Happy Birthday, Rgevskiy! (M/f, F/f ; feet, belly, armpits)

[scavenger]

Down in the general's bunker, a special interrogation is going on. Two of my girls (inquisitress Kitzalia and Tina Parsec) have been captured by general Rgevskiy and his second-in-command, colonel Friday. Not that the general wants any particular information, he's just enjoying himself... 🙂

Last september, Rgevskiy and his artistic companion Friday-13 created a fantastic pic for my birthday. (I'm not sure if he posted it here on the TMF too) A pic in which all of his girls were being tickled by my own cartoon alter ego. I appreciated this so much, that I vowed to return the favour on his birthday. I don't know the date of Friday-13's birthday, so I want to thank her as well by picturing her as taking part in the action. (I hope it more or less looks like her, as reference material was scarce). So now the day has arrived (1st of June -according to Rgevskiy's profile) and here's my little present. 🙂

Happy Birthday, Rgevskiy!! 😀

 

[milagros317]

Very nice image, thanks for sharing it. 😀

 

[Rgevskiy]

It's so much beautiful picture! 😀
We're want to thank you and we're very appreciating you and happy that you don't forget us!
And room of the bunker is perfectly appropriate for this universe! Very well done!

 

[scavenger]

Milagros: Thank you! 🙂

Rgevskiy: Good to hear you enjoyed my little gift! I hope you had a great birthday! 🙂

 

[wishfoot88]

in my humble opinion i think you are the best tickling artist in the entire tickling world!
i have seen nearly all you work and i have seen quite a lot of other peoples art and you are simply the best.
for you to stop drawing would be the end of the tickling art community
ive said it before and i'll say it again
never never never stop



p.s. please tell me if you are working on anything new

 

[scavenger]

Wishfoot,
That is very kind of you to say, thank you very much! 🙂
Don't you worry, I'll never stop doing tickling art if it's up to me to decide, I like it too much to ever quit. 🙂 I know lately there has been less new work from me, but that's because work and just life in general have been taking time away from me.
I have been working on some projects -and am currently working on a new one- but I can't reveal anything about those. I guess you'll have to wait untill they're officially released! 🙂

In the meantime, you might like to check out my DA page (if you haven't already) as there's some stuff on there that can't be found on either of the forums.

www.art-by-scavenger.deviantart.com (you have to be a DA member to see my stuff, but joining DA is free)

 

[Bohemianne]

You're style is really unique, constant and distinct...I'm intrigued by the saturation and coloring style you use. Would you be kind enough to shed the light on how you do it? BTW, I really like your Scavenger's Strange Stories e-comic, especially the one resembling Matrix.

 

[scavenger]

Bohemianne: Thank you! I quite like your drawing style as well! 🙂

I am not sure if you are referring to my technique used in the "Strange Stories" period, or my most recent coloring technique (Vicky's Defeat II).
I've had an education in the traditional media, and for a long time, my preferred technique was to (almost entirely) do the drawings with acrylics and pencils on paper, then scan them and touch them up a little in an image editing program. This left me pretty much confined to the A4 page format, and restricted me from using a greater detail level.
However, as of recently I have gone entirely digital, after I bought a Wacom tablet. (the Rgevskiy drawing is one of these new digitally done illustrations). Even when working digitally, I try to emulate my traditional painting technique and workflow, only with a much richer colour palette and greater detail.

The end result is defined by so many different factors (certainly in the digital medium) it's hard to give a global overview on exactly how I achieve the final result. Are there perhaps some specific things you like to know about my techniques?

 

[Bohemianne]

Bohemianne: Thank you! I quite like your drawing style as well! 🙂

I am not sure if you are referring to my technique used in the "Strange Stories" period, or my most recent coloring technique (Vicky's Defeat II).
I've had an education in the traditional media, and for a long time, my preferred technique was to (almost entirely) do the drawings with acrylics and pencils on paper, then scan them and touch them up a little in an image editing program. This left me pretty much confined to the A4 page format, and restricted me from using a greater detail level.
However, as of recently I have gone entirely digital, after I bought a Wacom tablet. (the Rgevskiy drawing is one of these new digitally done illustrations). Even when working digitally, I try to emulate my traditional painting technique and workflow, only with a much richer colour palette and greater detail.

