I've always doodled and drawn stuff before, but I've never actually tried to color something correctly and shade it correctly. I've never attempted a digital painting before. It turned out a lot better than I expected.
[IMG]http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a269/DarthKiwibird/jack2.png[/IMG]
I don't know where to go from here and I wish to not have outlines in the future. I don't know how to highlight properly or use Photoshop that well other than the basic stuff. If you could point me to any tutorials you think are great that would be awesome.
I'd also like to know what you think of course!
not bad. I like it.
I lost all my bookmarks but here is a great website:
[url]http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm[/url]
Practice Practice Practice.
You don't even know how to break down into basic shapes and you got yourself a tablet. What the fuck were you thinking, tablet has the same thing to it as manga - it's not magical gateway to drawing good. Never was and never will be, if it will be I'll find those responsible and bludgeon them to death with marshmellow on a stick.
You use too wide brush and avoid shape dynamics, the shading is too flat, no use of definite highlights nor shadows, everything is horribly undetailed and bland, especially the hair, which I wound't tell is hair, unless I knew it was jack fucking sparrow. I won't even start about basic human anatomy. It looks sort of like Mr. Sparrow, I'll give you that. But that is mainly because the costume is very recognisable.
Everything is undetailed, bland and wrong and it is because you have more experience drawing on computer than with pen and paper. Seriously, this is as bad as starting out with manga. Oh and you used the leaf brush for headband texture. Lazy and you don't know how to use it at all.
[url]www.drawspace.com[/url]
Follow the beginner section and do it on pen and paper, toss away that tablet for a while.
Look up tutorials on same topic from other sites as well, cause I don't quite like the style of those making drawspace tutorials.
[QUOTE=3v3ryb0dy;23532508]You don't even know how to break down into basic shapes and you got yourself a tablet. What the fuck were you thinking, tablet has the same thing to it as manga - it's not magical gateway to drawing good. Never was and never will be, if it will be I'll find those responsible and bludgeon them to death with marshmellow on a stick.[/QUOTE]
Hey hey hey.
You know, it's possible to practice drawing with a tablet too.
It's not a MUST DO to learn how to draw properly with pen and paper. People want to draw on the PC, they buy a tablet. Nowhere does this person say he's good at drawing and that he bought a tablet to show off. He asks for help so he's obviously trying to get better.
The reason it's better to know how to draw on pen and paper is obviously because then you already have the required skills to draw properly. But that can just as well go the other way (if you don't depend too much on undo).
It's true, I do need to practice more with pen and pencils, but I do know how to break images down into basic shapes and use negative spaces and what not. The main reason the image looks bad is because I really don't know how to use Photoshop all that well. I wanted to use shape dynamics but Photoshop wasn't working for some reason. It would have made the coloring a lot easier if I had pressure control. I did what you said though and put my tablet away for awhile because it will just tempt me not to use traditional media which has no true substitute.
[QUOTE=dgg;23539529]Hey hey hey.
You know, it's possible to practice drawing with a tablet too.
It's not a MUST DO to learn how to draw properly with pen and paper. People want to draw on the PC, they buy a tablet. Nowhere does this person say he's good at drawing and that he bought a tablet to show off. He asks for help so he's obviously trying to get better.
The reason it's better to know how to draw on pen and paper is obviously because then you already have the required skills to draw properly. But that can just as well go the other way (if you don't depend too much on undo).[/QUOTE]
I agree with him, I don't think it matters where you learn the basics of drawing be it digital or traditional, practicing one one doesn't mean you're deglecting the other medium- in fact you culture it in much the same way.
Though I suppose you're right if you're (you being 3v3ryb0dy) talking about brush technique etc. but I'd say that's mostly intuitive anyway.
I think he did a good job, it being his first "true digital painting." I also agree with all your other points. Regardless I think your tone comes across as very agressive for a comment on someone who's just starting out. It seems more discouraging than constructive.
Kiwibird your brush strokes are very visible, have you set your tablet to pen pressure? Your strokes don't seem to blend. You can use the smudge tool or simply vary up the pressure/opacity of your brush to create a smoother feel. I think [url=http://www.furiae.com/popup.php?text=smoothtutorial]this[/url] tutorial explains it better than I do.
Also, the white of the backgorund seems to show through on your shading, perhaps you should lean a bit harder on those areas or paint in the highlights again. I tend to keep the background and foreground separate, it makes it easier if you make a mistake on teh foreground to just erase it. Your skin tones are also very restricted. [url=http://www.furiae.com/popup.php?text=skintutorial]Here[/url] are some handy tips when painting skin tones. :downs:
Some of your outlines also seem very thick, like for the outline of the eye- it doesn't show all the delicate features of the eye and you haven't put in much of an iris. [url=http://www.furiae.com/popup.php?text=eyetutorial]A useful tutorial for painting eyes[/url].
Happy painting.
[QUOTE=jenny7332;23540039]I agree with him, I don't think it matters where you learn the basics of drawing be it digital or traditional, practicing one one doesn't mean you're deglecting the other medium- in fact you culture it in much the same way.
Though I suppose you're right if you're (you being 3v3ryb0dy) talking about brush technique etc. but I'd say that's mostly intuitive anyway.
I think he did a good job, it being his first "true digital painting." I also agree with all your other points. Regardless I think your tone comes across as very agressive for a comment on someone who's just starting out. It seems more discouraging than constructive.
Kiwibird your brush strokes are very visible, have you set your tablet to pen pressure? Your strokes don't seem to blend. You can use the smudge tool or simply vary up the pressure/opacity of your brush to create a smoother feel. I think [url=http://www.furiae.com/popup.php?text=smoothtutorial]this[/url] tutorial explains it better than I do.
Also, the white of the backgorund seems to show through on your shading, perhaps you should lean a bit harder on those areas or paint in the highlights again. I tend to keep the background and foreground separate, it makes it easier if you make a mistake on teh foreground to just erase it. Your skin tones are also very restricted. [url=http://www.furiae.com/popup.php?text=skintutorial]Here[/url] are some handy tips when painting skin tones. :downs:
Some of your outlines also seem very thick, like for the outline of the eye- it doesn't show all the delicate features of the eye and you haven't put in much of an iris. [url=http://www.furiae.com/popup.php?text=eyetutorial]A useful tutorial for painting eyes[/url].
Happy painting.[/QUOTE]
Oh, thank you! That was the reply I was looking for. Thank you for those tutorials and the help!
From the looks of it, it seems that you're having trouble with what art style to use. Aside from anatomy and shading errors, I highly suggest you start working purely with lineart with 1 or 2 layers of shading,
i.e.
[img]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs242.snc1/8921_1046613664176_1790722498_95169_4417629_n.jpg[/img]
or just digital painting without lineart (using transparent brushes)
[img]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs242.snc1/8921_1047441564873_1790722498_96832_3627963_n.jpg[/img]
Oh, and I really suggest that you work with black and white drawings before you move into colors, since you'll need to work on concepts (i.e. anatomy and shading) before you get into details (i.e. colors).
btw, your first tablet drawing is much better than the first tablet drawing I made ^^
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