- V A D E R -

[Plasma]

Actually, all I did was run W:A, perform the move, export the wagame to "video", open each exported image as a frame, draw a box on a new layer, move the box every frame to keep the action central to the box, crop the whole image to the size of the box, nudge the layers so the box on each frame was central to the frame, remove the box layer and optimise it.

So, basically, I didn't do much. I just like the concept more than anything else.
Wouldn't that mean that it's not your fanart?

[farazparsa]

...Really? I thought you put them together using a program.

[wormthingy]

still lazy :p

[MtlAngelus]

not really. I could've done it myself with the exception of the grass. all he did was take Team17 animations and put them together smoothly. once again, not saying the result isn't nice, but it's hardly the best thing since toast either.

I meant of the positive response it got :p

[Vader]

Wouldn't that mean that it's not your fanart?

Think of it as Machinima or whatever it's called.

[farazparsa]

Haha, I have the same problem saying that word. Machinamica...Machinani...Whatever it is, it has machine in it.

[Preasure]

It's nicely done and good quality. 'Nuff said, IMO.

[Akuryou13]

...Really? I thought you put them together using a program.he did, and it probably took about as much work as if he'd done it in the way I described, his way just required less skill in combining the animations, but a hell of a lot more patience and will. the result is the same either way and it's just as much his.

It's nicely done and good quality. 'Nuff said, IMO.this is true, I just don't see why everyone was making it sound like the best thing ever. it is rather nice.

[Vader]

Well if some people thought it was the best thing ever then where's the harm in them expressing that opinion?

Not everyone agrees with you 100% of the time, Akuryou.

As it happens I don't think it's the best thing ever but I'm not one to muffle praise ;)

[SupSuper]

this is true, I just don't see why everyone was making it sound like the best thing ever. it is rather nice....are you new to this forum or something? Every forumer praises stuff as if it was the best thing ever. :p

[Akuryou13]

Not everyone agrees with you 100% of the time, Akuryou.:eek: WHAT?! HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT, MORTAL!! :mad: :mad:

you shall taste the flames of my wrath for your impotence.

[farazparsa]

He's gonna burn you alive! HE'S A CRAZY MAN!
(He burned me)

[Vader]

If I knew what Akuryou looked like I'd probably draw me eating his brain or something.

[MtlAngelus]

If I knew what Akuryou looked like I'd probably draw me eating his brain or something.
I reckon he looks something like this.
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5760/akuvs7.jpg
I could be wrong tough :p
:rolleyes:

[Akuryou13]

I reckon he looks something like this.
I could be wrong tough :p
:rolleyes:LOL! just slightly off there :p

and I'm surprised no one caught the intentional typo in that last post. I thought it made the post rather ridiculous.

[Pigbuster]

The resemblance is uncanny.
And we're too "hip" to know what impotence means.

[SuperBlob]

:eek: WHAT?! HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT, MORTAL!! :mad: :mad:

you shall taste the flames of my wrath for your impotence.

LOL! just slightly off there :p

and I'm surprised no one caught the intentional typo in that last post. I thought it made the post rather ridiculous.

Typo? *Googles impotence*

...

...

...heeheehee

[Johnnynet]

Vader I have a request!
Please draw me trying fend you off...
Thanks

[Vader]

Erm, I'm a bit busy redoing my website right now.

If you show me what you look like then I'll do it eventually ;)

[wormthingy]

Typo? *Googles impotence*

...

...

...heeheehee

hehehe, that made me google for it too :p poor vader

[Johnnynet]

Erm, I'm a bit busy redoing my website right now.

If you show me what you look like then I'll do it eventually ;)

The Archer guy on my av basically, But yea I can wait...

[farazparsa]

Actually, Aku reminds me of this guy:
http://www.planetavp.com/images/avp2screenshots/avp2facehugger4.jpg
When born, the young Akuryou recieves a number. In our Aku's case, it is 13. The young Aku, or "FaceSarcaser" proceeds to finding a host. Once he is found, he pounces on the pray, and humilates him in front of his friends. Everybody laughs, and as they laugh, the FaceSarcaser secretly inserts and embryo inside the host's body using his SUPER ULTRA MEGA AKU POWERS LOL!!!!111!1
http://www.planetavp.com/images/avp2screenshots/avp2chestburster.jpg
After a few minutes, the host's stomach breaks open and out comes this little critter. He is called "ChestLoler." After being born, ChestLoler feasts on the dead body of the host and then LOLs cruely at them. As he LOLs, others around him join him in the LOLing process, which leads to ROFL, LMAO, and eventually, ROFLMAO.
http://www.planetavp.com/images/avp2screenshots/avp2dronealien.jpg
This is the "ROFLMAO", the last form of the Aku. The Aku proceeds to using his sarcasm powers on people, then eating them, and LOLing at them.

Thanks, PlanetAVP for the pictures!

[Alien King]

After a few minutes, the host's stomach breaks open and out comes this little critter

You do know that the stomach is actually below the chest? And that it takes between several hours to a week?

[Akuryou13]

*considers ammending his character profile to include faraz's post*

:p ;)

[SupSuper]

I can't believe you people actually had to GOOGLE impotence...

[SuperBlob]

I can't believe you people actually had to GOOGLE impotence...

I don't know these things ok? :p

[Vader]

I dunno if this counts as fan art but meh, I want to show it off.

[E-102 Worm]

"GAMES! GAMES!"

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Nice zombie gamer there. :)

[Alien King]

Look's similar to me. Except I wouldn't touch a Playstation 2 or 3 with a 10' long stick.

[wormthingy]

Look's similar to me. Except I wouldn't touch a Playstation 2 or 3 with a 10' long stick.

It looks more like a Xbox controller to me :confused:

EDIT: oh, just saw the ps2/3 controller, I think it's the cause of death

[Vader]

Look's similar to me. Except I wouldn't touch a Playstation 2 or 3 with a 10' long stick.

