A tutorial on sketches?
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Shadow_Strike
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1. Own a good image program
2. auto level/levels (if in PS, dunno bout other programs)
are your lines too light?
2. auto level/levels (if in PS, dunno bout other programs)
are your lines too light?
~Atlaswing~
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Ok, sparten1, i've seen posts of you repeatedly advertising your site.. Please cut it out...
Aran, what do you mean sharpening? you mean DARKENING the lines themselves? Yes, as Shadow said, open it in PHOTOSHOP and click on IMAGE, then LEVELS then adjust according to what you like.. Shortcut to LEVELS is Ctrl+L...
Or, request someone to do it for you... ~Atlaswing~ for example... Erhhm... uhh, well... ahem... :D
Aran, what do you mean sharpening? you mean DARKENING the lines themselves? Yes, as Shadow said, open it in PHOTOSHOP and click on IMAGE, then LEVELS then adjust according to what you like.. Shortcut to LEVELS is Ctrl+L...
Or, request someone to do it for you... ~Atlaswing~ for example... Erhhm... uhh, well... ahem... :D
I hope this is what you were looking for! I had alot of problems with linework at first but these helped me out, so check out the ones i've posted below but keep in mind there are various methods for getting good linework, just try them out and see which one works best for you, anyway here they are...
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/14354146/?qo=10&q=lineart+tutorial&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/15119569/?qo=85&q=lineart+tutorial&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/38445214/?qo=119&q=lineart+tutorial&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5
But... if those didn't seem to help much just do what I do.... go to deviantart.com, click in the search bar and type in like "lineart tutorial" and you'll get all kinds of stuff, let me know if that helped you out any, good luck man
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/14354146/?qo=10&q=lineart+tutorial&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/15119569/?qo=85&q=lineart+tutorial&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/38445214/?qo=119&q=lineart+tutorial&qh=boost%3Apopular+age_sigma%3A24h+age_scale%3A5
But... if those didn't seem to help much just do what I do.... go to deviantart.com, click in the search bar and type in like "lineart tutorial" and you'll get all kinds of stuff, let me know if that helped you out any, good luck man
http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/2946/kyranagain3copyol3.png[/img]
look at its lines. they're horrible! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!
look at its lines. they're horrible! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!
And I don't have photoshop. i have photoshop elements 3
EDIT:
@~Atlaswing~: y'know, that's not a bad idea ^^
@SoULWaKe: The first one kicks ass. The third one would too if I had the pen tool...
Thanx alot!
well one of the ones soulwake posted
http://ic3.deviantart.com/fs6/f/2005/021/f/2/tutoriallines.jpg
kinda helped me out i guess... i did the opague thing with layers and some crap i made up myself along the way, heh, i dunno if it turned out any good tho, (its in the thread i made called "photoshop?")
http://ic3.deviantart.com/fs6/f/2005/021/f/2/tutoriallines.jpg
kinda helped me out i guess... i did the opague thing with layers and some crap i made up myself along the way, heh, i dunno if it turned out any good tho, (its in the thread i made called "photoshop?")
http://www.polykarbon.com/tutorials/scanning/scan.htm
You could consider cleaning them up yourself
I do.
No offense but I bet your dood would snap in half due to how thin his stomach / abdominal area is. Nice Job on proportioning the main muscular areas but that center region really puts me off >>;; I'd expect someone who looks similar to a body builder to have a larger chest / abdominal area.
You could consider cleaning them up yourself
I do.No offense but I bet your dood would snap in half due to how thin his stomach / abdominal area is. Nice Job on proportioning the main muscular areas but that center region really puts me off >>;; I'd expect someone who looks similar to a body builder to have a larger chest / abdominal area.
~Atlaswing~
Member
Okay, aran, can you tell me what kind of pencil you used in drawing him?
Like CHARCOAL?!!
HAve you done any modifications before posting the image?
And how many dpi of scanning? More or less 300 i suggest..
Like CHARCOAL?!!
HAve you done any modifications before posting the image?
And how many dpi of scanning? More or less 300 i suggest..
Well in my case i either scan my sketches and ink them completely with brushes on PS, or ink them with nankin before i scan and clear up the lines (that may look croppy).
I found a good way nowadays, i scan my sketch in rough pencil, get it into photoshop, put its opacity at 30-40%, put its color at some tone of light blue and print it. The image should look like it´s erased, but still has some shadows to guide you on inking. After, i ink that printed version of the sketch with nankin, and that way, when i scan, i won´t have those smudges and wrong lines (and even those creases' shadows that sketch papers ALWAYS get ^^). I just have to scan it with a good resolution (300 is perfect, not more than 600 or less than 200 though). Then i go to Photoshop, put the mode into grayscale, adjust levels to make only the lines to appear (to take off those "blue" rests that may insist to stay in your drawing), and make heavylifting (search on deviantart for that, augustc4 did a great tutorial about). After making the heavylifting, i make a clean up on my drawing, making the lines look softer by using the eraser and a small brush. After cleaning up, it turns out in a final lineart, and so i can start colouring ^^
(BTW i´m trying out soft cell shading, that´s a really cool colouring style imo. And i neer start colouring until i finish the lineart)
This method may look complicated, but it´s just because i CAN´T use the Pen tool, as much as i try lol -_-
BTW man your drawings are simply amazing! I like your style!!
I found a good way nowadays, i scan my sketch in rough pencil, get it into photoshop, put its opacity at 30-40%, put its color at some tone of light blue and print it. The image should look like it´s erased, but still has some shadows to guide you on inking. After, i ink that printed version of the sketch with nankin, and that way, when i scan, i won´t have those smudges and wrong lines (and even those creases' shadows that sketch papers ALWAYS get ^^). I just have to scan it with a good resolution (300 is perfect, not more than 600 or less than 200 though). Then i go to Photoshop, put the mode into grayscale, adjust levels to make only the lines to appear (to take off those "blue" rests that may insist to stay in your drawing), and make heavylifting (search on deviantart for that, augustc4 did a great tutorial about). After making the heavylifting, i make a clean up on my drawing, making the lines look softer by using the eraser and a small brush. After cleaning up, it turns out in a final lineart, and so i can start colouring ^^
(BTW i´m trying out soft cell shading, that´s a really cool colouring style imo. And i neer start colouring until i finish the lineart)
This method may look complicated, but it´s just because i CAN´T use the Pen tool, as much as i try lol -_-
BTW man your drawings are simply amazing! I like your style!!