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This is not the final product. I just wanted to show the different layers for it.
Technically, the two originally had their own layers, but after playing with the layer mechanic for a bit and getting this combo, I couldn't resist. I mean, come on! Look at the D'aww factor in this. The two show a strong sibling connection with each other, as if they could read each other's thoughts.
I'm also particularly proud with how Celestia's face turned out. I'm not sure why, but at the 3/4th position, her face is rather difficult to draw and looks weird because of how the show depicts her face in the same position. This look makes her appear SO much cuter.
Technically, the two originally had their own layers, but after playing with the layer mechanic for a bit and getting this combo, I couldn't resist. I mean, come on! Look at the D'aww factor in this. The two show a strong sibling connection with each other, as if they could read each other's thoughts.
I'm also particularly proud with how Celestia's face turned out. I'm not sure why, but at the 3/4th position, her face is rather difficult to draw and looks weird because of how the show depicts her face in the same position. This look makes her appear SO much cuter.
Category Artwork (Digital) / Baby fur
Species Horse
Size 875 x 725px
File Size 94.9 kB
Very nice for your first outing! Finally getting used to the system, are we?
>Technically, the two originally had their own layers, but after playing with the layer mechanic for a bit and getting this combo, I couldn't resist.
Do you mean they both had the same image? And of course, you wanting to put them together is just another reason why layering is so useful ^_^
A tip, if you're not doing it already; keep each major component on a separate layer for easy editing. For example, the lineart on one, then the body colouring on the one below it (so that way you don't colour over the line art). The mane would be a good example; if you weren't satisfied with the transparency you used on it, you can double-click the layer to open its properties menu and change the transparency of the layer as a whole instantly (this is assuming you used a transparent brush instead of fiddling with layer controls). There are lots of other useful functions available in the layer menu as well.
I tried looking up airbrush plugins to help make the blushes more gradual but didn't have much luck. If you want to try you hand at it, look at this tutorial: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.ph.....odgeburn-tool/
I would suggest starting your work in a larger resolution next time. 1500 to 2000 pixels would do the trick.
I also found you a shortcut cheat sheet for the various tools in paint.net ( http://www.isimonbrown.co.uk/wp-con.....cheatsheet.pdf ). Use this to quickly switch between tools while drawing. Of special note are the brush-size shortcuts ( [ makes your brush smaller, ] makes it bigger) since playing around with these can make those oh-so-difficult tapered edges.
And now, a short blurb because I feel like it:
"Art thou sure this is the proper... attire for the event, sister?" Luna asked as she fidgeted.
Celestia sighed. "Ever since the New Year's Foal was conceived, some five-hundred and twenty-six years ago, I've been dressing up like this to celebrate the occasion." She smiled wistfully. "Sometimes I almost miss the cloth ones. These disposables seem so wasteful. Still, tradition is tradition." She bent down and nuzzled her sister. "With you by my side, though, I am content regardless."
Luna returned the gesture. "And I you, sister." She huffed as a blush crept up her face. "Well, We suppose it is time to make our presence known. Before we go, Celestia, if I might make a suggestion..."
"Yes?"
"I cannot help but feel as if Princess Twilight and Princess Cadance are missing out on the fun." She smirked as a dangerous shine took to her eyes.
Celestia shared it. "Indeed. One might even say they would double it."
Luna snorted in response, although a wide grin threatened to break her mask of indifference. The doors to the ballroom opened, and the princesses stepped through to mark the passage of another year.
>Technically, the two originally had their own layers, but after playing with the layer mechanic for a bit and getting this combo, I couldn't resist.
Do you mean they both had the same image? And of course, you wanting to put them together is just another reason why layering is so useful ^_^
A tip, if you're not doing it already; keep each major component on a separate layer for easy editing. For example, the lineart on one, then the body colouring on the one below it (so that way you don't colour over the line art). The mane would be a good example; if you weren't satisfied with the transparency you used on it, you can double-click the layer to open its properties menu and change the transparency of the layer as a whole instantly (this is assuming you used a transparent brush instead of fiddling with layer controls). There are lots of other useful functions available in the layer menu as well.
