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nth
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Well, I decided to get into art for real but, I am having troubles with cleaning up pictures and editing them. I have photoshop, a intuous tablet, and a scanner. But when I scan it it comes out with a lot of splotches so the best I could do is make it lighter. I can see mistakes but I don't know how to ink and fix them. But, here are a couple of quick sketches. I probably spent about 30 min or less on them. For some reason I can never fully finish something. But I sketch all day.
What's worse than a cold toilet seat? A warm toilet seat. There's only one way short of magic it could have gotten warm. At first, you're almost thankful it's warm, then you get to thinking... this is the result of another person's ass-warmth.
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Also, if you're using Photoshop, and you know how to make the drawing lighter...try finding the "brightness/contrast" edit-thing, and the "curves" edit-thing. I use both of those primarily when fixing up my scans...and if there's something that's REALLY obvious and hard to get rid of, I'll take a large, soft-edged airbrush and highlight the area out with the "highlight" tool set to "Shadow".
Finishing your sketches should also be a focus for you (I should take my own advice, ha). It's really hard for me to finish things too, I can understand that...but it's a really good habit to get into - one I'm just trying to get into now.
Seeing as how you "sketch all day", finishing one piece should be pretty easy for you. Just try it out.
Its something I struggle with, and i've been trying so hard to get that bad habbit outta my system.
Are you scanning pencils? If these sketches are any indication of your line darkness, you won't be able to clean them up. Ink your finished sketches, don't be afraid of ruining them.
But before you do that, do what NightDragon says.
I've got that book. It's pretty good for figuring out block-shapes, but in some parts it's also somewhat stylized. Try also getting a copy of "Anatomy for the Artist"...I believe it's a yellow cover (or was), and that's an excellent book as well...more detailed, medically-specific drawings, so I think it would be a good book to check through in addition to Hogarth's.