Kenshin and Kyo

[merylsilverburg]

Hello all! Here is another MS Paint drawing from me. For a while now, I've been wanting to draw a picture featuring two of my favorites samurai, Kenshin Himura and Kyo. So, I decided to do so on MS Paint (this was before I downloaded a Photoshop program). I tried to do the shading the way that Gadzoox told me to do, but I'm still so very bad at it. :heh: I hope you guys like it. :happy:

Kenshin and Kyo (http://groups.msn.com/Ps2Fantasy/artwork.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=78)

Some difficulties I encountered while drawing this picture were the hair (for both), shading, and Kyo. He was a hard one to draw. :weep:

[mark0™]

Holy Socks, thats awesome, Much better than Sky.

Your shading on the hair is simply great!

Seriously, Get Using Paintshop Pro or Photoshop, a talent like yours deserves a decent package!

[merylsilverburg]

Thank you mark0! I'm glad the hair turned out well...I was having such an incredibly tough time with figuring out shading for the hair...so I resulted with just basic zig-zags. :heh: Thanks again! :happy:

[DSgamer]

O_O dude, that is amazing. I can't believe you did that with ms paint

[Gadzoox]

WOWO!!!

You said you had troubles with the guy? The black haired guy?! HE'S GORGEOUS!!!

This is really really really great! You've managed to get two characters on one page and they don't compete for attention (though that black haired guy just sucked me right in!) and their proportions relate to each other perfectly, something I couldn't do if my life depended on it!

The shading looks great, just keep at it and you'll get the hang of it soon enough, though it looks amazing right now!


Actually, here's a link to a really good tutorial on hair shinies (I think) and colouring cell style that's easy to follow and done by a friend of mine! It helped me quite a bit!

http://www.kina-ink.com/indexold.html

Go to 'tutorials' and there are a bunch in there!

Good luck and don't give up!!!

[merylsilverburg]

Originally posted by Gadzoox

WOWO!!!

You said you had troubles with the guy? The black haired guy?! HE'S GORGEOUS!!!

This is really really really great! You've managed to get two characters on one page and they don't compete for attention (though that black haired guy just sucked me right in!) and their proportions relate to each other perfectly, something I couldn't do if my life depended on it!

Thanks a lot! I'm glad Kyo caught your eye! :happy: The only reason why I said I had trouble with him is because it's hard to find pictures of him (anime-style) and I only had the manga to refer to (which the drawings are different, like all mangas are). So, it took me about 6 days to draw him and only 1 day to draw Kenshin (guy on the left). O_o;;;
The proportions being right is by luck, honestly. At first, I wanted Kenshin to be the focus and Kyo in the background. But as I kept drawing, Kyo just turned out a bit larger (due to his hair) and so I kept it that way. I'm glad it turned out okay. :phew:


The shading looks great, just keep at it and you'll get the hang of it soon enough, though it looks amazing right now!


Actually, here's a link to a really good tutorial on hair shinies (I think) and colouring cell style that's easy to follow and done by a friend of mine! It helped me quite a bit!

http://www.kina-ink.com/indexold.html

Go to 'tutorials' and there are a bunch in there!

Good luck and don't give up!!!

Thanks for the link! I must check it out and practice...took me a whole week just to get the shading done right in this picture. -_- The tutorial will make my life easier, LOL.

Thanks for the feedback everyone, I appreciate it! :happy:

[kupoartist]

:shock:

(this space occupied by speechlessness)

:happy:
anyways, I seriously looks like you traced it from the original or somthing! your lines are amazing, the proportions brilliant... considering that you've done it in MS Paint, the Lines don't even look jaggedy ... you were blessed with very steady hands Meryl :laugh: ... The colours are similarly well put in there, with a great idea of light...

and now you've got Photoshop... I can't wait! :happy:

[dan da man]

:shock: I cant believe you did that with MS paint.....But it is awsome, im stunned, Im so crap on MSpaint!:(

[ssjtrunks13]

That is probably the best picture I have seen using MSPaint. I believe if you can do this with MSPaint that your stuff would look really amazing using something better, though I don't think you should give up on MSPaint because your pictures that I have seen always turn out amazing. I hope you start putting up a lot more of your stuff.

