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I don't make a habit of uploading scraps, or work in progress - but I thought that some of you might find it interesting or maybe even useful to see how I work through a piece.

This shows you some of the key steps of how I worked on my 'Rise of the Empire' piece:


First of all, I start by roughing out some 'thumbnail' sketches to get an idea of which characters I'll use and how they'll fit in to the composition. At this stage there's no detail - just rough shapes - and it's usually helpful to draw these sketches in a small scale (hence the name "thumbnail") as you're just exploring how the image will fill the page/screen.

Then, when I have a composition I like, I refine the sketch into a finished pencil drawing (the top left image). I keep the pencils fairly 'loose' - as I know I can work on the detail later in the colouring stage.

To help me pick out my finished line work I sometimes go over my pencil work in ink (the top right image) - although this isn't necessary if you have nice, clear pencil lines.

Then I scan the picture in and start to work out what colour-scheme I want to use (the bottom left image). Here I've used 'layers' so that I can roughly paint in a background colour to see how it will contrast with the colours I'll use for the characters. I can also start to lay down the base colours for the characters in the picture (I'll usually draw each character on a seperate layer). As I work on the picture I might also make changes to the composition - and you'll see here that the main thing I changed was to increase the size of the two (blue) guards which I'd initially drawn as characters in the background.

When the picture is almost complete (the bottom right image) - there's still time for some final tweaks. Here, most notably, I made the Sith characters more transparent and added colour accents to the Clone Troopers so that they tied in with the overall colour-scheme.

Hope that gives you some ideas or tips for your own pictures!
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~Hiramaru Jun 22, 2011
Yes when i color manga pages i do a similar thing. But my difficult is to choose the color and create a realistic effect of overlay of colours. Good Work!
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~KyleStyle26 Jun 20, 2011  Student Digital Artist
Nice, I love seeing these WIP versions of excellent art! Shows you how much effort the artist's have put into their work :D
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*rhymesyndicate Jun 28, 2011
Thank you. I'm glad you liked to see this WIP. I wasn't sure whether it was worth posting it - but I'm glad I did now. :)
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~CDL113 Jun 20, 2011
I liked how you included Palpatines 2 Chanlor Guards in the pic as well as the city-scape behind the group. It adds to the feeling of total controal that ole Palpatine had over everything! The only thing I would think cooler would be the freshly dubed sith Young Skywalker aka Lord Vader [pre-armor] with th yellow eyes leading the pack insted of Fett.
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*rhymesyndicate Jun 28, 2011
Thanks for the comment - and for taking the time to give me some constructive feedback... which I really appreciate. There's a lot of choices I could have made differently in this and I definitely see what you're saying about having Young Skywalker in this... that would probably have added some 'drama' - but my thinking was that putting Fett in front is kind of symbolic - as he's the template for the clones. Maybe I'll have a go at drawing Skywalker in a future pic.
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~CDL113 Jun 28, 2011
You know what? I wasn't even thinking about Fett being the "fater" of all clones when I saw that picture untill your reply! I get your choice now. Before I was just seeing it from a "Sith" past/present/future point of view. With Palpatine in the background, Vader to one side, Maul to the other, I was thinking young Skywalker fresly dubed a Sith and off with the 501st to take the Jedi Temple. Now I see the influance of the Sith in the background with and army of cloned killers running out front!
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*rhymesyndicate Jun 29, 2011
The best thing is that you've thought up all these different scenarios and alternatives for this picture - when I was just trying to draw some cool costumes! I love the fact that this really seemed to tweak your imagination. The power of art...! :thumbsup:
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~CDL113 Jun 29, 2011
What is it that the old school poets used to say, "..art, music, and math bring us together; despots, dictators, and tyrants tear us apart..." or something along those words. I'm just glad that there are artist like yourself that are willing to have an open ear to hear what a watcher has to say and takes the time to respond when possible letting his watcher know "I see you point. or "Oh, I was meaning this with the picture..." vs total silence like there is from some out there. You keep postin the art and I will keep digging it and using my imigination!
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*rhymesyndicate Jun 30, 2011
I'm here to learn - so thanks for the words of wisdom.
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~CDL113 Jun 30, 2011
:highfive: :XD:
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