Drawing style of Indy and FOA

[demetri]

Can anyone give me some pointers on how to draw like the style like in Indy and FOA?? It would be appreciated.

[cpage]

ladida

http://www.geocities.com/indyprojectus/stalwarttutorial.html

NOTE:  The tutorial uses Deluxe Paint But thats exactly what you want

[LucasFan]

Since I can't even draw a tree, I tried to colorize photographs with Paintshop. Is there a trick to make them look less realistic, especially the flying boat?

[D · Y · D · O]

I'm surprised how well that works. They look great.

[LucasFan]

The photographs I used.

[Spyros]

:o:o:o
It's amazing.
How exactly do you do this?

[LucasFan]

I copied little textures from FOA-screens (walls of houses, water, trees) and used a semi-transparent brush to paint them over the images.

[Esseb]

Heh, you left out the tree but the shadow of it is still on the building .

[Scummbuddy]

I really don't see anything wrong with these pictures.  (didnt see that shadow though)  I think these give off that feel really well.  Keep it up.

[Gonzo]

I second Scummbuddy's comments, I'd keep using that technique, captures the FoA feel very well.

[m0ds]

I heard the guys making FoY need an FOA style artist...

m0ds

[magintz]

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR!!!!!!!

How is everyone but me able to draw...... by me I actually mean most of the "older" ags members from way back.......... all you new kids on the block are cramping my style.................. by style I mean MSPAINT DRAWING SKILLS

[El-mUerTe]

holey moley, nice pics  :O)

what program did you use?  

[Pessi]

El-Muerte, re-read the thread and thou shall find thy answereth.

[Gonzo]

I might have to try my hand at this kind of background, looks neat.

[ratracer]

The end result is very, very good...
I usually use smat blur to make photos a bit like drawings but your technique is way much better...

still, I've been trying to get to FOA style and it ain't easy!!!

[Pessi]

For anyone that gives this technique a try, I suggest close studying of the colors of the reference images while drawing over them. I think colors are the main reason why reference makes the image look that good. The secondary matters would probably be shapes - perspective, but that is easier to achieve without reference.

This is a good opportunity to gradually work without reference and still produce the same quality of backgrounds. Or if you still prefer working with reference, you can start adding extra stuff to the background, as it's really hard to find a picture with everything necessary on the right places.

[Vel]

Lucasfan, how about posting these textures here?

[LucasFan]

Posting textures? The FOA-screenshots are my "textures".
Btw.: Miez is the FOA-king.  

[Scummbuddy]

Haha... well, really, your shots here are very much so in competition with his art... and he uses a tablet.  

Both of you guys are very talented at what you do.