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Violet_Dusk

PostPosted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:17 am


I'm new here,and have been learning how to use photoshop...
This is one of the pictures I've done http://www.deviantart.com/view/30813090/

Comments and suggestions for improvement will be welcomed!
PostPosted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:38 am


The drawing itself is good, nice hands. Though the eye that can be seen on the right character is too high. Eyes tend to be roughly halfway down the head.

Mostly my comments are about the colouring. The lines are very light compared to the colours, which looks odd, and there are many white specks where you didn't colour in some small places. Also you sort of go overboard with the gradients and lens flares.

Looking through your gallery at some of your other Photoshop coloured pictures, it looks like you are laying colour down on top of scanned pencil drawings?

If you want a much cleaner look to your drawings, here are some ways you may want to consider CGing your pencil drawings. They are more time consuming than how you are doing it now, but you may want to give one of these a try.

You can either start with a pencil drawing and ink it digitally, or hand ink your drawing and scan it that way. If you start with an inked drawing, here is a good tutorial for colouring it:
Julie's Tutorial

What I do is start with a pencil drawing. I scan it at a large resolution because I like to work big! Working large is good for two reasons: you can fit more detail in, and when you resize it for use on the web, it makes your lines look more smooth.

Once I have my pencil drawing in Photoshop, I create a new layer and call it 'line' where I do all of my inking. I like to ink with the smallest airbrush set to 50% pressure. I go over a pencil line several times until I like how dark and thick the line is.

Once I have my lines finished, I make new layers (careful to put them under my line layer) and colour on those. Generally I use a lot of different layers. For hair I have a layer for base colour, another one for shading/lowlights, and another one for highlights. I tend to have several layers devoted to each seperate part of the picture.

For now, just lay down the base colours and don't worry about shading. Make sure all of the colours look good together. Then pick a light source before you begin shading. You have to know where the light is coming from to know where the highlights and shadows are, and to keep them consistant throughout your picture.

Well, this has come out longer than I ment it to. Let me know if you have any questions about what I've said.

JackalAndromeda


Okiyami

PostPosted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:16 pm


Lol Jackal likes to cover lots of stuff ^^. Now, where should I fit some things in here? I like how you set them up (and I love those hands too ^^) and the effects but...

Ok, number 1.) I don't think those lens flares are too much, I just think you should spread them out/ put them on the background. In other words, its where you place them. Maybe it has something to do with the sizes of the flare? Mm... its not that much of a problem though.

2.) You should make the music notes/signs and the wavy/effect lines stand out more by making them lighter (or highlighting them) I dunno what to say because I really don't know how to fix these things myself XD

3.) Also make the characters stand out more. Make the backgrounds around them white/lighter. Or use a different shade of that color...

anyways, that's all I have to say! All (very) minor things that you don't really need to fix, just some brushing up stuff. I really like your pic by the way (like I said). Its the way you set them all up (positions).
PostPosted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:05 am


JackalAndromeda
The drawing itself is good, nice hands. Though the eye that can be seen on the right character is too high. Eyes tend to be roughly halfway down the head.

Mostly my comments are about the colouring. The lines are very light compared to the colours, which looks odd, and there are many white specks where you didn't colour in some small places. Also you sort of go overboard with the gradients and lens flares.

Looking through your gallery at some of your other Photoshop coloured pictures, it looks like you are laying colour down on top of scanned pencil drawings?

If you want a much cleaner look to your drawings, here are some ways you may want to consider CGing your pencil drawings. They are more time consuming than how you are doing it now, but you may want to give one of these a try.

You can either start with a pencil drawing and ink it digitally, or hand ink your drawing and scan it that way. If you start with an inked drawing, here is a good tutorial for colouring it:
Julie's Tutorial

What I do is start with a pencil drawing. I scan it at a large resolution because I like to work big! Working large is good for two reasons: you can fit more detail in, and when you resize it for use on the web, it makes your lines look more smooth.

Once I have my pencil drawing in Photoshop, I create a new layer and call it 'line' where I do all of my inking. I like to ink with the smallest airbrush set to 50% pressure. I go over a pencil line several times until I like how dark and thick the line is.

Once I have my lines finished, I make new layers (careful to put them under my line layer) and colour on those. Generally I use a lot of different layers. For hair I have a layer for base colour, another one for shading/lowlights, and another one for highlights. I tend to have several layers devoted to each seperate part of the picture.

For now, just lay down the base colours and don't worry about shading. Make sure all of the colours look good together. Then pick a light source before you begin shading. You have to know where the light is coming from to know where the highlights and shadows are, and to keep them consistant throughout your picture.

Well, this has come out longer than I ment it to. Let me know if you have any questions about what I've said.


I actually don't have a scanner ^^''
All of my pictures are inked before hand,then taken with a camera...So i still need to work out how to make the picture lines seem much more darker.

Anyways I'll keep your tips in mind for next time when I CG something...thanks biggrin

Violet_Dusk


Violet_Dusk

PostPosted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:06 am


Okiyami
Lol Jackal likes to cover lots of stuff ^^. Now, where should I fit some things in here? I like how you set them up (and I love those hands too ^^) and the effects but...

Ok, number 1.) I don't think those lens flares are too much, I just think you should spread them out/ put them on the background. In other words, its where you place them. Maybe it has something to do with the sizes of the flare? Mm... its not that much of a problem though.

2.) You should make the music notes/signs and the wavy/effect lines stand out more by making them lighter (or highlighting them) I dunno what to say because I really don't know how to fix these things myself XD

3.) Also make the characters stand out more. Make the backgrounds around them white/lighter. Or use a different shade of that color...

anyways, that's all I have to say! All (very) minor things that you don't really need to fix, just some brushing up stuff. I really like your pic by the way (like I said). Its the way you set them all up (positions).


Thanks alot...I'll also keep your advice in mind 3nodding
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