The Gang of Five
The Land Before Time => LBT Fanart => Topic started by: Sky on July 26, 2007, 12:32:52 PM
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This forum section will be my favourite. :^.^:
NEWEST ENTRY (February 12, 2012): Battle for Feral Forest
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/th_a8bcc498.jpg) (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/a8bcc498.jpg)
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Here are the pictures I have finished so far (from oldest to newest) :)
Ruby (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/5a0a7ace.png)
Littlefoot (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/347bdbd1.jpg)
Sky (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/cb69a2e0.jpg)
Petrie (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/6252c560.jpg)
Ducky (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/eff15294.jpg)
Chomper (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/191c00cc.jpg)
Cera (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/bdf11307.jpg)
Spike (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/cb399316.jpg)
Sky & Guido (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/8afab70f.jpg)
Sky Flying with Petrie (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/d1a5939c.jpg)
A Wish Upon a Star (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/e537c307.jpg)
Ready to Fly (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/46cc2a6a.jpg)
Christmas Special (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/68095c86.jpg)
Star (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/b234458a.jpg)
Christmas Groupshot (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/ef4ee5bb.jpg)
Sky Hatchling (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/1cb2f152.jpg)
Valentine's Day (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/8f4d5693.jpg)
Cera & Wayne (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/f03dd928.jpg)
Artist Sky (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/2d3a5827.jpg)
The Gang of Five (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/07bd3114.jpg)
Mudbrothers (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/60cdae4c.jpg)
Littlefoot Sleeping (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/895af02e.jpg)
The Forbidden Friendship (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/3c31af16.jpg)
The Hermit of Blackrock (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/b8426779.jpg)
Stranger from the Mysterious Above (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/2f4b872c.jpg)
The Canyon of Shiny Stones (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/63d00b7b.jpg)
March of the Sand Creepers (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/63efbb2c.jpg)
Through the Eyes of a Spiketail (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/a599708d.jpg)
The Lonely Journey (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/84316349.jpg)
The Mysterious Tooth Crisis (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/9f9f23cc.jpg)
Friends (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/a7abc861.jpg)
Flying Up High (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/80f4b0cf.jpg)
The Land Before Time Cast (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/1712fb18.jpg)
Far Away Home - Storytelling (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/1f650e8d.jpg)
Glide Portrait (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/d7a09cd3.jpg)
Far Away Home - Growing Up (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/32907b1e.jpg)
Majestic Flyers (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/daf9b68c.jpg)
Fly With Me ~ (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/fd9b3f12.jpg)
Comfort (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/08b839fa.jpg)
Sketch: Teen Littlefoot (Revised) (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/ddac63bb.jpg)
Sketch: Teen Cera(Revised) (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/7e1eb112.jpg)
Sketch: Teen Petrie (Revised) (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/9d5089e9.jpg)
Sketch: Teen Ducky (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/469af771.jpg)
Sketch: Teen Ruby (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/bee28202.jpg)
Sketch: Teen Spike (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/11247174.jpg)
Sketch: Older Chomper (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/665a3c9b.jpg)
Sketch: Spinosaurus Concept (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/47fecdc6.jpg)
Eybron (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/236a2d4e.jpg)
Lessons (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/2c8162c8.jpg)
Lima, the Spinosaurus (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/e758a138.jpg)
Sky and Star Animation (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/b1e742d9.gif)
One Longneck Family (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/2dc0f2a3.jpg)
Mo, the Ophthalmosaurus (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/fb06362f.jpg)
A Wingtail Family (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/926b0a2e.jpg)
Bright Circle Shine (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/b7b67842.jpg)
Aizon (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/ede4ff09.jpg)
Wingtail Concept (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/0ebba849.jpg)
Here for You (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/59adc155.jpg)
Welcome Back (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/7605d60e.jpg)
Dusk - Controller of Shadows (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/Other/d894a9d5.png)
Fish for Dinner (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/7bbbe715.jpg)
Under the Night Circle (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/3c5e7b80.jpg)
Battle for Feral Forest (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/a8bcc498.jpg)
Enjoy. :lol:
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That was really good! Did you also make your avatar?
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Nice, I put you as a watch and faved two of your art works. I do have a account as well. Nice drawing! I plan to do some of my drawings digital colour when I get home to the UK. so keep a eye out lol.
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It's the very first ever fanart of Ruby that has been presented here, and it was treated right. Great job! :^.^:
*saves pic*
And you should be honored as I rarely ever save pics. :)
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I really hate to say it, but the beauty of this one puts all other fanart work presented here to shame. (I really am very sorry to say that, but I just can't deny it.)-_-
I understand that you want to compliment Sky's work, and I see nothing wrong with that. However, I believe you should watch what you say, because that comment could be interperted the wrong way, especially by other artists on this board. I, myself, felt a bit hurt when I read that. To me, it's just a very nice way of saying that all other artwork on this board is bad.
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Well if you didn't say that I would of snapped, cause it done by using photoshop from my guess and I created drawings that I placed using photoshop as well. I got a fair bit that looks almost like the cartoon itself like my Shorty shocked look picture I did my best with the background that I wanted to created and it looks like Shorty really suprised.
Also my group pic of the 7 in the TV series I worked two long weeks on that and as DarkHououmon stated I would of been a bit upset that you saying my group collager is put to shame from this one.
So'd it wise to becareful that you'd put the words in a way that don't affect others in such a manner.
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*edits earlier post*
Better? :)
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Sure.
Btw, nice picture, Sky. ^^
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Wow nice and beatiful pic good job Sky, I add this picture in my favorite deviations pictures. Nice job indeed.
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wow. wonderful. Just wonderful...
You did the outlines in paint? :blink: You gotta show me how to do that! Even I'm not that good with a mouse and I spend 6 hours a day on the computer. I have a 4500dpi mouse too. Just...Amazing!
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Thanks, guys. ;)
I didn't meant to be mean. :unsure:
I've drawn the pic from a frame of an episode. So, it's not that of a challenge if you spend alot of time to draw this....I think. :P:
Besides, there are always people who are better than yourself, right?
Me in example can't write any stories, while others could write a book. :blink:
@Manny Cav
Yep. =)
@pokeplayer984
Really? I'm very honored. :^.^:
@landbeforetimelover
*looks for tutorial*
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Found it:
MS Paint - Outline Tutorial (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/19428735/?qo=0&q=ms+paint+tutorial&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5)
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Very good work Sky!
The shadowing in particular is just excellent!
As for fanart feedback we never seem to get it quite right. I suppose the best fanart feedback that can be given is the one which tells the artist what in particular is good or bad about the art thereby contributing to even improve further artwork. Anyway, there is an own thread about fanart feedback already. I'm afraid most of the time we are not doing anything more helpful then commending the great job of the artist... sometimes there is nothing else the artists leave us to do :lol
With you being from continental Europe just like me, how did you obtain the TV Episodes featuring Ruby? Did you get them through the work of action9000 and landbeforetimelover or do you have another source?
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Danke, Malte. ;)
I only got "Hermit of Blackrock" from landbeforetimelover.
The rest I got it from...uhm...torrent. *cough*
If there is a chance to get the episodes in high quality, I'll download them. :unsure:
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I hate to beat a dead horse, Sky, but do you have "The March of the Sand Creepers?" It's evasiveness has been bugging me and others here for some time.
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Two words: WOW!!! Impressive! :wow
She looks very real, You might have a future as a cartoonist! Well done.
BTW I have a dA account too! I'm dalandb4time.
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@Manny Cav
Sorry. I don't have that episode. There is not even a torrent. :(
Hopefully someone would record it, so we can watch them. =)
@Lain_EX
Thanks.
Hmm...maybe...if i can draw faster. :D
Don't forget that I only drew her from a frame. ;)
New:
I finished Littlefoot. :D
Click me (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/60803017/)
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Very nice! If you don't mind, I'd like to use that in my upcoming vids involving Littlefoot. :^.^:
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Quite okay, but I can't help feeling that you didn't take quite as much care with Littlefoot as you did with Ruby. Please don't feel offended, it is still a great job, but there are a few minor flaws.
Littlefoot's back for example is just a bit too flat and the feet differ from the feet as they appear in the movie by running in Littlefoot's calves in straight lines rather than forming an angle. The darkest shade of brown on Littlefoot's head also differs from the movie Littlefoot by covering only a very small space rather than all the space beyond his ears.
I like his expression though and again the shaiding is very well done :yes
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@pokeplayer984
Sure. Why not? :^.^:
@Malte279
Well, nobody is perfect. :D
It's only because I drew him freehand. So no frames were involved.
Is it just me or am I using too many smileys? :blink:
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Time to post something new.
This time, its my own created character. *looks at my avatar*
Yep, its me, Sky. :D
Click (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/61059874/)
He looks kinda like Guido in LBT 12, since he is my fav. character. :^.^:
He's an imaginary dinosaur, so I don't think that a real dinosaur looked like him. o.O
Phew...that was a tough one.
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Wow Sky again you impress me. I love your art. Really amazing. You are amazing. Another one for my favorites.
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Thanks, Littlefoot. :^.^:
Now I have to draw the others.
I haven't done Cera, Ducky, Petrie, Spike and Chomper yet.
*goes and makes checklist*
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Heheh I'll be here waiting to see them. :lol:
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Heheh I'll be here waiting to see them. :lol:
Wow, amazing, sky. A very, very big praise. I love your artwork so much. Ruby is now at my desktop. <_< And the other one I saved. I¥m waiting now for the other characters, to save them, too. :yes
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Haven't posted for a long time here. :unsure:
Ok then, here is something new:
Petrie (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/61926525/)
Enjoy. :D
*Checks Petrie from the list*
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Haven't posted for a long time here. :unsure:
Ok then, here is something new:
Petrie (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/61926525/)
Enjoy. :D
*Checks Petrie from the list*
Wow, that¥s perfect. :yes
Gro?es Lob.^^
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Haven't posted for a long time here. :unsure:
Ok then, here is something new:
Petrie (http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/61926525/)
Enjoy. :D
*Checks Petrie from the list*
Excellent! Did you draw him freehand, too?
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Thanks guys. :lol:
Yep, he is drawn freehand.
But why do they all look to the right? :blink: :lol Hmm...
Edit: I think for my new signature. :^.^:
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Thanks guys. :lol:
Yep, he is drawn freehand.
But why do they all look to the right? :blink: :lol Hmm...
Hmm, I don¥t understand what you mean??? :huh:
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Well, all LBT pictures of characters i've drawn are facing to the right. :unsure:
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Well, all LBT pictures of characters i've drawn are facing to the right. :unsure:
Ohh, I don¥t know, mayby there is a sharkteeth. :lol
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Also, my compliments on your signature, Sky. :^.^:
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Indeed, it looks excellent.
Hey Sky, just out of interest, did you ever consider writing own LBT stories / fanfictions?
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Thanks. :^.^:
@Malte
No, not really. :unsure:
I'm not that good at writing stories or fanfictions. Hmm...
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I'm not that good at writing stories or fanfictions. Hmm...
Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. It's nothing to be ashamed about. :)
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I faved a few of your pictures. :3 I think they're really pretty. n___n ~
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Thank you, akida. :^.^:
UPDATE
This time:
Ducky (http://hakunaro.deviantart.com/art/LBT-Ducky-62958139)
Hope you enjoy. :lol:
*Checks Ducky from list*
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Wow, doublepost. o_O
Hey, new pic in three days. :lol:
Click, it's Chomper =) (http://hakunaro.deviantart.com/art/LBT-Chomper-63212806)
Only two more to go. ;)
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Lovely job in both cases! You sure now how to work with painting programms :yes
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Wow, doublepost. o_O
Hey, new pic in three days. :lol:
Click, it's Chomper =) (http://hakunaro.deviantart.com/art/LBT-Chomper-63212806)
Only two more to go. ;)
Wow man, great, really great, good job. It¥s like that are the characters of the film
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Hey Nimrod, could you please stop quoting entire previous messages in your own messages? Of course it doesn't do any harm, but it is kind of pointless to quote whole messages unless it helps to clarify the content of your own message. Sometimes it is very helpful for the understanding of a message to quote parts of a preceding message the new message is referring to. But when this is not the case there is no point in quoting what other people wrote. :)
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okey, I¥ll do
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Thank you, guys. :lol:
I already finished the pencilwork of Cera.
Only some small changes and I'm ready to outline it. Hm...
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Nice, I can¥t wait to see it :^.^:
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Can you make Tricia, Spike & Guido? Well, if you want to. BTW, have I told you how good artist are you?
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Hey Sky! Just been admiring your handiwork! Very nice ;) You've definitely got a talent for this type of artistery. How long do they take you to do (on average)? I'm not much of an artist myself but I do have the odd sketch knocking around. Maybe you could gimme some tips :lol
Great work though! Look forward to your future projects!
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yes, me too. I am not so a good artist, but I want to learn how to draw so nicely
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I took a look at your Ducky drawing and I think you actually got it right. Out of all the members of the gang, Ducky's one of the most difficult to draw. Great job on that one.
I can't wait to see your Cera one. Keep it up! :^.^:
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Aww, thanks everybody. :^.^:
And as a present, I finished...
Cera (http://hakunaro.deviantart.com/art/LBT-Cera-63628015) :lol:
Well, I could give some tips for you (not sure if its helpful though =P)
Try to draw a copy from a picture before you actually freehand draw them.
So you know how the body and such is build.
Look at some drawing tutorials (can be found in the net).
Watch many cartoons xD (the ones with good quality) (thats how I learned drawing actually lol xD)
If you have much freetime, try to draw one picture a day.
Don't be sad if your picture isn't that good. You'll get better when time passes. =)
And the most important thing is...to have FUN drawing.
It doesn't make any sense if your not having fun. :unsure:
Hope I could help some of you out. =P
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yes, you could. ... And it¥s a great picture, very good job. Go on with your work, I hope to see more pictures from you :^.^:
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There's nothing nice to say about your artwork that hasn't already been said. Again, great artistry!
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Thank you. :^.^:
I'll be posting Spike tomorrow. Then I finished drawing the gang of......eight? :blink:
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Then I just finished drawing them. xD
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:wow Wow...just freaking WOW! Those are AMAZING!
I wish I could draw like that. Sadly, I only have MS Paint to draw on until I get a scanner. :(
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Well, I got Adobe Photoshop CS3. (Special Thanks to Littlefoot). He gave me the crack. So it¥s free for me. :D
Mayby you could ask him :^.^:
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hey! I just saw your gallery today! :D Awesome work! on DA I am Knightraptor.
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Finally. Here is the promised picture of:
Spike (http://hakunaro.deviantart.com/art/LBT-Spike-63717392)
Yeah. I finished drawing them. :lol:
Now I should either draw a group shot or start making a storyboard for the comic I promised. <.<
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The end group shot in your sig has morphed well. :)
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Fantastic work, Sky! :D How was it you made these pictures, again? Did you use an image editing or drawing program?
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Wow Sky I love all your drawings. You are amazing. Can I have them for my collection? :^.^:
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... As a second, as a third as a.... however. Very good work. But there is something, I don¥t really know. Doesn¥t has Spike stripes at his tomy? :unsure:
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Wow! All of your drawings have proven to be wonderful. I can't help but feel that The Gang of Five Forums is proud to have such a talented artist like you here. :)
Mind if I yoink the Cera drawing? ;)
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Thank you all, guys. :lol:
@Manny Cav
Well, first I draw them in pencil (it looks sometimes different as the final pic. Exp.: The head from Petrie was smaller then the final pic o_O).
Then I outline them in Paint (It's very easy if you know how and worked alot with Paint =P).
Then I color them in Photoshop (using some reference pics makes it easier =D)
Uhmm...yeah. That's my proccess of drawing pictures. :)
@Littlefoot & pokeplayer984
Sure. :^.^: :
@Nimrod
Wow. You're right.
I really forgot to draw some lines. :slap
Maybe I should watch the sequels more then the episodes. :unsure:
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^^, nice that I could help :^.^:
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Time to put this thread back to the top. :P:
So here is a small present for Lain_EX. :lol:
I haven't drawn Mo though.
But I'll try to put him in in other pics.
Sky & Guido (http://hakunaro.deviantart.com/art/LBT-Sky-and-Guido-65028347)
Yea, I suck at drawing backgrounds. >.<
And Guido turned out better than Sky. o.O
But I'm getting better (hopefully). :P: :lol
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:blink: :blink:
Wow, no comment, you did a great job sky. But what I wanted to know is, how you did the shadows at the characters? I think you used photoshop, not. Mayby you can explain me.
But all about this, amazing work, and the background is nice too. :yes
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I like it quite a bit Sky, you did a good job, I've faved it :)
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I forgot to ask, what species is Sky?
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Thanks. =)
@Nimrod
Yep, I used Photoshop.
I learned to shade when I used a pic of an episode as a little help.
@DarkHououmon
I dunno. :blink: :P:
He just came in my mind while I was watching LBT 12.
He's based on Guido (he kinda looks like him), but can fly like Petrie. So he is not a glider.
He also eats plants and not any "ground crawlers". :p
So he's kinda a mix of Petrie and Guido. o_O
@Threehorn & Great Valley Guardian:
Thanks for the fav. :lol:
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Awesome job Sky! :yes
What did you think when you were making this image? Both Guido and Sky look at each other in a very reflective manner. It looks like you imagined a little scene or story and created a picture of it. Is it so? Is there a little story behind this picture?
