Madness of ST Jestah

[ST Jestah]

You mean something like this?
[spoiler]

Or close to it, at least?[/spoiler]

[borockman]

That poor chocobo.

I for one like that new Lily, Urey though... the patches on the face is a bit distracting imo.

New Sephyr and Tela I also like.

[Krystal]

Oh hell no, like this:



Other than the obvious reducing of saturation of your colours (ow my eyes), note the fat outline around his body and how the lines stylistically vary in width along the curve. Also see how the edges of the jacket has thick lines? That's because it's a separate object from the turtleneck. But the decorations on the turtleneck itself are muted and thin. The gloves have a thick black line that separates them from the jacket, because they are a separate object from the jacket. The creases where the arms overlap are also black, because these suggest a form of the arm being in front of the body. The colour...stitch...thing on the jacket has a really thin muted grey line separating it, it's now obvious that it's just a part of the jacket's design. D'ya see where I'm getting at? =O

[Blackhook]

Gotta admit, Krystal is right. That style would compliment your designs a lot.

[ST Jestah]

Oh hell no, like this:



Other than the obvious reducing of saturation of your colours (ow my eyes), note the fat outline around his body and how the lines stylistically vary in width along the curve. Also see how the edges of the jacket has thick lines? That's because it's a separate object from the turtleneck. But the decorations on the turtleneck itself are muted and thin. The gloves have a thick black line that separates them from the jacket, because they are a separate object from the jacket. The creases where the arms overlap are also black, because these suggest a form of the arm being in front of the body. The colour...stitch...thing on the jacket has a really thin muted grey line separating it, it's now obvious that it's just a part of the jacket's design. D'ya see where I'm getting at? =O

Yeah I can see what you meant now. Though for the most part, I don't see how that was any different from what I did, aside from the extra colored bold lines wish made it seem a bit like a flash style cartoon. Luckily that wasn't what you meant ' cause I would just find that a bit frustrating to do over and over again. You might be right about the saturation as well, should try and color with less stronger colors for the future pieces.

Also you forgot a few details on Urey, but I'll let that slide for now. In all seriousness, thank you very much for your criticism, and I agree with Blackhook, colored fine-lines do improve this designs. Again, thank you for the comment/suggestion.

I'll work on the lines later, as I have to tend to some responsibilities for today. Hope to hear some more critic from you, Krystal...and that goes for the rest of you too.
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@Borockman: You do have to admit, the patches make him seem a bit more approachable then the straight stitches to the face did.

[Krystal]

Actually I am telling you to vary the width of your line. It might not seem like a lot of change or difference, but it makes lines look a lot better, trust me. You achieve this (both irl and digitally) by varying the pressure you use along the line. Is it hard? Yes. Are the results worth it? Imo, yes.
The other thing I did different was that the fine lines are darker coloured, aka the fact that they're coloured is a lot more subtle. I could've made the green darker, tbh.

Extra CC? Hm well, I suggest you look up 'rhythm' in terms of lines and anatomy. Lots of anatomy artbooks should have it.

[ST Jestah]

The pressure thing might be a problem, since I mostly use fine tip pens for the lines/ink. Though true, I can probably use brushes for the bold outlines, though I'll probably have to get some fine-tip colored markers to make the colored lines irl. Digital will be easy enough though (easy as in I can fix any major/minor errors if I mess up the lines)...and unfortunately will be the only way I'll be able to try out this new style quirks with the rest of the characters, for the time being that is.

Either way, it will be fun to try out. Thank you again for the advice, Krystal.

Posted on: May 09, 2011, 15:21:54Now for something that's actually different from the things that I usually do.

[spoiler]
To this day I still wonder...

WHERE THE DAMN HELL DID MY COPY OF THIS GAME DISAPPEAR TO!?!
Making this piece just made me miss it.

But really I just made this 'cause I felt like it, it really has no relation with my current and sudden mourning of the game. Now excuse me as I go make a pairing pic of Luigi and King Boo to make myself feel better.[/spoiler]

[Blackhook]

Luigi's only good game...you gotta admit, dude's got balls. Fighting ghost even though he was scared.
Oh...and the pic looks nice too

[borockman]

That Boo is menacing yes.

[Krystal]

Are you done with the Luigi and King Boo pairing picture yet?

[Blackhook]

...wasn't me in Vixy's outfit enough Brain bleach?

[Krystal]

Whaaaat? :< Maybe.

[ST Jestah]

Silly Blackhook, there will never be enough brain bleach material in the internet.~
Also, shame on you for forgetting to mention moi in Etna's fanciful wear.

