[JL]

Hi,

I'm trying to ink up a picture of mine in Photoshop. Inking is something I rarely do, either digitally or in real life, so I'm wondering, are there any "rules" as to what line widths to use? So far I've been assigning widths pretty randomly:



Any inking or anatomical tips appreciated.

Thanks!

[LoTekK]

anatomically, you seem to have the kid down pat...
as for inking, i'm no expert, but i've been learning and picking things up over the past couple months... i don't think i could tell you where your lines might be good and where they might need thinning out or thickening up, but general tips:

generally things that are in shadow will get heavier lines and things that are in direct light will get the lightest and thinnest lines... things that are closer to the viewer tend to get heavier lines than things that are further back in the picture plane... small details are generally going to warrant lighter linework than form definitions... and, as all my art professors keep telling us, rules are meant to be broken... go by those guidelines, mix them up, break them, as long as the piece works...

hope that helps at least somewhat, and hope to see this colored...

[edit]all that, and i forgot to say i think the pic's great... o_O real cute, and i like the pose... [/edit]

[ October 06, 2002: Message edited by: LoTekK ]

[JL]

LoTekK: Thanks for the tips!

I've changed some of the line widths to compensate for lighting, and I nudged a few things around that didn't look quite right:



(old pic for reference


Started coloring:



[ October 09, 2002: Message edited by: JL ]

[JL]

Here it is colored:



A first attempt at a background:



After some tweaks:

[Simoom]

The picture actually looks very good in its last few colored stages. I think I might prefer the second to last picture though, particularly in terms of the background. The less saturated coloring gives it more of a feeling of distance than the bluring you applied in the last one, which just makes it look less defined. In general, the second to last one just looks more light flooded, which creates a nicer mood, but just my opinion. good stuff

[Lexmir]

i agree, i like the second to last the most as well, looks great

[Link_omega]

It look a lot nicer if you took the character in the last one and the background from second to last one and put them together. In my Opinion.

Thankyou for your time.

[kinnas]

hmm.. the girl whatnot looks too big with that background, you should have sketched the background with the girl :/
other than that, a really nifty picture.

[Inspector Lee]

I have to say I agree with Link_omega's comment. I like the warmer skintones of the figure in the last one, but agree with simoom that the strong light (burned out) feel of the background in the second to last one is better. Maybe do a quick cut/paste and see how it looks together. I don't think there's anything wrong with the size relationship between the figure and the background though. Nice work.
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