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Thank you. :^.^:
Well, I was watching LBT 12 while I was drawing Sky for the first time.
But then I noticed that both Guido & Sky look almost similar. But I didn't wan't a character that already exist. So I gave Sky a beak like a bird, strange looking "horns" on his head, made him larger, colored him blue (my fav color :D), made his legs and feet thicker and edited his tail a bit.
Later then I thought, hmm...why not drawing a picture of Sky and Guido together?
I needed an idea and the story above popped in my mind and this came out. :lol:
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Hey Sky, do you happen to have an MSN identity? I would really fancy a chat with you :yes
My identity is malte279@hotmail.com
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Pretty good, if I do say so myself. :D
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@Malte
Hate to say it, but I don't have MSN or ICQ. And I don't want to get one in the future. =/
Sorry about that. :(
@Weather Lord
Thank you. :^.^:
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Hate to say it, but I don't have MSN or ICQ. And I don't want to get one in the future.
No problem. I suppose it is for reasons similar to those for which I abandoned ICQ. It took me a long time to use MSN as I tend(ed) to prefer emails. Now I'm using both means of communication.
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As I said on dA, very thnx for that pic. Now my Mo request is afoot. you can take your time tho.
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As I said on dA, very thnx for that pic. Now my Mo request is afoot. you can take your time tho.
Hehe, I am using a lot of these programs^^ MSN, ICQ, Yahoo messenger..... and so on :lol:
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Hehe, I am using a lot of these programs^^ MSN, ICQ, Yahoo messenger..... and so on
I don't use ICQ as I don't like what I heard about it. But I do use Yahoo, AIM, and MSN.
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Why? what did you hear about ICQ?
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Alright, new pic. =)
Sky flying with Petrie (http://hakunaro.deviantart.com/art/LBT-Sky-flying-with-Petrie-65579486)
Now I'm feeling like I was in the Valley. xD
And it's a good feeling too. ^^
It took me ages to make that background. >.<
But I think I'm getting the hang of this. = D
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Wow sky, that¥s amazing. (Dazu fehlen mir um ehrlich zu sein die Worte)
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(http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc122/lbtfreak/SkyundPetrie.jpg) :D
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It's still impressive. :D
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Nice background, Nimrod. xDD
Thanks. :)
I'm still deciding about the story of my comic I promised. Hm... =/
First it was meant that a human (me xD) finds a book about dinosaurs that opens a portal to a world.
Then he lands somewhere in the world of "The Land Before Time".
He then wakes up as "Sky". ^^
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Or we can skip that human/portal thingy and we start there where he wakes up. xD ^^
Oh, and I don't know what artwork I should draw next.
Anyone got ideas? :unsure: :D
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Oh, and I don't know what artwork I should draw next.
Anyone got ideas?
How about the characters in a dangerous situation and an accordingly gloomier landscape than the Great Valley? Petrie and Sky flee-flying from an erupting volcano for example.
Or we can skip that human/portal thingy and we start there where he wakes up.
If I was you I would skip the human involvement and try to write a story that could be turned into a movie without breaking with the early land before time movies. This is just my suggestion though and many will think different about it.
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@ Sky: your first idea for your story let remember me the endless story. Did anyone hear about the book or saw the film? :unsure:
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@Malte
Hey, great idea. :D
I think I'll do that. ;)
@Nimrod
Sorry, haven't watched/read it yet. :(
@Comic-Story
Alright.
Story 1: 0 Points
Story 2: 1 Points
Still need more suggestions before drawing the comic. :^.^:
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I must say your art work is far impressive to what i done, the background is amazing and so is the drawings.
I also like the idea of your story as well :) it very good idea with the portal thing. I had thought about something those that line before with a story idea and the one that I slowly work on is where everyone out of a group of five kids this was long before the tv series or lbt 11 or 12 and even 10 where the group make a wish that was the same one when seeing a shooting star and some how it came true, at the moment they in the world of land before time meeting the gang of five and some how they each are types of the same group of Littlefoot and his friends. (I guess you already read some of it and get what I am saying lol)
Still back to your art, it fanstically amazing.
as for your story, I think Malte is right, if you try to keep human out of it, most likely make a better story, but there has been some that had human in it that did well for example the yugioh crossover with LBT, both stories I read of that before they disappeared was amazing to read, I enjoyed that.
but in the end it your choice :)
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@ Sky: your first idea for your story let remember me the endless story. Did anyone hear about the book or saw the film?
The English title of "Die unendliche Geschichte" is "The neverending story".
I'm quite a fan of the books of Michael Ende. There is a thread (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=917) about Michael Ende's books in the arts section.
@Malte
Hey, great idea. biggrin.gif
I think I'll do that. wink.gif
A while ago I made a drawing (a rough one at that) of Petrie and Pterano swooping down the slope of an erupting volcano (a scene from a story of mine). Petrie's face is just very suited for looks of distress (wide eyes clenched teeth in the corners of his mouth etc.) :lol
A volcanic eruption offers a chance to make good use of many colors which are usually used a lot more sparingly.
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Ok, that makes Story 1: 0 | Story 2: 2
I think I will decide the story on wednesday. ;)
@Threehorn
Ah yes. A wish apon a star
A very very cool fanfic. :lol:
I'm looking forward to it. :yes
I wished I could be there too. *slap* ... *stops being selfish* xD
@Malte
Really? Is it somewhere in the forums?
I could use it as an inspiration. :lol: But only if you allow. ;)
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yeah, sorry Malte. I think I should informate me the next time when I am posting something in the forum :D
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@Malte
Really? Is it somewhere in the forums?
I could use it as an inspiration. laugh.gif But only if you allow. wink.gif
Of course you may use it as an inspiration, but without any false modesty I must say that the drawing is best used as an example on how NOT to do it. The perspective I used did not help promoting a dramatic effect. I suppose it would be much better if a frontal worm's eye view was picked (with the volcano towering above Petrie swooping down the slope). Alternately (if a focus on the destruction caused by the volcano rather than the immediate danger of the characters was intended) one could have the flyers hover high above the volcano and offer a wide scope birds eye view on the destruction below.
Here is a link to that drawing (http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte2709/Sketches/Flyer%27s%20flight.jpg) I mentioned, but apart from the shortcomings mentioned above it is also drawn just with very thin lines so you can't see much in this drawing.
Here (http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte2709/Sketches/Sketch%20-%20Ozzy%27s%20narrow%20miss.jpg) is another drawing with a totally different context, but it shows an example of a wide-eyed, "clenched-teethed" Petrie es mentioned above.
This (http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte2709/Volcano/Volcano9.jpg) picture may give some inspiration about one possible scheme of colors that might be caused by a volcanic eruption.
yeah, sorry Malte. I think I should informate me the next time when I am posting something in the forum biggrin.gif
Don't worry :lol
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Why? what did you hear about ICQ?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but ICQ uses numbers as screennames, doesn't it? I don't like that idea because I would have problems memorizing each screenname, and I don't want to have to the screennames down on a list, as I never had to do that before with other IM programs I've used.
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@Malte
Thank you for the links. :lol:
They are a great help.
Oh, and they look cool too. =)
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but ICQ uses numbers as screennames, doesn't it? I don't like that idea because I would have problems memorizing each screenname, and I don't want to have to the screennames down on a list, as I never had to do that before with other IM programs I've used.
Yes, you are right. But you can also use names. The only problem is that there are very much same names. And than you¥ll need the ICQ numbers. I have no problem with remember them.^^ I wrote my own down at a piece of paper and the other one I¥ll have in my ICQ member list. So I don¥t have to write them down.
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Yo. Back with a small surprise. ;)
It's the "A Wish Upon A Star" characters:
A Wish Upon A Star - Groupshot (http://hakunaro.deviantart.com/art/A-Wish-Upon-A-Star-Groupshot-66048207)
A Gift for Threehorn. :D
For those who don't know his fanfic: http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/i...p?showtopic=518 (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=414)
It was an honor for me to draw them. =D
Hope you finish it someday. ;)
Gotta love such stories. :^.^:
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Always a gift for me to see new pictures from you sky. Go on with your work. You¥ll become a very great artist. :yes
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It was a delight to see that. Please continue with your work, Sky. B)
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wow the finishing thing is amazing :) I love it! :D
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Thank you, guys. :lol:
But I think I'm going to take a break from drawing artworks. :blink:
Now I'm putting all my abilitys to draw the comic. :^.^:
Already finished 2 pencil pages. So stay tuned. ;)
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This is cool! Dino versions of five of us :lol:
Wayne doesn't seem to be pleased with me sitting on his back for some reason ;)
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PUSH :blink:
New Picture.
But no new page from the comic. D=
Ready to Fly (http://hakunaro.deviantart.com/art/Ready-to-Fly-70090584)
Petrie makes himself ready to fly. =)
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Nice artwork. You been drawing long?
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Oh, my. Do you hand-draw this stuff in Photoshop? :blink:
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Awesome!
I just love Petrie's expression! :yes
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Thanks, guys. ^_^
@Kor
Yeah, I haven't been drawing lately. =/
@Manny
Nope. I just color them in Photoshop. ;)
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Oh my, another push. o.O
Cera & Wayne (http://hakunaro.deviantart.com/art/LBT-Cera-and-Wayne-77914688)
This was a request from Threehorn.
I hope you like it. =)
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I like the picture, and they do make a cute couple. They look cute together in that picture.
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wow it soooo cool, thanks a ton
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I'm trying to view the artwork on this thread but everything is "File Not Found". I know the artwork is old but I really want to see it. Could you repost it so it can be viewed on deviantart?
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Heya! :)
Here, I uploaded all pictures LBT related (except comic pages) on imageshack.
From oldest to newest:
Ruby (http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4886/lbtruby.jpg)
Littlefoot (http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6032/lbtlittlefoot.jpg)
Sky (http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/324/lbtsky.jpg)
Petrie (http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/8475/lbtpetrie.jpg)
Ducky (http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/8809/lbtducky.jpg)
Chomper (http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/5251/lbtchomper.jpg)
Cera (http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/4673/lbtcera.jpg)
Spike (http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/791/lbtspike.jpg)
Sky & Guido (http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/9666/skyguido.jpg)
Sky Flying with Petrie (http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9571/skypetrieandlittlefoot.jpg)
A Wish Upon a Star (http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/401/awishuponastargroupshot.jpg)
Ready to Fly (http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/5545/readytofly.jpg)
Christmas Special (http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/179/lbtchristmasspecial.jpg)
Star (http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/1182/lbtstar.jpg)
Christmas Groupshot (http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/2751/lbtchristmasgroupshot.jpg)
Sky Hatchling (http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/91/lbtskyhatchling.jpg)
Valentine's Day (http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/2183/valentinesday.jpg)
Cera & Wayne (http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/3200/cerawayne.jpg)
The Gang of Five (http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/5302/gangoffive.jpg)
Mudbrothers (http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/7335/mudbrothers.jpg)
Littlefoot Sleeping (http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7172/littlefootsleeping.jpg)
The Forbidden Friendship (http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/5742/theforbiddenfriendship.jpg)
The Hermit of Blackrock (http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/552/thehermitofblackrock.jpg)
Stranger from the Mysterious Above (http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/2424/strangerfromthemysterio.jpg)
The Canyon of Shiny Stones (http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/2012/thecanyonofshinystones.jpg)
March of the Sand Creepers (http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/7374/marchofthesandcreepers.jpg)
Through the Eyes of a Spiketail (http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/6184/throughtheeyesofaspiket.jpg)
The Lonely Journey (http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/4113/thelonelyjourney.jpg)
The Mysterious Tooth Crisis (http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/189/themysterioustoothcrisi.jpg)
Friends (http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/4083/friendsa.jpg)
Flying Up High (http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/4205/flyinguphigh.jpg)
The Land Before Time Cast (http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/4205/thelandbeforetimecast.jpg)
Enjoy! ;)
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Those are pretty exceptional, every one of them.
The one with Sky hatching is so cute... being a guy i'm embarassed to admit it.
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It can be handy to have all the pictures in 1 place. Makes it easy to find a picture you know that you did.
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The one with Sky hatching is so cute... being a guy i'm embarassed to admit it.
Oh, don't be! :p I'm a guy, and I find lots of things cute (many of which are not often thought of as such: bats, reptiles, jumping spiders, etc.). Admittedly, I'm a little shy to spontaneously voice such opinions in public (but then, I'm usually shy about voicing anything in public), but I'm not afraid to say I find something cute if I am prompted to give an opinion. Of course, maybe I'm just weird (actually, I know I am :P:). My point is, no one on the GoF is going to ridicule you (certainly not me! ;)).
I personally liked "Flying Up High," "The Lonely Journey," "March of the Sand Creepers" (Littlefoot's expression: :lol), and pretty much anything with a threehorn in it. (Sky draws very cute threehorns. :smile)
EDIT: By the way, the links for "A Wish Upon a Star," "Ready to Fly," and "Christmas Special" don't seem to be working for me.
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@Caustizer
You don't have to be embarassed. :yes
I'm a guy too, and I absolutely love cute things. :lol:
@Pangaea
Hmm, "A Wish Upon a Star," "Ready to Fly," and "Christmas Special" didn't worked for me either before. But I can access them now so it's cool now I think. =)
Just tell me if it still doesn't work and I reupload them. ;)
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They work now. Thanks! :)
Oh, and you can add "Ready To Fly" to the list of artworks I said I particularly liked. Just the way you drew Petrie in that oneóI may not be reading his expression correctly, but to me he looks...uncharacteristically mischievous. It made me laugh when I saw it. I love it! :smile :lol
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Hello:
Kor is right, it is awesome you are organizing your pics and store them in 1 place, so it can be much easier to find them and show them. And I cannot avoid saying that I'd like to see more pics too :DD .
Keep it up Sky!
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Very nice. You draw a good Ducky.
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Haha! :lol:
Thanks guys. ^_^
Maybe I'll upload a new picture in the future. It has been awhile since my last fanart. :)
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I'm inspired by your artworks on Sky and I can see a character impression of him building in my head. He seems to me like the scientific type, who sees things "beyond what the eyes can see" similar to the Rainbowfaces, but a bit more down to earth. He would be likely to be a stone of cold fire collector, or to be curious why the wind blows etc., but that's going out on a limb. Sky, how do you imagine him? You did such a good job on the art it would be a waste to not know your character :lol
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Is it because of my avatar? He do look like a scientist now that you mentioned it. :lol
Actually, he is more like a dreamer. Lying there, staring at the sky...
He's also an adventurer of some sort. Likes to explore new places. ^^
But he mostly stays with his friends in the Great Valley, either playing together, helping others out or going out for adventures.
He's just like me. :lol:
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Sounds like you have him very well fleshed out as a character. More then some fictional characters are.
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Sounds like you have him very well fleshed out as a character. More then some fictional characters are.
A picture says a 1000 words.
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Indeed it does :yes indeed it does. :yes Especially certain pictures more then other pictures.
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BTW How old is Sky? Is he an adult, teenager, or just a big kid? His age would have a big impact on how he interacts with the gang.
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Thanks guys! :lol:
He's a teenager. Somewhat 17-18 years old. ;)
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So he's older then the gang, including Ruby. Closer to the bullies (from the 3rd movie) age.
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Hello:
Maybe Sky should do the role of a baby-sitter from the Gang, taking care of them while the grown-ups discuss about the whatever crisis is happening at the moment. But at the end things may not turn out as expected :smile .
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& the gang slip off to do what needs doing as usual? :lol
Maybe even slipping away from him unnoticed while he's not looking.
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I think of Sky as an intellectual who does his own thing, but is interesting enough that some of the more curious members of the gang (such as Petrie) follow him around to see what he is about. He reacts to this with a "right this way fellow explorer" attitude that is friendly but also means he ignores them for his work.
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At Caustizer's request, I'll post the pics of "Far Away Home" here too: :)
(http://o71t.img-up.net/FarAwayHomkthc.jpg) (http://o71.img-up.net/?up=FarAwayHomkthc.jpg)
Or you can look here for updates: Far Away Home - Fanart (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=6675) ;)
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Time to post some fanart again. ^^
New art for Caustizer's fanfiction "Far Away Home" (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=6233): :lol:
Quote from the story:
... the longneck licked his lips and looked at his reflection in the water… only to see something horrifying looking back at him.
Littlefoot gasped in surprise, that couldn’t be him! There was a weird wrinkle underneath his eyes, and the lines on his face were totally different. ... It was real… this really was his face. ...
(http://www.abload.de/thumb2/farawayhome-growingupc2e5a.jpg) (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=farawayhome-growingupc2e5a.jpg)
Enjoy! ;)
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OMG that's so perfect! Thank you a hundred times for doing this for me Sky.
When I requested this picture, I wanted to emphasize one of the most important aspects of this Act was Littlefoot's right of passage between child and adult. Bad things and good things happen, but when everything comes down to it the story is and will always be about the Gang of Five (well Seven).
The only thing I might have done different was to add more trees in the background to create the illusion of a forest rather then a field but believe me that would only be a slight improvement. Keep this up!
Caustizer.
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Glad you like it that much.
If you want, I can make a forest back there very easy. Just tell me. :)
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:smile Can you please do that for me Sky?
