CAA: Christian Anime Alliance

Well, here's a new thread, since my first try at compy art is long gone. I'll just post some random stuff in here. Some of it's ok, some of it I'm not quite satisfied with, but I'd just like to share it with you guys and see what you all think. Here's one I did in GIMP. I think I could work on him a lot more, but I kinda beat him into the ground and to get what I want now I would have to deface him. His name is Chris Thomas. I like the name Christopher, it means "bearing Christ."

here's some stuff that I've done this year. They're all out of my old school sketchbook that I'm trying to fill up with art. The char. design one of brent has its problems, but he's kinda still in development as well as my style, which has changed since then. The one of the forest and the lady standing there I worked on at the beginning of this semester, but realized after I finished she had some problems with proportionality. I'm pretty happy w/ sword dude, except the shiny spots on his armor look fake. Anyone know how to do shiney spots real well? Sword girl is another one of my characters, not quite sure how she'll fit into my story, but I'll figure out something or other.

Here's one I drew for a friend at college. Obviously the cross isn't meant to be an accurate replica. The tomb, however, is poorly done and of course there's the dove (at least that's what it's SUPPOSED to be). Anyone have any good bird tips?

Oooh I think I like the last one the most

You have some neat drawings here Syreth. I see some areas where you could improve as well. On "sword dude" as you call him his feet look rather small, and his legs are kinda large.

The one with the forest is neat too. You worked hard on the scenery I can tell. I rarely stick with one picture enough to draw a background like that

The girl with the sword, she looks as if she's leaning directly on it. But the sword bypasses where her feet are planted, which tells me that the sword is in front of her. I think if the tip of the sword stops on the same line as her feet it would look more "correct."

Well, that's all I'll say for now. Keep it up

wow! i really like your art!!
the stuff's really unique.
good job. ^_^

Hey, thanks for the tips, Griff. It's helped me to look at some things differently. I never realized how small that guy's feet actually were! wow... I think I need to pay more attention during the drafting stage so that my proportions don't turn out messed up. Sometimes I just wanna get going on a drawing right away and get it finished.

Syreth wrote: Sometimes I just wanna get going on a drawing right away and get it finished.

Hey, I know exactly what you're talking about

You're pretty detailed, which adds a nice touch in all your pieces.

Griffy has already shared some good comments. About making the armor look shinier, perhaps making the outlines of the shiny part lighter, might help. I think the reason why the shiny part looks somewhat fake is because its outlines stand out too much. Another option may be to let the shiny part trail throughout each of the armor pieces (it's kinda hard to describe this option).

The sword girl looks a little buff to me. Was that intended?

Keep up the great job! XD

Hey, thanks for the advice about the shineys, as well as the compliment. I think I need to get used to texturing different materials. Yeah, I meant to make the sword girl look a little buff, but I got a little carried away. It is, after all, a pretty big sword, so it wouldn't make much sense to make her look petite, but hey, I guess it doesn't really matter all that much since the character is a fantasy-type.

I missed you and your work Syreth.

aww, thanks shehezerade, I missed you too!!

Hey I really liked your cross picture. Keep up the good work.

I was experimenting to try to get an underwater-type thing going on. Do you guys have any tips or critiques that would help me with this? I did my best, but I'm rather stumped. I'm using GIMP 2.

I would respond more in this thread but I don't use GIMP. ^_^; Is it somewhat alike to PShop?

I really like your artwork, Syreth. I agree that Brent Wood is a very cool character - I especially love how you've drawn the coat collars on the furthermost right picture. You've got that billowing out sooo nicely, it's making me jealous!

The computer coloured one at the start of the thread I also think looks excellent.

[quote="Mave"]I would respond more in this thread but I don't use GIMP. ^_^]
Hmm... I have no idea if it's like photoshop, cause I've never used photoshop! I probably missing out, huh? Everyone keeps saying how great it is. Well, I'd appreciate any advice you could give, really. Something to make it look... I dunno... more watery? or more like you're looking up from under the water?

You do good work.

The only advice I can give is to perhaps break up the circles a bit - so that they aren't joined all the way around. The choppiness of the waters could break up the clear lines and distore them more - but it depends how rough they are, of course.

Even adding some more light rippling shadows could help - but this is all just off the top of my head, so take it with a good dose of salt.

Hey, I'm back with some more art. *digs and digs* Hope it's okay to bring this thread back up here. This is my first attempt at doing the linework with pen, scanning and coloring digitally. I don't know why I picked that verse, I suppose it doesn't have much to do with the picture, but there you go.

#1 is Ashton Anchors from Star Ocean EX. I drew a freehand copy of a frame in the manga.

#2 is original. I call him a cyborg knight because after I drew it, I realized that there's no way a human could fit in that suit of armor. whoops.

#3 is obvious. Not original. Sasuke and Naruto.

#1 is one of my characters. His name is Rae. The mountains in the background look like haystacks. Oh well.

#2 is digital clouds. It was actually kinda fun to make and easier than I thought. I'm sure there's a better way to do them, so if you would like to enlighten me, go for it. Using GIMP. yay.

This one is a random combination of Biblical sites. The wall is from Hebron, the city of refuge. Jesus Christ is our fortress and a wall around us when the avenger of blood is chasing after us. His sacrifice is our protection.
The other Biblical site in this picture is Mars Hill, the Areopagus, where Paul gave his famous sermon to the epicurean and stoic philosophers. Christ is our Rock. He is our only sure foundation in life. My friend did the caligraphy. He's very good at it, isn't he? It's funny though, because his handwriting is terrible.

Wow, Syreth! These are NICE!!!!
My favorites are the first and last pictures.
You are pretty good with drawing rocks and waters. And all that background stuff people usually have problems with! I also like how to shade and tone everything with your pencil instead of just having lineart. It really sets a mood and look good.
Cool cool stuff!!!! ^___^ Yay.
If only this was DeviantArt. I'd add you to my watch list!

Hey, thanks for the encouragement, buddy! Always much appreciated. I see you are a Naruto fan as well as a Kakashi fan. You have good taste, my friend (also a cool avatar).

Pic #1 Winged Bride -- Is she an angel? Not necessarily. Just because a person has wings doesn't mean they're an angel. I drew her at a time that I needed to, cause I was drawing too many scary things and they were tripping me out. Of course, that was probably because I had a high fever at the time and I was stuffed full of tylenol too.

Pic #2 Evil -- I don't know her name yet. Any ideas? She's evil. Incredibly evil, even though she doesn't totally look like it.

Pic #3 Brent -- Yeah, another Brent pic. I like drawing that guy.