Vyoma
Dec 29 2006, 08:54 AM
Here is a work in progress I would like to share it with Astahosters. Lately, a friend of mine joined my blogging team at Splat. She had been of great help even before when I was working on my website WiseTome.com though she just joined Splat. To show my appreciation, I thought I would gift her an artwork. And with this, I hope to improve my skills too. So, here goes.  It is still a work in progress. I used her photograph as a reference and worked on it from scratch in Inkscape. The basic outline with flat colors is done, and I have just started to work on the details. I hope to complete it as early as possible, but every now and then, I would post updates here. Nothing much would change other than the shading detail I would be adding. Right now, little work has been done on the highlights - work still remains on the highlights. After that, I would need to work on the shadows. For those who know vector art, I would like to state that to this point, I have not used any gradients. I have only used bezier paths and polygons with flat color fills. I might use few gradients to give additional depth at the end of it. But as far as possible, I am trying to get this artwork done with flat colors. Effort Spent: 3.5 hrs Software: InkScape
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Chesso
Dec 29 2006, 09:23 AM
I don't know much about drawing, but I'm wondering is that weird colour blotching due to the image perhaps being compressed or some such? Iv'e noticed that look one some video and games the it's lost colour or had it reduced, something like that. Or is that how it is meant to look?
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Vyoma
Dec 29 2006, 10:02 AM
The blotching look would come, Chesso, since I am still working on it. It still have just basic flat colors applied. To illustrate the point, look at her left eye and right eye. Her right eye (left one on the image) is less blotchy looking and more crisp for one reason - it has more details. Her left eye (right one on the image) is very blotchy and flat. I have not yet put in the details. Here are some screen shots from Inkscape of the left and right eye. Her left eye (less detail):  Her right eye (more detail):  Similarly, her left cheek looks blotchy:  And her right cheek and nose looks smooth and shaded:  Get it? So, it is not because of the compression or something. It just has that much details - I am yet to begin fleshing it out. As indicated it is till in the WIP phase.
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Chesso
Dec 29 2006, 10:27 AM
Oh I see, it's just that I see that blotchyness alot due to image compression on a lossy level for because of reduction in or stretching in size and what not. I never thought of an image starting out that way lol but I understand why now.
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borlafu
Dec 29 2006, 11:50 AM
The eyes and teeth you drew are a bit too big, I don't know if she really looks like that, but I don't find it feminin, you should check the proportios of the picture before including more details.
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Chesso
Dec 29 2006, 11:59 AM
What makes you think there too big? They look fine to me, if anything i'd say the nose is too big but some people have big noses so meh. It's not like there animish  .
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Vyoma
Dec 29 2006, 12:11 PM
QUOTE(Chesso @ Dec 29 2006, 03:57 PM) 
Oh I see, it's just that I see that blotchyness alot due to image compression on a lossy level for because of reduction in or stretching in size and what not.
I never thought of an image starting out that way lol but I understand why now.
Chesso - no problem. I am glad that I could clarify. QUOTE(borlafu @ Dec 29 2006, 05:20 PM)
The eyes and teeth you drew are a bit too big, I don't know if she really looks like that, but I don't find it feminin, you should check the proportios of the picture before including more details.
I too had doubts that I drew the eyes and mouth (with teeth) a little big than it is. To verify, I overlayed the photo I used for reference on the image I drew with a bit of low transperency. It matched, and it looked like the proportions were correct. It all lies in the use of light and dark tones to emphasise the curves. I have not yet reached that point yet, and I hope I catch those cruves and creases properly to accent the feminine feature. Thanks for pointing it out though. QUOTE(Chesso @ Dec 29 2006, 05:29 PM)
... if anything i'd say the nose is too big but some people have big noses so meh.
 She does have a chubby nose - but yeah. I need to flesh out the cheeks a bit more. And even now - the teeth looks a bit big now. I studied the photo a bit in detail and here is what I found out. Brighter colours make the objects look bigger than they are. When I add shading, and tone it down a bit they will look in proportion. QUOTE(Chesso @ Dec 29 2006, 05:29 PM) ... It's not like there animish . Ha! Yeah. Anime does have the effect on how we expect the images of women to be - big eyes, small mouth. (Most of the times, no nose). Here I was trying to draw a vector art that was close to reality.
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Chesso
Dec 29 2006, 12:18 PM
Real women with big eyes and small mouths and next to no nose, for some reason the thought of that scares me greatly lol.
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Vyoma
Dec 29 2006, 12:27 PM
I think it would scare me too. I mean what has big eyes, small mouth and no nose? Here is a quick and dirty sketch up in MSPaint:  
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Chesso
Dec 29 2006, 12:30 PM
Ok yeah, the big eyes, small mouth and no nose thing can stay with animation lol.
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Chesso
Jan 26 2007, 11:58 PM
Hey, nice final touches there mate. That's some very nice work. So what is your next project .
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Vyoma
Jan 26 2007, 08:46 AM
 Total Effort: 10 hrs Software: Inkscape Thats about it. Nothing fancy. Just kept it simple. And I made it in time. Few more days to go for her birthday.
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Chesso
Jan 17 2007, 09:58 PM
Looking good! It's a pity your PC can't handle anymore, I'm sure there's alot you could have done , very nice work.
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Vyoma
Jan 17 2007, 07:54 PM
Ok. This is about it. I do not think I can push my PC any more.  I spent about half an hour on her hair, and there are too many polygons now for my PC to handle. I think I will have to wrap up this project. I will spend about half an hour to one hour more on this, adding some frills and framing it neatly, so that I can give it as a present for her birthday. I will post the finalized one soon. Software: Inkscape Total Effort: 9 hours
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Chesso
Jan 6 2007, 11:09 AM
The images on that link look pretty darn nice. But to be honest, I think that if Vyoma wanted to, he (well asumming Vyoma is a he lol) could more than likely do just as well. It's looking great so far, and from the changes iv'e seen it looks more or less like a matter only time to improve on it greatly (meaning whether he knows how to do this or that, he seems to get it going well). But I don't know any technical detail on all this, it's just what I see lol.
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