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Would this be satisfactory? :)
(http://n69t.img-up.net/FarAwayHom97ml.jpg) (http://n69.img-up.net/?up=FarAwayHom97ml.jpg)
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Excellant thank you Sky.
I'm surprised at how little activity this site has been getting these days its like ever since the summer when the LBT office closed down things have hit an all time low here.
Normally outstanding art like this would be met with flowing praise.
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One of my new year resolution is: Make more LBT art. :lol:
The last two were requests from Caustizer (or better, gifts for writing a fanfiction with my characters ^^).
Other than that, I think normal fanart should be there too. :D
So here is my favourite microraptor Guido and his friend Petrie:
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/daf9b68c.jpg)
It's kinda like a warm up. There will be more (and maybe a comic?) in the next few days/weeks. ^_^
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It's nice to see that your back in the game... I look forward to your new pieces of LBT art :smile
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Looks nice! :D Both characters are very well drawn! :yes
I see you opted to give Guido normal hands, as opposed to the "feather-fingers" he seems to have in the movie. :p
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One of my new year resolution is: Make more LBT art
Now that's a resolution we will enjoy here :D
If you are going to make a comic, do you mean to continue the one you started a while ago or start a new one?
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Thanks everyone! :lol:
@Pangaea
I always saw them as normal hands actually. :p
@Malte
If I'm really doing a comic, it'll be a completely new one. ^_^
The problem of my previous comics was, that I didn't plan the story ahead, doing it from scratch instead. So I actually had no idea what I was doing.
But this time, I complete the story before drawing the comic. ;)
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Awesome, Sky! :)
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Yay! New art! :D
Sorry for being so slow. I used to be much faster when I draw LBT art (like one picture every day). :(
Guess I want to put much more effort to my works (or school is being annoying again :p).
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/fd9b3f12.jpg)
Remember this poll? http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/i...?showtopic=7491 (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=7236)
I guess it was unnecessary to start one afterall. ;)
Oh, how I missed their LBT design... :wub
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That's lovely! I like how you did the colours on the tree :)
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very good artwork. Looks pretty touching. I guess they both are about to have some fun flying together.
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I love this picture and I'm glad you've finally finished it!
Hopefully when summer comes around and you have more free time then you can make these more often :smile
On a side note though, Sky's eyes look a little bit too small for his face, but perhaps that is intended.
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Thanks guys. :lol:
@Caustizer
Is it? Maybe...
I wanted to make him look a bit surprised, but since they don't really have eyebrows, I just raised the blue part of the eye a bit. :)
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Wow, awesome art, Sky! I really should check this thread out more often! :wow
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Hello:
I like your new pic Sky, I specially like the differences between the wing designs of Sky and Star.
And it is good that you want to put more effort, we can all wait a little bit longer for new pics so don't worry about that. Just remember to work at your own pace, specially since school is poking you too, hehehe.
Keep it up!
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OMG how do you draw that good how do you do that?
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@Duckyfan
Practice and motivation. :D
Yay, new pic! :lol:
Another scene from Caustizer's story 'Far Away Home' with Star trying to comfort Ruby:
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/08b839fa.jpg)
Yeah, it was quite difficult to draw this so there are some errors regarding the anatomy. :p
Anyway, enjoy. :^.^:
@Caustizer
I hope this pic is satisfactory for your story. :yes
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Dark picture, but I love it! :)
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That is absolutely stunning. :blink:
It really does the reality of the scene justice, since it portrays Star as more then a simple object but a person with a unique view and a natural affinity towards children.
I don't know what else to say... for once I am truely lost for words.
Caustizer.
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Awesome pictures Sky and great, emotional expressions in the one with Ruby and Star. Which are the anatomical differences which you mentioned Sky? One thing I notice is that if Star stood up she would be almost twice as tall as Ruby, but this may be intention, is it?
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Good picture, dark and of a sad scene, but still well done. Good work.
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Fantastic! :wow I love the expressions! (The eyes, in particular, are gorgeous. There's so much depth to them. :o) Ruby is very well drawn. I like the colors, too. (Even the dark background. :p)
I do think that more of Star's tail should be visible (The way it just disappears behind her legs doesn't look right). And it's a little strange that the leading edge and tip of her left wing has almost the same shape as the trailing edge and tip of her right wing. (Are those the anatomical errors you spoke of?)
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@Caustizer
I'm really glad you like the picture. :^.^:
@Malte
An anatomical error would be her left arm. It's much smaller than the other one. :blink: And her left wing looks a bit off too...
And yes, it was intended as she's near an adult. :yes
@Pangaea
Now that you mention it, her wing looks quite odd a bit. But her left arm is also smaller than her right arm. :p
What I just noticed too is that Star's eyelashes are on the wrong spot of her eye unlike Ruby's eyelashes. DX
But I'm glad you all enjoy the picture nevertheless. :yes
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Wow! Great job Sky! Lovin' your pic of Star and Sky. The depth of the backgrounds (clouds and trees) stand out just as much as the characters as a centre piece. And the expression of gloom and sadness in your Star and Ruby piece is wonderfully depicted. Excellent job! :D
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Sorry for my absence but here is a new piece (it's not much though). :)
Some of you may noticed the "Dawn of a Wingtail" logo in my signature. It's a comic project I'm currently working on (big thanks to Caustizer for giving me permission and for inspiring me :yes).
I intend to have the gang a bit older, somewhere in their teens. I tried to make Littlefoot look older but it didn't work out that well I guess. :unsure:
Same goes to Cera but at least her two horns have finally grown. :D
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/a8db21a9.jpg)
Next would be Petrie and Ducky and then Spike and Ruby. Let's not forget Chomper. :lol: There will also be some new characters.
And you guys already know Sky, Star and Glide (in case you haven't seen a picture with Glide, here is one: Glide (http://n81.img-up.net/Caustizer-0pe8.png)).
Until then, enjoy. :wave
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About littlefoot, he does look kind of older.. However he's got a babyface :P:
Give him some more 'wrinkles' might help. Cera looks good imo.
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Lovely pictures Sky :yes
Iris has a point though. However, I don't think that it is wrinkles but rather proportions that would do the trick to make them look older. In relationship to the rest of their bodies their heads would not be as large anymore as they would be in case of young kids. And the ratio of the eyes to the rest of the face would also change so they would not longer be as big eyed (which often makes a lot of what is perceived as cute appealing to the human instinct of protection).
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For being teenagers, Littlefoot and Cera are still quite small. Remember when Grandpa Longneck refers to 'The Time of Great Growing' as a milestone in his life in the longneck test episode?
Also, I think Cera was pretty well done (apart from being larger) but Littlefoot still looks like a kid because of how fair the lines on his face are. Malte is right about the porportion of the head to the body too, as the older you are the smaller your head will be comparatively.
Good art though and keep it up... I'm interested to see what you are producing for your comic. :smile
Caustizer.
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I like how the pictures look. And Littlefoot may be older in the picture, but maybe not a teen yet, and not the age Cera is in her picture. Maybe between his age in the movies and as a teen.
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I hate to say it, but apart from Cera’s horns (including the extra pair of nubs on her frill), I don’t notice much difference. :oops Still good pictures, though. :yes
As far as making Littlefoot more mature-looking, the first thing I would suggest is getting rid of the puffy cheeks so that the corners of his mouth are visible. I don’t know why the animators gave him those in the TV series; he didn’t have them in any of the previous movies, and adding the cheeks only made him look younger than he did in the first movie. Besides that, perhaps you could make his snout and tail slightly longer, and also make the end of his tail thinner and more sinuous.
As for Cera, I actually think her head looks a little small for her body. (Remember that threehorns have rather large heads, especially with their frills.) Conversely, I also got the impression that her feet are just a little too large in proportion to her body.
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Hello:
I like the concepts for a more grown-up versions of the gang. Littlefoot does still look quite child-like, so he may be just a few years older than he is in the movies and tv serie. Cera looks very good, she is like annoyed for some reason (she always looks like that anyways :D ).
Keep it up!
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Looks like drawing them a little older is not an easy task. :p
Thanks for the critiques and tips, I really appreciate it. :yes I will try these two again along with Petrie and Ducky and hopefully succeed this time. :lol:
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Finished Petrie and Ducky :D, but first Littlefoot and Cera again.
I followed your advice and they DO look older now. :lol:
Made Littlefoot's head and eyes smaller, his snout and tail a bit longer, changed his neck a little and removed his cheeks. As for Cera, I made her head and frill larger and her feet and eyes smaller (but she still looks like a child to me :unsure:).
And this is the result I'm really happy about :):
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/835b854c.jpg)
And now to Petrie and Ducky...
Ok, I have absolutely no idea how to turn Petrie into a teen. >_<
He looks like a rejected version of Pterano. :blink: Speaking of Pterano, I'm not sure if I should give Petrie claws like him or hands and feet like his mom (she's like a big version of Petrie. :p)
Any ideas to solve this problem?
As for Ducky... oh my, I love how she came out. :wub
But she looks more of an adult, does she? I'm not sure... :unsure:
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/9cb6c18a.jpg)
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Hello:
Well, Cera does look like she is still a little kid, except for the new horns :D . As for petrie, I think you should include the claws, because all male adult Flyers we have seen have claws (as far as I remember). Ducky looks great, so does Littlefoot. So now you are just missing Spike! :smile .
Keep it up!
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Fantastic improvements with Littlefoot and Cera. :yes (I do think Littlefoot’s neck looks a little thick, and was the one thing that I liked better before.) Unfortunately, in Littlefoot’s case, apart from the smaller eyes, I still can’t really tell that he’s supposed to look older, and I’m at a loss for suggestions. :oops
Petrie’s head looks great (I like that you kept a the slight jaggedness he has to his beak), but his body looks rather skinny, and his legs a little long. Overall I think his proportions are a little too human-like. I would suggest making his fingers and toes more pointed (maybe not with claws like Pterano’s; I suspect his design included those to make him look just a little menacing), but keeping them black.
I really like how you drew Ducky. She looks much older, but not fully adult, and still manages to be quite cute. :DD I might suggest making her crest and forearms (not the whole arm; just the area between the elbow and the wrist) just a little thinner. Also, the position of her tail looks just a little odd; it seems to curl very sharply downwards and forwards (almost to an unnatural-looking extent), and doesn’t look quite sufficient to balance her given how far forward she is leaning. (My proposed solution is rather complex, so please bear with me. :oops) Right now the position of Ducky’s tail looks like this: ). My suggestion is to bow it further outward, so that the shape of the curve is more of a half-circle than a flattened arch. This would involve changing the inside outline of the tail (the part behind her knee) as well as the outside outline which connects with her back. The top of her tail would slope much less steeply downward from her back, as would the side that connects with her leg. The tip of her tail, meanwhile, would not need to have its shape or position changed at all. The result is that you would make the tail longer, its base thicker (more like Littlefoot's and Cera's in your other images), and its position more realistic.
It occurs to me that perhaps you are working with limited space (possibly the reason you drew Ducky’s tail curving so far forward in the first place), but if you were to only move the outer curve of the tail to the edge of the image, I would think that would be sufficient.
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Ducky and Littlefoot look great indeed! I like cera this tiny bit better too :D
As for Petrie, I totally do not know how to make him look less like pterano.. I guess I'm missing the big eyes compared to the rest of his face, which is typical for petrie :P:
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These are cute, especially the one of Ducky :smile.
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Those pictures do look good. As for if Petrie should have claws like his uncle or not you have his mother for an example, and also various adult flyers that are the same type as Petrie, which I assume at least 1 or 2 of the judges in the 12th movie maybe were the same type as Petrie is for some other examples.
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Wow, these pictures are ridiculously good!
If another LBT movie is made, I'm suggesting that you, GVG, and Lillefot are the animators :D
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Thank you guys. :^.^:
And big thanks to Pangaea for the helpful critique. :yes
So here are Petrie and Ducky again but much more improved:
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/f7b79241.jpg) (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/469af771.jpg)
Petrie Looks way better now but still far from perfection. As for Ducky, well, this is what I understood from your solution. I hope I got it right. :oops
As for the next two...
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/bee28202.jpg) (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/11247174.jpg)
I had a hard time with Spike here. Used a reference from an episode for help.
As for Ruby, I really like how she came out. :) (though, she looks unchanged :p)
That leads us to the last one: Chomper.
He's younger than the rest of the gang in the movies so he'll be somewhere in his early teens (maybe a tween). Let's see how he'll end up... :)
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Well Ruby was a bit older than the gang anyway. I like new ducky! Really pretty :)
I like how Spike came out too, he still looks like him :D
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Ducky does look better :yes. She's pretty yet you've managed to maintain her cuteness :smile.
They all look good ;).
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All of these pictures are excellant, though I think you should go back and redo Littlefoot and Cera because they still look like they are children as opposed to adolescants.
I like Ruby and Spike, and Ducky is particularly well done (I had guessed that she would be the hardest to do since we haven't really seen any swimmers apart from large adults and little children).
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I like how the new pictures look, good work. And some good ideas mentioned here also.
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Petrie does look better, but his limb and body proportions still look a little strange to me. :huh: I think his lower legs should be thinner (maybe his fingers and toes as well). If you look at other flyers, like Pterano, their shins and ankles are very slender compared to their thighs. His arms, too, might benefit from being made a little thinner (though I'm less certain of that :unsure:).
As for Ducky, well, this is what I understood from your solution. I hope I got it right. :oops
As far as I'm concerned, you did. :yes I would have drawn Ducky’s tail in an even rounder arc, but other than that, this is pretty much exactly what I was envisioning. Fantastic work. :DD
True, Ruby doesn’t look that much different, but I still immediately recognized her as being older. You did a great job giving her a more adult-looking head.
Spike looks excellent. :wow He is obviously older, but still distinctly Spike, particularly in the thick neck, round body, banded belly scales, and laid-back facial expression. :lol I do think he should have a couple of plates on his tail. Also, maybe it’s me, but his left front leg is so far to the right that I don’t see how it could still be attached to his body. :blink:
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Aaahhh... finally another update. :D I managed to sketch a few pictures in school:
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/665a3c9b.jpg)
Chomper... well, his head bugs me a bit. But I can't figure out why. :unsure:
Not much difference. His body is a bit larger than normal. :)
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/47fecdc6.jpg)
What's this? A new character? :D
She has no name yet but maybe you can help me a bit. :! Her personality is also still under development though. :p
Enjoy. :wave
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Chomper looks pretty good overall. I like how you have him standing on his toes like an adult sharptooth, but his feet themselves haven’t changed much, so it’s sort of a transition from young Chomper to adult Chomper. :)
His tail looks too thick to me, though (I think it should be proportioned more like the tail on the character below him), and honestly it’s kind of hard to tell that he’s a sharptooth. Of course, the defining feature of sharpteeth isn’t generally visible when the mouth is fully closed (but since sharpteeth are usually seen with their jaws gaping open or their lips pulled back in a snarl, we still get to see their teeth most of the time), so it can’t be called a mistake that his teeth can’t be seen. Perhaps you could try making his claws sharper. As for the head, maybe his snout’s not quite long enough? Or maybe the top of his head is too domed. (Perhaps it’s because his head is angled downwards, but the top of it looks a lot higher and more rounded the other character, which gives him a somewhat babyish appearance.)
I like the new OC drawing, :DD but was confused at first by what kind of dinosaur she was. At first I thought Ouranosaurus (a sail-backed leafeater that has appeared in LBT), but then I noticed the physical similarities between her and the drawing of Chomper and thought, “Oh, she’s supposed to be a Spinosaurus?” That being the case, you might want to make some changes to this character to make her look more sharptooth-like. While her shy expression (I thought it looked shy, anyway) is very cute, the fact that the line of her mouth is relatively short is one of the main reasons I thought she was a leafeater at first. (It could be argued that the corner of her mouth normally lies farther back, but is moved forward here as a result of the expression she is making.) Besides that, you could do the same thing I suggested for Chomper, and make her claws sharper, and maybe make the rounded segments of her sail slightly more pointed. And if you wanted, you could show little tips of teeth poking out of her mouth (though frankly, she’s so adorable as is that I’d almost be reluctant to make any of these changes). And, of course, you’ll want to make a point of differentiating her from babidikrakenguard’s OC Pino (as depicted by DarkWolf91 (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=4874&view=findpost&p=9139104)).
One more thing about the character: I think the point where the lines of her chest and stomach meet is too sharply indented. The indentation between her shoulder and back may have a similar problem (though possibly to a lesser extent), but when you look at the two indented areas together, it looks rather strange. (I did the same thing myself when I drew my dinosona. :rolleyes)
As for the name, were you planning to use a pun off the scientific name of some spinosaur? Unfortunately it’s not very easy. I thought of one derived from Spinosaurus marrocanus, but “Marroca” sounds too much like “maraca” to me, and anyway I don’t think it suits her very well. Then there’s Angaturama limai; “Anga” doesn’t sound right for her in my opinion, but there’s also “Turama”, “Tura”, “Rama”, and “Lima”. There’s also Cristatusaurus; you could try “Crista” or “Cristata” (which has the bonus of meaning “crested” in Latin). Other candidates are Baryonyx walkeri, Suchomimus tenerensis, Irritator challengeri, and Spinosaurus aegypticus, but I’m having a hard time pulling good names out of those.
