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Published: 2006-03-30 21:40:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 3707; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 121
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well...I've started coloring...my first time using photoshop to color something...kinda fun...but I'm not sure I'll keep working on it today....Just figured I'd post what I have done so far...so maybe I could get opinions on whether I should finish...not sure if I like how photoshop colors...I like my pencils better..I wouldnt full view if I was you....its huge right now....
oh...and I may have put this into the wrong catagory...not sure...I did use photoshop to color it but I hand drew it...so to me its more traditional art than digital...
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This looks great! I know what you mean about using real things like pencil over the point-and-click-and-colour way of doing it on the computer. But those gradient colours look really good!
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thank you! i never will finish it this way...maybe if i get inspired enough i'll do it by hand.
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I LOVE it!! But I knda like it the way it is....the "white spaces" make the colored parts, stand out more! Would love to see more like this! 
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Thank you! I probably wont ever get around to doing more on it so it probably is done. I will do more of these soon..right now I'm going thru a black and white stage...I do alot of my art in stages...Maybe its cause I'm bipolar and my moods come in stages too....not sure..
but thank you!!!!!
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I'll be waiting to see more...you have a real talent for them! Yes....I understand about the "stages"! I'm going through one now...my "fractal stage"! I'm actually a 3D Bryce artist....but love fractals too....and have been in "fractal mode" since January! 
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I know how that is. I wish I knew how to do fractals. I have no idea. I tried to do some 3d but I cant get the hang of it. I have poser but dont have a clue how to use it....so I suppose I'll be stickin to drawing...but actually I'm gonna work on another emote tonight...just for something different.
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its so pretty...i think u should leave it the way it is...
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aww! thank you! I think I will....mostly because I'm lazy tho, and once I stop working on something I usually dont come back to it..
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First deviation that actually has some depth that I've seen in a while. Good job on the colouring, and it kinda has a cool feeling to it half-coloured.
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Thank you! I'm almost up to commenting yours on the forum. I actually am not sure if I'll finish coloring this one...I dont like using photoshop to color so if I ever feel motivated enough I'll color it with my prisma colors and post it. Thank you so much for the comment! So many dont comment on mine and yet want one for themselves...which I do anyway..but ya know, always nice to get comments AND give them.
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Yes, a full view is not the best. Stick with your pencils if that's what you're comfortable with. Have you ever tried opaque watercolours. I have a set of them that are in little pans (dry), or you can buy small tubes. You might like them as they cover better than traditional water colours and you don't have to let them "flow". I just find traditional methods more challenging and natural for me. Just a preference.
Susan
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I think I will stick with my colored pencils. Although right now I'm working on another black and white. I go thru phases with art...where I do certain styles til I'm sick of em, then move on to others. I've never tried watercolors...that would be fun, I'll have to try it!
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wow, this is really awesome! i love swirls and that sort of stuff! you've done an excellent job coloring it too!
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Thank you! its not done being colored yet...but who knows if I'll ever get around to doing it...maybe one day...hehehe.
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you're welcome!
i hope someday you do finish it, because it already is so beautiful, just think of how even more lovely it could be!
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yes, one day. But I thiknk I will finish it with colored pencils instead of photoshop. Its more my thing..thanks again!
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phworre man!
explosions on colour and fellings jump right out at ya!
beautiful!!
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very hippy, little to cluttered for me, but its very nicely done!
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yeah, its a little too cluttered for me as well...it wont look as cluttered when its done being colored...whenever I decide to finish it....
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thank you very much! it should look a lot better when I get it done...but I've started a new drawing now and kinda neglected this one...maybe one day soon it'll be done
thank you agiain!
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thank you! Hopefully one day here soon I'll get remotivated and want to try to finish it....hopefully, lol
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I actually like this one better, the control over negative space is much more purty here and the design flows more gracefully <3
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thank you so much! do you think I should finish coloring it?
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Sure, whatever you like! 
But always make sure to keep your style true to yourself and original, at the same time while practicing
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thanks! I wasnt aware they are considered the grandmasters...I'll have to check those out...thanks for enlightening me!!
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This is a really cool design....I love it! [link]
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thank you very much!...now I just need to finish it...which I never tend to do once I start another...which I have started drawing tonight..
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I can relate to that, I always have a hard time finishing things.....but Im getting better.
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Wow, that's bad-arse, as per usual. You're really good with designs. Nice coloration, too.
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thank you!! Thats so nice of you! I really need to finish coloring it....
