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Azza speedpaint (another sleep deprived stream)
Haven't drawn her in like two years.
2 hour stream~
2 hour stream~
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Aww... all it take is practice I swear.. I appreciate the compliment but I specifically studied speed techniques for months to get to this point since speed has always been my biggest gripe and I have to say it's helped me improve my times several fold. It does require a positive attitude though!
There are two specific things I feel can help anyone improve in this area.
The first is to time yourself. I choose either one, two, or three hours, and draw something to completion. Other people can do it, so in theory so could I, right? When I first attempted this I failed several times. This had a positive influence though since it made me consciously aware of what my weak points were. Redundant stroking... a false necessity to have clean and pristine line work... an arbitrary sense of order that neither added or detracted from an image, stressing myself over details to the point of over thinking them and spending way to much time... despite my lack of knowledge in a lot of areas I was still behaving like a perfectionist... that sort of thing. I realized that I set up a lot of roadblocks that never really helped the end result of the drawing so over time I have learned (rather, am still learning) to let certain habits go. Even if the first trial runs were less than spectacular when I started ignoring what should have been hangups I realized that over time with more practice I was improving on these areas by forcing myself to rethink them entirely in order to fit a drawing within these hourly brackets. Do I still have my share of issues yes... but by limiting myself I am improving much faster than I would have not being conscious of what particular areas were holding me back.
The second bit of advice I have is to develop a color palate and techniques for yourself and use it. My "separate flats into individual layers, lock the opacity, then airbrush the details" routine can guarantee a level of speed and quality at a very predictable rate because I've used it so often that I know how long every aspect of the drawing will take and how to execute them properly. I used to go about it pretty randomly but limiting myself to specific phases like this really helped me improve on my speed by allowing me to become familiar with certain aspects of drawing to the point of committing them to muscle memory. I can FEEL the result out before I even see it!
Part of it was observing how other people went about conveying details... how much or how little information you were able to read from specific strokes. Is that a tree? Or is that a grey/yellow/blue blob with a few green dots on it? Break it down... absorb the information. Although it might not be everyone's cup of tea this legendary thread features a lot of speedpaints with easily readable strokes. Studying these can help you understand the way information is conveyed and how to apply it to your own work.
http://forums.sijun.com/viewtopic.p.....mp;start=38670
In either case it's all about observation and practice!
The first is to time yourself. I choose either one, two, or three hours, and draw something to completion. Other people can do it, so in theory so could I, right? When I first attempted this I failed several times. This had a positive influence though since it made me consciously aware of what my weak points were. Redundant stroking... a false necessity to have clean and pristine line work... an arbitrary sense of order that neither added or detracted from an image, stressing myself over details to the point of over thinking them and spending way to much time... despite my lack of knowledge in a lot of areas I was still behaving like a perfectionist... that sort of thing. I realized that I set up a lot of roadblocks that never really helped the end result of the drawing so over time I have learned (rather, am still learning) to let certain habits go. Even if the first trial runs were less than spectacular when I started ignoring what should have been hangups I realized that over time with more practice I was improving on these areas by forcing myself to rethink them entirely in order to fit a drawing within these hourly brackets. Do I still have my share of issues yes... but by limiting myself I am improving much faster than I would have not being conscious of what particular areas were holding me back.
The second bit of advice I have is to develop a color palate and techniques for yourself and use it. My "separate flats into individual layers, lock the opacity, then airbrush the details" routine can guarantee a level of speed and quality at a very predictable rate because I've used it so often that I know how long every aspect of the drawing will take and how to execute them properly. I used to go about it pretty randomly but limiting myself to specific phases like this really helped me improve on my speed by allowing me to become familiar with certain aspects of drawing to the point of committing them to muscle memory. I can FEEL the result out before I even see it!
Part of it was observing how other people went about conveying details... how much or how little information you were able to read from specific strokes. Is that a tree? Or is that a grey/yellow/blue blob with a few green dots on it? Break it down... absorb the information. Although it might not be everyone's cup of tea this legendary thread features a lot of speedpaints with easily readable strokes. Studying these can help you understand the way information is conveyed and how to apply it to your own work.
http://forums.sijun.com/viewtopic.p.....mp;start=38670
In either case it's all about observation and practice!
I wrote a little bit about her here.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5716041/
She can be seen here without most of her armour.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1649267/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5716041/
She can be seen here without most of her armour.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1649267/
She kinda reminds me of this http://images5.fanpop.com/image/pho.....72-199-200.png , a hunter from Halo. It, too, has a massive shield, but it, according the the book I have, stands at 18' tall.
This is why I find your skills frickin' scarey, Tsam.
2 hours for that? Jesus shit! That's like... fuck, I'd pay a good $200 for a picture of that quality and you're spitting it out like it's bloody bad candy.
Epic tier detail + 2 hours completion time, start/finish = Fuck that shit, I'ma stick to writing. >.>
That's just crazy, insane, mind bogglingly numbing! Cannot compute, man. Can not compute!
2 hours for that? Jesus shit! That's like... fuck, I'd pay a good $200 for a picture of that quality and you're spitting it out like it's bloody bad candy.
Epic tier detail + 2 hours completion time, start/finish = Fuck that shit, I'ma stick to writing. >.>
That's just crazy, insane, mind bogglingly numbing! Cannot compute, man. Can not compute!
*gets sparkly eyes* Shiiiiiiiinyyyyyyy~
This is just... I mean, the quality is... And how it looks, is...
...its gloriously beautiful. The spotty, painted effect. The blood splatter. The sharp spikes with the subtle glint of light reflecting off them. The shining eye. Everything. This is fantastic, especially for a two-hour piece.
This is just... I mean, the quality is... And how it looks, is...
...its gloriously beautiful. The spotty, painted effect. The blood splatter. The sharp spikes with the subtle glint of light reflecting off them. The shining eye. Everything. This is fantastic, especially for a two-hour piece.
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