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Published: 2008-05-16 08:20:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 481; Favourites: 12; Downloads: 14
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Originally this was going to be a lot more fantasy oriented and less music themed, but I got lazy and just coped out with the music note brushes.This was originally done to practice some things I'm not so good at. color composition (on the character mostly) different shading techniques, and backgrounds were the main things.
Still failed on the background. It sucks but all the tutorials on here focus mostly on coloring characters, not the backgrounds, so I'm going at it blind. really all I've been doing lately is looking at other peoples work and trying to figure out how they did certain things, but it's slow progress.
took about 8 hours total, most of which was trying to figure out where I wanted things and going back to fix mistakes.
All brushes used were either photoshop standard, or came from 's gallery. She has some very interesting and versatile brushes, check her out.
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Comments: 15
selenawatershine [2011-12-15 20:21:24 +0000 UTC]
That's scary in the sense that it looks just like me when I was in high school....from the hair to the pants with a knot around one knee and the shoes O_O *twilight zone theme*
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RainbowJava In reply to selenawatershine [2011-12-16 02:53:08 +0000 UTC]
Well it's based on ME in high school....maybe we are the same person. Maybe I'm you from the past.
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selenawatershine In reply to RainbowJava [2011-12-16 05:14:51 +0000 UTC]
Perhaps. I've always favored Beauty and the Beast myself =3 But then again perhaps we're all just one person being reborn over and over and over again.
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selenawatershine In reply to selenawatershine [2011-12-15 20:22:07 +0000 UTC]
not to mention I rarely took my headphones off, but they were the kind that wrapped around the back of your head.
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InSaNechick0789 [2008-05-17 03:23:25 +0000 UTC]
At least you make an effort.
Everything I draw has a vast empty white expanse behind it, and that's just no good D:
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RainbowJava In reply to InSaNechick0789 [2008-05-18 03:39:49 +0000 UTC]
Yeah but it works somtimes.
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Hige-Bryne [2008-05-16 16:02:52 +0000 UTC]
There's a really nice serenity to it... very peaceful.
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RainbowJava In reply to Hige-Bryne [2008-05-16 20:29:55 +0000 UTC]
That's what I was going for with the lighting and stuff. Sunset is usually so peacful, there are no cars on the road, everything has a soft pink cast to it...
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nightlink [2008-05-16 13:29:47 +0000 UTC]
Practice makes perfect. A lot of things you try for the first time you'll hate, but you'll eventually get the hang of it.
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RainbowJava In reply to nightlink [2008-05-17 01:31:31 +0000 UTC]
yeah, I just wish I had more sources for help, like technique wise. as it is I'm shading backgrounds the same way i do people and abusing hte heck out of photoshop features. It looks okay but it's still lacking quite a bit.
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nightlink In reply to RainbowJava [2008-05-17 02:21:39 +0000 UTC]
Whenever I get up there (if ever) I'll lend you my Wizard How to Draw book. Its got a great section on backgrounds.
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FreakingArG [2008-05-16 10:42:37 +0000 UTC]
Damn.. what kind of music makes all the colors appear?
Seriously though, I'm impressed with the background work.. that's always been a weakness of mine.
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RainbowJava In reply to FreakingArG [2008-05-17 01:32:41 +0000 UTC]
actually there is some mental condition, synthesasia or something, where you 'see' music.
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