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PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 10:47 am    Post subject: How can I improve? Reply with quote

EDIT: How can I improve generally? X3

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Don't make your pictures so blurry.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Instead of smudging the hair, outline the lines of the hair and color them accordingly. That way, they'll be more defined.

The face has a strange, grainy texture. I'm not sure if you did that on purpose or not, but it's distracting.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 3:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I try not to make them blurry, but again it's the program I have, and I'm not that good at digital art.

I sort of have no choice but to smudge the hair, it's the only option. I think it's okay for spikey hair.
What do you mean out line the hair?
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 5:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Don't ever, ever use the smudge tool. It's a crutch right now and you're not going to improve with it.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Do you have arcsoft?
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Never heard of arcsoft.

Step 1: Try GIMP. It's free. It's the poor man's photoshop.

Step 2: Get a tablet. Use it.


Try outlining your drawings neatly before coloring. If GIMP doesn't have a vector tool, do this on paper with a pen or pencil. Block in each differently colored section using select tool + fill bucket on a multiply layer. Lock the transparency for that particular layer. Shade with brush.

Or just.. just get a tablet.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="ThomYorke"]Don't ever, ever use the smudge tool. It's a crutch right now and you're not going to improve with it.[/quote]
I use smudge and its big brother liquify to shove my sketches around the screen until they look right. It's a lot faster than copying and pasting bits around or redrawing things. I don't think there are any tools that you should ever totally avoid using. It's just that most people rely on them too heavily and it can make you're drawing look really shitty if you do.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 5:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I know that, I use smudge too. It's just that I've made a habit of completely cutting out anything I'm relying too heavily on until I've been able to do without it.

SO MAYBE I should cut out the "never ever" bit. Just don't use smudge for a while plz.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It depends on the cost, whether or not I get a tablet. besides, I don't do alot of digital art anyway. It does look pretty Crappy compared to my other art.

I'll try GIMP out, if I can understand it. Or even find it for another matter.
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PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2011 3:49 pm    Post subject: ... Reply with quote

the only way to improve on somethign is by pracite
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 4:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can get a basic tablet pretty darn cheap actually. Wacom makes a Bamboo for around 70 dollars if I remember right.

As for the pictures themselves you you aren't using line work then I'd suggest getting better as values. the mouth is the main area of concern for me, I get the impression that we're looking at the image through a unfocused lens of some sort. The clarity divers extremely from the eye to the rest of the image.

Just my thoughts though
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 4:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh hey this was posted like two years ago, yeah ignore me apparent;y these forums are dead lol. My Bad friend
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 7:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am actually okay with people bumping old posts.

To be honest, I never understood why people get offended by that. IMMA TEMPORARY BOSS NOW

YOU BUMP THOSE OLD POSTS, GURL (I think you are a girl).

Sarah, if you made more digital artwork, I am interested to see what you changed/improved.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 10:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

WOW this is an old post. I completely forgot about this.

I don't even smudge things anymore....... and I have walcom tablet......and Corel painter 12 with Photoshop.

I tried out GIMP: I no likey!

[quote]the only way to improve on somethign is by pracite[/quote]

I've learned that through experiance.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 5:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote][quote]the only way to improve on somethign is by pracite[/quote]


I've learned that through experiance.[/quote]
HAhah, what you basically said was "I learned to improve myself through practice by practicing to practice."
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 6:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Practice-ception! ^_^
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="luckylace222"][quote][quote]the only way to improve on somethign is by pracite[/quote]


I've learned that through experiance.[/quote]
HAhah, what you basically said was "I learned to improve myself through practice by practicing to practice."[/quote]


ROFL! ...ahem... yeah something like that. I guess that's every artist's technique isn't it.
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