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PS Tut of the Day: Unbind Destructive ActionsI guess I'll start a series of real easy Tutorials that I never see people do.  Sure, there are hundreds of thousands of eye tutorials floating around Youtube and DeviantArt, and just as many tutorials for creating clouds and starfields and grass.  But these tutorials are the more obscure "never thought of that" kind of thing that I discovered just recently after a good decade of using Photoshop.
So, first up.
Let's say that you're rattling along one of your paintings, and a cursory glance at the keyboard arrangement shows that a lot of common shortcut keys are cluttered right next to eachother.  Ctrl+S will save the file.  Ctrl+A selects the whole image.  Ctrl+E merges layers.  Ctrl+D clears the current selection.  Those are all actions that are nice and tidy right next to eachother on the keyboard.
But wait!
Know what else is laying dormant in ambush position, ready to sabotage your work?  Right over thos

Five Tips to Starting FreelancingSo, you're tired of being unemployed. You've been stuck at home for the umpteenth month in a row, a new season of The Legend of Korra is still a year off, and your government support checks (should you be lucky to still be getting them) won't even come close to affording you a bus ticket to Everfree Northwest. Your evaluation of life is the same dissertation of tedium and monotony as Helen Keller's review of Chinese Democracy.
You know, pretty much on par with every other review of Chinese Democracy.
But know what? If you can't find a job, you'll make a job! Screw finding work, and screw the employers who keep dismissing your applications for being "over qualified" like that Bachelors of Science in Graphic Design is as detrimental to your character as being a registered felon. Screw them and that stupid help wanted sign at Quiznos. Now you're freelancing, baby.
While I'm assuming you're alread

How to become a better colorist?Hey guys and girls. Today something especially for you. Some useful tips from coloring artist.
Some of you asked me about tutorial. I really wanted to write one but they are so time consuming.
So let's start.
1. Make good flats at the start. Use polygonal lasso tool in Photoshop and then Paint bucket tool, it's the most accurate method. Filling areas with brushes is wrong, believe me. You will swear to gods and scream out loud trying to later fill all these tiny holes you didn't notice white painting flats with brush.
Of course don't stick to this advice too much. If you have a bunch of tiny elements it's obvious that it's better to color them with hard brush than to use lasso, especially the polygonal one
My way of doing flats is to make every particular color/character on a separate layer. For example, having two girls, sky and clouds in the picture, I make 3 groups: background, girl1, girl2. Then in each group I make layers for: sky, clouds, skin, hair, shirt, jeans... etc. May look

Furries vs. The Human BullyHelp spread the message against bullying.
+Fav this journal, and proclaim dominance
over your feral human animal!
A couple weeks ago, I went to a raucous furry party.
Oh heavens, that's an odd way to start a personal story.
Anywho.
A good friend of mine called me up, saying that she and her friend were going to a monthly get-together in Orange County where a bunch of furries throw a party open to everyone. Furries...not really my thing. My experience within the furry community is limited to the occasional commission I get, but when it comes to conversing and interacting with furries, I'm a bit inexperienced.
"Just a party?" I ask.
"Yeah, something they do every month."
"Ah, so just a get-together," I breathe a sigh of relief. "Not like a bunch of fursuiters or crazies."
"..." She replies.
"..." I implore.
"..." She laments.
"...Dammit."
Apparently...it was a bunch of the crazies.
"Yeah, they're actually going to do a fursuit parade."
Oh wonderful.
"W

How to become a better colorist? Part 2Hey hey,
Another bunch of hopefully useful advices. I will probably collect it all, make some nice pics and share it as a tut, but don't have a clue when. Probably on my vacation in August.
Wait, I was supposed to get some rest then

Oh, well.
Ok, so:
Don't be afraid of experimenting! Use overlay and multiply layers over the one you're working on, with different colors to see how it affects the look of your coloring. Use even dodge and burn sometimes, with different ranges (Highlights, Midtones, Shadows etc), but don't overuse it and don't use it as a main tool of your shading. Rather to highlight some element (works well with metal parts) or to add contrast. Use photo filters. Use adjustment layers. Photoshop is a powerful tool! You can be surprised of the result you wouldn't think of on your own. If you're afraid of spoiling your precious drawing, duplicate layers before experimenting or make a snapshot (the icon in the middle on the bottom of History window in PS. Saves a current

Fast and easy way to create a reference sheet...Just the other day, I discovered a super quick and easy way to create reference sheets for digital painting. So, instead of having a ton of documents open all at once, slowing down your Photoshop, or spending a half hour to create your own sheet, you can use Picasa to create one for you in just seconds.
Below is a video I made to show you how. There are some other tips in there as well, so take a look if you're interested!
Take care!

