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Title: A Swashbuckling Elaine Marley
Post by: Neole on Tue 29/04/2003 14:12:58
Almost no shading on this one, so its ripe for coloring if anyone wants to (and I would love to see it colored!)

(http://www.2dadventure.com/dsg/dsg030429.jpg)
Title: Re:A Swashbuckling Elaine Marley
Post by: Mats Berglinn on Tue 29/04/2003 15:29:50
Looks great but Elaine doesn't have an eye-patch. Those boxes behind her is a bit weird formed. Otherwise very good.
Title: Re:A Swashbuckling Elaine Marley
Post by: BOYD1981 on Tue 29/04/2003 16:18:02
she's clothed!!!
Title: Re:A Swashbuckling Elaine Marley
Post by: Neole on Tue 29/04/2003 16:56:02
Mats, eye patches were a craze between MI2 and CMI. I did the background rather quickly so the oddities there (its a barrel).

BOYD, I'll get that right next time.
Title: Re:A Swashbuckling Elaine Marley
Post by: Eggie on Tue 29/04/2003 18:12:35
*applauses*

Maybe you shouldn't have filled in her hair black...she has brownish redish hair... ???
Title: Re:A Swashbuckling Elaine Marley
Post by: Flippy_D on Tue 29/04/2003 18:16:12
Nice one Neole
Title: Re:A Swashbuckling Elaine Marley
Post by: Erwin_Br on Tue 29/04/2003 22:51:47
Hmmm, it's harder than I thought to colour someone's work.

Anyway, the shadows didn't come out very well but I only spend 10-15 minutes to colour this image.

(http://212.187.21.95/elaine-colored.gif)

--Erwin
Title: Re:A Swashbuckling Elaine Marley
Post by: Neole on Wed 30/04/2003 06:29:52
Wow Erwin, the beauty of that one truely plucks at my soul strings! I think its the skin color that gives it the old-pirate-treasure-map look. Also I had missed putting in the sea, i had thought the horizon would be on a much lower level than the sea top - now that you've added it really makes it swashbuckling! The shadows as you mentioned are the problem, I never add shadows with a soft brush (I try not to use the burn tool too, but that works nicely most times). I find a hard edged brush gives more realistic shadows, as the sun would cast much sharper shadows than these, as for example on the pole behind elaine.

Thanks for the compliments guys! I had quite forgotten what Elaine looks like and mostly just did a female pirate hoping for a resemblance.
Eggie, she does seem to have had black hair sometime in the past though -
http://eayz.ka-boom.de/reports/056_11.jpg
Title: Re:A Swashbuckling Elaine Marley
Post by: Jimi on Wed 30/04/2003 18:35:52
Quote from: BOYD1981 on Tue 29/04/2003 16:18:02
she's clothed!!!

What are you saying??? (Good job!)
Title: Re:A Swashbuckling Elaine Marley
Post by: Czar on Wed 30/04/2003 20:20:33
Well, i dont want to make you feel bad, but her hand, right hand, with the rope,looks kinda weird...
Title: Re:A Swashbuckling Elaine Marley
Post by: Neole on Thu 01/05/2003 10:15:15
Yeah I had noticed that. Its cos of the two layer of cloth thingies it got twisted out of straightness..