DSG 359: Creature: Temple Guardian

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Today's topic is: Creature: Temple Guardian

[schmu_20mol]

clearly lost focus....should concentrate more on one thing...never get sharp lines...anyway...

~60min

DSG - TempleGuardian

[0kelvin]

It's been a while, and I missed some awesome topics while I was away. Well, might as well get back into the swing of things as soon as possible.





0kelvin

[ApricotSoup]

Woo uni work out of way

Anyway 1 hour of photoshop.

[Morr]

meh

[Myriadian]

So far great stuff, guys. It's definitely a topic a lot of people should be able to get ideas for. Hopefully I can work my scanner enough to be able to show you mine. I look forward to seeing the rest!

Morr, there is no reason to 'meh' with that picture. It inspired me to draw my temple guardian--instead of a hulker, it's a more devious creature. And the way you did it makes it seem like an ethereal being... something not tangible. I really enjoy it.

ApricotSoup, I like the idea of an enchanted, posessed set of armour and weaponry. It adds the sense of mysticism like Morr's--something not there, but there, et cetera. Great colours.

0kelvin--that's very good foreshadowing with the hands. You've got it down, and you've given it a great pose. The colours and textures are great. However, there is little thing which, if you look past the pose, irks you. His hand and foot doesn't seem flat on the ground judging by the rocks and wall's corner, touching the ground. But that's a bitty thing--the whole thing is very good!

schmu_20mol, I would never of thought of doing something non-fantasy like. It's great that people can think 'outside the box', so-to-speak. Keep up the work!

[Freakt]

so far great arts here! realy!!!
so here is my pic... 25 min drawing and 20 minutes coloring with PS

[Jeters]

very quick sketch today before work, might color it, might not...


gaze upon my fearsome temple guardian!

[Osmus]

here is my 8-bit guardian

[Swan]

This took me far longer than it SHOULD have. I too lost focus on the big picture and paid to much attention to a single detail (rendering the marble). Anyway, here it is...



Schmu-20mol - I know just what you mean. But I do like the modern take on the subject.

Freakt - What program are you doing these in? Maybe we can find a way to get rid of the white pixelated borders around everything.

[Mad Giraffe]

Swan read is post carefully he says he colored it in PS, and that means Photoshop

[Swan]

Yup, you're right. My mistake. He DID say. I just wanted to make sure he COULD get rid of the white pixel borders, should he decide to.

[Freakt]

hi guys, i take photoshop 7.0 for color my pic.
i m not realy good with that program and i m not realy good in coloring! and i m sorry but my english bad and i cant understand what you say about my picture, could you expalin for a little stupid child ;-)))! please... i know i need some help about this coloring, allways i try all brushs in this programm to make my picture done, but i dont know what they do?!?!
thanks Freakt T

[simmi]

all ps

[gekitsu]

that was a great topic!



0kelvin: design's cool i find some problems reading depth correctly, though - he seems to be not connected to the floor (a simple shadow and some texture could help) and the reds in the bg bring some pillars in the front a bit too much i think. but i certainly dont want to get in its way

morr: this one freaks me out O_O. great style, too.

simmi: birdmen rule them all!

[evre]

Ah, my first DSG. Quick, but fun...

Deizens of temples can change over the milenia.

[John]

Morr, i like the way the head turned out, but i think you fellow is a little bit thin I'd spent some more time on the torso and the waist, that'd help.

gekitsu, really cool. I can't quite make out what that thing above the right arm is... i know, it might just turn out to be the left arm, but it looks kinda funked.

Freakt, an manchen stellen sind weiße scharfe kanten, besonders in der oberen rechten ecke, die man vermeiden kann indem man in PS einen neuen layer erstellt, den man auf multiply stellt, und auf den man die farbe aufträgt. Dadurch färbst du das bild sauber und schnell ein

[Defunct]

shame I can do these dsgs so rarely, they're really great practise for me



mine turned out a bit boring, need to work on my brush strokes (among other things)..

gekitsu - what can I say? perfection...
evre - nice work!
0kelvin - love it! (the hand on the left side seems to be a bit out ot perspective though? *whine whine whine*)

[NecroNet]

Real cool stuff morr, love the character and swan your has niice atmosphere =).



bit more than an hour in photoshop, the stares looks a bit out of context because i got frustrated and used a bit to much of the shift key while drawing the lines =).

[trelogy]

quick sketch.. wasnt sure about (his) right hand.. if i was gonna have him grasp the sheth or leave it hanging free.. oh well

[Pichuerca]

This is my firt post in this section. I dont know if you guys understand the character´s pose because my brother doesnt.
(i explain If it would be necesary ;

I need 25 min to finish the sketch and 3 hours to paint it. This is the first time that paint a draw, so guys aren´t bad with my. I use paint 8.

Please critics my drawings, i would to want learn more... (This sense is correct in english?? I would want learn, I want would learn.. oh oh I've a serius problem).





God bye

[bernstein]

i'm just getting used to painter. grabbed a random tool and did the best i could (some kind of chalk, dunno the explicit name).

it took me about an hour, because i trashed some ideas first and had problems with the composition. effective working time: 30-45 minutes.
painter is fun, i need to play more around with it

my guardian is the grim reaper in the moonlight


edit
apricotsoup: i love the style :>
morr: absolutely cool, reminds me of the wc3 lizard.
geki: great colors, nice symbiosis of the raven and the human.
vely bad man: awesome! :eek:

[TheFlood]

here is mine, i dont know how long it took me but no longer than an hour and a half


0kelvin - great concept man, and your line flow
gekitsu - love your ligthing and bird concept
trelogy - i love your dude he flows so well

keep up the good work guys.

Erik Groves
www.erikgroves.com

[Vely Bad Man]

Guarding the Temple of Pain...

[Freakt]

thanks Ancient Kitten, thanks for the translation;-)
i edit my pictures new and i colored it complitly new with a new style! i think it is much better... what do you think?

[Swan]

DEAR GOD I love you people. *ahem* *clears* throat. I mean...nice work everyone! It's always SO inspiring to see how differently people interpret a topic. Some of these pics are so beautiful...Vely Bad Man, Gekitsu...stuff like this reminds me of why I bother to get up in the morning.

Pichuerca - Like the demon, but I have to agree with your brother. Don't quite 'get' what's going on with the pose. If you have to explain what you meant...it's not working.

Evre-Yay! An octopus! Love this pic. Love the fact you put the temple underwater. I'd have never thought of that.

[Jeters]

EDIT: double post?

[Calle_]

Some really cool works here, and here is mine. Just gotta run in my brand new wacom =) =)
Done in PS CS. about 20 mins

[Calle_]

Opps.. alittle big ^^;;

[SABRE]

ITS A PIECE OF THE ORIGINAL PIC.....(ITS TOO HUGE FOR FINISH IT TODAY...)


GOOD WORK ALL..............


SEE YA....................