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Published: 2006-04-30 13:24:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 17471; Favourites: 338; Downloads: 1154
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I've been trying to work my way out of a bit of a drag, lately, so I'm trying a few new things. For instance, I'm drawing a Marvel superhero... something I almost never do. I'm also trying out a little graphic design, working with shapes and colors and such. It's not something I do often enough, so I figure it's good to bump the noggin a little and try to expand my sights.Originally this was just a little inking practice... the illustration was drawn on sketch paper and inked digitally in Manga Studio EX. Total inking time, 'bout an hour, maybe hourannahalf.
From there I brought it to Photoshop and began diddling with it some more... my color theory skills are pretty weak, but I did go into this with some ideas about "warm" and "cool" colors, which is something at least. I also did some playing about with basic shapes and composition, not so much trying anything academic... just moving elements about and seeing what I like the look of. Total time in Photoshop... 'bout another 3 hours, maybe? I did mess around a lot.
At any rate, it's also possibly worth mentioning that I haven't been a Wolverine fan in over 10 years, not since the Silvestri days, so I might not have the character down so much as he is today... if you have issue with how he looks, remember that I'm an old-school Patch-in-Madripoor fan, not a current reader. In my mind he's always short, hairy, and ill-tempered.
So anyhow, since this is half-expirimental, I'm open to any suggestions, ideas, comments or crits. If you got something constructive to say, say it!
-EDIT-
Couple of guys at PJ pointed out a damn fool error in anatomy that I can't really fix, but I can at least patch up (and have). Oh well, live n' learn.
-EDIT II-
Made a few more tweaks.
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don't worry...good ol' Logan will always be that way!short,hairy and with a fucked up temper!
really nice job by the way...love the pose!
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Looks great! Really cool style! I love his posture! I can really see him in a graphic novel!
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looks like better than original comic! great work!
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Love the illustration out of this world (wish i could do it ) but i agree the background is awful sorry.
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good work the position this very well congratulates you I am in wolverine fan and I found very good it continues this way
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Nothing I can say would do your work justice...but I'll try to be introspective and deep...
I am really feeling this piece. The lines are sharp, vivid, but not overdone as is too often seen. The coloring is very simple, which serves the piece well. I'm wondering how it would look on black with maybe the gold metallic X-Men logo??
Good piece for a print I'd say...
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I'm madly in love with the graphic design of this piece. *sigh* What a great Tshirt it'd make.
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in tersm of that whole warm and cool thing you were trying for; i think worked and the earthy, organic browns make a nice contarast with the sterile white and blue backdrop. the logo sits well in the backgroung and that in itself also plays up nicly with wolverine what with the lack of heavy, black lines deffining him.
the large hands and feet give him a more animalistic look which probably goes hand in hand with his charaer though i'm not entierly sure since it's been a whilte since i picked up and x-men comic... but anyways, it's very fitting here and the blankness of the eyes also seems to detract from his humanity. this sense of wildness is also brought oudt by the ragged hair and the general hariness of the charater. i'd say that yuou've taken an existing charate and used existing aspcts of him for maximum effect. the pose is squat, giving him a solid look that's further brought out by the heavy use of black for the darkend areas. your style of shading really allows you to carve up the areas of tone, giving deffinition to the muscles and the folds of his trousers, giving it a real sharpness. i think this works especially well in reguards to the stomach area where we can see it folding and interacting with the light.
the shades of brown you've chose are just right to greate a smooth gradient asnd this is espeially clear in reguards to the hyper detailed face.
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niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice man...really a good job...as usual
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Neat stuff. As usual, the inking is great. Really thick in some parts, which is very nice, kinda makes the focus the lineart rather than the coloring I guess. I like the hairiness level, I never really thought about him being short, and I never read the comics, but I can see how that would totally fit his personality. Is he a little uh, on the touchy side about his height, then? :3
Now I was reading the other comments about the placement of the claws and stuff and I've never seen the old school version compared to nowadays, but I think the only reason why it stands out, is because his hand is opened, not a fist as it usually is. In my mind, I kinda got the idea that once the hand is open, the claws go back inside. So it's new to see it like this.
Cool work.
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nicely done!
other than that little anatomy thing, I think you did a great job on this piece.
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Yup, this is about how he should look -- squat an' hairy. Nice!
