Self-teaching Mode

Silver Midnight · Post by **Silver Midnight** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:21 pm

Just one of those times, where you get nostalgic, grab some photo references, and teach yourself to do something...else.

Find the fake eyes!

Lighting on the photoref verily sucks.

Putting some learned things together...

Next time maybe I should teach myself to use the tablet feature on my laptop...

*EDIT* And maybe do better on portraiture....mm...

Shard · Post by **Shard** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 12:47 am

Sil that brown eye is more beautiful than the real photo.

Sargon · Post by **Sargon** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:39 am

<3 the eyes are very well done. ^^ a little more work on the face and you'll get it. They have som -really- really- good portrait painting tutorials on Deviantart these days with suggestions and stuff if you'd like to take a look i could dig them up for you. <3

tablet feature on a laptop? cool! how's that work?

Silver Midnight · Post by **Silver Midnight** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 1:05 pm

http://google6-cnet.com.com/4014-3121_9 ... =102944788

That's what I have, an Averatec C3500 series. You can flip down the screen over the keyboard, and write on it, or draw on it. Unfortunately in Photoshop I tend to end up drawing lines across my art because there's a very thin line between 'hover' and 'write'. And I haven't figured out how to turn downt he sensetivity on it.

Other artists use it, but eh.... I don't know. Thinking maybe I should have just got a cheaper laptop. It works okay, good graphics and everything, but the display kinda looks washed-out to me. Oh well. It works, and it's good for school.

*EDIT* And I would like the tutorials, though really all I need is more reference-work. Couldn't hurt.

Astra · Post by **Astra** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 3:04 pm

Mrgah ... do you accept commissions? when I publish my novel, I am SO commissioning you to do the cover art *drool*

Post by **Dray** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 4:36 pm

X3 Commissions~! <333333333333! (Sil, you could make big bucks. *hides behind you to catch spillover commission-goo* X3)

Silver Midnight · Post by **Silver Midnight** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 4:39 pm

I only did a few commission pieces in high school, I rarely finish things...but if I knew people wanted them, I'd certainly take some.

Silver Midnight · Post by **Silver Midnight** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:55 pm

More portrait work...Same character, better colors, better job.

Without the guidelines...and with.

*EDIT*Stupid Photoshop making my jpgs splotchy...

Post by **Dray** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:00 pm

O.o! I might move her neck to a little more of a central position, as it looks a bit awkward at the moment! I think it's just that the head shape/shading makes it look like the neck should be a mirror-image of what it is now...

But anyhow, very nice, soft shading. X3 I like how you defined the nostrils and nose so sharply, that looks nice. Keep us updated!

Cacopheny · Post by **Cacopheny** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:01 pm

Temaie's so pretty ^^

Sargon · Post by **Sargon** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 4:32 pm

head shape (size maybe? o.O)looks a little odd to me but the face is marvolus! Great usage of color tones and shading.

It's like that on all tablets, i did the same thing when i first got mine. Give it time, you'll get used to it. And that is one SWEET laptop chicka. <3

And hey, you're new to photoshop, don't overestimate yourself. Not many people, even wonderfully talented people like you can't draw humans without any reference. It just might help. <3

i'll find them fo joo <3

Silver Midnight · Post by **Silver Midnight** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 4:48 pm

I'm not drawing humans without reference.

Though a lot of pictures of humans I *DO* are without reference. I'm just falling back to trying to perfect some things, I'd prefer that I not use references--which I don't, most of the time. It makes the art feel...inhibited. I had to move away from it a bit to draw the above portrait, because it just wasn't working right rather realistic.

But sometimes you just have to go back to the basics. And I've been skimping on the basics--thus my fundamentals of drawing class, and my self-teaching.

Post by **Dray** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:12 pm

Damn straight! ^_^ I know that even Ahkahna was talking about how she wants to get back to the basics, it's a really good thing to do, and you can definitely see where it helps flesh out your original view on drawing. :3

(And I thought that all of the leaves on the tree out front of my window were apples. O________________o'' *kind of wacked right now*)