Comment 15303

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Humority
Oct 3, 2005, 4:45:00 AM UTC
Hi, Reina. just wanted to say you've got an interesting style, I really like how smooth it is and I love how you colored her with the air brush touches, and how she merges with the sky. Nice work.Smile

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[Art] S.T.A.R.S.
SaikonoYume
Oct 3, 2005, 5:01:30 AM UTC on [Art] S.T.A.R.S.
Thank you very much! I prefer brush strokes over things like dodge and burn once I figured out how truly limited the dodge and burn tool are. They're nice for sudden, stark conrast, but not much else.

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  • Humority
    Oct 3, 2005, 5:15:49 AM UTC
    You're welcome. I must say I'm discovering new techniques here all the time. I was using a star shaped brush for stars, but never burn or dodge. I admit it doesn't look very good. After you said you were using that marple brush tried it and did blur effect on it to make it look like light but it didn't seem convincing. So I began putting gradients for lights. I think it looks nice but still not quite how i wanted. But we can all learn from each other here^_^. Wow, sorry for the length!
    • SaikonoYume
      Oct 3, 2005, 6:12:33 AM UTC
      With the maple leaf brush, you don't need any blurage. Just fill the background. Using that same color burn and dodge the shadows and highlights respectively. You need to up the spacing to about 70-75, I think, to make it look foofy enough. Then add the stars in with a small airbrush. It's pretty simple; I know a lot of people who do planets do a similar technique for their stars, too.