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Hello:
I also have a Spinosaurus character that I began making since I first saw LBT12. They are a real welcomed sight so it adds variety to the Sharpteeth :DD . She looks very nice too!.
Chomper looks nice too as a bit older, still keeping most of his cuteness.
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Thank you Pangaea for your great feedback. :^.^:
As for the name, I think "Lima" sounds pretty good. :yes
And as for new art, this time it's not a concept art for my comic but a fully colored one instead:
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/236a2d4e.jpg)
May introduce... Eybron, the white wingtail and the villian from 'Far Away Home'. :)
Caustizer asked me to draw a picture of him and after a lot of changing and correcting, it is finally finished. ^^
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Woah...the white and grey of his feathers stands out nicely against the background, and he has this fierce, determined, but calculating look on his face...as if every step he takes, every action he's ever thought about has been planned since the day he hatched. Very impressive work Sky.
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This picture turned out really, really good.
I can't thank you enough Sky for doing it for me. The things I like about it specifically are his tail (the double point implies a devilish personality, compared to if it was a heart or star lol), his seven feathered frill which makes him look older then Sky or Star, and lastly the expression on his face, which is not a pout like Glide but rather a cold, calculated gesture that shows he is in command.
Caustizer.
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Wow! :wow Awesome pic!
Eybron’s even paler than I envisioned him as being. :p But he looks fantastic! Even speaking as a reader of Far Away Home, and not the creator of the character, I think his pose and expression perfectly captures his essence in the story. The rigidity of his body and limbs, the stone-set seriousness of his expression, and the fact that he’s not even looking in the direction he’s gesturing gives him the air of someone supremely commanding and ruthless, like all he has to do is lift an arm to make mountains move (which, in a sense, is exactly the case :p).
Like Caustizer, I noticed that Eybron had more plumes on his head than Sky, and I too thought it looked very good for him. :yes And I can’t remember if the shape of Eybron’s tail vane was ever described in the story, but the double prongs you put on him here look perfect on him.
Even the background is excellent; the gray mountains, clouds, and twilight-ish sky form the perfect atmosphere for Eybron. And to have him standing on a ledge was...well, let’s just say I couldn’t imagine it any other way. With that pose, Eybron looks EXACTLY right for being perched on a precipice.
It’s extremely difficult to come up with any suggestions for improvement for this picture. I do slightly consider the rich brown of the ledge Eybron is standing on to look a little odd when all the surrounding mountains are gray, but it doesn’t really detract from the image. The only mildly significant thing I could come up with is that the underside of Eybron’s right wing looks quite a bit darker compared to the rest of him, even the few visible corresponding feathers on his left wing. So I might suggest lightening them a bit.
Thank you Pangaea for your great feedback. :^.^:
As for the name, I think "Lima" sounds pretty good. :yes
You're very welcome. :)
I'm glad you like the name, though to be honest I'm a little surprised that you do. I didn’t expect that you'd find any of the names I came up with to be all that great. :!
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I'm surprised there isn't more praise or at least more comments for Sky's work on Eybron. It is so rare that the villian from any particular fan fiction is drawn out in such detail, that in this case it is worthly of extra commedation in my opinion. :angel
Perhaps everyone is so deep into exams and whatnot it was released at a bad time.
Caustizer.
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Nevertheless, I'm happy that I even get any comments at all. ^_^ And I'm glad you guys like the concept of Eybron too. :D
Yay, new LBT art! :lol:
This time with an older Ruby and Chomper:
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/2c8162c8.jpg)
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Ruby is giving Chomper lessons to prepare for his life as a sharptooth. Knowing that he can't stay in the Great Valley when he's fully grown, he needs all the wisdom he can get to survive in the Mysterious Beyond...
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Yeah, so I guess this is my first 'official' art for 'Dawn of a Wingtail'. :^.^:
Chomper is still very young and wouldn't survive in the Mysterious Beyond all by himself, so he's allowed to stay in the Great Valley a little longer.
This may be a possible scene, but I'm not quite sure yet. I also tried to make it movie/screenshot-like but it still needs some improvement. :p
Enjoy! :)
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Beautiful! I really like Ruby and Chomper’s poses, and how you did Ruby’s head. Good job on the feet, too! :) (I still might make Ruby and Chomper’s toe claws and Chomper’s hand claws just a little more pointed.) And again you did an outstanding job with the background (though those long blades of grass sticking out here and there look sort of odd). Chomper, however, has the same bulging cheeks as your original drawing of an older Littlefoot, so his face looks younger than the rest of him. In addition, the way his forehead slopes downward in a steep arc, forming a right angle with the top of his snout, looks rather strange to me. Not only were his snout and forehead less distinct from one another in the TV series, but I would expect that as he grew up, they would merge. (The top of an adult sharptooth’s snout is nearly level with the top of its head.) Also, I don’t think the top of his head should be nearly so high and domed, seems to be missing his left nostril, and his teeth are a tad blunt. As for Ruby, her neck looks a bit too thick, but other than that (and her aforementioned blunt toe clawsóthe front ones only), she looks perfect to me. :yes
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Great picture... i can't wait for your finished comic :smile
Ruby looks like she has aged excellantly, with the head being the most striking difference. Chomper looks slightly awkward though since the pose looks unrealistic for him. Both characters are very well done.
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Looks like Chomper still needs some improvement. :) Always appreciate your constructive criticism guys, especially yours Pangaea. :lol:
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You did the coloring slightly softer, I have that feeling anyway, and I really like it! Great job Sky!
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Now that I have finished the requests over at deviantArt, finished writing the story and that school is almost over, why not update here? :^.^:
I thought I give a second try on Littlefoot and Petrie since they are the ones who I had the most problems with:
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/c66d2cae.jpg) (http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/10d227e4.jpg)
I think Littlefoot looks ok now. Though, his face looks still too young for me. D:
I like how Petrie came out. :) The only flaws in my opinion are his hands and feet. =/ I might even consider to make them look like Pterano's.
Speaking of Petrie, I've been thinking if I should keep his "grammar" or not. :D
And if Spike should talk or stay the way he is. :p What are your thoughts?
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I agree, Littlefoot's face does look a bit young, though you can always edit that later, or say this is Littlefoot in older childhood before he hit his teen years.
Petrie does look overall best of the 2, and you can always study Pterano's body parts like feet, hands, ect to get how they look, and how different and similar they are to Petrie and his mother.
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I like both these pictures, though I have to agree with Kor. Littlefoot's eyes are far too small for his face and his nose looks a little bit too unemphasized. The second problem is easily fixed just by making the lines there darker so it stands out.
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Also... just so you know your picture of Eybron still occupies the desktops of both my computers :yes
I get to look into his menacing eyes everytime I log on :lol
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The new Littlefoot looks fantastic! :wow While your previous attempts were still great drawings, this one is a vast improvement in terms of making Littlefoot look older. The angle is great; I love how you did the legs and the neck; even the ridge on his spine looks perfect. :yes
Regarding your concerns about his face, I personally think the size of his head looks just about right (and you shouldn’t make his eyes any smalleróif anything they should maybe be just a teense bit bigger), but perhaps you could make his muzzle slightly longer. Not only would make him look more mature, but I think it would look better.
The only other thing I would change about him is his tail. It looks too thick, and not tapered enough at the tip. I wouldn’t touch the tail’s upper side; the way the top of his tail connects to his body makes it look like it is realistically merging with his spine, and that looks good. I also like how you’ve made the edges of the dorsal “stripe” wavy along his tail (compared to the earlier drawings in which they were straight); to me, that gives the impression that Littlefoot is larger and has more “room” for patterning detail (no pun intended). And despite its thickness, the shape and position of the tail look very good; the curve is very smooth, and the way it is held up implies a lively and still youthful character: the Littlefoot we all know and love. If you wanted, you could make the width of the stripe a little narrower, but the wavy edges are something you should definitely keep. (Should part of the paler “belly stripe” also be visible on the underside of his tail from this angle?) Anyway, if you’re going to decrease the width of the tail, you should whittle it down from underneath and from the right.
I hope this doesn’t sound too harsh, but to be perfectly honest, I think your previous image of an older Petrie looked better in most respects. In that version, the top of his beak (above his nostrils) ended at about the same level as the tops of his eyes, whereas here it is slightly lower. It doesn’t merge with his forehead as much, and somehow I don’t think it looks as good. Also, his head looks rather bulbous here; it seemed to be lower and more streamlined in the earlier picture. And I don’t think the point where his chest meets his stomach doesn’t need to be as pronounced (Both it and the ruff around Petrie’s neck looked just right in the earlier picture, I thought). The biggest issue, however, is that the line of his stomach no longer curves down to his left leg, so there is much less of an indicator that his left leg is in front of his right. As a result, his legs and lower body look much more two-dimensional, and very strange. I would strongly suggest reinstating that line.
Okay, now for the good news: Petrie’s legs (apart from the aforementioned detail) and wing membranes look very good in this image. :yes You pulled off the capelike look of his wings excellently, and furthermore you added those little lines in the corner of his left wing that indicate stretching or flexion of the wing membrane. That’s one thing this image has over its predecessor. The other is the shape of the legs. The knee and ankle joints are much more clearly defined, whereas in the earlier version they looked kind of shapeless. And the feet and toes have much more dimension to them than before.
Speaking of feet, I personally think Petrie might look a little odd with claws on his digits in the manner of Pterano’s, especially since his hands and feet are much darker than the rest of his body. However, his fingers and toes (fingers especially) might benefit from being made slightly thinner and more pointed, with more obvious joints. Also, perhaps the dividing lines between his toes could extend further back along his feet, to give the impression that his toes are longer.
Personally, I’ve always liked the idea of Spike remaining voluntarily mute his entire life, maybe uttering an occasional word (or a few words) if it’s really important. As for Petrie, I’ve sometimes envisioned him as having improved grammar as an adult, but lapsing into his juvenile speech pattern when he’s panicked or excited. Alternatively, maybe you could have him talk the way he did in the original movie, using “I” and “the”, but still leaving out linking verbs.
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I never thought that Petrie came out that bad... :o I have to consider that while drawing the comic...
Actually, I'm sure their appearance will change sometimes when I draw the comic. It's hard for me to keep them the way I drew them before.
But I really appreciate your feedback Pangaea. :)
Anyway, I want to update a newer version of Cera as she still looked the same only with three horns instead :):
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/8383d552.jpg)
I used her father as a reference to be honest. I also gave her eyelashes so she won't look too much like a male. :unsure:
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I never thought that Petrie came out that bad... :o I have to consider that while drawing the comic...
Sorry; :oops I didn’t mean that it looked bad, just not as good in most respects as the one you had done before (in my opinion, anyway; does anyone else agree or disagree?). I figured that, considering that you intended for it to be an improved version (you did succeed with the wings and legs, at least), it was something I ought to emphasize.
In any case, you seem to have done the opposite with this picture of Cera. :wow I thought the older version was good (though I have to agree that it DID look pretty much identical to the image of Cera we’re all familiar with, just with a more adult-looking head), but this one fits in perfectly with your other drawings of a noticeably older gang. :yes I think it’s fantastic how you’ve drawn the ridge on her back in such a way that it appears to be in the process of developing into the multiple rows of armor-like scales on adult threehorns. Her limbs, tail, and general body shape, meanwhile, are reminiscent of the younger Cera. And as you did with Petrie, you kept the little jagged projection on Cera’s upper beak. I love that! :DD
There’s honestly very little in this image I can suggest significant improvement on. There are a few minor details that I think could benefit from change, one being the toes. Except for Cera’s right front foot, all of her toes seem to be lined up right next to one another, as if the fronts of her feet are square. I would try to make some toes look as if they are sticking out more or less than others (and possibly in slightly diverging directions), to give the impression that the fronts of her feet are rounded. The other thing is that Cera’s innermost toes do not merge with the sides of her feet, as they did in your original drawing. From the top “corner” edge of her toenail, a line ought to slope directly up to her ankle. There should be no skin beside the nail; that would imply that there was a bulge on the inner side of her foot behind her innermost toe. (Please let me know if I need to be clearer or explain myself better; this is a pretty confusing thing to explain. :wacko)
Also, I’ve noticed that the tails of adult threehorns, while tending to droop, are also more tapered than those of youngsters. In this picture, Cera’s tail is in the same position as her father’s, despite being shaped more like a young threehorn’s than an adult’s. This is just a thought, but you might want to consider redrawing her tail so that it is a bit higher off the ground, nowhere near as high as Littlefoot’s in your recent picture of him, but somewhere between the nearly horizontal posture of young Cera’s tail and the drooping position you have now.
Finally, I do have an extremely slight bit of concern that Cera’s face looks TOO adultlike. It’s possible that her head (not including her frill) is just a teeny, tiny bit too small in comparison with the rest of her. :unsure:
Say, Cancerian Tiger! Are you there? What’s your critique?
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I think Cera looks pretty well done. Some touches here and there maybe to improve, but there is always room for improvement. I'm sure if you looked at all the lbt movies and episodes you'd find their characters do not look exactly the same all the time so don't feel bad about that. And you'd find they have made some mistakes also.
Also having some features that are maybe ones a child had could be what one may have during being a teenager.
By her expression it looks like maybe Spike has been eating from her favorite bush or something.
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Say, Cancerian Tiger! Are you there? What’s your critique?
I'm here, alright! Obviously my "Cera Radar" was set off :lol.
Well, there's nothin' further I can add besides what you've said in your post. If those corrections were to be made, this adult version of Cera ould look perfect, not to mention pretty :smile.
Hmm...I could see her reaction now if she heard me (or anybody else) say that :! :lol.
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Alriiight! :) Let's give it another try:
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/ddac63bb.jpg)
Littlefoot's eyes are now slightly larger and his snout slightly longer, but you can see the changes very hard. :P:
I also made his tail a little thinner. :)
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/7e1eb112.jpg)
For Cera, I made her head a little larger and shortened her snout a bit.
Her tail is set a little higher and her feet are now "rounder". And I think I know what you meant about her innermost toes, Pangaea so I "removed" that little bit of skin.
If it's not the case, please tell me. :unsure:
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/9d5089e9.jpg)
Now for Petrie...
The top of his beak is now the same height as his eyes and I made his head less rounder.
His arms are now slightly thinner as well as his hands and more pointed. :)
I modified his chest and stomach a bit and added a line that connects his stomach with his left leg. :yes
His toes are much longer now too. :lol:
Phew... if this goes on, I'll never be able to work on the comic. XD
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If most of your pictures aren't uploaded on DeviantArt, then where do you upload them, like you poster for The Land Before Time: Dawn of a Wingtail. I've checked DeviantArt, it's not there. I'm not planning on stealing your art, I'm just wondering.
Note: I'd only use someone else's art with permission, ignore what happened at the ice age fanart section, Gloverboy21 never told me about that one.
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It's either on DevianArt or here at the GOF. I don't upload LBT art elsewhere. ;)
And there is also no poster for Dawn of a Wingtail.
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And there is also no poster for Dawn of a Wingtail.
I mean the picture in your signature, "The Land Before Time: Dawn of a Wingtail". Sorry for the confustion.
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Hello:
It is somehwat common to get to see the Gang at a somewhat older age, but it must be challenging indeed. I really like how Cera turned out and petrie is very cool too, he is beggining to look a bit more like Pterano with some things of Petrie's mother too, but that is because they are all relatives so the genes are like the same :DD .
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I mean the picture in your signature, "The Land Before Time: Dawn of a Wingtail". Sorry for the confustion.
So? What about my signature? :huh:
@Chiletrek
It is indeed hard. D:
I thought it's going to be easy but I totally underestimated it. :p
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I mean the picture in your signature, "The Land Before Time: Dawn of a Wingtail". Sorry for the confustion.
So? What about my signature? :huh:
@Chiletrek
It is indeed hard. D:
I thought it's going to be easy but I totally underestimated it. :p
The picture in your signature. What is the website that is uploaded on, because it's not on deviant art?
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I mean the picture in your signature, "The Land Before Time: Dawn of a Wingtail". Sorry for the confustion.
So? What about my signature? :huh:
@Chiletrek
It is indeed hard. D:
I thought it's going to be easy but I totally underestimated it. :p
The picture in your signature. What is the website that is uploaded on, because it's not on deviant art?
You can find out the exact place it has been uploaded by right clicking on the picture and going to 'Properties' Scratte.
The location of the file should be found under the URL section :smile
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You can find out the exact place it has been uploaded by right clicking on the picture and going to 'Properties' Scratte.
The location of the file should be found under the URL section :smile
Thanks! I never new that before.
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It’s very subtle, but I think you succeeded in making Littlefoot’s face look older. :yes And I see you added the stripe on the underside of his tail, too. I might suggest making it a little longer (in adult longnecks it extends at least halfway down the tail), and I think the tail itself could be stand to be even narrower, especially the area between the tip and the portion you already changed.
