Death By An Arrow Makes the Art Happen

Death By An Arrow

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2009

The Kurzick Mob [Mob]

25 Jan 2011 at 23:30 - 1

So, after entering the last two workshops (and a couple of suggestions from people) I decided it was time I started my own thread ^^

I'm debating opening up a comission thread but as of right now it isn't the best decision. I don't have the free time to consistently work on pieces and I also feel I need more practice before I 'sell' my creations.

So, stalk me all you want on my deviantart or through the thread. I'll probably use the thread to help get progress help and to improve my general art abilities.

Below are some of the things I've posted throughout the thread/some of my better pieces. Think of it as a portfolio, if you will

Traditional Mediums~~

Digital Mediums~~

Photography~~

Other Pieces/Sketches/Practice
Sylvari Guardian;
But Not Really

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

25 Jan 2011 at 23:35 - 2

I am so glad I changed the workshop judging to a voting thing! Since it's going to be hard..seeing yours, IH and Tommy's WIPs so far!

I just watched Dark Knight again the other day. Joker was awesome

RIP Heath Ledger

I really love the Kitty sketch O_O

It's really great to see more artists from Nolani coming out. Can't wait to see more from you

and yes i am already stalking you in DA :P

Darcy

Never Too Old

Join Date: Jul 2006

Rhode Island where there are no GW contests

Order of First

W/R

25 Jan 2011 at 23:37 - 3

I like the pencil drawings very much. And, of course, the Halloween digital piece made huge improvements over the length of the workshop. Keep going.

Death By An Arrow

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The Kurzick Mob [Mob]

25 Jan 2011 at 23:39 - 4

voting thing o:
please elaborate

The joker I'm basing is more inspired by the comic/Arkham Asylum version. While there is no denying that Ledger was a great joker; Mark Hamill just has the greatest voice for it.

What CANT mark hamill do.

Edit;
@darcy
why thank you ^^ I think the pencil drawings could come out a little better if I had a slight higher quality pencil. Right now I'm using the most beginner type because they came in a shading book I got like... 7 years ago. LOL The kitten drawing really reminded me that I needed to new pencils Dx

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

25 Jan 2011 at 23:45 - 5

Quote:

Originally Posted by Death By An Arrow View Post

voting thing o:
please elaborate

And the voting thing:
http://roguemina.deviantart.com/journal/37639172/

Scroll down a little to judging ^^

Death By An Arrow

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The Kurzick Mob [Mob]

25 Jan 2011 at 23:52 - 6

Hm.. sounds interesting.
im a bit excited to see some of the other entries :3

...in a non-sexual threatening kind of way.

Charlie Dayman

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2009

Trifecta Luminati [TRI]

26 Jan 2011 at 04:25 - 7

Awwwwww yiiiis Mark Hammil Joker.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Death By An Arrow View Post

Hm.. sounds interesting.
im a bit excited to see some of the other entries :3

...in a non-sexual threatening kind of way.

When you say it like that, it does sound sexually threatening.

Death By An Arrow

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The Kurzick Mob [Mob]

26 Jan 2011 at 04:54 - 8

That spoiler is sexually threatening
when you read it in a whispering voice

I don't know how Mark Hamill can do that voice. He just doesn't look like the voice, but it just works.
I was playing a game called Darksiders, and there is a character named the Watcher who you meet early on and as soon as he said his first lines I was like GAHHH NO WAY MARK HAMILL!
Made that game like 8x better knowing that xD

Charlie Dayman

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2009

Trifecta Luminati [TRI]

26 Jan 2011 at 05:13 - 9

I have nothing else to say on this matter.

Oh, and Mark Hammil will always be the definitive voice of the Joker. To me at least.

Aeronwen

not so much fell as.....

Join Date: Jan 2009

bone

26 Jan 2011 at 11:58 - 10

While I hesitate to inteerupt Death and Charlie's little flirtation ....

I do want to say how gorgeous the kitty is.

Death By An Arrow

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The Kurzick Mob [Mob]

26 Jan 2011 at 20:31 - 11

Thanks Aeronwen ^^
i think the stuff in the foreground could be a little cleaner, but my eraser does more smudging than erasing so I just didn't use it xD

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

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Eon

Me/N

26 Jan 2011 at 20:39 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Death By An Arrow

but my eraser does more smudging than erasing so I just didn't use it xD This is the EXACT issue I am having with my traditional sketches. Do you use anything to put highlights?

Death By An Arrow

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26 Jan 2011 at 21:22 - 13

I usually use a kneaded eraser for texturing and fine details, but as my kneaded eraser has been horribly contaminated (long story... its not usable anymore. LOL) I had to do the cat drawing planning for the highlights ahead.

Usually I just use 2H pencils for highlights and such, and knead away edges to make it clean or the perfect level of value.

Death By An Arrow

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27 Jan 2011 at 18:35 - 14

Alrightttttt so I'm spending most of my day studying for my physics exam tomorrow (D:, but then im done my exams and dont have school for 5 days

) but last night I worked a little on the joker.
I still don't necessarily like the hair but after like 8 redos I got fed up with it and got something half decent Dx And then I addedthe bowtie and a little bit of the shirt got touched up. My next goal is the shirt and then the coat/paints. Then the background...