The end result is defined by so many different factors (certainly in the digital medium) it's hard to give a global overview on exactly how I achieve the final result. Are there perhaps some specific things you like to know about my techniques?

^ It's been a pleasure exchanging words with artists... My technique is pretty obvious---using pen, ink, comic brush, then scanned. If I color the illustrations, I just use thin (3) layers of coloring, with photoshop. Yes, I do traditional arts as well.

With the revolution of digital age, arts evolved differently. It's amazing that you are able to achieve the same ouput using both conventional and digital maneuvers. I have 2 outdated tablets, one I tried for other task, while the other has never been used until it malfuntioned already. Yes, I have heard how advantageous it is to use Wacom tablet, and I can see you have done well. This reinforces the idea...but I am so afraid of hurting my strokes. I bet you know what I mean. Your testimony tempts me.

So you used acrylic...wow, that's a whole lot of work! You surely love the craft, no doubt of it. Exotic touch. Who said it before? Your work is a labor of love.

For particulars, maybe this could go spontaneous. Wish there's an artist lounge here where we all can merge and talk casually about this stuff...In fact I've done this perhaps humorous exchange of words with Kalamos, who's been stealth for a long while. His application is diverse, while yours is constant, more like a painting. Not comparing, but just observing the touch in coloring. The rest of the artists are purely doing the same...illustration (myself included).

 

[Dave2112]

This is fantastic work! But, then again...I love everything you do. Your style has grown on me in a big way!

Kudos!

 

[scavenger]

Dave: Thanks man! I really appreciate that! 🙂

Bohemianne: I agree completely, discussing art techniques with fellow artists is something I really enjoy. Well, we kind of have the "How you do it forum" for that here on the TMF.
Actually I do my lineart with pencil on paper, then scan it and color it in Photoshop. I don't draw in photoshop directly.
Basically I used to color my pencil art with diluted (=transparent) acrylic paint, adding darker transparent colors for shading, and then use opaque light colors and whites to add highlights on top of that. I still use that same workflow, but now it's digital.
The wacom tablet is really handy to do acurate shading (and the pen pressure function can give it a much more natural look than a mouse would) and it feels much more natural to work with and to navigate around windows (or any other operating system you might use).
And well, I don't regret having left the acrylic age. Not only does it take a lot of time and large pagesizes to do detailed work, but it's messy to work with as well. I still do use it from time to time when sketching and drawing on location (when travelling, for example), but for my illustration and comic work, the coloration is done entirely digital.

While artists tend to vary (even within their own works), there still is that signature style that is unique to each of them. No matter what coloration that, for example, Kalamos uses (I love his art, by the way), it is still readily recognizable as "Kalamos Art". Same goes for your work, and all other artists. The "continuity" in my technique prehaps originates from the rigid workflow of acrylic illustration which I used for so long...

 

[Bohemianne]

Very convincing indeed...things you said about the wacom. Maybe my old tablets really sucked that bad I thought it will change my freehand. I can see it's a must, so art must evolve. In real life I use transparent watercolors for illustrations, and for paintings...more oil than acrylic. Your words are really informative and have really shed the light on basic things that could be visually savored with your art style. Thanks.

The "How to do it Forum" isn't so inviting as a lounge. It's too tutorial based. Enough said about that. This is better 😉

I agree...each artists have distinct style and can be distinguished and appreciated differently.

 

[scavenger]

Well, no it's not a must to have a digital tablet, if you're comfortable working the way you do there's certainly no need to change. I initially bought my Wacom to experiment a bit with it, not seriously use it for my comic art, but I was astounded by the range of new possibilities it offered, so I stuck with it, and became a predominantly digital artist.

As far as I know Wacom makes the best tablets and gives the best support. I studied a lot of reviews on different brands before I settled with the Wacom Bamboo One (one of the simplest and cheapest tablets in their series, but still very versatile, and perfect for my needs) I haven't regretted my choice for a second.

