Art A Misguided Foray Into CG

[Katana]

[size=1][color=royalblue][b]Foray:[/b] (for?ay) [i]noun[/i]
1. A sudden raid or military advance.
2. A venture or an initial attempt, especially outside one's usual area: an actor's foray into politics.

This Thread Pertains To: Number 2

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Alright, I've already lost this thread once. I?m not exactly feeling creative right now. X3

In the beginning of December, I developed a need to learn the mystical art of how to CG in Photoshop. We?ve all seen those fanarts ? the ones that completely blow you away. And I wanted to get in on it too.

I?ve got quite a long ways to go, but I?m making my way down the path.

Armed with my craptacular* drawings, a can of soda, and a bright new day for Photoshopping, Kat began her adventure. So now, she decided to give you the ones she actually likes instead of having you suffer the immeasurable pain of the beginnings. - -;;


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Originally Drawn By: [url=http://aiyanna.deviantart.com/]Aiyanna[/url][/center]
I didn?t draw this, as it can be plainly seen. If you have a bone to pick, then it goes off to Aiyanna, not me.
There isn?t really too much I despise about this piece, nor is there anything I really, really like. I will say that the outline is a tad too chunky and the tree isn?t exactly ?lifelike?, but it serves the purpose. Also, the background is not pixely. That?s a brush to try and crate some variant in the night sky. -.-;;
Apparently, people in my normal (aka, school) life find this quite amazing, particuarlly my world history teacher. He just came around while I was drawing, picked off the printed picture from my desk, turned to the class and said, ?Hey, isn?t this really good?? :3


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I actually drew this one, quite happy to say. I?m really in love with this piece?err, I just made it like four days ago, that might be why. ^^;;
It was a really simple calligraphic line drawing that got scanned in. Through the magic wand tool and the color overlay function, I managed to get the entire thing like a nice, smooth outline. Though, I really do want one of those graphical tablets?
This was also when I was rethinking my approach to eyes. By fiddling with two layers, a gaussian blur, and a linear dodge function, I found the winning combination for highlights. The hair, however, still has some ways to go. XP
He?s a pirate!


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Original Drawing: [url=http://www.paradox-lost.com]Dave Lister[/url][/center]
I claim absolutely ? in every way, shape, and form ? no ownership to the original drawing. It was made by Dave Lister, creator of a little-known webcomic called Paradox Lost.
To tell you the truth, I was extremely bored one afternoon. After browsing around the PL archives, I decided to take this pic and run with it, seeing how far I could CG until I got bored again. :3 It turned out that I really liked it. And what was the reason for picking it? With the exception of eye and hair color, the girl [i]looks exactly like me[/i].
The comic of ?Persimmon? hasn?t been mentioned since this was posted up about two years ago, but it?s still fun to look at the art.
If there was one thing to really change about this, it would be the layer of ?skin details? ? the lines for the fingers, chin, and such. Otherwise, I?m very pleased with how this turned out. (And Aiyanna was flabbergasted when she sorta stumbled upon it from my website.)


That?s it for now. All of my CGs turn out completely different from the previous because I keep doing new and/or different things every time. Until next time?


PS: And yes, randomthunk.net is my domain. You know you want it.

* When I say ?craptacular? I mean in the fact that, in the world of internet and fanart, my drawings are just sorta in the middle of the road. There are way more better than me?though I?m not the worst. X3[/color][/size]