Don't make me tell you how the PS2 was the best machine of its generation and thereby start a flamewar in my art thread, please. ;)

[FutureWorm]

Oy, what kind of PS2 controller has coloured buttons?

[philby4000]

Oy, what kind of PS2 controller has coloured buttons?
uh, all of them?

[Akuryou13]

Don't make me tell you how the PS2 was the best machine of its generation and thereby start a flamewar in my art thread, please. ;)only opposition you'd get is dillusional XBox fans. I don't think anyone thought the GC wasn't a pile of crap :p

[Iguana]

I own both GC and PS2 and I'm still enjoying both equally. I don't think the last gen would've been the same without both Katamari AND Wind Waker/SSBM.
...OHSHI-

Fantastic art, anyway.

[Vader]

I think the Cube was probably as good as the PS2 but it didn't have as many games I wanted to play on it. That's why the PS2 was the best in my book. The Xbox is for people who only watch action films... and then gauge how good they are by the number of explosions.

[wormthingy]

What if all companies worked together one time and would build a huge world with all characters and locations from every game in it, and make it like a secondlife/WoW game..

And then release it for free on all platforms!

nah, it would either suck or would be xbox only due to microsofts involvement...

[Vader]

nah, it would either suck or would be xbox only due to microsofts involvement...

...or PlayStation only due to SONY's involvement, etc.

[Preasure]

What if all companies worked together one time and would build a huge world with all characters and locations from every game in it, and make it like a secondlife/WoW game..

And then release it for free on all platforms!

nah, it would either suck or would be xbox only due to microsofts involvement...
And all the Zelda fans would get hacked off because 'zomg so much crappy fps!11' and all the FPS fans would get hacked off because 'zomg so much poofy zelda ffs!1!1', and repeat for every other game avaliable. :p

[wormthingy]

And all the Zelda fans would get hacked off because 'zomg so much crappy fps!11' and all the FPS fans would get hacked off because 'zomg so much poofy zelda ffs!1!1', and repeat for every other game avaliable. :p

but the great thing is that the zelda guys could slice the fps guys open and the fpd guys could shoot the zelda guys.. maybe it will find somesort of balance, just like nature

[Vader]

Well, I finally caved and registered myself a deviantArt account.

Here it is:
http://iratecorpse.deviantart.com/

Well, I think it's there... I'm not sure how to use dA yet.

[Alien King]

Well, I think it's there... I'm not sure how to use dA yet.

It's quite simple and easy to get the hang of. What you do, is curse it for everything it does.
If you have money, then you throw it at dA.

[Vader]

I have no primates here.

I think I get it... I just added a photo about half an hour ago which can be bought as a print.

Wheeeeeeeeee!

[twist_worm]

IF i had a new thought of what i wanted twist to look like i would ask for you to do me... i will get back to you on this... very shortly
and completely off topic: yes i am finnaly off of restriction!!!!!11!!!!!!11!!!!!1one!!!!11!!!

[SuperBlob]

completely off topic: yes i am finnaly off of restriction!!!!!11!!!!!!11!!!!!1one!!!!11!!!

...*slaps forehead*

[Akuryou13]

yes i am finnaly off of restriction!!!!!11!!!!!!11!!!!!1one!!!!11!!!

how to put this delicately.............oh right!


http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9231/hangmanakusa5.jpg

[Plasma]

how to put this delicately.............oh right!
Hmm... I'm guessing you'd be a lot happier if worms actually had necks!

[Vader]

Hmm... I'm guessing you'd be a lot happier if worms actually had necks!

They do have necks.

[Plasma]

They do have necks.
Show me then.

[Vader]

Okay :

[Liketyspli]

Well that's weird:

[Alien King]

It works. The only strange thing is the foot. Not sure why that's there.

[Vader]

It's the same sort of foot as a slug has. It's not an actual foot, that's just the name of that part of its anatomy.

[Alien King]

It's the same sort of foot as a slug has. It's not an actual foot, that's just the name of that part of its anatomy.

Oh right. That thing... damn lazy people.

[philby4000]

only opposition you'd get is dillusional XBox fans. I don't think anyone thought the GC wasn't a pile of crap :p
GC was the best multiplayer console.

You can't deny it.

PS2 was an entirely single-player experience for me.

[Metal Alex]

how to put this delicately.............oh right!


http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9231/hangmanakusa5.jpg

why don't we hang the people who produce the suicides? it's easier. (and painless)

[Vader]

GC was the best multiplayer console.

You can't deny it.

PS2 was an entirely single-player experience for me.

I've had lots of multiplayer fun on my PS2, from THPS2 online to Budokai 3 with friends, Dead or Alive 2 tag tournaments, racing games, Guitar Hero, loads!

I must admit, though, that I do love to immerse myself in a good single-player RPG. It's like reading a book but with more random encounters. ;)

[Akuryou13]

GC was the best multiplayer console.

You can't deny it.

PS2 was an entirely single-player experience for me.fair enough. the GC had its merits as a party console. it just couldn't really do anything else.

[Vader]

Has anyone ever sold anything through dA?

I've got some prints up but I have no idea how often things sell on there. I'm just curious, really.

[Plasma]

Has anyone ever sold anything through dA?

I've got some prints up but I have no idea how often things sell on there. I'm just curious, really.
Well, Paul's had quite a few good prints up, but he never managed to sell any of them!

[wormthingy]

Has anyone ever sold anything through dA?

I've got some prints up but I have no idea how often things sell on there. I'm just curious, really.

I bought my own stuff.. The chance of anyone seeing a print is smaller than someone noticing your deviation. and since there are 31,370,943 deviations, there's very little chance of someone seeing, let alone buying some of your work. but, the more people fav your work the more people will see it. when it contains b00bies or a cat it will most likely become a dailydeviation and people will fav bomb and "kawaii ^^" bomb you. making it even more noticable and more likely to be bought.

[Vader]

a cat

I drew a cat... I wonder if it's online somewhere.

