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[Nafruf]

are you talking about the fishnet on the arms or legs? or both? to my eye, it looks like the arm would be way harder.

[Guest]

both lol none is easier then the other

[Reynard]

I think the leg ones were more difficult,
and I'm still not too pleased at how they turned out...

Meh, I take another shot at it next time.
Practice makes perfect after all

[Guest]

I haven't drawn any of my characters in fishnets, but I have examined many attempts made by others that didn't quite get it, trying to see what I would do different.

High on the list of things that would make them look better is to compress the vertical spacing of the diagonal lines as they wrap around the arm/leg. Viewed from afar the effect would look like crosshatching that gets progressivley tighter toward the outlines (this is assuming the limbs are perpendicular to the viewer--foreshortening introduces complications I don't feel like getting into now

As your view moves from a fishnetted surface perpendicular to your line of vision to surfaces angled more and more paralell to the line of vision, the individual strands would appear to get closer and closer until just near the edge, you see more line than the underlying surface, then nothing but the strands (which would be expressed as a solid mass) just before the outline. The width of this zone would also vary with the density of the weave--it would get wider with progressivley closer strand spacing, and narrower for widely-spaced strands.

One thing that I have drawn reasonably well is the boots. and I can say with some certainty that when you draw high-heeled footwear of any sort, it looks considerably less painful if you place the heel on an incline rather than a level plateau

Think of the line along the sole from the ball of the foot to the heel as the path of someone taking a couple of steps and leaping up. The path is traced into the leap to the point where the parabolic path starts to level out, and that's where the character's heel would sit. With this in mind, I often find it easiest to draw the character standing tiptoe in bare feet, then draw the boots/heels/etc over them.

Hope this helps,
---PCJ

[Reynard]

*whistles*
You lost me when you went into the footwear,
but I totally get what you're saying about the fish-net
I can't belive I didn't think of that sooner

Hey, thanks for the tips man! I'll definately keep
those in mind next time 'round

[Guest]

Hmm...I guess everyone fumbles an explanation now and then..Oh well, they say a picture's worth a thousand words

Here's an art trade I did awhile back with another VCL artist (well it was supposed to be a trade--the other artist became disenchanted with his work and cleared his archive for some reason). This character wears high-heeled boots as part of her outfit, and it illustrates what I was trying to explain.

...hopefully

---PCJ

[Guest]

Edit: (dupe--dunno how I did that)

---PCJ

[Reynard]

Ohhhhhhhh! I get it

I made her boot level off too sharply at the heel.

Cool, thanks for pointing that out,
I'll watch out for that from now on

P.S.
Awesome pic man, very well done

[Reynard]

Here's the finished pic

[Reynard]

I noticed the pic I uploaded was too dark
(refering to the post directly above this one),
So I tweaked it a bit.

If you find that it's still too dark just let me know

[Guest]

i thought that last pic seemed a bit darker than normal but, assumed that it was supposed to be dark. i dont know wut it is but this pic just seems... boring to me. i mean its nice and all, but im not feeling it... and i cant explain what "it" is either. its prob cuz i feel sick right now. cant wait to see ur next pic though.

[Reynard]

I dont know wut it is but this pic just seems... boring to me.
i mean its nice and all, but im not feeling it...
and i cant explain what "it" is either.

The "it" is probably the generic pose I used.
I just wanted a picture to practice coloring on
so I threw this one together pretty fast.

[Nafruf]

hey reynard how have things been with you lately? i havent talked to you in forever, whats new dude? got married, graduated, had a kid ?

[Reynard]

Yo!

I've just been really busy and haven't really had a chance to do anything new.

[Guest]

You're gonna post anywhing new any soon?