The Art... of Spritedude

Spritedude · 12-12-2011, 01:37 AM

So woah hey, I'm back and stuff. I decided to make a new thread since my other one is super old and most of the links for the pictures are dead. So here we go, I'm pretty much just gonna dump all my drawings here. (Most of these are gonna really big and screen-stretching, so yeah, sorry >_>).

I think I'll start with this one, since it shows my improvement over the past two years (pretty much all the time I was gone from VGF). This guy is one of the characters from my comic, The Challengers (which I know I mentioned sometime in my original thread, but I doubt anyone remembers it).

Speaking of The Challengers, here's all the main characters in the comic. From left to right: Warpster, Surge, Thorn, Jewel, Hacker, and Trace. If you want more detailed descriptions of them, check out this picture on DeviantArt.

Here's a pic of Thorn. He's like, a mutant dragon guy thing... who doesn't wear a shirt.

This here's Jewel, whose design I've updated a bit since the group picture above.

So, that’s it for original characters, for now. Onto other stuff.

I’m rather proud of this one, and it has an interesting story behind it. See, before I finished middle school, one of my teachers (who still has one of the most memorable classes I’ve had in my whole life) asked me if I could simply draw a picture of him looking “badass“, and I agreed , but then I moved to Colorado and never did it. So 5 years later, after graduating high school, I decided better late than never, and drew it, then emailed it to him, and of course, he loved it.

Here’s a few art trades I’ve done of other people’s characters on DeviantArt. The top one was for a friend, the bottom two were from random people.

Spritedude · 12-12-2011, 01:38 AM

And I’ve still got a few others.

This is of a dragon character I made, named Rezryn. I would like it, if it wasn’t for the eye. It looks like it was just slapped on top of everything. Other than that, I like how the textures and background came out.

Anyone here play Mass Effect? If you do, then you’re awesome, if not, then go play it, it’s like one of the best games of this generation. This is Garrus, who happens to my favorite character. For those who don’t know, he’s part of an alien race that resemble a cross between birds and reptiles… or something. And he’s a freaking BADASS.

And this is Tali’Zorah, from the same game. Usually, you can slightly see through her helmet in the game, but it looks really opaque here. Along with the black, it makes the picture feel really dark and lifeless, which some people have said is cool, but, eh, wasn’t what I was going for.

And for my last one, it’s everyone’s favorite ninja who… shoots ice and stuff. It’s Sub-Zero. Another interesting story behind this one. A friend of mine, who happens to be a professional artist, was reading about the process behind how a comic book is made, and when he found out that many comics are penciled and inked by different people, he asked me to draw him a picture, and he would ink it, just to see what it was like. So that's what we did, and then I scanned and colored it, aaaaand, BAM, here's the final result.

So there you go. I'll continue to post here as I finish other projects. Of course, ANY feedback is welcome, and very much appreciated.

***Marilink*** · 12-12-2011, 10:27 AM

I'm especially impressed by those last two. You've definitely got a lot of talent.

I like looking at your avatar and then looking at these pictures to see your huge amounts of growth.

**Valigarmander** · 12-12-2011, 10:38 AM

Impressive. Your art's come a long way.

CuccoLady · 12-12-2011, 12:19 PM

Holy snap. Your lines are fantastic.

I love your bright colors and shading and style stuff but please excuse me while I ogle your lines

Dizzy · 12-12-2011, 12:28 PM

...Wow.

Spritedude · 12-12-2011, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by CuccoLady

Holy snap. Your lines are fantastic.

I love your bright colors and shading and style stuff but please excuse me while I ogle your lines

XD Thanks. Most of my lineart is done by hand with my tablet, by the way (except the Sub-Zero one, and the "redesigned" picture of Jewel, both of with were inked traditionally), I don't use any Photoshop paths or anything.

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Originally Posted by Marilink

I like looking at your avatar and then looking at these pictures to see your huge amounts of growth.

Yeah, sometimes I get frustrated by thinking I'm not improving as fast as I'd like, but then I look at old drawings like my avatar, and I realize how far I've come. I gotta update my avatar soon here.

Thanks for all the praise, guys. ^_^

Random User · 12-12-2011, 02:59 PM

These pictures are really amazing. Your art's come a very long way, seeing your avatar and everything. Well done.

User Name · 12-12-2011, 03:49 PM

These are incredible! Great job! I love dragon one, and I don't think the eye looks tacked on at all. Tali'Zorah is very well done. The lighting really works. Oh! And I really love Jewel! The details are fabulous and she looks really polished.

Antisocial · 12-13-2011, 12:17 AM

Amazing pieces ya got there. I can totally see you going professional with these.

What program is your best friend in creating all this?

Spritedude · 12-13-2011, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Antisocial

What program is your best friend in creating all this?

