Weapons (new pic)...

[Trainz]

Ok. I am lightyears away from the talent of half the excellent artists that post here, but I learned how to use paintshop last week, and I'm having a blast with it. Here is what I did so far:

A rod:

 

[Trainz]

And a falchion:

 

[Trainz]

And a new one, an elven greatbow:

 

[Lalato]

I don't see anything...

 

[Greg K]

I don't either.

 

[Trainz]

Dammit... I do, but that's probably because I uploaded on Geocities... I'll try to fix this, tell me if you do see it.

 

[ThoughtBubble]

I see it now.

Glad you're enjoying yourself, and you've got a nice sense of line.

Would you like a little constructive critism?

 

[Trainz]

Hell yeah !

 

[ThoughtBubble]

Try placing some shadow areas down. Basically, once each picture has a dominant light source, in any place where the curvature of the object obscures light reaching it, darken the far end.

The fastest way to do this (probablly should only be used on low detail areas), is to take the basic color over an area, darken it fairly dramatically, and use the airbrush, set to a low percentage (5%-7% is what I use). Then, just brush it over the darker portions a few times.

There are much better methods for doing this, using floating selections and layers and other neat tricks. But I think the next step would be to lend images some more weight with shadows. It'll really help get rid of the sticker look.

 

[Trainz]

Thanks, I'll experiment with it. I might need some more feedback once I tested it.