[ryanlee]

Reference + Links

This is the place to post reference materials and links that other artists may find helpful. Ideally, we'll create a well of visual information for every participant to draw from as time goes on.

[lilnebo]

Here are some good character tutorials. There's Plenty more but I'll just kick it off with this

If you go here : ImagineFX Workshops there are plenty of good IFX tutorials available for free online

Character Tutorials

Effective Character Design : A Guideline of what creates a good character

Jason Chan - Painting A Gothic Beauty

Character Speed Painting

Painting a believable figure something which is essential to character design

Creating an Orthographic view

Paint a heroic valkyrie

Face Painting Process

Inspiration, Fashion and Reference

Characterdesign.com Filled with references, tutorials and just loads of character related stuff

http://www.hel-looks.com/ : Loads of fashion and a mixture of dress styles

http://photogallery.filmofilia.com/ : This is a movie stills gallery, I think it's a pretty huge inspiration since almost all movie characters are designed to a high level.

That's all for now, I'll post more when I think of some
Hope it helps somebody

[ryanlee]

Great find! Thanks!!

[ApocalypsenoW]

I know there is a method to draw the light and dark first in grey scale and only then color it. Do you know of any tutorials that can show me how its done?

Thanks

[pointpusher]

I keep a lot of reference material online here. *note* I've tried to give credit to the artists when I know their identity, if you see one mislabeled or missing a label, and you can ID the author, please let me know"

http://picasaweb.google.com/danwill

[ryanlee]

Originally Posted by ApocalypsenoW

I know there is a method to draw the light and dark first in grey scale and only then color it. Do you know of any tutorials that can show me how its done?

Thanks

There are a few tutorials here and there that you might find after scouring the web, but if I may offer you some advice that I was given once regarding this topic:

One of the most important things involved in working out the values for your image in grey scale is to paint with strong regard to surface materials and keep your values close.

A good way to start is to gather photo ref of things you would like to paint, make them black and white in Photoshop, and then proceed to study them closely. Zoom in until you're only looking at huge pixels if you have to, just make sure to pay attention to the subtlety of the value changes in the photos. Above all else, DO NOT COPY the photographs. You must try and learn from them and apply what you've learned to your own work. It will take time to get the hang of it, but if you keep at it, it will begin to make more sense and you will begin to see vast improvements in your own work.

Hope that helps.

[Aumni]

http://www.posemaniacs.com/ - Thousands of poses that you can rotate around to get the perfect reference. Has a timer based tool that lets you do gesture drawings in 30-90 second bouts.

http://characterdesigns.com/index.ph...ge=eventPhotos - Lots of photos of cosplay/costume/events for character references.

http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm - Awesome refresher/beginner information about lighting, materials, and composition.

[black_rain6]

im loving the hel-looks.com site thanks

[trailofcrumbs]

Here are some links I use pretty frequently for character design references.

Two life drawing sites I haven't seen mentioned.
http://www.pixelovely.com/gesture/figuredrawing.php
http://lovecastle.org/draw/

Two costuming sites. The second in particular has very nicely lit photographs:
http://www.gentlemansemporium.com/gentlemans.php
http://www.twinrosesdesigns.com/index.html

Nature Photos by continent:
http://www.treknature.com/

Movie stills:
http://framefilter.blogspot.com/
http://www.hitchcockwiki.com/wiki/10...s_of_Hitchcock
http:
//www.annyas.com/screenshots/

I posted some other links that are more creature related in the Creature Planet Reference thread.
Thanks for sharing your links.

[Judy]

Can you send me the link of the Creature Planet Reference?

Originally Posted by trailofcrumbs

Here are some links I use pretty frequently for character design references.

Two life drawing sites I haven't seen mentioned.
http://www.pixelovely.com/gesture/figuredrawing.php
http://lovecastle.org/draw/

Two costuming sites. The second in particular has very nicely lit photographs:
http://www.gentlemansemporium.com/gentlemans.php
http://www.twinrosesdesigns.com/index.html

Nature Photos by continent:
http://www.treknature.com/

Movie stills:
http://framefilter.blogspot.com/
http://www.hitchcockwiki.com/wiki/10...s_of_Hitchcock
http:
//www.annyas.com/screenshots/

I posted some other links that are more creature related in the Creature Planet Reference thread.
Thanks for sharing your links.

[channing1980]

Originally Posted by ApocalypsenoW

I know there is a method to draw the light and dark first in grey scale and only then color it. Do you know of any tutorials that can show me how its done?

Thanks

Have you tried ctrpaint.com ,I love this sight and he has some grayscale tutrials

[JSolorzanoArts]

Originally Posted by ApocalypsenoW

I know there is a method to draw the light and dark first in grey scale and only then color it. Do you know of any tutorials that can show me how its done?

Thanks

If you use Corel Painter, one method I use is digital watercolors, which are great for spreading your colors lightly and build them in value and saturation. It saves me a ton of time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMfSAh7Piic

[JSolorzanoArts]

I'm always on the lookout for steampunk reference now that I am getting more and more hooked on it.

Steampunk - Wishwall.me


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