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mortal-coil β€” How to make portraits

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Description Well, i made a tutorial about how to make portraits cos many people asked me for it, so here it is, hope this is helpful.
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Taiia In reply to ??? [2004-10-01 19:08:26 +0000 UTC]

It does not have to be an urgent need but an eventual possibility .

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mortal-coil In reply to Taiia [2004-10-01 19:28:00 +0000 UTC]

yeah, true, i don't like new technologies anyway not for me, i'm not so smart, have to admit that working with those weird programmes and knowing how to make a computer work perfectly is too hard for me, i'm not so smart, i broke my current computer around 20 times but well, i understand that there are people who do like it, for example my boyfriend is really obsessed with computers and all that stuff (he doesn't want to admit though), it's really extreme, he buys kinda like every year an upgrade to have the best computer, and he changes it every 3-4 years, but i understand him cos he's going to dedicate his life to that

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Taiia In reply to mortal-coil [2004-10-01 19:50:57 +0000 UTC]

I like just several elements of those technologies . I am good at graphic / web design and Internet exploration /promotion only, and find the rest so hard and . Fortunately Johann uses computers just to communicate with his subordinates . More time for me then .
How old is he if You know his such regular habits ?

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mortal-coil In reply to Taiia [2004-10-01 20:08:21 +0000 UTC]

yeah, same here, except for graphic/web design, which i tried once and, huh, too hard for me, didn't understand anything, i can only make essays, surf in the internet and chatting in msn ^^.

He's 18, i know it cos we've known each other for 2 years or so and before becoming a couple we were really good friends, so i kinda know everything about him .

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Taiia In reply to mortal-coil [2004-10-01 20:20:43 +0000 UTC]

Surfing in the Internet is a big pleasure . But it always happens that I start searching photographs of cute animals .

But message board, forums are what I love . It always becomes a kind of addiction and I have to resign them .

Now, when I am going to restore a lot of old photographs, I will get to know more also about digital art.

I understand. Funny, I know Johann for one year but actually do not know a lot about him. Fortunately I get the information from his subordinates .

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mortal-coil In reply to Taiia [2004-10-01 20:30:46 +0000 UTC]

Haha, same here, I have a folder full of pictures of animals, also of northern lights and pictures of countries (as you may know, i love seeing new places and such stuff). And, hahaha, i know what you mean about forums, i've been kind of addicted to forums a few times for a long time, now i'm kind of addicted to DA, let's see what's my next addiction .
I would like to know more about digital art, but i don't have the patience, nor the time, to learn how to use those programmes and spend my time on it, however, i think of it as future things i have to do.

And, well, don't worry, the more time you spend with him, the more you'll get to know him, it's all a matter of time, Jeroen was pretty shy at the beginning but now he tells me everything, so i believe that you'll end up knowing kinda everything about Johann, well believe, i AM sure!!

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Taiia In reply to mortal-coil [2004-10-01 21:15:42 +0000 UTC]

Right, I forgot about wonderful Scandinavian landscapes ! Several dozen such photographs hidden on this disk .

I would not have had the chance to learn something about digital art if I had not got that job . I could not afford those image editors, they are so expensive .

Johann has never been shy (I am very shy in real life , especially in the company of men, so it is enough ), he always was such proud and brave as his friends say. He is so secretive, his work requires that... He is an alive reconditeness even for his army superiors . But... maybe in the future I will get to know more ...

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mortal-coil In reply to Taiia [2004-10-02 09:04:07 +0000 UTC]

yeah, you will, so he's a militar i guess?

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Taiia In reply to mortal-coil [2004-10-02 17:01:00 +0000 UTC]

Yes, an officer .

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mortal-coil In reply to Taiia [2004-10-02 22:11:14 +0000 UTC]

i see, i don't understand about army stuff so i don't really know what an officer does

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Taiia In reply to mortal-coil [2004-10-04 20:16:05 +0000 UTC]

Me, either ^^. I am going to ask one of Johann's subordinates but I am not sure if he will answer that question . They all are very secretive...

