March contest! Dungeons and Dragons Rascals

braden H

@Kevin-Longueil said in March contest! Dungeons and Dragons Rascals:

for me your first version of the older lady was perfection...her expression and form seemed really perfect to me...especially her expression

I've been thinking the EXACT SAME THING! Sometimes I get it perfect in the study stage with a few nice little blobby shapes and I lose it once I start to sharpen things up with line.

She needs a makeover for sure. Thanks for the feedback. I am ALWAYS looking for feedback

jdubz

Sometimes I get it perfect in the study stage with a few nice little blobby shapes and I lose it once I start to sharpen things up with line.

Ugh the struggle is real. I feel like that's one of my major frustrations right now. Trying to bring back the organic quality of
the blobby/sketchy/scribbles once you begin finishing has been a real bear to tackle on the regular.

jaepereira

How big are you working @Braden-Hallett ? Are the judges getting lenient on the square image shape requirement?

braden H

@jaepereira said in March contest! Dungeons and Dragons Rascals:

How big are you working @Braden-Hallett ? Are the judges getting lenient on the square image shape requirement?

I'm working on an 8x10. I think the only requirement (other than the poses) is that the file be under 500KB. I don't remember anything about requiring a square aspect ratio

braden H

Slooooooowly gettin' there. I'm gonna try and get it finished today. This has turned into a slowvember kinda thing!

HeatherBouteneff

Love this! Trying to decide what I want more, strudel or a battle llama!!

K.Flagg

This is really awesome. I wasn’t sure about how much storytelling you could do without it really taking away from the character design but you did it so well. Nice work!

braden H

@HeatherBouteneff said in March contest! Dungeons and Dragons Rascals:

Love this! Trying to decide what I want more, strudel or a battle llama!!

You want the strudel. Trust me, lol

braden H

@K-Flagg said in March contest! Dungeons and Dragons Rascals:

This is really awesome. I wasn’t sure about how much storytelling you could do without it really taking away from the character design but you did it so well. Nice work!

Thanks! I think the rest of the random doodles fade back nicely

braden H

I'm gonna put it away for a bit now!

ValD

just wow. It looks like Sammy is so ready for the adventure ! When's the book?!

erinrew

@Braden-Hallett This is amazing!

APHOTICMOTH

Copy pasted the before and after into PS, that way I could really see all the little changes. Every change added so much more depth. Even adding more love the distant background. I really like the addition of the little balls/tassels on the old ladies shawl.

braden H

@ValD said in March contest! Dungeons and Dragons Rascals:

When's the book

Knowing me? Probably never, lol

braden H

@CLCanadyArts said in March contest! Dungeons and Dragons Rascals:

Copy pasted the before and after into PS, that way I could really see all the little changes.

I really do make small incremental changes at this point! I suppose they'd be hard to tell apart without looking at them side by side sometimes

APHOTICMOTH

@Braden-Hallett I could see a lot of the changes, but I love flipping layers on and off to really compare it. I love works in progress, and seeing how they evolve. I wonder if we can post GIFs on the forum, I've never tried. Would be neat to put all the iterations into a gif.

braden H

@CLCanadyArts said in March contest! Dungeons and Dragons Rascals:

Would be neat to put all the iterations into a gif.

That sounds like woooooooork It WOULD be kinda cool to see, though! I may look into it!

APHOTICMOTH

@Braden-Hallett Kind of. In Photoshop if you open a bunch of individual files, you can go to file > scripts > load files into stack. From there click "Add open files" Every file that is open in a separate window will appear there. There is a box on the bottom that you can click for it to automatically try to line things up, or leave it unselected. Click ok, and every file will be loaded into a new single image in separate layers. From there you can make a timelne, and use the layers as the frames.Making simple gifs like that goes really quick when you get the hang of it.

braden H

I got some nice critiques about the colour (yellow blue and red primary palette is HARD to pull off). What do you think of this for colours (I may tweak still!) I think it's less contrasty in a good way

Georgios Christopoulos

Love the tweeks.Yeah I think it works.Also the Llama props turning gold yellow was a good choice.Whatever you do,don't change the green bandage on the horn!!It is too good!