The_Glad_HatterOne Sly FoxUnderneath a Groovy HatRegistered Userregular
edited August 2010
Sure, it's not BAD or anything, quite the opposite. the general consensus is that drawing from life is better in pretty much every way.
But from a practical standpoint, drawing from pics/ pc is brilliant. Especially, like you said, for tone and colour experience. Even the great masters copied eachother's paintings, aint nuffin' wrong with that.
Sure, it's not BAD or anything, quite the opposite. the general consensus is that drawing from life is better in pretty much every way.
But from a practical standpoint, drawing from pics/ pc is brilliant. Especially, like you said, for tone and colour experience. Even the great masters copied eachother's paintings, aint nuffin' wrong with that.
Okay, because my biggest weakness is anatomy (color would be next), and I've been using pose maniacs. I almost panicked when you guys said it wouldn't be good I was like "Nooooo". I just want to use photos/computer for anatomy but color/tone in real life.
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NakedZerglingA more apocalyptic post apocalypse Portland OregonRegistered Userregular
Hey guys.
so i'm wondering....how do i save a brush in photoshop?
i did the "define brush preset" and changed the settings and all that.
i named it.
Then if i change to another brush set, i can't seem to find where the brush i made is. Anyone know what i'm doing wrong?
It's kept in the current brush set you're using, until you switch to another set. In order to save the brush, you need to save the entire brush set your new brush is in (your new brushes will be at the bottom of the brush set you're using). Saving a brush preset just saves the brush under the current brush set.
You can create a new brush set, or "save as" a current brush set, and make an entirely new set for your custom brushes, if you like.
I see how to name it, but for the love of god i don't see a brush "save as" option, or where to make a new brush set!
grrrrr
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The_Glad_HatterOne Sly FoxUnderneath a Groovy HatRegistered Userregular
Sure, it's not BAD or anything, quite the opposite. the general consensus is that drawing from life is better in pretty much every way.
But from a practical standpoint, drawing from pics/ pc is brilliant. Especially, like you said, for tone and colour experience. Even the great masters copied eachother's paintings, aint nuffin' wrong with that.
Okay, because my biggest weakness is anatomy (color would be next), and I've been using pose maniacs. I almost panicked when you guys said it wouldn't be good I was like "Nooooo". I just want to use photos/computer for anatomy but color/tone in real life.
I think what people mean is that you shouldn't just base your skills on just copying. When confronted with 3D stuff you have do to some more thinking.
There are some brilliant anatomy handbooks (probably in the OP of this or some other sticky) that will help you add a"system" to your anatomy. Copying a lot of posemaniacs does not equal anatomical genious. it's not without its merits, but far from perfect.
so if you supplement your copying/ studying with some good sources (books dvds) you'll be sure to learn heaps. But don't skip on any opportunity to do life drawing ( quick 30second sketches in the street/ at the busstop..)
All right, the problem has fixed itself. (No thanks to you bozos!) I literally did nothing except wish really hard, and it started working normally. Cinderella was right, you guys. (It probably only works if your heart is pure, however.)
Okay, so...I put Corel Painter Essentials on my laptop. (I am not in possession of a desktop of any kind.) Everything I draw with it looks pixelated. I raised the ppi, and that helped a bit, but it doesn't fix the problem. If I got a better graphics card (or a desktop with a better graphics card), would that help? Or am I missing something simple?
Here's something I drew in the program - this is what I'm dealing with:
Hey, i've been messing around on Photoshop with my tablet but i can't seem to produce anything nice because all my brush settings are crappy
Does anyone know of a good Photoshop brush tutorial that shows you how to make good paint brush and pencil sketching brushes for example?
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what a work of art is man, and the most boring choice you can make
One way to do it, Zergling, is to press the "create new preset" button which is located on the top right when you right click your canvas with the brush (your brushes will show up. press the new brush button, top right of that window.)
First define the shape/brush preset, do some changes, etc, and finally save your brush preset with that button. Afterwards save the brushes. This is CS4.