[wormthingy]

drawings don't count, they have to be webcam shots or not-resized or blurry photos made with a bartsmit camera

[twist_worm]

can we get back on topic i am better now... or am i meh i never tried for a while... i will when i get back
NOW back on topic.....please

[Vader]

/ignore twist_worm

drawings don't count, they have to be webcam shots or not-resized or blurry photos made with a bartsmit camera

Right.

When you've bought your own stuff, how does it come? Is it printed on paper or mounted or what?

[wormthingy]

/ignore twist_worm



Right.

When you've bought your own stuff, how does it come? Is it printed on paper or mounted or what?

dunno, mine hasn't arrived yet.

[Pigbuster]

when it contains b00bies or a cat it will most likely become a dailydeviation and people will fav bomb and "kawaii ^^" bomb you.

Well, bWEEEbies, yes. There's Scottb for that.
Not sure where you got the cat thing from, though.

It is impossible for people to find your work, though. Mostly because the good stuff gets buried underneath the Nagas and Harry Potter/KH/FF/GHAHGK fan-comics and "HEY HERE'S A CLOSE UP PIC OF MY DISGUSTING LADY-VAG. IT HAS DEEP MEANING BECAUSE IT'S B+W".

I've found that it's best to ignore the fact that I won't get a lot of comments or views. DA is just way too big for that.
It's just nice to be able to put your art somewhere.

When you've bought your own stuff, how does it come? Is it printed on paper or mounted or what?

I would also like to know this.
Even though I probably wouldn't use the prints too much. No T-Shirts = BAD.
I'll just sign up on CaféPress when I'm good and ready.

[wormthingy]

Well, bWEEEbies, yes. There's Scottb for that.
Not sure where you got the cat thing from, though.

It is impossible for people to find your work, though. Mostly because the good stuff gets buried underneath the Nagas and Harry Potter/KH/FF/GHAHGK fan-comics and "HEY HERE'S A CLOSE UP PIC OF MY DISGUSTING LADY-VAG. IT HAS DEEP MEANING BECAUSE IT'S B+W".

I've found that it's best to ignore the fact that I won't get a lot of comments or views. DA is just way too big for that.
It's just nice to be able to put your art somewhere.



I would also like to know this.
Even though I probably wouldn't use the prints too much. No T-Shirts = BAD.
I'll just sign up on CaféPress when I'm good and ready.

so you really wanna see people on the street wearing t-shirts with Nagas and Harry Potter/KH/FF/GHAHGK fan-comics and "HEY HERE'S A CLOSE UP PIC OF MY DISGUSTING LADY-VAG. IT HAS DEEP MEANING BECAUSE IT'S B+W" on it? :p

[Pigbuster]

I want to be able to make T-shirts so that I could order said T-shirts and wear said T-shirts.

I don't really care if OTHER people make them. People wear stupid T-Shirts already.
And if you wear one with a vagina on it... well... you'd be arrested. :p

[Paul.Power]

/ignore twist_worm



Right.

When you've bought your own stuff, how does it come? Is it printed on paper or mounted or what?Printed on photographic paper, usually (either gloss, matt, or something they've invented called Lustre). Frames cost extra.

[Vader]

Printed on photographic paper, usually.

So for example, a 46 x 61cm print would come on a large piece of photo paper, rolled up and put into a tube?

[Paul.Power]

So for example, a 46 x 61cm print would come on a large piece of photo paper, rolled up and put into a tube?Pretty much, yes.

[Vader]

Kersplatty.

[pilot62]

Heh, nice stuff, although I wonder why people don't ever seem to reply when you actually post art.

[Paul.Power]

Heh, nice stuff, although I wonder why people don't ever seem to reply when you actually post art.I'd say it's because they can't actually think of anything to say, but since when has that stopped us?

Anyway, nice job :)

[Vader]

Ta very much, like.

And now, Bad Hair Day:

[Liketyspli]

Uhm... colouring could be better.......

[Melon]

Yeah. That picture would be great if there wasn't all those random black bits in it. Is it meant to be like that? I think it just makes it look messy.

The other picture with the worm being fired from the cannon was much better than this one.

-EDIT- Oh I see what you've done. You've coloured that picture just by scribbling with the pen tool. Nice try, but I still think it makes it hard to look at.

[Vader]

Well, I tried something new and nobody liked it. Even my girlfriend said "It's good but it's not your style so I don't like it" or thereabouts.

So, here's a version of the same idea but done in my usual style.

[Melon]

Haha much better. You see, in that style, it made my laugh slightly. Good job. The previous time, I just thought "Ugh."

[Vader]

Well that's good, I suppose. At least my style's good for something. ;)

It's interesting to hear that though. The concept, lineart and to a large extent even the style are identcial in both pictures; the colouring and method used are the only differences. I mean, the shapes and forms in both images are pretty much identical, the colours used are pretty much identical, the joke is absolutely identical.

Out of interest, what do you judge fanart on? Is it how clean it looks? How complex the shading is? How funny the joke is? I'm genuinely curious.

[Liketyspli]

I self look at colouring and the joke of course style doesn't really matter... Just not like agent luke

[Preasure]

The last one looks very refined and detailed, but the first looks messy and untidy, so the talent is missed and hidden.

Heh, wormies. I'd forgotten about him...

[Vader]

The last one looks very refined and detailed, but the first looks messy and untidy, so the talent is missed and hidden.

Good point.

[Melon]

Well that's good, I suppose. At least my style's good for something. ;)

It's interesting to hear that though. The concept, lineart and to a large extent even the style are identcial in both pictures; the colouring and method used are the only differences. I mean, the shapes and forms in both images are pretty much identical, the colours used are pretty much identical, the joke is absolutely identical.

Out of interest, what do you judge fanart on? Is it how clean it looks? How complex the shading is? How funny the joke is? I'm genuinely curious.

