Hey guys! Here’s a post that I hope some will find helpful, things I have picked up along the way that I wish I had known from the start! These are not set in stone, and only just suggestions, I’m no expert okay guys
THINGS I WISH I HAD KNOWN ABOUT PHOTOSHOP:
1. FLOW. Flow was put in place primarily for the airbrush folks. Now its relevance has changed slightly. With textured brushes, try reducing the flow to “expose” texture. 2. Ctrl+U : HUE/SATURATION/LIGHTNESS. For people who are indecisive about color, use this to slide around the color quickly instead of repainting or replacing the color. 3. CLIPPING/ LAYER MASKS. Seriously, take five minutes to do this. A good online resource is ctrlpaint. This will be instrumental in creating hard edges, something beginner digital artists really struggle with. Also non-destructive, you will save SO much time. 4. With that said, ctrl+alt+g makes the current layer you are on a clipping mask. You can layer mask a group. 5. MULTIPLY and the surrounding layer types in its little section is like a dark glaze. Good for shadows. 6. OVERLAY and the surrounding layer types in its little section is like a lightening glaze. Good for lighting. LIGHTEN and the dudes around him are also good for lighting, esp. screen. 7. MAKE YOUR GOSH DARN BACKGROUND IN THE INTERFACE LIGHTER. Your contrast will thank you. Right click on the background of the interface and choose the one you like the best. I know dark grey looks sexy, I know. 8. TRANSFORM TOOLS ARE THE BEST (but paint over them). If you have a tile, pattern, whatever- Image>transform> choose your weapon. Have a tiled floor? Don’t you dare paint all those tiles. Scales? Paint them flat in a square, then use the warp tool to push them around the form. Then make your painterly adjustments. 9. PAINTING SHORTCUTS: Numbers affect the opacity. Shift+ Number affects the flow. Holding down alt gives you the eyedropper. Brackets [] change size of brush, these dudes <> cycle between your brushes. 10. HISTOGRAM. If you have a fairly even histogram, this means your distribution of lights mids and darks is even. If it is skewed, and you don’t mean it to be, adjust accordingly.
Just be casual about it and love your art I love you all
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Anonymous asked:
I know it's been a year since you drew it, but could you be so kind to teach us how to draw freckels? I've been looking up tutorials on tumblr but I've only found cosplay stuff so far. Thanks, your drawing are all so great!
i’m using pheberoni’s freckle pack to draw freckles :) make a new layer, set it to soft light (or paint with a brownish colour and play with the opacity) and just go nuts! this is all i do tbh… you can also google pics of freckled ppl to help you
Want to make this brush? Just make a perfect circle and save it (I call mine “round”) and use it as the bitmap, and copy the settings above. It works pretty nicely :D
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FireAlpaca has a suggestion/bug reporting box on their site so you can request features, or let them know if you’re having any issues! Also FireAlpaca works fantastically on Mac computers! (though I will say the only time FA has crashed on me is when I used a Mac, so PLEASE save your work often)
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This is thorough, easy to follow, and funny as hell. If you don’t know where to start on Sketchup and want to use it for comics or illustration, READ THIS.