Photoshop CS3, and sometimes Illustrator for cleaning up scanned lineart. And I use a Bamboo Fun tablet.

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THERE'S A CENTIPEDE GOING IN THAT GUY'S BOOB

XD Yeah, exactly what I thought when I saw the other guy's character. I was like, "Ugh, do I really have to draw this...?"

***Heroine of the Dragon*** · 12-13-2011, 07:14 PM

Oh wow, Spritedude... those are awesome!!! I especially like Thom and the dragon one!! *gives you marshmallows* Thanks for sharing your art with us once again!!

Glux · 12-13-2011, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Spritedude

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What the heck is going on with this guy?

Spritedude · 12-13-2011, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Glux

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What the heck is going on with this guy?

As far as I know, he's like, hollow, and has insects that he controls that live inside him... or something... GAH I don't know, they're not my characters, I just drew them as part of an art trade. You know, I make an offer to draw someone else's characters and they draw mine. I just didn't think the guy who would first take my offer up would have characters that were so... bizarre.

***Cosmonautical*** · 12-14-2011, 08:45 AM

Haha, well I really like how you've improved. I doubt I need to explain how, but rest assured I can see it.

Spritedude · 12-30-2011, 01:02 AM

HUMONGOUS IMAGE AHEAD

This is my entry for a contest over at DeviantArt, which is to design a Pokemon trainer, along with their main Pokemon. I pretty much just came up with the design as I went along, adding things here and there. I didn't even know what colors I was going to give him until I gave him a Charizard. The glove/gauntlet thing on his left arm is supposed to be like a customized Pokedex or Poketch, which he controls just by moving the fingers on the glove.

If you can't tell by now, I like characters with long, flowing scarves. So awesome.

***CaptHayfever*** · 12-30-2011, 01:07 AM

He loves his PokeGlove. It's so bad.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

**Valigarmander** · 12-30-2011, 01:21 AM

Pretty nice. Though it looks like the thumb on his right hand is on the wrong side.

Spritedude · 12-30-2011, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Valigarmander

Pretty nice. Though it looks like the thumb on his right hand is on the wrong side.

Well, other than that, glad you like it. ^_^

***Heroine of the Dragon*** · 12-30-2011, 03:58 AM

That is sweeeeet and I like it a lot!!!

*gives you marshmallows*

12-12-2011, 01:37 AM	#1
Spritedude Calibrating... Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Centennial State Gender: Posts: 1,424 Thanks: 69 Thanked 84 Times in 51 Posts	The Art... of Spritedude So woah hey, I'm back and stuff. I decided to make a new thread since my other one is super old and most of the links for the pictures are dead. So here we go, I'm pretty much just gonna dump all my drawings here. (Most of these are gonna really big and screen-stretching, so yeah, sorry >_>). I think I'll start with this one, since it shows my improvement over the past two years (pretty much all the time I was gone from VGF). This guy is one of the characters from my comic, The Challengers (which I know I mentioned sometime in my original thread, but I doubt anyone remembers it). Speaking of The Challengers, here's all the main characters in the comic. From left to right: Warpster, Surge, Thorn, Jewel, Hacker, and Trace. If you want more detailed descriptions of them, check out this picture on DeviantArt. Here's a pic of Thorn. He's like, a mutant dragon guy thing... who doesn't wear a shirt. This here's Jewel, whose design I've updated a bit since the group picture above. So, that’s it for original characters, for now. Onto other stuff. I’m rather proud of this one, and it has an interesting story behind it. See, before I finished middle school, one of my teachers (who still has one of the most memorable classes I’ve had in my whole life) asked me if I could simply draw a picture of him looking “badass“, and I agreed , but then I moved to Colorado and never did it. So 5 years later, after graduating high school, I decided better late than never, and drew it, then emailed it to him, and of course, he loved it. Here’s a few art trades I’ve done of other people’s characters on DeviantArt. The top one was for a friend, the bottom two were from random people. __________________ Last edited by Spritedude; 12-12-2011 at 01:39 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