Well, I don't know really. I guess I just like stuff that's easy on the eye. Stuff that's nice to look at. People don't need to be the best drawers, as long as I can clearly see what's going on in the picture. I understand that the two pictures are identical except that one's a bit messier in the way you coloured it, but I just didn't seem to feel anything for the first one. I guess my brain just wasn't able to see past the messiness of it and it looked like, well, a pile of old rubbish really.

I could tell what was going on in the first picture, but I only found the joke slightly amusing when I saw it in the second one. It is interesting.... I guess the expression was clearer in the second picture.

[Vader]

Yeah... who'd have ever thought this thread would be educational?

Mmmmm... braaiinnnsss...

[Gardy Looo]

Why isn't wormies with his turtle porn? :p Nice shading on the 2nd one.

[Vader]

I have no idea. It's not a picture of wormies, it's just a doodle I redrew in Flash.

[Slick]

FANART 4 VADOR.!:cool:


Shame that I actually had more worms art to post other than this, and now my art thread is closed. :)

[Vader]

Ahahaha, awesome! :D

[Zero72]

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/3417/trainssb6.jpg

[Slick]

*finds really old pic*
Eh...

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/9056/somthi3144mp4.jpg

[MtlAngelus]

Ehehehehe nice tuff.
Both Vader and Zeor and Slick, 'course.

[Vader]

Haha! If I wasn't on my DS I'd try and find "Planes".

*reminiscent sigh*

[Melon]

This one?

http://www.dream17.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1321#1321

[maveristef]

Haha! If I wasn't on my DS I'd try and find "Planes".

*reminiscent sigh*

I'll cheer you up here I think I just ruined the trend :D

[Jore]

Well, I finally gave in to temptation and started my own fanart thread. I dunno if any of it will go on the website or not, neither do I know whether or not fanart is still posted on the website. Alas, Im not that fussed.

Here's my first 3 pics for this thread. I will also be putting the images on my amazing website (http://wurmz.net/vader) as and when I can be bothered.

The first, my attacker.
The second, my view of my attacker :D
The third, see below...

double post edit:

Frankenstein's Worm!

What program you use when you did those?

[Vader]

I'll cheer you up here I think I just ruined the trend :D

That's awesome. Now colour it in. ;)

What program you use when you did those?

For the majority of my images I use Flash and a Logitech MX series mouse. As you can probably tell, I use the brush in some images and lines in others. It just depends how I feel at the time; they're both nice to work with for different reasons. Sometimes I use both, obviously.

[Vader]

Oh my Glod I'm posting in this thread again (at least once):

http://vader.wurmz.net/images/worms/cancer.png

:cool:

[Akuryou13]

*twitches* eww....that.....that hurt.....you should be flogged to death. twice.

[Pyramid]

Wooo! Great to see new arts from you. Hope you keep drawing, especially the lovely worm's slaughters!


Now, don't vanish, as most of people do in this forum, after posting one or other thing...

[Vader]

Well I'm still a little rusty and I can't dedicate as much time to drawing these days but recently I found a comic I drew in a notepad a while ago (around the time of the 2nd take-it-in-turns comic thing) which I intend to digitise and polish up so watch this space!

It won't be very gory to start with, unfortunately, but I also hope to do some nice bloody, gruesome art soon, too.

[Shadowmoon]

Nice, the joke was a very bad joke though :p but it did make me laugh.

[yauhui]

o_o if there was a "favourite" feature on this forum I'll click on it IMMEDIATELY.

[Vader]

I fancied messing about in Photoshop a bit, so this started as a doodle in my book, has been drawn in Flash and then messed with in PS. Enjoy :)

http://vader.wurmz.net/images/worms/vader-meal.png

Oh, and just in case you care, here's the unshopped version:

http://vader.wurmz.net/images/worms/vader-meal-unshopped.png

[Akuryou13]

lol, that is awesome :D

[Vader]

Thank you!

[super_frea]

Yep that's damn awesome!

[Vader]

I drew these guys on some shiny card with a Sharpie, then scanned it in and coloured it with Photoshop. All the black lines are Sharpie lines.

Unfortunately I think the colours in Photoshop are setup wrong so it looks more saturated in this post. I'll fix that at some point.

http://vader.wurmz.net/images/worms/sharpie01.png

Oh, and for archiving purposes I'm going to put my Paint Competition 2009 entry in here, too.

http://vader.wurmz.net/images/worms/msPaint-2009.png

[Error404]

They look really worried about that 'nade... :p

Nice jerb, mate.

[yauhui]

At first I thought the tongue was his stomach spilling out or something xD

[Scrub555]

Ta very much, like.

And now, Bad Hair Day:

I know, two years ago. But I disagree with the posts about it being messy. I think it brings more emotion into the picture, kind of like the painting "The Scream."


http://vader.wurmz.net/images/worms/vader-meal.png


I really like this! :cool: :D

[Vader]

Thanks for the comments :)

Scrub, I ilike your avatar.

[Shadowmoon]

Awesome stuff!

The one of your sigworm you drew a few posts ago is seriously awesome.

[Error404]

TO THE CRITIQUE! ONWARDS!


on the comic
· Great humour.
· The hands just seem a bit too... 2D, if you know what i mean.
· The worms' skin colour look somehow odd. If you don't it on purpose, ignore this.

on the gore-ish image with PS effect
· First and main downside is that the picture is way too big. You should try to stick to a size that doesn't deform the forum layout, bearing in mind that the standart internet resolution nowadays is 1024x768.
· The effect itself is pretty neat, but it makes dificult to see all the elements on the page. Maybe making it less dark would improve the visibility without spoiling the effect.

on the gore-ish image without the effect
· Pretty good, but i miss some shading. Even a basic, one-layered shading is always welcome to get people some idea of volume.
· I like the blood on you worm's face, but the blood on the floor could use a little adjust. It seems thicker that real blood. You should make more steep curves when drawing the puddles.
· Your hand is missing the thumb and the palm there.
· The upper end of the bone seems wrong in perspective.
· The bottom line of the visor is concave, while it seems that it should, somehow, be convex.

