Board Home | Search | Login The Resistance HQ :: Resistance Forums :: EC-10 Sense Offenses :: Preston Fanart (Paint Shop Pro) Author Topic: Preston Fanart (Paint Shop Pro) (Read 834 times) Sarah Resistance Member member is offline Joined: Mar 2006 Gender: Female Posts: 23 Location: England Preston Fanart (Paint Shop Pro) « Thread Started on Apr 8, 2006, 8:48am » Hi! I was bored today so I decided I'd draw John Preston I didn't have much luck with the drawing part, so I decided I would trace over a photograph and use it as a guide. This is the image I decided to use, from the lovely movie stills section: http://www.freewebs.com/equilibrium-movie/Equilibrium_Still0383-Preston.jpg I then chose all the colours, and coloured over the photograph bit by bit. I blended all the colours together with the smudge brush. I decided to pick colours that were really bright, to show he is "alive" and feeling (on a side note, until watching the DVD commentary with Kurt Wimmer, I had never noticed in the scene where they take Viviana away, that she was colourful and Preston was not). So anyway, here it is! http://www.deviantart.com/view/31514654/ I do think his eyes are sort of dead feeling, where I want them to be bursting with life, but I just can't figure out how to fix it! I am overall quite pleased, but I wish I didn't have to trace over a source image to get here! Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Witcher Wolf Grammaton Cleric First Class member is offline Monster hunter for hire. Will work for Orens! Joined: Oct 2003 Gender: Male Posts: 4,772 Location: UK - England Re: Preston Fanart (Paint Shop Pro) « Reply #1 on Apr 8, 2006, 9:22am » This is pretty good, nice shading there I think the eyes being dead could be attributed to the fact that he's in Cleric mode there, even the source image to me doesn't have much life or feeling in those eyes, they're the eyes of a man who shows by the set of his face, he means business. If they had a little more light, perhaps a tiny bit of highlighting to them then they'd probably seem more alive. All in all I like it Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Ashes: my EQ Fiction The Chronicles of Wyrden: Webcomic Sarah Resistance Member member is offline Joined: Mar 2006 Gender: Female Posts: 23 Location: England Re: Preston Fanart (Paint Shop Pro) « Reply #2 on Apr 8, 2006, 12:20pm » Aw I'm glad you like it, and thanks for taking the time to respond to me I think I am going to do another, maybe in a more action-y pose.... It's the only way I can deal with my Equilibrium-itis! Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Eithne Ame Grammaton Cleric member is offline Grammaton Acolyte Joined: Jun 2005 Gender: Female Posts: 154 Location: Moscow Re: Preston Fanart (Paint Shop Pro) « Reply #3 on Apr 9, 2006, 1:53am » I think it's nicely done, Sarah! And I love the eyes Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged "I reached inside myself and found nothing there to ease the pressure of my ever-worrying mind... I reached inside myself today thinking there's got to be some way to keep my troubles distant" © A-HA "Against all odds and your own natures... you have suvived" © Father Sarah Resistance Member member is offline Joined: Mar 2006 Gender: Female Posts: 23 Location: England Re: Preston Fanart (Paint Shop Pro) « Reply #4 on Apr 9, 2006, 3:09am » Thanks, I actually fixed the eyes as per Cleric Wolf's advice Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Witcher Wolf Grammaton Cleric First Class member is offline Monster hunter for hire. Will work for Orens! Joined: Oct 2003 Gender: Male Posts: 4,772 Location: UK - England Re: Preston Fanart (Paint Shop Pro) « Reply #5 on Apr 9, 2006, 6:28am » *grins wolfishly* Being more an author than an artist I'll say, wow, nicely done. I know a few things about art though since I'm married to an illustrator. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Ashes: my EQ Fiction The Chronicles of Wyrden: Webcomic frivolity Guest Re: Preston Fanart (Paint Shop Pro) « Reply #6 on Apr 9, 2006, 1:51pm » Sarah, that is fabby Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged JenGe Evidentiary Storage Officer member is offline "Its just a vestigial word for a feeling you've never felt." Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 8,505 Location: Surfing the Net Re: Preston Fanart (Paint Shop Pro) « Reply #7 on Apr 23, 2006, 9:47am » Hey, that is quite impressive!! I'm currently in the process of catching up on all the fan stuff here on the boards and will try to get to this in the next week or so. Sorry that it took me so long to get to it!!! Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged "We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented." - Truman Show Optics Resistance Member member is offline "To Save humanity, we must destroy it." Joined: Apr 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 45 Re: Preston Fanart (Paint Shop Pro) « Reply #8 on Apr 24, 2006, 6:11pm » Looks pretty good! Post some more if you deciede to do any. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged http://cashcrate.com/697309 - Make money online http://www.surveysafari.x10hosting.com/ - Ny website - a guide to making money online MisterAnderson Lead Sweeper The Burly Man member is offline NO BRAWLING! 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