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Mist_on_the_Water
03-20-2008, 04:16 PM
Okay stupid title, but I thought making this thread might be good to start with since I've been gone so long. See, I take an airbrushing class at school, and our current project is skulls. They'll teach us a bit of hand painting for the great detail we need as well as shading with the airbrushes, freehand.

Of course, I'm working on Wizard and Glass for my second time through and my DT obsession level is pretty high at the moment right? So of COURSE I had to do soemthing DT with my skull, and what better to do than create the lovable, famed gunslinger as a skull? So for several hours I've been working on just that. It's coming along really well! It's just your basic skull, using Ghost Rider movie sills for reference to the shape of his eyes and stuff (Roland needs a tough lookin expression methinks)

He's wearing Roland's hat, rawhide stitchings and all. it even looks a little tattered and well-worn. He also has (mostly cos I cant draw vertebrae very well) a bandanna tied around his neck and the leather coat thing Roland wears. The skull takes up most of the paper but I also have the fingers of a skeletal hand reaching across (his right hand, full fingered, before lobstosities)his front and it's to the left and it'll be holding a smoking revolver. hopefully if there's room I'll have a faint, foggy image of the Tower in the background.


As soon as the drawn plan is finished I'll scan it and post it on this thread, and then the actual airbrushed piece once it's done...I hope I've done Roland of Gilead some justice!

Your beloved buddy,
~IR<3<3<3

blackrose22
03-21-2008, 03:32 AM
Sounds good so far. Can't wait to see the finished article.

Daghain
03-21-2008, 07:16 AM
Me either. Sounds interesting!

ManOfWesternesse
03-21-2008, 03:15 PM
IR that sounds very interesting.
Look forward to seeing it.

Welcome back btw - ain't seen you in a while!

Letti
03-22-2008, 10:09 AM
Great to see you back. :rose:

Mist_on_the_Water
03-22-2008, 10:28 AM
thanks everyone! I'll get a photo or scanned pic up soon I hope..of the drawing anyways...it's really coming along quite well.

Letti I so love your signatures! I really have got to find some pics for you and see what you can do with them...

Letti
03-22-2008, 10:44 AM
1. thanks everyone! I'll get a photo or scanned pic up soon I hope..of the drawing anyways...it's really coming along quite well.

2. Letti I so love your signatures! I really have got to find some pics for you and see what you can do with them...

1. Cannot wait to see it.

2. Thanks a lot.
If you have something for me.. let me know. ;)

Mist_on_the_Water
03-22-2008, 10:46 AM
1: okay couldn't wait so I just took 2 pics and uploaded them, I'll have them here next post...

2: will do! I might even draw some stuff and send you scans of it...

Mist_on_the_Water
03-22-2008, 10:46 AM
I took 2 pics, one with a flash, one without, so you can see it 2 different ways...lol

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n35/ze_nightcrawler/IMG_0608_1.jpg

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n35/ze_nightcrawler/IMG_0607_1.jpg

Mist_on_the_Water
03-22-2008, 10:48 AM
it's not done yet...I still have a lot of shading to do..if you couldnt guess, I'm in the middle of shading the reflections and such on his revolver...i had a heck of a time getting the hat right but I really like the way it and his hair turned out

Mist_on_the_Water
03-22-2008, 10:48 AM
although maybe his hair should be just a tad longer now I look at it...

Letti
03-22-2008, 10:49 AM
Damn! People will be crazy about it! It kicks some very serious asses!

Mist_on_the_Water
03-22-2008, 10:51 AM
does it? thats good to hear. I'll value the opinions of those on this site the most, especially when it comes to making sure I do Roland some justice...

Letti
03-22-2008, 10:54 AM
To tell you the truth my favourite part is its hand... wow.

