KoiDrake´s stuff

[Protoman Blues]

Yeah, my first thought was RPG or Fighting Game!

[borockman]

I love me some phallic buildings. 

Seriously, I can't stress enough how awesome your coloring is. That Mousketeer is badass cute.

and how many clothings do you got in your wardrobe now Vixy? 

[KoiDrake]

Thanks

Yeah, my first thought was RPG or Fighting Game!

Yeah, I had in mind an RPG/SRPG kind of game. In a fighting game you can pretty much stick any kind of characters

[Protoman Blues]

Yeah, I had in mind an RPG/SRPG kind of game. In a fighting game you can pretty much stick any kind of characters

Very true. For that specific outfit, my thought was more of a Soul Calibur type fighting game. But RPG was definitely the first though. Again, I love the staff.

Also, I'd love for you to design an outfit like that for PBPB as well.

[Jericho]

You could also stick me on that list of "people who'd love to see your take on their designs". I won't make any specific requests though since you do sound like you have a busy time there.

[KoiDrake]

I have nothing but doodles and unfinished stuff right, but I got tired of just lurking and randomly posting silly stuff. So here's another bunch of WIPs! As for the requests, I won't promise anything, but I'll see what I can do






This one was made based on Irism depiction of Iris. It's still REALLY sketchy though.

Hopefully things will settle for next week. HOPEFULLY...

[Protoman Blues]

Please dump more. Your doodles are excellent as well.

[Acid]

Once we get talking on MSN I'll make you teach me how to color like that.

[borockman]

If that really happened, do share. 

and doodle standard here in this thread is high. 

[Rad Lionheart]

I like the Iris one.

[VixyNyan]

I like the Iris one.

Me too~

[Mirby]

inb4 hypershell

also, I as well.

[Jericho]

I have nothing but doodles and unfinished stuff right, but I got tired of just lurking and randomly posting silly stuff. So here's another bunch of WIPs! As for the requests, I won't promise anything, but I'll see what I can do

Holy [parasitic bomb], I love this.

[Acid]

Hey Koi, why not post this?

[KoiDrake]

It was late when I uploaded it. I came here now to do that

[Acid]

Well, go ahead.

Do it!

[Protoman Blues]

She looks awesome.

[KoiDrake]

Well, go ahead.

Do it!

You already did!

[Acid]

Do it again!

You're the artist!

[KoiDrake]

Quick sketch. I haven't used Photoshop in a long time to draw, so I felt like going back to it.

[Jericho]

Quick sketch. I haven't used Photoshop in a long time to draw, so I felt like going back to it.

I would seriously love to see your process as well as learn some tips on how you use your brushes in PS. Seriously, every time I try to tame the beast, nothing ever looks halfway close to what I would want it to be like. Do you start with a mass of color and work from there upward or do you actually outline/sketch first?

Edit - Epic Freudian slip right there.

[borockman]

What he said, very beautiful brushwork BTW.

[KoiDrake]

For that one I did a simple lineart, added a color base underneath, and then started with the detailing on a layer above the lineart, sort of like this:

Some other times I start with a silhouette instead of a sketch and color over it.

I also used some custom brushes I got from somewhere, can't remember exactly where

And thanks btw C:

[Jericho]

Alright then. That's all great to know. Sometimes, I feel intimidated by PS and find myself looking at the stuff people can create in it and wonder how they do it without consulting the pros. Guess I just need to sit down and get familiar with it again. BTW, which version are you using?

[KoiDrake]

It's just a matter of patience when you first start with the program, and then tutorial hunting later on. There are also some really fantastic speedpaintings uploaded at Youtube too, you can learn a lot from different workflows with those.

I recently got the whole CS4 pack, I still have a lot of programs I have no idea what they do . If you have a graphic acceleration hardware (which I don't have in my laptop) you have the plus of having the canvas rotation function, but if you don't any version would work I think. CS4 improved the layout a lot imo.