On slick's image
· Nice random humour.
· The teeth division seem odd. It would've turned better if you've left them plain white.
· Still on the teeth. The upper teeth has some weird curve at the left edge... and no curve on the bottom, where should be one. The last can be ignored for a more cartoonish effect, but the first one looks really odd.
· The shadow is right on!

On the worms with the 'nade
· Image too big.
· The worms' skin colour is a bit too pale as the previous comic one. If it's intentional, ignore this.
· The lineart seems rather thick. Maybe resizing the pic down would solve this, but i'm not quite sure.
· I like the expressions and the pose. Very creative and funny.
· The nade looks a tad wrong... wasn't it suposed to have yellow spots on it?
· The drool looks nice!
· The background, on the other hand, doesn't.
· The shadow could've been more accurate as well, but i guess you know that.


Well, that's it. If i didn't mention something is probably because it looked good. ;)

[Vader]

TO THE CRITIQUE! ONWARDS!

*gulp* Bring it on!

on the comic
· Thanks!
· I suck at hands. :(
· You may find my colours a little odd sometimes as my Photoshop colours aren't correctly configured. I keep meaning to sort that.

on the gore-ish image with PS effect
· Sorry about that. It's fine for me but I'll do them smaller in the future!
· Well, I wanted it to look like the only light source was the eye so I might have messed around a bit too much trying to achieve that.

on the gore-ish image without the effect
· The plan was to shade it all in Photoshop, so this needed to be flat.
· Some of it's not just blood, it's various other bodily fluids. I do know what you're saying, though...
· I suck at hands :(
· Yeah, I struggled to get it anything like right.
· Nah, his bottom eyelid is coming up as his eye is narrowed. I disagree on that one.

On slick's image
· Thanks!
· I normally would but I thought I'd try something a little different. Duly noted.
· Does not compute.
· Thanks!

I'm also particularly proud of the perspective on the brush. I'm normally rubbish at that sort of thing.

On the worms with the 'nade
· Again, sorry about that.
· The worms' skin colour is taken from Worms sprites, so technically it is perfect.
· Yeah, I drew it with a marker pen. My lines were a bit wonky at times so I thickened them up a bit to smooth them out :P
· Thanks!
· Oh, bugger!
· Thanks!
· It was a rushed job. I rarely do backgrounds and it makes me feel like I'm short-changing people if I don't do one.
· Yeah, the shadow was part of the rushed background.

*phew*
We should do this again some time!

[Error404]

*gulp* Bring it on!
on the comic
· Thanks!
· I suck at hands. :(
· You may find my colours a little odd sometimes as my Photoshop colours aren't correctly configured. I keep meaning to sort that.
· This might help. http://slickster.deviantart.com/art/How-to-draw-WORM-hands-19717937. The idea is to draw a sphere (in "3D", yea) and then the fingers comming out of it. It helps me everytime.
· It's a good idea to "steal" the colour from some other worm picture you like. I sure did this a lot when i started. Now i got my own pinkish hue for them. :p

on the gore-ish image with PS effect
· Sorry about that. It's fine for me but I'll do them smaller in the future!
· Well, I wanted it to look like the only light source was the eye so I might have messed around a bit too much trying to achieve that.
· The only light source idea is a good one. You should only keep in mind that light bounce. I know, i know... it's too complex to draw light bouncing (well, some artists do that... i've done that a couple of times... it's hard...). Anyway, my point is that you should make the whooooole thing a tad brighter in order for us to see the rest of the pic, while maintaining the whole eye-light-source idea.

on the gore-ish image without the effect
· The plan was to shade it all in Photoshop, so this needed to be flat.
· Some of it's not just blood, it's various other bodily fluids. I do know what you're saying, though...
· I suck at hands :(
· Yeah, I struggled to get it anything like right.
· Nah, his bottom eyelid is coming up as his eye is narrowed. I disagree on that one.
· On the eye matter, if it was intentional, then ignore my comment. :)

On slick's image
· Thanks!
· I normally would but I thought I'd try something a little different. Duly noted.
· Does not compute.
· Thanks!


I'm also particularly proud of the perspective on the brush. I'm normally rubbish at that sort of thing.
· My point: 32269
· You should also look through some of my drawings as i tend to try to draw teeth anatomicaly correct (as if it's possible in worm fanart)

The brush looks great, indeed.

On the worms with the 'nade
· Again, sorry about that.
· The worms' skin colour is taken from Worms sprites, so technically it is perfect.
· Yeah, I drew it with a marker pen. My lines were a bit wonky at times so I thickened them up a bit to smooth them out :P
· Thanks!
· Oh, bugger!
· Thanks!
· It was a rushed job. I rarely do backgrounds and it makes me feel like I'm short-changing people if I don't do one.
· Yeah, the shadow was part of the rushed background.

*phew*
We should do this again some time!
· From W:A? If yes, that was my point at the new games thread. T17 has changed the worm design since W3D, so i guess we're all drawing the new ones. If you choose to go with the old ones, i'd recommend you should be consistend and follow along with the old worm "geometry" as well. Anyways, it just seems a biiiiiit too pale. No need to worry, it's still within the range or normality.
· Yea, i sensed you knew the background was the downside. They're hard to draw, i know. I haven't mastered them yet, but i think practice makes perfection, so you should keep practicing (and browsing through other artists' stuff to see how they've been dealing with this monster). No matter if they look bad now.

Keep it up, man. You're doing great. You know you're one of the best, here, so keep practicing while you can! :p

[Vader]

I drew this comic in a sketchbook a couple of years ago and it never got any further than that.

However, I can be a lazy sod when it comes to this, so rather than post a page at a time I will post a frame. Each page will later be compiled and hosted elsewhere. Posting a frame at a time means more regular updates and less pressure on me to do lots quickly. For the win/win.

