I just got my digipad today, so be gentle! Any tips are more than welcome, as a lot of you are way better than I am.

First I did a sphere. I don't want to move on to color or harder shapes yet because my lighting seems pretty badly done.

make your highlight brighter

its almost the same value as the background

blending looks great!

shadow gives me a dizzy feeling... its slanting up and not as if it was on a flat surface

This post was edited by UncleMuscles on Sep 7 2012 10:30pm

It looks so much brighter before uploading


This post was edited by Ayudame on Sep 8 2012 11:16am

well done m8


more shapes gogo

set up a still life ( shoes, hat, cloth etc etc ) in your room and paint it in black and white! or take a pic of it and convert to black and white and paint that!

I have tons of photos saved for this. I've been collecting various fruit arrangement photos and stuff. Just don't feel confident enough yet. I'll probably grab an apple out of the fridge and try that.

perfect

Use larger brushes at the beginning, and gradually get smaller as you get closer to the details

1. make a good sketch, solid line drawing, keep in mind shape/perspective/volume
2. block in color ( or value ) underneath the sketch in a new layer, you can be sloppy and just use the eraser and clean up the edges.
3. make a new layer over both of the previous and begin to paint. More confident stronger strokes, also blending, keep in mind volume and lighting. Feel the shape as you paint it... paint/draw along the direction of the shape
4. begin hard blending and slowly start to work on details

Second attempt with my wacom. I'm pretty happy with it, I still don't like the drop shadow.

looking forward to your progression!

Thanks! I wish I could have gotten the tablet sooner. It's really fun. It has made smuding a breeze.

Definitely! Stay away from smudging when painting for the time being though!