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[Blackdutchie]

Unib Tobulazuz Titthalgemsit Itdun: Retrieve arms.

[Fault]

I painted the interior of a Dwarf Fortress. the graven monoliths are stockpile warehouses, and the pipes are for transporting water and magma.

this was the first time I really used the multiply layer function.

originally this was a black and white watercolour. I added colour and touch-ups using SAI.

[strongrudder]

The watercolor base lends it a really great texture. Really has that dwarven feel to it, too - carefully hewn out of the rock and bathed in the glow of magma. >

[Cruxador]

Damn, that's beautiful. I mean, your drawings are normally great, but in the sense that they represent something well and have interesting design, and are well executed. This is all those things, and it also is extremely aesthetically pleasant.

[Fault]

I attempted to colour a watercolour of a dwarf using digital media...

the results were mixed. I guess it looks kinda good, but it's not the aesthetic I hoped I'd get.

[Aklyon]

Kinda reminds me of LoZ: Wind Waker, with a bit more detail.

[Buttery_Mess]

Faultless, Fault

[Cruxador]

It looks fine, Fault. It's not as remarkably unique as stuff you do other ways, but that's okay. What was the aesthetic you were trying for, here?

On a different note: I saw a Gamzee posted elsewhere which looked to be your style; have you done other homestuck stuff which I might find somewhere around?

[Fault]

What was the aesthetic you were trying for, here?

it's embarrassing how little this looks like what the idea was... long story short, I have become enamoured with the aesthetic used in the works of Sam Bosma, Kali Ciesemier, Emily Carroll, Hiimdaisy.... there are a lot of artists who have this intriguing look, actually.

I like the way they use colour and outline - there's tons of detail, and yet it never appears convoluted - some stuff is outlined, some stuff isn't, and it never looks inconsistent - and there's always such a profound completeness to the image. You can never tell where the artist started and where they finished, every element fits together as if the piece just sprang fully formed from the paper.

I love this look and I can not for the life of me wrap my head around the process. It was stupid to just slap colour underneath a watercolour and think it'd be anywhere close to it... I just gotta keep experimenting I guess.

I saw a Gamzee posted elsewhere which looked to be your style; have you done other homestuck stuff which I might find somewhere around?

uh, yeah, a bit . what was the picture you saw that looked like I drew it?

[Cruxador]

What was the aesthetic you were trying for, here?

it's embarrassing how little this looks like what the idea was... long story short, I have become enamoured with the aesthetic used in the works of Sam Bosma, Kali Ciesemier, Emily Carroll, Hiimdaisy.... there are a lot of artists who have this intriguing look, actually.

I like the way they use colour and outline - there's tons of detail, and yet it never appears convoluted - some stuff is outlined, some stuff isn't, and it never looks inconsistent - and there's always such a profound completeness to the image. You can never tell where the artist started and where they finished, every element fits together as if the piece just sprang fully formed from the paper.

I love this look and I can not for the life of me wrap my head around the process. It was stupid to just slap colour underneath a watercolour and think it'd be anywhere close to it... I just gotta keep experimenting I guess.

Ah, I see what you mean. The closest I can get to that would be to figure out some large, monocolor zones (with clean edges, of course) and then put some very minimal bits of color on with about 10% transparency, to get things like detail and shading. Doing more of that would look more like Bosma, less would look more like Ciesemier. The most important bit is the contours, the coloring is just a sort of an afterthought.

I saw a Gamzee posted elsewhere which looked to be your style; have you done other homestuck stuff which I might find somewhere around?

uh, yeah, a bit . what was the picture you saw that looked like I drew it?

It was the one titled "Bard of Rage" in that gallery, but modified such that MSPA notifier parsed it as transparent.

[Mephansteras]

I really like the beard effect, Fault. It's just about perfect, I think.

Does kind of make the rest of the figure a bit...2d compared to it.

[Fault]

Ah, I see what you mean. The closest I can get to that would be to figure out some large, monocolor zones (with clean edges, of course) and then put some very minimal bits of color on with about 10% transparency, to get things like detail and shading. Doing more of that would look more like Bosma, less would look more like Ciesemier. The most important bit is the contours, the coloring is just a sort of an afterthought.

yeah, that makes sense. I think I've been forgetting another important element, though... it seems like it'd help the composition if I had backgrounds for these images rather than just dudes floating in white space. I mean how is the image supposed to look complete if I don't... complete it

oh and another thing... noses are usually darker and more redder than the face surrounding them... except when they aren't...

It was the one titled "Bard of Rage" in that gallery, but modified such that MSPA notifier parsed it as transparent.

oh, yeah.... that notifier image was pretty popular back when everyone was on about psycho gamzee... glad to see it's gotten around I guess.

[Comrade]

This is what i feel when i see the ghosts. I also tried out writing a signature. This is the last time i add one into my art. I was going to make that picture transparent but i forgot to remove the white background, my fault.

[OmnipotentGrue]

That actually looks pretty spooky, nice job. It's a real shame you forgot to remove the white, I think it would have given a lot more emphasis to the eyes/mouth which I think you gave a nice spooky glow effect.

[Spreggo]

Made this dwarf mini (1.7cm):

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

It was my first try. I made a better one today that was designed for casting. Right now it is under a blob of silicone and fate is uncertain.