[merylsilverburg]

Originally posted by the_artist

anyways, I seriously looks like you traced it from the original or somthing! your lines are amazing, the proportions brilliant... considering that you've done it in MS Paint, the Lines don't even look jaggedy ... you were blessed with very steady hands Meryl :laugh: ... The colours are similarly well put in there, with a great idea of light...

and now you've got Photoshop... I can't wait! :happy:

Thank you very much! :weep: I'm so happy it turned out well. I downloaded a trial Paintshop actually....O_o so I don't really have that much time to do much on there (30 day free trial). I'm going to have to go out and buy Adobe or something. :heh:

I really appreciate the comments from everyone, thank you!! *bows deeply* I'll try to put out more stuff when I can. Thanks again!

[mark0™]

Originally posted by merylsilverburg

I don't really have that much time to do much on there (30 day free trial). I'm going to have to go out and buy Adobe or something. :heh:



*cough*Download Crack*cough*

hehe, I bought My Paintshop, but I'm sure you could Crack the Trial somehow, not that I know anything about how to do it.

[Gadzoox]

If you've got KaZaA Lite you can probably find either the whole program or a 'crack-er', heh.

I /love/ it when things work out by mistake! :happy:

And there are TONS of other great tutorials on the net, just go to www.google.ca or something and to a search for 'Photoshop tutorials' or even go more specific! Glad I could help!

[Pu the Owl]

That's really a nice pic meryl! I like the drawing very much, and the colors, with the opportunity of getting another program, would look a lot better IMO, but they're ok as they are!

[ssjtrunks13]

Yes, the color are great for MSPaint. I'm sure you're stuff will only get better.:cool:

[Sword 4 Hire]

Like I said in gadzoox's thread

Wow...

[merylsilverburg]

Originally posted by mark0

cough*Download Crack*cough*

hehe, I bought My Paintshop, but I'm sure you could Crack the Trial somehow, not that I know anything about how to do it.

Originally posted by Gadzoox

If you've got KaZaA Lite you can probably find either the whole program or a 'crack-er', heh.

I don't know anything about "Cracking the Trial" (O_o;;) and I don't have KaZaA Lite, so I guess I'm outta luck. :laugh:

Originally posted by Fortune

That's really a nice pic meryl! I like the drawing very much, and the colors, with the opportunity of getting another program, would look a lot better IMO, but they're ok as they are!

Yeah, I know the colors look...maybe kinda dull and not vibrant, but that was the mood I was going for. But, I'm pretty sure that a better program will help me out a lot. :)

Thanks to everyone for your feedback and responses! :happy:

[Pu the Owl]

Originally posted by merylsilverburg
Yeah, I know the colors look...maybe kinda dull and not vibrant, but that was the mood I was going for. But, I'm pretty sure that a better program will help me out a lot. :)


Ahhh! I didn't want to say they're not "vibrant"! I meant that maybe you could add more details, like shadows in anime style or reflexes or stuff like that. It's not necessary, but they could make of your drawings amazing works :)

[merylsilverburg]

Originally posted by Fortune

Ahhh! I didn't want to say they're not "vibrant"! I meant that maybe you could add more details, like shadows in anime style or reflexes or stuff like that. It's not necessary, but they could make of your drawings amazing works :)

Oh! :laugh: Yes, I tried to do that; I tried to make some more creases in the clothing, more shading in the clothes, more shading on the hair and face, a nice background....but it's so incredibly hard. :weep: It's hard to blend well and make proper details because there's not many tools and options in MS Paint. :(

[Carlito]

Cool pic meryl! :cool:

[ssjtrunks13]

I think it's fine the way it is, you could probably redo it in Photoshop when you get used to it.

[merylsilverburg]

Originally posted by ssjtrunks13

I think it's fine the way it is, you could probably redo it in Photoshop when you get used to it.

Yes, I'm planning on doing that once I buy a real Photoshop. :D

Thanks Carlito! :happy: