badass

By the way I did get a new router so Ill be able to stream yours afterall!

yay! I'm so excited!

WTF!?
damn that´s incredible D8

details holy shit.

sweet ^^

this is too amazing to be a speedpaint tsam!

I don't know what else to call it! At 2 hours this actually took the least amount of time than any of the drawings I've uploaded here in the last month :X

(ps I hate clean lineart. It soaks up SO MUCH TIME)

THEN i give up.

Aww... all it take is practice I swear.. I appreciate the compliment but I specifically studied speed techniques for months to get to this point since speed has always been my biggest gripe and I have to say it's helped me improve my times several fold. It does require a positive attitude though!

Have any advice for those who wish to do the same?

There are two specific things I feel can help anyone improve in this area.

The first is to time yourself. I choose either one, two, or three hours, and draw something to completion. Other people can do it, so in theory so could I, right? When I first attempted this I failed several times. This had a positive influence though since it made me consciously aware of what my weak points were. Redundant stroking... a false necessity to have clean and pristine line work... an arbitrary sense of order that neither added or detracted from an image, stressing myself over details to the point of over thinking them and spending way to much time... despite my lack of knowledge in a lot of areas I was still behaving like a perfectionist... that sort of thing. I realized that I set up a lot of roadblocks that never really helped the end result of the drawing so over time I have learned (rather, am still learning) to let certain habits go. Even if the first trial runs were less than spectacular when I started ignoring what should have been hangups I realized that over time with more practice I was improving on these areas by forcing myself to rethink them entirely in order to fit a drawing within these hourly brackets. Do I still have my share of issues yes... but by limiting myself I am improving much faster than I would have not being conscious of what particular areas were holding me back.



The second bit of advice I have is to develop a color palate and techniques for yourself and use it. My "separate flats into individual layers, lock the opacity, then airbrush the details" routine can guarantee a level of speed and quality at a very predictable rate because I've used it so often that I know how long every aspect of the drawing will take and how to execute them properly. I used to go about it pretty randomly but limiting myself to specific phases like this really helped me improve on my speed by allowing me to become familiar with certain aspects of drawing to the point of committing them to muscle memory. I can FEEL the result out before I even see it!

Part of it was observing how other people went about conveying details... how much or how little information you were able to read from specific strokes. Is that a tree? Or is that a grey/yellow/blue blob with a few green dots on it? Break it down... absorb the information. Although it might not be everyone's cup of tea this legendary thread features a lot of speedpaints with easily readable strokes. Studying these can help you understand the way information is conveyed and how to apply it to your own work.

http://forums.sijun.com/viewtopic.php?t=29807&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=38670

In either case it's all about observation and practice!

Gee, thanks! I'll actually have to copy that down!

Thank ya kindly.

Thanks for all the info! I need to start timing myself :3

This is amazing, i will try to do that to improve
I really wanna work a bit faster since i'm slow and a perfectionist XP

haha I wasnt being serious. It would be stupid to quit just because someone is better at me. I actually learned a lot from your stream albeit I have no idea how photoshop works!
I tried a speed paint and it wasnt too bad for a first try.

oops. I'll go ahead and blame the internet for me taking things so literally sometimes - hah!

Nah.. I gotcha.I just try to be encouraging for the sake of ANYONE who happens to read my messages about drawing~

That's incredibly kind of you. I don't see a lot of artists view it that way. :)

That's really nice of you. Thank you kindly :D

Speedpaint WHAT

This would take me 10+ years of art experience and then another year of actually painting it x.=.x

*Whistle* Wooo, that's bloody fantastic

Lol... 'bloody' XD

I totally didn't mean that. I'm australian, we say "Bloody" all the time D:

Oh, that works too. But the other way is funnier XD

Shrimp on the Barbie! ;D

WE DON'T EVEN CALL THEM SHRIMPS IN AUSTRALIA! *Flails!*

D: b-but that's what they say on that outback commercial!

XD

Lol

I know this is gonna sound stupid, but, what is she?

I wrote a little bit about her here.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5716041/

She can be seen here without most of her armour.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1649267/

They added an entry in the dictionary for "badass" and for the definition they put this picture. You're making it hard for me not to favorite everything you draw.

how do you specify gender on one of those? o.o "excuse me, are you girl or boy?*killed*"

I hope these sleep deprived streams don't affect your health. :C

Looks like she should be kicking escaflowne's ass ^_^

This armour is only about 8-9 feet tall. Escaflowny can just step on it!

Better match then would be Tekkaman Blade ^_^

You call THIS a SPEED PAINT?! /nosebleeds

What's her height? I know my Arcticanian Knight, Arctica, would show little interest, when he can learn through battle style or talking, but, although he is a travelling knight, he is still loyal to his Code Of Honor, and to his King.

She kinda reminds me of this http://images5.fanpop.com/image/pho.....72-199-200.png , a hunter from Halo. It, too, has a massive shield, but it, according the the book I have, stands at 18' tall.

...Ok, I think I will just quit drawing in general. lol

This is why I find your skills frickin' scarey, Tsam.

2 hours for that? Jesus shit! That's like... fuck, I'd pay a good $200 for a picture of that quality and you're spitting it out like it's bloody bad candy.

Epic tier detail + 2 hours completion time, start/finish = Fuck that shit, I'ma stick to writing. >.>

That's just crazy, insane, mind bogglingly numbing! Cannot compute, man. Can not compute!

This is amazing.

So what amount of time or detail makes something a speed paint? Because this looks pretty damn finished.

I'm not really sure. My guess is that it's a combination of a lack of prepwork and techniques that amount to visual shorthanding. I do believe that speed paints can hold up on their own though!

awesome design

*gets sparkly eyes* Shiiiiiiiinyyyyyyy~
This is just... I mean, the quality is... And how it looks, is...
...its gloriously beautiful. The spotty, painted effect. The blood splatter. The sharp spikes with the subtle glint of light reflecting off them. The shining eye. Everything. This is fantastic, especially for a two-hour piece.

Damn just watching you do this was breathtaking but seeing it posted here in it's finished form is even more amazing. Very epic and bold :)
Love it <3

the badassery is off the charts

Awwesome design

Turning part of your armor into a skull: Practical? Probably not.

Awesome: YES!

For some reason I imagine that whistling sound a supercharger or turbo makes '3';

... that thing is a her? D: that's pretty awesome dude.

THIS WAS A SPEEDPAINT? :o

Scarry and awesome at the same time man. Nice job!

o///o so awesoooome!

Oh Jesus, that's a female... o-o

*is now horny*

I do vaguely recall you drawing Azza in armor before. Have you ever drawn her out of her armor?

Wow done in 2 hours that is amazing

Awesome doesn't even begin to describe this.

Whoaaaaa....

Impressive work!

Damn. One slip up and...yeeouch.

That's...wow...just......WOW.

Pretty Please,
Save your Streams anywhere

its funny but Azza reminds me of Escaflowne! lovely work!

O.O omg.... LOVE it! So badass, love bulky armor like that. Absolutely love the head and the Mohawk like bits on it. I sure wish I could draw armor like this. Keep up the great work!