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Hissien · **Posted:** Sat Aug 03, 2013 8:46 pm

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What I hath been working on lately, kinda a Nymph of some kind I guess...

Norroen Dyrd · **Posted:** Sun Aug 04, 2013 6:09 am

Great job, Hissien!

Now, little human... Tell me more about myself...

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p-sto · **Posted:** Mon Aug 05, 2013 2:13 am

Wow Hissien, that drawing looking amazing.

And Norreon, that's a beautiful depiction of Kiara and Ondolemar.

VirtualWeasel · **Posted:** Mon Aug 05, 2013 2:36 am

Has anyone ever used Inktense pencils?
They're kinda like watercolor but turn to a more inkish color and are more vibrant when dried. Anyways, I bought some, and dunno what the hell I'm doing. So if anyone has had experience with watercolor or (even better) Inktense, don't hesitate to give me tips ._.

Avron the S'wit · **Posted:** Mon Aug 05, 2013 2:59 am

I used watercolor pencils before (not sure what kind), but watercolors are my specialty with paints. General watercolor tips I would give out include:

Paint in layers. Watercolors demand that you do this. Start with the lightest colors/layers first and gradually add more saturation/color.
If you want colors to stand alone, allow them to dry before applying another color atop. If you want to blend, do so when still wet.
Don't use a ton of water unless you want to ruin your paper/surface. Keep a paper towel nearby to dab up any excess water.
If you mess up, you can generally wash away a layer, but adhere to the above tip.

As long as you don't try to paint a watercolor in one sitting, you should be good. They typically need time to dry in between layers, otherwise the colors don't settle right and you get a big, wet, gobbly mess of runny stuff.

The pencils I used were more or less kind of the same, without really having to adhere so strictly to the layer rule, but you kind of got to get used to it as you go.

Watercolors in general are an awesome medium; definitely still the one I prefer today!

VirtualWeasel · **Posted:** Mon Aug 05, 2013 3:13 am

You mention using color in layers. Do you mean adding a first, light color, allowing it to dry, then penciling in more color and adding water once more?
Or just simply draw out the colors in layers first and then add the water lightest to darkest?

I should mention that Inktense, since the colors convert literally to ink, has extreme contrast differences when compared to watercolor. It doesn't seem possible to make Inktense wash out to a brighter color with any control over amount of water, so, that might be something to take into consideration.

Norroen Dyrd · **Posted:** Mon Aug 05, 2013 5:17 am

p-sto wrote:

And Norreon, that's a beautiful depiction of Kiara and Ondolemar.

Thank you very much, P-sto!

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My fan art for TES V: Skyrim, depicting a character of *Heiwako, the protagonist of her fan fiction.

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Skyrim: History SHALL NOT Repeat Itself
I do think Aedmar - yet another one of my Dovahkiins, an Altmer sorcerer, - has lost enough friends to this blasted ruin to last him a lifetime; he is not about to let it happen again.

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Avron the S'wit · **Posted:** Mon Aug 05, 2013 7:32 pm

VirtualWeasel wrote:

You mention using color in layers. Do you mean adding a first, light color, allowing it to dry, then penciling in more color and adding water once more?
Or just simply draw out the colors in layers first and then add the water lightest to darkest?

I should mention that Inktense, since the colors convert literally to ink, has extreme contrast differences when compared to watercolor. It doesn't seem possible to make Inktense wash out to a brighter color with any control over amount of water, so, that might be something to take into consideration.

I think you have more leeway with pencils, if I remember correctly. You can probably be less strict about layers with them. The ones I used were pretty much like having instant layers, I think. Again, those tips were primarily for actual watercolors, but if you keep them in mind and play with the pencils, you can probably find your way with them in no time.

BetaB17 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:32 pm

So my dear friend Laura has been really busy making fanarts and commissions. I do indeed enjoy here works :mrgreen:

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Norroen Dyrd · **Posted:** Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:38 pm

Message from Windhelm

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skullclutter · **Posted:** Wed Aug 07, 2013 5:54 pm

Thanks for the kind words, everyone. Been a while since I checked the thread:

Hissien: Great work, love the tattoos!
Norroen: Looking over the thread, I can defnitely see you improving. Love the expressions on your latest work.

