Castle Paradox

Mushitori Okuro · Joined: 01 Jun 2003 Posts: 43 Location: South Florida

Here it is.

http://www.angelfire.com/vt/ecoverse/FirstCG.html

Like athereal said, "cg it", so I did. :/ At first I was coloring it in Paint, but then I decided to use the Jask Paint Shop Pro that I never seem to use and experiment with that, and that CG is what happened. :/ I probaly messed up somewhere. Sad...

Well, half was done in paint, then I worked on it the rest of the time on PSP to bottom line or summarize it in one sentence. :/

Off I go to post the link on another message board about art and drawing that I hang out at.

(Next time Ill use layers. @_@)

Setu_Firestorm · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2003 1:26 am Post subject:

Purty spiffy!
* crosses his arms in jealousy *

Man! I wish I could just "decide" to use Paint Shop! Even Chaz's computer can't run it.
*uncrosses his arms*

Oh, well. Pixia works just about as good!
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Grandtrain · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 85

It's pretty good. However, I do think that a cell-shading approach would fit with your style more. Maybe you can use only three shades of each color.

Mushitori Okuro · Joined: 01 Jun 2003 Posts: 43 Location: South Florida

Cel-shaded, hmmm. Ill have to look into that.

Heres how it look without color just for the heck of it. : /
http://www.angelfire.com/vt/ecoverse/FireBirdIrritated.jpg

Aethereal · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 12:31 am Post subject:

I agree with Grandtrain. The "airbrush-anime" style (my name for it, because I don't know what it's really called) doesn't mix well with your chibi style. However, for a first CG, it's very good. The main issue I see is that the black lines are too pixelized looking. If you're using Photoshop or PSP7, this isn't hard to fix. The best way, in my opinion, is to scan your picture into Photoshop or PSP7, then change the layer it's on so that your pencil work is light blue or something, and set the opacity of that layer to about 15% (adjust this as needed so you can see it). Then create a new layer, and on that layer use the line tool at a weight of about 2 pixels and go over your pencil work with the tool. Clean it up a bit, and once you're satisfied, remove your pencil work layer. Then color it.
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Mushitori Okuro · Joined: 01 Jun 2003 Posts: 43 Location: South Florida

I never knew layers could be used in so many other ways. I didnt know they could be used like tracing paper. I guess this means Ill have to use the pencil of PSP and not the pencil of paint anymore. Im like halfway converting to PSP already. I must stop clinging to Paint.

Aethereal · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2003 8:57 pm Post subject:

Yeah, layers are extremely useful when it comes to CGing.
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djfenix · Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Posts: 359

Yes, layers are the most usefull thing when it comes to CGing. When I do a CG, I make a seperate layer for the line art, and seperate layers for each different colour that I'm using. This keeps things organized and makes it easiar when shading in.

Setu_Firestorm · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2003 1:58 am Post subject:

It looks nice. I'm not going to comment on the CG difference. All of your artwork is good.
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Etinyth · Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 34

Wow, that's good. Love the eyes.

Shadowiii · **It's been real.** Joined: 14 Feb 2003 Posts: 2460

I wish I could CG...I have so many pictures I could use...

About yours, however, that is super cool. I love it. Raspberry!

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