My first ever piece of computer art...Please help!

danceu4ia · Post by **danceu4ia** » 15 Feb 2007 01:08 am

Done on MS paint...

<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m152 ... ttikie.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a>

Any criticisms? I hope it come out the right size.

Its Jettikie, soon to be painted, and his zapped Flerper.

Thanks!

edit: Please...criticisms are WANTED...I want to improve! I need help! *sob*

checkers · Post by **checkers** » 16 Feb 2007 09:31 am

Nice start ^^ maybe less /random/ shading, some parts are dark when they do not need to be (there is no shadow above) work a little more on the beak and feet, they look a little scruffy the back looks a little hunch-back, maybe cut that down and it's arm looks a little liney like used with the line tool, not free hand one =3 I like your idea though, evil with a rose very nice reminds me of Beauty and the Beast =p also maybe use more than two tones ^^; I didn't on my picture but I did on another and it looks good just zoom in the real image and get a light, medium and dark and a VERY dark, then like LIGHTMEDIUMDARKVERY.DARK that.

*wonders why on earth you'd paint a faerie pet darigan*
xP I tried labbing my ex-lab rat Cerastela for Faerie/Darigan ^^ but she went Halloween, now she's just and old bruce living in neovia xP

^ that's my latest art work of my Usuki boy usul named Dhaaro, look at his arms there are darker parts where his neck-fur is and on his tail there are dark parts where his hair is (the corner one) his hat has a feather which darkens part of the hat, and his pants are dark because of his Thing =s its like a poncho but not one xP just that's an example.

don't look the Petpet in the eyes *shields* it's rubbish rofl.

danceu4ia · Post by **danceu4ia** » 16 Feb 2007 01:48 pm

YAY! criticism! *scurries away to try and fix picture*

About the faerie to darigan thing-he was zapped that way, which is better looking than basic, while I'm trying to raise enough money to achieve most of my wishlist at the same time.

<img src="http://images.neopets.com/pets/rangedat ... _right.gif">

Aww, isn't he cute??

Post by **dandelions** » 16 Feb 2007 02:09 pm

that's a really cute picture

If you're after crits, this is what I'd probably do next time:
- use bezier in Paint for the lines rather than freehand; it makes them a lot smoother. You create a line and can then bend it twice.
- shadows should be a little more pronounced if it's sunny- they're often a lot darker than the ground, if you think about your own shadow
- avoid the airbrush tool, because it's difficult to get right
- save as a gif/png instead of a jpg, because the colours tend to bleed with a jpg.

danceu4ia · Post by **danceu4ia** » 16 Feb 2007 09:53 pm

You may call me an idiot if you wish...but what is "bezier"? ie, what does it look like on the toolbar?

*goes to look up more professional MS techniques*

I always was confused by some of the tools...

Colours change when you save pictures under different formats? Learn something new everyday!

daisybell · Post by **daisybell** » 16 Feb 2007 10:14 pm

Bezier is the one which looks like a mirrored s, next to the straight line tool. It does take some practice to use well, but it also draws nicer curves than you can by hand as Jazzy said.

danceu4ia · Post by **danceu4ia** » 17 Feb 2007 05:37 am

There...fixed? Any more comments?

I took out the airbrush, saved as jpg, tried bezier, darkened the shadows, shaved down his humpback a little, and discovered blur on Adobe. (YAYness!!)
Probably enjoyed Blur a little too much, but I'm working on it.

<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m152 ... tered2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a>

Any more criticisms?

Yeah, I really did fall in love with blur too much.
Is there any other way to make the pixelly look go away, without making everything look fuzzy/blurry?

Dead Webby · Post by **Dead Webby** » 17 Feb 2007 10:38 pm

danceu4ia wrote: Is there any other way to make the pixelly look go away, without making everything look fuzzy/blurry?

I find the best way is to just draw an outline, fill it with the lightest colour of the object you want to use, then just gradually layer up the object where it would be shaded, but making it darker very gradually, so the colour seems to blend very nicely.

I don't know if that made any sense, i hope it did O.o

Jack Sparrow Wanna be · Post by **Jack Sparrow Wanna be** » 18 Feb 2007 12:35 am

I like it.
I'm no good at computer art so I like all art done on a computer at the moment

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My latest computer artwork was pretty weird looking but here it is:

(just to show you that your art is better

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I can't shade for my life but the random shading makes the picture seem a little off.[/url]

danceu4ia · Post by **danceu4ia** » 18 Feb 2007 01:53 am

Dead Webby wrote: I find the best way is to just draw an outline, fill it with the lightest colour of the object you want to use, then just gradually layer up the object where it would be shaded, but making it darker very gradually, so the colour seems to blend very nicely.

I don't know if that made any sense, i hope it did O.o

It makes sense...it would make more sense if I could see an example? Do you have a site where I could look at what you/someone else did to achieve that?

Thanks for the complements Tasha, we're both learning together, eh? YAY!
*points to "eh"* Psst..I'm canadian!

Ok, random moment done.

Dead Webby · Post by **Dead Webby** » 18 Feb 2007 01:41 pm

danceu4ia wrote:It makes sense...it would make more sense if I could see an example? Do you have a site where I could look at what you/someone else did to achieve that?

Right yep, i'll just do a quick example.
Edit: Here it is.

danceu4ia · Post by **danceu4ia** » 18 Feb 2007 06:26 pm

a ha! I understand completely now.

That must take a long time! Well, sacrifices must be made

Thanks for the example.

checkers · Post by **checkers** » 19 Feb 2007 01:35 pm

Dead Webby wrote:
danceu4ia wrote:It makes sense...it would make more sense if I could see an example? Do you have a site where I could look at what you/someone else did to achieve that?
Right yep, i'll just do a quick example.
Edit: Here it is.

That's what I said, but I showed it with text instead XP

sureq · Post by **sureq** » 19 Feb 2007 02:22 pm

I have a slight crit, but I'm nitpicky and it isn't even about the art.

The quote is "By any other name would smell as sweet". Name not word, unless you weren't quoting Shakespeare and the similarity was completely accidental heh.

Very nice though anyways

danceu4ia · Post by **danceu4ia** » 19 Feb 2007 09:14 pm

Ahh...you're right...'tis "name" not word...

Maybe I planned that all along. *shifty eyes*

I was just going off memory, I was too lazy to look it up

That'll learn me.

EDIT: A ha! I'm not the only one...take a look at this!! *Dramatic pointing*
http://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quote ... -call-rose
They say word too.

Neocolours

My first ever piece of computer art...Please help!

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