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Pretty-Angel β Sketchbook 12
Published: 2009-04-25 11:53:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 1190; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 0
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Finally weekend and time to scan some more pages - these are from December and early January, I think.Mainly studies of Lytha. I still need some more consistency for drawing characters. It's so damn hard to do and easy to fail at. D:
But I actually like some of these pretty much. Might also throw some paint onto them for practise. :3
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I love the one when her hair is flying up around her face like that. And when she gets in gypsy garb I can't help but think Esmerelda from the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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She earning some money as a fortune teller and her outfit is exactly playing up to that gypsy clichΓ© cause people tend to pay more for a good show.
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The only thing I ever hear about gypsies is that they're crazy and you should avoid them.
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Who tells you those stories? XD
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Foreign exchange students
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I love her design! The big and flowy hair along with her loose dress and lovely headdress. That's a great combo 
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Thankies! Definitely will paint her any time soon. (Doing something in my comfort zone is at least better than doing nothing at all.)
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Hehe, don't worry, any painting always helps you improve 
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These are some gorgeous sketches. 
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Thanks a lot!
You're just 14 - plenty of time for practising!
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You're welcome, and you have a good point there.
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I like her hair when it's flowing around like in that sketch on top.
Great!
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Your'e welcome.
How do you get a background texture in?
If youre doing it on a computer, dosent the sketch start out as the background?
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I compile these in Photoshop.
First I scan the images and then copy & paste them into the big image I want as my sketchbook page - usually a new 2000x3000pixel image. Thus the scans are on a separate layer (or in my case on several layers).
Then I just take a texture (I have several saved on my hard disk), put it under my scanned drawings, set opacity at about 50% and set the scans to multiply. Multiply makes white invisible and you lines darker. So I end up with something like this in the layers module:
(top)
Scans @ multiply
Texture @ 50%
White Background
(bottom)
Usually I need to duplicate the scans layer to get a nice contrast for the drawings. :3
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Wow..
Cool, I see now!
I have photoshop difficulty with textures and backgrounds a lot.
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Yeah, textures are a bit tricky. Some tutorials that might be helpful:
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:3
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Ooh, I love those ones!
I actually found them in your collections!
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Of course! Haha, should have known that. XD
So yeah, you could experiment a bit with the tips and tricks from these tutorials and then see what works best for you. :3
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Yup!
My biggest problem is accidentally drawing on the actual canvas layer in photoshop, but I just need to be more careful..
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I almost never really use the background layer for this reason.
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I try not to either
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Na, that's all hard work. No magic talent in sight. XD
Anyway, thanks.
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hard work huh..
I should try that XD
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Totally! It's worth it!
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