Jacky Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I am sure most of you have seen my drawing I won Phooca's gold BC trophy with. During the BC that I entered, people kept saying that it would be better with color. And after I saw someone mention GIMP this week, I decided to check it out. OK, so: This is my VERY FIRST attempt in digital art. Be nice please. :P Also; I know it really needs to be cleaned up. A bunch of my lines aren't straight and my shading isn't what it should be yet. Please keep in mind that I don't have any fancy stuff like tablets; this was all made with my finger and a touch pad. :D That being said, I'd like to know if you guys like it. :) I have been drawing old-fashioned style my whole life, and am wondering if I should just stick to my pencil, or if this broadening of my horizon is worth it. :P Here is the original drawing: Scan: picture: And this is the "digitally remastered" one :P Sooooooo. Whaddaya think? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedhaun Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 It may not be an exact Halloween Uni, but more of a Brown Uni with Halloween Uni bandages and other textures. To be honest, it looks more like an acrylic painting if you ask me, but this is a fine first attempt of pulling off a digital art piece nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted December 21, 2011 Author Share Posted December 21, 2011 It may not be an exact Halloween Uni, but more of a Brown Uni with Halloween Uni bandages and other textures. To be honest, it looks more like an acrylic painting if you ask me, but this is a fine first attempt of pulling off a digital art piece nonetheless. Yeah, I thought about going with the grey/blueish Hallo uni's have, but I figured this would be easier to start off with. I have been around horses my whole life, and it is somehow easier to picture the way the shadows look and the lines of the body go in a more natural color, if you understand what I mean. ;) The painting look is because I used the smudge tool a lot. I do like that look a lot though, and it is kind of easy to begin with. Also, it the way I do it on paper; I always smudge to get my shading. Thank you! ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queensorchadragon Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 It's not bad to have an acrylicish look. Someone asked me this week if I used pastels to make my digital painting. Nope, twas entirely digital. (my thread has examples, it's "opal's art" or suchlike) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxen Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I cannot believe you did that with just a touch pad!!!! :O Well done, that's quite a feat! :) I like them both ^_^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeló Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 yes , i can't believe you did that with a touch pad either .. beautiful stuff !!! i don't know what lines and shades are .. but I really like it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 It's not bad to have an acrylicish look. Someone asked me this week if I used pastels to make my digital painting. Nope, twas entirely digital. (my thread has examples, it's "opal's art" or suchlike) Yes, I saw your topic, and I really like your style! I love the peo one. And actually I am not sure but I think you were the one that was talking about GIMP and got me going on this... So you're to blame. :P I cannot believe you did that with just a touch pad!!!! :O Well done, that's quite a feat! :) I like them both ^_^ yes , i can't believe you did that with a touch pad either .. beautiful stuff !!! i don't know what lines and shades are .. but I really like it :) :* Thanks guys! I'd like to have a drawing pad but hubby already thinks I'm glued to the laptop so I don't think he will let me buy one. LOL and @ Angelo: With shades I mean the shadows, my shading does not match with the place of the light source (the moon in this case) and there is no shadow on the sand. But I will just say that it is a spirit uni and they don't cast shadows like normal beings and things do. :P LOL By lines I mean that for example the edge of the bandages are all wobbly and bumpy where I wanted them to me nice and smooth. Personally, I don't really like the way the tail turned out. The mane, on the other hand, are much better than I expected them to turn out, so I am happy about that. Also, I love the way my stars and tree turned out. I also like the moon but maybe I should have made the shadow a bit darker. I'm kinda "meh..." when it comes to the bushes and path. I wish I would have worked in layers, that would have made it a lot easier to make small corrections. Lesson learned, right? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlitteryCupcake Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 What program did you use to do this? I'm only familiar with Photoshop myself, but when I use it to add color to "real life" drawings, I prefer to use my original lines; on Photoshop there are ways of darkening and smoothing out those hand-drawn lines that look really nice! I think that would improve your art a lot. However, I am amazed that this is only you're first attempt. It's quite nice - keep learning and trying new things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 Thank you :* I used GIMP 2. It's free, and I guess it is like PS (I have never used that before though so I don't know for sure). I bet I can get nice lines and stuff with this program too, but I probably need a lot of practice. :P I purposely didn't use the original lines, because I don't like it if there are very visible lines in a digital picture, and I don't know how to smooth them out yet. But I had a lot of fun doing this and I am sure I will work with it more often. :) Thank you all for your kind words! ^_^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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