I'm going to try and redo the color tomorrow night...see if I can get them to look okay.
In the meantime, I'm going to clean up my Wacom. I just sneezed over it like a moron.
(Curse you, Bryant!)
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Showing posts with label photoshop. Show all posts
Monday, February 7, 2011
Eff you, trees!
And eff me for being impatient!
I'm going to try and redo the color tomorrow night...see if I can get them to look okay.
In the meantime, I'm going to clean up my Wacom. I just sneezed over it like a moron.
(Curse you, Bryant!)
I'm going to try and redo the color tomorrow night...see if I can get them to look okay.
In the meantime, I'm going to clean up my Wacom. I just sneezed over it like a moron.
(Curse you, Bryant!)
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
First impressions of Sketchbook Pro 2010
I've been kicking around the idea of trying Sketchbook Pro 2010 for a while. I even downloaded the trial for my Macbook, which I almost never use (except to play WoW at a friend's house every once in a while). I was trying to use it on the Macbook, but with the small screen (13.3" or whatever vs my 19" desktop monitor) and my small Intuos3 tablet (lolwat), it felt clumsy to me.
Also, I didn't bother to read anything about how to use it.
In the end, I defaulted to CS3 on both machines.
Fast forward to now - I have a new tablet, dual monitors, and I'm still learning/re-learning how to use digital media again. I'm looking for a program that I can sketch in, without having to mess with the brush settings in Photoshop (I'm sure it's not that hard, but I'm impatient, dammit!). So I'm reading up, and lo, Sketchbook Pro 2010 crosses my path again!
It's roughly $100 USD, though, and I'm trying to tighten ye old money pouch again. I figured I'd download the 15 day trial and see if it I like it enough - if so, I'd buy it when I get my next paycheck.
...
Yeah, after messing with it for an hour, I'm ready to put the money down right now.
I didn't sketch anything freehand in it yet, just did a rough "ink" on a study I did at lunch today (I grabbed some dude's picture off the internet in between manual editing). Here's the progression from scan to "finished product":
Also, I didn't bother to read anything about how to use it.
In the end, I defaulted to CS3 on both machines.
Fast forward to now - I have a new tablet, dual monitors, and I'm still learning/re-learning how to use digital media again. I'm looking for a program that I can sketch in, without having to mess with the brush settings in Photoshop (I'm sure it's not that hard, but I'm impatient, dammit!). So I'm reading up, and lo, Sketchbook Pro 2010 crosses my path again!
It's roughly $100 USD, though, and I'm trying to tighten ye old money pouch again. I figured I'd download the 15 day trial and see if it I like it enough - if so, I'd buy it when I get my next paycheck.
...
Yeah, after messing with it for an hour, I'm ready to put the money down right now.
I didn't sketch anything freehand in it yet, just did a rough "ink" on a study I did at lunch today (I grabbed some dude's picture off the internet in between manual editing). Here's the progression from scan to "finished product":
It's not the best thing EVER, but it was a lot easier to work in Sketchbook Pro 2010 than in Photoshop. It runs light, it's easy to use (I had no problem setting up the straight edge tool!), I love the little tool lagoon... Yeah.
I'll try to use it for various things besides just "inking," just to make sure I still want to buy it at the end of the trial period, but so far I'm sold.
Monday, February 22, 2010
argh pt 2
OH HI CAPS
Anyway.
Here's take 2 for my Commander Shepard pic from a few days ago. This was done after I spent over a half hour wondering why my new Wacom wasn't working properly (turns out it was because I had two installed on here. Whoops). I was finally able to work on this after uninstalling the old drivers, restarting, installed "critical updates," installed the new drivers, and restarted. YES.
My digital ink skills are still rusty, so I just did ye olde "Multiply Layer!" method, with a bit of overlay. Really, I just wanted to try out my new tablet. I think I"ll try to push this a bit further, but we'll see. I'd probably be better off making a nice clean pencil sketch and going from there, or starting with forms and values.
Right, so I guess it's time for bed? It is 11:30pm right now, and my contacts are buggin' me something fierce.
Anyway.
Here's take 2 for my Commander Shepard pic from a few days ago. This was done after I spent over a half hour wondering why my new Wacom wasn't working properly (turns out it was because I had two installed on here. Whoops). I was finally able to work on this after uninstalling the old drivers, restarting, installed "critical updates," installed the new drivers, and restarted. YES.
My digital ink skills are still rusty, so I just did ye olde "Multiply Layer!" method, with a bit of overlay. Really, I just wanted to try out my new tablet. I think I"ll try to push this a bit further, but we'll see. I'd probably be better off making a nice clean pencil sketch and going from there, or starting with forms and values.
Right, so I guess it's time for bed? It is 11:30pm right now, and my contacts are buggin' me something fierce.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
argh
Ok, so next time I do something I want to color, I should probably draw it out on white paper, and make sure my lines are crisp and clean.
Clearly, I drew this in my moleskine, all sloppy like, and digitally inked it in like a half hour. Garbage in, garbage out, right?
Lines are too thick, but I haven't done this in a while. So next I throw down some color:
At this point I realize that the color makes Shepard's outfit look like Asuka Langley's plug suit (or wtfever it's called). Doh! Hopefully I can change it up a bit later on.
Still, felt like posting... showing some back-asswards progress. I'm also working on a luchadora for the Chicagoland Street Fighter/King of Fighters RPG I'm playing in, but it's in the rough stages.
And now it's time for some more cream cheese frosting, and then to bed.
Clearly, I drew this in my moleskine, all sloppy like, and digitally inked it in like a half hour. Garbage in, garbage out, right?
Lines are too thick, but I haven't done this in a while. So next I throw down some color:
At this point I realize that the color makes Shepard's outfit look like Asuka Langley's plug suit (or wtfever it's called). Doh! Hopefully I can change it up a bit later on.
Still, felt like posting... showing some back-asswards progress. I'm also working on a luchadora for the Chicagoland Street Fighter/King of Fighters RPG I'm playing in, but it's in the rough stages.
And now it's time for some more cream cheese frosting, and then to bed.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Elissa Cousland: Human Noble
Yep, another Dragon Age: Origins piece... actually, a colored version of fan art I did previously, if I'm being completely honest.
Basically I messed around with grayscale, and then threw a color and an overlay layer on top. It's not great, and it's certainly not perfect, but it definitely feels like a bit of improvement for me!
I don't know how long this took me. It was the result of me messing around in Photoshop, trying to draw directly via my Wacom. That... didn't go so well, so I turned to this to blow off some steam. Thoughts?
Basically I messed around with grayscale, and then threw a color and an overlay layer on top. It's not great, and it's certainly not perfect, but it definitely feels like a bit of improvement for me!
I don't know how long this took me. It was the result of me messing around in Photoshop, trying to draw directly via my Wacom. That... didn't go so well, so I turned to this to blow off some steam. Thoughts?
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