Mist_on_the_Water
03-22-2008, 11:03 AM
lol really? hah, I hate the hand..it doesnt sit right with me somehow..my favorite part will probably be either the hat or the gun....YAY REFERENCE PICS! I could never draw a gun from memory..not yet....but none of this pic was traced it was all done freeheand with only pitures to look at, no tools either (compass, ruler, etc) just my hand, pencil, and paper

Letti
03-22-2008, 11:19 AM
Really. No kidding.
May we see it again when you are absolutely finished with it?

Heather19
03-22-2008, 11:29 AM
It looks really good so far

Daghain
03-22-2008, 02:07 PM
It is looking really good. :)

ManOfWesternesse
03-22-2008, 03:22 PM
IR, it's good - very damn good!
The hand, and especially the Gun are very impressive. Dunno what reference pic you used (Walker Colt maybe?) - but that's the 'big iron' allright!!

Great work - be interesting to see how it evolves.

Mist_on_the_Water
03-22-2008, 05:11 PM
Letti: of course! I'll try to put progress pic up too...maybe one when the drawing is done, one after hand painting on my airbrushed piece, and a few while I airbrush it...

Heather and Dag: thanks guys!

MoW: idk what the name of the gun was, i think I just looked up "revoler" on Google images and found one that looked fitting..if I can find it again I'll show you.

Thanks everyone for looking! I greatly value everyone's opinions here and I welcome critique from fellow artists or even anyone who notices something with open arms and an open mind, so please, go ahead!

Storyslinger
03-24-2008, 07:49 AM
Thats aweome! :clap:

blackrose22
03-24-2008, 12:33 PM
Great so far can't wait till you finish it and show it in all its glory. Nice one.

Mist_on_the_Water
03-25-2008, 02:57 PM
thankee-sais, storyslinger, blackrose!

I haven't gotten to work actually airbrushing yet, it'll get started probably thursday...maybe....i will try to take pics of it's progress tho!

Mist_on_the_Water
03-27-2008, 04:32 PM
so the skull isnt done but I've decided to start another fanartish drawing...this one has a close up of Roland's head and torso, a profile image, and he's looking up. behind him there is/will be (in progress) a collage of things throughout his life..in one corner is Susan's face, in another, his original ka-tet of Cuthbert and Alain, in another will be an image of the twoer in it's field of bloody looking roses, and in the fourth is his "current" ka-tet (Jake, Eddie, Susannah, Oy, and possibly Callahan)

it'll be posted when I'm done

Letti
03-28-2008, 11:03 PM
so the skull isnt done but I've decided to start another fanartish drawing...this one has a close up of Roland's head and torso, a profile image, and he's looking up. behind him there is/will be (in progress) a collage of things throughout his life..in one corner is Susan's face, in another, his original ka-tet of Cuthbert and Alain, in another will be an image of the twoer in it's field of bloody looking roses, and in the fourth is his "current" ka-tet (Jake, Eddie, Susannah, Oy, and possibly Callahan)

it'll be posted when I'm done

It sounds amazing.
We are waiting eagerly, sai. :rose:

blackrose22
03-29-2008, 12:04 AM
so the skull isnt done but I've decided to start another fanartish drawing...this one has a close up of Roland's head and torso, a profile image, and he's looking up. behind him there is/will be (in progress) a collage of things throughout his life..in one corner is Susan's face, in another, his original ka-tet of Cuthbert and Alain, in another will be an image of the twoer in it's field of bloody looking roses, and in the fourth is his "current" ka-tet (Jake, Eddie, Susannah, Oy, and possibly Callahan)

it'll be posted when I'm done

This sounds brilliant and I can't wait to see this one as well.

Mist_on_the_Water
03-29-2008, 03:45 PM
In a few minutes or so I'll have a picture up. I just finished it not an hour ago.

Mist_on_the_Water
03-29-2008, 04:25 PM
sorry it's on its side, but I have right side up closeups. Also, since theyre photos and not scans, they look like crap. I'll try to scan it soon, but my scanner is loud and my little brother is asleep. I have plenty of photos so there's be several posts!

