MSPA Fan-Art 24: LIKE A BOSS

[Graven_Image]

Why should you regret anything? That's adorable.

[Wigmund]

That puppy is so goddamned cute that I'm going to stitch wings to dogs so I can breed my own flying puppies.

[QuetzaDrake]

@emesis These pictures are never not good. It's amazing and unreal.
@Kino I want a WV puppy right now. So bad. DX

[cyclicCircumferentia]

Crossposting from Troll!Cops thread~

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Also Kino, those WVs are adorable. ;;

[Graven_Image]

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OK, now I actually have to go into that thread and see what's happening.

Darn it.

[Taurus Versant]

Crossposting from Troll!Cops thread~

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Also Kino, those WVs are adorable. ;;

My default reaction to this picture should not be wondering what shipping those two would be like.

What has this forum done to me?

[Raizor]

hey do any of you guys know where my sharpener went

I lost it and I really need it back did any of you steal it

Crossposting from Troll!Cops thread~

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Also Kino, those WVs are adorable. ;;

god fuck I love all of your art

how do you do it

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this is a half serious question

[Cyan the Red]

(SHAKESPEARIAN GOODNESS)

FUTHER SHAKESPEARIAN AWESOMESAUCE

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YESSSSSSS THIS IS FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CONCUR WHOLEHEARTEDLY.

I understand Eridan as Sir Andrew (I laughed hysterically), but wouldn't he be a better Malvolio? He gets all excited about love and then gets wholeheartedly shut down, plus he starts out so unpleasant and snobby about his rank, thinking he's better than everyone....

AND CAN'T YOU SEE HIM CROSS-GARTERED?! IN YELLOW STOCKINGS?! HILARIOUS!!!!

ALSO. If Eridan is Malvolio, then Tavros would be Sir Andrew. And I think he would be great. The scene where he is supposed to be battling and keeps trying to get out of it, but Maria and Sir Toby keep manipul8ing him into it? Plus it completes the trifecta of that ashen relationship.

I want to draw these ahhhh! And Kass, please please share the Midsummer's AU with us. That is so wonderful.

now that you mention it, yeah, Tavros would make a far better Aguecheek. :V wow! especially with his failed wooing of Jade [D,:]. and omg YES Malvolidan. why didnt i think of that before? thats beautiful! [as is that lovely picture you posted before.]

i think this should become a thing if it isnt already. Kass [or Seraph!], please, enlighten us about the Midsummer Night's Dream!

[Spleen]

based almost word for word on a guy i overheard arguing with his ladyfriend in a hobby store

[Skyrius]

Ok, this is just going to keep bothering me for a while.

Cyclic, what brushes or textures do you use? I almost want to say it looks like the water overlay effect but that's not it. And it reminds me of lineless art in a way, but I'm pretty sure I've seen your sketches with lines (or am I hallucinating?? >_>). I can't quite place it, but I KNOW I've seen something like that coloring before but I know it wasn't the same and ARGHTHISISANNOYINGANDSILLY >_<

[morpheoMancer]

Crossposting from Troll!Cops thread~

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The amazingness of this shattered my brain into a billion pieces. Thank gog I bought insurance specifically for that occurance.

[sqbr]

drawn on Skaiakaki forever and ever

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Bluh Bluh Zelda References. Tiny fairy Vriska is the best thing. She also fits really well with being a fairy if you keep in mind that old school fairies were little fluttery assholes who enjoyed ruining everything for shits and giggles.


Also a Dave. I don't think I had much of a problem with it before, but I'm putting more of an effort into making the characters look their age? So...not sure if I'm successful for this one.

I really like these pictures anyway, and would have commented to say so if I hadn't have seen them at 5am when I was all sleepy and grumpy, but you get extra props now for coming so close to predicting canon. Adorably tiny shouty fairy Vriska ftw

(I've also drawn teeny tiny troll art myself, though given that Jack and Karkat were about the same size it seems likely that this is just a dream thing or...something)

[RetroKinetic]

drawn on Skaiakaki forever and ever

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Bluh Bluh Zelda References. Tiny fairy Vriska is the best thing. She also fits really well with being a fairy if you keep in mind that old school fairies were little fluttery assholes who enjoyed ruining everything for shits and giggles.


Also a Dave. I don't think I had much of a problem with it before, but I'm putting more of an effort into making the characters look their age? So...not sure if I'm successful for this one.

I really like these pictures anyway, and would have commented to say so if I hadn't have seen them at 5am when I was all sleepy and grumpy, but you get extra props now for coming so close to predicting canon. Adorably tiny shouty fairy Vriska ftw

(I've also drawn teeny tiny troll art myself, though given that Jack and Karkat were about the same size it seems likely that this is just a dream thing or...something)

Heee, thank you! Though yeah, I actually drew this in response to the tiny bug Vriska in WV's dream hahah. It'd be weird if the trolls were tiny, though maybe Vriska has crazy shrinking powers to better steal things??? or most likely it's just stylistic dream shenanigans.

[FauxMonstur]

I just... really love the entire Troll Cops thing. I can't even describe why. It's hilarious.

[cyclicCircumferentia]

So I read these:

how do you do it

Ok, this is just going to keep bothering me for a while.

