Rendering Rocks

[Bruce Lee]

Heh,someone should put a book together like this,and call it a Comic Book Sound effects library.

All joking aside ,I would buy that book if the research was done.

Hehe. That's not a bad idea. Maybe a book that shows actual printed panels where the SFX were used. A whole chapter on gun SFX, punching SFX and so forth. I'd probably want to buy that too.

Loston

[chia]

Well, there is one for Manga.

http://www.amazon.com/Kana-Manga-Spe...8527315&sr=8-2

Thanks for the tutorial, Loston, this is great stuff.

[chia]

Sweet tutorial, thank you, Loston!

It was a lot of fun spending the time to do this, I don't usually spend much time on backgrounds; all the while keeping the principles you stated in mind.

It's pretty obvious that I very quickly overdid the shading, even though you warn against that in your tutorial. Because of that, the light source in this one is not clear at all.

Any other tips as to what to improve would be greatly appreciated.

[chia]

And here are the outlines in case anyone feels like doing the shading on top.

[dezz]

I just want to once again thank you for your tips or tutorials or however you'd like to catergorize them. I just hope that if I can reach some degree of competence I can pay it forward to some other artist as well.

[Bruce Lee]

Thanks, guys!

I'm glad that these tuts are helping some of you to figure things out. I'm really enjoying seeing how you guys are utilizing the info too! The light source isn't exactly clear, chia, but You do have the principles down, so that's good. Just make sure you keep the lighting consistent, and you've got it, Man.

[Vince]

Just wanted to be another person to say 'thanks.' These tutorials are a big help. I especially loved that you related inking detail to depth of field; I'm not sure I ever would have considered that!

[Bruce Lee]

Just wanted to be another person to say 'thanks.' These tutorials are a big help. I especially loved that you related inking detail to depth of field; I'm not sure I ever would have considered that!

Vince: Thanks for the kind message. I'm glad that these tutorials are helping you and others to figure out a few things art-wise. It makes the time and effort I spent putting them together well worth the while. Appreciate hearing from you!

Loston

[EndofAll]

I still can't draw rocks as well as I would like to from my mind. I think it is something you just have to do a lot before it finally sinks in.

[Bruce Lee]

I still can't draw rocks as well as I would like to from my mind. I think it is something you just have to do a lot before it finally sinks in.

There's always seeking out reference. Yeah--it's not the same as drawing rocks from your imagination, but if you draw with reference a few times, you might start picking up a few things and adding those tricks to your memory. Experience drawing rocks whether with or without reference will only make you better at it. I would recommend first trying to draw rocks from memory, then seek out some photo reference to double check your work. You can extrapolate some of the visual info in the reference, without the burden of referencing things directly. This fill-in-the-gaps method often will help develop your imagination and memory for such things.