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Tutorial Marathon
Hi there, poisongrape here again.
For the past week, I spent most of my time watching tutorials on YouTube. The theme this week for me was digital art and Photoshop. Now, I’ve dabbled in digital art before, but I don’t really have much practice in it. There have been a few techniques, tips, and tricks I picked up over the years, but now it’s time I level up. Even more so now that I have Photoshop.
The only time I used Photoshop for anything was back in highschool (and that was a looong time ago). It was for my ROP graphics class. We used Photoshop and Illustrator to create some graphics for tshirts and logos and stuff. After that, I didn’t do anymore digital drawings because I didn’t have the software. A few years later while I was in college (and still pursuing an art major), my mom and brother got me a Wacom Bamboo tablet, and I used the free software it came with to create a few more digital pieces (which can be seen here: https://poisongrape.deviantart.com/). After a while, I stopped again. I don’t remember why - maybe it was because I switched to a Computer Science major and started focusing on that. Anyways, it wasn’t until a few more years later when I got my Galaxy Note 4 that I started doing more digital paintings with the Sketchbook For Galaxy app (which can also be seen on my deviantart page). However, the number of drawings I produced were still few and far between.
Fast forward to a few weeks ago: my fiance and I got Adobe CC, and I now have Photoshop back in my possession. I really want to create awesome digital artwork, so I decided to give it a go this past week. Man, it was more difficult than I remembered it being! And on top of that, the controls were slightly different than Adobe Animate. I knew I couldn’t continue blindly, so then I watched a bunch of tutorials to help me get up to speed with how to use the darn software. I watched vids from DrawingWiffWaffles, JelArts, Ahmed Aldoori, MisterNinjaBoy, and Brushboost. I also picked up a few tutorials on digital art tips and techniques (especially on how to blend color). I drew a few practice pieces, but I still am not quite proud of them. I have a long ways to go, but that’s part of the fun! Below is one of the pieces I did of my fiance:
(the eyes of an angry a loving fiance)
I tried a different color and blending style than I normally do. I tried to incorporate different hues into the shadows and highlights. The skin turned out nice, but I feel like it’s missing some oomph. The hair I feel doesn’t really mesh well at all. I need to practice more! It was pretty fun though learning about different types of layers and effects and stuff.
So that’s pretty much all I did this week. I still haven’t gotten around to animating the walking man with arms. Perhaps that will be a job for this week.
Oh yes! One more thing before I go. Since it is the start of the Halloween season, I started drawing creepy stuff on my PostIt notes at work. Below are 2 of my favorite ones so far. I really really really want to do something with the clown one. Some sort of animated gif. I’ll see if I have the skills to do it this month.
Alright, that’s all from me this week. Thanks for reading, and see you next time!
Bye bye,
poisongrape
Creeper in the closet #drawing #illustration #ink #sketchbook #postit #postitdrawings
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Forever and always.
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