Cyclic, what brushes or textures do you use? I almost want to say it looks like the water overlay effect but that's not it. And it reminds me of lineless art in a way, but I'm pretty sure I've seen your sketches with lines (or am I hallucinating?? >_>). I can't quite place it, but I KNOW I've seen something like that coloring before but I know it wasn't the same and ARGHTHISISANNOYINGANDSILLY >_<

AND NOW I WILL DO SOME EXPLAINING~ (And fail at it because I am the worse teacher)

I guess I'll start this off with brushes and what program I use.
First off I use Photoshop CS5, it's pretty damn awesome and I recommend getting it.

As for brushes...I use many, including some downloaded ones.
Most of the brushes I use DO come with Photoshop.

Brushes

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Sketching:
Normal Round Brush, opacity pen pressure turned on.

Coloring:
(Opacity varies, do whatever works best for you)
Round Brush
Rough Round Bristle
Oil Pastel Large
Watercolor Loaded Wet Flat Tip

Downloadable Brush Sets:
Goro's Brushes
Illustration Brushes by Fox-Orian
Texture Brushes by AlectorFencer
Sketchtastic Brushes by JohnnySix
Grimetastic Brushes by JohnnySix
Scribbletastic Brushes by JohnnySix
Scrufftastic Brushes by JohnnySix

Now that that's said, there are three things you must know about my art.
Lineart, I cannot do crisp lineart, I normally use the sketch and just clean it up a little.
Two Layers: Sketch + Coloring, they eventually get merged so I'm coloring on one layer eventually.
Adjustment Layers: I abuse the hell out of them, they are my best friends.

I start out with the sketch layer and color layer as separate. Eventually I merge them and clean up the sketch making it look "lineless" but not really. (if that makes any sense)

After that I use a variety of Adjustment layers and blending modes. It kinda varies with each picture…but I can provide a basis to go by!

Adjustment Layers, Layer Modes and etc.

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^that little button gives a list of adjustments. Pretty handy~

Adjustment Layers:
Curves
Vibrance
Selective Color (Edit Neutral and Black colors only)
Solid Color (Normally Navy Blue set to Exclusion)

Layer Modes:
Multiply
Overlay
Soft Light
Exclusion (Used with Navy Blue solid color layer)

Helpful Things
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RGB Channels:
Much better than using gradient map for black and white copies of your picture.

Image > Apply Image:
Make a new layer then use this option.
This option pretty much puts the merged copy of your picture on that one layer. It's really handy and it prevents you from having to lose your layers. (if…that makes any sense.)
In the drop down menu you can chose the color channel (RGB, Red, Green or Blue) pick the one that puts the most contrast on your picture. After that, set the blend mode to whatever suits you best.




^Should look like that, except blending should be set to normal not pin light

Lens Blur:
It's always nice to have a blurred border around your picture.
I pretty much do this all the time.

Masking:
I can't explain this too well, but maybe this tutorial can give some clarity: http://veredgf.fredfarm.com/tuts/mask/masking.html

Examples of Progress

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Unfortunately I lost the extra lineart layer for the ghostyTrickster picture, so there's only two frames (Before adjustment layers and after adjustment layers.)



This picture shows the process better here:
1. Sketch, 2. Color, 3. Merge Lineart and color layer, color and clean up, 4. Adjustment Layers.

So this is pretty much what I do. I apologize if none of this makes noooooooo sense.

[Bandages]

fucking SAVED

[Differential]

I really do apologize for how poorly-drawn this is, but it's just a kind of storyboard/comic for some Dave backstory I've had in my head for a little while. I needed to GET IIT OUT.

Spoilered for HOPY SHIT HUGE:

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8-year-old Dave was fun to draw. Panels 5 and 6 are my favorites. Dem big ears. c:

[Bommster]

hopy shit

i drew something good

I DREW SOMETHING GOOD



I AM DISAPPOINT with the hair though.

[Raizor]

I understood very little of that and I use photoshop

or maybe I should say I press some of the buttons on photoshop because I generally try to avoid messing with the buttons I don't know anything about (almost all of them)

I guess the biggest thing I don't get is what adjustment layers even are

[cyclicCircumferentia]

I guess the biggest thing I don't get is what adjustment layers even are

oh whoops >>;
Adjustment Layers can be found here.

[Raizor]

Thanks, I'm gonna have to mess around with a bunch of stuff here soon. Also, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and assume you use a tablet. Can I ask what kind you use?

[Zeebiedeebie]

John Fairy!Vriska OTP

[cyclicCircumferentia]

Thanks, I'm gonna have to mess around with a bunch of stuff here soon. Also, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and assume you use a tablet. Can I ask what kind you use?

Intous 4 Wacom tablet, it's pretty awesome~

[Raizor]

ooh, I expected that would be more expensive.

methinks I'll shoot for getting one of them instead

[Arcana]

@cC:That's a great insight onto your awesome way of painting/coloring.
@Spleen: Ahahaha basement nerd Eridan!
@Kino: Dawwwww
@Retro: SWAT THAT BUG, JOHN!
@emesis: These DaddyDroog pics are becoming cute and snarky at the same time.
@Villain: Love that Trickster Dave, Eldritch Egbert, and Rose Strider!
@Differential: ......dawww that's sad. Yeah I don't think you'd get far socially in school with red eyes.

Inspired by PaulPower's earlier pic of a "First Gaurdian Rose"


Now that I think about it, if she is like this, then she would fit the title of "Seer of Light" rather well, so I put her god-tier garb. I still have a bit of hope for this awesome idea.