Manga/Anime Digital Gallery FeatureWelcome to Digital Manga/Anime! This is an article that will be highlighting each section of the digital art subcategory within Manga/Anime with a little about each category and then some wonderful features for you to enjoy!
Firstly, what is “digital art”? It is artwork created via the use of digital media such as on a computer with a tablet or mouse. There are 6 digital art subcategories within the Manga/Anime gallery:
Digital M/A: DrawingsDigital M/A: PaintingsDigital M/A: OekakiDigital M/A: Manga Digital M/A: Vector Digital M/A: 3D

Manga/Anime > Digital Media > Drawings
So, what is the ‘Drawings’ category all about? Digital drawings are, basically, drawings that have been done with digital media (i.e., on a computer). The variety within the category is huge, simply because there are so many ways to draw and/or colour digitally and it is the most popular of the

a moment to talk about art and copying styleswell maybe i'll sound elitest, but ive always been a fan of the idea; draw how you draw, dont look too closely at others work and dont worry too much about finding your "style". it comes on its own but if you're looking at others work too closely to learn you're only learning somebody elses path in the road of art and not your own

I did look at others work to get inspired as i started out, but mostly i looked at photographs while i worked, not art. i was given a bit of advice like 8 years ago, and ive always held it pretty high up on things to remember, and i share it often.
when you're learning how to draw/paint, you should look at LIFE. figure study classes if you can, photos if you cannot. in other words, paint a river by sitting next to it, not by looking at another artists painting of it.
EDIT: yes there is something to learn and digest with looking at others works. but when you start your own art, put down theirs!
learning how to draw by looking at other peoples work ends in s

7 Tips To Instantly Become A Better ArtistPractice, practice, practice.  Gah.
Attend life drawing classes over the summer.  Blegh.
Take a sketchbook with you everywhere you go, and fill up ten of those bad boys at the coffee shop.  Pfft.
Let's be honest here.  We all want to become better artists, like, right frickin' now.  We don't even want to have to suffer through hour-long tutorials of some pompous snooty hack bloviating over the intricate methods of drawing eyes on YouTube.  We want progress, we want improvement, and we want it on our desk in ten minutes ago!
Fine, fine, I hear ya'.  While these aren't going to make an instant Leonardo da Vinci out of you, these might get you up to...ehh...Basquiat caliber.  Sure, I've made tutorials, but those are more about setting up Photoshop for the sake of coloring an image, and not so much building yourself artistically.  Those are more technical lessons.  Artistically

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Opening UpCopy pasting from my blog at http://idiivilmodel.wordpress.com/
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When I was younger, I used to keep a diary. It was black, leather bound, and its pages were tinted an off white color that was not so dissimilar from the pages of those old books you could always find at a garage sale. Long into the night, I would hunch over that paper and scrawl away all my emotions, translating the maelstrom of my mind into coherent thoughts.
I was peculiar when it came to that diary, though. For all the writing I did, I never actually went back and read what it was that I spent so much time putting down. I treated the diary as a place to expel all that darkness and teenage angst inside of me, locking each terrible moment away in a prison of ink...
... and I refused to look back.
When I moved out of my parents' house, I left that diary behind in my childhood bedroom. I moved on to university, came to model, and experienced the world. I made new memories to overpower the old, but all the while, they sat

An Interview...A guy on millarworl.tv forums asked me to answer some interview questions for what I think is a school project... Here're my answers
1. What is your process when coloring a page?
Convert the lineart to a channel to give it its own layer and a transparent background. Then do the flat colours to divide everything up. Some people do this all on one layer but I like to break the picture up into a series of layers for each of the major components of the picture. Then I usually do the background first as that helps set the scene, colour scheme, lighting, and overall feeling of the picture. Then it's a matter of doing all the rest!
2. How long, on average, does it take you to finish a piece?
Depends on the complexity and how distracted I get by whatever else is on the internet. My mind starts to roam as I colour stuff so I'm always stopping to look something up somewhere.

