[Gecko]

I Tried to achieve the same look I get by using pencil on paper, in Photoshop.
Usually my Photoshop pics start as line drawings which I "paint" on, but this time I kept the brush very small (2nd smallest regular brush) and crosshatched all the way as I would with pencil. Finally I blended the areas some to get a smoother look, and while I'm quite happy with the result, it ended up very different from what I expected. (it's somewhat influenced by Wacomonkey's animist pic).


Here's a recent pencil work for comparison:
(And yes, those are feathers the fish has for fins :)





Fullsize: http://members.surfeu.fi/pveik/turhatjpgt/animistold2.jpg

In-progress: (crosshatching) http://members.surfeu.fi/pveik/turhatjpgt/animistold.jpg


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[EviLToYLeT]

Hrmmm.... really nice. I like the way it's turning out on your cross hatching One thing that's kinda bothering me is the perspective of the snout doesn't match that of the eye area. *shrug* could be just me though. great pic!

[Jezebel]

Wow, when I loaded it up I thought it WAS a pencil drawing until I went back and read what you wrote. Very cool

-Beth

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[Jezebel]

Oh wait... the fish is a pencil work, hahah... guess I didn't read it too well. *giggles* I still really like the drawing though!

-Beth

[solidtransient]

Dang that second pic is tight. I wish I was that good with my tablet. You should put up some more pics like that.



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[sacrelicious]

If you reeeeeeeeeally want to get the pencil look, keep the brush size small even when filling in large areas. I like the look of the piece though, it almost looks like watercolor pencils in places. Just out of curiosity, is the portrait drawn over a scanned-in sketch? I can't tell for sure even from the fullsize. Anyway, I like both of these a lot. Good work! Later.

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[Matt Elder]

I REALLY like the style of your fish and the 2nd one is kinda cool - that semiblocky feeling. I agree that it does look a little bit watercolourish. The detail on the end of the snout looks interesting as I can see part of a weird looking rock face.

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[Gecko]

Evil: You're so right about the perspective error :]

Jezebel: hehe, thanks.

Solid: There are some more pics on my homepage, if you didn't check it out already. Not sure if any are made in the very same technique though.

Sacre: The animist is all Photoshop, no scanning. Also, what I meant to do was NOT to get the exact same look as with pencil, but to try the exact same technique I use with pencil. It really didn't come out the way it was supposed to :P. But, yeah, small brush would help with that.

Matt: Hey, I found the face on the snout as well :).

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[Sedul]

wow Geck, that looks amazing especially that second one. Is that a sea horse or sumpthin'?. but yeh the cross hatching technique is interseting

btw, what brush setting, and opacity do you set u're paintbrush for that. using hte wacom. or do u just leave it 100% and use the pressure thingi

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[Gecko]

Thanks sedul :), I keep the brush opacity at 100% almost all the time, using pressure to gain different levels of color.
The brushes I use are the basic photoshop hard-edged round brushes.

klaivu:
Yah, well, consider yourself lucky to have a real life access to my sketch book :]

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[insomniac]

I like it, at first i thought it was an inkwash. which tool did you use airbrush or paint brush to get that effect?

[klaivu]

thats a horrible job your scanner did, gecko.