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my photoshop renderings

sketchy62sketchy62 Registered User regular
edited August 2007 in Artist's Corner
photoshop is probably the weakest skill i have.
up until yesterday i had no idea how people got those crisp lines when drawing with photoshop.
cuz mine was always very rough, and looked BAD.

well yesterday my friend showed me a quick tutorial on paths.
and i checked the help section when i got back.

now i feel taht i figured out the stepping stone.

so i got to work today and tried this rendering of goofy.
(used reference image)
please let me know what you guys think, and what i can do to get better, other than the general
"practice makes perfect" speech.



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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Why is he so bright? He looks more lightbloomed than a PS3 game.

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  • sketchy62sketchy62 Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    ahaha.

    well it was too dark before.. so i added some highlights.

    plus his finger is glowing so i thought the light from the glow would reflect onto him.
    is it too bright?

    bring it down a lil?

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  • Dead China DollDead China Doll Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Too much saturation.

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  • sketchy62sketchy62 Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    sorry i dont noe what that means..

    can u be more detailed?

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  • lilchingch0nglilchingch0ng Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    sketchy62 wrote: »
    sorry i dont noe what that means..

    can u be more detailed?

    the colors! they hurt my eyes!!!!

    *edit*

    not rly tho, its more like its very bright thats all. why is this? you put a highlight everywhere there isnt a shadow. contrary to popular beleif, highlights do not exist in each and every space devoid of shadow. less highlights plz

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  • Dead China DollDead China Doll Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    sketchy62 wrote: »
    sorry i dont noe what that means..

    can u be more detailed?

    It's too soft. The colors are too grey-ish. Warmer colors.

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  • PheezerPheezer Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2007
    It's not that the colours are too grey-ish or that he needs more colour, he needs less light. Rich, vibrant colours come from contrast. Make the shadows a little darker, and make the mids between the highlights and the shadows less bright.

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  • lilchingch0nglilchingch0ng Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Dead China Doll wrote: »
    sketchy62 wrote: »
    sorry i dont noe what that means..

    can u be more detailed?

    It's too soft. The colors are too grey-ish. Warmer colors.

    o_O that doesn't mean "too much saturation" in fact, thats the exact opposite of too much saturation

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  • Crazy ArtistCrazy Artist Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    it's very bright...and very shiny. I wasn't aware that people (or dogs...at least thats what I think goofy is ) shone. O_o Tone it down mucho.

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  • Dead China DollDead China Doll Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    lilchingch0ng wrote: »
    Dead China Doll wrote: »
    sketchy62 wrote: »
    sorry i dont noe what that means..

    can u be more detailed?

    It's too soft. The colors are too grey-ish. Warmer colors.

    o_O that doesn't mean "too much saturation" in fact, thats the exact opposite of too much saturation

    GEH. Sorry. This, again, is why I'm not familiar with colors at all.

    I meant to say :: There's too LESS Saturation.

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  • lilchingch0nglilchingch0ng Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Dead China Doll wrote: »
    lilchingch0ng wrote: »
    Dead China Doll wrote: »
    sketchy62 wrote: »
    sorry i dont noe what that means..

    can u be more detailed?

    It's too soft. The colors are too grey-ish. Warmer colors.

    o_O that doesn't mean "too much saturation" in fact, thats the exact opposite of too much saturation

    GEH. Sorry. This, again, is why I'm not familiar with colors at all.

    I meant to say :: There's too LESS Saturation.

    ;-)

    anyhoo, mr sketchy 62, one thing u should also try is using any non pure white tone for your highlights. In general a very light yellow/orange/blue/violet color will work just fine and give your image a bit more "personality."

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  • GrifterGrifter title goes here 32, 64Moderator mod
    edited August 2007
    Dead China Doll wrote: »
    GEH. Sorry. This, again, is why I'm not familiar with colors at all.

    I meant to say :: There's too LESS Saturation.

    Desaturated is the word that you're looking for there.

    The highlights are too much in this image. Also, you generally shouldn't use white for highlights. Also, why is his finger glowing?

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  • sketchy62sketchy62 Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Grifter wrote: »
    Dead China Doll wrote: »
    GEH. Sorry. This, again, is why I'm not familiar with colors at all.

    I meant to say :: There's too LESS Saturation.

    Desaturated is the word that you're looking for there.

    The highlights are too much in this image. Also, you generally shouldn't use white for highlights. Also, why is his finger glowing?



    magic... haha


    anyways

    thanks for all the helpful tips.
    im currently workin on a another rendering project... but i feel that this one is gonna tke all day -___-

    ill be back when im done! woo hooooooooooooooo

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  • core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Lens flare! Lens flare everywhere!