Whoa, you did oil painting? Damn, THAT requires patience and skill. I never liked oil painting, it dries so slowly. When I wanted to get smooth color transitions in my paintings, I would just add some retarder to my paint, giving me the time to work with it, yet still being able to getting it to dry within a day. I did use oil paint for an animated short film, but that was a one-time experiment only.

 

[Bohemianne]

Currently it's out of my budget but i'll do consider buying one at least for my comic coloring. Art must really go on with the digital age, except I'll never draw with tablets...will stick to the same freehand drawing.

Thanks for suggesting Wacom Bamboo One. Exactly why I am conversing with you is also to gather ideas that will be productive to arts.

As of oil VS acrylic, yes the drying time is the big factor but with added medium, eek, not bad. Maybe it's about the viscousity. Both are good to use though. Acrylic is of course versatile.

Attached is one of my sample in oil, the only one interpreted from a picture. My other works are always imagination. Thanks for the exchange of ideas, Scavenger...

 

[scavenger]

Wow! that's one absolutely stunning painting, Bohemianne!! looks like you totally mastered the oil painting technique, and it's my guess with this kind of skill you won't have any trouble adapting to digital painting. And there's no shame in working from a reference photo for a painting, the greatest artists do it. I do it.

And before you make the expense of buying a new tablet, have you checked wether the problems with the old ones can't be fixed by installing the latest drivers? What brand/type are they?

 

[Kalamos]

No matter what coloration that, for example, Kalamos uses (I love his art, by the way), it is still readily recognizable as "Kalamos Art".

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😉

 

[Bohemianne]

Scavenger and Regevskiy...My apologies for some thread sabotage and making this small party a reunion of artistry. 😀 😀 😛

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😉

^ "ach"! At least the simple lounge gossiping about you worked..."Kalamos Portfolio" is diverse and will always be unique on its own...

-o0o-

Anyway Scavenger, my old tablets are obsolete ones from Asus and (I guess) A4tech...no need to bother about the drivers anymore because I will plan to buy a new one.

Thanks for the comments on my painting. This thread is supposedly for the marvel of your work anyway and I just shared one for the benefit of the moon 😱 (I mean the discussion)...as I was saying you are able to maintain the same palette and "touch" with the image you posted here. It made me a bit hesitant to inquire at first. At least it reinforces the idea better. With appropriate use, I could see how the tablets had changed in sensitivity that many artists have embraced pure digital approach.

Your colors are rich...I was about to assume impasto could be simulated as well, lol, but since you said it's digitally done...then the mystery is unveiled. 😀

 

[scavenger]

Kalamos: Wait, wait, don't you fade to black just yet...
I never really got the opportunity to reflect on the K-Folio, but that was one I really liked. Very hard to choose a favourite illustration from it, but the cyberpunk/scifi ones really stood out for me (I'm a total sci-fi fan). But really, everything in it is great. And I love the diverseness of the painting techniques used. That's something I myself am not really able to achieve.
And it would be totally cool to see a full Kalamos Comic sometime! 🙂

Bohemianne: Hey, no apologies needed, it is an older threat, anyway, so I don't mind at all using it as an artist lounge. 🙂
Besides, it means my art gets bumped up again an again. 😉 😀

You're probably right about those old tablets. From what I've read about these, they date back to the win95 era, and probably don't even have pressure sensitivity at all.
Whenever going for a new tablet, I would very strongly suggest taking a look at the products Wacom offers. My Wacom Bamboo One is probably their cheapest, most simple one (costed a little over 50 euros -about 80 dollar, I think), but works great for what I do. I could have gone for the more advanced Wacom Bamboo (which has a zoom wheel and special buttons) and I probably will in time, but right now, the Bamboo One is just fine.
I almost bought a Trust Digital tablet, but I'm glad I didn't, as those get a lot of bad reviews.

Actually I read something about a digital technique to simulate impasto... I should look into that sometime. I also make use sometimes of (free) third party plugins for photoshop to do some effects, and to break up the smooth "photoshop look".

