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The Land Before Time => LBT Fanfiction => Topic started by: Lillefot on October 16, 2008, 10:08:56 AM

Title: Fry
Post by: Lillefot on October 16, 2008, 10:08:56 AM: Someone has been taking lessons and entered a new level of drawing!
I've been studying and studying photoshop and here's the fruit of that work.
I feel waaaay better in my artwork now. Best of all, the messy skecthlines are all gone! :D Practised shadows and highlights etc aswell.
Here's what I consider my best peice of artwork ever.

He's a Tinysaurus and I call him Fry.

(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb226/Fragilis/Fry2100donecompletecopy.jpg)

Isn't he adorable? :wub:
Title: Fry
Post by: Mumbling on October 16, 2008, 10:24:06 AM: Hey that's soo cute :D Awesome :) I just think his right forepaw is a bit.. odd.

He looks like some moviestar where people are taking pictures of him, I like it :^.^: Cool :D
Title: Fry
Post by: f-22 "raptor" ace on October 16, 2008, 10:29:19 AM: Nice drawing it's :yes good!
Title: Fry
Post by: Sky on October 16, 2008, 10:30:53 AM: Whoa! Now that is awesome. =D
Just keep practicing. :D
Title: Fry
Post by: Kor on October 16, 2008, 12:02:02 PM: Nice picture, and yes he does look very cute. He could be one of the un named tiny sauruces in the group. :yes
Title: Fry
Post by: Vaan360 on October 16, 2008, 12:26:21 PM: It's really good!! :yes
Makes me wish I had started working with phoshop earlier :smile
Title: Fry
Post by: Explorer on October 16, 2008, 12:30:27 PM: Its really nicely done.
Title: Fry
Post by: NeptuneNavigator2001 on October 16, 2008, 01:38:53 PM: Man, that's awesome Gustav! :) I know you showed me in-progress screenshots over MSN, but the finished work is a sight to behold. :) You're getting really really good with your drawings, and I hope you continue down the path of artist... :^.^: Awesome! :)
Title: Fry
Post by: Nimrod on October 16, 2008, 04:08:11 PM: Ehm, eh... you,, aaaah, that¥s adorable Gustav. I love this piece. You have to teach me when we see each other again. You have :smile :p I just envie your talent.
Title: Fry
Post by: lbt/cty_lover on October 16, 2008, 04:45:25 PM: ZOMG! This is amazing. I approve.

Yes. That is all I have to say.
Title: Fry
Post by: The Great Valley Guardian on October 16, 2008, 06:40:04 PM: 0_0

Wow...I'm...speechless...Photoshop has now become your best digital friend...amazing!!!! I wish I could color like this! And I'm adept at Photoshop myself...and this blows away ANYTHING I could hope to do...
Title: Fry
Post by: Explorer on October 16, 2008, 06:45:57 PM: I wish I could use photoshop that well... but I can't even get from the bottom line...
Title: Fry
Post by: Chiletrek on October 16, 2008, 06:53:30 PM: Hello:
It looks very very good, I specially like the light effect you gave the pic (specially in the legs).
Keep it up! :DD .
Title: Fry
Post by: Spartanguy88 on October 16, 2008, 07:56:16 PM: Nice job, I love how the colors blend with each other.
Title: Fry
Post by: kjeldo on October 17, 2008, 08:14:11 AM: 'mouth falls so far open that it hits my feet'

yup, he is kinda adorable,
Title: Fry
Post by: Lillefot on October 17, 2008, 08:17:30 AM: Thank you everyone!
I'm with no doubt very proad of Fry, and that Photoshop is, as you said GVG, my best digital friend! :)

A little background:

Fry is an OC that I tend to bring into either a fanfiction I'm working with or an RP.
I'm not going to expose his personality yet.
His names was made up of the saying "small Fry" hence he's a Tinysaurus, a "small Fry creature". Therefor, Fry is his name. :^.^:
His color and structure is inspired by several of the Tinysauruses that we already know, hard acctually, especially to get his legs the way I wanted them. This color is Fry in daylight. Maybe a little lighter. Compare with my AV of Skitter in a dark area We know that Skitter for one is green/teal in daylight. I'm very pleased with Fry's colors and how they came out!

Here's a closeup: :^.^:

(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb226/Fragilis/Fry2100donecompletecopybigger.jpg)
Title: Fry
Post by: kjeldo on October 17, 2008, 08:31:22 AM: briliant lightfall!
Title: Fry
Post by: Lillefot on October 17, 2008, 08:35:14 AM: Quote from: kjeldo,Oct 17 2008 on 07:31 AM
briliant lightfall!
Thanks! FINALY I made it! :D
Title: Fry
Post by: kjeldo on October 17, 2008, 10:06:04 AM: and especially on the legs, :yes
Title: Fry
Post by: Malte279 on October 17, 2008, 10:16:13 AM: Absolutely lovely Gustav! :yes
I'm sorry my current computer problems kept me from responding earlier, but this is really an awesome job.
Looking at the light and shadow effects in your picture I think it might be a very interesting challenge to make a photoshop picture of the gang (or at least a member) in a thunderstorm with the special light and shadow patterns that would provide.
You also made the character really cute looking and I must say that here I do no longer see the reason for the suggestion I made to you at an earlier state of the drawing; my mistake there.
With your art advancing to this high level, did you consider creating background landscapes etc. as well? With your sense for the beauty of nature (revealed among other in the marvelous photographs which you showed me) I'm sure that you would do as awesome with backgrounds as you do with characters :)
Title: Fry
Post by: Lillefot on October 17, 2008, 10:24:20 AM: Thanks Malte.
A thunderstorm would be cool indeed... But a mess to draw! :wow

Yeah, I think they came out good in the end. Don't worry about it. :)

I REALLY want to learn how to draw landscapes that I could use with my characters. I have the ideas, but I don't know how transfer them from brain to hand, from my hand to my pencil and from my pencil to paper! :blink:
Maybe I can find a tutorial or alike, but as you said; I have several photos that provide with inspiration. I just wonder how to draw them.
:rolleyes:

Any other artists here have any ideas?
Title: Fry
Post by: Littlefoot on October 17, 2008, 10:30:20 AM: Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow so cute and lovely bro, I love it nice improvement. I like the shadowing! Is an excelent work Im proud eh! So adrable. I want to see more! :lol:
Title: Fry
Post by: Mumbling on October 17, 2008, 10:40:27 AM: You might try to put one of those pictures in front of you and try to copy them thesame way you could copy a character. It doesnt need so much detail in the beginning, you can advance from there on I'm sure.
Title: Fry
Post by: Explorer on October 17, 2008, 11:44:08 AM: What Mumbling said.

You might also consider starting by virtual landscapes, that have clear limits and are not as complex as real pictures. For example, I already tried drawing a landscape from agame, a not too complex one, and I was able. Guess what happened when I tried to draw out a mountain from a real picture...
Title: Fry
Post by: Kor on October 17, 2008, 12:18:11 PM: I've seen some artists use real landscape pictures and put their characters onto them. I also wonder if there may be public domain pictures you could use, or screenshots of the Great Valley, or other spots, that have no characters in them, maybe you could use those too.
Title: Fry
Post by: Explorer on October 17, 2008, 12:26:44 PM: I've done that with Powerpoint and Paint... its how I work the computer fanart. But to draw it with a pencil... man, that's tough.