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Published: 2004-06-14 00:11:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 324; Favourites: 6; Downloads: 51
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Description A centaur that actually turned out halfway decent! Still having trouble connecting the human-part to the horse part.....

This is a character in a fantasy I wrote quite a few years ago.... I actually never came up with a good name for him.... In the background you can see five of the six moons of his world. First time I've tried photoshopping mountains.... The sky is kinda freaky too, but I like it.
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Comments: 11

katstockton [2004-06-14 20:18:03 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! I really like the anatomy of the centaur. His pose is awesome as well.

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mystic-rush In reply to katstockton [2004-06-14 23:53:14 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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Arwen-udomiel [2004-06-14 12:35:57 +0000 UTC]

wow very nice picture, i like it ^__^.

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AquaSixio [2004-06-14 08:01:20 +0000 UTC]

NIce lighting !

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enu-n-tor [2004-06-14 00:22:39 +0000 UTC]

tor~
I think the human connects beautifully to the horse, but may I sugjest you calm down with the blur. After a while it hurts my eyes to look straight at it. Beautiful colors, wonderful pose! I just sugjest your subject be more crisp. Great work Meggan.

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mystic-rush In reply to enu-n-tor [2004-06-14 00:33:20 +0000 UTC]

yeah, I like the blur tool..... blame my Art History and Drama teachers.... I had to do a project of Leonardo DaVinci's Sfumato tecknique, which is basically really blurry... oh, well.

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enu-n-tor In reply to mystic-rush [2004-06-14 05:00:40 +0000 UTC]

tor~
^-^ It's all good. The "blur" is a powerful tool, and can make or break your masterpiece. If you're using it to cover minor mistakes, then you could be using it for the wrong reasons. Use the force wisely... your art is beautiful, just let the detail shine through.
If you are using a program like PSP8 or Photoshop A extremely good way to cover up mistakes without blurring is to start with a bigger canvas, then resize your picture to half the size. most mistakes get shrunken and blended in and your image is sharper.
If that was a traditional hand painting, then I give you tatal props.
I think i'll add you to my favs.

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mystic-rush In reply to enu-n-tor [2004-06-14 15:23:18 +0000 UTC]

I'm not using the blur tool to cover up mistakes, I just like the atmospheric effect it creates. And the picture originally was a lot bigger. Halfway through working, though, I looked and realized just how incredibly huge it was, to I halved the size.

I keep trying to figure out how everyone else does the really sharp edges and lines, but I can't manage to do it without screwing up. "Moonlit Solitude" [link] I think is the closest I've come to sharp edges and contours in a Photoshop painting.

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enu-n-tor In reply to mystic-rush [2004-06-14 20:44:56 +0000 UTC]

ah ^^. my mistake. I wrote that letter before I took the time to look at your entire gallery. I love your angels (the glowy orange ones) they're beautiful! I've never done an entire air brush piece before. It seems tricky. The only way I could think of making sharp edges is with the "select" tool (that magic wand thingie that you can carve out a selected area with) I really dont know what it's called. Then set it's edge blur to about 2 so it doesnt look too jagged. Dunno Still, your work is wonderful. and if that's just your style then set me straight and keep it up.

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enu-n-tor In reply to mystic-rush [2004-06-14 05:00:32 +0000 UTC]

tor~
^-^ It's all good. The "blur" is a powerful tool, and can make or break your masterpiece. If you're using it to cover minor mistakes, then you could be using it for the wrong reasons. Use the force wisely... your art is beautiful, just let the detail shine through.
If you are using a program like PSP8 or Photoshop A extremely good way to cover up mistakes without blurring is to start with a bigger canvas, then resize your picture to half the size. most mistakes get shrunken and blended in and your image is sharper.
If that was a traditional hand painting, then I give you tatal props.
I think i'll add you to my favs.

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enu-n-tor In reply to mystic-rush [2004-06-14 05:00:24 +0000 UTC]

tor~
^-^ It's all good. The "blur" is a powerful tool, and can make or break your masterpiece. If you're using it to cover minor mistakes, then you could be using it for the wrong reasons. Use the force wisely... your art is beautiful, just let the detail shine through.
If you are using a program like PSP8 or Photoshop A extremely good way to cover up mistakes without blurring is to start with a bigger canvas, then resize your picture to half the size. most mistakes get shrunken and blended in and your image is sharper.
If that was a traditional hand painting, then I give you tatal props.
I think i'll add you to my favs.

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