I tried looking up airbrush plugins to help make the blushes more gradual but didn't have much luck. If you want to try you hand at it, look at this tutorial: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.ph.....odgeburn-tool/
I would suggest starting your work in a larger resolution next time. 1500 to 2000 pixels would do the trick.
I also found you a shortcut cheat sheet for the various tools in paint.net ( http://www.isimonbrown.co.uk/wp-con.....cheatsheet.pdf ). Use this to quickly switch between tools while drawing. Of special note are the brush-size shortcuts ( [ makes your brush smaller, ] makes it bigger) since playing around with these can make those oh-so-difficult tapered edges.
And now, a short blurb because I feel like it:
"Art thou sure this is the proper... attire for the event, sister?" Luna asked as she fidgeted.
Celestia sighed. "Ever since the New Year's Foal was conceived, some five-hundred and twenty-six years ago, I've been dressing up like this to celebrate the occasion." She smiled wistfully. "Sometimes I almost miss the cloth ones. These disposables seem so wasteful. Still, tradition is tradition." She bent down and nuzzled her sister. "With you by my side, though, I am content regardless."
Luna returned the gesture. "And I you, sister." She huffed as a blush crept up her face. "Well, We suppose it is time to make our presence known. Before we go, Celestia, if I might make a suggestion..."
"Yes?"
"I cannot help but feel as if Princess Twilight and Princess Cadance are missing out on the fun." She smirked as a dangerous shine took to her eyes.
Celestia shared it. "Indeed. One might even say they would double it."
Luna snorted in response, although a wide grin threatened to break her mask of indifference. The doors to the ballroom opened, and the princesses stepped through to mark the passage of another year.
No, no, I mean Luna had one layer on her own, and Celestia had another layer on her own. I don't like using multiple layers for one character because it just takes up hard drive space and slows down my laptop. I'll use a different layer for the rough draft, but otherwise, I prefer the color and lineart to the same layer. I don't like manually coloring in the lineart. Also, the original is a size of 3500 x 2900. I think that's big enough to work with. I just shrunk it to fit the page width.
You must have one sh*tty laptop then (or paint.net has some weird memory-usage issues?). Just as reference, my computer can handle up to like 80 layers of 4000*4000 pixels with 2 gigs of ram, in SAI.
And you don't have to shrink the pic down this much, FA can handle 1280*1280 pictures at most.
And you don't have to shrink the pic down this much, FA can handle 1280*1280 pictures at most.
Your laptop must have, like, an 800x600 resolution. Just how old is it?
Also, what internet browser do you use? Chrome, for example, typically won't expand an image past your screen resolution until you tell it to zoom in. Or at least that's what it does in my experiences.
Also, what internet browser do you use? Chrome, for example, typically won't expand an image past your screen resolution until you tell it to zoom in. Or at least that's what it does in my experiences.
I don't know what you're talking about, a 875*725 pic looks like this on my screen ;)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u.....x/Untitled.png
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u.....x/Untitled.png
Looking at base speeds on Photoshop CS2, Paint.net and SAI, I'm getting 77k, 57k and 51k respectively. I would assume paint.net would scale the least due to it not having advanced features like blurring, airbrush or other such tools being used as well.
Point is, it's not very demanding.
Point is, it's not very demanding.
Ahh, okay. Just what sort of laptop do you have? I was capable of running several layers on Photoshop CS2 without too much trouble on a crappy old XP desktop with a 900Mhz processor and 512 MB of RAM
You don't have to manually colour inside the lineart; when you use the magic wand and select the blank space, that selection will persist across layers, meaning you can select an area on one layer and then work with it on the next. You could also copy your lineart layer and fill the new copy, which would still allow you to retain the original lineart if you decide to make edits down the line.
You don't have to flatten (put all the layers together) the image before saving; when you save in .png or .jpg (or really anything besides .pdn) the image will automatically flatten during the saving process. This allows you to make a picture than can be posted on the web without sacrificing your working copy's ability to be edited down the line.
