StarCraft II Artwork Thread

[Visions of Khas]

Shit, that's pretty badass. o_o

[Eligor]

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I'll admit, I'm not normally a fan of pencil sketches, but this was a piece of artwork I couldn't ignore.

Very cool.

Protoss Gothick.

[Visions of Khas]

Now for some instructional videos.

Mr Jack gives us some pointers in painting with style.







Tychus Findlay takes some time out from his busy schedule to pose for the artist.

[The_Blade]

Outstanding, these proves that white is a magical color.

[Visions of Khas]

Wow, Blade's racist.

[The_Blade]

Wow, Blade's racist.

I meant artwise... like when you added glow, or light reflections or even add ligh into something. I do the outline, then I shadow and finally I move into white and lights.

Should I now clarify my point any further? ^^

[Visions of Khas]

Naw, just giving you a hard time.

I usually leave blacks and whites for last, too. I get a little irritated sometimes when some artists say to NEVER use pure black, though. Black can add such presence and drama to a piece, or any number of other things. The same goes for white.

[Eligor]

Naw, just giving you a hard time.

I usually leave blacks and whites for last, too. I get a little irritated sometimes when some artists say to NEVER use pure black, though. Black can add such presence and drama to a piece, or any number of other things. The same goes for white.

I thinkk this depends on what medium you're using and what you want to achieve (it'll be a bit difficult to avoid black in a graphic pen and ink drawing ). The bit about not using pure, flat black I believe mostly applies to atmospheric darkness in watercolours.

[ZealotPowerade]

I thinkk this depends on what medium you're using and what you want to achieve (it'll be a bit difficult to avoid black in a graphic pen and ink drawing ). The bit about not using pure, flat black I believe mostly applies to atmospheric darkness in watercolours.

Not using pure white or pure black I think has to do with the fact that nothing in nature is purely black or purely white. Even what we consider to be a black glossy object such as the plastic casing of a computer monitor still reflects light in a way that makes it very, very dark grey. Then you have reflections on top of that. Even a white object might not be well lit in any given situation and will have a grey gradient and variations in color. Saving pure white and black for a small amount of extra depth is indeed what makes it come alive. Of course, all rules in art are meant to be broken

So it depends on the look you are trying to achieve I suppose. I usually work from dark to light, same as Visions of Khas, saving my blacks and whites for last. First thing I usually do is get rid of all the white on the page so I can see my colors since white will start to mess with your eyes and keep distort your perception of the surrounding colors.

Anywho.. do we have a part of this forum for talking about art techniques? I suppose a thread for that sort of thing could be in the off topic section. Just wondering because I love to get together and talk art with peeps

[The_Blade]

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