Still working on my Steve/Tony inking/colouring.

[tripperfunster]

keyboard smash*

I think my ink is improving, but my digital finesse is ... finesse-less. This time I tried using gradients instead of flat colours. (more visible in the non halftone version) but ...Yeah, how people actually make beautiful art on the computer is beyond me.








Maybe I can find a local digital artist who can sit me down and teach this old lady 'bout computers.

Comments

[synn.livejournal.com]

are you using up/down or left/right gradients within entire sections only?
I haven't worked with adobe illustrator in a long time, and i don't know what you're using, but when i did, there was a way to add a highlight or gradient along a vector - it was a pain in the arse, in that it looked like when you want to draw a curved line, and you have to futz with the vector points to swing the line out into the desired curve? But, you could place them anywhere you wanted - so you could add a highlight/shadow within, say, their shoulders, and not have to fill the entire section with gradient.
that's probably not helpful to you at all.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Huh. I'm using photoshop, but I wouldn't be surprised to know there's vector gradients there too.

BUT THAT WOULD TAKE WORK! ;)

I've had a lot of artists reccomend using Paint (the program, not an actual bucket of paint) but the thought of re-learing all the crap I've already learned is intimidating.

[synn.livejournal.com]

I haven't used paint to speak to it - but
BUT THAT WOULD TAKE WORK! ;)


is exactly why i never managed to pursue/continue using photoshop...