2draw.net - boards - Advanced - Into the Dragon's Lair <Unfinished>

comd (Apr 9, 2006)
drawn in 22 min

comd (Apr 9, 2006)
drawn in 15 min

comd (edited Apr 10, 2006)
drawn in 30 min

Couldn't figure out what was going on with the left guy's arm in the screen capture (it was too dark and fuzzy for me to figure out how his torso and arms were positioned), so I just looked in the mirror and quickly doodled my own arm in there. I'm not very happy with it, but that was the best I could do after fiddling with it for almost half an hour.

DoOp (Apr 10, 2006)

woosh! here comes comd with his magical art! =) this is greatness so far =) i can see it all coloured now, it'll be stunning *^*<3

comd (Apr 10, 2006)
drawn in 2 min

I think it reads better this way with the emphasis on the light opposing the darkness.

davincipoppalag (Apr 10, 2006)

I don't think you need to worry about what board you post on.

Sweetcell (Apr 10, 2006)

My favorite genre, I would be happy just to draw this kind of art (which I do).

Looking forward to seeing more. I think the mans arm just needs to be adjusted comd. His forearm partially horizontal and his upper arm jutting out just a little. Waiting to see this colored.

comd (edited Apr 11, 2006)

Thanks guys.

Sweetcell: With the arm, I think that's where I think I'm screwed by using a reference. I couldn't understand what was going on with his torso and arms from that dark picture, so I got trapped trying to draw it. I feel like if I redrew his head and the vertical traveling down his upper torso, I might be able to make it work better, but perhaps I'll be bold and erase him completely and try to draw something completely of my own in place with the hope that it won't end up looking like crap. Just trying to juxtapose a new arm in there without understanding the torso movement exactly just isn't working for me.

As for coloring, I'm not sure I plan to color this one. I love shading and coloring - it tends to be my favorite part of the process, but I need so much more practice at drawing first that coloring just sort of diverts my attention. I might keep it around to color later when I feel more comfortable with drawing though (or maybe just a day when I'm too stressed out to draw anything new).

Sweetcell (Apr 11, 2006)

Comd, I see what you mean now, in the pic he looks a bit hunched, maybe erase him and add your own person, maybe add an elf or a dwarf. Myself I don't look much at references. I learned to draw by reading comic books and Conan mags (my favorite.) And as anyone knows comic books tend to exaggerate the human form (that's why we love em I guesse) I'd go with your instinct and start over. The other two however are dead on. Love how the one in the middle is holding his sword. Sweet.

I'd like to see this shaded with those off tone sepia colors with red highlights cause, well they're in the Dragons den. Fire man fire. XD Hope you finish soon.