WIP - Killadore's Friend portrait
killadore | 01/08/2009 @412 | edit post

Hi everyone First of all, hope you all had a great start with this new year. Personally I'm all tied up in exams, but I can't help misbehaving and doing something creative at the same time. So I decided to share this stuff with you. It started as just a small, fun, doodle project..but grew and is still growing into something more. Like all of my projects usually do. I started out with a photo I took of my friend at one of our photo sessions, and decided to figure out if I can pull off a more cartoonish kind of style this time. This is the reference pic, taken some time in 2006, I had to zoom in about 200% to work with it since it's very small:

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killadore | 01/08/2009 @415 | edit post

From now on, it's all happenin' in Photoshop, baby! So I took the reference pic and I traced it. Since I thought this wouldn't be a big project, I decided to cheat and trace the original pic. I'm against it and all, but in this case it saves time and I know I'd be able to draw the image pretty accurately anyways, so time saving was my first priority here. Still haven't figured out how to use vectors, so using a simple hard edged brush did the trick And we got this:

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killadore | 01/08/2009 @426 | edit post

As you can see I decided to make the dress longer and to modify her hair a bit, and for now I don't know what she's sitting on, but we'll get there! Next step: Creating a new layer I start simply coloring the image. At this point the reference image is only needed for the face. Also I decided to add some vines, tracing the ones in the photo and give her a second foot even though it still looks kinda weird in my eyes...but we'll work on that later

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killadore | 01/08/2009 @433 | edit post

Next step; picking a color for the dress and working more on her skintone I realized I hadn't done much in green lately, so.. [Message edited on 01/08 @434]

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killadore | 01/08/2009 @434 | edit post

And there's a glossy, green dress for her

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killadore | 01/08/2009 @437 | edit post

Final step for today: I colored the feather and turned the flowers a golden kind of color

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Jacobine | 01/08/2009 @493 | edit post

Looks great so far! you have many different skills

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killadore | 01/08/2009 @610 | edit post

Thank you, Jacobine ^_^ I'm glad you like it

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SandraS | 01/08/2009 @646 | edit post

Great work so far! I really like how you colored her dress. You've captured the sence of the fabric. But umm.... that foot... well you told you would work on it later, so I'll not crit it for now. I like her red-ish skintones, it looks good against the dress. The shading might be a bit strange on her chest though, the highlight going down towards her breasts looks too strong, which makes the anatomy look a bit weird...

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killadore | 01/08/2009 @731 | edit post

Thanks, Sandra Yep, I know about the chest and the foot, it's because I haven't defined the shoulders enough. But that's because there's gonna be other stuff there, so I've let that part be for now until I figure out a good way to design 'it' I'm glad you like the dress, though I'm thinking of pushing the depth on it a bit more. Right now there's sort of too many folds in some places and no real shape. Thanks a bunch for the critique!

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killadore | 01/15/2009 @189 | edit post

Here we go, a little update Added some stuff that looks mighty weird right now, but will hopefully make more sense soon Worked more on her skin Worked more on the dress And hooraay..she now has a foot! [Message edited on 03/29 @894]

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Daykan | 01/15/2009 @795 | edit post

Look really great! I like the red/green combination.

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killadore | 01/15/2009 @813 | edit post

^_^ thank you, Matías!

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Mr-EOS | 01/16/2009 @544 | edit post

Kewl work!

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JordanRoots | 01/17/2009 @026 | edit post

I like a lot so far. All I can do is repeat what Sandra said, I like the color you use and everything looks beautiful. Very nice work on the new foot. I'm really impatient to see what you are going to do with the background. Is it going to be dark, light? anyways, since you are using strong colors for the character, I'd advise not to use too saturated colors for the bg in order to make the person stand more. You surely already know about that though.. Do you intend on keeping the lines?

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JordanRoots | 01/17/2009 @028 | edit post

only one crit though, I think she would look prettier with longer hair, like the reference. Or if you want to keep them shorter, they could use a bit more work IMO. I dunno, it seems like there is no hair under the right part of the hair. Can be just me though.

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killadore | 01/17/2009 @077 | edit post

Thanks for the comments, Jordan, nice to see you around here again Hmm, I'll have to see about the hair. I don't think I'll change the length since I'm not going for a totally conventional look here, but maybe I'll work more on the tones. Yeah, I'm keeping the lineart! About the background, well you kinda just have to wait and see, hmm? And thank you, Mr. EOS! [Message edited on 01/17 @084]

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killadore | 01/17/2009 @084 | edit post

Alright guys and gals, a short update The golden stuff ain't done yet, but I just wanted to show you what's going on Oh lol...i just noticed there's something seriously f'ed up with her bare knee there, gotta remember to fix that.. [Message edited on 01/17 @092]

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Daykan | 01/17/2009 @369 | edit post

wow... great details!

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killadore | 01/17/2009 @630 | edit post

^_^ thanks a bunch, Mr.Amazing

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Malakin | 01/17/2009 @851 | edit post

This look so fantastic! You have to put it up as a poster on DA, cause I neeeeeeed it! Love the golden wings kind of... You're the best, darling!

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killadore | 01/17/2009 @896 | edit post

!!! hi there, stranger! thanks, i'll continue working on that stuff there's still a long way until it's done. by the way, what do your rats look like?

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Malakin | 01/18/2009 @919 | edit post

Well, I'm looking very much forward to see more! One is black or really really dark brown and the other is kind of ligt silverish grey

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killadore | 01/19/2009 @166 | edit post

Fixed the knee/leg Colored the sock Now I think I know what she's sitting on..not done yet though, so don't bite my head off for the lack of details! xD Added a very well dressed little friend! [Message edited on 03/29 @900]

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Malakin | 01/27/2009 @869 | edit post

Haha, aaw, that's Asmodeus ^^ Wish he was that welldressed (and well mannered) in real life

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killadore | 01/29/2009 @159 | edit post

A little update Not sure if I'm satisfied with the wings yet. It depends on what I'm gonna do with the background