(not sure if this is exactly what you were asking for)
edit: said things wrong
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Linespider5ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGERRegistered Userregular
edited August 2010
I've been searching for some solid tutorials for learning matte painting techniques-particularly for outdoor scenery. Most of the stuff I've managed to turn up is much closer to stuff intended for photo touch-up jobs...any suggestions?
hey does anybody here have a wordpress/comicpress site and know how things work?
i am getting really sick of my site being pretty much the default colours and design
so i want to fiddle around with settings and figure out how to make a site that actually looks nice, but WITHOUT possibly screwing up the live site while i'm doing it
i suppose i could just go the nedroid dot com route and switch things up by making it pretty much one solid colour, at least that would make it stand out a bit
Fletcher, if you figure it out, let me know. I've been trying to figure how to manage Comicpress for a while. I'm considering just setting up my own PHP tables.
I use wordpress, but I haven't modified it much. I tried comicpress for a bit, but yeah, I found it too hard to modify the layout to my liking. But that was mostly because I wanted an art blog, not a comic blog - you should be able to do quite a bit just fiddling with the css?
An alternative might be to find another webcomicker with a site layout that you like and ask them nicely.
A very pretty girl at my work that ive befriended has asked me to design her first tattoo for her. Its going to be a poppy flower on the side of her ankle and will be a tribute to her grandfather. Ive never done anything like this so im kinda jumping into but id like to help her design something unique than something generic.
Any advice regarding how to design a tattoo? She did say she wants some colors, so i know there will be some colors, but i dont know what limitation a tattoo artist has. Should i just draw it just like any other drawing?
Yeah, tell her to pick a tattoo artist she admires the work of, and they will design her a poppy, and it will be turned to their strengths as an artist, they will know exactly what they can achieve on skin. It will look much much better than an amateur making his first stab at designing.
I just find it mundane and overall boring but if it helps in some many I must do it.
It's a form of practice - it's pretty analogous to practicing piano scales or working out with a punching bad before you take up boxing. It helps up build up some of the core skills you need for seeing value and scale and line, which you can then apply to your creative work.
Also what is the best source for it. I have been doing some of Loomis' head construction but wondering if there are any other great places to learn it, besides drawing from life im working on that to.
So. I want to start a project but I'm having trouble figuring out how to go about it, maybe you guys can help me out
The plan is to end up with three large, frame stretched canvasses to go on my bedroom wall.
The images to go on the canvasses are simply a single colour and black, making up the outlines/silhouettes of the images.
The problem is how to get these outlines accurately onto the canvas so I can then use acrylic paint to paint over. I don't want to draw the outlines freehand as I want them to be absolutely perfect so I'm thinking there must be companies out there that will print onto canvas? Or failing that I can enlarge the images I want to use, have them printed out on normal paper and with the aid of a huge light box trace them onto the canvasses?
Am I making any sense here at all? I can put the images up if it would help, I'm hesitant to do so as they aren't my designs, I just want to reproduce them myself on large canvasses for my own pleasure. I'm not sure if asking such a thing is even allowed to be asked here as they aren't my designs... anyway, help please!
Makunouchi - I would say trace the images you want in illustrator, then find a place that will print onto a textured canvas.
Ah, so there are places that will do that then. Ok I'll look into it, thank you. Will ask around to see if anyone I know has Illustrator, would any other program be able to do it? Photoshop etc? To be honest I have very little experience with using computer programs for art related things.
Photoshop could do it as well, although if you're looking for extremely clean vector art, Illustrator would be best. Although if you used the pen tool in Photoshop, the differences may be negligible when printing onto canvas.
Edit: You could also look into GIMP. It's a free Photoshop alternative. I don't have any experience using it.
If you want to do this the cheapest possible way, you could print out the images at the size you want with Raserbator, lay the assembled result over your canvas (probably want to use some binder clips/tape to makes sure it doesn't move around), then use a mechanical pencil to punch through the paper along the outlines, creating a detailed connect-the-dots that you can then just connect up. Alternately you can punch the holes before laying the paper down on the canvas and spread charcoal dust through the holes, so you don't accidentally damage the canvas surface.
