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Artsammich — Light and Exposure
Published: 2011-08-17 16:03:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 30327; Favourites: 668; Downloads: 838
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I did a demo in an interview with Bobby Chiu of Imaginism where I talked a bit about light and exposure. You can find it here , hope it's helpful to some people out there!Related content
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how do you do your shading, getting it to blend so nicely? this is very helpful.
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I use Painter, which has some nice blending stuff built into the brushes. You can blend in Photoshop using the smudge tool too, but you have to tweak it a bit.
Another thing that can help is using the largest brush you can for a stroke. Small fussy brush work is hard to get looking smooth, but big clean strokes need less blending.
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thanks 
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I have been watching that video like 4 times in a row and working a rendering at the same time. I am quite decided to take your course (self taught version) at schoolism.com
For now, my biggest issue is that "stains" tend to appear in my digital paintings. Meaning by that that at some zones, using the brush with low opacity, and making several strokes leave dark and light stains here and there, which are difficult to get rid off, even using the smudge tool.
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Are you using Photoshop or Painter?
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I am using Photoshop CS2. I usually do my B/W painting with a round regular brush, wich hardness I modify in function of what I need, Low opacity and flow, with the "Other Dymamics" set to pen pressure e(opacity) and pen tilt (flow).
I always wondered if Painter had a feature to prevent that problem.
This is mostly what I get:
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I spend hours cleaning the stains as I progress the shading.
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Sorry I'm just replying to this now, it got lost in my inbox for a while! I don't see the stains in your image, but I know what you're talking about. Painter has a similar problem when using certain brushes on layers. I think it happens because of mixing with the invisible colors on the layer. You can try to select the whole layer and fill it with a color that is closer to what you want, just make sure the preserve transparency button is turned on so it doesn't cover your canvas with paint. In Painter it's less of a big deal (as also in Photoshop CS5) because brushes can mix and blend those stains more easily than you could ever do with the smudge tool in CS2.
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The demo was great Sam, thanks for that! I wish I had the money for the full course..
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i watched the interview and thank you it was very helpful
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Just an incredible demo Sam. I am awe struck and inspired by the devotion you have put into your craft. That and quite humbled. Thanks!
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Thank you for the video post! Very helpful!
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wow, thought it was 3d at first... and i'm not easily fooled! looks great C:
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I saw parts of the video a few days ago, will look at it later when i get time. But on this picture, it's different types of lights right? Not steps?
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Right, different exposures and angles of light.
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Amazing! I always wanted to try some of the lighting on this sheet. You have a great understanding of frms mate
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I saw the video , and it was of great help .
as all your works, thanks
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I watched this video and found it very helpful! Thank you for sharing!
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