Comment 45008

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ArkillianDragon
Oct 9, 2006, 10:11:10 PM UTC
Ahhhh- thought as much ^^ I use that too. It fills in the transparent spaces nicely. Just wanted to make sure you didn't know something I didn't- it's happened before ^^

Comment ID 45008

[Art] [WIP-Screenshot] Nightrunner
fablespinner
Oct 9, 2006, 11:11:03 PM UTC on [Art] [WIP-Screenshot] Nightrunner
Oh goodness it happens ALL THE TIEM with me.... I really honestly know very LITTLE about Adobe PhotoShop... I't s abox of crayons to me with an undo button. All the nifty tricks someone has to tell me otherwise I'm doing everything with a 1PX brush zoomed in tight. ^^

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  • ArkillianDragon
    Oct 10, 2006, 12:46:08 AM UTC
    O.o No WAY. Most of the time, my smallest brust is a 19pixel one... Mind you, I work on a 600 dpi A4 pic which is huge... So what do you play around with besides layers? I may be able to swap some knowledge Smile
    • fablespinner
      Oct 10, 2006, 4:01:16 AM UTC
      I work anywhere from 300 DPI to 600 DPI

      (I usually DRAW in Manga Studio in 600 DPI and then export the inks to Photoshop and paint in 300 DPI.)

      But yeah I *USED* to color my lines manually by going in after the fact and painstakingly paint them out pixel by pixel ... What a PAIN IN MY ASS.

      One of the thing I have no bloody clue how to use or how they even work believe it or not is MASKS

      What the hell are masks?

      I R STUPID and have been learning this program little by little since PhotoShop 5.5 and I still don't know much.

      I have CS now.
      • ArkillianDragon
        Oct 10, 2006, 1:49:27 PM UTC
        I have CS too. My friend use to tinker pixel by pixel... Call me messy, but I like a slightly rough look on my lines. I think it's the pencil artist in me not wanting to give up ^^

        Masks, although I don't use them aren't too difficult, but my friend Vic swears by making channels. This is too much work to me for little results.

        http://www.farlowstudios.com/tutorials.html

        This guy has a tutorial using 'flats'to colour his art that she swears by. Me? Select and flood fill, but hey- everyone to their own, right? It's worth looking at though. MAsks to me are a bit of a "But I can do <enter process> and do the same thing!!" *shrug*
        • fablespinner
          Oct 11, 2006, 7:14:34 AM UTC
          I'm kind like you there... Why do XYZ if doing PDQ works the same way?

          I'm happy to learn shortcuts but sometimes the shortcut seems longer than the way I was doing it before sometimes.

          I hear ya!
          • ArkillianDragon
            Oct 11, 2006, 12:53:11 PM UTC
            Yup ^^ Make use of what you know, but always be open to new things ^^ Like locking treansparency- that's a good idea Yes
            • fablespinner
              Oct 11, 2006, 4:37:38 PM UTC
              Yup, makes it impossible to color outside the lines! ^_^
              • ArkillianDragon
                Oct 11, 2006, 4:53:25 PM UTC
                how do you do your backgrounds? trail an error? referances? something else?
                • fablespinner
                  Oct 11, 2006, 5:59:24 PM UTC
                  It varies... In this instance I rendered the props in Poser (Cottage, fence, dirt road...
                  then exported it as a 300 DPI render into a PSD file... then I painted all over it and filtered the bajeebers out of it to make it look like a painting and not a 3D model... Like I painted in the grass, added lines and edges and flowers etc...

                  It depends on how fancy I want to make a BG... If I'm just gonna have it generic I'll just paint it (I have a ton of custom brushes I've made for that purpose.

                  but if I want it as rich in detail as this one, I'll render a 3D model first (I have lots of construction kits in POSER that I can build scenery and cottages, even castle building blocks if I wanted too... and then paint over it using it as a wireframe/template.

                  ^_^
                  • ArkillianDragon
                    Oct 11, 2006, 7:15:38 PM UTC
                    Wow... I don't have cool tools like that... All of my backgrounds are done by hand O.o Ohhhh...
                    • fablespinner
                      Oct 11, 2006, 7:50:57 PM UTC
                      DAZ|Studio
                      Is JUST like POSER and is FREE
                      http://www.daz3d.com/program/studio/1_0index.php

                      However it can be an expesive hobby to buy all the nifty builders...
                      Let me know if you want anything -- I'm a platinum Club member and I can get most things VERY CHEAP. Most things for me only cost $1.99

                      ^_^