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Tinkster Has No Life
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 10:47 am Post subject: How can I improve? |
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EDIT: How can I improve generally? X3
http://www.fanart-central.net/pictures/user/Tinkster _________________ ___________________________________________________
"Theory is the foundation of music;
Instruments are the tools to make it;
Music is the doorway to someones soul"
-ShadeArt
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ThomYorke I dream of mod position
Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Posts: 2368 Location: Flagstaff, Arizona
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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Don't make your pictures so blurry. _________________ ゚ ヮ゚ |
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luckylace222 Site Helper
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Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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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. _________________ [size=10]“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checked by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” ~Theodore Roosevelt [/size] |
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Tinkster Has No Life
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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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? _________________ ___________________________________________________
"Theory is the foundation of music;
Instruments are the tools to make it;
Music is the doorway to someones soul"
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ThomYorke I dream of mod position
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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Don't ever, ever use the smudge tool. It's a crutch right now and you're not going to improve with it. _________________ ゚ ヮ゚ |
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Tinkster Has No Life
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Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:46 am Post subject: |
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Do you have arcsoft? _________________ ___________________________________________________
"Theory is the foundation of music;
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Music is the doorway to someones soul"
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London Moderator
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Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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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. _________________ [i][size=9]Go Yankees![/size][/i]
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London Moderator
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Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:16 pm Post subject: |
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[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. _________________ [i][size=9]Go Yankees![/size][/i] |
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ThomYorke I dream of mod position
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Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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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. _________________ ゚ ヮ゚ |
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Tinkster Has No Life
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Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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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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Music is the doorway to someones soul"
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nightmare1234567890 Newb
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 3:49 pm Post subject: ... |
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the only way to improve on somethign is by pracite |
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Rorean Newb
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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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.
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Rorean Newb
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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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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luckylace222 Site Helper
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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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. _________________ [size=10]“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checked by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” ~Theodore Roosevelt [/size] |
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Tinkster Has No Life
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Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 10:05 am Post subject: |
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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. _________________ ___________________________________________________
"Theory is the foundation of music;
Instruments are the tools to make it;
Music is the doorway to someones soul"
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luckylace222 Site Helper
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Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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[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." _________________ [size=10]“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checked by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” ~Theodore Roosevelt [/size] |
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Firiel Has No Life
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Practice-ception! ^_^ |
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Tinkster Has No Life
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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:57 am Post subject: |
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[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. _________________ ___________________________________________________
"Theory is the foundation of music;
Instruments are the tools to make it;
Music is the doorway to someones soul"
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