Tommy's

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Dec 2006

[Bone]

Mo/

27 Jan 2011 at 19:40 - 15

Dont change the hair if it was up to me! I think it looks really funny, a bit like grass with hairwax in it xD But seriously like his hair. As I assume its a caricature, you would make his cheekbone stand out a bit more near his eye, and a bit less near his mouth, think that would make the shape of the face a lot better. Can't wait to see more :3

Death By An Arrow

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27 Jan 2011 at 20:42 - 16

Thanks tommy ^^
I see what you mean with the cheeks. I was like "Didn't I already do that... WAIT whered it go D:"
Clearly I didn't make it prominent enough, it took me a minute to see what i was trying to do. LOL

GeminiJuSa

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2009

BhLd

E/Mo

27 Jan 2011 at 21:02 - 17

Ahh I'm so jealous of how you make the skin-creases! It's nice! I love the colour of his face. It looks like a sickly, insane person with white powder makeup on, just as I think he should have it ^^

I do think you could use a bit more anatomy work on the body, but it looks like you havenät really gotten far on it, so I can't wait to see what you'll do wit it ^^

Death By An Arrow

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27 Jan 2011 at 23:34 - 18

yeah, I don't know if you saw the lineart (also on my dA) but it's going to be roughly around that. I do know of somechanges I need to make (namely the forward shoulder) and I want to do something with the back arm... it feels small but at the same time just right. D:

GeminiJuSa

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2009

BhLd

E/Mo

28 Jan 2011 at 12:05 - 19

The sketch make more sense, but personally, I think you should pull up the shoulders a bit. He looks a bit stretched to me, and the back arm looks a bit thin around the elbow. Perhaps you should have a friend pose that arm for you?

I hope I'm not commenting too much, but I really want to see what you can do when you push yourself! So far you've made so many good pieces! ^^

(and you DA link isn't working since it's misspelled, but I bet you can fix it in a flash

)

Death By An Arrow

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The Kurzick Mob [Mob]

28 Jan 2011 at 18:30 - 20

D: -scurries to fix link-
I agree that those are probably the two spots needing the most work. I'll just need to tweak it until it looks right

im done my exams and ive got 4 fulls days of break, so hopefully I can finish it this weekend

Edit:
Ive got a little un-related but art-related surprise I can post before the end of the night

DD
^^

Edit2: To avoid double posts, I'm posting here again

Who's That Pokemon?!

Sort of an end-of-exams day celebration

Death By An Arrow

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29 Jan 2011 at 22:27 - 21

efasdfsg./lkna,rgd fg

just found out i didnt save the copy with the bowtie -.-
new bowtie looks really bad Dx
i tried fiddling with the arms, and the forward one looks decent enough.
The back one is still... a little better. At this point i just want this piece to end.. :/

Minami

Site Contributor

Join Date: Jul 2008

Dallas, TX. USA

Not in any guild at the moment

29 Jan 2011 at 22:38 - 22

Quote:

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*snip*
Who's That Pokemon?!

Death By An Arrow

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The Kurzick Mob [Mob]

29 Jan 2011 at 23:10 - 23

:3
you would be correct

i cant stop wearing it ._.

InfestedHydralisk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

The Netherlands

None

30 Jan 2011 at 03:34 - 24

Make a Garchomp cap!

Death By An Arrow

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The Kurzick Mob [Mob]

30 Jan 2011 at 04:21 - 25

those side-head rocket-things would be the death of me Dx
im pretty sure I broke our sewing machine with both of Yanma's antennae. :x

Death By An Arrow

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The Kurzick Mob [Mob]

31 Jan 2011 at 17:05 - 26

So i finally got around to finishing my painting for Mina's workshop ^^

Clicky Click.
Some good, some bad, a lot of things learned in the process ^^

primarily; i need to try out different painting styles to see what I'm most comfortable with. Right now I don't like the style of "Just go with what you think will work first" and will probably look around at how other people paint and adapt from there.
Also i should do more smaller scale projects instead of a few bigger scale ones.

96 PPI is also a terrible setting to paint on.. :x

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

31 Jan 2011 at 17:19 - 27

I like the painting and I commented

I know how you feel about trying out different styles. I was exactly the same way (still am but not as much) , following so many tutorials that I can't remember all of them anymore lol. Eventually I am able to combine/create my own method that I am comfortable with...still subject to change of course

Good luck with the workshop!

Perynne

Site Contributor

Join Date: Oct 2006

Finland

Runners of the Rose [RR]

31 Jan 2011 at 17:42 - 28

Very nice. And yes, finding a comfortable painting style will also help to draw better - if you're feeling good about the way you handle colours and lines, your technique will also flow easier. Doing smaller projects will help you focus on one area at a time, instead of going all over the place and trying too much at once.

Good luck with the workshop. I like your entry!

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

31 Jan 2011 at 17:57 - 29

Oh in addition to what Perynne said, I also find that learning the basics of color theory helps a lot.

http://katmomma.deviantart.com/art/T...heory-77354239

Death By An Arrow

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The Kurzick Mob [Mob]

31 Jan 2011 at 21:37 - 30

Thank you both for the nice comments ^^

I do know the general concepts of colour (colour wheel order/complementary/earthtones/etc.) but because for the majority of my art-doings I've done pencil works I've never really learned the best ways to apply them Dx I'm all about value, tones, and shading

So its good to know some directions I need to work on.

In other news;
over at GW2G (for anyone who doesn't frequent there) in the Library of Whispers (their version of Nolani), actionjack started up a great weekly thread where anyone and everyone gets togethor to do a weekly sketch/piece. I think this is a great idea and is even cooler since its guild wars themed :3
So i'm working on some poses/sketches that i'll likely post here, and if I'm torn between some good poses I'll try and get some suggesitons on which is thebest choice ^^

*i remembered to use a 300ppi setting. it already feels better and its only a sketch C:

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

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Eon

Me/N

31 Jan 2011 at 21:42 - 31

lol you just reminded me to register on gw2 guru site. SN is Mina..surprised it wasn't taken yet O_O

Death By An Arrow

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The Kurzick Mob [Mob]

31 Jan 2011 at 21:44 - 32