I haven't posted any art for a while, so I thought I'd post this drawing I made even though it's not made in Gimp. (I use Krita for drawing these days).

That is very cute dd. I hope they are able to slay those dragons.

That is great dd. I love the expression on their faces as well as the expression on the shadows of the dragons. I could already envision this as being part of a comic book type series. Very creative.

Love the way you've done the colouring, nice results.

dd: that's lovely work! i love the colouring and the whole composition and i really agree with ccbarr about the expressions of the characters. have you made a picture of the dragons? i would love to see them, judging from their shadows they'll be worth a closer acquaintance .

Thanks for the comments everyone.

AnMal, I might do that in a follow-up piece... not sure if they're dragons exactly, I was only thinking of generic nasty monsters when I drew the shadows. They could also be hydras or some kind of serpents or lizards... yet to be decided

I like these too dd; thanks for sharing.

Nice comic-book style here. They look grim and determined despite the dangers facing them.

If I may offer some feedback, you might want to take a look at the anatomy of his right arm behind the shield. A shield is tied parallel to the lower arm in order to absorb blows. Holding it like he does in the picture is this a sure way of breaking his hand/arm. If you want to show off the crest of the shield you might consider raising it up in front of him instead, completely hiding his arm (picture where his arm would be if he held it folded in front of him). Just some suggestions.

How do you like Krita, by the way?
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Thanks! I usually try to go for more realistic and/or anime-ish styles but I figured a change of pace would be nice.



Yeah, you're right of course. I know the shield position isn't really realistic but I figured I'd take creative liberties with it, or maybe he's just carrying the shield and hasn't yet strapped it on properly. On retrospection, maybe I should have gone with a buckler instead...



I like it a lot. It's by far the best drawing software I've used. Of course, YMMV, and whatever works for each person individually is fine, but to me it just feels good. It's really amazing how poorly known it is considering how incredible features it has, some of the things you can do with it are totally unique to it, to the point that you don't even find them in actual proprietary drawing programs. I'd still rather use Gimp for more generic tasks, such as image manipulation or pixel art and such, but for drawing Krita is clearly superior. Interestingly, Krita even has some features that Gimp is only beginning to accomplish (higher bit depths, non-rgb colourspaces (ycbcr, cmyk), dynamic filters, group masks...)

If I had to compare it with Mypaint, I feel both have their strong points, but purely on a feature-set basis Krita wins clearly. One thing Mypaint has that I miss in Krita is infinite canvas, I'd like to have it as an option, because a lot of times I end up having to increase the canvas after I start. Also Krita is quite heavy on the memory consumption, and I hear this is by design (the devs prioritize speed and features over memory efficiency), so if your computer doesn't have at least 4GB I'd recommend using Mypaint instead.

Always interesting to hear your views! I have Krita-GIT installed and set up here but I'm yet to really get into it for a larger project. It does aim specifically to cater to painters (which GIMP doesn't) so I know I should be interested in it. MyPaint + GIMP is a well-proven combination for me though - I was a very early adopter of MyPaint, way back at version 0.5 - I use it for almost all my painting work since many years.
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Yeah, to each their own

I should try Mypaint more, somehow I just can't quite get into the workflow of it for any substantial work... maybe it's geared more towards painting than drawing (as the name implies), and I've always been better at drawing than painting.

You guys got me curious about Krita now. xD

As for the drawing...
It's cute, I do see room for improvement though each has their own style.
The person in the hood imo is much better drawn than the other person; Faces I'm not going to judge TOO MUCH cause we all have a style.

All in all not bad, keep it up.