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[astridv]

[eta: handy links to Photoshop tutorials in the comments]

fanart: I scribbled a background for that one scene... not much to see yet though, probably skippable unless you're interested in illustration as such.

I've been back and forth how to color it. The easiest thing would be just do paint the background onto the original. OTOH this could be a good opportunity to hop into the 21st century and try that Photoshop thing... I got time to fool around with it after all, and if I screw it up it won't really matter.

Hm. In any case I decided against painting the bg separately and pasting in the foreground scene. But I'm sort of tempted to try painting the background entirely in Photoshop. I don't know if that might not clash too much with the foreground though... apart from the fact that I've never painted with that program and barely know how to work with the layers.

Meh. Don't know. Maybe I'll throw a dice.

Comments

[astridv.livejournal.com]

That looks fabulous! I absolutely love the perspective and the arches and what the architecture does to the whole scene.

Thanks. I hadn't thought of the background when I drew the scene but as soon as I finished coloring it, I clearly saw this vault or whatever it is around it and it seemed pretty essential for the scene.

Personally, I'm a huge fan of traditional art, but I think it'll be cool no matter what you do. As long as you give it some paper-like texture if you do it all digitally, I think you could make it blend.

I'm more a fan of the traditional media as well, and not just because I feel comfortable with them... a lot of the computer art is just so slick and glossy and just - too perfect. But I've seen some cool computer coloring done with brushes (though I think vom_marlowe is probably right and that sort of thing is likely done with Painter, which I don't have yet).

Anyway, I ended up paining the background with watercolor and acrylics after all... it seems that my 1 gig RAM are entirely insufficient for Photoshop and it drives me crazy if I have to wait a few seconds after every step I take. Gotta upgrade my memory sooner or later.

Now that I have the rudimentary background, I shall attempt to combine the two. Gulp.

[crysothemis.livejournal.com]

Oh, working on huge files in Photoshop is an enormous pain. Photoshop is the only thing that regularly screws up my computer performance.

And yes, it's the "too perfect/not enough serendipity and/or texture" thing that doesn't work for me in some digital art.

Do you need any Photoshop tips? I'm not a pro, but I've played a fair bit, and have combined drawings in Photoshop (sometimes more successfully than others). If I can help, feel free to email me at crysothemis at yahoo.