Christopher Robin

Really? Thought I did, or at least Akbar did for me. It's a Trap! You are using Bonetti's defense against me eh?

Lemme guess... magic origin? @RikOz Little Longbow's bio and costumes work well together. Nicely done.

@biostem You can't think of any new pieces you want? Really? Not even the plaid for your lumberjack or the corset without the stripes or the hats without hair or the steampunk belt with a solid buckle etc etc or any of the other things you've been asking for in unrelated threads? @Fista No we don't need it stickied. There are less than two pages of threads total and the same 8-10 threads sit at the top so if it's even remotely active you'll see it first page with no scrolling needed.

Annnd just in time for the holiday here is Mr. Halloween! A winner of one of the many forum contests I had back on "Live."

I AM GROo......... ssular Granite.

@QueenBethariclick the thumbnail to see the large version when you are ready.

Here is a side by side comparison for QueenBethari who is working on shading. The idea is if you shade the areas not receiving light or being occluded more rounded shapes will emerge and things will appear less flat. Extra bonus points if you can tell me what direction the light is come from Queen.

Well there is a whole lot to it (books have literally been written on the subject) but if I had to sum up the process of shading in one sentence it would be "pick a light source and then darken anything not facing it or that has something between it and the light." What you've got is a good first step but I would say push it even further than that. My experience has been that when people are just starting out with shading they are usually waaaaay too tentative so maybe try going way further than you think you should and you'll be getting close to where you want to be. P.S. I don't know if you have any art programs but if so you could try it digitally. That way your traditional art is left untouched and you can really push the shading without risking anything that you might want to keep. Tell ya what, I'll do a shading pass for comparison and we'll see how close you get to it.

I feel like this may have been somewhat overlooked in what followed so I am backtracking a bit to say I really like how this turned out @QueenBethari. If I could suggest anything simple I would say some more dynamic range and contrast could be had fairly quickly by making a shadow pass in a few areas like under her chin and under her arms. Darken a little in these places and it will bring out more of the volume of the shapes and things will be less flat on the page. What you have so far looks great it just looks like you stopped too soon (right after the flatting stage).

Another birthday softbrushing, this time it was Kthewife. This is her hero Rose Maiden.

@wasuber truly a sad day indeed. Turns out the Mayans were partially right, something did come to an end in 2012. @Heraclea careful he brought his bubble popping attachment!

Another birthday, Triton Supreme. and now newly made over in red softbrushing.

A shot of her father's costume might help as people could see what parts changed. Also is the visor a must or any kind of modern looking optic enhancement? @biostem While it's strange to see it on a suit jacket, that pattern does look more Lumberjack-ish and I think sells the concept better.

@biostemIt's as close to a bear as the CC would get. I do have a bat as part of my vampire Vladric, with the actual bat wings and bigger teeth. He can transform into a bat a wolf and (momentarily) mist forms. @Coyotedancer That Palrah shot is pretty cool. Ummm.... I hope you don't have more than one hero named Anu. ...cuz the plural would be Anus. Which clearly is pronounced Anooz and no other way... ahem. Nice capture on your stalker. @Struck Don't know about having a contest, those work best with a host/judge and or prizes but I do have some Halloween type stuff because of my witch Chloe Macomber. Even a blast of radiation won't get rid of the funk coming off of Jack's throne. Phew! A witch among the wisps. Come on shake your body baby do that Conga!

Yeah I haven't found a good way to incorporate it into a costume design (might have to revisit that again sometime) so I always do what Biostem is suggesting above and set it to Minimal FX.

I don't think I have ever seen it. >0.o<

Another Softbrushing this was a birthday present for the Ferreter.

For "Dark" I have my hero Dark Aedan. About 85 minutes of scribbling. Click the thumbnail to see the large version in my thread.

For the Inktober category of "Dark." Back on live this was my uber min/max build and probably my best all around hero Dark Aedan. About an 1½ hours of scribbling with a Parker black ink pen.

Well I know the pattern exists in game. If you trick or treat long enough you'll get a scrapyarder costume that has it. It looks like this...

Lol nice combo with Treasure and Ghost. Wait ghosts wear flannel? Hmmm it must be the ghost of a scrapyarder then. Or a Nirvana fan.

Lol @ the toilets. You should've had someone doing the puke emote after an all night bender and Pocket D. The hero on the left reminds me of Doc Delilah. Also you might actually have different painting mods than I did. I knew there was more than one pack going around.

Well you could always take up modding. Color changes and stripe removal are pretty straight forward, even the buckle swap is probably doable. The hair? Not so much as it would involve changing the shape rather than just the surface. Of course there's the small detail that only you (and whomever you give the file to) would be able to see your creation but hey that never stopped me. Or maybe post that comment in a costume pieces suggestion thread. I'm sure one exists somewhere but it's probably dozens of pages long already.

The other War Witch piece from 2012.

Relax people, deep breaths, everything is going to be just fine. I concur with Jon's statement that this is a relatively minor thing so let's stay focused here and not blow things out of proportion. This is the current situation as I see it. 1. Ewelina (Avi's real name) did deliver a paid commission laden with mistakes. This is a thing that happened. Being dismissive of that fact it doesn't make it any less true. 2. She agrees with me. I explained my position, gave her examples and a quick paint-over showing her what I meant and she agreed. 3. She and I are working together to resolve it in a mutually beneficial way. If I was just out for myself here I could've received a refund, kept the art she had already sent me, (mistakes or not it's still a nice piece of art) and just left it at that but I genuinely want to see her paid for her time and effort and if anything receive more commissions, not less. 4. Starting over from scratch and doing another piece for free was her idea. My suggestion was that she correct a few of the biggest mistakes and that I could pay her something extra for her time. She thought there were too many mistakes and that it would take longer to fix them all than to just do it over again. 5. I plan to reward her if she makes good on her promise. Anyone who knows me or has been paying attention could already see where this was going. If she won't accept payment for the remake I plan to ask her for an another paid commission (if possible see #6) and then pay her back in the form of a extra tip on that piece. My habit of late has been to order extra artz and then either give it away as a gift or make it the prize in a forum contest so maybe I'll just do that. Stay tuned for details. 6. What about her DA and stuff? It's true her Deviant Art page is wiped (see for yourself here) and there is an exchange in Polish between her and what sounds like her ex on this page. She says she is being stalked and some of her accounts have been taken over but as far as I can tell she still has her paypal, gmail and her Patreon accounts under her control so she should still be able to take commissions in theory but she may have to put things on hold until she can get out from under this. People interested in helping can probably do so through her Patreon. I will update if/when I find out more. ---------------------------- Also quick correction @DJ1 credit where credit is due. While it's true CoXsO was my idea and I did sink dozens of hours into the event it wasn't "all me" When it was crunch time and I asked for help Darth Delicious stepped in and even though we are in time zones 7 hours apart she stayed up late/early essentially pulling an all nighter (and well into next day lol) to make sure things were ready in time. She was a big part of why everything went as smooth as it did (thanks DD! ). Also I appreciate the kinds words but do please take it down a notch and try not to exacerbate the situation.