Lwe12345's Progression Thread - Topic

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Oct 9 2012 03:47pm

Hey Guys,
I am relatively new to the GFX art scene, I've never taken a class nor have I done many tutorials.
I started about a month ago (September 1st or 2nd) when I opened photoshop for the first time ever.
This is my progression thread, starting from the very beginning.

Feel free to comment, leave constructive feedback, etc. I'd very much appreciate it!
Flaming will be reported.
Here are my first two works EVER

- For Myself

- For Chron
You'll notice I didn't pay too close attention to the 70kb limit early on. Once I got a PM from a mod that changed

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Oct 9 2012 03:52pm

Well in my opinion... First things first... You need to download the pdf of Photoshop CS5 - Classroom in a Book, and master the basics of photoshop first. Then just continue with tutorials and start doing your own thing.

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Oct 9 2012 03:53pm

- For Suit (Sold)

- For Snowman (This image later evolved into a different signature, which you'll see soon)

- For Myself (108kb, lol)

This post was edited by Lwe12345 on Oct 9 2012 03:58pm

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Oct 9 2012 03:56pm

- For Tonyg87 (Sold)
This sig marked the moment that I realized I really loved making gfx.
I spent a good 3 days on this to tweak it to his liking and get the animations right to where the file limit was not exceeded

- For Myself
This is the first time I followed a tutorial, and I feel it ended up being the best to date at the time.

- For Myself
Still getting the hang of things. I remember it being challenging to render the cup in a clean way. This is when I discovered how to use the pen tool to do cutouts and renders

This post was edited by Lwe12345 on Oct 9 2012 04:00pm

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Oct 9 2012 04:02pm

This was my first attempt for Imthesin

For Imthesin
I also did a popout version (below) that he liked more and bought

For Imthesin (Sold)
This was the first decent popout I did.. Still working on it at this point

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Oct 9 2012 04:16pm

Great progression thus far. From the first signature to your currently last posted work, you have improved.

A couple words of advice that you may want to heed:
Stay away from pop-outs entirely. I know that this form is what a lot of people request, but for learning purposes it's not a great thing to practice on.
Try to familiarize yourself with all the tools of photoshop, and try to work on basic things first. Once you understand the basics, you can then apply that knowledge to more complex matters.
A lot of people recommend beginners to use tutorials, and it's for a good reason. Search around the web for various tutorials and practice with them. We have a great selection of potential tutorials throughout GD and the Q&A section.
For the most part, try to stay away from typo on your work unless you are specifically making it for someone.

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Oct 9 2012 04:33pm

Quote (Fault @ Oct 9 2012 06:16pm)

I see why that could be more helpful
Things I currently want to figure more out about are clipping masks, making smudge sigs look good, and integrating some really nice blending using shapes and effects. I honestly don't even know how the person achieved this :

But I'd love to find out.
I think the part of doing popouts that has helped me has been finding out what shapes look good with the characters. It's a way to try not to over complicate and clutter the signature, and just try to find a shape that compliments the character inside. It's actually helped with my square signatures because I have a good concept of when it's too noisy and when I should scale it back a bit.
Do you suggest just using microsoft default fonts?
I have more work to post. Here are the next two!

- Completely from scratch, using textures shapes and effects. SOLD to Solicit for a guild banner.

- Attempt at Temple Jax

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Oct 9 2012 04:35pm

- Attempt at Waluigi

This was the first time I tried to use symmetry to make a sig look cleaner. I think it turned out well, but the vision behind it was not there. Still a great sig though.

- Sold to Telemachus
This was the first time I felt confident about a popout I did. Seemed to flow decently

- For Myself

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Oct 9 2012 04:36pm

These next two were requested by Solicit after doing the space scene for his clan. I feel these turned out great! Let me know what you think

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Oct 10 2012 09:23am

This was my first time doing a fluid animation that wasn't already a gif. It made the file size HUGE though, so I had to reduce the colors. This is something I really want to learn about.

- For Telemachus (Sold)

- For Myself

This post was edited by Lwe12345 on Oct 10 2012 09:24am

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