12-12-2011, 01:38 AM	#2
Spritedude Calibrating... Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Centennial State Gender: Posts: 1,424 Thanks: 69 Thanked 84 Times in 51 Posts	And I’ve still got a few others. This is of a dragon character I made, named Rezryn. I would like it, if it wasn’t for the eye. It looks like it was just slapped on top of everything. Other than that, I like how the textures and background came out. Anyone here play Mass Effect? If you do, then you’re awesome, if not, then go play it, it’s like one of the best games of this generation. This is Garrus, who happens to my favorite character. For those who don’t know, he’s part of an alien race that resemble a cross between birds and reptiles… or something. And he’s a freaking BADASS. And this is Tali’Zorah, from the same game. Usually, you can slightly see through her helmet in the game, but it looks really opaque here. Along with the black, it makes the picture feel really dark and lifeless, which some people have said is cool, but, eh, wasn’t what I was going for. And for my last one, it’s everyone’s favorite ninja who… shoots ice and stuff. It’s Sub-Zero. Another interesting story behind this one. A friend of mine, who happens to be a professional artist, was reading about the process behind how a comic book is made, and when he found out that many comics are penciled and inked by different people, he asked me to draw him a picture, and he would ink it, just to see what it was like. So that's what we did, and then I scanned and colored it, aaaaand, BAM, here's the final result. So there you go. I'll continue to post here as I finish other projects. Of course, ANY feedback is welcome, and very much appreciated. __________________ Last edited by Spritedude; 12-12-2011 at 01:47 AM.

12-13-2011, 12:17 AM	#10
Antisocial Janitor Join Date: May 2000 Gender: Posts: 11,471 Thanks: 14 Thanked 1,296 Times in 536 Posts	THERE'S A CENTIPEDE GOING IN THAT GUY'S BOOB Amazing pieces ya got there. I can totally see you going professional with these. What program is your best friend in creating all this?

12-30-2011, 01:02 AM	#16
Spritedude Calibrating... Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Centennial State Gender: Posts: 1,424 Thanks: 69 Thanked 84 Times in 51 Posts	HUMONGOUS IMAGE AHEAD This is my entry for a contest over at DeviantArt, which is to design a Pokemon trainer, along with their main Pokemon. I pretty much just came up with the design as I went along, adding things here and there. I didn't even know what colors I was going to give him until I gave him a Charizard. The glove/gauntlet thing on his left arm is supposed to be like a customized Pokedex or Poketch, which he controls just by moving the fingers on the glove. If you can't tell by now, I like characters with long, flowing scarves. So awesome. Last edited by Spritedude; 12-30-2011 at 01:45 AM. Reason: Typos.

12-12-2011, 10:27 AM	#3
*Marilink* Gotta catch 'em all! Supermod! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Location, Location. Gender: Posts: 29,118 Thanks: 2,535 Thanked 1,822 Times in 1,007 Posts	I'm especially impressed by those last two. You've definitely got a lot of talent. I like looking at your avatar and then looking at these pictures to see your huge amounts of growth.

12-12-2011, 10:38 AM	#4
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Impressive. Your art's come a long way.

12-12-2011, 12:19 PM	#5
CuccoLady Anime and Cartoons Mod Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: THIS LOCATION REMINDS ME OF A PUZZLE, LUKE Gender: Posts: 9,077 Thanks: 2,825 Thanked 1,222 Times in 822 Posts	Holy snap. Your lines are fantastic. I love your bright colors and shading and style stuff but please excuse me while I ogle your lines

12-12-2011, 12:28 PM	#6
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,161 Times in 804 Posts Blog Entries: 116	...Wow.

12-12-2011, 02:59 PM	#8
Random User Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Equestrian Republic of Spanglidesh Gender: Posts: 3,562 Thanks: 320 Thanked 195 Times in 143 Posts Blog Entries: 4	These pictures are really amazing. Your art's come a very long way, seeing your avatar and everything. Well done.

12-12-2011, 03:49 PM	#9
User Name Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gotham City Gender: Posts: 7,209 Thanks: 701 Thanked 536 Times in 367 Posts	These are incredible! Great job! I love dragon one, and I don't think the eye looks tacked on at all. Tali'Zorah is very well done. The lighting really works. Oh! And I really love Jewel! The details are fabulous and she looks really polished.

12-13-2011, 07:14 PM	#12
*Heroine of the Dragon* The Grinnie Fool! ♥♥♥ VGFCodes Staff Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Twinklebutton Wintersprout Gender: Posts: 31,454 Thanks: 864 Thanked 851 Times in 632 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Oh wow, Spritedude... those are awesome!!! I especially like Thom and the dragon one!! gives you marshmallows Thanks for sharing your art with us once again!!

12-14-2011, 08:45 AM	#15
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Haha, well I really like how you've improved. I doubt I need to explain how, but rest assured I can see it.

12-30-2011, 01:07 AM	#17
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,659 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	He loves his PokeGlove. It's so bad. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

12-30-2011, 01:21 AM	#18
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Pretty nice. Though it looks like the thumb on his right hand is on the wrong side.

12-30-2011, 03:58 AM	#20
*Heroine of the Dragon* The Grinnie Fool! ♥♥♥ VGFCodes Staff Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Twinklebutton Wintersprout Gender: Posts: 31,454 Thanks: 864 Thanked 851 Times in 632 Posts Blog Entries: 1	That is sweeeeet and I like it a lot!!! gives you marshmallows