Iām seeing a lot of first time entrants to the Brightshine Jubilee contest, so hereās some helpful skin/accent tips
1. Color your Shadow and Line layers. As long as the lines and shadows are visibly distinct from the other details of the dragon, they can be any color. By default these layers are transparency locked, meaning you can paint on it without going outside the boundaries of whatās already on the layer. Some programs also to use the Hue/Saturation thing to colorize it. Coloring your lines and shadows make your colors a lot more vibrant.
2. Be careful with your use of default photoshop brushes.
You know how in movies you occasionally hear that stock scream that so many other films use? Doesnāt it take you out of your immersion for the moment where you thinkĀ āHey Iāve heard that before..ā? Well thereās a similar effect when you use the most common photoshop brushes. These brushes still have a place, but I find theyāre good for the sketching process or a small part of texturing. You need to add more to them if you donāt want the Wilhelm effect.
3. Iām about to make your life so much easier if you didnāt know this tip.
You arenāt allowed to go outside the bounds of the dragon, so you need to make sure thereās no stray lines. This is something you can do when youāre totally done with your design, and you can do it in two seconds.
Photoshop works just about the same, but Iām using Sai for this explanation.
First, CTRL+Click your Skin Parts folder to select the whole dragonās silhouette. (If you only use the Base layer, the linework is excluded, and thatās a problem for some species like pearlcatchers and imps since their whiskers are included there.) You may have to turn off layers you made, if you put any in that folder. In photoshop, you might have to merge the folder first.
Once you have the dragonās silhouette selected, find your layer(s) with your designs. Itās easier if you have them all in a folder because you can just apply the next step to the folder. Find the Layer Mask button and simply click it. BAM, now thereās nothing outside the lines. As long as you donāt edit your mask, you can even draw new stuff and it wonāt allow you to draw outside the lines.
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