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Published: 2010-06-27 21:44:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 1064; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 35
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A $5 commission for mysticsdream on FurAffinity to cheer up her sick boyfriend. I rather like it. XDRelated content
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It worked, my bf is feeling a lot better
and careful what you say cyberboy.... you might get my mate angry at you.
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Hey, it's not like he's wrong though.
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Haha. I'm glad. 
My boyfriend growls whenever people mention things like that about my art when it's my fursona. It's rather entertaining. XD
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i see you use photoshop, want to talk about styles and tricks?
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if you'd like. What would you like to know?
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What tools do you like to use?
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When I go to color a pic, I generally use the magic wand selection tool to select ALL of the background first. (not where you mean to color it, mind you.) then I use the inverse selection tool, and with a new layer, I use the bucket fill tool to lay the base color (generally the color for skin or main fur). I then make layers above it, putting the flat colors of everything else using a solid brush tool. after every seperate color is on a different layer, I lock them and create masking layers (grouped layers) to do shading with a softer brush tool. That's pretty much it. XD
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I used a completly different method.
I mean vastly far far different
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Haha, okay. What do you do?
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Well first I convert the picture into very clear lines with Ilustrator using live trace. I do a custom trace for each picture playing with the settings until I'm happy.
then I put it into Phtoshop and check for any cracks between the objects and the background. If there are any openings I fix them with pencil. Then I duplicate the image.
There's no white right now, because of what I did in Illustrator. So on the bottom layer I select a blank patch and then select similar. After this I deselect the background then I fill the objects with white.
I always colour the clothing first. giving each artical of clothing a different group The fur comes next then any objects in the picture. The background is last. Then I flatten the whole picture and save it as a PNG and a JPEG.
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hm, sounds interesting. I'm the cartoonist for my school's newspaper, and my editor suggested I learn how to smooth lines with illustrator. I'm completely helpless in that program. DX
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Just load it onto Illustrator and play around with the tracing options
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I'll try it out once I get my school-issued laptop back. *sigh* We have to return the laptops over the summer, so I lose all my CS4 stuff. XD
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I must say that is a very impressive drawing. I know I criticsize this a lot but I like the fur. and the body shaping. Very nice.
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The spots aren't that harsh, your screen is shot
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It is. :\ I dunno. That's why I never do critiques for other artists.XD On my screen the spots almost glow with blackness. XD
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They're a mid-darkish grey
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the customers always right lqtm
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indeed they are. Unless it's overly ridiculous. XD
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lqtm, then there still right but at a higher price
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Very good point. $_$ ♥
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hahaha :3 thats how it works. Everything is up for debate
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You're very welcome!
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