11-27-2010, 06:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-27-2010, 06:18 PM by Corvidophile.)
Thanks a bunch for the indepth critique! I had a heck of a time on the tail and eventually settled on a position that looked "right enough," though I wasn't fully satisfied with it. I can't see anything wonky with the angle of his shell though, what looks wrong with it?
On the toning tool, I'm bad with explaining, so I'll compare it to other common digital tools. It's somewhat like a Photoshop texture brush, in that you set the pattern you want it to convey, and it splats it out according to the size of your pen:
![[Image: tones.png]](http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b41/Eonyoshi/tones.png)
And, just like the infamous Photoshop grass tool.. you can use it on its own to "acceptable" standards, but it'll always look repetitive and bandy. I use it essentially to block in shades of colour, and then zoom in and work on detailing and blending it attractively pixel-by-pixel.
On the toning tool, I'm bad with explaining, so I'll compare it to other common digital tools. It's somewhat like a Photoshop texture brush, in that you set the pattern you want it to convey, and it splats it out according to the size of your pen:
And, just like the infamous Photoshop grass tool.. you can use it on its own to "acceptable" standards, but it'll always look repetitive and bandy. I use it essentially to block in shades of colour, and then zoom in and work on detailing and blending it attractively pixel-by-pixel.