Mist_on_the_Water
03-29-2008, 04:26 PM
http://a540.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/50/l_d91194f6a90d906b595f1b3702abf00b.jpg

thats the whole thing

Mist_on_the_Water
03-29-2008, 04:28 PM
http://a622.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/119/l_14aa242831503391d259eb224e8f6945.jpg

this is the upper right corner. It's an image of Susan, and next to that, her being burned at reaping. it says "Roland I love thee!" and "Bird and bear and hare and fish, give my love her fondest wish."

(that reminds me, there'll be several spoliers...can someone please mark the thread as a spoiler thread please?)

Mist_on_the_Water
03-29-2008, 04:29 PM
http://a100.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/80/l_4a915e711acb4838e5ca20277427fb4b.jpg

the centerpiece. A tired looking Roland remembering his life, looking up at perhaps Old Mother or Old Star for comfort.

Mist_on_the_Water
03-29-2008, 04:31 PM
http://a215.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/16/l_7720ca00f25d68eb2b69808952c91b86.jpg

the upper left corner, a chunk of the tower and the man in black. it says "A rose, a stone, an unfound door" and "The man in lback fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed."

Mist_on_the_Water
03-29-2008, 04:32 PM
http://a485.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/66/l_3bfe05c013e0c9a296840ce3cd5cefb4.jpg

the left side, Blaine speeds across his track beneath the quote "Blaine is a pain, and thats the truth"..above him, a magnifier, some of the roses from the tower's bloody field.

Mist_on_the_Water
03-29-2008, 04:33 PM
http://a472.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/56/l_9ec1e24f922f12d93840ce5b6f91cd1f.jpg

Susannah sitting on the ground, Eddie's hand on her shoulder, his other arm around jake and Oy at their feet. Above them (and just below Blaine) is Sheemie and Capi

the quote is "Go then, there are other worlds than these."

Mist_on_the_Water
03-29-2008, 04:35 PM
http://a425.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/79/l_1da144ab3fec29126286d655336f2440.jpg

Cuthbert does a fancy bow, hands curled beneath his arm, and winks and tips his hat in his usually jocular manner. Alain stands by, quiet and thoughtful.

Mist_on_the_Water
03-29-2008, 04:37 PM
http://a206.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/75/l_168511d340796d5b8da5a2683a685b05.jpg

from front to back: Rusher, Glue Boy, and Buckskin, the horses of the original ka-tet's youth, standing about acting like their owners. Above them, a(n innacurate) quote saying "Cuthbert could not even give his horse a normal name"

Mist_on_the_Water
03-29-2008, 04:39 PM
thats all of them! I'll try to scan it so you have a better view, and i hope I've done everyone justice. this is how I see everyone in my mind with the exception of the few I couldn't quie get out right on paper, mainly Sheemie, Eddie, and Alain.

I also wished I'd used larger paper, for I should've liked to have included far more people and events than those few.

blackrose22
03-29-2008, 05:31 PM
So far so good. Looking forward to seeing the scans of the whole picture. Well done.

Mist_on_the_Water
03-29-2008, 06:02 PM
thanks blackrose ^^

welcoming critique yet again!!!!!

blackrose22
03-29-2008, 06:24 PM
No problem. Always enjoy seeing what people come up with especially when it's inspired by The Dark Tower.

Daghain
03-29-2008, 07:42 PM
I like those, IR! Really nice. :)

Mist_on_the_Water
03-30-2008, 11:16 AM
Thankee-sai Dag!

sarah
03-30-2008, 12:16 PM
http://a540.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/50/l_d91194f6a90d906b595f1b3702abf00b.jpg

thats the whole thing



I flipped for you. :D


http://aycu23.webshots.com/image/50582/2001134779996564180_fs.jpg



I really like all your drawings. Thanks for posting and sharing.

Letti
03-30-2008, 01:16 PM
I
love
it
sooooooo
much.




moremoremore

Mark
03-30-2008, 01:27 PM
I
love
it
sooooooo
much.




moremoremore

And that's the truth!

Brilliant work there, Sai IR! You've really inspired me to go do some drawing now!

Mist_on_the_Water
03-30-2008, 03:41 PM
Thankee-sai Maerlyn, but I can't see it ><;

oh thankee-sai to you as well Letti! and Mark! I have a bit of artists' block at the moment but I may do one with Roland and Susan in the middle and the events and people concerning them around them.

Letti
03-30-2008, 09:37 PM
That horse next to Roland is absolutely great.
I wish I could draw such a nice horse.

Mist_on_the_Water
03-31-2008, 04:27 PM
Thankee-sai. That's Rusher there. H needed that handsome look.

I've loved horses all my life aqnd theyre the things I really started with when I was little as far as any type of art went. I mean I drew everything, but theyre the first thing I remember really getting technical with. I started learning a bit of anatomy and observing and looking at pics, so thats how I got to how I am today. But! There's always room for improvement! I improve with every horse (or anything) I draw Letti!

Mist_on_the_Water
03-31-2008, 04:28 PM
thanks again Maerlyn I can see it now!!

ManOfWesternesse
04-01-2008, 04:43 AM
IR - that's really, really good. Well done!

If there's one thing I might mention (for future reference), I'm not 100% convinced by the Hat (same was slightly true of the Skull pic). I think it's the brim mostly, too weak & droopy loking to me - needs to be stiffer?
Hope you don't mind me mentioning this?
Love your work - the horses are exceptional. Susan is very well done too.

mia/susannah
04-01-2008, 08:20 AM
Mist on the Water, I love your drawings. Do you sell anything that you draw? I would very much be interesting in purchasing a few

Mist_on_the_Water
04-01-2008, 03:48 PM
it does not bother me at all MoW! I welcome your critique and I'll pay more attention to Roland's hat in the future. If there's anything else please tell me!

Wow...Sai Susannah-Mio I'm flattered! Incredibly so! please, call me IR, everyone else does. and no, sai, I have not yet begun selling my artwork, although I do have some paintings I'll be putting up somewhere someday. See I'm only 16 and my parents dont like me going on sites like this, so if one day you find my art work, do as Roland and Susan and when you see me, see me for the first time.

Thankee-sai though! I'm incredibly flattered that you should want to actually buy something!!!

Mist_on_the_Water
04-04-2008, 04:22 PM
I'll be posting a portrait of Roland here soon. It's taken a while and it'll like take a while longer but i wanted to draw a really detaised portait of the gunslinger-sai himself.

Mist_on_the_Water
04-10-2008, 10:04 AM
I'll be posting a new updtae pic of Skully soon, with a bunch of handpainting done, no airbrushing yet...

same for the detailed pic of Roland once I finish it.

Mist_on_the_Water
04-24-2008, 01:35 PM
okay I haven't been on in a mad long time and I'm sorry. My life is so hectic right now it's not even funny. I have started airbrushing Skully annd I have an update picture for you all. Remember that half of the picture had frisket paper on it so it looks a little messy but you get to see a little color now. Picture coming next post.

Mist_on_the_Water
04-24-2008, 01:42 PM
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n35/ze_nightcrawler/IMG_0826.jpg

Heather19
04-24-2008, 02:42 PM
I can't see it :(
Just a red X

jayson
04-24-2008, 02:46 PM
i don't see it either IR

Mist_on_the_Water
04-24-2008, 02:54 PM
I noticed..I'm unsure how to fix it...can an admin please fix this? I don't know how ><;

Letti
04-24-2008, 10:06 PM
Amazing to see you back. Sadly I can't see the picture either and I can't help. I will try to find someone who can. :rose:

Brice
04-24-2008, 10:11 PM
If you want to email me the picture I can try.


bbeede2@gmail

Daghain
04-24-2008, 10:16 PM
Yeah, send one of us a file, and we might be able to help you out. :)

ManOfWesternesse
04-25-2008, 12:38 AM
Hopefully......
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z47/ManOfWesternesse/Various_pics/IR_Skully_250408.jpg

(I copied the file detail from properties & uploaded to my own photobucket - maybe this will work??)

