[Kaamos]

HiddenOne, on 09 October 2013 - 10:20 PM, said:

@ Kaamos - Google Translate broke that statement up poorly, would you mind explaining in English?

Aaaa WHAT was my brain thinking... XD XD A Norwegian film, I watched it in norsk without subs, perhaps subconsciously assumed you'd speak some Scandinavian language...DOH. Nothing important, just told I'd seen the documentary and that those dumber trolls not mastering any human tongues lived for the most part in Norway. And that it contained some incorrect information about jötnar. :-D

Dolmen+, on 09 October 2013 - 06:46 PM, said:

Really crappy video I tried ages ago...as per your request .

I generally work in this manner but have learn't a ton since then, I'm a bit cleaner about the process which remarkable as I lack patience and work at a glaciers pace when unmotivated. These days I refine and detail before I color. I blob out the scene and detail it in grayscale, gradually blocking and fading things in. It feels like sculpting that way and you tend to "find" your character which I really enjoy.

Very cool and interesting, thanks! :-D I tend to "assemble" the scene with the blue wiresketches to find a balance (sometimes doesn't work) and about half the time work on a mirrored layers. I wish I had more time to test out new techniques (particularly speedpainting, where such a blob-out method might work better than outlines), but I swear I even normally work with the speed of continental drift, which makes glaciers look like professional sprinters.

[HiddenOne]

Kaamos, on 10 October 2013 - 07:50 AM, said:

HiddenOne, on 09 October 2013 - 10:20 PM, said:

@ Kaamos - Google Translate broke that statement up poorly, would you mind explaining in English?

Aaaa WHAT was my brain thinking... XD XD A Norwegian film, I watched it in norsk without subs, perhaps subconsciously assumed you'd speak some Scandinavian language...DOH. Nothing important, just told I'd seen the documentary and that those dumber trolls not mastering any human tongues lived for the most part in Norway. And that it contained some incorrect information about jötnar. :-D

This got me reading, as I wanted to know whether jotnar is a giant or troll, and sent me down the path of reviewing some Norse mythology and then I found myself on a pagan website. Man, the world is a strange & wondrous place. So thanks.

[Kaamos]

:-D

I know various odds and ends about the local myths; ask away if you have something in mind. :-D
There's a huge difference between a jötunn and a troll, particularly if one tramps back to the older legends. Jötnar are giants, shapeshifters, quite a few of them deities (also for the Rökkatru believers of modern times; it's a branch of neopaganism) or progenitors-of-gods themselves: the men of the Æsir possessed a soft spot for giantesses and hence Þórr for instance is a half-jötunn. Freyr went all misty-eyed over Gerðr, et cetera.

This might illustrate matters a bit:

The jötunn Hel, ruler of, condignly, Hel:



Trolls by John Bauer:




Well, that's how I understand it, at least. :-D

[Dolmen 2.0]

Toying with ideas...

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[Corporal Nobbs]

Looking good Dolmen
I've got nothing constructive to add. Just wanted to say that all the work you've put into your painting in the last couple of years is genuinely inspiring and I think really starting to pay off.

Also, who is the worried looking fellow on the right?

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[Dolmen 2.0]

Corporal Nobbs, on 21 October 2013 - 01:32 PM, said:

Looking good Dolmen
I've got nothing constructive to add. Just wanted to say that all the work you've put into your painting in the last couple of years is genuinely inspiring and I think really starting to pay off.

Also, who is the worried looking fellow on the right?

Thanks a lot CN, really means a ton coming from you bud.

Weird guy to the right is supposedly Mallet? the worried look is his concern for WJ. then its WJ followed by Quick and lastly Fid. I want to add in the full squad, get them all into the scene talking plan. I have tried to pull up all the popular references from the forum.

I want to add in: Hedge*, Kalam Picker, Blend, Antsy*, Maaaybe Detoran* if she could fit.

[Grimjust Bearegular]

My latest. Non-Malazan related. Was really stumped at several points...just felt like I suddenly knew nothing about drawing. It was really weird. I think I need to draw more

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[Dolmen 2.0]

Bearmione TROUBLEMAKER Grimger, on 22 October 2013 - 03:50 PM, said:

My latest. Non-Malazan related. Was really stumped at several points...just felt like I suddenly knew nothing about drawing. It was really weird. I think I need to draw more

Yeah this happens to me often. Practice REALLY helps, sometimes you forget everything.