The major error you speak of - is it his thighs (or at least his left thigh)? Looks way short to me, but my anatomical skills are pretty embarrassing (to the point that I've spent most of my spare time for the last week studying).
Hmm... think I'll have to agree with most on the sidebar issue. :s Maybe if it was really, really pale?
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It's his hips in general... I screwed up big-time and didn't even notice it.
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It's still a good pic graphically, even with the error. At least you didn't draw a hand backwards or something like that.
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I'm no graphic designer, but in my opinion the sidebar thing should have been left out. I'm looking at it on a monitor that only goes up to 800x600 (crappy office comp) and I didn't even notice it until I scrolled to the right. It seems extraneous. I know it's your logo and all, but it appears to be competing for attention with the X symbol. Wolvie himself looks cool though, but perhaps the claws are too far between his fingers?
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Yeah, the sidebar's been generally panned. I may get around to removing it later, it really is uneccesary.
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The heaviness of the shading is utterly awesome and really suits the style of drawing you used for this pic.
I especially like the claws on HIS left hand. Very cool shading on them =3
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bad moods really sucks, it's really hard to come out of it, but we've gotta keep pushing harder
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Do youhave any idea of how kick ass that looks!? It looks so much like a vector image I swear!!
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600dpi bitmap inks share the same sharp sense of contrast. In fact, some of the inking IS vector, but the output is 600dpi raster.
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Damn... if only my computer was able to handle such resolution and stuff... but nooooo, my computer had to suck. Lucky.
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yeah i totally agree. i havent liked wolverine as much as when silvestri was doing him. remember that sabertooth/wolverine/nick fury story where the two were battling in the sewers? gah, that shit was so great. SO GREAT. anyways i like this. i miss the savage look of him. only gripe i have is that his claws are coming from between his fingers.
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Yeah, back when Sabertooth was claiming to be his daddy. I rather liked that subplot... My favorites were the Madripoor stories, though.
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hm I actually like the coloring quite a bit, it's simple but it works
nothing really huge to point out, cept for some minor tiffs I caught about the pants not quite fitting the anatomy in some points but you could just called it stylistic and no one would be the wiser *nods*
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Nah, I screwed up the placement of his legs in comparison to his waist and so forth. It's a mistake that goes down to the pencils, and all I can say is I was tired when I drew it. The way it appears now is actually an improvement.
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heh, well none the less, the colours make up for it, I like how it's still a very simple 3 tone colour job and but it still does the job, I've recently been searching for new ideas on colouring since I mostley hate colouring on the computer, using markers is the alternate method I've chosen but, it has it's limits too, at least its more fun
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uh, i think your pencilling skills still overwhelm your inking , but then again i'm usually a pencil fan. as for the colors, you should just try to be more radical and get more contrast between the warm/cool... I also think wolverine should be always short, hairy and ill tempered, i'm not a big marvel fan/follower of the comics, but he still has his moments nowadays...
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Looks Great ~ have a ? ~ Do his claws come out from between his fingers or from the knuckle area ?
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Depends on where you source it. Back in the day, they used to pop out from the back of his hands. In the movies, they set it up so they come out more between his fingers. I kinda like the latter, just because it fits the anatomy better... in my mind, they come out between the knuckles, just over the webbing between the fingers if you lay your hand out flat.
They've always sat in the space between the knuckles (three spaces between four knuckles), it's just a question of whether they ride on the back of the hands or between the fingers.
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Draw it the way you want/like it & you can't go wrong !
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hot shit indeed .
have never really been into marvel so i never knew that he was such a short dude.
well as far as any feed back after reading some of the other coments there is really nothing i can say that hasnt been said.( and i for one think its a bitch to see the same comment put down 6000 diffrent ways) so
only thing i guess i could say is while your coloring is most defiently on point i just think a diffrent way of coloring him would have worked better....maybe something thing that would make it look...uhh gritter i guess is the right word for it.
but none the less hot shit indeed sir
Peace
Reljin
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looks pretty bad ass for something you aren't sure of (or for somethingyou are sure of for that matter). i thought wolverine always was short and hairy, the movie doesn't count - they changed a lot of stuff to make it more "realistic".
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Cool wolvie. I wish the today comic versionwas more like the older day wolvie. Now Joe Q will not even let him smoke a cigar.
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Whoa thats so cool.
Wish i was as talented as you.
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Oh awesome! thats one of the best wolverines I've seen, its easy to get him wrong apparently Lol
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