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Assassin – Kitar – Part 3

September 4, 2008 in Artwork, Digital Painting, Tutorials | No comments

Assassin - Kitar - Part 3

  • Software: GIMP (or Adobe Photoshop)
  • Level: Advanced
  • Subject: Kitar – Potion Assassin

In the last part, I was done with setting the color palette and creating the flats for this project. Taking time on the color palette, and creating the flats layer with patience goes a long way in making the painting process easier and much more fun.

Painting

Assassin - Kitar - Part 3 - 8 - Painting

After making the copy of the Flats layer and renaming it as Painting, I start taking the lighter shades of the different parts and start fleshing out the shape. To do this, I use a large round brush with pressure sensitivity on the color and opacity.

Assassin - Kitar - Part 3 - 9 - Painting
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Assassin – Kitar – Part 2

August 30, 2008 in Artwork, Digital Painting, Tutorials | 1 comment

Assassin - Kitar - Part 2

  • Software: GIMP (or Adobe Photoshop)
  • Level: Advanced
  • Subject: Kitar – Potion Assassin

As seen in the last part, for this concept I have been tweaking it continually. The process I follow to enhance/modify a particular sketch is something along these lines.

I merge all the sketch layers except background when I am satisfied with that stage. The older layers I make almost transparent before merging. Once merged, I reduce the opacity of that layer, and create a new layer over it. On this new layer, using the layer underneath as a guide I tweak the different parts.

Line Art

After repeating these steps several times, and I am satisfied with the result, I combine all the sketch layers one final time and start with a fresh layer for line art.

Assassin - Kitar - 5 - Line Art
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Draw An Angry Cat

August 28, 2008 in Artwork, Tutorials | 7 comments

Draw An Angry Cat

  • Level: Beginner
  • Subject: (Angry) Cat profile

This would be a simple walkthrough on drawing a cat – the profile or the side view.

I did this particular sketch in GIMP, but you can use any software – or even try it out on paper with pencil.

Guides

Draw An Angry Cat - 0 - Guide

If you are doing this on paper, draw the guides using fainter pencil strokes. (You do not need to use blue or any particular color). In GIMP (or other software), start with a new layer.

Draw An Angry Cat - 1 - Guide

Bisect the top right quadrant and then draw a triangle at the end of it. (Do the same on the top left, if you want a right facing cat). This would be for the ear.

Draw An Angry Cat - 2 - Guide

Draw a similar, but rounded triangle on the left bottom. (Right bottom if you are doing the opposite). This would be a guide to draw the mouth and nose.

Draw An Angry Cat - 3 - Guide
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Assassin – Kitar – Part 1

August 24, 2008 in Artwork, Digital Painting, Tutorials | 1 comment

  • Software: Gimp (or Photoshop)
  • Level: Advanced
  • Subject: Kitar – Potion Assassin

After painting Anwun I felt like attempting another character design. So, here I made up another character.

Kitar, is an assassin from the same Order as Anwun. Assassin she might be, but her techniques are quite different. Her arsenal includes potions and powders and extracts of exotic herbs – for most part they aid her mates in the order, but she has used the same effectively in completing certain high profile missions.

With the basic idea sorted out, I went about doing some thumbnailing and selected one particular pose.

Assassin - Kitar - 1 - Thumbnail Concept

These are very small images, not more than 500 or 600 pixels high. At this point, more than detail, I am concerned with the overall structure of the pose of the character.
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