My art.

[dmahurdle]

After getting used to BlackInk (and falling even further in love with it) AND getting a Wacom tablet (before I was using a mouse...) I think my art has improved a tad. Based on a photo I took.

[alizah]

nice pic, thanks for sharing ur art work

[dmahurdle]

Inspired by (and painted on top of) a Skyrim screenshot. (Did not use Color From Image).

[dmahurdle]

Painted over a screenshot from Dishonored (without using image-based-color).

[dmahurdle]

Painted over a photo I took of a friend on a hike near SLC a month ago. Some day I'll break my reliance on reference material... :P

[mazieeric]

All the pictures are beautifully drawn. It was all amazing. Very appreciative.

[maninmachine]

Appreciation seconded. I think your method is great: good way to learn with good results. In my opinion (!), process is an integral part of defining art (and Bi certainly raises a lot of nebulous questions in that regard). Thank you for referencing the images, even if not used with image-based color. I especially like the textures in the fourth piece; very creative.

[dmahurdle]

Thanks for the kind words, guys! This one didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped, but I did it in around half an hour, so I'm not too disappointed, especially since I've never done a face before. This is based on the famous photograph portrait of Nikola Tesla.

[drbo42]

That's pretty good for half an hour and your first face. Looked up the same photo and gave it a shot. I'm inexperienced and as a result super slow so this is what I came up with after 4 hours. Keep at it. As a beginner with faces I highly recommend you stay the hell away from color. Get the basics down with B&W. Simplify it by just trying to see the relationships between shapes. Constantly look back at your reference. Squint if you need to pick out shading and in the case of a B&W, depth.

[chal4oye]

I think your method is great: good way to learn with good results. In my opinion (!), process is an integral part of defining art (and Bi certainly raises a lot of nebulous questions in that regard). Thank you for referencing the images, even if not used with image-based color. I especially like the textures in the fourth piece; very creative.