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But from a practical standpoint, drawing from pics/ pc is brilliant. Especially, like you said, for tone and colour experience. Even the great masters copied eachother's paintings, aint nuffin' wrong with that.
Okay, because my biggest weakness is anatomy (color would be next), and I've been using pose maniacs. I almost panicked when you guys said it wouldn't be good I was like "Nooooo". I just want to use photos/computer for anatomy but color/tone in real life.
I see how to name it, but for the love of god i don't see a brush "save as" option, or where to make a new brush set!
grrrrr
I think what people mean is that you shouldn't just base your skills on just copying. When confronted with 3D stuff you have do to some more thinking.
There are some brilliant anatomy handbooks (probably in the OP of this or some other sticky) that will help you add a"system" to your anatomy. Copying a lot of posemaniacs does not equal anatomical genious. it's not without its merits, but far from perfect.
so if you supplement your copying/ studying with some good sources (books dvds) you'll be sure to learn heaps. But don't skip on any opportunity to do life drawing ( quick 30second sketches in the street/ at the busstop..)
Does anyone know of a good Photoshop brush tutorial that shows you how to make good paint brush and pencil sketching brushes for example?
It should be a brush set "save as" option, not a brush "save as" option.
What version are you using?
First define the shape/brush preset, do some changes, etc, and finally save your brush preset with that button. Afterwards save the brushes. This is CS4.
(not sure if this is exactly what you were asking for)
edit: said things wrong
oh dear
"If you can draw a circle, you can draw an owl. Even a baby can do it!"
i am getting really sick of my site being pretty much the default colours and design
so i want to fiddle around with settings and figure out how to make a site that actually looks nice, but WITHOUT possibly screwing up the live site while i'm doing it
is there some kind of tool for doing that?
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man i don't know
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An alternative might be to find another webcomicker with a site layout that you like and ask them nicely.
I have not ignored your advice Fletch, I am just knee deep in busy right now. Hopefull I will have a chance to poke around in a week or two.
and i fiddled mercilessly with various settings until i got a tenous grasp on how to edit stuff
here is what i've got so far
i'm going draw my own twitter button tomorrow (so it doesn't look gross against the green)
am i making any horrible mistakes based on colors/appearance?
i'm a little colorblind, but hopefully not so much that it is hideous
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just like it should be
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Any advice regarding how to design a tattoo? She did say she wants some colors, so i know there will be some colors, but i dont know what limitation a tattoo artist has. Should i just draw it just like any other drawing?
It's a form of practice - it's pretty analogous to practicing piano scales or working out with a punching bad before you take up boxing. It helps up build up some of the core skills you need for seeing value and scale and line, which you can then apply to your creative work.
"2 bucks an hour to have you pose naked for me so I can draw you?"
That would be great.
Also what is the best source for it. I have been doing some of Loomis' head construction but wondering if there are any other great places to learn it, besides drawing from life im working on that to.
Really I much prefer old, fat and wrinkly models to perfectly portioned youthful models. So much more interesting to draw.
The plan is to end up with three large, frame stretched canvasses to go on my bedroom wall.
The images to go on the canvasses are simply a single colour and black, making up the outlines/silhouettes of the images.
The problem is how to get these outlines accurately onto the canvas so I can then use acrylic paint to paint over. I don't want to draw the outlines freehand as I want them to be absolutely perfect so I'm thinking there must be companies out there that will print onto canvas? Or failing that I can enlarge the images I want to use, have them printed out on normal paper and with the aid of a huge light box trace them onto the canvasses?
Am I making any sense here at all? I can put the images up if it would help, I'm hesitant to do so as they aren't my designs, I just want to reproduce them myself on large canvasses for my own pleasure. I'm not sure if asking such a thing is even allowed to be asked here as they aren't my designs... anyway, help please!
Ah, so there are places that will do that then. Ok I'll look into it, thank you. Will ask around to see if anyone I know has Illustrator, would any other program be able to do it? Photoshop etc? To be honest I have very little experience with using computer programs for art related things.
Edit: You could also look into GIMP. It's a free Photoshop alternative. I don't have any experience using it.
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