[.oOMOo.]

i am doing CG for the first time in my life. just got the painter 7.0 program yesterday and i have no idea how to use it..
i dont like the watercolor brush that u guys use...is it just me or that it looks and blurry on my screen..

so i made a new brush setting..and here is what happen

i spent like 1 hour..on the hair part and i went crazy!
then after the hair part i just gave up...
so HARD man~~ can u guys teach me or give me some tips..?
or show me some tutorials on using painter ...

http://www.sfu.ca/~mleex/char-worr01.JPG

[Ragnarok]

I haven't used painter, but for what I know it's quite hard and maybe it's not the best one to do CG.

On the pic, I like how the hair is looking. Maybe it's not the CG look you are trying, but I think if you go on as you have done so far, the pic would look nice.
Also, probably to get more definition you could try using a smaller brush.

About the program, well, all I can tell you is to go and do a search at google...
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[Deckard]

`CG for the first time in your life', `1 hour'.. well, it takes time buddy.
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[Inspector Lee]

This is not a bad start. I think one thing that may help; when you paint hair try not to think of it as strands or even groups of strands. Try to see it as a shape, with a light side a dark side, and reflected highlights. Then if you want, you can come back after and put in individual hair strands. I hope you don't mind I did a quick overpaint. I hope this helps a little.


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[.oOMOo.]

Oh yes yes i helps alot...thx for telling me this concept..
do u draw strands at the end?? i like strands that make the pic look more realistic...but i suck at drwaing it..

btw...what is the sequence for u guys to draw hair?? base color first than dark ---> highlight??

http://www.sfu.ca/~mleex/Untitled-1.jpg
here is another practice...this time i used different brush and color..
>_< still can't find improvement ..so i gave up in the half way again

man..what should i do...

btw..how do i change the size of my pic on the forum?? or am i suppose to change the size b4 i post? cuz my pics are shown in crazy huge size

[Inspector Lee]

This is definitely an improvement already! And the way you have the core shadow (darkest part of the hair) right below the highlight is exactly right.
Adding some more darks (just not as dark as the core shadow) out near the ends of the hair strands may help to give it even more shape. And yes you can add individual strands at the end, you just need to light them the same(base color, shadow, core shadow, highlight). You may also want to give any strands an outline so they match your style.
as to sequence, I usually cover everything with middle range, then add shadows and highlights, but that's really just preference.

Learning to paint is a slow process, many small improvements over a long time (with lots of practice). You're not going to be painting like the best guys on this forum in a few weeks or months. But look at the bright side; you've already shown some improvement. Keep up the good work!

Last thing: yes you have to re-size your images before you post them. Resolution (DPI) is the most important thing. Browsers display images at 72 or 96 DPI, so if you're many times higher res than that they will look huge.
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[.oOMOo.]

thx for ur advice Inspector Lee!!
i will keep trying and posting here

[daeldren]

well to begin with you already have some good art talent which is actually the hardest step for a lot of beginning cg artists. The primary thing about cg art is mostly about coloring and having a good idea of the color wheel and shading digitally. Just pick up some tutorials and youll be fine even for a first try this is quite well done.