[seethemd]

lets see, my first post here so, hi everyone... if anyone is interested in who i am, you can visit my 3d site at : http://home.kooee.com.au/theresaf/website/openingpage.htm

i think its pretty safe to say i have no idea what im doing, uh... i decided i was going to start learning how to paint this week, and here are the results of a days work...:

(any advice or comments appreciated)

[Matt Elder]

You've off to a reasonable start with the painting. I tend to suspect that you did this all digitally. I still think there is merit in sketching and image on paper and then scanning it (each to their own though).

Try to start refining the lines a bit. At the moment it looks like you've laid down lines but haven't actually gone over them. Also try to add in some shadows. Try not to use a soft edged brush as it will give you that bluriness quality to it like you have on the t-shirts.

I've gone through and overpainted a couple of sections. In particular the t-shirt and one of the faces. This was very quick and you'll have to excuse the crudeness as I haven't painted anything in months and it shows.

The main thing you'll notice is a build up of tone rather than using hard black lines. Start laying down large sweeping brush strokes, followed by smaller ones and lighter / darken the stroke. This was the general idea I followed on the face. Hopefully this is of some use.



[ October 05, 2001: Message edited by: Matt Elder ]

[seethemd]

thanks matt, for the reply and the paint over. very helpful response. im going to try what you sugested (i'll post the results in this post)