 

[scavenger]

Come to think of it, I actually do employ at least two different painting techniques, a comic style one and a more elaborate, realistic one -which I used in such works as "Who's your Mommy?" and "Portrait of Vickaria Eridani" (Both works can be seen at my DA page www.art-by-scavenger.deviantart.com) However, such works require a lot of time to complete, so I don't use that style very often -the impatient artist as I am 😉 😀

 

[Bohemianne]

*Assembles the lounge* 😀 I'm back!

You're probably right about those old tablets. From what I've read about these, they date back to the win95 era, and probably don't even have pressure sensitivity at all.

^ Aha! You did some research backwards, lol. In fact it's quite shameful to describe my old tablet's feel. It has a pen with a point that can be clicked like a mouse (you could almost hear the click), and the tablet is approx 1ft x 1ft--too damn wide like a vast desert...yet a pain in the... 😱

The other obsolete one has been described "3d pen" (?) forgot already...

Actually I read something about a digital technique to simulate impasto... I should look into that sometime. I also make use sometimes of (free) third party plugins for photoshop to do some effects, and to break up the smooth "photoshop look".

^ Hmmm...interesting! Texture is one of the important thing when it comes to doing visual arts.

Kalamos: Life it seems will fade away... Don't you just fade to black like brat! Bring in the refreshments, pencils and speech. 😱

 

[Falcon Tk]

One late Happy Birthday to Rgevskiy...And one Excellent drawing scavenger...Really one excellent drawing my friend.

Good luck in your day...Good luck in your life...And peace to all 🙂

Your and my Deviantart space is:

http://falcontk.deviantart.com/

 

[scavenger]

FalconTK: Thank you! Glad you like it. 🙂

Bohemianne: Glad to have you back at the artists' table! 🙂

Those tablets sound awfully old from your description. The fact that it clicks like a mouse makes me think it's more of a pen-mouse (as they were called) rather than a real digital tablet. The fact that it clicks means that it can be only "off" or "on", meaning it has no pressure sensitivity at all, and is thus incapable to produce nice sokes that get thicker as you press harder.

The working area is also extremely big. Perhaps it wasn't really meant to be used like the tablets are used today.
You see, when you install the drivers of a Wacom (which come as an installation cd with the tablet), the working area will correspond exactly with your screen. If you lift your pen away from the tablet, and put it back in an entirely different spot, the cursor will jump to that new spot on the screen, unlike a mouse, in which the cursor stays where it is.
By this you can work much more intuitively. It may sound strange, but it will make perfect sense once you've tried it yourself. 🙂

And the other is called a "3D pen"? Now THAT sounds so totally 90's. 😉

Textures... yes indeed. One website you might be interested in is http://www.cgtextures.com/
This site has load of free photo textures (of which I sometimes use in my artwork) to include in your photoshop work.
A great free plugin is the Caravaggio plugin from http://www.xero-graphics.co.uk/others/caravaggio.htm
Very useful to turn those photo-textures into something more painterly. 🙂

 

[Bohemianne]

Scav, lol...it's really a digital tablet but obsolete. It's intended for other use and not for freehand drawing. I have thrown them away years years ago and can't remember if it has really given me productivity. The other one is very late 90's..😱

ACtually there are other issues about that tablet...Calibration is not so friendly at all. Yes, I guess I really have to upgrade.

I'll do check out the site soon...Yes, the artist table is alive and kicking 😀 😀

 

[Tomato_Dragon]

Beautiful work as always my friend.

 

[scavenger]

Tomato Dragon: thank you very much! 🙂

Bohemianne: Indeed, I recall you having said somthing about having used it for Autocad. so it probably functions as a mouse. I tried to use my tablet (in tablet mode) in Lightwave and DAZ Studio, but it did weird things hen trying to navigate in 3D. It is possible to temporarily switch to "mouse mode" with modern tablets though, so you can use them for 3D as well as 2D art purposes. Plus the new tablets need no calibration at all. 🙂