SunStorms artwork to order

Sunstorm · Post by **Sunstorm** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:36 pm

Whilst I await the end of the month to afford some new painting materials and tools for customising TFs, I decided to put brush to canvas in the meantime and get my colour mixing up to practice. Thought it might be fun to post my first TF painting as a work in progress - so here it is so far;

I'm still very much in sketching stage for this Sunstorm, but will keep taking pics as I gradually complete him....

Bumblebee · Post by **Bumblebee** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:44 pm

looking very

Commander Megatron · Post by **Commander Megatron** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:46 am

It is looking good Sunstorm.

Rumble · Post by **Rumble** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:15 am

Nice! Can't wait to see some more.

Rumble.

Thrust · Post by **Thrust** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 8:10 pm

Wow thats awesome, keep it up.

Blitzwing · Post by **Blitzwing** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:47 pm

looks great!

Kup · Post by **Kup** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:46 am

keep going!

great work

Slag · Post by **Slag** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:40 pm

that's really neat sunstorm!
keep going.

Delita-1 · Post by **Delita-1** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:43 am

Great job to both of you, very

Sunstorm · Post by **Sunstorm** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:35 pm

Latest update - finished the pencil outline (may have to adjust one or two lines when I add the paint, but I'm pretty happy with it...)

Ramjet · Post by **Ramjet** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:37 pm

You have a lot more patience and skill than me! How big is the canvas?

Deszaras · Post by **Deszaras** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:40 pm

I can't draw anything. But I can do wonders with superglue and plastic sprue...

Very good job sunstorm.

Commander Megatron · Post by **Commander Megatron** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:58 pm

Looking good!!!!

Sunstorm · Post by **Sunstorm** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:07 pm

it's a 12" square canvas - oh, and thanks for the kind comments guys. It's kinda nice to see I can still draw and paint after not doing it since I left college(!)

Before I started this Sunstorm, I did a couple of Care Bears pics for Mrs S for practice and was very surprised how well they turned out. I still feel a little out of practice though

Bumblebee · Post by **Bumblebee** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:20 pm

very nice guys have more talant than me lol

Rocktimus Prime · Post by **Rocktimus Prime** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:07 pm

its looking good, Sunstorm.

My only... query... is that the wings don't look right. They should be symetrically 'sprouting' from his back (shouldn't they?). I think the one of the right (his left wing) looks ok, but the other one probably needs to 'rotate' to the left a few degrees, so it follows the line of his back. As it is, it looks like the wing on the right is attached to his back while the wing on the left is attached to his arm. They should probably both be attached at the same spots.

Sunstorm · Post by **Sunstorm** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:21 am

yeah, I see what you mean rocktimus..... I've adjusted those wing lines many times already and reckon when I apply the paint, I'll end up shifting them again. I also want to straighten the right side (Sunstorm's left) null-ray, is it is off by a couple of mm or so at the part that re-appears below his arm...

EDIT;

done some re-sketching and rubbing-out;

Commander Megatron · Post by **Commander Megatron** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:24 am

Just fix the null Ray and you have got it Sunstorm!!

Sunstorm · Post by **Sunstorm** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:36 pm

OK - I sorted the null-ray...... I figured out what was making it look weird. Not only was it a mm or so off line, bit I'd drawn it in the wrong perspective, making it look like it bent back towards you behind his arm. The cylinder shape looked like it was disappearing into the background above the arm, but below, it was coming back out. All a case of change the direction of the curves on the barrel shape and then shifting it a mm or two. Looks far better now;

Added a few more areas of black too with a pencil, then I'll paint over it and re-establish any stark black lines with a thin marker.

Stage 2 - the paint - to begin this week!

Rocktimus Prime · Post by **Rocktimus Prime** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:59 pm

nice. That looks a lot better.

look forward to see it with some pigment on it.