lol bonchi,I find the hair is the most fun part,but if you want it to be more detailed,then be patient.
I've saw a guy who stop his drawing because the hair makes him crazy.

@dreadlock Im both,fusion hahahhaa, so u dont like realism huh?

i wonder who dont know this.

am using the bristle brush but yea... still strand by strand ... some tutorial i find online using smudge to draw hair.. yes its faster but the edges are blury. guess there's no other way then

haha.. im starting to lose my patients already..

I'm fusion too. Though personally I find realism art based on photos somewhat ......uninspiring. If you already have a photo out of something, why paint it, is what I would normally think whenever I see this kind of art (except potrait painting based on life model). Potrait painting of the dark skinned woman by dragonreine is one example I find inspiring.

http://dhiary.deviantart.com/art/Semi-real...Mouri-183412690


http://sakimichan.deviantart.com/gallery/?...set=48#/d2z2dwy

you can try do something like this XD

wahaha,u spoke my mind,but I guess,it is some form of exercise.
exercising your knowledge about how human and the surrounding really like.
I personally take an interesting photo,and make it as reference,I tend to change it the way I like and fixed what's already cool.

@agito yeah I know who's that,the girl from digimon aite?

@agito thnx ... the images you showed me made me confirmed that there's no easy way to do hair ><

for me.. i just like turning photos into those.... painted movie posters . I still cant really draw anime characters/concept characters on photoshop yet.. the brushes makes it look kinda awkward to me ..some what looks real but with weird anime eyes.. i intend to keep touching up till it ends up looking like a freak of nature. i guess i still need to learn more but ive got no one to guide me ... never been through any art classes, all these while its all trial and error.

so for cartoon/anime i usually, ink, scan or sketch in photoshop and export to illustrator to vector trace and paint it there which is much easier for me

semi realistic is like errr... figure ...you google those anime figure then use the light tone haha...except the hair...

Don't be mistaken. It does not need to be anime style. Just something out of the ordinary or something that does not look like it's obviously copied from a photo.

This post has been edited by DaddyO: Oct 12 2011, 06:01 PM

i dont trace =_=
i tried everything self made.

i still can be proud of it even if its not perfect,
at least i know my limits and my weakness

realism is quite awesome,even though they are copying,have u ever wonder how they do it?the techniques they used,how the hands work.

hehe i don't think /realism/ in visual arts means what you think it means.

you really put lot of effort into it..!!!keep it up bro!!

that's is not mine

wow,what a beauty
how to master lineless art

why all my drawings never finish


This post has been edited by H4XF4XTOR: Oct 12 2011, 09:47 PM

dont talk kok here please,explain.

@h4x wow,nice anbu mask,btw,cant c&c unfinished work.

This post has been edited by Adamiquesce: Oct 12 2011, 10:59 PM

i cant quite create faces on my own.. so i still need a face as reference even if i did... it will look awfully familiar to people around me/idols/sometimes even myself .

one of my older artwork.. use camera to snap so a lil blury and senget hehe


owell... a lil more to go for my aragaki yui~ painting.. hopefully can finish by 2am

yuri,can be more better.

much love for the Yui Aragaki!
loving the hair...and the face...how did u do that?bristol brush?

i guess its the angle of the shot that makes it look a little distorted.. dont have a scanner for yuri and no such thing as liquify to adjust on paper to make it perfect (whats drawn is drawn no ctrl+z)

yup... since my canvas is 2500X3500K pixels i used bursh size 25-50 and paint it strand by strand...then finish it up with burn(blur brush size 10) and dodge(blur brush size 80) for more contrast. (wondering if im doing it right)

face is blur and solid brush all the way with burn and dodge for shading adjustments.. used different layers for eyes, nose, mouth and face so can adjust and detail easily without worries of messing up other parts of the face (call it cheating )

This post has been edited by Bonchi: Oct 13 2011, 12:28 AM

LOL i love the pharase 'whats drawn is drawn no ctrl+z' XD

about the painting ... yeah like Adamiquesce said, can be better lol. Ur still going to improve it right? XD nice job!