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     CommentAuthorRachæl Tyrell
   • CommentTimeJan 31st 2011 edited

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   So. I'm taking the first art class I've ever had (not counting highschool, which I failed). I'm going to use the experience of starting from the beginning and learning the basics like this to train my non-dominant hand. I've dabbled in using my left before, but usually only when my right wasn't working. From now on, I'm just using my left. Here I go.
   
   Assignment one: Self portrait without lines.
   
   
   
   (The contrast of my scanner is way too high - the darks are too dark and the light areas get blown out beyond what adobe tweakery and reclaim. Is there software I could use for an old canon scanner that would fine tune the scanning, or do I just need to get a better scanner?)
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     CommentAuthorRooth
   • CommentTimeJan 31st 2011

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   Thanks for the kind words folks :)
   I love those pieces Cinn! Super cool.
   And that is a sweet non-dominant self portrait,Rachæl Tyrell!
   So good for your brain to work with the wrong hand. You might be surprised at the awesome art you'll make using it.
   
   @Paul Renderwrx- haha!- no worries man- I've been freelancing since '99 and have illustrated more than 40 full sized graphic novels (among other RPG stuff, fanzine stuff and charity illustration work) but I doubt anyone over the age of 10 has seen or read any of them, as most were either for (really really) small press or historical/educational/ESL readers for Scholastic and other children's book publishers. So the only people who really know of me are kids in grade 4 history class (and they're not likely to read the credits of the books I draw ;) and the lovely folks on these Whitechapel threads ;)
   I am greatly indebted to our host for letting me post my work here and getting me 'started' (more than a decade after I began my career)
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     CommentAuthorjim
   • CommentTimeJan 31st 2011

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   @emomonster - love the Frankenstein... thing...
   @kevinmellon, the boxers are nice, the left hand chap is a great drawing.
   
   And here's some of my stuff.
   
   My first undigital drawing in an age:
   
   
   And a couple of pieces riffing on the Muppets in Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey:
   
   
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     CommentAuthorFauxhammer
   • CommentTimeJan 31st 2011

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   @Rooth WHITECHAPEL: A Kick In The Ass To Those What Need It
   
   @Jim LOVE the Animal one.
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     CommentAuthorHEY APATHY!
   • CommentTimeJan 31st 2011

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   used today's (Toronto) paper front page as reference for this one...
   
6. • CommentAuthortdellaringa
   • CommentTimeJan 31st 2011

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   I've been trying to work on getting more dynamic poses, especially for my main character Captain John (on right). Here's a pic I did for a new reader intro vid I'm working on.
   
   @Jim, I love those Muppet illos, man. Stupdendous!
   
   
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     CommentAuthor3millionyears
   • CommentTimeJan 31st 2011

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   For my Mr Freeze of earlier - The one on the left is digitally coloured in The Gimp, while the one on the right is hand coloured with ProMarkers!
   
   Click image for bigger!
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     CommentAuthorThe Gentleman Mummy
   • CommentTimeJan 31st 2011

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   Here's another one: the puppy that is also a Werewolf. I don't even know.