Might I request that you upload the full-size version somewhere? FurAffinity's image compression isn't the best; I would suggest a private, link-only profile on a site like Imgur (sign-up takes all of thirty seconds and uploading images is stupid easy; just drag and drop onto the page).
You don't have to manually colour inside the lineart; when you use the magic wand and select the blank space, that selection will persist across layers, meaning you can select an area on one layer and then work with it on the next. You could also copy your lineart layer and fill the new copy, which would still allow you to retain the original lineart if you decide to make edits down the line.
You don't have to flatten (put all the layers together) the image before saving; when you save in .png or .jpg (or really anything besides .pdn) the image will automatically flatten during the saving process. This allows you to make a picture than can be posted on the web without sacrificing your working copy's ability to be edited down the line.
Might I request that you upload the full-size version somewhere? FurAffinity's image compression isn't the best; I would suggest a private, link-only profile on a site like Imgur (sign-up takes all of thirty seconds and uploading images is stupid easy; just drag and drop onto the page).
Actually, I just shrink the image, save the pic, upload it without closing the program, then when it's uploaded, I hit undo and save again when it's full blown. In this case, however, I just saved it under a different name than the original, since it's not the finished product, anyways.
Do you have a spare monitor hanging around? You can connect your laptop to that, which would at least solve your resolution woes. Even if you don't, you could find an old LCD (or even, ugh, CRT) for pennies on the dime at a second-hand store. Heck, if you're in school ask if you can one of their old ones; schools often have old parts they don't have a use for that have yet to be thrown out. I got my old computer just by asking if I could have it when they were tossing away a bunch of them. You might even be able to cobble together a frankenstein computer that's better than your laptop.
Trouble shooting is essentially the art of replacing single parts until it works. One year is plenty of time for a pin to be bent, the cord kinked, a contact shorted out...
If two cords don't work, chances are it's not the cord.
Also, did you make sure your monitor was set to the right input (I'm assuming it has multiple inputs) and change the laptop to output to the monitor? That could also keep it from working.
If two cords don't work, chances are it's not the cord.
Also, did you make sure your monitor was set to the right input (I'm assuming it has multiple inputs) and change the laptop to output to the monitor? That could also keep it from working.
Change Display Settings. This will show you a picture of a screen with a (1) in it; this is your main screen (the laptop). If your laptop is connected to something else, there will be a (2) screen beside it. Below this there will be Display: (Something Here); this is a drop-down menu that lets you select how you want to output. It can remain on your laptop, output to the monitor, mirror your monitor and laptop screen (meaning your monitor would have the same resolution as the laptop, so it's of no help in this case) and extend screen (so if you go all the way to the side of one screen, the mouse will move to the next one).
Do you have a second monitor in your house? You should try two monitors with two different VGA cables each. If it still doesn't work, then chances are something is wrong with your computer.
In the end, this is a very difficult thing to explain. If you have a friend or family that knows their way around a computer, you should ask them to show you.
Do you have a second monitor in your house? You should try two monitors with two different VGA cables each. If it still doesn't work, then chances are something is wrong with your computer.
In the end, this is a very difficult thing to explain. If you have a friend or family that knows their way around a computer, you should ask them to show you.
Then what you're using is an extended desktop. Try pushing (and sometimes you have to go a fair ways over) the four sides with your mouse and see if it goes onto your laptop's screen.
What you really want to do, though, is go into the display menu like I listed before have tell it to output to the second screen (your monitor). Once it's set up it should always do that by default when plugged in and you won't have to bother again.
What you really want to do, though, is go into the display menu like I listed before have tell it to output to the second screen (your monitor). Once it's set up it should always do that by default when plugged in and you won't have to bother again.
Ah, just noticed, Luna's stomach makes it look like the diaper is acting as a corset as well. Guess she wants to look young and thin :P
For comparison's sake:
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/_.....Luna_S2E04.png
For comparison's sake:
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/_.....Luna_S2E04.png
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