Comments | banteringbird: Tangent tiem!

banteringbird

Tangent tiem!

Sep 22, 2009 18:46

I was on an art forum today--and someone was talking about wanting to color with digitally for the first time, and didn't know how to start.

This was FOR REAL advice someone offered:

"The quick way is to use the dodge tool for highlights, and the burn tool for shadows. The better way is to use a darker version of the base color for shadow, and a ( Read more... )

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einahsketch September 23 2009, 01:25:42 UTC

oh my god, I love Orange <3 such a pretty comic.

I remember starting with the overlay of black/white to make shadows and highlights. Then I found out about the dodge and burn tools, and started using that more often.

And then I realized all my art looked shitty. I began to use colors instead of black or a darker version of the base color and my coloring improved by, like a million.

Burn and dodge are used for photomanipulation. They shouldn't be used for art :|

wellow September 23 2009, 08:38:34 UTC

Egad. Completely agree. I had to REREAD your note about the commenter being serious just to make sure.. Because man. I don't even know, that is some highly shitty advice.

But I love me some Benjamin aswell. Really intriguing guy. Dunno if you've seen this but it's got some info on him and his other works: http://www.xiaopan.com/anglais/catalogue/auteurs/benjamin.html :D!

banteringbird September 24 2009, 15:39:33 UTC

ah! Thank you very much for the link! :U
I wished...he'd post more work in his blog :U or had an online gallery or something. I bought his artbook, but I imagine there's got to be more from him than that. Even some posted sketches would be badass from this guy.

suspensa September 24 2009, 07:15:09 UTC

haha, thanks for the include! At first I thought you were insinuating that's how -I- colored! I am brain dead right now though, and although it took me a while I got what you were saying. I'm sitting up past my bedtime with a bloody nose. :(

banteringbird September 24 2009, 15:35:59 UTC

God Spencer, l2draw, srsly.

<3

Also, you shouldn't get into so many late night drunken bar fights :<
Though, seriously--how...what...happened?

suspensa September 25 2009, 03:37:40 UTC

I used to get htem all the time. They're entirely random, but related to the air pressure and humidity in the area. So, with Calgary being a freak and constantly going up and down in those departments, I usually have a headache or a nose bleed! Hurrah! I'm that geeky weird cast out kid!