Cera’s face, too, is subtly improved. She does look younger. I admit I had to look at both the old and new versions of Cera in quick succession to notice the alteration to her tail, :oops but that looks better as well. And it looks like you knew exactly what I was talking about with her feet. They look much, much better. :wow I’d say they’re close to perfect. The one thing I might possibly change is the innermost toe on her left front foot, which should maybe be shortened a little bit from beneath in order to match the inner toe on her right front foot, which is largely hidden behind the others. (My fault for not thinking to point that out before. :oops)
Every change you made to Petrie is a definite improvement, :yes the hands, head, beak, chest, and stomach most noticeably. I particularly like how you changed his fingers. By the way, what I liked about his neck ruff in the first picture you made of him was the fact that it curved and tapered downward slightly at the pointed part, with a more prominent line above that point connecting to his neck, that gave it a puffy appearance. (Another thing I should have specified earlier. :oops)
Are you planning to do new older versions of Ruby, Chomper, Ducky, and/or Spike? :)
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As I really appreciate your feedback Pangaea, I'll probably stop drawing refined pictures of Littlefoot, Cera and Petrie as well as newer versions of the others. :)
I actually wanted to know on how the gang should look like as teens with your suggestions (not only yours Pangaea, but also suggestions from others :)). Now that I know HOW they should look like, I'll start working on the 'Dawn of a Wingtail'-comic.
I'm sure you know that drawing a comic is not easy to accomplish, especially keeping their looks the same (meaning that on every panel, they look slightly different than on previous panels :p).
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Try to not get to hung up on making your characters look exactly the same. Just do your best.
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Try to not get to hung up on making your characters look exactly the same. Just do your best.
I agree with Kor, it dosen't matter if you characters look the same, as long as you can do you best. I do the same thing when I draw, I don't care how the picture comes out, as long as it looks good or the best I can do.
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Hello:
I also agree with Kor, because I know how challenging is to make a good pic, so Ican imagine how can be to make a comic.
But Sky, since you have an already defined style, it should not be very hard to accomplish a comic, even though we know you have made attempts before, I am sure you have gained more experience, and that will sure help you. So keep it up!
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He also didn't have me inspiring him to higher and higher feats of artistry. :lol
I hope too see the first page of this comic really soon.
Caustizer.
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Just a quick pic of Lima, the little Spinosaurus ;)
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/e758a138.jpg)
(Used a screenshot as a background because I was too lazy :oops)
Wanted to see how she would look like in full color. :D Now, I shall go back to work. :angel
Thanks again, Pangaea, for coming up with some names for her. :)
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That is cute! And the color of her reminds me of my walls..... :D
Seriously, My room has two colors which are the same as hers o.O
Great job Sky!
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Wow! Just plain wow!
Shadowing, lighting, expression, background... I wish I could say anything more constructive and helpful but in this picture everything seems just perfectly right
:yes
An awesome job Sky and no mistake!
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Oh my god, she is so pretty! :oops
Lima is going straight onto my desktop :lol
As far as the art goes the best part of the entire picture is her face. Perfect facial expression that captures the essence of the character in a single glance.
I can see definately similarities to Ruby in her design, though the body looks different enough with the fin and the stripes pattern to create a completely different character.
I'm curious to hear what her personality is, and how she is involved with Chomper or the rest of the gang. Juding from her posture though, I can see there may be a conflict between her and Ruby in one form or another.
Were it up to me, I would probably make Lima the friend that encourages Chomper to do dangerous and sharptoothy things, while Ruby might dislike her because she is concerned only with keeping Chomper safe. Meh... I think I've done far too much interfering already with Sky's characters, so by all means don't listen to me! :angel
Caustizer.
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She is very pretty and cute indeed. Do you have much information decided about her? I'm sure everyone here would be interested in hearing.
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Hello:
She looks amazing, I guess that kind of Sharptooth was one of the most welcomed new sights from the later LBT sequels, and I think did a great job, because I don't think it is too easy to make someone of a race that are seen as antagonists to look this cute. I look forward toknow the background story in your new OC.
Keep it up!
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Thank you guys! I'm really glad you all like her. :lol:
Malte279
Well, the background is not from me. It's actually a screenshot from one of the movies, only altered. :!
Caustizer
Another desktop picture? :lol
Oh, I love her expression too. The only thing I had a hard time with drawing it. :angel
Lima encouraging Chomper to do sharptooth stuff is quite a good idea, but I guess you have to wait and see. :p
Kor
I do have a few information about her that I still need to work on. :)
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No hurry, was just curious if you did and if you'd eventually post the info.
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Lima looks fantastic! What did I tell ya? The jagged sail looks much better! :p Nice colors, too; a little lighter and bluer than Chomper’s, and different from DarkWolf91’s drawing of a Spinosaurus character (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=4874.40&#entry9139104). I also love the eye color you gave her; it’s distinct from the other characters’, and it goes well with her body coloration.
I would still suggest making her claws a bit sharper, and maybe increasing the length of her tail slightly (It could be just the angle that causes it to look a tad short in this picture :unsure). Also, her neck looks possibly a little too smooth; it had more creases and lumps in the original drawing, which gave it a more natural look there, I thought. Apart from those details, there’s not a lot of improvement I can suggest.
As for Lima’s personality, I had the impression that she would be almost like a sharptooth version of Ali; shy, playful, quick to befriend Chomper, but uncomfortable with the idea of having leafeater friends. (I didn’t even imagine her as conflicting with Ruby. :blink:) She also strikes me as being a little younger than Chomper.
Speaking of Chomper, I think he’s the one remaining character who might benefit from getting another concept drawing. All the other characters, including the ones you recently re-tooled, look terrific, and don’t need any more major alteration. However, if you weren’t already planning on taking another shot at drawing an older Chomper, I’d encourage it. The main changes I would make to the original (http://www.gangoffive.net/index.php?topic=1785&view=findpost&p=9181654) would be a slightly more adult-proportioned head and tail, a more mature-looking face, and possibly (an idea I just came up with that you can easily ignore) showing the spiny ridge on his back developing into the lower, smoother row of bumps seen on an adult sharptooth.
Just curious: What scene in what movie is that screenshot you used for the background from? It looks nice the way you altered it. :yes
Thanks again, Pangaea, for coming up with some names for her. :)
I'm honored to have been helpful (I honestly didn't expect that you would like my suggestions so much :wow). By the way, do you imagine Lima’s name as being pronounced “Lee-ma” or “Ly-ma”? I was thinking the first one when I suggested the name, but since I don’t know the exact pronunciation of the scientific name I derived it from, I suppose it could go either way.
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What scene in what movie is that screenshot you used for the background from?
If I remember correctly, the screenshot is from the 12th movie before Guido's first appearance. :)
By the way, do you imagine Lima’s name as being pronounced “Lee-ma” or “Ly-ma”?
"Lee-ma". :^.^:
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It's done! Well... at least the sketch. :p
This is what I wanted to submit to pokeplayer's contest. I could barely start working on it due to unexpected circumstances:
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/b262fc98.jpg)
The title of this pic is called 'One Longneck Family'. :^.^:
It would look much better when colored but I'm currently taking a little break from LBT artworks so I can work on other stuff. :p
Sheesh, I hate to work under pressure... D:
EDIT: Fixed Granpa Longnecks colors (thanks for pointing out DarkHououmon). :)
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Maybe you hate work under pressure, but the result is awesome ! No, Masterful ! I look your drawing since 5 minute, and i... can't... look away...
Oh and i just discovered your topic and i love all your other artwork. The smile of your first littlefoot make me smile automaticaly everytime i look at him, he is so cute :^.^:
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That is a fantastically done drawing, well done. :yes
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Wow! I wish I was that good of a drawer! I can't even draw any longnecks right other than Ali.
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Thats a pretty good picture. It certainly is inspiring and well constucted to include Littlefoots entire family. One thing I am somewhat surprised about is that you didn't include Shorty, even though he is Littlefoot's brother from another mother. :lol
It's so good in fact that Im declining to vote in the GOF art competition because it is being not allowed.
Caustizer
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That’s a REALLY good art piece. :wow :blink: :! :o It’s a shame you couldn’t finish it in time, because I feel like it really embodies the spirit of the Land Before Time series.
The style reminds me a lot of your Dawn of a Wingtail comic. It never ceases to amaze me how much detail you go into when drawing rock. :o
I don’t think I noticed until the second time I looked at it that Littlefoot’s mother was there as a cloud. That was a brilliant addition. :yes :DD To be honest I prefer the softer-edged cloud form she had in the original movie to the “notchy” outline she has here, though I imagine it’s harder to draw realistically wispy or puffy clouds using a pen.
I’m afraid I can’t come up with much to say about Littlefoot and Bron, :oops except that Littlefoot’s eyes look a bit too small in my opinion.
My favorite specific aspect of this drawing may be Littlefoot’s grandparents. The detail on them is incredible, and their expressions are so perfect. :DD I also love how you differentiated them from one another. It’s not just the colors and Grandma Longneck’s eyelashes; you managed to give both of them subtly distinct features, such as the wrinkles around their mouths, the shapes of their faces and heads, even the bags under their eyes. By the way, I notice that Grandpa’s ears are much closer to his eyes than Grandma’s, and the folds on the back of his neck start much sooner. Did you deliberately draw those particular characteristics so differently?
I’m eager to see this picture colored. :yes
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It's so good in fact that Im declining to vote in the GOF art competition because it is being not allowed.
I'm taking that as a compliment. :lol
To be honest I prefer the softer-edged cloud form she had in the original movie
The colored version will have much softer clouds. ;)
Did you deliberately draw those particular characteristics so differently?
Besides their head shapes, all the other characteristics are just plain coincidence. I didn't notice until now. :wow
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And now something new for your viewing pleasure:
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/b1e742d9.gif)
I guess I just like them too much. :^.^: I tried working on more animation. :yes Though it's a simple one, it wasn't very easy to keep it smooth with the lineart and shading. It took me some days... >_<
Thehe... it was supposed to be a new avatar but it's file size surpassed the limit of 25KB... so no new avatar. :p
Enjoy! :wub
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I'm glad your stepping into animation now... its a further theatre for your artistic talents.
As far as this goes, it's very cute and the movement is pretty clean. I've noticed that you've become a lot more passionate about drawing Sky and Star in their LBT forms lately... maybe it's because of my work? :smile
Which reminds me... I don't think I've commented on Page 6 yet of your comic have I? :angel
Caustizer
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Wow…I thought that picture was fantastic even before I realized it was animated. :wow And even before I read your comment I thought, “Oh, that would be such a great avatar if it weren’t so big!” Oh well.
I love the animation. Star’s “kiss” came as a surprise to me, because I wasn’t expecting that there would be much more movement from the characters besides blinking. While they still aren’t moving that much, the animation is very smooth and looks great.
By the way, I like it that you had Star lick Sky’s face rather than give him a human-style kiss; it seems like a much more realistic way for dinosaurs to express affection (not to mention regular kissing would be difficult with beaks :p). I also think it’s clever that the heart is pink on Star’s side of the picture, but changes to blue on Sky’s side.
You should definitely keep doing animated pictures. You’re very good at it. :yes
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That is a very cute animation. :)
It's fun to see it. Thanks for posting it.
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Glad you guys liked the animation. :lol:
@Caustizer
Uhm no, I don't think you have. ;)
As for pictures, I have something new (well, not really :p)
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/2dc0f2a3.jpg)
Just finished coloring the sketch before school really starts getting serious. ;)
Enjoy! :)
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Wow! :wow What do you color your pictures with? They look just like screenshots from actual LBT movies.
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I color with Photoshop. ;)
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That is a great picture. It does look like it's a screenshot from one of the LBT movies or tv episodes. Great work.
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I color with Photoshop. ;)
Photoshop? I have GIMP, but the best thing I've made is this (http://scrattelover2.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2yg5zb). It did come out good, but it dosen't look like a screenshot, or dose photoshop use a different style than GIMP 2.6?
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The program you use should not really influence on how good your work looks like, Scrattelover :) Sky is just awesomely advanced with photoshop, at least to the point where he needs it :D
As I said, this is great work Sky! :D
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Wow, that image is just great! the colors are a perfect match, not only because of the characters' colors but also because it looks great due to the ambient light.
Keep up the amazing work Sky!.
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Wow, Sky. Just wow. :wow :wow :wow
This picture is fantastic. The lighting is incredible, the detail is astounding, the colors are gorgeous, and the characters look next to perfect. Its awesomeness is so blinding that can't see the flaws, if there are any. :P: Well, maybe the mountains look a little odd, what with their zigzaggy lines and the fact that they're such a different color from the rocks. And maybe Littlefoot's lower jaw and snout look a tiny bit thin and large, respectively (though I should have seen that earlier :slap). But I'm seriously struggling here. :p
I didn't expect the sky would be this color. I thought that it would be a daytime scene with the sky colored blue. But this blew me away. Are they watching the sunset, perhaps? That would seem very fitting. And Littlefoot's cloud mother looks much better here with the smoother outline, especially with the lighting giving her more depth. She seems more detailed as well. I just noticed that I can faintly see the shape of her limbs. And maybe it's just me, but I think the ridge along her back, too. :!
This is truly a masterpiece. Well done, Sky. :yes
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'One Longneck Family' is probably my best LBT artwork yet! :DD
Well, I think it's time for something new (...or not :p)
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/fb06362f.jpg)
The colored version of my Mo sketch for pokeplayer's first contest. :)
It seems only fair to finish this. ^^ Colored with my brandnew tablet pc! <3
Hmm... I just noticed it looks a little pixelated (especially the jellyfishes). The picture preview of Windows7 is different than from XP (I use it to 'shrink' images down to a particular size). Now it makes my pictures pixelated... D: Is there a way to 'install' the old picture preview from XP to 7? Or at least an alternative? :unsure:
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Wow so you finally bought that tablet PC you've been on about? Congradulations I hope you some really neat stuff with it! Speaking of neat stuff, I really like the water reflection in this picture. I hope this means you are going to be back and drawing again for a little while as you have been keenly missed :)
Caustizer.
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Great picture. How are you liking your new tablet pc?
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Picture preview on what program exactly?
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Hello:
That is a nice pic, I really liked it and I must say that the underwater background could be refreshing (pun not intended :smile ), but I mean that it helps you get new ideas or to get extra inspiration for your projects.
Keep it up!
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Thank you all! :lol:
And yes, I do hope to draw more in the future with my tablet pc. It's great to draw on! ;)
@Mumbling
When you simply double-click on a picture, a window will open. It's called the "Windows Bild- und Faxanzeige" in german. I don't know the english term of it. XP
But nevermind, I'm using IrfanView now and fulfills it's duty. ;)
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Okay, it's odd that it shows different in windows image viewer (or indeed, whatever the english name is) though I'm glad you found another program to fulfill your needs. Great piece of art by the way :)
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Sorry for my delay. :oops
So the prize-winning picture is colored at last! Great! :smile Seems fitting that you colored it with the tablet PC that (I’m guessing) you bought with the reward money. :p
The picture looks terrific in color! :D I love the light effects at the surface (and also the jellyfish for some reason :p). While I usually see Mo’s eyes as being a lighter shade of turquoise, you’ve done a great job matching his overall color pallete. :yes Shouldn’t that red dot in front of his eye be his nostril, though? :huh:
Can’t wait to see more art from you! :)
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Shouldn’t that red dot in front of his eye be his nostril, though? :huh:
Hmm.. you're probably right. I'll fix it as soon as possible. :)
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A new picture for Caustizer's story Far Away Home:
(http://o45.img-up.net/AWingtailFt6dz.jpg)
A family pic with Sky and Star's son Cloud. Uncle Glide is there too! :lol:
Hmm... about the picture itself, well, I really like the theme but I just can't seem to like the outcome. :/
I dunno... it's probably the background, the coloring, or maybe they don't look just right... *looks at Sky's hand* >__> XP
I hope you still like it. I would understand if not though... it's not my best work. :unsure:
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I do like the picture. It also looks like you can get some bit of a feel of hte personality of the characters from their poses.
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As I said on Deviantart I really love this picture. It is refreshing to see the entire family together as it gives well to the sense of the story, opening a bit of a window as to how they interact with one another.
The only thing I don't like about it is how Cloud and Sky are the exact same colour. I was hoping Cloud would be a slightly darker blue because (A) His mom is a bit of a darker colour compared to his dad and (B) it makes Sky and Cloud look too similar, to the point where he could be confused for a younger Sky in some contexts.
Keep up the good work!
Caustizer
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Here is an edited version. I gave Glide and Cloud a darker tone:
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/926b0a2e.jpg)
Caustizer:
I have failed you... D:
Well, as I mentioned on deviantart, I don't like the outcome of this picture that much so I'm giving it a second try. Hopefully, it will be a much better one. :)
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I don't think you failed, but if you insist on redoing the picture I can give a few suggestions as to changes if you want. In my experience these pictures turn out a lot better when you know the character you are trying to draw, and since ultimately everything we know about Cloud comes from one blurb at the beginning of the act there was a lot of extrapolating involved.
I had always imagined that Cloud got his personality from his father, but got most of his colour from his mom. The dark blue shade is good, but the yellow still make him look just like a smaller Sky. Maybe you should play around with the colours a bit?
I'm interested to hear why you don't like it, since your artisits intuition is pretty high.
Caustizer.
EDIT: Also, maybe you should try drawing Glide in a less familiar pose to evolve his character a bit.
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I think Cloud looks fine in both colors schemes, I would agree that the darker one gives some more variety to the pic as it looks like it is not just a "copy" of his father's colors. But at the end, the decision is yours Sky :DD .
Glide's personality has not changed over time I think, that is nice.... I guess :smile .