ManOfWesternesse
04-25-2008, 12:40 AM
YaY!

IR - IT's VERY DAMN GOOD!!!
I absolutely love the gun - that's a killing-machine if ever there was one.
Great,great work overall!

Letti
04-25-2008, 12:43 AM
Oh!
My!
God!
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p237/Lettike/smiley/SmileyTHUD.gif

It's so damn PERFECT!
I can't write more I am shocked.

blackrose22
04-25-2008, 05:48 AM
That is fantastic IR, I hope you intend to post more of your work when you have time. A1:clap: .

sarah
04-25-2008, 06:55 AM
:clap: that is so cool!

Mark
04-25-2008, 08:12 AM
That's immense o.0 Absolutely brilliant job!

Storyslinger
04-25-2008, 08:14 AM
Damn! Thats amazing. Letti's smiley says it all. :clap:

Mist_on_the_Water
04-25-2008, 11:22 AM
Thankee-sai MoW for making it viewable, and thankee-sais to everyone who complemented it! I'm glad you all love my work so much! It'll be done within the next few days. When I'm through there'll even be a freehanded, misty image of the Tower behind him.

Matt
04-25-2008, 11:35 AM
I fixed in the original post as well. :wub:

Great picture!!

Mist_on_the_Water
04-25-2008, 11:37 AM
Thankee Matt ^-^

Daghain
04-25-2008, 11:40 AM
That's awesome, IR!

Heather19
04-25-2008, 02:37 PM
Looks really good, I can't wait to see it finished.

Arthur Heath
04-25-2008, 02:46 PM
The amount of artistically incline peeps around here always seems to amaze me. Great job.

Mist_on_the_Water
04-25-2008, 06:33 PM
Thanks Dag and Skol, Heather it'll be fdone within the next week unless soemthing goes terribly wrong (which it won't) so you won't have to wait long!

(quite honestly I can't wait myself!!)

Mist_on_the_Water
05-03-2008, 10:54 AM
HEY GUYS!

My internet is screwed up on my comp right now (usin my dad's comp) so I can't get the pics to you guys, but I have one more set of progress pics and then the final piece, SKULLY IS DONE!!!

He'll be put in the school districts art show this weekend! it turned out very very good. my only whoops was a large smudge on the Tower in the background. I fixed this by making it into a faint grey skull and crossbones with red eyes, representing the curse for Roland of the Tower, and also the Crimson King.

I'll get pics up again as soon as I possibly can! I'm sorry if it takes a long time...speaking of long times I may not be here very often until my own comp is fixed because my parents wouldnt like me being on this site much and my own comp is more private.

TTFN EVERYONE!!!

~IR <3<3<3

Brice
05-03-2008, 11:04 AM
Take care! :rose:

ManOfWesternesse
05-03-2008, 12:53 PM
Ok IR, thanks for the update.
I really look forward to seeing what you've done with old Skully.
Fix that computer, STAT!

Mist_on_the_Water
05-06-2008, 03:14 PM
My mom is sick now and she can't do too much with my computer, but the art show was a great success, and I recieved a 98% on the Skully project in my airbrushing class! Again apologies for not being able to have the pics to show you, I'm hoping to have my 'net back in the next few weeks. Perhaps then I'll even have junior prom pictures, that's this Saturday, you'll all finally see my face! Only few on this site have so far.

Well, ttfn, I'll update again soon. Long days and pleasant nights everyone!!!

~IR <3<3<3

mia/susannah
05-06-2008, 03:22 PM
Looking forward to seeing the finished drawing. And your prom pics. have fun

Mist_on_the_Water
05-12-2008, 06:18 AM
prom was AMAZING!!! 'course now it's MY turn to be sick! lol woke up sick sunday morning. we stayed up till 3 AM it was soi fun!

still no luck with my internet but it'll get worked on soon!

much love
~IR

Mist_on_the_Water
05-14-2008, 12:30 PM
FINALLY GOT MY NET BACK!! WHOOO!

