Everyone needs some help...

[Marcos]

Hi. :)

It's my first time posting here.

Well, I tought something, concerning about this piece of fanart...

I can be wrong, but, I think that even the Powerpuff Girls hadn't born knowing absolutely everything - so, what if could I capture a moment when Miss Keane was just helping Blossom to learn how to write/read?

Anyway, enjoy - I hope that you can like it...

http://galeon.com/marcosbnpinto/fanart/blossom_mk01.gif

If not, don't mind me - I just guessed.

Thanks!

[Watagashi]

Awww! It looks so cute! :D Keep up the good work, Marcos and welcome to the boards! :)

[Sumi_Masen]

It's SO adorable! It looks great, you did a fantastic job! And welcome! :p :D

[Marcos]

How good that you liked it:)

I'll be uploading more soon...

[malice]

cool; good work!!!

[ButteredToast]

Wow, Marcos, may I ask what program you did this in? Or did you hand sketch and color it?

Very impressive, though. :)

[Marcos]

Sure! :)

That's( no spam )Corel Photopaint...

Well, I draw it by hand( d'oh ), scan it as a grayscale at 200 dpi, and equalize it, to darken the lines - but I need to clean the result, as all the major smudging will appear;

In fact, I scan the pencil artwork( that must be strong ), convert it to a black-and-white outline artwork( I have little time for inking - or I'm lazy, I don't know :o )

Then, I clean the smudges that still remain, fill the gaps inside the outlines( that will have, as it was a pencil artwork ), and re-convert it to a RGB color scale, where I work on the coloring thing, saving the work( in the case that I need to stop and take it later, as it ask for some hours of work )as a .CPT;

.CPT is the default working format for Photopaint, BTW - just like .PSD is, but for Photoshop;

Well:
I do aaaaaall the color working( with masks, and a Ctrl+B thing - to darken a color shades - hence the double tones for shading ); I flat it and save the final result to have a .CPT backup;

Then, I reamostrate it to a 72-dpi resolution, and convert it to a 8-bit( 256 color )palette, to can save the original .CPT as a .GIF( that is sharpen than a .jpeg, tough a bit larger in KB ); of course, I keep both versions - the gif is to post, the CPT, to have a backup!

Phew!
Sorry for the loooong( and, boring )post, but hope this helps!

Thanks for the reply!:)

[Magentabeams]

I love your style! Also I love the picture. I would love to see some of your other work!

Sarahanne

[Marcos]

Thank you, Sarahanne!:)

I'm about to post another picture now!

[Barb Gordon]

All the words I would use to describe that pic have already been taken. So how bout in another language, lol. It so kawaii!!!!! Blossom is absolutely adorable. I can't wait to see more of your stuff!

Barb^-^

[Marcos]

Thank you very much!^^

I just posted a new one, here (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27091)

Hope you like that one too!

[Tootlez]

Yeah wonderful work!

I always wondered if they went to school! There are always at home or fighting off evil guys!

Yeah it's great here! Welcome make your self comfortable!

[Big Big Truck]

Wow, nice! I'm always impressed when someone can color pencils without inking them. (My pencils are always REALLY rough.)

[Marcos]

Thank you very much! :)
I wondered that too!
I'll try...


Well,
The only part where I used a pencil was to draw the outlines( and the final work wasn't even inked ); the rest is computer... but I agree with you - I wished that I could have a work done nincely enough to merely scan it and post; all that I have here in my HD were edited by a color program like Photopaint, or another... !
:o