Halloo and welcome. c: I figured I'd join the bandwagon on this artsy stoff ( Inspired by @Ryuko Matoi ). I'm learning when it comes to editing so CnC is much appreciated. And if you do please keep in mind that I prolly have no idea what you're talking about and if you could provide links. c: (I just play around with lighting and textures and.. crap xD) Onward! Avatars: Spoiler Spoiler BANNERS: Spoiler WALLPAPERS: Spoiler Before: After: Now here is some of my traditional work. Mind you, I've never used color pencils on my artwork before and I'm very unsatisfied on how it turned out. :c I have other project I've worked on just haven't posted it yet. So I'll also keep this thread updated. Traditional work: Spoiler A ex-friend of mine gave me some CnC for the last piece here (Dynasty Ahri) and I'd like to point out her freaked out hand. It was difficult and took loads of mounts of research to get it the way I wanted it to be. xD Her face seems weird to me, and I was told that her hips and legs were unproportional. But when I did the outline it was just fine, so idek. loool Anyways thats all I have of right now. I post my stuff on tumblr which throws me off because I forget to post it on DA. (I have a tablet, as of right now I hijacked my friends computer to do this.) I shall post more later. c: To be honest making this thread has inspired me more to draw and create more things. xD As always CnC is much appreciated! EDIT: This was stated before On Ryu's thread that if this is in the wrong spot feel free to move it and such. ;--;
Well, beforehand, sorry if I'm too rough, but I really want you to improve. And sorry for taking so long to reply! I didn't notice this topic lol. Avatars: Missing a bit of colour, and maybe a light source of sorts, also some of them are oversharpened, lower the opacity (The visibility of the layer) on the layer applied with Sharpen (Providen you Applied image on a new layer and then sharpened it) Signatures: You seem to be in an alright direction but you are missing the fundamentals, the rule of thirds for example, did you know for starters when you make a tag/signature/banner the stock/character/picture-to-put-focus-on doesn't have to be on the dead center, but not too much on the left or right either? Misty made a tutorial on it long ago, here it is incase you are interested: http://....deviantart.com/art/The-Rule-Of-Thirds-Part-I-76835329 Also the text on the tags could use some work, try using clippng masks (The act of Applying Image on an empty layer, then right clicking on that layer while the layer you want to use as the Clipping Mask's base is under it, then select "Make a Clipping Mask" or something like so), using colors already established on the tag but either a lighter/darker rendition of it, or a color that isn't specifically on the same part as the text, but still fits. Also the font isn't to die for, exactly. It also could use some color, you don't know the dfiference a few Gradient Maps (A special kind of layer, you'll need to tell me if you use GIMP or Photoshop for me to tell you how to use them as they have different menus) on Soft Light or Lighter (The Layer "Mode") on low opacity make, it really feels worlds apart. Experiment with the colors and don't feel afraid to do so. Also Number 4 and 5 are a bit too big to be signatures, maybe LPs (Large Pieces) though. And number 4 has more than one point of focus, so that could arise some problems. Wallpaper: I don't know much about wallpapers so I can't judge this lol. Traditional Art: Again, don't know much of this stuff but it feels a bit plain shading-wise, what I usually do with Traditional Art is sketch it and then use Photoshop to color it (By putting the layers of color on Multiply) or shade it using the same process but with blacks and grays, maybe you can add some layers of darker tones on your image editor on Multiply too? Good work, by the way. If you have any questions feel free to ask me or drop me a PM. c:
@Laplace Thank you for the pointers! I've only started small (as you can see). When it comes to avatars I love the color, brightness and density. Which is what I'm trying to work on. D: I shall look these things up best I can. Like I said, I don't know too much of what you're talking about when it comes to naming things off the program. xD Banners: Thank you for the link! I shall used this wisely. :3 Banner 4 was something I tried to make for my facebook page it was something sloppy I put together. I hated it and a friend was kind enough to make something else for me. I put it here because it really was something I did. xD he just never gave me pointers. But none the less, I'll work on these pointers also. :3 For my Traditional art, I don't have a scanner. D: So with that out the way I don't edit any of my drawings. (unless it's lineart from the interwebz). I'll do more shading. :3 Thank you! <3
No problem. c: Yeah we've all started small, it's our ability to grow up what truly matters. Ah, I see, and I guess you haven't learned to use the pentool yourself enough to do linearts from your sketches. Again, if you have any questions don't feel afraid to PM me or to just ask around here. Just don't expect me to explain it perfectly as I'm awful at explaining. I know the terminology and the overwhelming about of tools good image edition programs have can be too scary but when you get a hold of it, it's easy.
I use CS6. Well, thats what my friend had downloaded. Sadly I'm use to the current PS. (I don't remember what one it was.. ;_; ) I use PaintoolSaid, and I know how to do lineart on there, just not with PS. Yeah, like once I get my feet in the water and know what tools what I'll be able to understand more. It's like you said, I just need to play around some more. xD
