Hello Everyone and Welcome to the Drawing a Science Fiction Character Series.
In this second part, Tim Von Rueden takes you through adding value and shading to a sci-fi character.
In this step I took the three silhouettes I asked you guys to help chose in part 1 for me to continue on with. I lined them up, filled in the silhouette and went at it. I started by creating a main light source in mind that I would then use to place my values and create form from. So essentially the light was just a helpful reminder as to where the shades of grey should be placed depending on the material that is reflecting that light.
Overall I had fun working on these three concepts because of how different they were from each other, the three concepts I was running with in my mind was this:
1. The Rugged Manual Laborer - taking a break shift from his job to enjoy a cigarette and reflect on the day
2. The Proud Sharpshooter – An overconfident dead eye that is a little too arrogant and naive
3. The Runaway Unfinished Android – During his completion something triggered in his mind and he needed to get out of there, with cords still hanging off his unfinished build, he is escaping from his creation establishment
Below are some video stills from the different stages of this tutorial!
1. First I lined up the three silhouettes from the initial tutorial that you guys chose for me to continue with.
2. Then I added in a light source to each and showed how to add value and shading accordingly to the characters.
3. The Final Result after adding value and form to each of the three.
YES,the laborer got picked.
Long awaited! Gonna watch it right now. By the way there is my attempt at creating 3d model of your silhouette: http://cgcookie.com/blender/images/bot_05_finished/
I used 5th one sillhouette. In my profile you can also find some wips and render tests. thnaks again for letting me to use them.
P.s. It may not be in a very good quality, but as i said I’m just beginner.
Hey that’s looking pretty neat! Thank you for going forward with these silhouettes and creating a 3D model out of them!
Very nice. Can’t wait for the next step. I also think it’s great that you are showing your face. It will pay off in the long run.
cool really helpful cheers man
Thanks for sharing this helpful information. I like the way the materials and lighting reflect the surface to create an ominous feel. Also it seems the third concept looks alot like general grievous from Star Wars
Love what you’ve done on the characters. They will look really great once they are all finished
Thanks I am excited to start the next part soon and add in some color!
Hey,
I am new to the digital canvas and I use Photoshop Elements 9. It seems that all my brush strokes come out as solid colors, but I noticed in the video that the brushes come out with a blended quality to them like real paint. If you know of a specific brush or solution, please let me know.
Thank you!
I’m interested in this too. If you could share the rest of the brush settings it would be awesome!
He is using a graphic tablet, which has pen pressure. You can set up different properties to that presure. Like thickness of the line or the opacity, and many other crazy usefull things,