I wasn't quite pleased with the first Cassidix version and decided to do a portrait of it, showing it's gorgeous having. The wings, which looked kinda dull in the first picture.
Believe it or not, I detailed EVERY feather, even if it was one in the shadows and if you can't see them, I did. Aah!
And for a misterious reason, my small finger hurts. lol
All has started with a ridiculous looking sketch, which consits of some messy strokes about the creature. The pic was meant to be a quick sketch with a quick colouring in Photoshop. As I showed teh first progress of it, i almost wanted to finish it and let it be like that. Just the main colour with some airbrush strokes and a few feather scribbles, as a hint to details. But as I know myself, I couldn't resist to set the first details on the feathers and got caught again.
In the end, I laid lots of time on the feathers and painted over several parts, deleted layers or edited them till I was pleased with the results. This shows the actual colourfulness of the Gryphon Cassidix and the change from feathers to fur and the hardness of the beak with it's roughness.
I hope you like it. ^^
I stopped counting the time when I passed the first 18 hours, three days ago.
BTW, I spelled my name with a "Y", that's something I thought about for a while and will let it be like that from now on because I like it. Hehe
I love how much detail and work you've put into this - It really does show because of the individaul strokes and lighting on each feather on his back. The colours and the way you've blended them into each other are amazing. . . Really awesome creature design too and good pose, looks very realistic.
Thanks for showing me screenshots of your progress too, Schatzi - Makes me appreciate how much work you put into amazing pictures like this. Really amazing work.
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That's amazing! Just thinking about the effort that must have gone into that is making my brain curl up into a corner of my skull and gibber.
He's just gorgeous. Can I stroke him, or will he bite me? I like the way he looks as though he's just about to start preening his wing, too.
I thought about spelling my middle name (Ghislaine) as Xhislaine, as that's how I pronounce it anway. But I decided not to, as it would confuse too many people (and they might think I was half-Aztec or something ). Plus, I wouldn't be able to pronounce it with a hard G any more, if I wanted to.
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Hehe, thanks for that
Yeah, on some days, I thought that picture will never end, especially after I deleted two layers because I wasn't pleased with the first results.
I would pronounce your middle name with a hard G, BTW. It sounds kinda like a French-German mix with a touch of English. Hehe
Oh how I wish to have a "Y" instead of an "I" in my name. A change costs a lot, though.
And yeah, you can stroke the gryphon, it wouldn't bite you, it might be shy.
-- Die Manie ist ein seelischer Zustand, in dem der Unterschied zwischen Idealbild und Ich aufgehoben scheint.
Thanks a lot darling. I'm happy to have someone I can bother with all the progress pictures, though.
Others would be fed up already. At least, you actually have something like a mega tutorial on your PC, don't you?
-- Die Manie ist ein seelischer Zustand, in dem der Unterschied zwischen Idealbild und Ich aufgehoben scheint.
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"Never stick your dick in a pudding. It might still be good pudding and you can spend all afternoon explaining that, but no-one's going to eat it because you stuck your dick in it!" ~ Yhatzee, Zero Punctuation
Very nice . Personally, I liked the wings in the last version. They were a bit dull, but I liekd how soft and sihlouette like they were. I felt they added some kind of insectoid touch to it which made it seem more mystical to me, but this version is very lovely as well though. I think the detail in the feathers is absolutely awsome. I have no complaints at all about that. And the color is once again very stunning.
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I love how much detail and work you've put into this - It really does show because of the individaul strokes and lighting on each feather on his back. The colours and the way you've blended them into each other are amazing. . . Really awesome creature design too and good pose, looks very realistic.
Thanks for showing me screenshots of your progress too, Schatzi - Makes me appreciate how much work you put into amazing pictures like this.
--
"Never stick your dick in a pudding. It might still be good pudding and you can spend all afternoon explaining that, but no-one's going to eat it because you stuck your dick in it!" ~ Yhatzee, Zero Punctuation
He's just gorgeous. Can I stroke him, or will he bite me?
I thought about spelling my middle name (Ghislaine) as Xhislaine, as that's how I pronounce it anway. But I decided not to, as it would confuse too many people (and they might think I was half-Aztec or something
--
"I have a message to deliver to the cute people of the world... if you're cute, or maybe you're beautiful... there's MORE OF US UGLY MOTHER****ERS OUT THERE THAN YOU ARE!! So watch out." - Frank Zappa
Yeah, on some days, I thought that picture will never end, especially after I deleted two layers because I wasn't pleased with the first results.
I would pronounce your middle name with a hard G, BTW. It sounds kinda like a French-German mix with a touch of English. Hehe
Oh how I wish to have a "Y" instead of an "I" in my name. A change costs a lot, though.
And yeah, you can stroke the gryphon, it wouldn't bite you, it might be shy.
--
Die Manie ist ein seelischer Zustand, in dem der Unterschied zwischen Idealbild und Ich aufgehoben scheint.
Others would be fed up already. At least, you actually have something like a mega tutorial on your PC, don't you?
--
Die Manie ist ein seelischer Zustand, in dem der Unterschied zwischen Idealbild und Ich aufgehoben scheint.
--
"Never stick your dick in a pudding. It might still be good pudding and you can spend all afternoon explaining that, but no-one's going to eat it because you stuck your dick in it!" ~ Yhatzee, Zero Punctuation
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Talking to a homophobe is like talking to a brick wall, except that a brick wall is more logical.
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I'm embarrassed to be an American!
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Die Manie ist ein seelischer Zustand, in dem der Unterschied zwischen Idealbild und Ich aufgehoben scheint.
The detail and colors are amazing!^^
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