Calendar January 4, 2015 11:43

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finntrollinabox-deactivated2015: Hi! I recently got a Bamboo tablet and I'm using it Photoshop CS6. I'm wondering if you can give me insight into shading and getting nice lines. I'm a visual artist but I've only used pencils/pastels/watercolors haha I'm new to the computer drawing stuff! Thanks, and I love your work :)

Hi! Okay I’m probably going to waffle on for a bit so I’ll put this under a thing, but in short: play around, you’ll find what works for you…be prepared for it to take a while though if this is your first time using both a tablet and digital drawing software.

First, I’m not sure if I’m the best person to give advice on this ^^’ when I started digital work I only used a mouse, which I did for 5 years until I got a small Intuos. And when I got a tablet I still preferred mouse stuff, took ages before I was happy to use it. Also I use PaintTool SAI for my work, I find the brushes in Photoshop very annoying. I used Photoshop up until I got my tablet which is when I moved to SAI. Now I use a combination of the two for different things.

SAI is good for easy to use tools, PS has a bigger range of more complex tools. As for getting nice lines…I really can’t help you, sorry. I find it very difficult to get good PS lines it always feels very jarring and slow to me.

And as for shading that is one thing that is pretty similar between them! or at least with how I shade, and I have several tutorials on how I do it.

If you’d like to know something more specific I’m happy to have another crack at answering, or make a tutorial, or a recording or whatever :) But yeah, just practice and you’ll find what works. You might find that you start to mimic your traditional techniques…at least that’s what I’ve found. And thank you!

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Calendar January 1, 2015 21:20

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We have the same birthday :O Happy birthday. :)
Oh yeah! I was trying to remember who else it was who had the same birthday XD I could only remember what your art looked like OTL pff, Happy Birthday to you too!!
And thank you! to you and everyone else who sent a message!!
I was going to put them all here but with tumblr formatting that would really stretch this out :|

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Calendar January 1, 2015 21:10

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After listening to this podcast with Patrick Weekes, I feel like whimsical-writer​’s Solas romance description is even more fitting ^^’

…I have no idea if anyone else has drawn this but oh well . _______.

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Calendar January 1, 2015 20:45

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Happy New Year~!…I say at 8:45PM on the 1st…

…also it’s my birthday…

close enough.

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Calendar December 30, 2014 14:49

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Some outfit blocking for my Inquistor, I might start working out more designs like this ^^’ the process is quite a bit friendlier than how I normally do it…

…by which I mean less tedious and with nicer results.

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Calendar December 22, 2014 12:24

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messing around with some ideas for rose and cherry powers for Hazel and Dahlia~

….I really want to draw them using a lot of plant powers OTL too many plants to choose from…

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Calendar December 16, 2014 14:48

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Calendar December 9, 2014 20:34

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batter-sempai: Hello. I love your SU art, and I was wondering how you colored the background in SU coloring style. Thanks. ^^;

Hi! I’m glad you like it all~ :D hmm, I’m assuming you’re referring to my sparkly series of fanart (if not tell me specifically which one and I’ll try again XD)

For all of them I just use a series of 2 sort of textured layers (sometimes a third if I need an overlay on the character as well) and a sparkly layer.

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generally I’ve repeated that for all of my things, just with streaks a bit different and colours changed. The textured brush is one I’ve made myself, along with the diamond shape brush.

Hopefully that helps!

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Calendar December 8, 2014 18:48

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some Dragon Age doodles while I’m at it…I’ve forgotten how I draw non-chibi things . ___ . eventually I’ll remember, then draw a bunch of Solas and Sera fanart~ and probably stuff of my Inquisitor~

…I’m never gonna be able to draw Solas right OTL hurrff

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Calendar December 8, 2014 18:44

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eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~

…today was good. That is all.

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