Drawing a Centaur: Part 2 - Digital Inking Continued

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This is a speed drawing of Brom, from my upcoming webcomic, Kentauroi ( http://www.kentauroi.com ) throwing a spear with an Atlatl.

This is the drawing at the end of the digital inking phase: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/jillbamfette/brom-javelin3.jpg

I apologize for all the zooming in and out. I've seen some of other videos on YouTube that are similar that stay zoomed out, and frankly I could never do that; the quality of the line degrades horribly when you do that (particularly when you work as large as I do, 35x23 inches at 300 dpi for this one, because I print full sized posters of my art, and it allows for more detail), and I can't settle for anything but perfectly smooth, calligraphic lines. Also, I really did try to get it as short as I could, but it's a pretty detailed drawing and I'm a perfectionist, so this will have to do. The inking stage is by far the most time consuming part.

If you'd like to see it a bit slower, you can see the first part of it at one quarter this speed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbdBI2vJ9bk

I had some problems with corrupted codecs on some clips, and Windows Movie Maker would not import them. So I had to re-record parts from GOM Media Player (which would play them) but if it gets a bit choppy in parts, that's why.

Part 3 will cover the background and possibly coloring the figure, depending on how long the background takes. 3 should be up in a couple days at most.

Music by Finntroll

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• art
• speed
• drawing
• tutorial
• digital
• inking
• photoshop
• centaur
• fantasy
• atlatl
• spear
• finntroll
• jill
• johansen

[darkcolmar]

again, awesome but the spear would have had fletching, it's pretty much an arrow on steroids. And it would be a bit longer.

I know it sounds like I'm just being an ass but I'm really trying to help.

Still awesome though.

[RayeGunn]

Yeah, i know. the finished version has fletchings, I made a bunch of changed later. the recording software didn't like Photoshop CS4 so it wont be uplaoded though.

[cryingmanga]

that is awesome!

Wich program is it?

[RayeGunn]

Photoshop CS3

[Eminem4All]

Nice drawings! Are you doing these drawings in PhotoShop using a "Pen" accesory for the PC?

[RayeGunn]

Thanks! and yeah, I use an Intuos 3 drawing tablet from Wacom.

[wannatroll]

yeah. you finished it... now what?

[159tony]

am i right when i say that you are swedish?

[darkcolmar]

that sucks, I would love to see the final version.

[gaaraloverkishulover]

wow

[LoveAtTwilight]

Very impressive ^^

[lolipoppy135]

This guy is so fucking awesome! :D