[Anonymous]

8) nice 8)

[pdub13]

I’ve drawn on the computer like that for a long time. Guess i just got use to it.

[AbyssPlanet]

Well, whatever methods you use, you’ve got a lot of skill and talent. I wish I could draw that well *by hand*; the thought of you being able to do it with a mouse is amazing. Keep up the good work!

[Anonymous]

Lovely art, man! Thanks for sharing her with us!

[fasola]

pete,

one final question before I put you in all time Hall of Fame,

You use an optic mouse, or the old ones with that anoing ball?

[Matthew Lim]

Great piece of work there. I love the pose and the quality of the drawing.

A few "small" notes for future reference:

I agree with Lingster on line weight. A good way to accomplish this in photoshop is to mess around with the brush options. If you go into the brushes window under "Shape Dynamics" there’s a drop menu and if you choose "Fade" you can get some shape dynamics with that. Personally I’m not too big of a fan of drawing with a mouse so if you want to take the expensive route, you can drop several large bills and get a pen tablet which works miracles with Photoshop, Illustrator and Painter.

On color, I like how you approach it with strong highlights. The thing is I think that they’re too big unless you’re going for a "flood light right next to her" kind of look. It’s kind of a common mistake with a lot of people to approach it in this manner of big highlight and small shadow which is incorrect in a lot of situations. Also you have to think in one direction with shading. I really can’t tell which way the light is coming from. A good way to keep yourself in check with shading is to draw an arrow representing where the light is coming from and work off of that putting highlights on the side facing the arrow and shadows facing away. It’s hard to find good tutorials on light and shadow but reading one or two of them will help out with understanding light.

Well there’s my long winded bit of advice. If you’d like you can beat me down with a stick now. 😐

[iceman75]

Hey PDub, I gotta say that I have liked your art for a while, the muscle size, definition and veins are damn well drawn. Your women are just the way I like em, huge and ripped, I really only have one problem with them, the misshapen boobs, I prefer female bodybuilders to have no breasts at all, just thick and ripped pectorals, so maybe, just for me, could you do a couple without breasts?

[pdub13]

Well lets see. I used an optical mouse to do these. I have used and old school mouse in the past. Doesnt really matter too much as long as the old school mouse isn’t all gummed up. Thanks for the photoshop tips. I got no beef, anything to make me better. As for the misshapen breasts, one is supposed to be flexed and the other not, @ least in that pic. Guess i have a thing for that, but we will see what I can do about that. Thanks for all the good words.

[Anonymous]

wow… your art is astounding, and i can’t believe you’re doing it all with a mouse… I can only imagine what you’d be capable of with a Wacom drawing tablet!! I LOVE the huge flexing chests — I remember you did a brief animation that was just amazing! Keep ’em huge, and keep on sharing!

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