Here, finally, is the finished Skully

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n35/ze_nightcrawler/IMG_0914-1.jpg

Mist_on_the_Water
05-14-2008, 12:31 PM
my camera strap is covering it but there is indeed smoke rising from the barrell(sp?) of the gun

Daghain
05-14-2008, 12:47 PM
Cool! Nice job!

Heather19
05-14-2008, 01:32 PM
Looks really good!

alinda
05-14-2008, 01:39 PM
Wow, pretty cool IR, good job!
now how about those prom pics?

Mist_on_the_Water
05-14-2008, 01:54 PM
thanks guys! by the way the tiny smudge on the Tower is a mistake made on purpose...i smudged it and made the smudge into a grey skull and crossbones with red eyes

ill make a new thread for some prom pics in a bit

alinda
05-14-2008, 02:02 PM
I love prom pics!

ManOfWesternesse
05-15-2008, 03:27 AM
IR, the finished Skully is very damn good.
98% eh? - just what in the hell did they deduct the 2% for? :lol:
Seriously - congrats on a job well done!

Now, where's them prom-pics? .......

Mist_on_the_Water
05-15-2008, 02:08 PM
the frisket paper pulled up some paint so it had to be fixed (hence the smudges of dirt on his collar and hat) and i dug the x-acto knife in a little too much on the stitching of his hat...= the 2% deducted

Mist_on_the_Water
05-15-2008, 02:08 PM
prom pics will be posted sooner or later im havin a bit of comp trouble still

ManOfWesternesse
05-15-2008, 02:16 PM
No worries IR - we'll see you when we see you.

Rjeso
05-16-2008, 05:12 AM
Well done, IR. :D Love the job you did airbrushing his hat, it looks fantastic.

Mist_on_the_Water
05-16-2008, 05:40 PM
http://a535.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/25/l_9f358fc1d483f1186c2a073c6007a336.jpg

This is me and one of my best friends..i wont say her name simply because it's not my place to show her all over or whatever. I'm the one in black

Mist_on_the_Water
05-16-2008, 05:43 PM
http://a246.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/13/l_c0c8e22d06d4311ce989f5ed2e03546d.jpg

this is more what I USUALLY look like..we'd been dancing for a while and my makeup and stuff was almost gone (I never wear makeup...) and i took my scarf off..it was too hot.

ManOfWesternesse
05-17-2008, 02:21 PM
Hey! I can put a face to the name at last! And it doesn't hurt that it's such a pretty face either!
(not that an old gaffer like me should notice such things :lol:)

Thanks for posting them IR.:thumbsup:

Letti
05-17-2008, 02:24 PM
IR, what a lovely lady you are with shiny big eyes. Wonderful to see you and to put a face to your excellent works.

alinda
05-17-2008, 02:34 PM
Very nice IR, you are a lovely young woman:) as we knew you were.
You sure look like you had alot of fun with your friends. Thanks for posting the pics.

Mist_on_the_Water
05-17-2008, 05:41 PM
MoW: aww thanks that's sweet...

Letti: Lady? lol I'm only 16 X3...I've always been told I have big eyes..i suppose the fit my face!

Alinda: thanks..yeah we had a TON of fun..time of my LIFE!! didn't get to sleep till 3:30 the next morning lol...no problem posting them!

Brainslinger
07-27-2008, 12:08 PM
my camera strap is covering it but there is indeed smoke rising from the barrell(sp?) of the gun

Heh! I thought the strap actually was the smoke! Great job.

Letti
07-27-2008, 12:15 PM
MoW: aww thanks that's sweet...

Letti: Lady? lol I'm only 16 X3...I've always been told I have big eyes..i suppose the fit my face!

Yesyesyes. Lady.
Hands down.

miss ya anyway