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mortal-coil In reply to Taiia [2004-10-05 13:11:40 +0000 UTC]

yeah, sounds obvious

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mortal-coil In reply to ??? [2004-10-01 17:32:17 +0000 UTC]

oh, i understand you prefectly, i think that the job your friend found for you is a really good one!! you're doing almost like nothing (don't get me wrong) and earning a lot of money for it, sounds interesting . Anyway, it isn't that bad using your friend's computer, even less if he doesn't use it having 2 of them, i honestly think that spending money on new technologies is a waste of money, i do it though i'm going to buy a new computer soon cos this one is a bit broken (hehehehe), old and too slow, i cannot work with this and, want it or not, i need for school when i have to make essays and such stuff, it is much better than handwriting (it's understandable) and it also looks better. So, yes, what i mean is that buying a new computer is a waste of time unless you need it very urgently, and since you don't, don't buy one

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Taiia In reply to mortal-coil [2004-10-01 18:53:22 +0000 UTC]

Right . Those photographs are very, very old, so it will be quite funny to edit all the contrast, brightness, gamma balances . And the money . Finally MY money .

I am going to buy a computer in the future, of course my husband will pay .

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mortal-coil In reply to Taiia [2004-10-01 18:59:37 +0000 UTC]

how nice like i said it sounds interesting

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LiamCant In reply to ??? [2004-10-01 09:25:04 +0000 UTC]

lol, i love the little translations into spanish underneath.
multi-talented

ahm, ive seen some other works, where they get to the stage that you finish at, then scan it into Photoshop and use the Airbrush to finish the image, making it look almost picture perfect.

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mortal-coil In reply to LiamCant [2004-10-01 13:42:46 +0000 UTC]

hehe, thanks, well, i translated it into spanish (i'm spanish) because some of the people who asked for the tutorial don't speak english, only spanish

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Pepius In reply to ??? [2004-10-01 08:03:01 +0000 UTC]

Pues es muy ΓΊtil para verlo, pero me temo que mi inutilidad manifiesta para Γ©stas cosas no va a cambiar por muchos tutoriales que vea, asmΓ©n del hecho de que yo no estoy acostumbrado a cosas tan avanzadas como cambiar de lΓ‘pices segΓΊn dureza y demΓ‘s...

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mortal-coil In reply to Pepius [2004-10-01 13:43:52 +0000 UTC]

jajajaja, vale

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Fallenswordsman In reply to ??? [2004-09-30 07:33:38 +0000 UTC]

Okay, this is going to be faved for future reference - I haven't the faintest idea if what I'm doing is right or not or just plain different, but its always useful to know how someone else tackles the subject of portraiture.

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mortal-coil In reply to Fallenswordsman [2004-09-30 11:45:08 +0000 UTC]

yeah, thanks so much for the

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Mateuszus In reply to ??? [2004-09-29 17:55:38 +0000 UTC]

Yes, it is

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Mateuszus In reply to Mateuszus [2004-09-29 20:46:44 +0000 UTC]

Are you in art school?

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mortal-coil In reply to Mateuszus [2004-09-30 11:55:44 +0000 UTC]

no i'm not , what you see it's product of what i learnt myself, i'm a self-taught artist, although now my school is based on arts because i decided that i wanna spend my life on arts

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Mateuszus In reply to mortal-coil [2004-09-30 13:54:42 +0000 UTC]

And you are 16?

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mortal-coil In reply to Mateuszus [2004-09-30 14:40:20 +0000 UTC]

not even, i'm 15

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Mateuszus In reply to mortal-coil [2004-10-01 13:26:30 +0000 UTC]

Be my maste!!

I will do any thing you wish

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mortal-coil In reply to Mateuszus [2004-10-01 13:41:53 +0000 UTC]

hahahahaha, don't exaggerate!!

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Mateuszus In reply to Mateuszus [2004-09-29 20:46:15 +0000 UTC]

Are you in art school?

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mortal-coil In reply to Mateuszus [2004-09-29 18:06:28 +0000 UTC]

glad to know

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