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Avatar. I use it on WH and Serenity where I mostly sit in rooms and don't talk because everyone either is or acts like they're nine years old or on eHarmony... but it's still fun enough for now to keep logging in X__x.
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Category All / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Canine (Other)
Size 190 x 128px
File Size 38.1 kB
Ogods I'll try lol. This is probably a complicated way of doing things
Start with a HUMONGOUS file. I usually set mine at around 1200-200 pixels wide depending on what it is.
1. I make my lineart transparent (since I do it by hand) on another layer and lock it and forget it exists.
2. I fill in the "body" with a darker shadow color, add any gradient I want for lighting, and then lock that too. Use Adjust>Contract a few pixels or so, so you don't end up with a halo around everything when it resizes.
3. On a layer in between these two I pick a slightly lighter color use low-transparency (usually around 55%<--this is the important part as I have neither pen sensitivity or angled brushes) brushes to make "globmuscles". I keep going over the areas to define them with progressively lighter and lighter colors until I have a good idea of the depth and shapes of the body. Don't ever "smudge" everything. When it gets small it will hurt Photoshop in the head.
4.I use two lighter colors, still in low opacity (in this case the very last one is white, which is the real body color) to do the fur. One to cover the body and define the pattern and thickness in whatever areas, and then another to go over top and define the edges/tips. Its pretty big and globby fur, actually, I don't do fine details even though I want to, because they'd smudge and disappear when it resizes.
5. Sometimes I add another layer and use Soft Light with that same color to add highlights and adjust the opacity as needed, but that's probably cheating.
6. Outline again if necessary, on yet another layer on top of everything else. Im a slob so I usually have to do this, esp. if I want to make the outside transparent.
7. Save the layer file (PSD, etc) and THEN resize. I use Image>Transform>Scale and hold the the shift key so everything stays in proportion.
8. If at all possible, save things this small as PNG files. It makes life easier.
I hope that is remotely helpful. It's basically how I was taught to paint hair but transferred to digital. >.o
Start with a HUMONGOUS file. I usually set mine at around 1200-200 pixels wide depending on what it is.
1. I make my lineart transparent (since I do it by hand) on another layer and lock it and forget it exists.
2. I fill in the "body" with a darker shadow color, add any gradient I want for lighting, and then lock that too. Use Adjust>Contract a few pixels or so, so you don't end up with a halo around everything when it resizes.
3. On a layer in between these two I pick a slightly lighter color use low-transparency (usually around 55%<--this is the important part as I have neither pen sensitivity or angled brushes) brushes to make "globmuscles". I keep going over the areas to define them with progressively lighter and lighter colors until I have a good idea of the depth and shapes of the body. Don't ever "smudge" everything. When it gets small it will hurt Photoshop in the head.
4.I use two lighter colors, still in low opacity (in this case the very last one is white, which is the real body color) to do the fur. One to cover the body and define the pattern and thickness in whatever areas, and then another to go over top and define the edges/tips. Its pretty big and globby fur, actually, I don't do fine details even though I want to, because they'd smudge and disappear when it resizes.
5. Sometimes I add another layer and use Soft Light with that same color to add highlights and adjust the opacity as needed, but that's probably cheating.
6. Outline again if necessary, on yet another layer on top of everything else. Im a slob so I usually have to do this, esp. if I want to make the outside transparent.
7. Save the layer file (PSD, etc) and THEN resize. I use Image>Transform>Scale and hold the the shift key so everything stays in proportion.
8. If at all possible, save things this small as PNG files. It makes life easier.
I hope that is remotely helpful. It's basically how I was taught to paint hair but transferred to digital. >.o
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