barba larga

whoops ehehe

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:41:31 -0700

whoops ehehe

some wow gays

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:25:56 -0700

some wow gays

quick scribble. my hawke is a burly warrior who can’t stay...

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:10:00 -0700

quick scribble. my hawke is a burly warrior who can’t stay away from barfights or booty.

i was overdue for some silliness

Sun, 12 May 2013 19:30:57 -0700

i was overdue for some silliness

i feel like swimming in your apathy you know i’d love to...

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:08:16 -0700

i feel like swimming in your apathy
you know i’d love to be your conscience when it calls
change of season - matthew good

i’d like to personally thank the bioware writer who wrote...

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:02:00 -0700

i’d like to personally thank the bioware writer who wrote certain parts of the citadel dlc just for me.

spicyshimmy: this is really bad i can’t stop thinking about turian j’on stewart and salarian stevan...

Sun, 05 May 2013 15:00:00 -0700

spicyshimmy:

this is really bad i can’t stop thinking about turian j’on stewart and salarian stevan kolber

and, thanks to ladragonaria, krogan limbah of clan rush, angrily reporting on wrex and bakara and the dangers of their new salarian alliance ruining tuchanka this is the end

and batarian glan bekk, conservative. cheer or cry foul.

bigger image

i added racha t’mado, asari pundit and cocktail enthusiast

file anders under characters I didn’t think I’d like...

Sun, 05 May 2013 10:25:28 -0700

file anders under characters I didn’t think I’d like and breathtakingly tragic

THANK YOU for posting all of your references and stuff, oh my God! You've helped me so much when I draw the pains-in-the-(sexy)-asses that are turians!

Sat, 04 May 2013 15:40:00 -0700

you’re very welcome! I’m replying to this publicly so I can include some images.

I dug up some of my first turians, and some of my most recent ones i dragged out of a sketchbook. they are definitely not easy beasts to draw. and I think I’m better at them than I was when I scribbled that tutorial. just draw from models a lot, pay attention to shapes and face proportions. and draw them a lot. I still get frustrated with their faces.

here is a good set of screencaps that might also help!

Your structure sketches for the Quarian/Turian/Krogan were AWESOME. I loved them! Do you suppose you could do a very quick ort of thing like that for the Charr race in Guild Wars 2? I haven't been able to find anything else, especially not anything near as helpful, and I'm really having trouble. ;__;

Sat, 04 May 2013 10:15:00 -0700

thank you! unfortunately I have not played guild wars, not once in my life, so I couldn’t deconstruct charr with anywhere near the same amount of faked authority. if you (or anyone) can give me some clear references, I could try to give it a go?

wowow!!

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:01:00 -0700

such an influx of new watchers!! i’m safely beyond the 1k threshold which amazes and terrifies me. thanks so much everyone who clicked that button, whenever that was

i am leslie, a gay jerk who draws. that’s about it

and i think i should commemorate the event somehow, but i’m at a loss. i’m open for suggestions. a giveaway, a marathon draw stream? something else??

quarian structure notes as requested. bigger image: here like...

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:07:00 -0700

an older image

crotchety runcycle

gesture drawings help with understanding the body's movement

quarian structure notes as requested. bigger image: here

like the others, these notes assume you know how to draw humans. don’t try to learn weird aliens before humans.

this is a simplistic breakdown of their body structure, and doesn’t cover suit appearances, or nude details. that is up to your own creativity. check the turnaround links for reference for suits.

leg justification: many people draw quarian legs the same as humans (plantigrade), while the models clearly show a bowed-back leg too extreme to not have a joint (see the second image). the shapes of their armored suits can make it hard to discern, so hopefully the bone demonstation helps clarify it. as further justification, in the citadel DLC, tali comments (with digitigrade turian garrus) confusedly how humans don’t tip over with their weird legs. jack calls her doglegs in reply. I don’t think this exchange would’ve been included if quarians had legs like humans.

useful turnarounds: tali, kal’reegar

another quarian reference I’ve made: here

turian structure here
geth structure here
krogan structure here

salarian structure is coming next!

shit an elf is my favorite

Wed, 01 May 2013 16:36:52 -0700

shit an elf is my favorite

starting dragon age 2 means attack of the floating headshots...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:26:00 -0700

starting dragon age 2 means attack of the floating headshots (incl. my warrior hawke yawn)

i foresee an aveline pinup in my future. yes i’m one of those

decided garrus needed a redesign. how’s he supposed to be...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:58:12 -0700

decided garrus needed a redesign. how’s he supposed to be a combat specialist or a sniper while wearing full clunky armor? it’s unrealistic!

the drawing from the pseudo-tutorial earlier. tuxxy is a classy...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:14:32 -0700

the drawing from the pseudo-tutorial earlier. tuxxy is a classy goblin who makes clothes for pets.

no matter how many fancy custom brushes I try, I always go back...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:16:00 -0700

no matter how many fancy custom brushes I try, I always go back to the basic hard round brush, and the transfer brush.

I use photoshop cs5, and this quick little runthrough assumes you know what layers and blending modes do. if not, there are plenty of tutorials out there about that. this is just how I use the brushes.

the transfer brush is great for blending when used with the eyedropper. turning off shape dynamics ensures that the more pressure you use, the more opaque the color is. you can drop in color transparently, eyedrop the result, and repeat.

help I’m stuck drawing woof portraits he is an unemployed...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:24:00 -0700

help I’m stuck drawing woof portraits

he is an unemployed teacher who goes by kingfisher. as tall as he is grumpy. travels with an annoying gnome, but isn’t sure why

moss the monk nelf and lionbreath the warrior gnome. he lost his...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:25:28 -0700

moss the monk nelf and lionbreath the warrior gnome. he lost his arm to a dragon, so she made him a new one.

I reused their names for dragondove characters, ignoring that I might want to draw the originals again. oh…

original alien ladies who are sad about something. probably the...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 01:17:47 -0700

original alien ladies who are sad about something. probably the galaxy being stupid