Ancient Guardian

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Another drawing done for practice. At this point I'm just trying to have fun drawing. I spent so long trying to practice various elements of drawing, and now I just want to forget about trying to challenge myself, and concentrate on just flowing with the drawing. It was a long time before I knew what this drawing was even going to be... but it was fun to draw. I know it could use a bit more polish here and there, but I didn't want to labor over it.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• time
• lapse
• digital
• painting
• photoshop
• drawing
• speedpaint
• art
• timelapse
• Ancient
• Guardian

[lard444]

hey man how do you do that "simple" shading around :33 seconds? like the highlight and shadows but it blends and mixes, i dont get it. Ive tryed...i need to go find some CS tutorials...

[PimpOfPixels]

I'm not sure what you're talking about. For a while in the drawing I had a gradient ramp applied as a layer effect.

[Gaianna1]

What he is asking is at :36ish you start using a new brush to do the highlights and shadows. He is wondering what brush/effect use have to use to create it.

[PimpOfPixels]

In that case, it's just an ordinary brush, but I start painting with white.

[doomdoom20]

wut photoshop u using?

[PimpOfPixels]

Still on CS1 although I think I'll get 3 soon.

[CandyCane541]

Awesome. I like how you can put so much detail into such little space as well as the intricate little patterns on the guardian thingie (or whatever it was)

The only thing I'm kind of confused about is what is the guy walking on? The space beneath him looks like the walls of a colloseum.

[sonosuri]

you're rude.

[123moonwolf12]

@albanonabla -__-

[ikukelas]

erm you do know its even harder with a drawing tablet then it is on paper right

and i speak out of experience

[Greenwolfdragon]

hey, youre watching youtube. doesnt anyone ever watch people do crap themselves now a days?

get over it dude. this is art too, its a visual way to express feelings and tell a story.

[meariss]

Great, you are very talented.

[snufflapod]

surely your missing the point, whatever brush you use just make sure it works for you.

[painterger]

he could do this in oil, too. he just had to learn the techinque....required knowlede is the same!

[SilverWriter]

Excellent! You did a very good job of making the guardian look both ancient and fierce. Not to mention, O Fortuna went perfectly with it.

[overwhelm4ever]

just beautiful.