Art question.

I found this pic online and I was wondering what the artist used to color the pic. It looks like water color but I wasn't sure if this exact coloring job could also be done in PSP with a tablet. I'm not talking about making it just one color either, notice the the slight difference in yellow he used for shading.

If it was done digitally, probably painter (which simulates pretty much every physical art tool imaginable).

Looks like a watercolour to me, but if it is, its either by someone quite accomplished. But with all these new fangled computers (I think thats what they're called) You can never really tell. Point is, its quite a good job either/or. Just out of curiousity, how many people in snarkpit would ever work in watercolours.

I haven't done any art in quite a while, I'm thinking of painting again (and obviously getting better). :smile:

Mephs said:
Looks like a watercolour to me, but if it is, its either by someone quite accomplished. But with all these new fangled computers (I think thats what they're called) You can never really tell. Point is, its quite a good job either/or. Just out of curiousity, how many people in snarkpit would ever work in watercolours.

I haven't done any art in quite a while, I'm thinking of painting again (and obviously getting better). :smile:

I'd use arcrillic, it dries faster and has the same overall effect.

Not to mention the person who painted that doesn't know how to use watercolors :razz: (No offense to them, it still looks cool)

It's too saturated and they didn't outline or remove the outer lines of the drawing. You can also see they didn't use enough paint.

This is what a good water color looks like:


Don't feel bad though, That's Alex Ross' ... the watercolor God.

I hate using watercolors; they are just too difficult to use. I end up having paint all over the place. I don't see how some of these artists get it to look so good. If I could get the same water color effect on a computer I'd go with the computer.

word, spartan. i never finish any artwork because it never comes out
like i want it to(especially watercolor). if i had a program that could
emulate art tools i might actually finish something(ctrl+z is your
friend). i would also need a tablet and possibly a scanner, though...
im broke. i would definitely draw and "paint" more, though... it might
be something i invest in in the future.

btw, the first pic looks kinda like metal gear solid art, and the
second looks like a photograph except for the joker's exaggerated
features and the shadows on the womans right leg. i believe ive seen
some of alex ross' work, could be thinking of a different artist
though... one jumps out from memory in particular: a bunch of
reflective pots and pans in a pile, all with beautifully(and quite
realistically) distorted reflections. it inspired me to try watercolor,
though i was never any good at it, especially compared to the master
artists whom i always seem to compare my own work to... only to end up
self-criticizing unproductively... oh well, at least im always willing
to give it another shot

/hopes you didn't find this on a "casual" browse of furry websites

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Leperous</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>/hopes you didn't find this on a "casual" browse of furry websites</DIV></DIV>

Actually I found it through a search of an artist I was looking for. I liked his work. I never even new there was a genre of drawing called "furry" before I came upon that site (http://www.snarkpit.com/forums.php?forum=4&topic=2551&4) a few days ago. The art I had seen was... well you know. I guess we all have different tastes in art because there were a lot of pictures that I liked. I'm not talking about the super perveted ones either.
On another note that water color picture of the joker is really good. While I hate everything batman I do like how good the picture looks.

Methinks Leperous has been watching too much Bravo... :wink:

http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/farp/theart/assafpsp/assafpsp.html

I was searching through the FARP tutorials and came upon this. I love FARP.

Holy crap read that tutorial I posted. The guy colored the entire picture using a mouse and PSP 6. :eek:

No offence to the tutorial or its writer, but personally I really don't like that picture.

I'm pretty good at drawing unnatural and disproportioned people, think I should write a tutorial for that site?

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting ReNo</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>No offence to the tutorial or its writer, but personally I really don't like that picture.
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You don't have to like the picture, that wasn't the point of the tutorial. It was just to show how well you can paint a sketch using PSP without even using a tablet. The same technique could be used with pastels and paints.

The medium of art is not nearly as the important as the fundamentals of creating the illusion of volume, either with lines, or tonality. Any medium that can give you a gradient within a set hue, or a full spectrum of colors and the ability to paint at a super high resolution, can be used to mimic traditional mediums. Hell.... a computer monitor is only a 'canvas' with hundreds of thousands of tiny points of color, that change rapidly.

The first picture looks like a pencil sketch, brought to the pc and done over digitally, using different layers/modes to retain the initial sketch, while using a smudgy brush to give some shading/tone. It's hard to say.. the wash definately looks digital to me, as I dont see any real brush strokes, but do see alot of 'smudged' areas that don't really feel like true watercolor. Hard to tell with such a low res pic.

If you really want to be impressed with digital painting, check this s**t out

www.goodbrush.com

This guy both blends the lines between digital and traditional painting, and gives digital it's own unique voice. Truly inspiring stuff!

Ahhh screw it, I may as well pimp my own stuff too. Although, this one is 'balls', compared to goodbrush.

Spartan, when you use watercolors you have to layer the paint. You begin with blacks and shadows (usually easier) and paint (with PAINT, you don't mix it with water). You then let it dry. and go in with mid tones and such. The entire point is, a good watercolor painting will take someone who knows what they're doing at least 12 hours (for a small painting) just to get the painting correct (or nice).

Seriously, it takes years, if not decades, to become good at painting, in particular watercolor painting.

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Crono</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>Spartan, when you use watercolors you have to layer the paint. You begin with blacks and shadows (usually easier) and paint (with PAINT, you don't mix it with water). You then let it dry. and go in with mid tones and such. The entire point is, a good watercolor painting will take someone who knows what they're doing at least 12 hours (for a small painting) just to get the painting correct (or nice).

Seriously, it takes years, if not decades, to become good at painting, in particular watercolor painting. </DIV></DIV>
I'm not completely ingnorant on how to use them. I just said I sucked at using them.

P.S. nice sketch Finger

Watercolours aren't my favourite either :/

I disagree with how there is a 'right' way of using a certain medium. If it looks good, that's what matters, I would never criticise on how someone used the paint in the wrong way if it was a decent painting.

Edit: I guess it all depends on what kind of art it is :smile:

If you want to get a watercolour look without the effort, use Faber-Castell watercolour pencils. I've got 200 of 'em, and they're just awesome.

I'd do my "updated" avatar in watercolour pencil, but I've also got a CorelDRAW 3D modelling package with RDI ray tracer. Look AMAZING, but it's not the world's easiest tool...

Watercolours aren't my favourite either :/

I disagree with how there is a 'right' way of using a certain
medium. If it looks good, that's what matters, I would never criticise
on how someone used the paint in the wrong way if it was a decent
painting.

Edit: I guess it all depends on what kind of art it is :smile:

The reason why there's a right and wrong was is because the wrong way of application makes the art work look like s**t.

That's not to say there aren't different techniques.

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Spartan 34</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>Holy crap read that tutorial I posted. The guy colored the entire overlord beast woman using a mouse and PSP 6. :eek: </DIV></DIV>
Fixed

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Finger</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>Ahhh screw it, I may as well pimp my own stuff too. Although, this one is 'balls', compared to goodbrush.



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That is my new desktop background. Cheers dude. I just love bizzare stuff like this.

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Cassius</DIV>
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<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Spartan 34</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>Holy crap read that tutorial I posted. The guy colored the entire overlord beast woman using a mouse and PSP 6. :eek: </DIV></DIV>
Fixed

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Its just a tut its not like it matters what he colored.