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hi everybody, im totally new to PS art. started this morning and havn't stopt playing around since.
came across this forum and thought i post a background i made.
please give me advice, i can take some bad comments :) want to learn.
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/5...ergrond6dq.jpg
thats the link you want ;)Quote:
Originally posted by natso@A Minute Ago
hi everybody, im totally new to PS art. started this morning and havn't stopt playing around since.
came across this forum and thought i post a background i made.
please give me advice, i can take some bad comments :) want to learn.
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/5...ergrond6dq.jpg
i guess its alright, good for your first day, but you should try to move away from filters as soon as possible, and you will bcom a great artist :D
welll yeah im ust checking out what alll the filters do :)
ill go easy..
just having a hard time getting experience.
thanks though
Did you use a tut of here called puddle tutorial? If so, thats my tut ;)
Glad to see you starting photoshop. I hope you get alot better.
its good for your first day :huh: i didnt ever know filters when i started ^^
but yeah, u should try to move away from filters asap. ;)
Good for a first... I use to use filters a lot too... but they're only good for backgrounds... and blending n such when you figure that out...
i dont think you should move away from filters, i think you should get to learn them and use them to your advantage to enhance your picture.
It is indeed good for a first day. Learn to use filters, don't shy away from them. They do help to inhance your art. And yes, it's still art even if it's all filters... Keep practicing, I can't wait to see more...
Its quite good for your first day, plenty of tutorials you need to do now. And its good to see more and more people getting involved with gfx.
The following steps to success;
Learn filters, and apply what you learned in tutorials to your work to make it better.
Learn the tools of the trade, the toolbox is your best friend, use him a lot.
Learn Layer Styles, these can give excellent effects on text and buttons.
Learn Colour effects, the hue/saturation tool (ctrl + u) and the colour balance tools are great for changing colour or taking away colour.
Learn Blending modes - These are the best things for blending in your photomanips and abstract renders.
Be Creative - sometimes its just best to just fiddle round with any settings and see what it comes out like, it helps develop ideas.
lol I like how you said that. Yea listen to ColdCatalyst, he knows what's he's talking about. After you do that, learn to use brushes. Either make your own or download them. Look through the tutorials on this forum and also use this link for some help.Quote:
Learn the tools of the trade, the toolbox is your best friend, use him a lot.
mm thanks guys. and cold you expecially :)
made some more stuff, mostly from tuto's but added a bit of changes.. ill post them elsewhere in the showcase :) thanks!
edit: no i didn't use a tutorial:)
Why dont you make a Tut of your background it will be good for noobs
lol, cuz i have noooo idea what i did :P
After you have learned the stuff that Cold Cataclyst said (xP), you probably want to get more advanced. I suggest that you DON'T get stuck doing signatures day in and day out. It doesn't give anything, and I believe the most respected members here are those who has moved on from sigs to "real" digital art like vectoring, 3D, advanced photo manipulation, etc. So, repeat these three words as you look around in the signature forum: "Signatures are bad!"
Go look at others art. DeviantART is a great place to get inspiration and ideas. When you have looked around, you might notice that you are attracted to a certain type of art. In my case it was space art (building space scenes with planets and nebulae and stuff). So, when you see something you like, try making something like it, try to expand your knowledge. After a while, if you find something unique that no one else does, you will become famous around here. :)
hehe ic, well i am intrested in 3d art, like the one i posted here with the blue sphere, ill check out DA.
but tuto's are easy.. i find it very difficult if i have something in my head, to figure out what tools to use, and how to use them.
edit: not the one iu posted here i mean the post called "couple of artworks"
Yeah, of course it's hard if you don't know the program. That's why I said "After you have learned the stuff that Cold Cataclyst said". ;)
When you know the tools and stuff, it's easier to slove problems. When I'm in a difficult situation, I just think a bit, then I have solved it. Photoshop has no limits, the only limit is yourself! ;) Ok, Photoshop can't do 3D and stuff, but what the hell, it sounded good. :P
dont stay away from filters, stay away from filter whoring.
the next couple things you should try are combining brush sets, and filters, then maybe a real drawing, colouring it in, learn your own style, dont copy every one elses.
Its not like im aganst tuts, just dont make every image from a tut, move into your own style, your own methods, and then the image will truly become yours.
i have an other question,
why does everybody use PS mainly? instead of Illustrator.
I think more people use PS b/c their is so much more stuff you can do then in illustrator!!
EDIT - this is randyrandy's post..sorry i keep messing up.
because illustrator is a vector program, and all you can do is make vector based images. photoshop has the ability to use vector and and raster, even though photoshop displays vectors on a pixel grid.
I disagree. Combining brushsets and filters is.. sig level.. I'd say stay away from brushes. Filters are ok, I use a few still (mainly gaussian/radial blur), so nothing wrong with filters. But by downloading other's brushsets, you use something that someone else has made. If you go to Bluesfere, everybody hate people who uses brushes.Quote:
Originally posted by undertone@11 Hours Ago
dont stay away from filters, stay away from filter whoring.
the next couple things you should try are combining brush sets, and filters, then maybe a real drawing, colouring it in, learn your own style, dont copy every one elses.
Its not like im aganst tuts, just dont make every image from a tut, move into your own style, your own methods, and then the image will truly become yours.
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And trying to copy other's styles is the best way to improve your technique and get better. It's just like drawing. If you have a favourite drawer or something that makes awsome sketches and paintings, try to copy the style. I don't say use the style as your main style, I'm saying improve your own style. I'll give you an example. My ex has drawn for 2½ years. Her Easter Witch had a Daily Deviation on DeviantART a while ago. She got this far so quick because she looked at other's drawings and tried to copy their style. I would give an example of someone who didn't look at other's drawings at all, but has drawn 2½ years, but I couldn't find her pics, sorry. It was pretty horrible though. :D
So take my advice, DO copy other styles. You will develop your own style in time.
only filters i use are sharpen and motion blur, but thats a diff story ;)
as i said, as long as you stay away from sigs, you will be fine, maybe start designing templates for websties
DB: You don't use gaussian blur? That is the most useful filter IMO.
yeah im looking allot at other artists. if i try something on my own.. it looks like *** so i dont harm myself and look around.
as for filters, now i only use: radial blur, gaussian blur, chrome, wave, wind and find edges. ( love the chromy look )
uh oh.. im stuck doing sigs... what to do what to do?
just love making them.. tried vectoring but thats soo difficult.
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