How to Draw Outsider Characters

[avatar576]

@Arioch: Do you use stock images for the starfields and other space backdrops, or do you illustrate them yourself? If so, how do you do it?

[Arioch]

@Arioch: Do you use stock images for the starfields and other space backdrops, or do you illustrate them yourself? If so, how do you do it?

I used some stock images for the Prologue cover and the first few pages, but the subsequent ones (including the Naam proplyd background) I created myself. Nebulae are painted by hand, and starfields are created procedurally using some Photoshop techniques.

The starfield technique I use is one I learned from a tutorial posted by Greg Martin. It's no longer up on his site, but I have an archived local copy of it. In order to view it, you have to download the file and open it locally using a Microsoft browser. https://well-of-souls.com/temp/artofgre ... torial.mht

There are probably many tutorials online that use a similar process. Basically, you create Gaussian Noise on a black field, then do several passes of tweaking contrast and levels to vary and enlarge the stars. Then you manually darken and lighten parts of the image to make it less random.

[Keklas Rekobah]

@ARIOCH: The original tutorial file was saved with IE8.  I was able to extract and save the entire file (with images) in PDF.  Does this violate Greg Martin's copyright?

[Arioch]

@ARIOCH: The original tutorial file was saved with IE8.  I was able to extract and save the entire file (with images) in PDF.  Does this violate Greg Martin's copyright?

It was a free and publicly available tutorial on the web, so I don't think saving it in different formats violates any laws.

[Keklas Rekobah]

@ARIOCH: The original tutorial file was saved with IE8.  I was able to extract and save the entire file (with images) in PDF.  Does this violate Greg Martin's copyright?

It was a free and publicly available tutorial on the web, so I don't think saving it in different formats violates any laws.

In that case, do you need a copy?

[Arioch]

@ARIOCH: The original tutorial file was saved with IE8.  I was able to extract and save the entire file (with images) in PDF.  Does this violate Greg Martin's copyright?

It was a free and publicly available tutorial on the web, so I don't think saving it in different formats violates any laws.

In that case, do you need a copy?

No, the one I have works fine.

[avatar576]

@Arioch: Do you use stock images for the starfields and other space backdrops, or do you illustrate them yourself? If so, how do you do it?

I used some stock images for the Prologue cover and the first few pages, but the subsequent ones (including the Naam proplyd background) I created myself. Nebulae are painted by hand, and starfields are created procedurally using some Photoshop techniques.

The starfield technique I use is one I learned from a tutorial posted by Greg Martin. It's no longer up on his site, but I have an archived local copy of it. In order to view it, you have to download the file and open it locally using a Microsoft browser. https://well-of-souls.com/temp/artofgre ... torial.mht

There are probably many tutorials online that use a similar process. Basically, you create Gaussian Noise on a black field, then do several passes of tweaking contrast and levels to vary and enlarge the stars. Then you manually darken and lighten parts of the image to make it less random.

Cool, I've always wondered how that was done. Thanks!

[Demarquis]

Like watching how ice cream is made.

[DevilDalek]

@ARIOCH: The original tutorial file was saved with IE8.  I was able to extract and save the entire file (with images) in PDF.  Does this violate Greg Martin's copyright?

It was a free and publicly available tutorial on the web, so I don't think saving it in different formats violates any laws.

In that case, do you need a copy?

*Puts hand up*
Can anyone else have a copy?

[DevilDalek]

Still no on the planet creator thing?

[Arioch]

Still no on the planet creator thing?

?

[DevilDalek]

This is what I was on about!

It was a free and publicly available tutorial on the web, so I don't think saving it in different formats violates any laws.

In that case, do you need a copy?

*Puts hand up*
Can anyone else have a copy?

[Keklas Rekobah]

Let me make sure I still have it, then we can set up an email drop.

[DevilDalek]

Good stuff!

[DevilDalek]

Yeah, sorry, way back when I was attempting my Well of Souls fan comic, I found I completely sucked at doing space backgrounds.

[DevilDalek]

You get a very interesting effect if you tonal shift the picture so the loroi have normal human skin tones..

[Keklas Rekobah]

↑ Half-elves and a goblinoid precursor?

[DevilDalek]

Yup!
I'm blue daba dee daba doo..