Norroen Dyrd · **Posted:** Wed Aug 07, 2013 6:08 pm

skullclutter wrote:

Thanks for the kind words, everyone. Been a while since I checked the thread:
Norroen: Looking over the thread, I can defnitely see you improving. Love the expressions on your latest work.

You are most sincerely welcome!

Thank you, too, for your lovely words!

Mara trolls you too!

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DorostheConqueror · **Posted:** Thu Aug 15, 2013 12:48 am

So I've got back into painting lately. Here's a work in progress.

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It Came From Walden Pond

The right cheek area still needs detail work (the cheek cleft is too strong), and I think I should up the contrast in and around the eyes to bring them out more. Also planning to add some zombie-gore effects, but knowing me I'll probably never go back to it after tonight.

Avron the S'wit · **Posted:** Thu Aug 15, 2013 3:27 am

Doros, I'm surprised. What's the medium?

Norroen Dyrd · **Posted:** Thu Aug 15, 2013 5:10 am

To the Rescue!

Cross-over fan art between TES V: Skyrim and MegaMind.
I dunno, I think Ondolemar would look good in the Black Mamba...
The Talos worshippers are random, not based on any particular NPCs in game.
Yes, I know that the real problem of Markarth is the Silver Blood clan, not the Thalmor presence... I was just trollin'.

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DorostheConqueror · **Posted:** Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:27 pm

Avron the S'wit wrote:

Doros, I'm surprised. What's the medium?

It's the part in between the upper and lower limits?

Just some cheap acrylics. I started experimenting with them last week, but as you can tell, I'm not too comfortable yet. I mostly work with pencils and digital stuff. Not that it's an excuse for flipping the highlights.

And Avron, y u surprise? :cry:

I've posted some things before, yes?

Avron the S'wit · **Posted:** Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:39 pm

They somehow eluded me, I must say.

I like acrylics; I paint with them as well. I just got high quality ones, and man, they certainly do change the whole idea of painting.

DorostheConqueror · **Posted:** Thu Aug 15, 2013 3:06 pm

Did you post any of your stuff here? I'd like to check it out, and seeing as you know what you're doing, if you have any advice pour moi, it'd be appreciated!

Stuff I do at work when I'm 'posed to be working:

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Medium is Bic mechanical pencil and an old sheet of computer paper I stole out the printer.

And here's the other acrylic I did:

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I call it, "The Physical Impossibility of Living in the Eyes of those Who Are Dead".

Norroen Dyrd · **Posted:** Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:01 am

We shall go no more a-roving

Fan art for TES V: Skyrim and TES III: Morrowind (a cross-over, in a way).
Young Adril and Cindiri Arano, back in Morrowind.

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DorostheConqueror · **Posted:** Sun Aug 25, 2013 3:23 am

Digital WIP.

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Hardening up some of the major lines and starting some detail work on the face. Critique is welcome.

(It looks to me like her face is a little too fat, thinking I should raise her chin-line by a stroke width ro two and put less rounding on the bottom contours of her face. Also maybe thicken the hair on the right side of her face)

Also this:

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Dedicated to Trayvon, George, and 'Murica. Keep that prison-industrial system going strong, boys!

Musicman247 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 25, 2013 3:36 am

Gotta say, I love your work, Doros! This is the first time I've seen any of this from you. Excellent stuff, man!

DorostheConqueror · **Posted:** Mon Aug 26, 2013 5:17 pm

Thanks. I've not been in the habit of putting my stuff online before; it usually winds up moldering in the bottom of a closet somewhere. But I just got started with acryclics, and I bought a new scanner, so what the buck. Might as well make you guys suffer.

Two I did this morning.

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skullclutter · **Posted:** Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:33 pm

Wow, lots of art to catch up on!

Doros: Nice work! The figurative drawing shows a lot of skill. I've done some work in acrylics myself. Hope you stick with it!

Norroen: Nice effect with the silhouettes

Norroen Dyrd · **Posted:** Tue Aug 27, 2013 9:08 am

Thank you, Skullclutter!

I love me some silhouettes. One of my favourite gigs.

Together, we will turn the world around (Ebonheart Pact)
The Elder Scrolls universe and the Ebonheart Pact (c) Bethesda and Zenimax.
With the use of the lyrics from the Turn the World Around song by Harry Belafonte.

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Jeelius-Tei · **Posted:** Thu Aug 29, 2013 10:59 pm

Oh god. I made a ton of art deco art last year. This is just some.

They are in Italian, if you were interested.

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