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CodeFly In reply to xDarkRainbow [2013-02-16 00:47:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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CodeFly In reply to JamesPrat [2013-02-14 22:41:54 +0000 UTC]

Um, well, originally it was going to be a city in a canyon like those Native Americans used to build, then the city evolved into a window and the canyon turned into the smooth red rock kind, carved by wind instead of water (actually, I should have been more consistent with the rock type and maybe added some detail) and a character popped into the scene to make it more interesting. And since I was inconsistent with my warm / cold color choices for the character, I ended up shading him entirely in grayscale and colorizing him afterward.

I am planning on recording a timelapse video of one of my next few pictures... is that good enough or do you actually want to watch it in realtime?

For brushes I am using hard round, soft round, and chisel (hard round, flattened - good for adding detail) except for special things like grass and leaves and dust. Sometimes I do my initial strokes with "chalk 60" because it makes them look more brush-like and natural. I just switch between these brush tips (via preset manager) and simply alter the shape dynamics + opacity transfer settings to get the type of brush I want. And I constantly alt-click with a 5-pixel sampling radius so that I can blend colors easy.

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JamesPrat In reply to CodeFly [2013-02-15 19:58:53 +0000 UTC]

I like the brushes you use, I haven't used the chalk brush yet. What I normally use is the hard round, and rough bristle brush (located in natural brushes) for my painting. I saw your time lapse video of your latest submission and I like the way you draw with that chalk brush, so keep doing what you're doing.
The way you paint in photoshop is so much different than the way I paint, but that's probably because the stuff I do is more character focused. Then again, you're doing this as a project and are a little pressed for time so i could see why you focus more on scenery. i wish i had more time to draw. I need to note you about next year for me, with art school and everything. Don't feel like telling you in a comment.

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CodeFly In reply to JamesPrat [2013-02-16 01:16:41 +0000 UTC]

Actually, I think the only picture I used the chalk brush on was #2 (to achieve painterly feel w/ the clouds and initial image). "Home Again", #1, and #3 I used the round brushes because there was no real need to make it feel like a painting, though I experimented with it a little at the beginning of the video.

I plan to do some characters (i.e., fake icon commissions XD) next to see how they look when I paint them instead of inking them. My process for inked art is very VERY different than for painted art, so I want to see how it differs when drawing a character portrait instead of a landscape.

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JamesPrat In reply to CodeFly [2013-02-16 07:17:27 +0000 UTC]

Sweet but hey, don't give away your master plans. I wanna surprise from you every day xD

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