Lean's Graphics Gallery: Star Wars Model Kit Comps

[Lean]

Oh crap. I really don't want to stay as a college instructor forever.

[jenz]

i'm tired of telling you how good your works are. so i'll just skip that part and ask for that tutorial. rlz pls.

[Lean]

It is done!



Alright, bad joke.

This will be the sample for S.H.I.T. #2.

This is the source photo, screencap from The Dark Knight.

A few WIP photos:

Line-art:


Flat-colors:


Adjusted shading and color overlay:


Added a background (from a resource photo then filtered), rain effect and droplets:


Final product: (added logos and copyrighted stuff plus a random barcode)


S.H.I.T. #2 coming up.

[GH33]

WOW!!! beautiful

Proud to be PINOY!!!

and i can't wait on that S.H.I.T. that is coming up!!! hahaha

[Modifly]

You keep making me speechless Lean. Sometimes I just dont even know what to say. It's sooo damn good. The droplets and reflection is incredible. Matter of fact it's all incredible. I'm going to call you Mr.Incredible from here on out.

Please bless us with S.H.I.T #2 soon. I'm dying over here.

[Lean]

Wow you guys are quick. Thanks for the kind words.

Right now I'm doing a draft for the tutorial. But I want the layout to be proper unlike the one from SHIT#1, which was made from Word. So Word.

Basically the lines + colors (on Batman alone) is merely composed of two layers. The rain and background is filtered, and the small droplets (and thin lines on his arms, and the scratches on the suit) is made out of the Pen Tool.

Counting all the layers that essentially makes up Batman, there are only three: the line layer, the color layer, and the base (or source) photo.

[Modifly]

Of course we are quick. We've been waiting for you to post, and once you did, bang! We strike like wolves. We bite too if you do something wrong.

Eventhough there are only three layers, I bet it doesn't sound as easy as it is. I'm more than certain that you will be able to pass on your knowledge to us fully though. Explaining is your thing. Dont put the pressure on yourself though. By the way, I think you did that fairly quickly considered the quality of the product. Am I right?

[Lean]

Compared to vectoring pussycats, this one is fairly much faster to accomplish. The hardest thing in doing that comics-style is the shading, wherein (like in vectoring), you need to refer to your base photo every now and then.

I'll try to explain up to the background of that photo. Hopefully I won't run out of words. ENGLISH words.

[Modifly]

What's with the italic Lean? Making sure we dont get things wrong?

We trust you in making a great tutorial.

[Lean]

Yes, though my original intention was to write "vectoring pussies."

[jenz]

if ever you run out of english words, i wouldn't mind.

[Angelo]

Ill wait for the tuto so that i could also make one

[Modifly]

Megan Fox carnicature, Kris?

[Angelo]

Definitely

and here is the pic that im planning to vector out it is not that hi res but i think itll just do fine..

WARNING! Mojo Stimulator

[Lean]

HOLY....!!!

[Modifly]

I've always liked Batman more than I do Superman. That changes today.

[GH33]

Lean, i hope you've seen my latest works, i would love to hear your comments on it

Kris, that image of megan fox isn't real, it's photoshoped, it's not megan fox if it has her V*g**a showing... is that allowed in the forum? that face is from an FHM photoshoot, i think.

Modifly, Batman is DC's baby

[J@3]

How's your drawing? (freehand)

[Lean]

I can draw, yes. But beyond sketches, I lack materials for coloring and stuff.

[Modifly]

Not just her V, her T is showing as well.

You have good eyes, GH33. Good naughty eyes. I didn't even notice that the pic has her V showing until you said so.

[Joe']

I've already told you on Facebook, but my friend, that is one awesome piece of art. It gives me the much needed inspiration to finish my restoration of Batman #1. As you can see, I'm stuck on the cover, have been for a few months . Can't wait for S.H.I.T. #2

[Modifly]

By the way Lean, I've been trying to polish my new avatar for two days now. I tried using the pentool to trace around the rough strokes that you said in order to make them sharp and straight, but I haven't had any success so far. Everytime I "make a selection", the nice straight lines that I've made up by joining the vertices together turn into a zigzag line. Any ideas? I tried checking and unchecking the anti-aliasing box, but it doesn't make any difference.

Thanks in advance for the help.

[J@3]

I can draw, yes. But beyond sketches, I lack materials for coloring and stuff.

Just scan it and colour it in PS. Your colouring on these pics is pretty amazing.

[Lean]

I've already told you on Facebook, but my friend, that is one awesome piece of art. It gives me the much needed inspiration to finish my restoration of Batman #1. As you can see, I'm stuck on the cover, have been for a few months . Can't wait for S.H.I.T. #2

Seen your work, and it's very clean. I think I should start on the tutorial now so I can show the guide in pen tool brush strokes.

By the way Lean, I've been trying to polish my new avatar for two days now. I tried using the pentool to trace around the rough strokes that you said in order to make them sharp and straight, but I haven't had any success so far. Everytime I "make a selection", the nice straight lines that I've made up by joining the vertices together turn into a zigzag line. Any ideas? I tried checking and unchecking the anti-aliasing box, but it doesn't make any difference.

Thanks in advance for the help.

How large is your canvass? (the psd's resolution?) I think it can only be fixed by re-doing the entire avatar on a bigger canvass and just re-size it back to the forum avatar size.

Just scan it and colour it in PS. Your colouring on these pics is pretty amazing.

Thanks Jae. I actually did that a few years back (2005) but inked the sketch with a ballpoint pen, and the result is a coloring-book like work.

I might take a stab on that, thanks for the reminder Jae.

Well here's a sample of my sketches, err, with a cheap ballpoint pen:



shot by the crappy camera of my phone.

[Null17]

Nice colorwork. By far, the most impressive work of yours that I've seen. Interested in becoming a comic book colorist?