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I thought giving Cloud a lightblue color for the front. Guess I have to experiment a little. :)
Well, Glide looks still okay here (I agree that I use that pose very often for him :p).
Sky on the other hand, he looks kinda 'broad' to me. His arm behind Star looks too short and his hand that is holding Star's shoulder looks just wrong. :confused And I think his eye is a little too large for an adult.
Star looks fine, but her face looks a bit odd. Must be her wrinkles and is probably something to getting used to. :)
The shading is also hard to recognize... like only half of it is present. :slap But the most part that doesn't fit at all is the background. o_O I mean... does it look prehistoric to you? :unsure: It's a background I sadly ALWAYS use in my pictures... :neutral
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Nice artwork. One thing to consider as for the kid, think he's Cloud but I'm not sure, is that as he gets older his coloring may change a bit. He may get darker or some other change.
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My initial reaction to the original colored picture was that Cloud’s coloration was too close to Sky’s (though the slightly lighter hues did make me think a little of clouds). I think the darker colors are a step in the right direction, though. And even before I saw your last post, Sky, I was going to suggest that light blue might be a good color for Cloud’s underside. Or you could try the belly color Glide has (though I’m guessing it might not look as good). Giving him entirely bluish/grayish hues seems suitable, as it would give him a more “clouded” appearance.
By the way, Caustizer, did you envision Cloud’s eyes as being blue like his father’s, or more grayish like Star’s and Glide’s? On one hand, his current eye color seems to suggest that his personality is similar to Sky’s, but on the other hand, giving him cloud-colored eyes would further differentiate his appearance from Sky’s, in addition to being appropriate for his name.
I also thought that Glide’s pose looked very familiar, but I really like his expression. :lol Good to see what his tail looks like, too (I can’t remember if I’e ever seen it before :blink:).
Personally I thought that Sky, Star, and Cloud’s poses all looked very good, especially for a family portrait. The fact that they are in physical contact with one another makes this an even more affectionate picture (in my opinion) than “One Longneck Family”. And I like how Glide’s sort of standing off to the side; it implies that he still doesn’t completely approve of his sister’s choice of mate. :lol
The wrinkles at the front of the adult characters’ eyes look fine to me, but I agree that the ones underneath do look a little odd. And Sky’s left hand does seem kind of boneless; maybe you could change the fingers so that the black lines between them divide them completely, and they all point in the same direction, and from one all point in the same direction. It might also help if less of Sky’s hand (the main part, not the fingers) is visible behind Star’s shoulder. Do you think any of that might help?
In my opinion, the background looks fine; the bush in the lower right-hand corner is a little simplistic, but still, I wish I was that good at drawing backgrounds. :rolleyes If you want to draw landscapes that look more like the Mesozoic, I’d suggest focusing on plant life. While the climate and geography of the Earth during the time of the dinosaurs was vastly different from today, the land on its own probably wasn’t much different. Many of the mountain ranges that exist today had not formed yet, but on the other hand, there were probably mountain ranges back then that have since eroded away. And while certain areas of the Earth were more geologically active than they are today, on average, there were no more volcanoes or earthquakes than there are now.
My knowledge of Mesozoic plant life is limited, but I know that any grass that existed back then was probably bamboo-like (there were probably other plants that were short and thickly covered the ground, but none of the true grasses would have made good lawn material :p); ferns, tree ferns, cycads, and horsetails were more common and diverse; up until nearly the end of the Mesozoic, conifers would have outnumbered the broad-leaved trees that we are familiar with today; and flowering plants did not become common until the early-to-mid-Cretaceous period (~130–100 million years ago). For the record, LBT doesn’t seem to invest much effort in making its landscapes look “prehistoric”, as most of the plants that appear are similar to those that are around today.
I hope some of what I have said is helpful; ask or contact me if you want more help with prehistoric backgrounds. ;)
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Alright....
So, after a long time since I posted the family portrait, I decided to finish the revised version today before school starts tomorrow again. :)
But I really appreciate you guys liked the old version too nevertheless. :lol: And thank you for the detailed review and help as always Pangaea! :D
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/b7b67842.jpg)
I really like the outcome of this one. So much better than the old one. :^.^:
Was playing a little with perspectives. Guess I have to practice some more... :p I also tried some kind of new way to color. I think it looks much 'deeper' than before. :)
Okay, so I gave Cloud a new color sheme. He looks less like his father now with the darker blue and white colors, and more 'cloudy'. ^__^
Oh, and sorry about Cloud, Caustizer. ^^" I know you wanted him a little more mature than he is in this picture... :oops
Enjoy ~ :^.^:
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I like how you chose to experiment with different types of drawings, since we can only evolve as Creators by pushing our boundaries and doing something different. The new picture looks slightly lighter and more in a 'good times' type mood then the last one, which seems to represent a bit of an end since they are watching the horizon (well some of them are).
I am happy with Glide's new appearance, since it does indeed signify a bit of a change for him having to deal with a nephew (it looks like he doesn't mind it either). Cloud's new colours are excellant, and almost bang on how I imagined him to look like. He doesn't have to be the exact age he will be in Blacksun in this picture, since it can easily be assumed it is done inbetween adventures. I do worry though that there might be a slight continuity error if his mother does not survive the story... but only time will tell. I am also very fond of the little 'hair line' that runs down the backs of all the wingtails shown thus far, as it makes them look very huggable and fuzzy. Sometimes cute is good thing.
As far as criticisms go, there are a couple of things I would like to mention that you could possibly change in the picture, but they are just nickpicks and you don't have to do it since I already like it.
1) Glide's Frill looks a little bit too large compared to previous drawings. It extends back so far that it almost seems like he would need hair gel to keep it up like that (which obviously didn't exist back then). Could you possibly make it so his feathers were a bit shorter? :DD
2) The top of Star's frill looks like it was stuck onto her head as opposed to flowing naturally from the feather to the head much like a plane's wing smoothly melds into the body. If you could make it so the feather blends more naturally into the top of her head, it would greatly enhance the picture. :angel
3) Cloud's tail in the shape of a Cloud is pretty cute, but it almost looks too much like how you would expect it to look compared to Sky's diamond, Star's star, Glide's Leaf, and Eybron's pitchfork. What I mean to say is, perhaps if he had a more natural looking tail so he is 'Cloud' in name only would be more appropriate for his character.
4) This is just a nitpick, but man that hair on top of Cloud's head bothers me. I keep going to swoop it down and clean off my computer screen, but unfortunately its part of the picture. :p
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I do worry though that there might be a slight continuity error if his mother does not survive the story...
*shivers* :(
Hmm... when I thought I finally got the picture right... makes me kinda sad. *sigh*
Ah well, it can't be helped I guess :unsure:
1) Now that you mention it, they do look a little large. :o
2) I'll see what I can do. :)
3) I thought only Star's star was obvious. :p Hmm... I think the cloud shape tail looks just fine. :unsure: (If Sky and Star's anthro version will ever get their children, I would like to use Cloud with that kind of shape. I remember you saying that you hope one of their child is named Cloud (except you meant only the 'name' and not the character himself :oops) Then again, he'll probably have a different personality than you imagined him to be. Argh! My brain hurts... DX )
4) It can be easily removed. ;)
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Just because it's not perfect doesn't mean its a failure :angel.
I make mistakes sometimes too, if you remember I had Ruby say her father was dead when he really was still alive, as well as when I wrote that story where she goes around and murders the Gang out of spite.
Small changes can make the picture that much better, since if you recall the Eybron picture turned out really well because of the input I gave. Now that you mention it though perhaps the thought about Cloud's tail was a bit premature since Star has had a star shaped tail since long before the story.
Caustizer
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Yikes; two weeks since this picture’s been posted, and I’m only reviewing now? :blink: Don’t take this as a lack of interest in the picture; I’ve just had a lot on my plate recently. ;)
Caustizer beat me to a detailed review this time, so I’m afraid some of my comments might be essentially repeating what he said. :p The first thing I’d like to say is that I love this picture. :smile It’s a tough thing to say, but I think I like it even better than the original version, largely because of how much more I like the way you drew Cloud (he’s so cute! :DD) and Glide (I love that we’re finally seeing him looking a bit more relaxed :D). Cloud’s colorsóand the colors in general, I thinkólook much better. The sky is nice, too; I like it how the clouds look like they’re forming concentric circles around the sun. There’s some really nice perspective in this image. :yes
While I too would like to reach in there and smooth down that unruly hair/feather on Cloud’s head (maybe that’s what Star’s doing :p), it doesn’t really bother me. And I like the idea for his tail shape. :yes (Is it a tuft of fluffy feathers, or more of a vane like Sky’s tail in the shape of a cloud?) And I agree with Caustizer; I really like the “mane” going down Cloud’s back. Star’s crest does look rather odd, but other than that, the only detail that really bugs me is Cloud’s arm; it looks too straight, like there’s no elbow.
Glide's Frill looks a little bit too large compared to previous drawings. It extends back so far that it almost seems like he would need hair gel to keep it up like that (which obviously didn't exist back then).
Depends on what the wingtails' crests are made of. If they're pennaceous feathers (consisting of a central supporting shaft with barbs that link together to form vanes), then they should stand up just fine. (Have you seen the fancy head plumage on some birds?)
Honestly, Sky, it seems that every time I choose one of your pictures that I consider to represent the pinnacle of your artistic talent, you turn out a new one that’s even better. :wow Please, keep it up! :D
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Glad you like the picture too. :^.^: And don't worry about your late review. It's totaly fine. ^__^
I would say Cloud's tail is a vane type one (I hope it's okay for you Caustizer).
Star’s crest does look rather odd
Maybe it's the perspective? I haven't drawn a wingtail head from this point of view before. :p
the only detail that really bugs me is Cloud’s arm; it looks too straight, like there’s no elbow.
This can be easily fixed too, since the lines are 'inside' the lineart (I think we already talked about that in my DoaW comic). ;)
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Caustizer and Pangea pretty much said what I was gonna say. So for my critique all I can say is that this pic is excellent. I would add a little bit more of a lens flare in the sun and possibly give the character models a bit more of an outer shine overlay to make the pic seem more detailed.
But still I'm not a perfectionist. This is perfect if you feel it is.
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where i could read your fanfics?
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Thanks, oogaboo :)
^ The fanfic was written by Caustizer and can be found here: http://gangoffive.net/index.php?showtopic=6478&st=0 (http://gangoffive.net/index.php?showtopic=6478&st=0)
Agh! I haven't started working on the corrections of the family picture like I promised. :oops
I will come to that! I also noticed that links to my old drawings are broken (thank you Pangaea for notifying :yes). That shall be solved as well! :)
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your drawins are awesome, not anyone draw good, by the way øCauztiser write all sky fanfics?
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I'm not quite sure what you mean, but yes, Caustizer is writing a story about my wingtail characters. :)
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okay thanks, you are hakunaro on deviant art, i love that pic
http://hakunaro.deviantart.com/art/One-Lon...amily-179004780 (http://hakunaro.deviantart.com/art/One-Longneck-Family-179004780)
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OMG, my last update was 3 months ago... :o I'm terribly sorry. -_-
But I finally got some new LBT art to share! :lol:
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/ede4ff09.jpg)
Caustizer request this pic. ^^
Here you can see Aizon, the navyblue wingtail from 'Far Away Home'. :DD
I hope you like the final outcome my friend. :angel
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I have the spectre of a final exam this afternoon hanging over me, but once that has passed I'll come on and review this :)
Caustizer
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Cool picture! Awesome to see some new artwork from you, Sky! :DD (I was pleased and excited when I saw that this thread had been updated. :smile)
I recognized the character immediately, but somehow I couldn't remember his name at first :oops (sorry, Caustizer, I've been pretty scatterbrained lately). It must say something about a character originally known only in a written work, who, upon being illustrated for the first time, can be identified solely by his visual appearance. :!
The colors are fantastic (I love those shades of blue)! And are those supposed to be little tinges of gray on the tips of some of his feathers? Nice touch!
There's something about Aizon's eyes that looks a little strange, though it's probably just me. (I think it has something to do with the fact that his eyes are closed, with his glasses overlapping them, and there's a texture marking on his glasses that looks sort of like a pupil). His glasses look a little precariously balanced, though as I recall, that is how they were described as looking in the story. It probably wouldn't look as good, but perhaps his glasses would look less gravity-defiant if the band connecting them sat on top of his snout, wrapping around the front of his forehead, or if there was a sort of concave slope on his forehead (rather than it being a single smooth, convex curve) that the band could be molded to fit? I dunno…just thinking out loud…
I think this is the first time you've drawn a wingtail with detailed knees. Looks great! :yes
I love his tail design! Caustizer, is that accurate to how you imagined Aizon's tail to look in Far Away Home?
And ha ha! I just noticed the little goatee! :lol
Interesting background, by the way. Is that supposed to be a sort of abstract picture of the inside of Aizon's cave?
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I love this picture, and I think it captures Aizon in both emotion and posture very well. He looks like somebody of age and somebody you can trust, and his brilliance rubs off on the dinosaurs around him... even if they don't know it!
Specific details I like about the drawing are the lines under the eyes, goatee, slight greyness on the edges of his feathers, and the ending appearance of his tail. The echelon formation looks just like I had imagined it would (since I drew a rough sketch of it before sending it to Sky).
His eyes looked wierd to me too at first, but once I had seen the drawing a couple of times they made sense. It would have been nice to actually see his eyes, since they speak the most about a character out of any feature.
The background is a suitable setting for one such as Aizon who spends most of his time alone, but I would have liked to have it been a full one like you did for all your other pictures. Nonetheless it looks great for a profile picture and it highlights his features pretty well.
Thank you Sky for drawing this for me, specifically because I have been far too busy to continue to update Far Away Home on a regular basis. I just got done another exam today, with two more to go until I finish on Wednesday. Rest assured I'm not going to let it go another summer without being completely finished.
Its also worth saying that he looks quite a bit like another member of his family, but we won't get into that yet. :angel
Caustizer
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Thank you two so much for the review guys. :^.^:
There's something about Aizon's eyes that looks a little strange, though it's probably just me. (I think it has something to do with the fact that his eyes are closed, with his glasses overlapping them, and there's a texture marking on his glasses that looks sort of like a pupil).
I think it IS because of the texture effect of his glasses. I wanted to give it more substance instead of just a semi-transparent white.
Hmm yeah, about the glasses, I could try your advice the next time I draw him. ^__^
I think this is the first time you've drawn a wingtail with detailed knees. Looks great! :yes
Just wanted to go back to the roots a little. I always did that in my very old pictures. :^.^:
Is that supposed to be a sort of abstract picture of the inside of Aizon's cave?
Yup, it should be. :)
It would have been nice to actually see his eyes, since they speak the most about a character out of any feature.
Sorry about that. I can change it if you want. :o
The background is a suitable setting for one such as Aizon who spends most of his time alone, but I would have liked to have it been a full one like you did for all your other pictures.
And I'm sorry about that too... I just hadn't had the motivation to draw a cave... :o
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Ok, I'm having a little problem... D//:
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/a270a15e.jpg)
Ok, so drawing wingtails in their normal form are fun to draw for me, but I've encountered a few problems while doing so:
Color markings ~
As seen above, number 1 is how I've always done it. Yet, when I draw wingtails fullbody, I always get the problem with the front color (here yellow) and the back color (here lightblue). Both colors (the front and the back) are seperated with feathers which looks rather stupid. D:
Doesn't sound like a big deal to you, but to me, it is really a pain. >__<
Body structure~
Ok now, do they look like birds or dinosaurs at all to you?
They look totally humanoid D//: (probably got influenced by my anthro drawings) And when I try to give them shorter, thinner legs (like most birds have), they look so wrong to me. DX
Those "pants" thingies~
Ever noticed that male wingtails have those "pants" thingies and females "skirts"? :o Those "pants" and "skirts" are actually feathers. They're supposed to be pointing out their gender. |D But when I look at them now, they also give me problems while drawing and it looks pretty ridiculous too. xDD
Sure, they still have their wings to point out their gender (which can be easily seen here: http://hakunaro.deviantart.com/art/Fly-With-Me-157947544 (http://hakunaro.deviantart.com/art/Fly-With-Me-157947544) ) Should I change their wings too? Argh! DDDX
But why showing us only color markings?
Because, when I know which one of those three looks better, I can work on their pants/skirts and overall body structure...
Or I should just completely redesign them... I dunno... :unsure:
What do you guys think?
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Color Markings; If the feather and color design really bothers you then you should redesign it.
Body structure; His upper body resembles an anthropomorphic bird entirely. But his legs and feet look a little awkward to me and doesn't really resemble a bird nor a dino but more like a certain animal from a Saturday morning cartoon. When I think of bird-like dinosaurs I think of these things.
(http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgpwhdwVHf1qekruyo1_500.jpg)
The feather pants are okay on the first sketch but on the second and third it just doesn't look right. The wing and feather designs are fine to me but that is just my opinion and your character.
You should just experiment with your characters a little more. Make multiple sketches or ideas. Try new things and look for new ideas in other places.
:yes
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Sky looks funny in those pictures. It's like hes thinking:
'There's something missing isn't there?" :lol
On a more serious note I have to say that I like Number 1 the most because its what I'm most used to. In my eyes having his shorts be blue just doesn't seem to look right because the boundaries on the yellow for the other two drawings are even more abrupt and don't look anywhere near as good.