    Seriously, try to avoid lens flare.

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  • GrifterGrifter title goes here 32, 64Moderator mod
    edited August 2007
    Where is this lens flare of which you speak?

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  • core tacticcore tactic Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    The eyes, I think the finger since it looks like a perfect circle, the goggles.


    Also, it's been mentioned, but the highlights are way too bright and make him look plastic-y.

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  • GrifterGrifter title goes here 32, 64Moderator mod
    edited August 2007
    core tactic wrote: »
    The eyes, I think the finger since it looks like a perfect circle, the goggles.

    ...what?

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  • erisian popeerisian pope Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    @ Core Tactic: I don't see any lens flare. I see a circular gradient tool to make circulare highlights in the eyes. That's not a filter, that's a tool. It's not cliche and not bad. I mean aside from the whole "this piece is too highlighty in general" thing.

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  • CrowlestonCrowleston Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I think he is confused as to what a lens flare is. What you are pointing out seem to be circle gradients at most. For a lens flare, well, see todays comic.

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  • sketchy62sketchy62 Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    yea no lens flare has been used.

    as for the 2nd rendering project... i need a break from it...

    i was tryin to render a car... pretty much by first attempt on it... lets juss say im moving at an INCREDIBLY slow pace.

    it took me about 2 hours juss to do the rims.

    i think i bit off more than i can chew.

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  • lilchingch0nglilchingch0ng Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    no you didn't, anything worthwhile takes a shitton of time. just work on the car rendering bit by bit, take breaks, eat some food, go take a walk, etc. those awesome photoshop paintings you like took the artists hours upon hours to make. just have fun with it.

    *edit*
    grifter rehashes my post and gets all the credit...

    grifter i hope you contract scabies

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  • GrifterGrifter title goes here 32, 64Moderator mod
    edited August 2007
    Don't feel bad that people like me more than they like you. I'm just a likable guy. People like me.

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  • sketchy62sketchy62 Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    i realize photoshop takes along time...

    but u do realize i juss learned htis yesterday.

    a beginner tryin to render a car realisticlly is freakin hard.

    however you are right... i guess i should finsih what i started.

    imma take a break, and get back to it. :]


    i juss hope i dont end up hating photoshop when im done with it.. LOL

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  • lilchingch0nglilchingch0ng Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    sketchy62 wrote: »
    i realize photoshop takes along time...

    but u do realize i juss learned htis yesterday.

    a beginner tryin to render a car realisticlly is freakin hard.

    however you are right... i guess i should finsih what i started.

    imma take a break, and get back to it. :]


    i juss hope i dont end up hating photoshop when im done with it.. LOL


    oh you'll hate it, you'll probably want to kill yourself several times over during the process. BUT, once its all done with, and you look at your final product, you'll feel your time was well spent, and you'll get this warm fuzzy feeling deep down inside.

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  • Shiekahn_boyShiekahn_boy Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    The warm fuzzy feeling is actually the internal bleeding you get when your brain stresses under pressure from the 9 hours of stareing at the screen to realize that you've been in square one for the whole time.


    I hate inking in photoshop... but if I ink on paper I have no ctrl+z button on life.

    Edit: But to be for real. It's not bad really. Better then what I could do. All it needs is a little more of a lighter gradient to shade with or something.

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  • lilchingch0nglilchingch0ng Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Shiekahn_boy wrote: »
    The warm fuzzy feeling is actually the internal bleeding you get when your brain stresses under pressure from the 9 hours of stareing at the screen to realize that you've been in square one for the whole time.


    I hate inking in photoshop... but if I ink on paper I have no ctrl+z button on life.

    touche

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  • supabeastsupabeast Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Shiekahn_boy wrote: »
    I hate inking in photoshop... but if I ink on paper I have no ctrl+z button on life.

    That’s why the god of draughtsmen invented mylar and electric erasers.

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  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    lilchingch0ng wrote: »
    oh you'll hate it, you'll probably want to kill yourself several times over during the process. BUT, once its all done with, and you look at your final product, you'll feel your time was well spent, and you'll get this warm fuzzy feeling deep down inside.

    Just as you bring down the mallet on your neighbour.

    But seriousely, Its very good for a beginner, but yes, It is too bright.
    Also, near the belly on the black jacket, its goes white>light grey> black. Try to soften the differences a bit.

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