(10-01-2012, 10:50 PM)Mighty Jazzers Wrote: Digital Painting 101 with Baegal

But seriously wow, I wasn't expecting this detailed of a response! I understand all but one thing now: how does opacity jitter work if you're using a mouse where the pressure is always the same instead of a tablet?

Otherwise I feel pretty inspired now and with this technique I think I can actually make art that I can feel completely proud of. Thank you very much Baegal for all your help and for taking your time to help me out. I feel like I've already improved today.

Sadly, (as far as I know), you can't use opacity jitter on a mouse. Even so, it's not the end of the world--You can still make stuff, it'll just take a little longer.
Glad that helped! I for some reason really enjoyed writing that up :>

i love homestuck

played soulsilver for about 3 hours today
I was pretty upset when it turned out I didn't save

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also lexou the fact that your pic looks like its drawn on the back of homework ups the coolness factor two fold

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help me

I think im getting better at drawing women

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more roxy cause she's really fun to draw

i'd work more on giving expresions to your characters. they're a important as body language.

dont be afraid to exagerate

Lexou, you are getting better, but your women are lacking hips.

Here is an edit:

As you can see, the bottom of the ribcage is very close to crests of the pelvic bone.
To give a pose life, you have to think of it as a source of tension and relaxation: for instance, leaning on one leg or another, using an arm to lean on something, leaning forward to walk/run/jump/etc: you also have to consider the centre of gravity, so that the limbs can be placed accordingly. It's a succession of curved and straight lines.
In my edit you may notice that I made the supporting arm more or less straight, whilst the one holding the glass is like one tight curve. The waist is on one side a line broken at ~90°, and the other is a gentle curve. I modified the pose to bring the glass closer to her body but also raising it, which , coupled with the existing stare to the side, could imply an interaction with a character we cannot see (keeping the content of the glass away from him/her).

I hope it helps!

Actually Chris i sent the drawing to my drawing teacher along with your criticism, check out what he replied :

"pas mal mais comme souvent il a oublié l’essentiel... c’est une fille... COURBES bon sang ! COURBES
corriger l'anat sans se soucier des courbes c'est l'erreur de tous les ''non'' animateurs ^^"

tl;dr: the curves, man. THE CURVES

Wow, thank you and your teacher Lexou! I made a few more sketches to make things a bit clearer and make my edit a bit more dynamic:

I put in blue the curve/straight dynamics, and green is the force creating balance in the pose. I messed around with them with various results :B

more stuff



i am completely polluting this thread with homestuck at this point

I'm not complaining

I'm digging your stuff, Lexou!

Quick Photoshop question (again), does anyone know how to get sharper lines using smaller brushes? Anything smaller than size 4 is really light and blurry...

(10-06-2012, 10:02 PM)Mighty Jazzers Wrote: Quick Photoshop question (again), does anyone know how to get sharper lines using smaller brushes? Anything smaller than size 4 is really light and blurry...

Well there shouldn't be much reason for you to use size 4 in the first place
you should draw big


very big

^The bigger the better. You'll be able to put more details and shading into it.