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Laura Taylor
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3d
added comment inHow to Change Your Paintings Easily - Demo 2
coming back to your old work after you learned new/better ways of doing stuff is tough. this one has 99 problems and most of them are value-related. Had to end it because my computer was choking on the file.
Le Parisien
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7mo
If this is a fundamentals course, I can't imagine what an advanced course would look like! There's a lot to learn here.
Laura Taylor
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12d
i finally finished this one. (╥﹏╥) had to change the subject for reasons. tons of tips in here, i tried to do them all at least once. still need to practice shading
Laura Taylor
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27d
Asked for help
Instead of complaining, I made this little egg tutorial. While I can pencil-shade an egg in real life, it's still a bit awkward for me in photoshop. The rationale being, if I couldn't make a satisfactory egg, then anything more complex was going to be an awful experience. I hope this helps anyone else out there that's finding the tablet an awkward transition from other media.
more eggs! I used a texturized smudge brush which gave a cool effect and remembered to blur the penumbra (the blurry edge of the shadow)
Laura Taylor
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29d
2h 15min later, i realized my resolution is making all my brush strokes look like crap. don't make this same mistake of just rolling with the default settings. couldn't even finish this one, it was so dissatisfying.
actually, i posted this too soon--not sure why the soft round brush seems to have "scatter" when there is no scatter setting applied. even when the stamps are set to 10% and the resolution is increased to 300 dpi, its still scatter-y/muddy.
Laura Taylor
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30d
Asked for help
i'm realizing i don't think i know how to shade an egg. Jon added so much stuff I didn't see and made it look so sexy. in contrast, i felt i could spend an eternity on this drawing and it would just get more bizarre and geometric. ::sobs::
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29d
Learning the basics of light and form will help you a ton when rendering. Once you know it, you can apply it to most any shape. Here's an old Proko video explaining how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3WmrWUEIJo
A five part system is pretty common. Highlight, form light, core shadow, reflected light and cast shadow. Start out practicing on simple shapes and then move on to more complex. Once you have a working knowledge you will see where you can apply to the figure.
