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Desert Nomad

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Oct 1, 2009 at 4:58 AM • #1

I was messing around with a new toy I got (a Wacom Bamboo tablet) that i have never used before and was fiddling around in a 400x130 canvas (I usually use this size for signatures) but once i started working on a landscape I realized it looks similar to the Desolation in a way, or maybe a "lighter" version of the Ring of Fire chain.

So I thought i would share my tiny outcome:

If i knew it would turn out like that, I would have made it much larger.

This is my second time using the tablet so go easy :P

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Dre

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Oct 1, 2009 at 8:36 AM • #2

looks pretty nice.
Any chance you'll make a desktop size pic? :P

Tzu

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Oct 1, 2009 at 9:55 AM • #3

looks cool! I reccomend you to try and get into working on big canvases right away though, it's so annoying when your artwork is going the right way and you want to make it better by adding detail, the zoom in and you see pixels right away -_-'' at least I think so.

I usually work at res300, and >1000px in both width and height.
It's nice, cus it means you can print it out in a decent size if you feel like it, in the end.

Chronos the Defiler

Desert Nomad

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Oct 2, 2009 at 2:36 AM • #4

Quote: Originally Posted by Tzu

looks cool! I reccomend you to try and get into working on big canvases right away though, it's so annoying when your artwork is going the right way and you want to make it better by adding detail, the zoom in and you see pixels right away -_-'' at least I think so.

I usually work at res300, and >1000px in both width and height.
It's nice, cus it means you can print it out in a decent size if you feel like it, in the end. What does setting the res to 300 do? (I am a trainee in terms of Digital Painting, and I usually only make signatures...never used a Wacom until a week ago :/)

Anyways, I made something bigger, but didn't put a huge amount of time into it, I just wanted to see if I COULD actually make something larger that doesn't like like shiat

(This is officially the SECOND thing i have made from scratch using my Wacom...first was the smaller piece in the OP

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The river looks funny imo, and i should go back and redo some finer details but, meh, it was just a test

hoodiestarfish

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Oct 2, 2009 at 2:48 AM • #5

for someone who just got a tablet, i think ur doing fantastic controlling the pen. WD

Chronos the Defiler

Desert Nomad

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Oct 2, 2009 at 3:07 AM • #6

Quote: Originally Posted by hoodiestarfish

for someone who just got a tablet, i think ur doing fantastic controlling the pen. WD Thanks, it isn't AS hard as I thought it was going to be, I just make everything in black and white first, and going back and forth with each color can make the details sharp without too much precision. Getting super fine details on the other hand will probably take me a long time to learn

hoodiestarfish

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Oct 2, 2009 at 4:19 AM • #7

well cant wait to see great things from you in the near future

fine details get easier if u start out on a big canvas and zoom in to paint em. if u start small ur gonna get annoyed later when u need to paint details.

also recommend playing the the dodge and burn tools, saves alot of time altho not as precise as painting the value on manually.

Tzu

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Oct 2, 2009 at 1:32 PM • #8

uhm, tbh, I've been playing around with digital painting & my tablet for 3 years now, and I must admit I'm not entirely sure what techincal difference res300 does. My father, who was a digital artist, always told me to draw in 300 if I wanted to print it out, and draw in 72 if I was just going to post it on the web. So I usually draw in 300 whenever I work seriously on something, put a lot of effort into it etc, while I work at 72 for anything web-related, and I resize all my drawings to 72 before Save To Web.

Blue might be able to elaborate on the subject.

Widowmaker

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Oct 2, 2009 at 4:27 PM • #9

Resolution is often referred to as DPI.

DPI is Dots Per Inch, the more DPI the greater detail will be held and the more an image can be magnified or increased in size without losing detail. DPI will affect printing size as an image at 600DPI would print at half the size of an image at 300DPI assuming the same pixel width.

Magazine printing and such is usually done at 300 sometimes 400dpi.

Chronos the Defiler

Desert Nomad

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Oct 3, 2009 at 1:14 AM • #10

ahh, well I don't even own a printer so I'll stick to standard :P

Edit: Adding this...thing:

I just used it to test lighting, didn't add any details to the mountains at all.

BlueXIV

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Oct 3, 2009 at 3:37 AM • #11

I recommend you do not touch the dodge and burn tools, because that can veeeeeerry easily lead you astray :P

Gwee

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Oct 3, 2009 at 6:03 AM • #12

Quote: Originally Posted by BlueXIV

I recommend you do not touch the dodge and burn tools, because that can veeeeeerry easily lead you astray :P Oooo, I don't agree. Dodge and burn have their place.

Just never over use it and don't use them for "shading". Burn tool is win sometimes. <3

BlueXIV

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Oct 3, 2009 at 6:56 AM • #13

Do tell o_O. I never found a use for them hehe

hoodiestarfish

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Oct 3, 2009 at 11:23 AM • #14

Quote: Originally Posted by BlueXIV

Do tell o_O. I never found a use for them hehe i smell onions..

Chronos the Defiler

Desert Nomad

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Oct 3, 2009 at 4:49 PM • #15

I have just been using an overlay layer for highlights and shadows :/

hoodiestarfish

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Oct 4, 2009 at 12:24 AM • #16

many roads lead to rome and many different processes exist to get a final outcome. dont let blue's onion breath put u off. experiment and find methods which work for you and what you like.

Chronos the Defiler

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Oct 5, 2009 at 3:30 AM • #17

I'll keep trying, I have noticed that I like pointy rocks, so: