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LOVEE UU NELLI <3

How long did it take for you to learn how to edit like a goddess? ❤ I need to learn too!

sweetie ;_; I am no expert (goddess who? o.o) by a long shot in editing, but I will always try my best to share some “cheat” or two..

As far as the length goes, it’s hard to estimate cause you kinda improve with each and every edit, and there are always mistakes left in my edits that due to my time spent staring at them, I just couldn’t quite understand what might have been wrong (*cough* shadows *cough*). So instead of destination (”I am now editing like a pro”) it’s more like a “process” (I am editing worse today than I will tomorrow).

My biggest cheat is reference pictures, like literally most of my edits are based off some random anime art or manga screenshot. Sometimes it’s just the pose, sometimes the lightning or more than that. In the beginning, my edits were nearly identical to the reference pictures, but at some point, I realized that even if I get an idea from a picture, my own edit just doesn’t end up anything like it anymore? Like my hand and eye got confident that they can make something work without needing a visual aid. Anyway, it was a huge help when it came to lighting and shadow, there’s still tons of room left to improve in that department, but at the very least I can get some basic shadows down without needing to find a similar photo. I also sometimes watch speed drawing, not just other people editing or manipulating photos.