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M-Skirvin — Smudge Tutorial
Published: 2010-04-23 19:27:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 2838; Favourites: 71; Downloads: 75
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This is a tutorial I cooked up for drawing directly within Photoshop.Hopefully, it will open the doors on creativity for some folks!
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I've been searching for a good smudge tutorial! Thank you for providing one!
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THAT SO COOL! But i don't have Photoshop! BAH! I will try when i have it. :3
You have a big talent to draw like that
(PS: Does my english is bad X_X?)
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Ah, you French and your Kirara Kisses! XDXDXD
Actually, your English is pretty good! Here is how you would say it here:
"You have a lot of talent to draw like that. PS: Is my english bad?" Or perhaps: "Does my english sound bad?"
I wish I had a Japanese tutor....XDXD
And someday, I am sure you will find a chance to work with Photoshop! I can't live a day without it!
Gimp is available online and is pretty good. You might give that one a try! It's FREE!
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If you wants, I have some thing (trick?) Japanese or some numbers and sentences.
I haved GIMP,but i don't know why.It did'nt work again.So my dad give me ArtRage 2...
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This is a great tutorial! It really helps since I'm kinda new to Photoshop and still getting used to the tools >.>
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My method is a bit unorthodox but hey, whatever works is good enough for me! XD
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This is great! Thanks for sharing! I whish I had the time and patience to practice... One day though!
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Take a small sketchbook with you wherever you go. I have mine in a shoulder bag that is like part of my body. I never go anywhere without it. Then I can draw while waiting for dinner at a restaurant, draw while waiting at the doctor's office, draw while I talk on the phone, etc. Sometimes, I even doodle on the envelopes of the mail I'm sending out. And birthday cards ALWAYS get a doodle either inside or on the envelope. I did one last night on a going away card to a friend. It was a happy stegosaurus!
Doodle whatever comes into your head. Or, draw whatever is near you. A door handle's reflections, water dripping down a glass, the flame of a candle, the shape and shadow of a rock. Each drawing no matter how small, is a stepping stone to the next better one!
I also draw in bed by the light of a flashlight...sometimes...
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OK, you are an artist 
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It takes a few tries until you get a feel for the balance between opacity and brush size, but it will come along.
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Good luck! It took me several tries until I understood the weird balancing act it takes to get the smudge tool to behave. Now I get pretty nice blends of color, and it's getting better all the time...
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I can see it on your art you post
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I agree with most of the comments, quite helpful! ^^ You're most helpful mammal.
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I'm only mammal most of the time!
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Very helpful! Smudge tool can look very sloppy if you don't use it right! Thank you for showing a more profession aspect of using smudge!
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The BIG trick is that if it gets sloppy, turn down the opacity. Then the brush doesn't "pick up" so much and drag it out of place. It's critical that you work the brush size and the opacity together.
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I'm totally going to use this
Just wondering would you recommend this similar way of coloring with clothes too? (or anything else)
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It works for clothes too. It's especially good for doing shiny fabrics like satin. I have some other neato techniques I need to do tutorials on too. One multilayer technique preserves the outlines so it's a LOT more like coloring in a coloring book, but on steroids.
I just posted a colored piece that I did that way....
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>w< Now I just need to work on the issue of drawing realistly
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Wherever possible, work from references. It helps a lot! You'll get there!
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That's clever!
I don't have Photoshop, but still! Useful anyway!
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You can do similar things with pastels or colored pencil too! The basic principal is the same. With pastels, you use a thing called a "stump" to rub the colors and blend them around. With colored pencils, you do it with layers of color and a colorless blending pencil. I think you can do it with Copics too, but I am terrible at working with those.
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Oh, that's good to know too! Thanks! :3
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Oh wow, thank you so much for showing this! And you're right, the burn tool can overkill the shading if not used correctly.
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Yeah one or two strokes too many and you have either a hot spot or a nearly black spot right in the middle of things. Thankfully, you can just use the opposite tool to correct it easy enough...
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O,O
This helps so much! I've been trying this stuff myself, but this really helps! I never really used a pink color in my blending, but I'll try that from now on!
THANKIES!!!
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You are very welcome, my dear!
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