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Published: 2009-05-20 12:18:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 3758; Favourites: 56; Downloads: 131
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Not that anyone asked me to, but I just thought it would be fun to post a little tutorial based on my "Lila Rocks " deviation.I have no formal artistic training and I basically don't know what I'm talking about, so feel free to dismiss this completely and mock my numerous flaws. It'll be fun.
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si je puis donner mon avis, je trouve que l'étape 4 est déja bien parfaite et très graphique! le reste fait un peu trop ajout d'effets 
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Oui, merci de ta remarque, je pense que tu as raison. Mais enfin, c'est toujours un peu pareil avec moi: j'essaye des trucs diffΓ©rents, parfois Γ§a marche, parfois Γ§a marche pas!
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i think it's more than just a tutorial-
in some way it's also a wip, i guess.
soo...thank you for both!
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It is, you're right, though I did this drawing in one sitting, so those various stages of development never existed independently.
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hmm...im not sure if i understand you right, but in case of osnotropp wip's for example, the various stages of his work never excisted seperately neither, am i right?
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You're right. What I meant is that I did the original drawing in one sitting. When I did the tutorial, I had to peel back the original drawing and recreate the intermediary steps.
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ah, i see...so basically you drew this backwards?
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Yes, that's it exactly.
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Superb and very enlightening. When I have my computer back, I will attempt something in this vein.
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Oh, I'd love to see that!
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Nice work! This is a nice tutorial, each step is explained in detail
Just a question though, you do all your work 100% digitally, no?
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Yes, I've been drawing digitally exclusively for the last seven or eight years.
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Wow, that's a long time. Maybe sometimes you should consider collect your drawings and let us see your improvements
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There are hundreds of them in my gallery!
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Even the ones that you made before you join dA? Wow I'll look at those
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oow very good tutorial
thanks for sharing mirror
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I'm glad that people seem to like it.
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It's great to get to see the process for this drawing, Julien-- for someone like me who usually goes for flat colors, seeing how you work the volume in color is particulatly interesting. 
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Thank you! I'd love it if you posted something similar, because I have absolutely no idea how you work your magic.
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Once I have the color scheme I like, I just add one or two layers which I use as filters. These layers are scans of old yellowed pages taken from old books, or textures I do with ink and water, which kind of have a "rusty" feel to it, and I think they give the digital colors a more analogic look. The old pages are also great to get vintage effects.
So I set those texture layers to "multiply" as well, and that's all the process, really
I'm such a caveman when it comes to working digitally, that I try to keep my "method" as simple as possible... though when I get to have the patience to sit and practice, I'd like to try something along the lines of what you did in this tutorial, and seeing what happens...
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You're really selling yourself short here. I think this sounds absolutely fascinating. Using a different layer for every color and changing them until they're just right is something I had never thought about doing, for example.
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I never had the confidence to put every single color in the same layer-- but I'd like to try that, and be able to change a complete scheme in a matter of seconds.
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That would be so extreme!
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