[Dolmen 2.0]

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HEDGE DETTS SORRY FID QUICK WHISKEY JACK MALLET KALAM

[Corporal Nobbs]

Just wanted to remind you all that Self Portrait Day is coming up again on November 1st.
This will be my 5th year doing it. Join in, its a fun day
Here's the link to the Facebook page Self Portrait Day

[Kaamos]

@Bearmione: I like the idea of the scared face dissolving into splatters, may I ask what was the theme/inspiration behind that? Would you like some redlines with it, I can see a couple of things that could use revising.

@Dolmen, love Whiskeyjack's armor. He appears like the long-lost twin brother of Nobby's Fiddler, though, was that perhaps intentional? :-D Quick's shrewd grin's great as well.

[Dolmen 2.0]

Corporal Nobbs, on 27 October 2013 - 07:18 AM, said:

Just wanted to remind you all that Self Portrait Day is coming up again on November 1st.This will be my 5th year doing it. Join in, its a fun dayHere's the link to the Facebook page Self Portrait Day

I am not sure I can get in on this as its a friday thats coming up. Will try my best. where do you participate CN? last time if I recall it was hosted on ImagineFX, Conceptart and DA.

Kaamos, on 27 October 2013 - 12:40 PM, said:

@Dolmen, love Whiskeyjack's armor. He appears like the long-lost twin brother of Nobby's Fiddler, though, was that perhaps intentional? :-D Quick's shrewd grin's great as well.

Like I said in the text accompanying the first wip I used the most popular features I could find on the site to develope this. The ones I strongly agree with. Every artist has come up with excellent character portrayal sketches. This I hope ends up becoming homage to that combined perspective. Thought it'd be a good way to end my artistic year. If possible I hope to get them all in. Every bridgeburner in one long strip.

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[Kaamos]

Dolmen+, on 28 October 2013 - 06:37 AM, said:

Kaamos, on 27 October 2013 - 12:40 PM, said:

@Dolmen, love Whiskeyjack's armor. He appears like the long-lost twin brother of Nobby's Fiddler, though, was that perhaps intentional? :-D Quick's shrewd grin's great as well.

Like I said in the text accompanying the first wip I used the most popular features I could find on the site to develope this. The ones I strongly agree with. Every artist has come up with excellent character portrayal sketches. This I hope ends up becoming homage to that combined perspective. Thought it'd be a good way to end my artistic year. If possible I hope to get them all in. Every bridgeburner in one long strip.

*scrolls up* Aaaa I missed that bit about popular references. ^__^; Sounds like a great end-of-the-year art challenge, can't wait to see the finished version! :-D

[Corporal Nobbs]

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I am not sure I can get in on this as its a friday thats coming up. Will try my best. where do you participate CN? last time if I recall it was hosted on ImagineFX, Conceptart and DA.

Normally on ConceptArt and Facebook. Not sure about conceptart this year though, most of the time I go there the site seems to be down.

[Dolmen 2.0]

Corporal Nobbs, on 28 October 2013 - 08:14 AM, said:

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I am not sure I can get in on this as its a friday thats coming up. Will try my best. where do you participate CN? last time if I recall it was hosted on ImagineFX, Conceptart and DA.

Normally on ConceptArt and Facebook. Not sure about conceptart this year though, most of the time I go there the site seems to be down.

Its been really sparodic of late, If I do get in on it I'll probably do it through concept art . The work posted there is super inspiring.

[Zuzu Bolin]

I didn't really know where to put this but I needed a new Tobacco tin and nicked a picture off of the Internet and got my guy to put it on the top.

[Corporal Nobbs]

My portraits for Self-Portrait Day.

Did the watercolour first, but I wasn't happy with it. So I decided to try a caricature instead.

Went back to the watercolour and mucked around with it a bit more. I kinda like it now <shrug>

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[Kaamos]

Hehee, nice beard! :-D
Kinda wish I could participate, but have to pack and lurch out of the bed at 5AM tomorrow.

[Corporal Nobbs]

Too bad.
Urgh! 5am starts are horrible, did it for a couple of years for work.

[Jordy Knoop]

Love the watercolour man! Quite amazing!