Taking out the breaks, I'd say an average is about 10 hours.
3. Is it that difficult to get your

a drastic change in my life..good afternoon guys...so about the title a drastic change in my life also can happen to anyone....both my parents died last monday night..
i wasn't home when my mom had the high blood that lead to aneurysm...i have a little background on medical things...when i checked her eyes(pupils) i know she was in a very bad condition, so i tried to be calm and call my uncle and my neighbors to get my mom to the hospital...and i text-ed my friends to go there cause i dunno what to do my dad is at work on another city..so when i arrived at the hospital and the doctor is trying to revive my mom but she was already brain dead...i was numb at that moment, my mouth is very dry but still doing my best to be calm so i text-ed my dad and he called me back and i told him what is happening that the doctor is trying to revive my mom but it was no use...they did everything i saw the whole thing. my dad cant go home asap cause he just got in to his work..when i told him my mom is

Whats do you REALLY know about comics? Version 2.0Hi Everyone,
What do you REALLY know about Comics Version 2.0 is LIVE on MultiversityComics.com.
The interview series where I try to introduce people to what the medium of comics is really all about.
So please head on over and give it a look. This interview is definitely a point of view I haven't really ran into before. So I am beyond eager to hear what you think. So please, go check it out at http://multiversitycomics.com/columns/what-do-you-really-know-about-comics-2-0/
Before you go I will be at NYCC October 11-14th at the Javits Cebner at ComixTribe booth #2380 So please stop by. And if you're around the show on Thursday the 11th, PLEASE stop on by the Tempest Bar at 407 8th Ave. between 30&31st for an EMIBE WITH THE TRIBE Drink-n-Draw Event.
Come on on grab a drink and let's talk comics!
Look forward to seeing you there!

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Colorists: Having Difficulty Finding A Skintone?

Journal Entry: Thu Jul 12, 2012, 10:22 AM

This happens to me all the time.

I'm starting out an image, and for the life of me, I just cannot determine what color I should use for the skintone.  I wish I had a crystal ball that would show me thirty minutes into the future so I can see just how a character will look after applying all the necessary shading, anatomical detailing, and highlights based upon the base color I use.  A lot of times, it'll appear too faint, too desaturated, or on the flip side, way too bold and gleaming like a bronzed deity caked in a thick lathering of walrus grease.

Which is delicious, by the way.

FORTUNATELY!  The folks at The Humanae Tumblr seemed to have a crystal ball of their own.  Not so much one that shows the final product of my work, but one that certainly told them of my many incredibly frustrating endeavors into spending a good chunk of time shading a character's skin only to realize the base tone was absolute garbage.

Then again, they wouldn't really need a crystal ball for that.  For all I know, they could just be my neighbors three addresses down, and judging by all the noise complaints, they'd certainly have their own brand of clairvoyance as to what really chaps my armpits.  But whatever, whether it be omniscient psychics from Mars, or terrified residents laboring feverishly to keep the Dave beast docile, take a moment to thank the magnificent descendants of Valhalla who slapped together The Humanae Tumblr.

Happy coloring, folks!

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~TheFableKeeper Jan 19, 2013

Fantastic reference ty for sharing

~Dante-Picasso Sep 28, 2012

Hey David, I made a swatch for this with all the colors they listed. [link]

~OriginOfWaves Aug 7, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

wow. very helpful. thanks

*Dopplegager Jul 25, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Wow thanks. Thats pretty neat.

~Lightbringer2025 Jul 16, 2012 Professional Filmographer

Couldn't one say, there are skin tones as much as there are number of individuals on this planet?
also
If one mixes all these colours will that represent the general human tone?

Anyway, good colour options for painting my walls

Joking aside, this is a great info, Thanks for sharing.

~Plugin848y Jul 15, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

This is amazing!! Thanks so much for sharing this!

~VampOrchid Jul 14, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Ok well that's just neat!

=RBL-M1A2Tanker Jul 14, 2012

Awesome.

*rkainne Jul 13, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

this is fantastic. thank you so much for posting this link...

~ayame18 Jul 13, 2012 Student Digital Artist

This is quite useful, many thanks for sharing.

Now I just have to learn how to color that and I'm set.

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