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Yes, I guess it is huge....as per your reply to me....otherwise lovely and if I had your talent with this type of thing, I'd finish it, reduce the size and repost 
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Thank you! I probably will finish it in photoshop but I'm also coloring it with colored pencils.
colored pencils looks much better especially since I only know how to use the magic wand tool and the gradient tool...other than those most of photoshop is a mystery to me still...
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Very nice!
Since I'm on my grandpa's cable-equipped compy, I went ahead and fullviewed. Judging by the edges of the colored areas, I'd say you used the magic wand tool to make your selections, yes? In this case, it would probably work better if you used the magnetic lasso tool. To get to it, hold down the little carrot next to the lasso tool to reveal it. It's like a blend of the lasso and the magic wand; As you scroll around, it'll sense and "stick" to certain areas, and when it doesn't quite behave, you click to tell it where it really should go.
I can't wait to see this completed! Photoshop's gradients actually suit your work quite well, you just need a little more practice, that's all. 
Maybe I should post one of my early Photoshop pics in my scraps, just for geekservice...
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I have no idea what lasso tool even does....do you feel like telling me? I just learned to use the magic wand tool...I'm gonna have to try that.....maybe tomorrow morning...when I'm not so sick of looking at this one....it doesnt help either that the way my computer is set up I have no room for my mouse..so I use my mouse on my leg....which tends to make it a tad difficult..lol
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The lasso tool is used for making selections, just like the magic wand tool, except in that case you select entirely by hand rather than letting the computer do it for you. It's much more tedious than magic wand, but it's also more precise and allows for the feather option while magic wand usually doesn't. Magnetic lasso is a blend of the two tools.
You've been using your leg as a mousepad?! Ugh. If you're stuck doing that, you should at least usurp something stiff like a binder or a cutting board instead so you're not too twisted up.
And I know only too well what getting sick of looking at an image in Photoshop....*Gives a death glare to "Inu-Yasha Pensive"*
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hehe...actually I have my computer in a china cabinet kinda thing and theres no room for anything but the monitor in the cabinet space...so my keyboard and mouse sit on my legs...only when I sit on the floor can I use something else...but then I cant see the monitor...I really need to invest in a computer stand, huh? hehe
I hate to sound completely user ignorant...but what does the feather option do? the only things I have used on there is magic wand and gradient...I havent figured out the rest...and the help box is rather confusing too...
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The feather option automatically softens, or "feathers", the edge of your selection by a few pixels. It makes it look a little smoother.
Don't fret about not knowing Photoshop. It's not very friendly to newbs. In fact, you're above average if you could figure out the magic wand by yourself. It completely baffled me until my pal Katy explained it to me.
The best way to learn Photoshop, to me, is by looking over the shoulder of someone who knows the program and who doesn't mind you asking "Wait, how did you do that?" every twenty seconds, and then taking what you learned home and practicing it. I've been using PS for what, 5 years now, and I'm still learning new things. I didn't know about the magnetic lasso tool until four months ago, and I just found out about the masking tool last week! So, yeah, don't sweat it. There are really very few people besides the programmers at Adobe who are not at least a little ignorant about the program's functions.
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well I'm glad to know I'm not the only one! I'm gonna have to play around with it and figure it out...It took me a while but I taught myself what the magic wand and gradient do.....at first I was using gradient an I couldnt figure out why it made my whole pictured colored instead of where I wanted it to be...lol.....they should really have better tutorials on there, dont you think? Problem for me is I dont even know anyone in real life that uses photoshop...as sad as it is I'm the only artist I know in real life.....rather depressing when I just drew something I'm really proud of and have no one to show it to...thats why I'm glad I found this site...and people like you!
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I feel special!
Is there a community college in your area? If so, you may want to see if they offer Photoshop courses at a manageable hour. That way, you can not only learn PS but also meet other artists in your vicinity.
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ooooooh...thats a good idea...I'm gonna have to call in the morning...oh shit...its saturday...well..I may have to wait til monday to call...hopefully I'll remember...I smoked entirely too much herb when I was young...now I have no memory whatsoever...
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I dunno if the herb's necessarily to blame. I've never had any and my memory is sometimes as bad as Dory in Finding Nemo. 
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"have you seen rico? Were looking for his soon Timbo"
heheheeh...
I like to have something to blame though....my most common question is "what were we just talking about?" lol
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*Laughs* Yeah, I ask that a lot too. Even more frequently, I end up saying, "I'm sorry, I just confused myself". 
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lol....I'll have to say that one too now...hehehe
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you should absolutely finish it! im amazed with how you use the colours. im gonna fav this i hope that makes you finish it!
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Thank you so much!!! This was my first attempt at coloring with photoshop...I think I will finish it, now!
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