her eyes.
The blue palette makes me think she's laying on shallow water ^^
The blue palette makes me think she's laying on shallow water ^^
Eastern Magik
@US thanks ^^
@Verene you probably already know this one, its TasaStock
@Marsh thanks :3
@Charlie hmmm... well, no... as a matter of fact, i haven't even tried to draw them, at all.............. -_-
@Mina thanks ^^ yes, there will be some water included, just need to figure out where and how
no time to paint, and no wips >_<
Also, something interesting : How To Steal Like An Artist (And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me) by Austin Kleon (and no, its not about art theft )
@Verene you probably already know this one, its TasaStock
@Marsh thanks :3
@Charlie hmmm... well, no... as a matter of fact, i haven't even tried to draw them, at all.............. -_-
@Mina thanks ^^ yes, there will be some water included, just need to figure out where and how
no time to paint, and no wips >_<
Also, something interesting : How To Steal Like An Artist (And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me) by Austin Kleon (and no, its not about art theft )
Verene
I've actually never seen her stock before, and there's some really neat things in there. Thanks!
And I like that article; I particularly like "geography is no longer our master". I'm lucky to know a lot of artsy people in real life, but it's still nothing compared to the artistic communities I've found on the internet, and it's that that's made me take art really seriously.
And I like that article; I particularly like "geography is no longer our master". I'm lucky to know a lot of artsy people in real life, but it's still nothing compared to the artistic communities I've found on the internet, and it's that that's made me take art really seriously.
Ravenhawk
Welcome hun.
Love that article btw. So true.
Love that article btw. So true.