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Alicia Tutorial
Published: 2012-09-11 17:16:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 36175; Favourites: 1413; Downloads: 1527
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Dawnstar and Alicia could use your help on Steam!: [link]I've had a bunch of requests for tutorials lately, and figured I'd explain Alicia's painting in greater detail. It touches more on my thought process while working, color choice and blending. Sorry if this is sort of a random combination of tutorial elements. I tried to answer the various notes I've been getting.
I primarily use Photoshop, but the ideas are generally the same regardless of what program you use. Unless you use... MSPaint, and then you're screwed.
You'll probably have to download it to see it properly. Feel free to ask questions in the next 12-24 hours and I'll likely be able to answer them. After that I'll float back into space and wander around with Space Sphere again.
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Comments: 39
That's a great technique for finding good palettes! Thank you!
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Congratulations on your well-deserved DD!!!
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suure... sure, the "close-up example of shading" is not just an excuse to do a close-up of her ass
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It's just an example of shading, that is all. No one wants to see that buttox.
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It's nice to see so many great tips crammed into a small no-nonsense tutorial,
you have a clear and quick way to teach, thanks for sharing!
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Some really excellent info in this; I always enjoy seeing an artist's thought processes too. Congrats on the DD!
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this is really helpful, somethimes I get mad so fast cuz i dont know how to give "life" with colors, xD thx for the tutorial! ^_^Β
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wow thanks alot! really! before i could only draw up to the third box, this is really helpful
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I see your style of work ^_^ it's really Great =^_^= (but me no good at using programs so I am increasing my drawing colour skills)
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Voted on steam, looks pretty cool 
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Very nice
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I really like the design! Totally badass! I can see problems with the lighting and rendering though, no clear light source direction and inconsistent shadows. I thought it would be much easier for you to learn from if I did a paintover to show you what I mean, I hope you don't mind
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Also I recommend doing studies of cosplay photography! Best source of learning for these kind of pictures
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Really helpful tutorial Ionen. Great advice on color picking, lights/shadows and manually painting gradients. Thank you!
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See I have a problem. I already voted yes before I knew you worked on the project and it just won't let me vote a 2nd time.
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Hmmm... maaaaaybe. Would be fun to do, but would be at release.
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You have no idea how happy i was when i realised you had made another tutorial XD
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How do you know when to stop shading/rendering? Or when is too much?
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For me, if it looks perfectly smooth when at print size it feels like it's too much. I'd rather it be undersmoothed than too much. When it's oversmoothed you'll likely not see the saturated colors as much. It'll get muddy, as combining a saturated color palette with dull colors generally results in dull colors.
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Hmmhmm, wish I had a better way with creating gradients while using high-opacity brushes and didn't get lost with shadow layers all the time - but hey, better know what to improve on than being stuck.
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I do not mean to be a dick, but she has two left hands. nice coloration tho.
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Haha, yeah, she did. Before I fixed it.
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ohgoody. thanks for not takin offense
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I already wondered where the process-pic went but this is a nice surprise^^
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