Glad's drawings of the adventuring life.....

Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Thu May 15, 2008 1:46 am

Ye' Old Otyugh....

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Matthew · Post by **Matthew** » Thu May 15, 2008 2:53 am

That party is going nowhere. Very cool.
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Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Thu May 15, 2008 11:29 am

Thanks, Matthew, glad you like it........and yeah, this party looks like it's between an Otyugh and a hard place.

What a time for that elf to take a nap!
Who knows, maybe that old-timer has one last good battle left in him and saves the day. Naaaaaaaaaah.
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Wulfgarn · Post by **Wulfgarn** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:23 pm

I put my money on the Old Fighter---- He is after all an OLD fighter- crusty old devil has one last fight in him for sure!!!!

ATOM · Post by **ATOM** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:34 pm

Great artwork once again Glad. I really dig your immersive battle scenes.

And I have to say you are one of the best artists I have seen at really

realistically drawing hands. I need to read your hand tutorial. But I'm a tad lazy when it comes to drawing, I just scrawl em down in one sitting.

I'm not one to rub out and amend. Thus your detailing is way better than mine....impressive.
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Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:03 pm

Wulfgarn wrote:
I put my money on the Old Fighter---- He is after all an OLD fighter- crusty old devil has one last fight in him for sure!!!!

Yeah, I guess you don't become and "old" fighter unless you've been a good fighter in your adventuring life.
And thanks, Andy...I appreciate the vote of confidence in my hands! I'm always striving to make them look better (even though I don't particularly think that I draw them all that well) but I guess every artist is their own worst critic.
Not that I'm any kind of art teacher and you certainly don't need me telling you how to draw...you do that just fine yourself, but if hands give you a fit, which seems to be the case for a lot of artists, I can tell you how I go about them.

I usually envision a rectangular/square block and add the digits (fingers) to it depending on the angle I need my hand posed. And you obviously add a little "meat" or flesh to the sides of the block to flesh out the hand. Another thing I do ALL THE TIME is look at my own hand for reference. I can't count how many times I look at my own mits to get the angle I need or how many times I've held a broom handle to get the right "look" for a hand holding something. If I need the hand I draw with (in other words, my right hand) I pose my left hand in a mirror that I have close to my drawing table....that always helps. And last but not least, even though we're all human and we all know that our fingers have joints, many artists seem to throw that notion right out the window and completely forget about it. They end up drawing fingers that basically look like worms with absolutely no bones in them whatsoever. If you get in the habit of looking at your hand as basically a big block with bendable digits coming from one side of it and keep those bends within the confines of what an actual finger can do, an artist should be able to get a bit better at them.
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jaybird216 · Post by **jaybird216** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:18 pm

Now THIS is a good drawing of a hand. Use it for reference, Andy.

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Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Fri May 16, 2008 1:34 am

Classic.
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ATOM · Post by **ATOM** » Fri May 16, 2008 4:27 pm

Chortle! Chortle! "Now with 30% more hoof"?
Is that a good thing?
I think I will go with Glad's sterling idea of using a mirror to draw his own hands. As you generally need a reverse angle for artwork.
If I am ever drawing Mickey Mouse I will use Jay's model above.
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Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Fri May 16, 2008 5:36 pm

@ that last line.

And yes, buddy....the mirror is your friend. Although my ugly mug is not a site I enjoy seeing in one of those damn things, it does help with getting facial expressions and hands a little bit closer to what you might want in your drawings.

Just don't become a Narcissus.
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Deogolf · Post by **Deogolf** » Sat May 17, 2008 1:29 am

jaybird216 wrote:
Now THIS is a good drawing of a hand. Use it for reference, Andy.

I'll have to pick up a box of that the next time I'm at the grocery store! Looks mighty tasty!!

Great artwork you guys!
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Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:01 pm

Here's an early/pre-color pic I'm doing for a Gygax tribute book over at DF. The blank space to the left of the dragon's head will be a waterfall once color is added. Hope to have the coloring done in a couple of days (fingers crossed.)

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ATOM · Post by **ATOM** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:59 am

Pretty cool artwork Glad.

Worthy of JB's Minotaur Helper High Five!

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Tadhg · Post by **Tadhg** » Fri May 30, 2008 12:16 am

Nice work, Glad. Looking forward to the colorized image!

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Lord Stinger · Post by **Lord Stinger** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:24 am

That is definitely a top notch illustration Glad. Once again you impress us with your skills..
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Deogolf · Post by **Deogolf** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:26 pm

ATOM wrote:
Pretty cool artwork Glad.

Worthy of JB's Minotaur Helper High Five!

Wouldn't that be a "High Four!"
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ATOM · Post by **ATOM** » Fri May 30, 2008 5:01 pm

It would! And well spotted that man.

But I was then thinking people would not understand what a high-four was!

I'm difficult enough to translate at the best of times!
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Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:56 pm

Here's the colored version of my Gygax tribute piece...

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Wulfgarn · Post by **Wulfgarn** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:52 pm

what did you use for the color?

Colored Pencil?

Very intrested

Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:58 pm

Colored pencils and watercolors.
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Lord Stinger · Post by **Lord Stinger** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:04 am

WOW.. Very nicely done.
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jaybird216 · Post by **jaybird216** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:43 pm

Looks great, Glad!
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Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 3:51 pm

Thanks, fellas...I appreciate it.
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Matthew · Post by **Matthew** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 5:08 pm

Great looking piece. I especially like your knight with the mace; very cool.
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Deogolf · Post by **Deogolf** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:52 am

I think the guy on the ladder is saying, "We're going to need a bigger boat!"
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Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:46 am

Deogolf wrote:
I think the guy on the ladder is saying, "We're going to need a bigger boat!"

That, or he's yelling down to the rest of the party, asking them how they like their dragon eggs....scrambled or fried?

Edit: And thanks, Matthew.
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Treebore · Post by **Treebore** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:46 am

I think Gary would love it. I know I do.

Now I need to go hide so Jaybird can't "hurt me".
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K2h2m3 · Post by **K2h2m3** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 5:11 am

Very inspiring.

Gladiator27 · Post by **Gladiator27** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:11 am

Thanks guys, glad you like it.

In my next handful of doodles, I'm going to be using classic modules as a basis for my inspiration. I think I'll draw them out and as I post them, see if those that check my thread can guess which module they're from.
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jaybird216 · Post by **jaybird216** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:38 pm

For anyone who wants to see Glad's amazing detail up close and personal, I just had a successful test run with some zoom & scan flash code. Eventually, we'll each have a Zoom & Scan gallery of select art on Three-Headed Troll, but for now enjoy these direct links to two of Glad's bigger pieces.

The 450 pixel maximum height of our normal gallery just doesn't do them justice. Behold!
http://threeheadedtroll.com/glad/zoom/G ... f_Bash.htm
http://threeheadedtroll.com/glad/zoom/G ... or_pic.htm
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