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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Aug 11, 2016 9:39:05 GMT -5
So I'll be traditionally drawing the outline of a city street, and then I'm going to color it digitally. Think of a cobbled avenue, with shops on either side, bathed in the orange light of sunset.
Here's my question: I want the image to have a slightly hazy, almost dream-like quality. I'll be using soft cell shading to help accomplish this, but I feel like it'll need something a bit more than that. Do y'all have any suggestions on how that could be done? The best I can come up with is a blur tool, but I don't think that's the right effect.
NOTE: Keep in mind I don't have any professional art programs like SAI or PhotoShop, just free online sites. (I'm a broke teen)
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Post by Brownie on Aug 11, 2016 9:46:33 GMT -5
I find it extremely hard to color in a traditional art without doing the linework digitally as well. I went through a phase where I did that, and it never turned out. It takes hours of frustrating work to do, and it just wasn't worth it for me.
If you have a phone or tablet, though, you could get autodesk sketchbook. It's a free app, and you could take a picture and trace it over digitally, making it a lot easier to digitally color if you want to do that in another program. From personal experience, I found this to yield much better results?
Although I don't exactly know how you plan to 'color it digitally', from my experience it's a hard, frustrating task that doesn't give the feel you're going for. Again, just my opinion.
For your actual question, however, good color choices will go a long way. With that and a little sharp highlighting in the right places, you can get it to look pretty hazy. Just make sure to keep your lines colored a bit darker than the color of the light and not black.
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Aug 11, 2016 10:35:45 GMT -5
Oh, it's not a very detailed outline. Just the vanishing point, street curve, building doors/windows, line balance for the cobble stone, etc. Idk why, but I've always been better at outlining in traditional pencil than digitally. I guess it's the mobility.
I do have a phone...unfortunately, it's been ****zing out with a messed up screen, so I don't think I could use it as this time. But I'll make a note for the future when it's fixed.
I'm using a program I've had a lot of practice with, and I have a lot of experience digitally soft-cell shading. So I'm comfortable and know what I'm getting into.
Thanks for the tip!
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