Chainsaw Knight

[+Josh Fx]

I like your drawing style man
It's different to all the smooth digital drawings that we've come to love in the void
As said maybe a tad bit less linage to make it a bit more clearer and try make the focal pop a bit more and you'll have a pretty sweet drawing haha

[Ishamz]

i really like this
good job on the tracing, smoother lines would look better tho
pretty creative good job

[Downfall]

thanks all

[Synsational]

I honestly love the idea of a pirate/samurai/chibi/evil looking mid-eval looking character, specially a sketched out one. Sketching things out gives it that authentic feeling to it and one can really appreciate the time put into it and creation that it required to be made. These sort of things are what people miss when they look at signatures that are created and not just edited.


Somethings to watch out for your next or maybe if you want and go back to this one and add are hard lines, color distinction,solidity and the action.

When working on a sketched out piece like this one which has black outlines, you want to add a thicker and if possible a cleaner 1 stroke line to define the shape of your character. When you add the solid lines, remember that even they some are thicker they do not have to be the exact same size. Around the face area (smaller details) you can use a 2 pix brush while in the body area you can use a 3-4 pix brush since the detail is much bigger.

Remember not to make the lines too thick or you will lose your sketch concept.

Your coloring in this is really good however it feels as if it is all over the place. The background can be done in many ways so paying attention to it isn't really necessary until the finished piece and/or until your character is defined. Remember that if you want to add color to a piece you need to make sure to fully color in the spots that need to be colored in, later if you want to add the "out of the line" effect which is basically the color coming off the characters thick lines then you can. One important thing that every artist takes into consideration when drawing things are darkened areas that work as shadows, not exactly shadows in a sense of the word but more like just darkened spots. Around your neck area, it is always good to use a darker color and around the armpits/side of the heads. By doing this you are defining the shape of your character (in this case since yours is detailed and not just a regular small character).

Once you have laid down your solid lines and your solid coloring, you want to try and erase some of the extra sketch lines. Remember that the primary reason why you don't want to do this before you color it in is because you don't want to lose the sketch effect. By cleaning up your piece a bit people won't have such a hard time distinguishing what is part of your character and what is part of your background or what belongs to what. To "clean up" your piece all you have to do is with the "eye drop" tool get the color closest to your boarder and then with a 100% opacity hard brush (smaller sizes work better) go over the sketch lines individually. Another way to do this is by selecting parts you want to clean up and then filling it but it won't have that authentic look to it.

(Add-on, perhaps)
Your piece could use some action lines. Action lines are usually done in red or jet black with a solid brush. They are 2 individual lines around the areas that are "moving". You can find these "action" lines a lot in Japanese comic books, cartoons, still pictures, comics etc. You don't have to add these lines of course, these are extra things if you want to go the extra mile.

GJ, KIU

[.Griever]

its weird xD

nice dude

[Downfall]

I honestly love the idea of a pirate/samurai/chibi/evil looking mid-eval looking character, specially a sketched out one. Sketching things out gives it that authentic feeling to it and one can really appreciate the time put into it and creation that it required to be made. These sort of things are what people miss when they look at signatures that are created and not just edited.


Somethings to watch out for your next or maybe if you want and go back to this one and add are hard lines, color distinction,solidity and the action.

When working on a sketched out piece like this one which has black outlines, you want to add a thicker and if possible a cleaner 1 stroke line to define the shape of your character. When you add the solid lines, remember that even they some are thicker they do not have to be the exact same size. Around the face area (smaller details) you can use a 2 pix brush while in the body area you can use a 3-4 pix brush since the detail is much bigger.

Remember not to make the lines too thick or you will lose your sketch concept.

Your coloring in this is really good however it feels as if it is all over the place. The background can be done in many ways so paying attention to it isn't really necessary until the finished piece and/or until your character is defined. Remember that if you want to add color to a piece you need to make sure to fully color in the spots that need to be colored in, later if you want to add the "out of the line" effect which is basically the color coming off the characters thick lines then you can. One important thing that every artist takes into consideration when drawing things are darkened areas that work as shadows, not exactly shadows in a sense of the word but more like just darkened spots. Around your neck area, it is always good to use a darker color and around the armpits/side of the heads. By doing this you are defining the shape of your character (in this case since yours is detailed and not just a regular small character).

Once you have laid down your solid lines and your solid coloring, you want to try and erase some of the extra sketch lines. Remember that the primary reason why you don't want to do this before you color it in is because you don't want to lose the sketch effect. By cleaning up your piece a bit people won't have such a hard time distinguishing what is part of your character and what is part of your background or what belongs to what. To "clean up" your piece all you have to do is with the "eye drop" tool get the color closest to your boarder and then with a 100% opacity hard brush (smaller sizes work better) go over the sketch lines individually. Another way to do this is by selecting parts you want to clean up and then filling it but it won't have that authentic look to it.

(Add-on, perhaps)
Your piece could use some action lines. Action lines are usually done in red or jet black with a solid brush. They are 2 individual lines around the areas that are "moving". You can find these "action" lines a lot in Japanese comic books, cartoons, still pictures, comics etc. You don't have to add these lines of course, these are extra things if you want to go the extra mile.

GJ, KIU

Amazing cnc helped me out alot thank you syn <3