So, without further ado I bring to you the first frame. :confused:

--Following the below posts this image was slowly updated and is no longer in its original form--

http://vader.wurmz.net/images/worms/Comic/0001.png

[Pyramid]

One little thing, that actually not count that much
No shadows on the floor

And 2 details that I don't like so much: Paul's eyes, for some reason, and the plain white wall

But posting frame by frame, must be quite interesting

[Vader]

I agree with what you said so I've updated it. It's pretty much the best you'll get from me right now. :)

[Error404]

Good, good. Nice idea about posting it homeopatically.

Anyways:

• Is that Paint?
• I'm not very fond of too homogeneous lineart. I think your previous ones in which the thickness had a variation through a line was more interesting;
• What Py said about the shadow;
• If that's not paint, you could've blurred the worm match on the background. It would've turned out better;
• Same stuff i said previously about the background.

Hint on the background. Look through some of Splapp's stuff. You don't need to put THAT much level of detail, but some detail is always welcome and make it all look nicer. Maybe you could've put a painting on the wall, a fridge, some roof, some skirting near the floor, depth to that window.... stuff like that. ;)

[Vader]

Good, good. Nice idea about posting it homeopatically.

Anyways:

• Is that Paint?
• I'm not very fond of too homogeneous lineart. I think your previous ones in which the thickness had a variation through a line was more interesting;
• What Py said about the shadow;
• If that's not paint, you could've blurred the worm match on the background. It would've turned out better;
• Same stuff i said previously about the background.

Hint on the background. Look through some of Splapp's stuff. You don't need to put THAT much level of detail, but some detail is always welcome and make it all look nicer. Maybe you could've put a painting on the wall, a fridge, some roof, some skirting near the floor, depth to that window.... stuff like that. ;)

It's Flash. This is how I always used to work, back in the day.

I've added shadows, I'm not sure they're brilliant, though.

I've now blurred the background - good thinking!

I also added a visible light source to add to the image's basic furniture - this enabled me to add shadows on the window and therefore give it more depth. I liked the idea of having a Worms match in the background but I felt putting the window elsewhere put the image off balance. Perhaps I should add a book shelf.

How's it looking as of... now?

[Pyramid]

Much better than before, imo

[Error404]

The shadows added more to the drawing, indeed. I'm not quite sure as the lightbulb... it all looks too much... yellow. Maybe you could drop the lightbulb and toss a more subtle gradient on the background. I think that would work better.

A little less blur on the background could also work. Or maybe upsize the screenshot, as it turned irecognizable since you blurred it. :p

And, hey, since it's flash, i think you could/should let the brush size be your guide and generate more fluid lines. I don't know if it's just me, but i find that line thickness variation add A LOT to one's style. :)

Good job on tweaking it, btw. :)

[Plasma]

The one thing that really strikes me is how misshapen the shadows are. They really don't match up to the corresponding foreground at all.

[Vader]

Well, I added a bookshelf complete with Paul style Zeor figurine. I think the shadows are fine; they're suggestive enough to satisfy the illusion, I reckon.

I guess this is set in a house Paul and Vader share. I'm not sure, I've never thought about it. You'll have to wait for the next installment to find out, or something.

[Error404]

I'll stick to the lineart suggestion.

The rest is good enough for me. Big improvement! :)

Next, please.

[Akuryou13]

seriously....that frame is enough. there is nothing any other frame can do to make that any better :D

and if you don't know why, I'm not explaining. :p

[Vader]

and if you don't know why, I'm not explaining. :p

Those aren't tissues...

[Akuryou13]

Those aren't tissues...right, I would assume those are socks, and the rest of the comic will likely confirm that guess....however, as it is the joke is far better than anything you (or anyone else) could come up with :p

[Plasma]

Socks...?

I was under the impression they were balls of paper. Those would be some very uncomfortable socks!

[Vader]

@Aku:
Hehe, damn. Well I'd better keep drawing it anyway.

@Plasma:
Shhhh, if he wants to misread it then that's his decision.

[Akuryou13]

Socks...?

I was under the impression they were balls of paper. Those would be some very uncomfortable socks!well if that's the case then those are some very oddly-colored scraps of paper :p

seriously, who makes paper with patches of grey?

....and before anyone decides to be a pedantic ass hat: no, I'm not that stupid, but that's some damn bad shading.

[Vader]

It's not that bad, is it? I mean you can tell what it is, right? It's suggestive and it's in my style, is that not enough?

**** it, maybe I'll just not bother. Or maybe I'll only listen to the constructive criticism.

[Error404]

I could tell what they were, if that makes you happier. :)

[Akuryou13]

It's not that bad, is it? I mean you can tell what it is, right? It's suggestive and it's in my style, is that not enough?

**** it, maybe I'll just not bother. Or maybe I'll only listen to the constructive criticism.well so long as I know they're not socks, then yes, I know what they are :p

granted, the first thing in my head was socks :p

[Vader]

You got sock fever, boy!

[SupSuper]

Indeed, it looks like paper to me however I look at it.

I'm not sure why you'd want to pile up a whole ton of similarly-coloured socks unless you want a challenge to find a matching pair.

[Alien King]

Those aren't tissues...

This seemed more obvious to me than socks.
But I thought of paper before that.

[Vader]

Groovy.

This afternoon I decided to give my tablet a little love and affection and I have drawn the below image. It's nowhere near perfect, I know, and I'm sure you'll all tell me why (please do!) but I quite like what's there so far. Just for Plasma I made a more accurate shadow. I prefer my normal shadows.

I imagine he's thinking "What you lookin' at?" or something.

http://fc65.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/048/1/a/1a1324ac66196ac15cf25b835a61db7f.png

[Plasma]

and I'm sure you'll all tell me why (please do!)
Needs more blood. Obviously.

Actually, just thinking: why do people use three levels of shading for when there's only one lightsource? It makes it rather confusing to know what way the light is coming from (and tends to completely screw over shadows too).

[Vader]

One level is the normal tone, one is in shadow and another is the highlight.

If you have no highlight then you lose some of the form, same for the shadow. In this I've tried to accentuate the worm's shape using the highlight and shadows to sort of carve more volume out of the image. It looks very flat otherwise.

