Howdy, I'm Alyson! Feel free to call me Cliffe, Alyson or "Hey you!" I'm also known as "Cliffue" on Steam, XboxLive and PSN.
I'm a 3D artist and majored in Game Art and Design. I do some 2D art on the side.
I also run a Journey ask blog: A Wayfarers Tale
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I got asked about eyes and how to convey expression through them, so I doodles some quick stuffs to help explain.
So have some eyeballs.
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https://www.facebook.com/Anatomy4Sculptors/photos_albums
Such a fantastic resource!!
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Some great and simple tutorials from DerSketchie on DeviantArt
They have more tutorials in their Gallery so check them out!Saving this for the pants portion.
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Hip Tips
Hips are the biggest pain in the ass, I swear. Some decent shortcuts.
HOLY FREE ART PROGRAMS BATMAN
I’ve had this list sitting around for a while (in case I ever want to try something new) and I thought I’d share it, because why the hell not, everybody loves free stuff. I’ve only used a couple, so for all I know these could be complete shit. BUT YOU NEVER KNOW, RIGHT?
*= available for both windows and mac os
GIMP * - Does a lot of the same stuff as Photoshop.
FireAlpaca * - Similar to Paint Tool Sai, so it’s a good alternative for Mac users.
Autodesk Sketchbook Copic Edition * - Simulates the look of copic markers.
MyPaint * - Basic stuff, nothing fancy.
Pinta * - Drawing program modeled after paint.NET.
Inkscape * - Vector/drawing program meant to be similar to Illustrator.
ArtRage * - Digital painting program; you can get the trimmed down version for free or buy the full version with more features.
Sumo Paint * - In-browser drawing app.
DAZ Studio * - Some sort of 3D model poser thing.
Pencil * - Software for animating.
SketchUp * - Tool for making 3D models. Looks handy for stuff like architectural drawings.
Blender * - Pretty popular 3D software.
escape motions * - Some browser apps, fun to fiddle with when you’re bored (the fluid fire simulation is pretty cool imo).
Twistedbrush (Pixarra) - Seems to be meant for replicating the look of traditional media.
Pixia/Phierha - A popular program in Japan, according to the website.
Krita - This was originally made for Linux and it looks like the developers haven’t ironed out all of the kinks in the Windows installer.
Artweaver - Another trimmed down free thing if you don’t want to buy the full program.
paint.NET - Pretty basic kit, probably good for simple stuff.
Project Dogwaffle - I’m not sure what this one is all about because I couldn’t stop laughing at the terrible website.
Speedy Painter - Lightweight digital painting program.
mtPaint - Originally made for pixel art; simple enough to run on older computers.
Chasys Draw IES - Supposed to be some sort of drawing+image editor thing.
PaintRibbon - Seems to be another plain old basic image editor.
DrawPlus - Looks like it’s made for graphic design and vector stuff.
SmoothDraw - I’m guessing this is a basic thing for people who don’t want to bother with complicated stuff.
Thanks to azuli for letting us know about this!
Process for slime girl, and in fact my painting process for everything. :>
Sketch: Self explanatory. I usually use the brush for basic blocking and tighten up the sketch with the pen tool. Depending on the character/complexity I’ll use different colors too.
Flats: Set sketch to multiply, throw background color on, block in base colors. Slime girl is one solid color, lucky me.
Shadow blocking!: I use another multiply layer and pick whatever color I want my shadows to be and block in shadows. It’s usually really loose and is just to give me an idea.
Highlights: Overlay layer, similar to shadows, but with whatever I use for my lighting color. Usually it’s the complement of the shadows, but on occasion I’ll go more for a more analogous color scheme.
Painting!!: With my color palette laid out I paint on a new layer above all the others. I use a brush still and constantly fuck with the density and color blending to make things look the way I want. I’ll also mark colors on the side for easy reference. This part is usually 2-3 layers, depending on how complex the character is or how many overlapping shapes there are. I usually paint my textures as I go, and slime girl didn’t have any, sorry. :<
Touch ups: Delete sketch layer, fix any mistakes or areas that are now unclear without the sketch layer showing through. This part takes a lot of fu ckin’ time and I hate doing it. Sometimes I’ll just leave the sketch on so I don’t have to fuck with everything.
Final shit: select two colors, paint over everything on separate layer. Then overlay the color and drop the opacity down for a subtle effect. In this case I also did a multiply layer too. Because what the fuck ever I do what I want.
Final image looks like this.
The end.
Finished image here.
patterned fabrics by oione from DeviantArt
Okay, this exists, so no one has an excuse to put a dog nose on everything anymore.
GOOD TO KNOW.
I knew some of these but still VERY HANDY