That being said I think you could look at re-interpreting their design since they do look very human compared to the other dinosaurs (mainly in the legs and lower body which don't appear avian at all).
:angel
Caustizer
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:wow Wowy!!! wow! wow!!!! :wow Those art work projects are very detailed and Creative. ;)
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Alright, so I tried to draw a few ideas to solve my problems from earlier:
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/c073b6d5.jpg)
Let's see...
The picture on the top left was an idea I had in mind to 'remove' their hands and leave them with their wings only so they would look more like a bird. They could use the wings as hands instead, but I forgot that female wingtails have membrane wings and thus, cannot form a 'hand'. :/
The picture below shows the structure of the wing, just like your everyday bird you see (only with a hand included).
Below that is a little comparison between old and new.
They don't necessarily look different but the new ones look much 'bird-ier'. Notice how the new one on the top shows two eyes instead of one? If you've followed my gallery, you'll notice how wingtails only show one eye. ;)
The frontview isn't that much of importance, but I've never actually tried to draw them at the front... xDDD
Now to the top right... hmm, the body is much smaller and he has a much longer neck. I also added 'tail feathers' now, an idea to 'hide' their so called 'pants' or 'skirts'. xDD It also makes them look more like birds, doesn't it? 8D
The probably most important part: Their legs!
Because of their legs, they look too humanoid and less of an animal. This was the hardest part to work on. I only have two ideas for their legs at the moment. I seem to like number two since that's how real microraptors are built. I also added even more feathers to their legs. XDD
The picture on the bottom right was an attempt to see how they would look like with those legs. As a result, he looks much more of an animal than I expected! 8D (still has some anatomical errors though XP xDD).
There will probably be more concepts and ideas in the future, but I guess you can judge it much better with a complete and fully colored picture...
That is all for now~ :>
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Sorry for not sharing my input sooner (I haven’t been on the forum much these past few days).
Color markings:
I see where you’re coming from about the coloration of the “pants”/“skirts”; having them be one color in the front and a different color in the back (as in #1) does seem a little odd. Of the two alternatives you showed, I think #2 would be the better option; in addition to eliminating the “half-and-half” coloration issue, it matches the color patterning scheme of most of the other dinosaurs in LBT, whose limbs are the same color as the upper part of the body, with a different color for the underside (from the chin or throat to somewhere along the tail). I thought of another possibility, however; that instead of going under and between the legs, the underbelly stripe would go over the thighs, and everything below it would be the same color (the same pattern as Ichy from LBT IV). This would probably look better if the wingtails had a more forward-leaning body posture, as opposed to the vertical humanoid posture they have currently. I’m a little iffy on it, but I thought I’d bring it up just the same.
Body structure:
Personally, I’ve always thought of the wingtails as being either birdlike dinosaurs or “primitive” birds (the line between the two is really very vague). Either way, there’s really no reason to remove the hands, since the fossil record suggests that birds lost the dinosaurian characteristic of the long bony tail before they lost the claws on their wings. (I don’t know whether wingtails have teeth or beaks, but it doesn’t really matter since there were both toothed “true” birds and beaked dinosaurs.)
I have to agree with you that the wingtail body is rather humanoid, and I do like the idea of making them more bird/dinosaur-like (but I’m not big on anthropomorphic animal designs, so I’m biased).
As for your mention of possibly redesigning the wings, I admit that although we came up with a plausible scientific reason for male and female wingtails having such radically different wing designs, from an evolutionary perspective, it would make much more sense for them to both have feathered wings (it’s adaptationally impractical to have flight feathers overlying a membrane, since that negates any aerodynamic function the feathers would have).
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New design ideas:
I actually prefer the old design of the head; there’s not really anything about the new concept that makes it look more plausibly birdlike to me (in fact, the more horizontally oriented eyes of the original design look more birdlike to me), and from a purely aesthetic angle, the deeper, more curved beak just doesn’t look as nice to me.
I do like the front view of the head, though. :lol
I like the idea of the longer neck; I must admit that the traditional wingtail neck looks rather short both by bird and dinosaur standards. I’m not sure what to think of the new “tail feathers”; they’re interesting, but kind of look a little odd.
Personally I think the head size is fine. I think it would look strange if the wingtails’ heads were too small.
With regard to the legs, keep in mind that birds (and many dinosaurs) walk on their toes; the part of the foot corresponding to the heel and arch in humans is held permanently off the ground. This is the reason for the “backwards-kneed” appearance of many birds; the “knees” are actually the ankle joints. You have accurately illustrated this in the middle sketch on the right-hand side of the image (the one with the comment about the feathers looking like fur). In that drawing, the foot looks rather like the paw of a cat or dog; if you wanted to make it more birdlike, you could try giving the wingtails longer toes.
If you’re still troubled that the wingtails are too anthropomorphic/not birdlike enough, you can always compromise the argument of convergent evolution; that wingtails share physical similarities with humans (large head, short face, fairly upright posture, etc.) because they evolved to fill a similar niche.
That's about all I have for now, but I'm happy to give you further suggestions and opinions should you want them. :)
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I actually prefer the old design of the head; there’s not really anything about the new concept that makes it look more plausibly birdlike to me (in fact, the more horizontally oriented eyes of the original design look more birdlike to me), and from a purely aesthetic angle, the deeper, more curved beak just doesn’t look as nice to me.
The head is not really important (just wanted to make a little comparison) as they will probably look different with each picture I make. :p
Either way, there’s really no reason to remove the hands
Nah, I'll keep their hands anyway. ;) And if I don't need them at some points, I could just hide them underneath their wings.
As for your mention of possibly redesigning the wings, I admit that although we came up with a plausible scientific reason for male and female wingtails having such radically different wing designs, from an evolutionary perspective, it would make much more sense for them to both have feathered wings (it’s adaptationally impractical to have flight feathers overlying a membrane, since that negates any aerodynamic function the feathers would have).
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If you’re still troubled that the wingtails are too anthropomorphic/not birdlike enough, you can always compromise the argument of convergent evolution; that wingtails share physical similarities with humans (large head, short face, fairly upright posture, etc.) because they evolved to fill a similar niche.
Phew... you make it really hard for me to decide what to do next. :confused
Preferably, I would like to keep major features from the old design. I don't want them to look too different after the new design is completed. :angel
That's about all I have for now, but I'm happy to give you further suggestions and opinions should you want them. :)
Suggestions are always welcome. :^.^:
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Heh, one bit of advice I can give is his:
Don't worry about it too much. If you're trying to make them look more realistic, remember. This is a cartoon character. Based on a children's series about talking dinosaurs. It's fine to take creative liberties.
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I really like the new more birdlike design of the wingtails, but as for which one you want to make the official one I say its up to you. I know from my perspective it is hard to get my imagination around the new designs, but I suppose it could change in time.
The new legs make a lot more sense though and are less human in appearance, and as well I'm glad you decided to make a headon drawing (which actually turned out looking pretty funny).
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Alright, here is a much cleaner and colored version of the current wingtail design:
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/0ebba849.jpg)
I have to say, I really like the current outcome. :) Much more animal like.
But I'm not sure yet if I should keep them that way and I would also like to hear your opinion too. :^.^:
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In retrospect, I’m glad I waited a couple of days before commenting on this; the new design does take some getting used to.
The legs and feet look much better this way; :yes the pointed toes and angular joints are definitely far more dinosaurian. I also like the feathers on the backs of the ankle joints; they just look cool (and some of the more birdlike dinosaurs really were feathered all the way down to their feet).
As I stated previously, I think the slightly longer neck is a good change, too. And although the head doesn’t look too different from the image in your avatar, I think the little point on the beak does a lot to make it more birdlike.
I think you should try drawing this new design from a few more angles and in other poses (such as a default standing posture), and perhaps with a female wingtail as well, to make sure that the changes look good from all sides.
One more suggestion that I can’t believe I forgot to make earlier (which isn’t really relevant to this picture) relates to the wingtail…tail. If it weren’t so essential to the wingtails’ identity (both their species name and individual identification), I think the tail could easily be written off as insignificant, especially now with the new feathers added around the base; in the back view of a wingtail in the previous concept sketch page, it kind of looked like an afterthought, like someone had tagged a decorated and befeathered mouse tail onto the tail feathers of a bird. To ensure that the tail is not too overshadowed by the new feathers (if you decide to keep them), my suggestion would be to make the tail thicker at the base and tapering towards the tip, rather than uniformly thin along its whole length. This would make it seem more like an extension of the body. This might leave less room for the new feathers, though…perhaps they could be attached along the sides of the tail base?
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I agree with Pangaea in that I really like the new design. You should make a picture of Star too (and maybe Glide or Cloud :angel).
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^ What they said. :exactly
And yes the pic looks much better than the older body structure.
I'd like to see what the female character looks like.
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Very great looking character. Think you may be happy with this version or do you plan on tweaking the look a bit? And how about some of the other characters like females & kids of the species?
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Hello:
The new design is much interesting, far less humanoid and more dinosaur-like. And that is very cool because you managed to keep the feel of the character.
Well done, and I am also curious to know an answer to what Kor asked :DD .
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Glad you guys like the new design of them. I'm really glad to hear that. :^.^:
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New picture:
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/59adc155.jpg)
It has been a month since my last upload. :/ This will probably be the last submission until end of June...
My current feelings are portrayed in this picture.
Great, not even Star can cheer me up~ >__<
Played with some effects on PS.
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Even though it is really sad, I like this picture because it shows them both in a scene in their new form. I do wonder why they are crying though, as the only thing bad enough that I can think of that would cause that would be if one of their offspring died. :sad
Keep up the good work and don't get too down... sometimes all it takes to brighten things up is to go to bed early and wake up the next day feeling fresh.
:angel
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It has been a month since my last upload. :/ This will probably be the last submission until end of June...
My current feelings are portrayed in this picture.
Great, not even Star can cheer me up~ >__<
I'm very sorry to hear you're feeling so sad, Sky. :(
If it's any consolation, it's a truly beautiful picture. :wow The expressions are done so well, and the anatomy of the characters looks fantastic. I particularly like how you did Star's wings and feathers; I'm also impressed by how natural the feathers forming Star's “skirt” and Sky's “shorts” look on them. Even the rain is nicely done. Ideally, I suppose they could look a little “wetter” (although Star's crest appears to be drooping slightly, as if weighted down with wateróthat could have more to do with her emotional state, though), but the lack of detail in that area is forgivable.
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Sorry man I hope you feel better soon, but good pic. :smile
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^I don't think that a lost gallery is comparable to a future life that might be done for... :(
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A little bit of update:
Forget what I said above... I've overcome my depression and I feel totally happy and relieved now! :lol: A feeling I hadn't had for weeks! :D
Gosh, I'm so happy right now. I hope to add some new artworks very soon~ :^.^:
On a sidenote: I fixed some broken links, beginning from pictures from 2010 (page 7). A few links are still broken though (like the pictures from the gang as teens as I don't have them anymore :() All other pictures can be found on the first page. ^__^
Thanks to Pangaea for pointing out. :yes
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Forget what I said above... I've overcome my depression and I feel totally happy and relieved now! :lol: A feeling I hadn't had for weeks! :D
Gosh, I'm so happy right now. I hope to add some new artworks very soon~ :^.^:
That's so good to hear. :DD (Mainly that you're feeling so much better, but also the upcoming new artwork. :smile)
On a sidenote: I fixed some broken links, beginning from pictures from 2010 (page 7). A few links are still broken though (like the pictures from the gang as teens as I don't have them anymore :()
It's times like this when I feel vindicated for being a pack rat; as luck would have it, I have a habit of saving my favorite online pictures to my hard drive, and that includes every piece of artwork that has been featured in this thread in the last one-and-a-half years. So, in the interest of helping a great artist to share his full history of LBT artwork, here be the lost pictures of the teenaged gang:
From 04/02/10 (http://gangoffive.net/index.php?showtopic=1941&view=findpost&p=9180074):
(http://s556.photobucket.com/albums/ss2/Pangaean/LBT%20Fanart/LBT%20Fanart%20by%20Sky/conceptarty57m.jpg)
From 04/03/10 (http://gangoffive.net/index.php?showtopic=1941&view=findpost&p=9180305):
(http://s556.photobucket.com/albums/ss2/Pangaean/LBT%20Fanart/LBT%20Fanart%20by%20Sky/conceptartprba.jpg)
(http://s556.photobucket.com/albums/ss2/Pangaean/LBT%20Fanart/LBT%20Fanart%20by%20Sky/conceptartmozf.jpg)
From 04/05/10 (http://gangoffive.net/index.php?showtopic=1941&view=findpost&p=9180625):
(http://s556.photobucket.com/albums/ss2/Pangaean/LBT%20Fanart/LBT%20Fanart%20by%20Sky/Petrie6fhwy.jpg)
From 06/05/10 (http://gangoffive.net/index.php?showtopic=1941&view=findpost&p=9191303):
(http://s556.photobucket.com/albums/ss2/Pangaean/LBT%20Fanart/LBT%20Fanart%20by%20Sky/Littlefoot1cuu.jpg)
(http://s556.photobucket.com/albums/ss2/Pangaean/LBT%20Fanart/LBT%20Fanart%20by%20Sky/Petrie2f8028.jpg)
From 06/06/10 (http://gangoffive.net/index.php?showtopic=1941&view=findpost&p=9191471):
(http://s556.photobucket.com/albums/ss2/Pangaean/LBT%20Fanart/LBT%20Fanart%20by%20Sky/Cera2f1yt2.jpg)
Since these are rightly your pictures, I thought that you could copy them to your own album and post them in the appropriate locations, after which I would delete them from my album. If there are any other images you are missing (I know that a portrait of Glide in his trademark "arms crossed" pose and a picture of Sky with glasses and a pencilóthe one that was once your avataróare not in this thread), I will gladly supply them. :)
EDIT: You know…what the heck? Just in case they are missing, I might as well share those pictures I mentioned of Glide (http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss2/Pangaean/LBT%20Fanart/LBT%20Fanart%20by%20Sky/Glide.png) and Sky (http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss2/Pangaean/LBT%20Fanart/LBT%20Fanart%20by%20Sky/skylbticon.png) right here and now. ;)
EDIT 2: I have deleted the images from my Photobucket gallery now that Sky has reclaimed them.
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It's times like this when I feel vindicated for being a pack rat; as luck would have it, I have a habit of saving my favorite online pictures to my hard drive, and that includes every piece of artwork that has been featured in this thread in the last one-and-a-half years. So, in the interest of helping a great artist to share his full history of LBT artwork, here be the lost pictures of the teenaged gang:
Oh my, that is so awesome! :o
Not only because you're providing me with my lost artworks, but also because you're saving almost all my works. :o I feel really honored. :yes
Thank you so much for the pictures. Now all pictures (beginning from 2010) are online. :lol:
Thanks again Pangaea. :)
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Now that's cool of Pangeaa! :yes
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Oh my, that is so awesome! :o
Not only because you're providing me with my lost artworks, but also because you're saving almost all my works. :o I feel really honored. :yes
Thank you so much for the pictures. Now all pictures (beginning from 2010) are online. :lol:
Thanks again Pangaea. :)
I'm glad you approve of my art hoarding. :lol And you're very welcome. I'm happy to have put those hoarding tendencies to good use, and even happier to have been helpful. :)
So, do you have all of the image files in your possession again? Is it okay for me to delete the images from my Photobucket account (I'll still have them on my hard drive, of course ;)), or would you prefer me to leave them up?
P.S. I think you should feature "artist Sky" and the Glide portrait (the two images I shared at the end of my last post) somewhere in this gallery. Even if the wingtail design is "outdated" now, they're very nice pictures, and I really happen to like them. :yes
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Is it okay for me to delete the images from my Photobucket account (I'll still have them on my hard drive, of course ;)), or would you prefer me to leave them up?
Yup, I have them all now. Thanks. :) You can of course keep them on you account if you don't want to delete them. If you do delete them, that is fine too. :yes
P.S. I think you should feature "artist Sky" and the Glide portrait (the two images I shared at the end of my last post) somewhere in this gallery. Even if the wingtail design is "outdated" now, they're very nice pictures, and I really happen to like them. :yes
I too have both of them on my hard drive. ;) Both are now on the list as requested. :^.^:
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Let me be the hundredth or so person to say you're pictures are amazing! I love your teenage characters. They actually look like something you would see if the LBT characters were to grow up in the show or movies. I'd give your pictures 4 thumbs up but sadly I only have two :smile . Keep up the good work. I'd love to see more.
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Thank you for the comment, Justin! I really appreciate it and I'm glad you like my works. :DD
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Yay! Finally something new :lol::
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/7605d60e.jpg)
So, I finally overcome my depression a few days back, and I still feel totally awesome! :D
I would like to thank all the people and friends who supported me in that stressful and lonely time.
:cheers :celebrate THANK YOU ALL! :celebrate :cheers
And it seems that Star is happy too. :^.^:
[size0](OR, she doesn't want me to leave as I'll depart to the Philippines in a few weeks for vacation. ^^)
Hmm... it looks like I still need to get used to the new design though. :confused But I still like it nevertheless. :angel
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Nice picture & artwork.
I guess Star is happy about something, maybe something great that happened perhaps. Or sad about something?