[MtlAngelus]

The shadow doesn't seem accurate tho, because it doesn't match with the shadow in the body of the worm.
I would cough up an example but I'm lazy, but it's easy to see.

That said, I don't care about the shadow really, it's a really well done drawing.

[Error404]

Very nice. And i mean it.

The blood trail and the drop shadow could use a little adjustment, apart from that, i can't see a single problem. Cheers!

[Vader]

Okay, so it's getting better... I'm quite pleased with the bloody mouth effect and basically everything above that - obviously it needs some cleaning up but **** it, so far so good. Also, it looks a little better a little bigger so I've put a bigger version (http://iratecorpse.deviantart.com/art/What-you-lookin-at-part-2-113239601) on dA.

I went back to my usual style of shadows. I like them, sorry if you don't. The blood trail is better but still rough, so it'll change.

edit: By the way, Plasma, you'll notice it's only his skin which has highlights. That's because he's metal. If I add highlights to the blood they will be much more subtle and simply there to give the blood more gloss.

Anyway, here:
http://vader.wurmz.net/images/worms/Vader2.png

[Alien King]

Actually, just thinking: why do people use three levels of shading for when there's only one lightsource? It makes it rather confusing to know what way the light is coming from (and tends to completely screw over shadows too).

A single light source will create at least two distinct light levels on an object (shadow and normal). You can sort of imagine a 3rd, but the highlights are subtle in reality.
Obviously in reality though, they're merged and blend together much more subtley than what you get in cartoons, where they contrast quite a lot.

[Error404]

The blood on the mouth is astonishing. I couldn't do better myself! I actually think i'll incorporate that into my style! :)

I went back to my usual style of shadows. I like them, sorry if you don't. The blood trail is better but still rough, so it'll change.
I was gonna say.

The drop shadow looks worse somehow.

Actually, just thinking: why do people use three levels of shading for when there's only one lightsource? It makes it rather confusing to know what way the light is coming from (and tends to completely screw over shadows too).
Plasma. It's not about a single source of light. It's its intensity and the surrounding environment. Depending on which surfaces are close to the object you have "more than 1" light source as the light bounces from these surfaces back onto the worm.

Light intensity can also make the shadow softer or sharper. Strong light sources produce vivid, nitid shadow silhouetes while light sources with less power tend to generate more homogeneous, diffuse shadows. I know what i'm talking about.

Still, most of these drawings follow the cell-shading style, so it's more intuition and simplification of the actual effect. It's up to the artist to "feel" it and know how to simplify it correctly.

edit: By the way, Plasma, you'll notice it's only his skin which has highlights. That's because he's metal. If I add highlights to the blood they will be much more subtle and simply there to give the blood more gloss.
That's what i was gonna say.

[Shadowmoon]

Really nice. I Like the blood.

[Pyramid]

Loved both versions :cool:

I really couldn't see any shadow problem or whatever, 'cause I couldn't take my eye from the blood. It's so well done :eek:
I still like more of the first bloody trail, and I like both of the bloody mouths
It's really nice!

[Vader]

Well, they're not really versions, it's a work in progress but thanks for the comments, I'm glad you like it! :)

[Vader]

Stage 3, more or less complete.

I've got the blood trail pretty much how I want it, I think. It's still rough but it's good progress. I've also added that glossiness to the blood and I think it really helps bring it out and give it more life, so to speak. Finally, aside from basic tidying up, I've added an extra level of shading. I wasn't sure how that would work out but I think I like it. :)

There's no shadow yet; I'm still thinking about that one.

Click for biggerness:
http://vader.wurmz.net/images/worms/Vader3.png (http://vader.wurmz.net/images/worms/Vader3_big.png)

[Error404]

I like the trail very much. Can i make it my wife?

Suggestions!
• Vader is standing on a pool of blood yet he seems to have slided above it like some sort of snail goo. My point is: the part where its body meets the floor should be covered by the puddle.
• The second level of shading is good colour wise but i don't think it reflects the shape of the worm body correctly. It tends to give an impression that the worm is more 2D than it should be.

Keep'em comming!

[Vader]

I like the trail very much. Can i make it my wife?
I think it would love that!

Suggestions!
• Vader is standing on a pool of blood yet he seems to have slided above it like some sort of snail goo. My point is: the part where its body meets the floor should be covered by the puddle.
Yeah, I thought the same thing but I'm trying to get what's there right first. I do plan on adding that soon, though.

• The second level of shading is good colour wise but i don't think it reflects the shape of the worm body correctly. It tends to give an impression that the worm is more 2D than it should be.

Now that you mention it I see what you mean.

Cheers :)

[Vader]

Good lord, I'm at it again. This time with more sleep deprivation and blood.

Again, it's not finished yet, I am still working hard on trying to get the shading on his body right; I think it's close but not perfect.

I went ahead and drew some 'foot' blood on him. I'm trying not to use a line to show where his tail's bottom is so I've sort of compromised by putting some snail-esque bubbles there to guide the eye a bit. I think the shape of the blood might change but meh... we'll see. :)

Click for biggerness:
http://vader.wurmz.net/images/worms/Vader4.png (http://vader.wurmz.net/images/worms/Vader4_big.png)

[Error404]

Not sure the snail-squee bubbles match the thickness of the blood you're going with there. They're nicely done, that i give you, but i'm not quite sure it matches.

The blood on the bottom seems to be casting some shadow on the worm... that's giving the impression of it being way further away from the body as it was suposed to be. I think you were good with the way the blood is around the mouth... I'd apply the same logic to the bottom.

That line defining the point where the worm touches the ground is very nice with the exeption of the right side.

ZOMG VISUAL SUGGESTION:
32297

[Vader]

Not sure the snail-squee bubbles match the thickness of the blood you're going with there. They're nicely done, that i give you, but i'm not quite sure it matches.

Well they're opaque to depict the blood's thickness, rather than being translucent and thin looking. Perhaps I'm just not sure what you mean.

