B&W Guard Test - Full Body by mmitchell_houston

Poser • Comics/Cartoons • posted on Jul 05, 2016

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Description

Another experiment with B&W line art. Again, I used Poser 11's Comic Book Preview to generate the base line art. Manga Studio 5 was used for the tones and cleaning up the line art. All in all, I'm fairly happy with the results. This is a rough draft of a scene that will go into a comic story I'm working on. It might seem counter-intuitive, but I decided to start designing the secondary character first (such as the guards). I figured I should start with them first, then as my skills improved, I'd work up to the main characters (and hopefully have improved my skills by the time I got there).

Comments (8)

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giulband

2:03AM | Tue, 05 July 2016

Very very very beautiful illustration !!!!!!

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Cyve

5:14AM | Tue, 05 July 2016

Fantastically well done once again !!!

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UteBigSmile

12:02PM | Tue, 05 July 2016

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uncollared

4:46AM | Wed, 06 July 2016

Nice job

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shadownet

7:50AM | Thu, 07 July 2016

Excellent

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leroysquab

1:09PM | Mon, 11 July 2016

Excellent! Your light and shadow really look terrific! Nice line work and tones. Really creates a mood too. Top notch, bud!

mmitchell_houston

1:14PM | Mon, 11 July 2016

Thanks! This one was actually a bit harder than the other two line art treatments I did recently, because he's so static. I tried to bring some motion into the scene by use of the lines in the background and in the light beam.

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jif3d

8:33PM | Sun, 25 September 2016

Digging the negative space effect with the torch light and the different shadings, pretty good start for your Guard character, I agree the pose looks a little stiff, I think turning the head more to look where the light is pointing might help, also the hip seem a bit to far forward, just a couple of suggestions.

Well done & ~Cheers~

mmitchell_houston

1:55PM | Sat, 01 October 2016

You are spot on about the direction of his head. And I think stiffness is one of the inherent problems with this technique. The crisp lines accentuate that quality in the poses. Since I've had two full-body images look like they are thrusting their hips (I didn't see it until you mentioned it -- I had put it down to the lower POV), I'm wondering if that's an artifact of the shading process (in other words, something about the lighting and shading is accentuating the hips). Stuff to think about as I move forward.

Thanks for noticing the negative space -- that was something I was pleased with. And I also liked the different shading in the light beam and the doorway. As an experiment, this was something I was pleased with.

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