[Drawing] Drawings by Doran

"Fifteen creds says the little guy doesn't make it five steps in before the merc explodes him." ~ Jacqueline Nought



Bad...ass. Now that the journey is finished, I felt the need to do one more piece of art before jumping back to my writing. Turned out better than expected, though it took for-freaking-ever.

4hrs in PSE8 w/bamboo, screen capture from ME3 used as ref.

Victory...at any cost....



15 min in PSE8. Made from in-game models from ME3/2 and some savvy blur tool usage. Background image from Photobucket.

So I'm on a Mass Effect binge. Is that so bad?

"Why is it whenever someone says 'with all due respect', they really mean 'kiss my ass'?"



Distraction knows no bounds. >,< Learned a few more tricks with this one. Getting better!

4hrs in PSE8 w/Bamboo, screen from ME3 used as ref.

All thing Mass Effect belong to Bioware.

EDIT

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Guess the actress.



"Speed" sketch, 1.5hrs in PSE8 w/bamboo. Photo used as ref.

Attempted to do without any skin lines, only shading. Interesting process to do it this way, almost faster to some degree.

Oh...yea.



Zelda rulez.

2hrs in PSE8 w/bamboo, awesome cosplay used as ref: Hyrule's Pensive Princess by *akuriko on deviantART

Got lazy with the armor/crown, but still overall pleased with the end results.

You have a nice handle on airbrushing, but I'd suggest you sharpen your edges up, so that they're not so blurry. It'll help to pop your images out and give them better dimension.

As for the shading, don't be afraid to go darker, it will help to show better form. To explain shadows in a nutshell, cast shadows always have a harder edge, and gradually get less sharp the farther ways they are from the object casting the shadow.

The other main type of shadow, is the core. Core shadows always happen whenever you shift planes into perspective, and every object can be broken down into planes.


As you can see in the image below, where ever there's a plane break(for example, where the front cheek plane hits the edge of the side cheek plane), there's almost a darker "line" of shadow.


Hope this helps!

lol, Alien.

Thanks, friend. I totally get what you're talking about -- the darker shadows always do make me paranoid. The dark makes sense when you look at the reference, but then when I'm drawing it always looks too dark. Weird how my eyeballs can give me two different messages at once. Curse all this self-teaching nonsense.

And I won't lie and say that I've never used the blur filter to hide mistakes I didn't want to fix. Laziness on my part, fo sho.

Anyhoo, appreciated, most def. I learn at least one or two new things every one I make. I think that's partly why I keep doing it -- if I ever plateaued I'd probably grow bored of it. Till then...moar!

This one was just requested by a friend, and as such was totally half-assed with no intent of it being a masterpiece. I'm not a huge fan of Miranda as a character. Just sayin....



Meh, too tired to even see straight anymore. Peace out!

The last thing you ever see....



Quickie, 30 min, screencap used as ref

"Lift"



"Lost" used for ref, 3hrs in PSE8 w/Bamboo.

These pics are great Doran, I love how you can capture a realistic style and still maintain a little bit of fantasy in there as well. I like the pose in Lift, I imagine that was difficult to recreate.

My goodness, you are fantastic! I especially love the peice you entitled "Lift" The folds in the cloth are so detailed, and it's beautiful. keep up the good work!

Yea, the dress about killed me. I wanted to do more detailing on it, like try to do some semi-transparency on some parts and more shading work, but it took so long that I was going cross-eyed.

Thanks though, I appreciate it! :

"Mother of Dragons"



Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones. While I'm not a purist myself (haven't read the books) I have heard she was supposed to have violet eyes, so here we are.

3hrs in PSE8 w/Bamboo, screencap from GoT used for ref.

Sho, been a while since I've done anything -- got the urge today.

"What are you up to, brother?"



I would define this as a sandbox WIP -- watched some shading technique tutorials and have been playing with them. I'll probably work on this more later in the week, but if there are any suggestions to be had before I get there, it'd be appreciated. Used for reference

Oh, and for those not nerdy enough, this is an interpretation of Zelda from AoL.

Got some time today, did some...alterations.

Got bored, thought it a good idea to brush up on my anime.

So, this hovered a little more in the manipulation category, but I am still in love with its 90's-ness. >< It's a pretty big wallpaper PNG, so here's a thumb to link to for those interested:



Stocks used:

Sword 1
Sword 2
Rune medallion
Lightning

Rest drawn/rendered from scratch. For those not in the know, which isn't very many this is for the Sages of Despair -- a winding down RP group that has been on the ZU for the past few years. Epic roleplay and quality storytelling were our mantras. Sad to let it go, but the fond memories and inspirations will remain.

"Never the Same"



3hrs, concept art from TR used as ref. I gave up on the hair after like an hour of experimenting with it. Still, it was fun to try some different tech. Though I think what I need to do is start using different brushes and get away from the basics.

Quickie in PSE, 20 mins. Screencap from Mass Effect used as ref.