Aragwaith portraits

Post by **Sgt. Groovy** » September 28th, 2006, 9:36 am

The bending can also be done with displacement maps. Most tutorial's for them actually use waving flag for example. Here's one.

Post by **wayfarer** » October 19th, 2006, 7:02 pm

Thanks for the hint.

You can count the campaigns on the finger of a blind butcher who still use my old axethower. So for those who still have use for him a small goodie.

Ranger M · Post by **Ranger M** » October 19th, 2006, 8:40 pm

wayfarer wrote:Thanks for the hint.

You can count the campaigns on the finger of a blind butcher who still use my old axethower. So for those who still have use for him a small goodie.

Looks great, I was wondering what you would do with that dwarf head.

Post by **wayfarer** » October 20th, 2006, 10:29 am

Ranger M wrote:
wayfarer wrote:Thanks for the hint.

You can count the campaigns on the finger of a blind butcher who still use my old axethower. So for those who still have use for him a small goodie.
Looks great, I was wondering what you would do with that dwarf head.

I just didn't stopped with the face I regulary update my scraps with work in progress so you have just seen my first steps. Still the left hand and feet bugs me but I had to finish it else this guy have would have carried a complete furnishing.

Post by **Zhukov** » October 20th, 2006, 10:58 am

*thinks this is great*

If you want critique, I'd suggest raising the waist (i.e. the belt) a little to give him a tad more leg and less torso...if that makes sense...

Ranger M · Post by **Ranger M** » October 20th, 2006, 12:24 pm

wayfarer wrote:I just didn't stopped with the face I regulary update my scraps with work in progress so you have just seen my first steps. Still the left hand and feet bugs me but I had to finish it else this guy have would have carried a complete furnishing.

I'll be sure to check more regularly from now on.

Post by **wayfarer** » October 20th, 2006, 12:49 pm

Zhukov wrote:*thinks this is great*

If you want critique, I'd suggest raising the waist (i.e. the belt) a little to give him a tad more leg and less torso...if that makes sense...

Actual I will shorten the torso. In my opinion dwarves should look more compact high as wide.

Ranger M wrote:
wayfarer wrote:I just didn't stopped with the face I regulary update my scraps with work in progress so you have just seen my first steps. Still the left hand and feet bugs me but I had to finish it else this guy have would have carried a complete furnishing.
I'll be sure to check more regularly from now on.

I make this regular just in case I make an mistake, erase it or whatever. I'm superstitious this and the fact that I should reinstall my windows.

Woo_Hoi · Post by **Woo_Hoi** » October 20th, 2006, 4:17 pm

I can see!
the picture is here:

Post by **wayfarer** » October 20th, 2006, 4:59 pm

It was, sometimes Deviantart has issues

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Ranger M · Post by **Ranger M** » October 20th, 2006, 5:50 pm

wayfarer wrote:I make this regular just in case I make an mistake, erase it or whatever. I'm superstitious this and the fact that I should reinstall my windows.

I've taken to backing up everying to a 200 GB external hard drive which is at home (I use svn to write to it easily, and so that I can point other people to it if needed), and all of my most recent stuff to a memory stick that I have with me (at home or at school)

Post by **wayfarer** » October 24th, 2006, 7:31 pm

Ok actual not important. A cuttted dwarf now he is small but still no Chainmail

Post by **Sgt. Groovy** » October 25th, 2006, 1:20 pm

I think the proportions a a bit off. If his head is the same size as a human head, that would make him about 100 cm tall. There has been discussion about dwarvish proportions before.

Your dwarf has the proprtions of the sprite, which should not be considered for portraits. In sprites, the proprtions are much more cartoonish (bigger head, shorter limbs) than in portraits.

Ranger M · Post by **Ranger M** » October 25th, 2006, 1:24 pm

Proportion wise I would say that the legs could be a little longer, but for the most part it's fine.

EDIT: to be more specific, the head and torso, assuming that the torse ends a little below the belt, are about what I would imgine dwarvish proportions to be, but the legs are litterally tiny on him, I hadn't noticed before but they really should be bigger.

Post by **Sgt. Groovy** » October 25th, 2006, 7:09 pm

Well, since my early dwarves always were criticised for not being puffy enough, I would say that bigger shoulders and broader chest wouldn't hurt either.

Post by **wayfarer** » October 25th, 2006, 7:43 pm

Ok lets discuss dwarven anatomy a little just got time.

I tried to stick to this one.

My mistake is mostly that the haed is too big. (I made the face before the rest terrible mistake. )

Than the rest adds together
On a site note I like the idea in this reference that dwarves try to hide their heads between big shoulder plates like a turtle. I will use this in the second try but for know I'm reworking my first portrait and I also got some new ones on the plate. Yeah drawing is fun.