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Ok folks,
Heres the deal. I spend a few minutes whenever I can pop in and comment and fav various pieces of artwork. Sometimes I fav, sometimes I just comment. Thats the way it is. If you dont like it... well poo on you. I will be posting a art piece in the near future; followed by a downloadable tutorial of it. It is currently entitled Snakes of Isis. Basically it's a photo manip of a ice version of Medusa. Ive spent some time blending and blending some more till it got to the point where I need a vodka something or another.
Ahhhh. Vodka Hard Lemon Tea. Isnt it refreshing.
Now bigger fish to fry. -- I use to be a member of DevArt way bac
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Holy Craptastic Batman... Doing Vector art takes FOREVER...lol
Thanks for the fav!
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Thank you and it does help alot 
, just out curiosity what do you use adobe illustrator for ? do you personally prefer to use that over photoshop or do you use it just for design purposes ?
, just out curiosity what do you use adobe illustrator for ? do you personally prefer to use that over photoshop or do you use it just for design purposes ?But I use the both of them together.--Overall I prefer photo shop. I have used it for years and the filters can give your finished vector art a more polished look by blending all the shapes together. --When doing vector art it is much better to use SHAPES rather than paths. Shapes enable you to resize your image to any size without loss of quality. While paths can do the same thing; you would have to put each part on a separate paths layer...and why do that when shapes do that for you automatically. And you just set your shape layer to what ever opacity you want. Where as with paths you have to right click>fill path>fill popup...and blah blah blah.
I used to hate shapes. But in the long run they save you a ton of steps which will shorten an already lengthy process.
I used to hate shapes. But in the long run they save you a ton of steps which will shorten an already lengthy process.
So overall photoshop is a better bet when drawing and doing vector art? What about when coloring art work I have Heard a lot about SAI and coral Painter and I wanted to know whether or not I should invest in them when I get better (if I get better lol XD ), also do you use a tablet ? if so what kind do you use a Bamboo fun ? Wacom touch ? Thank you so much for helping me out with all my questions ^_^ , many of the other people I have asked for help have never responded, so thank you so much ^_^
Coral Painter mimics traditional media and does it well. Some people prefer it. But to be honest I wasn't that impressed. Mind you the last time I used Painter was version 7 (like 7yrs ago) and I have been hearing good things about it. --But trust me when I say, If you can't digitally paint in Photoshop then you wont be able to in Painter. Too often people think if they have the right program, the right mouse, the right pose, the right tablet that they will suddenly be struck with genius. Let's face it; thats not how it works. As for a tablet. You dont need one. I know it sounds crazy but there are shortcuts in Photoshop to speed up the process. Also if you can do it on a mouse then you will be able to do it with a tablet. That being said a tablet makes things easier; therefore if I was to buy one I would get the Wacom Intuos4 Medium Pen Tablet which is about $370.
If you want to learn digital painting then start off like you would any other kind of media. Concentrate on light and dark. Painting in monochrome (shades of white and black). Paint spheres, and cubes, cones. Then do simple shapes that you can construct from basic media structures (spheres, cubes, cones) like a book, a cup, or a bottle. Follow that with moving onto more complex shapes like fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Just keep building on what you already have. And keep it monochrome. Because once you can paint in shades of black and white there are techniques that will let you color it later on.
If you want to learn digital painting then start off like you would any other kind of media. Concentrate on light and dark. Painting in monochrome (shades of white and black). Paint spheres, and cubes, cones. Then do simple shapes that you can construct from basic media structures (spheres, cubes, cones) like a book, a cup, or a bottle. Follow that with moving onto more complex shapes like fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Just keep building on what you already have. And keep it monochrome. Because once you can paint in shades of black and white there are techniques that will let you color it later on.
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