Batgirl

[edg]

So there's a meme going around Livejournal today: draw Batgirl, post the drawing. (Thanks to several of you for pointing it out

Comments

[prodigal]

Try layering colors. If I were going for a black-on-black design, I'd take some other dark color and lay that down as a base coat on whichever parts I wanted to be the darker black, then color it all in.

[edg]

That's a good idea, and I'll try it out. (Ah, the beauty of Photoshop coloring - I get to try whatever I want and still have the base image left when I'm done!) Thanks!

[prodigal]

Don't know if it'll work as well in Photoshop as with map colors, but worth a try, neh? :)

[edg]

Given that I don't have anything but Photoshop... ;)

(Which is a good thing. My painting skills are significantly less than my drawing skills...)

[deqlan]

Did you do this on paper? You got the proportions down. The shading's minimal, though on target. Do more.

[edg]

I did - which is why the background's off-white.

Thank you! I have exactly no formal training between grade-school "the state requires me to teach you art" classes, so it's good to know I'm getting something right.

[ceramufary]

Kudos! I'm very happy for you and proud of you! It looks good.

[phosphodae]

Holy hot damn.

[archangelbeth]

A: neat!
B: Play around with coloring and shading on the scanned-in version? The "venus d'milo" version is perfectly reasonable. I mean, heck, that Dee Milo guy got away with it in sculpture, right? *grin*