The blood on the bottom seems to be casting some shadow on the worm... that's giving the impression of it being way further away from the body as it was suposed to be. I think you were good with the way the blood is around the mouth... I'd apply the same logic to the bottom.

Hmmm, yes. That's the tiredness taking over, most probably.

That line defining the point where the worm touches the ground is very nice with the exeption of the right side.

ZOMG VISUAL SUGGESTION:
--8<--snip--8<--

Ack, within a few minutes you nailed what I've been grinding over for ages.

[Error404]

Well they're opaque to depict the blood's thickness, rather than being translucent and thin looking. Perhaps I'm just not sure what you mean.
Simplifying: thick liquids make no bubbles. :)
Ack, within a few minutes you nailed what I've been grinding over for ages.
Sometimes it takes someone with an "outside" view. It's always good to take two or three steps back away from the drawing and gaze it from that distance. You can spot some of your own mistakes more easily that way. :)

[Vader]

Stage 5, I think, of this drawing's progress. And I think, perhaps its completion. (It still needs a shadow and possibly a background - they will be the final stage)

As you can see I have reshaped the blood at the bottom of Vader, changed the highlight on his tail (still not totally convinced but I'll go with it for now), added more blood and done some more tidying up of edges and so forth.

Click for biggerness:
http://vader.wurmz.net/images/worms/Vader5.png (http://vader.wurmz.net/images/worms/Vader5_big.png)

[Vader]

And just because I'm a big whore, I changed the eyes and recoloured it. I know it looks a bit crap but I did it in like 2 minutes, and it's not for keeps, sort of thing:

http://vader.wurmz.net/images/worms/Bloodlust.png

[Error404]

I'd drop that little thin highlight near to the end of the neck/starting of the tail. I think you were aiming for a fold there, but it just didn't quite work.

The rest, seriously, doesn't need any change. I also don't think a background is that necessary. It looks more like one of those abstract pictures we learnt to dear the most. :)

The worm one looks nice, but i can see the bottom line of the visor there... :D

[Vader]

I'd drop that little thin highlight near to the end of the neck/starting of the tail. I think you were aiming for a fold there, but it just didn't quite work.

Yeah, I know what you mean. I think it looks OK if you're not looking at it but when you look at it it's weird.

The rest, seriously, doesn't need any change. I also don't think a background is that necessary. It looks more like one of those abstract pictures we learnt to dear the most. :)

I won't be putting him in a scene, don't worry about that. I think a colour backdrop, maybe with some dripping blood, that sort of thing.

The worm one looks nice, but i can see the bottom line of the visor there... :D

That highlight's actually supposed to represent his sort of snout, but it is a remnant of the original, albeit coloured correctly.

[yauhui]

James Bond-styled picture frame, maybe?

[Vader]

Nope. See for yourself. I've made it my wallpaper, I'm that pleased with it!

Grab it for yourself if you like. I made 3 sizes but if you want a bigger one just ask.

: : 800x600 (http://vader.wurmz.net/images/worms/Vader_800.png) : : 1024x768 (http://vader.wurmz.net/images/worms/Vader_1024.png) : : 1280x1024 (http://vader.wurmz.net/images/worms/Vader_1280.png) : :
http://vader.wurmz.net/images/worms/Vader_800.png

[Error404]

Bravo!
I consider it done.

[Vader]

Yes, I need to draw something new. Someone else's sigworm, perhaps.

[Pyramid]

Yes, I need to draw something new. Someone else's sigworm, perhaps.

*caham*

Hi, Vader! :D

[bonz]

Yes, I need to draw something new. Someone else's sigworm, perhaps.
Mine?
Preferably as 1920*1080 wallpaper. :)

[_Kilburn]

Woah, how much time have you spent on this one? I find it funny how your drawings always have a kinda variable quality, sometimes they don't really look special, and sometimes they look freaking awesome sauce.

[Plasma]

Yes, I need to draw something new. Someone else's sigworm, perhaps.
Methinks you forgot why it's never a good idea to say something that sounds even remotely like an offer to do a request.

Incidentally, MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[Error404]

I find it amusing how you guys think that a request is an automatic obligation for the artists to draw you. I believe he'll draw however he finds more interesting. Like i usually do, except for special situations in which i do take requests to fill my creativity gap.

[Vader]

Woah, how much time have you spent on this one? I find it funny how your drawings always have a kinda variable quality, sometimes they don't really look special, and sometimes they look freaking awesome sauce.

Thanks! :)

I think this took 8-10 hours but it's difficult to gauge.

A lot of my stuff can be considered doodles. I often just want to express a notion or concept and that takes precedence over the artwork itself. With Error's help I realised that if I work hard at it and focus I can produce art even I, as the artist, am proud of (if you're an artist you'll know how rare that feeling is).

Anyway, I have made myself a promise that I will try to put much more effort into my work and that some special pieces (obviously I may still post the odd doodle) will be milking the awesome cow bull dry of its sauce.

Oh yes, and I'm not asking for requests. I never was. I've never really liked doing requests.

Right now I am thinking about doing an awesome sauce all over Beardy as a way of thanks... or maybe concentrating on writing my new comic... I may have said too much...

[Saffya]

http://vader.wurmz.net/images/worms/Vader_800.png

I gotta say, this is a major improvement!

[koolies54]

Awesome, I have seen your art and that pic is great.

[Pyramid]

BTW
Can I make the picture as my desktop's wallpaper?
Seriously..being a big fan of the bloody style, I'm just astonished with that
It's too good. I only hope that amazing work on the blood, can give me some inspiration

[Vader]

BTW
Can I make the picture as my desktop's wallpaper?
Seriously..being a big fan of the bloody style, I'm just astonished with that
It's too good. I only hope that amazing work on the blood, can give me some inspiration

Of course you can use it as your wallpaper! I put 3 sizes up for that reason. :)

I'd be honoured if you did, in fact. Thank you!