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and I was serious about the commision thing on DeviantART you'd get quite popular I think since you can bust out sketches with simple descriptions and make them look badass.. however I won't mention it again.. peer pressure and all that..
I'll have to stash all these pictures away on my junkdrive so I can color them when I have time..
If you find me a paying gig, I'll give you a finder's fee.
Meh, I'm happy enough to help really, I know how it feels, I'd love to get paid to write but that probably won't happen for awhile if ever :P I'm still a novice at it..
and I actually planned on commissioning you to do some monster sketches for my bleach campaign if I can get some cash together for it.. because I want illustrations for them and well.. there are LOADS of the little bastards lol.. as of right now though I'm not sure how many I'll need or what exactly I want I'll have to get back to you on that..
Actually I can draw passable pictures, but I have no tablet so most of mine are hardcopy sketches in character folders and I'm too lazy to scan stuff in.
"I would, of possible, like your thoughts on the drawing, Jim.":http://cdn.obsidianportal.com/assets/20192/Recon.jpg
I would like to get something going for Gaaran's Scarlet Rogues, but I don't like moving on from one project until I know I'm done with another.
When I return, I shall get to work on the Crimson Rogues.
Jim, did you want me to color the Recon pic?
(Tried to think of some way to incorporate Maroon and fails)
http://onemonk.proboards.com
Also, I am going to color Recon.
Curufea, do you know if they have any success in that business? Have any advice on how I might get my foot in the door? I would love to make a career from my gaming skills.
Keough on the left, Spades on the right. I ran Wyrmshadow tonight and the session ran very late, otherwise I would have been able to get these done tonight no problem.
"Anyway, the Scarlet Rogues are complete (unless you want anything altered).":http://cdn.obsidianportal.com/assets/20573/Scarlet_Rogues.jpg
JimTriche, "I did some colors for Recon, too.":http://cdn.obsidianportal.com/assets/20582/Recon2.jpg
I'm going to take a stab at coloring him again, as well as Gaaran's rogues.
I got another request via private message from OP user Uruzrune. It's going to be of a female tiefling shadow-assassin from a Darksun campaign.
You know what it's like?
Ninja Turtles. The old ones were amazingly simple line art, and there were so many interpretations and styles. The "realistic" art being the most deviant in that mashup, also being my favorite. And the commercial quick art styles from the various cartoon series and the movies. You see it now with fan art for anime and other stuff now, some of that art I find very interesting.
If I had my way I'd like to see two or three different takes on a few of these characters. I just love this stuff. Also, the visor reflection is bitchin'.
Oh, "here they are.":http://cdn.obsidianportal.com/assets/20686/Scarlet_Rogues.jpg
JimTriche, it can be very difficult to draw a person based solely upon a sparse physical description. I can get the helmet and the jeans, but the attitude could be completely off. I agree, it is fascinating to see how a few words can be interpreted artistically in vastly different ways depending on the artist.
If, for example, someone was to tell me: Draw my character. She's blonde and has a big back tattoo of a tribal dragon. She wears a red leather corset and samurai pants.
I could draw her and incorporate every one of the features that were mentioned, but it could be completely "wrong" in the eyes of the person who asked for the character art.
Same person: She is someone who enjoys inflicting pain. She has a cold stare, and she takes killing very seriously; she is both ruthless and thorough.
No physical attributes mentioned at all, there, but I might get much closer to what the person was hoping to see.
The thing is, I am not anywhere NEAR a good enough artist to draw a character based solely on one or the other. When I am drawing a character for one of my friends, I ask them what the character's nationality is, then whether he prefers horror flicks or comedies. The combination, for me, is the key.
I love the Scarlet on the Rouges, and the textures. I think Spades is my favorite - not because Keough looks inferior, but there's something about the joyous personality that speaks to me.
As someone whose artistic ability rests with image manipulation and prose, most days (I want to pick up drawing again, but it's hard to find the inspiration/time), I have to make to with rather ornate descriptions of my characters - my namesake, for example, originally had a very simple description, as he was just a soldier in a war he didn't want to fight. Were I to describe him now? His description would probably be lovingly crafted, so as not to encompass just the physical aspects of his character, but to take into account the harrowing, depressing, and joyous journey he has been on. (Note to self: Attempt to write character description today while it's still fresh in my mind).
I think it's because the personality speaks better than "Red Hair, Freckles, big Wart on Nose. Also machinegun."