Ok, I suppose it's finished. I don't think I'll change anything from this point on. I'll stop harassing you guys now :P

First Sketch
Line Art
Solid Color

If you scan it in, or take a better picture I could try outlining and coloring it for you if you want. :smirk

It's a great picture, and I can not draw on paper if my life depended on it. :heh

that's really cool. it would look awesome colored. very nice!

i'll see what i can do with it. that was just a quick sketch. i just have zero experience with digital art. i'm working on it, though. the line drawing is what gets me, i think i could color it fine as long as there were no lines (like my kenta pic). plus, when i did that kenta pic the proportions turned out so much better than what i had hand drawn, weird.

That's funny, because I think it's the line art that's easy (if it's tracing) and the coloring that I hate! :lol

well, i'm gonna try it. i started to tonight, then the program crashed, i need more RAM. i was reading something tonight that helped me with the line art, so i'll try it sometime this week, i suppose.

great sketch!!!!! :thumbsup :china

alright ... step 2: line drawing, finished! (added to first post)

i dig it much. i like it.

Looks great. Can't wait to see it coloured.

i liked the immediacy of the first one (sketchy one) more. just being old school i guess.
share more with us sometime. you are good.

thanks, but looking back on the sketch now, i don't really like it that much. i mean, it was more of a concept idea and i cleaned it up on the computer. plus, this is my first real attempt to do digital art. i think it came out pretty nice :smirk and i still need a scanner...

oh indeed it is very good. just my fav was the first one. your sketch lines had a lot of character and conveyed a lot about you in that moment.

the idea for the image is really cool, i love it.
i too prefer the 1st one. theres something about the face and the wire that adds an extra something.
although that is a problem that is easily rectified.
you can just use a rougher brush stroke and dont colour it with flat colour.

Whoa! Nice job! :thumbsup

yeah, it's not done, i was gonna play around with it a bit... so weird that you guys liked that crappy drawing better :lol i might have a colored version up later this week or sometime next week depending on the amount of time i decide to devote to the image.

tweaking my image :( :P but nice idea stu, i was sorta thinking of maybe some artistic-type brush strokes, again... we shall see. i liked the mask face from the game... which is what i gave her in this pic.

sorry i can remove it if you want.

it's no biggie really.

i have been attempting to color it in spurts, but unfortunately my computer isn't cooperating. either i need to buy more ram, or i need a pc just for media... i'm leaning toward the latter. at this rate it's gonna take me 3 weeks to color the stupid thing. i've got all of mag's solid colors done, and i had all of shikao done for the most part until the program decided to freeze up for the umpteenth time, then i gave up.

ram is easier to upgrade by yourself. one of us can walk you through it if you never did that. if you decide to go that route. chips are often cheap.
i did every pc i have had at some point.

i hope you save your drawings often!

well, it's a laptop, and i know how to add ram, it's just more difficult in a laptop. in fact, i haven't even checked to see if it's easy to get to or how many dimms are currently being used. thankfully, they've stopped doing the rules of 2 thing (like where they both have to be the same amount in each dimm) for the most part. that was a pain. i've added all sorts of internal components to a desktop, it's no big deal. i really want to build one the way i want it one day, but i don't see that anytime in the near future just because it would be so expensive. if i order through dell at least i could get xp again and make the specs to my liking for the most part.

yea indeedie! laptops are a pain to work inside of.

hmm, on the program's support site it says that lots of people are having the same trouble i am and tell me how to *fix* it until they patch the problem, except it seems it doesn't really fix anything. it has to do with the way the cache files work. let's just say without running paintshop pro my system usage is about 2-5%, when i open the program it shoots up to over 50% and just that program just kinda sits there and laughs at me. hm, i hate to spend so much money, but i might be getting photoshop, this is ridiculous.

which version of psp are you using? i use 7 and really like it.
does not do all that photoshop does, but it is easier and often better designed.
i also like fractal designs painter a lot.

i use psp xi. it's ok, i like it now that i'm getting more familiar with it. the fact that it's a system hog is driving me nuts, though. nuts enough to spend money on stuff that works. with a student discount i can get photoshop cs3 for $299 or creativesuite 3 for $449 or something like that. i mean, yeah, it's a lot but that's a huge discount. something like 50-60% off. i'm going to try and stick it out a little longer, but i've been known to have little will-power about things that i really want to buy. well, mainly electronics. i'm an electronics junkie.

what about gimp? it's freeware. might be worth a shot, no?

i've used gimp, i don't like it :P i'm going to try this fix they suggest first and see what happens from there.

ah, i forget if you had or not. sorry. :)

im an electronics junkie too. an audio/videophile.
my house is filled with stuff!
its my second favorite hobby i think, buying electronics...

my bestbuy reward zone thingie, i get BACK like 350 a year from them. :thumbsup

unfortunately, their fix was for xp, but i found a way to do it on vista, i just keep my task manager running on top so i can watch the percentages and after opening the program i run disk cleanup and clear my thumbnails that windows stores. it's a pain in the butt, but it keeps the program running while i'm attempting to color and such.

i'm still trying to figure out what i want to do with the background, i want it to be simple, but i'm not sure exactly what to do... i put a random katamari on the floor though :P i'll post pics when i get the background sorted, i guess.

updated with color image. it still needs to be shaded/highlighted, etc. i need ideas for the background. or do you think it looks better with no background? eh, i need opinions, please? :D

background options?
controller cord y/n?
random katamari sitting on the floor :P ? y/n?

input is appreciated, those who contribute get a virtual cookie, yum :)

I like the cord, not so sure about the katamari.

perhaps if you made a generic background and hung a picture of a katamari on the wall?

agree with vix. your colouring for the gamer girl is a lot better :D i didnt know what colour she should be so i guessed

ok, well this is it... and by that i mean i'm pretty sure i'm not changing anything. critique away...

:mag and the girl in the picture is mag, a new cousin from bk. :)

i told my sister to look at it yesterday and she asked if it was my nephew and me. i was like, um no... then today my nephew was watching me shade it and he asked if that was him and me, lol.

Hahah about the nephew.

I love the shading but it feels like the glow of the tv is lost in the white background. Other than that, I love it.

the colors look different on my work computer, hmm... ok, well i was going to put the whole thing in kind of a darkened room sort of, but gave up on that. would it look better if there was no glow at all or what?

i also have an idea for my next piece but it won't be katamari related, i tested out some new brush strokes this morning and it was pretty neat. gotta love online tutorials :)

its good. the female is even kinda hot.

the glow effect does not actually make sense scientifically (but i understand your need for it). maybe fade it much more on its edges?

edit: i like your signature! koool!

kinda hot? lol. i might just take the glow out, it seems to be distracting. i'll do that later.

that's been my art signature for 13 or so years. i felt the need to have one when i was in middle school for some reason. it's alright... just like my screenname, there's no use changing it now when i've had it for such a long time.

yea. she is feminine...

yeah, well, it's a girl. generally i am terrible at drawing the human figure, but it seems that digital art is much easier to manipulate than pencil art. vectors, paths etc. it wasn't too bad once i got the hang of it.