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Gay Butz, he certainly is with this happy treatment of watercolour. Most of all, I was happy with the way the watercolour itself (not the drawing) came out. I was really trying for a fresh wet into wet look with lots of mixing colour. It seems that when I use this method, the colour comes out more fresh looking and vibrant.

Pencil drawing was something that I did really quick while talking on the phone to a friend. I made a decision to not do a full shot of Butz. I had originally thought about doing a full body drawing of him with his weapon, but instead went with one that just shows his upper half. Don't ask me why I decided to put that 'background' in. I was watching 'South Park' at 11:30pm when I did that. The drawing itself is okay, but not great.

There were some nasty spots on my Butz painting when I went to scan it, but I was able to edit them out with a little bit of Photoshopping. I think the previous time I used the scanner, the pigment wasn't dry yet and I got some colour on the scanner (oops). Becuase of that, it showed up as blotches on this painting when scanned.

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Very nice blend of color, though I'm not sure if the head-to-body ratio is exactly right, but it's really hard to tell. Great job

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Other than those feminine lips, this is pretty good. I love the bright colors that you chose. Maybe it's the lips that make him gay.

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Quote (Elena1999 @ 24th September 2005 19:42)

Other than those feminine lips, this is pretty good. I love the bright colors that you chose. Maybe it's the lips that make him gay.

I think you misunderstood the usage of the word 'gay' in that first sentence.

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Gay Butz, he certainly is with this happy treatment of watercolour. Most of all, I was happy with the way the watercolour itself (not the drawing) came out.

I was thinking of the definition meaning 'happy'. In the two sentences, I also used happy quite a few times. I just thought it would be kinda redundant to use 'happy' twice in one sentence, so I used gay.

Thanx for the comment never the less

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"Arthur Dent?"
"Yes."
"Arthur Philip Dent?"
"Yes."
"You're a total knee biter."

hey, that's really great! He doesn't look all that happy though...he looks a little paranoid with his shifty eyes, maybe? Also he looks rather thin around the waist, but other than that the detail is amazing! Great work!

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I think you misunderstood the usage of the word 'gay' in that first sentence.

Heheh, what did ye expect ? "Happy" isn't the first definition that comes to most people's minds today.

So, ye did that with watercolor? Holy crap in a hat ! The colors and blending look awesome most everywhere I look. I'm also digging your treatment of his hair and scarf; both seem pretty lively in both form and color (the hair kind of looks like it gots a mind of its own ). Cool painting, Kame! Can't keep me eyes off it, heh.

Remember when I said "most everywhere?" The shoulder pad thingy doesn't have the same softer blending and shading(?) the rest of Butz's body has; sorta sticks out, that it does. Is that one of the "nasty spots" ye talked about? Bum's Rush has already questioned the head-to-body ratio and I have to concur. The last thing that kind of bothers me is his left arm; methinks it's a bit too far back? It is humanly possible to pull the arm back in that position (I tried it in front of a mirror), but it ain't too comfortable.

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Quote (Galsic @ 25th September 2005 01:23)

Remember when I said "most everywhere?"  The shoulder pad thingy doesn't have the same softer blending and shading(?) the rest of Butz's body has; sorta sticks out, that it does.  Is that one of the "nasty spots" ye talked about?  Bum's Rush has already questioned the head-to-body ratio and I have to concur.  The last thing that kind of bothers me is his left arm; methinks it's a bit too far back?  It is humanly possible to pull the arm back in that position (I tried it in front of a mirror), but it ain't too comfortable.

His left arm isn't pulled back, it's just missing (like how his hand is on the other arm). I decided I wasn't going to bother with that one, and it looked 'fine' without it's inclusion.

Yeah, I have no doubt that my head-body ratio is off. I wasn't really concerned with it when I was doing it, so I just drew it wonky. Didn't bother me then, doesn't bother me now. (I estimate about 3/4 of a head or so).

That shoulder pad thing is supposed to be different texturally because it's metal armor. More of a roughly shaped metal armor shoulder thingee than smooth. And, yes, that's where the big fat blot of blackness occured (see if you can find it! I tried to the best of my ability to edit it out and replace it to match the texture of the rest of the watercolour there).

And Butz himself isn't happy, the colours I used and my mood was happy at the time. (For some reason, I get this picture of vibrant primary colours = happy).

Oh and BTW, in case you ever wanted to know something about the pigments I used: Payne's grey, yellow ochre, and ultramarine are 'rough' colours. They don't go down smoothly and have even consistancy. I used the Payne's grey in the armor, the yellow ochre in the skin tone and ultramarine in the shadowed areas of his skin. Gives it more of a granulated look.

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I can't say it enough but, BUTZ BUTZ BUTZ BUTZ BUTZ BUTZ.. hee hee.. in fact I think his momma named him Seymour

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"Arthur Dent?"
"Yes."
"Arthur Philip Dent?"
"Yes."
"You're a total knee biter."

Uhh, Kame, his left arm IS the one that's showing, lol. That's the one I was talking about.

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Hmm, arms look fine to me. I assumed Galsic meant 'his left arm' as in the near, visible one. Perhaps imagining a walking motion makes it more natural.

The unblended 'shoulder pad' part of the armor represents coarseness, or maybe even rust, like it's seen some use. Least that's how I see it. I would've pointed out it was likely intentional, but I was beaten to it. And no, Butz doesn't look happy, but the colors definitely suggest a positive, calm emotion somewhere.

Now I'm just gonna end up repeating myself again. I mean, there're only so many ways to say "Your watercoloring is fantastic!"

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Ah. Guess my assumption was correct.

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I thought you were calling Bartz gay because he looked kinda feminine. Oh well.

I like the hair style you came up with for this. The color mixing for the skin turned out well. I like the subtle blues. Doesn't appear like you did that color mixing with his hair or clothes though.

I like his shoulder guard. It looks metallic.

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Quote (Rujuken @ 10th October 2005 16:03)

I like the hair style you came up with for this. The color mixing for the skin turned out well. I like the subtle blues. Doesn't appear like you did that color mixing with his hair or clothes though.

I like his shoulder guard. It looks metallic.

Ah, thanks.

I really try to get the look of the material I'm shooting for (be it cloth or metal). The browns are actually not from my palette but mixed from yellow ochre, ultramarine and cadmium red. The blue phatalo shirt on the other hand is direct pigment from my palette.

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kame, tortue, tortuga, schildkröte, tartaruga, turtle

"Arthur Dent?"
"Yes."
"Arthur Philip Dent?"
"Yes."
"You're a total knee biter."