I likes it, I'd wanna see a bit more texture/variety in the background though.
I saw a gimp tutorial which did soemthing along the lines of:
-create a new blank layer
-take your brush tool and find a color which works with the overall color scheme, but slightly darker shade.
-draw random lines, they dont have to be straight lines; following the flow (for this voli one it would be bottom left to upper right) of the piece, then use your smudge tool (with a textured brush head) with medium to high scattering and smudge the lines following their flow.
-Repeat the procees on a new layer using a lighter shade and places those lines in between the ones you just smudged.
Basically I found this while looking for photoshop tuts, the effect is quite nice imo.
I saw a gimp tutorial which did soemthing along the lines of:
-create a new blank layer
-take your brush tool and find a color which works with the overall color scheme, but slightly darker shade.
-draw random lines, they dont have to be straight lines; following the flow (for this voli one it would be bottom left to upper right) of the piece, then use your smudge tool (with a textured brush head) with medium to high scattering and smudge the lines following their flow.
-Repeat the procees on a new layer using a lighter shade and places those lines in between the ones you just smudged.
Basically I found this while looking for photoshop tuts, the effect is quite nice imo.
Thanks Amanda, I'll try that.
As for your work, I like everything bar the text - maybe it'd look better in a different location?
Jeffy: Awesome :P I think that you should draw her arms a little more - maybe holding a spear or something? Colour it too?
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As for your work, I like everything bar the text - maybe it'd look better in a different location?
Jeffy: Awesome :P I think that you should draw her arms a little more - maybe holding a spear or something? Colour it too?
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It was something to pass the time. Nothing I was gonna take much further. I suck at drawing in general but I might practice more. Idk I never get what I draw to look all that artistic in terms of style. Its just simple which isn't all that bad. But I wanna be able to pull off cooler looking stuff
Tried it, didn't work so well. Even at a lowered opacity. I think that above trick would only work with certain signatures and styles :)
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EDIT: If you meant too bright as in actual lighting maybe put a dark layer over them. A black or dark brown clipping mask set to overlay might work.
ALSO: Thoughts?