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June 25, 2012
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Working with 2D images

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:iconmichel-le-fou:
~Michel-le-fou Jun 25, 2012
I am constantly trying to make my OCs more human and 3D without actually using 3D software; but I have learned a few points so far: 1. some groups consider my work "unfinished" on that acct. 2.the plugins I use often dull lines and so forth so that the figures seem vague and unfinished. 3. Any retouching dies not satisfy me very much.
Video tuts on a laptop are power-consuming, so I overlook them. I need really good advice, although one group admin has helped me a lot.
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~achipps Jun 25, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
To look more like 3D you have to shade things. What you see up front and more direct would be the brightest shade, as things bend away from you or just get father away they get darker than thing up close and facing you.
After you draw the shading then you can add highlights and shadows to point out where the light is in a 3D environment. This will be harder, so just working with shapes will help at drawing the shading part.

Start bay drawing a ball and with a soft brush the same size as the ball go around the edges keeping the darkest part of the brush which is the middle to ride the outside edge of the ball to blend in smooth shading. You can do the same thing with a smaller brush on a new ball to see the angle the smaller blend will do and for practice at drawing smooth blends because the smaller brush will take more of a steady had to go around the ball.

When you work with the soft brushes you will notice the size of the brush controls the look and curve of the artwork. This helps things look like they are not as flat and look more like 3D.

Some of the shapes you will need to make look like they are 3D is a ball, a cone, a block, and a splat. When you can do that then you will be good at shading.

The you will be ready for drawing with a light on the screen.

You can draw a circle show where the light is then use a little imagination of where the light is in distance for forward or deep in the picture. Draw lines to help imagine the shadow, because the shadow come from the angle the light sees the scene making shadows where things block the light,

Some time just starting with a black background and drawing things as you imaging then coming out of the darkness. It helps the imagination work better.
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:iconmichel-le-fou:
~Michel-le-fou Jun 26, 2012
Arch, thanks much for your brief tut. I opened your gallery on a new tab, and I am duly impressed. However,I want to add that I had human figure practice in school years ago, so I need to know how to add shading to a figure on a tablet. I assume that it works the same way as traditional art. I may be impatient with my work, but often I am not satisfied with the results. I am sure I need to work longer.
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~achipps Jun 26, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I started with a very old version of Photoshop that didn't lave layers and I saved a copy of the image and then made changes. If I didn't like it I would open the original and start over, but if I liked I would save it as a different file so I could compare and see if that was better.

With the newer versions of Photoshop I used a new layer so anytime I don't like what I did I can edit the addition or delete the layer and start over.

I don't think I do any undos unless I don't have layers.
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:iconmichel-le-fou:
~Michel-le-fou Jun 26, 2012
Thanks again. I am very pleased with your feedback and will remember in any case. I am on CS5, btw.
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:iconachipps:
~achipps Jun 26, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I use Photoshop 7.

So you could draw on layers.

Drawing a drinking glass help me get better at working with the eraser like it is just another brush so I can create what the layer needs, and look good on a white or black background. I think just doing that made a big difference in shading control. It is something I can repeat in minutes, but took a long time the first time.
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~Michel-le-fou Jun 26, 2012
Will do. Thanks again.
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:iconxadrik-xu:
*Xadrik-Xu Jun 25, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
It takes a lot of practice. The techniques that work well in drawing also work pretty well in Digital 2-D...I would be able to show you how I go about fixing drawings up, but, it is really almost impossible for me to offer advice since you are not here...
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:iconmichel-le-fou:
~Michel-le-fou Jun 26, 2012
You may do a serial tut in pictures if that will help. Your work is generally good too so I will enjoy how you string them together for this.
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:iconxadrik-xu:
*Xadrik-Xu Jun 26, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
I will see what I can do in the next few weeks...
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:iconmichel-le-fou:
~Michel-le-fou Jun 26, 2012
Thanks a load, brother!
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