Sadly though, I have to leave any "hard-worked" Illustrations (that aren't meant for college) for after I'm done with the last trimester before the start of my summer vacation. So no Luigi x King Boo pic for a bit.

[Blackhook]

Hurray! Sanity spared..for now...I mean too bad that you don't have free time *coughBHsvacationstartedtodaycough*

[ST Jestah]

Sanity unspared!

[spoiler=Ghoulish Pair]
I'm proud to say that this piece was made in only one layer and using one tool. Though looking at it now, I seem to have made a few mistakes, such as the over glow with King Boo's tounge, the lighting on his crown (even though I meant for it to glow on it's right side, but I should have put some more lighting in the direction of the light source) and maybe some other things as well.

Even so, I'm pretty happy with how this came out.[/spoiler]

And for reasons of wanting to make you people disturbed, here's my first work in one of DA's infamous facial expressions meme...the "sexy face" meme, to be specific.
[spoiler=Viewer discretion is adviced]
Meme isn't very effective if it's re-sized to such a small extent on this forums, so here the link for the fullview

Enjoy~ [/spoiler]

[Blackhook]

Sanity spared since I didn't click those spoilers

[Krystal]

Sexface meme. Lol. Lol. Looooool xD

Also, digital painting looks good! I like the colours and the softness but you seem to skimp on shadowing and definition =O I think you should go over your stuffs with a harder/higher opacity brush after you have the basic colours/shapes down just to define the form a bit more =w=b
The shading on Mario is awesome though~

[ST Jestah]

Hmm, okay, I'll keep that in mind for when I make another paint-ish piece. But for now, I'm planning to make a stylized pic. Now I just need hundred or so hours to learn how to make consistent and rythmitic lines in a tablet.

[borockman]

And for reasons of wanting to make you people disturbed, here's my first work in one of DA's infamous facial expressions meme...the "sexy face" meme, to be specific.
[spoiler=Viewer discretion is adviced]
Meme isn't very effective if it's re-sized to such a small extent on this forums, so here the link for the fullview

Enjoy~ [/spoiler]

Should I be glad that I'm the one who inspires you?

It's awesome, and it has storyline, just perfect.......ly disturbing.

[Krystal]

Good luck with the lines~! \o/ Dey are fun.

I feel like doing sexface meme but srs but I has a no porn policy...D:

[ST Jestah]

It's not porn if it doesn't show genitals...well erect/aroused/open/teased/inserted/mutilated/constipated genitals. Tits are arguable. You could just do like Borockman and just draw the character with a shirt on while making the expressions...cause really that's all that matters in the meme, the expressions.

Now go draw Blues getting his mojo!

And now a small update:
[spoiler=WIP]
Practicing with inking, as well as trying out the Sin City/Mad World style. Finished the lines, I just need to add the rest of the shading and a background, and some other details.

Went with the cartoony style cause I felt like it. The large cheek makes it feel a bit like I tried to imitate Alex Ahad's style, not necessarily a bad thing really, but it means I have to keep trying out new ways to make faces.
PS: I'm not sure myself but I probably have no rythm when making lines with a tablet.
PPS:Drawing the lines over the sketch was much more frustrating than what the current result looks like.[/spoiler]

Aaaaaand

[spoiler=Random Doodles]
More practice with the tablet. I suck at drawing the new pony style...Big Foot however came out better than expected.

More practice is needed.[/spoiler]

[Krystal]

gdm ponies.

You may or may not want to try making the brush larger and keeping the pressure sensitivity on the size of the brush as big as possible to see how that works. Are those triple tits on big foot?

The black shading looks nice on your style =O

[ST Jestah]

gdm ponies.

You may or may not want to try making the brush larger and keeping the pressure sensitivity on the size of the brush as big as possible to see how that works. Are those triple tits on big foot?

The black shading looks nice on your style =O

They invading mah internets and will not cease posting fanpics, fics and flics aboot themselves! And the unnecessary crossovers! Damn unneeded and at times hilarious, among other things crossovers!...
inB4 I actually enjoyed the show.

I am afraid of big, bulky lines...but fine, I'll try it for the next doodles. And yes, those are tri-boobs. I thought the male audience needed a break from all the yaoi and crossdressing and wanted a nice dosage of tits on their menu. So I gave them an unholy creature with not 2, but 3 milk sacks and some of the most attractive features on the market.
Won't they be so happy~

I think so too. Though I'm not sure if I should use it for the project, even though it would be a great compliment for the style I'm going for. Will have to test it out a bit more.

[Blackhook]

At times...I am afraid of you.

[Acid]

Well this thread IS named "Madness" of St. Jestah is it not?