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12-11-2007, 04:41 AM
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| SFM Guru  Realname: Aaron Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bumville NY Age: 30
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| Need help with romulan soldier Hey guys, I'm drawing a romulan soldier from an episode of TOS I saw years ago.. It's not exact, but I'd like help on skin tone, facial detail and what ever else to get him to look right, and it's only shoulders up for this one.. |
| Captain's Corhort is his name, fetching earlgrey is his game! Relic WIP Last edited by Soran77; 04-18-2008 at 10:52 PM. | |
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12-11-2007, 11:26 AM
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| His Noodly Appendage   Realname: Chris Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Orleans, LA, USA, North America, Sol III, Sirius Sector Age: 39
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| I wish I could offer some sort of help Soran77 but you are a braver man than I tackling realistic skin tones in a vector based program. The only advice I can give is spend a lot of time studying faces and how light and shadow look on skin and try to duplicate the look as much as possible. That's generally how I try new techniques. You also might want to set this work aside and try a couple of small side projects first to practice developing a technique that works. I watched a former workmate do a vector illustration of a face one time. She used a photo as a model. It took her days to get the skin tones and shadows right but it looked awesome when it was done. |
| :: Something Post-Nemesis Trek is coming :: And a little TOS project :: So many projects in my head, so little time... :: "If World War II had been a fashion show, we'd all be speaking German now." --Yours Truly Last edited by Aethernaut; 12-11-2007 at 11:28 AM. | |
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12-11-2007, 03:00 PM
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| SFM Guru Realname: Aaron Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bumville NY Age: 30
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| Thank you Aethernaut, I think I will set this one aside for a while.. I'd really like to be able to do it right, I have seen a vector portait also and it looked really good, also I have seen a motorcycle done completely in vector that looked as good (or better) than a 3d rendering. I wanna get "that good" I play with 3D but 2D is what i love.. |
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12-11-2007, 05:33 PM
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| SFM Guru  Realname: Zach Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: In my livingroom, watching a pirate copy of Nights in Rodanthe
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| Learn how to make your own vectorportraits | Vectorportraits.com very useful. I used their technique with my current project, it's turning out quite nicely, you should give it a try. |
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12-12-2007, 01:12 AM
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| SFM Guru Realname: Aaron Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bumville NY Age: 30
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| Okay it's still taking awhile, but these are photos of my nephew, I'm trying to draw him.. |
| Captain's Corhort is his name, fetching earlgrey is his game! Relic WIP Last edited by Soran77; 04-18-2008 at 10:52 PM. | |
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12-12-2007, 03:54 AM
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| SFM Guru Realname: Zach Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: In my livingroom, watching a pirate copy of Nights in Rodanthe
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I also think the picture of your nephew is a very difficult piece to work on,; their is very little gradation between light and dark which makes it hard to work on with vectors. Vectors are hard to work with but I bet you will do fine! | |
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