[eetu]

warning, no art here, just copying photos to learn some technique..


click on it for the fullres version(200k)

i had a hard time with the fur, after some toiling i finally got it to look 'ok' but i lost some of the shapes of the original. i first painted it with solid colors, but when i start texturing it i'm having a hard time keeping the (average) color of the surface the same as before. especially the hue but also the value. some kind of burn/dodge that wouldn't touch the hue would be nice.. hmm, perhaps use the brush in multiply/screen mode ?

how do you guys go about it ?

and of course criticism is very welcome.

btw here's the untextured version.

i know i really should be working on the basics (fred's heads, mozeman's figures, cubes etc)..

eetu. (gonna start doing the water now)

ps, did a couple more b&w ones



[This message has been edited by eetu (edited June 18, 2000).]

[faustgfx]

*shrug*
the way i'd do it would be to draw the fur in black/white with burn/dodge (what with paying attention to not overdoing the dodge part..) then color it with layers, and finally adjust the levels and shades with adjustment layers (brightness/contrast, hue/saturation)

that's the difficult way.

generally i gave up trying to draw everything 100% ok looking by hand a while ago and started using adjustment layers and the Image menu to get things to look a bit better.. it works for me anyway. but then again i can't draw worth a shit, so.....



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[Frost]

eetu: maybe a 'luminosity' layer would help on which you'd just have to paint values, while keeping the hue on the previous layer. That may or may not do that job because saturation also changes going into dark and stuff (I think).

I was also wondering how you got that blurry-noise in the water on the lower portion of the pic...

[This message has been edited by Frost (edited June 18, 2000).]

[Emmanuel]

Hi,

Eetu, old LightWaver, I would say the pic looks good so far.
It's got a nice "loneliness"-feeling of a lone hunter, but to make it perfect, I guess a little more work on the *lighting* could help.
The lighting situation is rather unclear to me, but I would suggest a moonlit scene...?
Just an idea.
The water opacity and reflections look great, IMO.
But then...what about adding a little more detail into the bear's reflection ?
Just a wild guess, maybe it helps, I am normally more of an "instinct painter", rather than a "rational painter".

Keep up the excellent work,

Bye,
Emmanuel