Red Valkyrja

Good to know, Tartyr, hadn't seen a post form you in a couple of days and was starting to worry.

At work at the moment so I can't offer any advice, but the color scheme did remind be of her.

Sweet! Thanks Day, for posting these in my Resources thread!

I'm wondering if the Painter tutes will work for PaintShopPro, unfortunately, it's the program I have to work with (my Sis gave it to me so I can't complain too much, it was free. )

Fantastic, Alex!!! Gratz!

Paint.net

Features an intuitive use interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.

Painter.net forums offers a great deal of information, tutes, plugins, help, and more.

ArtistsHospital on DA has a huge list of user created tutes.

Down on the bottom left of the page, you will see 'Rate This Topic' then a drop-down of 1-5 Stars. That is how people rate your post. Or you rate posts.

Ah, see, when I am looking for the odd recliner, or pocket nuke, I just pull it out of my Triple-H (Heward's Hand Haversack.)

:sits and thinks for a moment, and then for a few more:

Need to add that to my thread, I'm thinking useful resources for established artists. That comic book format someone posted somewhere... that will work too...

:goes forum diving:

Sweet, thanks LJ! I put them in the Artists Resources thread.

Unfortualtely, I'm relegated to PaintShopPro (what can I say, I got it for free from my Sis because she likes her old 8.whatever version.)

Adobe Illustrator

Inking Basic Setup - A digital inking tute by LadyJudgement, who does a great job explaining the most basic details, which is especially useful for beginners. We know who we are...

Tartyr, truthfully, I have no idea on how to answer your question, but Juggertha does have quite a few great guides, including Sketch to Final Drawing. Not sure if this helps, considering the mention of the problem with your hand.

I've also listed more here, Artists Resources.

EDIT: Realized that you said inking, and not Digital Coloring.

Tartyr, how did you know I like saddles!?!

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Love it, these are all great!

Fantastic artwork, you might want to post a link in the The Network - A Resource thread that's stickied.

See Tartyr, you have a red name in your post saying thumbs-up!

What a Buzz-kill.

Imagine my surprise when I entered a rescue mission and found this.

Depending on your settings, you may have to go into Menu>Options>Keymapping Tab, and set your Screenshot keys (Scroll down to 'Other near the bottom of the page.)

You have the option to set different keys for taking .JPG and .TGA files.

On my laptop, it requires me to hit the {fn}+{print screen} keys, which CoH doesn't like, so for me I have set the INS key to take .JPG's while HOME takes .TGA's

Yay! We're back to not being deleted!



*Now if you would make it a instead of a

EDIT: LOL

GIMP

Here are at least a couple of tutorials for GIMP, a free application many people use when they don't have access to the more expensive applications out there.

Blood Splatter Tutorial by Sushi-is-Yummy

Gimp - Gimp has tutorials, categorized from Beginning to Expert.

Gimp-Tutorials.net- A collection of Gimp Tutorials by various creators.

PhotoShop

As a start for resources, I've been scouring the art forums and web came across a couple of guides and tutorials.

These Tutorial and Hints, Tips & Tricks were created using various versions of PhotoShop.


Amanda's Lineart Tutorial - PhotoShop 7

Amanda's Cell Shading Tutorial - PhotoShop 7

Colouring Line Art Tutorial by John Becaro

Colouring Tutorial by SplashColors - An amusing and quite hilarious take on coloring a pencil sketch.

Digital Painting Tutorial by Dianae - In depth, 3-parter, with video. All with with an English and a French version.

Create Anime Artwork - Created by NiegeBlanc and featured on PhotoShop's website.

Flaming Photo manipulation by Jayan Saputra

PhotoShop Elements

Warface Tutorial - Thanks to LadyJudgement for posting it.

Digital Inking, Colouring, and Shading - Also Thanks to LadyJudgement.

Tartyr, I was just teasing.

Personally I thought her er... ummm... horns were a a bit extravagant.

Seriously, teasing you, it's a great pic. }:>


Don't delete it!

Graphics Applications

Here are some of the more commonly used graphics applications that I have seen mentioned here in the forums, and in many of the artists own websites.

PhotoShop - A list of tutorials and information I've gathered from out native artists and on the web.
GIMP - Some tutorials I've located on GIMP.
Illustrator - Not much here yet, but it's a start.
Painter - Publishers website.


There are countless others, but these are the ones I have heard mentioned of most.

If any of you know of artists 'tutes' and 'Tips & Tricks' that I've not already listed below, and you think would be of help to the folks here, please list it. (Check with the owner for permission.)

I'll do my best to keep things organized by application.

My thanks,

~Red Valkyrja

Greetings Everyone,

Are you looking for Graphics applications or just need some information on using them?
Looking for a place to put your images, how to put them in a post, or tips on taking them in the first place?

Well, instead of scouring the forums for the information, I have pulled together that kind if information, many from the good folks here in the S&FC forums, some from the web.

What you will find here:

• Graphics Applications- Links to the most commonly used graphics applications (or at least the ones I see mentioned in the forums most often.)
• PhotoShop - Tutorials and resources for those using PhotoShop
• GIMP- Tutorials and resources for those using Gimp.
• Adobe Illustrator - Tutorials and resources for those using Adobe Illustrator.
• Paint.net - Tutorials and resources for those using Paint.net.
• Free / Trial Programs - Free graphics programs or those with limited time/feature demos.
• Online Art Portfolios & Image Hosting Sites - Websites for hosting images.
• Online Artist Communities - Artist societies, communities and forums.
• Tutorials, Tips, and Hints - Guides, tutorials, and tips and trick for artists.
• Online Art Workshops - Websites offering online art courses.
• Tools of the Trade - Digital and physical mediums commonly used by artists.

Here are a couple of tips for issues I've seen pop up in the forums.

• Guides and Resources to Collecting Character Art - The world of Commission Art
• Tips on taking screenshots - For when nothing else seems to work.
• So you want a larger thumbnail - Steps on using a larger thumbnail when posting.

**Revamped to redirect you down to the appropriate post. Thank you, Thors_Assassin for steps on doing that.**

Folks, please feel free to post any other information you feel would be helpful to artists and collectors of all calibre.

Thanks,

~Red Valkyrja

She's got claws?

No problem, I used one of the darker browns on the hood, shoulder spokes, a pattern on the top (not much of the brown showing there.) The pattern on the pants (Blast) uses more brown then green,) the boots and gloves are brown and black using the Blend pattern.

Here is a close-up KAKTOS Detail.

The screenshot shows the Primary color as the Dark Green, when I used it mostly as the secondary color because of the way the patterns use.) Just didn't feel like re-doing the screenshot of the color palette.

Being color-blind, I can understand why you couldn't tell the difference between the two colors. The Dark Brown having quite a bit of red in it would make it difficult to tell from the Dark Green. Sorry about that.

Mind? Why should I mind, he's your character.

I like the changes you made. Looking at mine, I see him having a too 'earthy' look, color-wise. And I though about using those gloves, but wasn't sure about all the straps everywhere.

Going with the two-tone color scheme makes it work though. Well done and glad I could help.