Traditional Art First time

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  1. Xephos Neko, gamer, animelover, and artist :3 *purrs*

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    Okay. This is my first time using photoshop so don't start crticizing me! -_-;; I'm just a neko trying to find something to do for his own life! XDD So here's my work:

    http://player49.deviantart.com/art/Cap-first-try-photoshop-103432763

    So yea I kinda need to practice on it more but I don't know how to change the gradient colors and then trying to get teh file itself out of my system online but it won;t let me and so one. *sighs* CnC?

    PS, I also wrote my other problems in the comment there. I really need help. -_-
     
  2. ShadowMancer King's Apprentice

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    a teensy bit blurry. just a question, what version are you using?
     
  3. ~Namine_Hearts~ Gummi Ship Junkie

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    It's actually not bad for your first try :D and if i were you i'd look for some gradient tutorial....>> and yes the versions of photoshop could make a difference
     
  4. ShadowMancer King's Apprentice

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    well, i sucked(not that you do! :)). and i still do. so i'm no voice of reason here.
     
  5. Scott Pilgrim Banned

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    What were you using? For your first time.....I have to give it an 8/10. Not bad, but if this wasn't your first try, I would be very cruel to this picture. Use different colors too.
     
  6. Cocohints "Up to now, the most discussed topic is global war

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    I moved this thread to traditional art since it is still a drawing you made, and I asume it wasn't meant to be viewed as anything else. :>

    If you ask me... it looks sort of anomymous with the gradient style, imo the drawing has more potensial if you're willing to go further. I'd recommend that you try and use the airbrush tool and draw the shading yourself rather than use the gradient paintbucket tool (I think that was what you used, I don't know) - it makes the drawing look more handmade, you know?

    Using layers for the base colour, the highlights and the shadows would be recommended when you are practicing, eventually you might not need to use any layers at all. The layer setting for highlights can be called screen I think, and shadow is multiply. They pick up the colour from the layer under it (the base colour layer) and make it either darker or lighter depending on the layer setting.

    So:

    Lineart
    Highlights
    Shadows
    Base colour

    I can PM you if you need more explanations, since I don't know if you are familliar with layers or not.

    If you wanted this in colour yet could not do it, I think that you need to change the settings - it might have been set to black/white or greyscale, meaning there are no colours at all. You'd have to change it to RGB since that's what allows colours. CMYK is what makes the colours correct when you print them. RGB = computer colour, CMYK = printed paper colour.
     
  7. Xephos Neko, gamer, animelover, and artist :3 *purrs*

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    I was using Adobe Illustrator V .....11?
    ... can you break it down a bit? I canouldn't understand what you just said. XDDDD I don't know what the airbrush tool is and others.
     
  8. Cocohints "Up to now, the most discussed topic is global war

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    I'll answer your questions in PM. :3 Airbrush tool is usually the tool one would use then drawing on something like photoshop, I asumed Illustrator had it too I wouldn't know.
     
  9. Xephos Neko, gamer, animelover, and artist :3 *purrs*

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    Oh. -_-;; I kinda expected something like that.
     
  10. RusinaRange Twilight Town Denizen

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    Thats very good for a first try but and cause of that ill give it a 8\10:)