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You haven't lost your touch since the last time i watched your art!
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Your art is very good. Keep up the great work on it.
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This is a great picture from an artistic standpoint, but it almost seems a bit immature of Star to fall into Sky's arms weeping over the fact he is going away for a while. I had always thought of her as grown up and mature, so this kind of thing is a bit childish for her in my eyes (of course you probably view her differently then I do :angel). As a supportive mate, I would expect her to behave more rationally, possibly kissing him goodbye.
I look forward to whatever new art you decide to do, and I'm glad your over your depression now! See you when I get back on Tuesday.
Caustizer.
P.S. I really look forward to seeing Cloud and Glide in the new style too :smile
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Thank you everybody! :DD
^Caustizer
Hey, it's good to see you aroud again. Welcome back! :yes
Well, I thought it would look much more heart-warming to see her fall into his arms. :^.^: Grown-up or not, I think it's only natural when you haven't seen your beloved mate for such a long time who is leaving again very soon for a much longer time (I view them as very young adults by the way :p :angel)
Heh, I might have an idea for Cloud and Glide already. ;)
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I love the new picture! :) It’s a rather dynamic-looking image, especially with the positioning of the characters’ legs (the flying tears also contribute majorly). The feet look really good; the clawlike toe tips go a long way towards making them more birdlike. I also like the subtle texturing in the “fur” on their backs; how Star’s hand is ruffling the “fur” on Sky’s neck; and the way the toes on Sky’s lifted foot are curled back, the same as a bird’s toes tend to be when the foot is off the ground.
Those feathers on the base of Star’s tail look a little odd, the way her wing membrane connects to them; it would be more realistic if the outermost one overlapped the wing membrane, rather than appearing to support it. (Are those the same feathers that form the back half of her “skirt”?) Besides that one detail, Star’s wings are excellent; :yes the shape, shading, and folding makes them look supple and flowy, giving an impression of distortion and movement.
By the way, here’s an observation regarding Sky’s head crest (which I think applies to your other wingtail characters as well): I have noticed that in most pictures of Sky (such as your current avatar), his crest feathers overlap one another from the bottom up; the topmost feather is overlapped by the one beneath it, that feather is overlapped by the one beneath it, and so on. However, in this picture, it is the other way around, with each feather being overlapped by the one above it. Assuming that these feathers are two-dimensional (as opposed to being V-shaped in cross-section and overlapping like this: >>>>), then the bottom-up pattern of overlapping should be visible from one side, and the top-down pattern from the other. Most of your pictures show Sky from the left, but almost all of them show the bottom-up overlapping pattern of his head feathers regardless of which direction he’s facing. Just something I thought you might want to be aware of in case you’re concerned about the consistency of details in your pictures (especially when you return to your Dawn of a Wingtail comic).
P.S. I ended up deleting those images from my Photobucket gallery, since there’s really no need for them to be there now that you have the files again, and I’d rather avoid the possibility of someone finding them and thinking that they’re my pictures. :angel
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Thanks again for that awesome review, Pangaea! :D Glad you like the new picture. ^__^
Those feathers on the base of Star’s tail look a little odd, the way her wing membrane connects to them; it would be more realistic if the outermost one overlapped the wing membrane, rather than appearing to support it.
It's still experimental, but I do agree that it looks pretty odd. I'll try to solve this in future drawings.
Are those the same feathers that form the back half of her “skirt”?
Actually, no. Those backfeathers cover the half of her actual "skirt". ;)
By the way, here’s an observation regarding Sky’s head crest.....
Personally, I don't mind the little details with their head feathers. It's some kind of way to keep things easy and fast. Most cartoons do the same to save up time. Although, I could try to adapt to this little issue in the future. :angel Just need to remind myself. ;)
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(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/220/2/c/2c5a2482da4d914c4b26ae9b5744b0b7-d45u9uy.jpg)
Sky recently did this on Deviantart for The Friendly Sharptooth. Since it is posted publicly there, I figured I would link it here since Sky is away in the Phillipines.
Pretty good piece, worthy of recognition.
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That is very good artwork, and looks like a pretty evil, or dark, character.
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(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/220/2/c/2c5a2482da4d914c4b26ae9b5744b0b7-d45u9uy.jpg)
Sky recently did this on Deviantart for The Friendly Sharptooth. Since it is posted publicly there, I figured I would link it here since Sky is away in the Phillipines.
Pretty good piece, worthy of recognition.
Yup, that is correct. I made this for TFS. It's Dusk, a character from his fanfic The Land Before Time - Dawn of the Seven Heroes (http://gangoffive.net/index.php?showtopic=8962)
It should have been a paid commission, but since he waited so extremely long, I made it for free. :yes
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And here is a new picture for you all to view. Done for Caustizer's Birthday:
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/7bbbe715.jpg)
I'm sorry it took me so long. I just lost my internet connection for a few days and I really wanted to show it to you in time. I'm really sorry and.... have a happy birthday dinner with Cloud. :^.^:
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Great artwork as usual. Great expressions on their faces & body language & well drawn to show those.
I see one of them as a surprised expression
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What a great star day present... thank you Sky!
I like a bunch of things that you did in this one:
1) The colour of the fish are brown, which is the one that the wingtails describe as being the best kind. :idea
2) Cloud apparently inherited his mother's fishing skills :lol
3) Glide looks older in this picture thanks to the brilliant shading, and his expression shows more of a passive awareness as opposed to the alarm that his younger self might have felt at such a sudden event.
His face clearly says 'Meh, I knew this would happen' which is good :DD
4) The background is forested and thick, which is perfectly reminesant of the Feral Forest, where I descibe the Wingtails as coming from. It appears you like it as a setting as well!
All that being said I did notice a couple of things that you missed or left out:
1) Glide is missing his left arm. At the angle the picture is drawn at one would expect that his hand would likely be on his knee, but it looks slightly not right because not even a single piece of it is visible.
2) Cloud is missing a thumb on his left arm... unless he was born without it :lol
Anyway its a great picture and I look forwards to seeing more of your works.
Caustizer
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I'm really happy to hear that you like your birthday present. :DD
About the things you pointed out I might have missed:
1) Glide's left arm is hidden behind Cloud. :) You can see a little of his arm between Cloud's mouth and his fish. ;)
2) I wasn't sure if I should make Cloud's left thumb visible or not. It looked a little weird when I did make it visible so I just decided to "hide" it behind his fingers. :unsure:
Anyway, I'm really glad you like the overall outcome. :^.^:
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(http://images.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/10552058.jpg)
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That is a very awesome picture that you drew and made Sky. I loved the colors that you used in your drawing . It was made very well. I enjoyed the picture you made for Caustizer. Great job.
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Oh god! It's been like... forever since the last time I updated here... D:
I'm really sorry for that :(
Anyways, have some wingtail art~! :)
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/3c5e7b80.jpg)
Oh god, I missed them soooo much :cry
Hmm... yeah, It's probably just me but I can see that Sky's beak got a little bit too long. :oops
Something quick to get into christmas spirit! :lol:
(Now if you excuse me, I have to do some programming which is hard, long and absolutely boring before I fail this stupid school subject... -_-)
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Hello:
That is a most nice pic indeed, and very romantic if I can add... even though that is of no surprise by now with those two characters, hehehe, that's awesome.
Keep up the good work!
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A great picture and very romantic indeed. Not sure if his beak is to long, it may be if it is supposed to be about the same size as the female he's with. Don't recall either of their names.
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Nice picture, Sky! :)
(And I have briefly taken programming before, I hear ya, it's hard...)
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Oh wow...very well done.
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It's nice to see you doing some more wingtail art! As always you've done a pretty good job, but you really should consider expanding your horizons with your art. Provided school is not too oppressive this year, you should try out new things and maybe attempt to make some more wingtail characters (I think you have at least 3 or 4 others from your antro art that could easily make the step into an LBT version).
Have a merry christmas, and hopefully it is stress free!
Caustizer
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oooooh! Now dats purdy. Nice work on that pic, Sky!
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omg the girl one looks similar to a dinosaur I made up !!!! only yours is bigger and purple . :) :blink: mines pink
Actually the one I made up is me as a dinosaur that I often draw hugging Guido .... :oops ( I have a big crush on Guido if your wondering why !) :lol :oops
:wub :wub :wub
I love your pictures :rolleyes: reminds me of me and Guido :wub :wub
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WOAH... You draw really well! Better then my friends who are good in drawing (pls. don't tell them I said that)! I mean, there's the age difference but STILL! Oh, and Star's really pretty. :smile
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Okay, it's time for more art! :lol: Took me long enough. ?3?
I wish I could post much more art... :cry And I'm really sorry for the lack of my activity... :cry
An EXTREMELY long overdue picture for Caustizer! -_-
My deepest apologies my friend~ -__- I hope this will make up for the delay.
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/a8bcc498.jpg)
Sky and Eybron in the newer wingtail design! :DD I really hope you like the final outcome and I'm really sorry it took me so long~ -_-
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Hello:
This is a very nice and dynamic pic. Also it is very nice to see the characters in your new style, which I think is much better looking and more LBT-setting-like.
Keep it up!
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It's as great as ever, Sky. I really like your art, and you got a real knack for it, too. :DD
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This is actually much better than the animation in LBT movies.
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My first reaction to this picture is... oh my god Eybron is scary! :wow
Being that this request had been on the shelf for six months, I didn't think you would actually ever do it. My original goal with presenting this idea to you was that it would expand your artistic horizons away from just cute and huggy pictures to encourage some variety in your gallery.
I would say that you have definately succeeded in this picture, though I must remark that Eybron does look a little bit too much like Glide compared to the last one (and really who would be surprised if Glide and Sky were fighting anyway :lol)
Keep up the amazing work! :angel
Caustizer
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Wow!
I love the composition of this picture Sky! With Eyebron swooping down like that (and the red sky in the background) there is some rather dramatic air about the image. It looks... for lack of a better term... in motion!
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Cool pictures! ;)
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Thank you all guys! :lol: I'm really happy you like it! :) I'm starting to like this pic more everytime the more often I look at it too. :D
Caustizer
Oohh, so you just wanted to give my gallery more variety. :lol I'm really glad you like the outcome. And I'm really sorry you needed to wait so long for this picture. -_-
[size0]That reminds me, there is still TheFriendlySharptooth's commission I have to do. I should work on it right away too! :o
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Good drawing. The new character looks pretty evil, is he his arch foe ?
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It's sooooo nice! maybe a little too nice. :D Ebryon's eyes kinda creeped me out though.
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(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/a8bcc498.jpg)
I just saw that picture for the first time (yes, I've gotten that bad at visiting people's art and fanfic threads :oops), and my reaction was "WHOA! :blink: … Whoa! … Whoa…" :o THAT is one intimidating picture of Eybron. I almost thought he was Glide at first, probably because your other color picture of Eybron (which long ago became my archetypal mental image of the character) is overall paler and grayer, whereas here his tones look a little more brownish. However, character appearance aside, the scene this image immediately reminded me of was Sky's battle against Eybron, and that's what made me certain of which wingtail this was meant to be. The next thing I thought when I looked at Eybron was that he sort of reminded me of Nigel the cockatoo from Rio, especially in the eyes, and also the beak (which is the most hooked I've ever seen you draw on a wingtail). And while Eybron is unequivocally terrifying, Sky is no slouch in the threatening expression department, either. Both Sky and Eybron are in very dynamic poses here (Eybron's in particular makes it unmistakably clear that they are fighting), and to me, the slightly blurry background adds to the impression of action.
I think the third feather in Eybron's head crest should be longer than it is, and the "mane" on Sky's back looks a bit unusual in the way it's curved, and the alternating fuzziness and smoothness of it (though I think you deserve some slack, considering how hard it must have been to draw Sky's back from that angle). However, I actually think the feathers at the base of their tails look better than usual; more natural, somehow. In summary, this is an awesome picture. :smile
*checks earlier posts* Oh, fluppitts…I've been even worse than I thought; I haven't reviewed this thread since July 1st last year! :blink: :slap Oh, well…if I started writing my reviews here and now, I'd be up all night. If I can find the time (what with being late with so many other GOF threads and related projects :oops), I'll see about reviewing those other three recent pictures sometime in the near future. ;)
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Haha, I just love reading your detailed comments! :lol: Thank you so much~! :)
It kinda makes me feel bad to answer with a much shorter comment. :oops
Anyways, I'm glad you like it so much. :) The more brownish color of Eybron is because of the setting and atmosphere they are currently at. Looks much natural that way. :yes And wow...! Now that you said it, he really reminds me of Nigel from Rio! :D Ahaha, that's awesome. :lol
Thanks for pointing out that little mistake with Eybrons third feather and I have to agree, I was pretty struggling with Sky's back there. Probably because I haven't drawn a wingtail from the back that often. :p
Thanks again for the comment. :)
And, no worries~! You don't need to comment on my other pictures if it means even more work for you. I'm okay. :^.^:
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Reviving my old artwork topic yet again! :o
Posting some old art before I go to sleep~
Soon to be Parents
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/SoontobeParents.png)
Done for Mother's Day~ :) So what is the greatest treasue a mother can have? Children of course (in my opinion :p).
Congratulations Star~! :wub
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Colorful Wingtails
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/ColorfulWingtails.jpg)
If anyone of you follow my deviantArt, you probably know who all those other wingtails are. :)
If not, they're the characters I have drawn only in their anthro forms as of yet. Wanted to see how those guys would look like in their LBT versions (+ the kids of Sky and Star). :^.^:
So many colors~ *O*
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Petrie
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/Petrie.jpg)
Our favourite little flyer~ :^.^:
An attempt of a new coloring method I'm currently experimenting.
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What I always wanted to tell you~
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd477/SkyHeavens/LBT/WhatIAlwaysWantedtoTellYou-DA.jpg)
Always getting a warm and fuzzy feeling everytime when I see these two together~ :wub
But I think you guys already knew that! :DD
Still experimenting with the new coloring method~ .3.
That is all. :)
The next will be a bigger one as super delayed birthday present for a good friend, that I hopefully finish tomorrow!
Until then, enjoy the art~! :yes
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More artwork from Sky! Awesome! :smile
Soon to be Parents:
Aww, that’s a perfect mother’s day card! :DD That’s a very sweet scene. :wub Sky looks a little like he’s preening Star (or about to). Do wingtails preen each other? I’d assume they need to take care of their feathers, and mutual preening is something a lot of birds engage in as a social or bonding activity, especially between mates. Evidently it is important to their psychological health as well as their physical; some social birds, if deprived of preening partners, will apparently suffer much as a human would if cut off from social contact with other humans. Anyway, just putting preening out there as something wingtails might do.
Colorful Wingtails:
Holy buckets, that’s a lot of wingtails! :blink:
I love the excited-looking green one vaulting over that brown one’s head. :lol Her expression is great, as are those of all three of the other wingtails who are reacting to her (though personally I think it’s a little odd that their reactions include sweating). I like that unreadable (at least, I can’t read it :oops) expression Glide has as well, though it looks like part of the line that forms Glide’s mouth has been erased. And Sky and Star’s chicks are adorable, especially Cloud, and the one on Sky’s head. :lol
Petrie:
This picture reminds me a lot of your older LBT artwork, but in a much more sophisticated style. I like it. In some ways it’s a fairly simple picture (I particularly notice that most of the outlines are extremely marginal, if they’re there at all), but the shading and highlighting adds an amazing amount of depth to it.
What I always wanted to tell you:
That’s a really pretty one. :o The background is nice, but Sky and Star are just gorgeous! I love their expressions. There’s just something incredibly cute about them. And such shiny eyes! *mesmerized*
So do wingtails use flowers in place of engagement rings? :p
Like the Petrie picture, it looks like outlines are minimized in this piece, but somehow that only makes the details stand out even more. I particularly like the feathers on Sky’s wings, the “fur” on both wingtails’ backs, and the fluff on their chests. The lighting on Star also looks really nice. I can’t help wondering, though, if Sky and Star (Sky especially) should really be that brightly lit from this angle since the moon is behind them. Maybe it would be possible for the water to reflect some of the moonlight back at them, (especially if the water was shallow with light colored gravel or sediment on the bottom), but then their feet and tails might be more brightly lit as well. (Seeing as there’s a full moon right now, I actually brought a water-filled pan and bowl outside and held a little dinosaur figure over them to see whether the reflections from the water illuminated it any differently. :lol) Of course, you probably know a lot more about lighting than I do, so I could be wrong.
Personally I love this new art style. I wouldn’t want to see you completely abandon your usual style, but I definitely would like to see more pictures like the last two above.
By the way, Sky, I recently updated my own art thread with a picture I made a few years ago, and if you happened to have the time and inclination, I would be honored to receive a brief comment from you on it. :)
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I don’t believe I’ve commented on your art before. :o I’ll fix that!
For Colorful Wingtails I also like the green wingtail’s pose and expression the best, but I like pretty much all of the characters in the entire upper left corner of the picture, as well as the way the blue one is touching her fingers together.
Your picture of Petrie is cute as well. To me though, it looks like his left wing is a bit too long in relation to the rest of his body, but his wings make such a good composition against the background. The shading style is very soft looking, but in a nice, sculptural way. :^.^:
I would like to know more about your wingtail species and characters, do you have a story or character sheet for them (if you don't mind me asking)?
:)