Quote (illyria @ Apr 10 2013 11:56am)

3. The tutorial just said to "add a blue lightsource" without explaining how, so I tried to use the lightsource technique from this tutorial -  http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs27/f/2008/170/6/b/Lighting_Tutorial_by_Xpnze.jpg
Though I completely agree.  Are there any other tutorials on light sources or should I just practice more with that one?

Quote (sicklad @ Apr 9 2013 09:24pm)

They use a larger brush in that lighting tutorial. The center of it is also off the sig, so most of the light is just the edge of the soft brush.
You could probably get away with using Filter > Render > Lighting effects for this tag considering the light is only coming from one direction.

Quote (illyria @ Apr 10 2013 02:10pm)

Here are two quick attempts at fixing a few mistakes -

http://i.minus.com/ibyqIvesimz453.png

http://i.minus.com/iAlOPPFyNMWLb.png



Going to do another tutorial in a bit.

Quote (sicklad @ Apr 10 2013 12:59am)

1st one's better.

Quote (illyria @ Apr 10 2013 05:14pm)

Hmm, the first one as in the very first one, or the first of those two?

Also, a question if anyone has time to explain - On Xandria's tutorial she adds a c4d that is black and then turns it red by adding a fill layer with a matching colour and setting it to 100% opacity and then erasing what you don't want coloured..  And of course, having no clue what I'm doing in Photoshop I have no idea what that means..  can anybody explain? 


Thanks (And sorry for spamming so many questions).

Quote (illyria @ Apr 9 2013 07:10pm)

Here are two quick attempts at fixing a few mistakes -

http://i.minus.com/ibyqIvesimz453.png

http://i.minus.com/iAlOPPFyNMWLb.png



Going to do another tutorial in a bit.

Quote (sicklad @ Apr 10 2013 03:10am)

The 1st one of those. Without the massive light source.

Don't know which tut you're talking about but I'm guessing it is.

Create a layer and fill it with colour. Set it as a clipping mask on top of the C4D. Add a layer mask to the colour layer and brush (ON THE LAYER MASK) to erase the colour.

/e: Also, questions are good.

Quote (ease. @ Apr 10 2013 01:20pm)

it looks like a gray smudgey mess.  try to visualize how you want it to look and work towards that, going in blindly won't usually get you very far. 
i kinda like the texture but the form doesn't fit the rest of the content at all

Quote (illyria @ Apr 10 2013 12:18pm)

Hmm, no clue why I didn't link it.  It's the one from your list -
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8596/tuttut.png


Didn't manage to figure it out, so I tried to do another tutorial -
http://sh-archaeologist.deviantart.com/art/Music-Man-Signature-Tutorial-70326440


http://i.minus.com/jlKuevrJ2VlzX.png


Well, I have no clue on how the end result came out so drastically different than the tutorial..  I decided to just finish it and post it, though I'm going to try and redo the tutorial later as I feel like I screwed it up far too much.



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Yeah, I agree. That was my first time using many (If not all) of those features/tools - currently, I'm going in almost completely blind due to lack of experience. Though I did try to visualize a bit more on the one I just did.

Quote (illyria @ Apr 11 2013 04:14pm)

Hmm, I've been sick for the last three or four days and I'm tired to the point of falling asleep half way through the tutorial..  tried to redo the last tutorial without using the clipping masks, though I still managed to butcher it -
http://sh-archaeologist.deviantart.com/art/Music-Man-Signature-Tutorial-70326440
 
http://i.minus.com/juFSUHLBW22pW.png

Well, off to falling asleep, will attempt to actually follow tutorials tomorrow. 


Oh, and a question if somebody doesn't mind answering - Are there any websites that have good renders (Non-anime ones, preferably)?  I can't seem to find any..


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Here it is  without the clipping mask on the shoulder.

http://i.minus.com/jbsMdoyfcqXFQD.png


Also, thanks for the CnC, I appreciate it.