Glitcher
07-18-2011, 01:06 PM
I knew that would grab your attention. :anime:
http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/3356/mistymermaid2.jpg
Boy, it's been a while since I've been on this site. This is a remake of a painting I did two years ago of Misty on the beach (http://www.toonzone.net/forums/showthread.php?226390-Misty-in-a-bikini%21). I wasn't really satisfied with the result, so I decided to make a second attempt with my originally planned background: Cerulean Gym. It's my first attempt at painting the background in greyscale before applying a gradient map to add colour, and it's a testament to the kind of palettes you can accomplish with careful use of the feature. I'm also getting better at using the Linear Dodge blending mode for luminescence, but I find it more suited for amorphous backgrounds than ones with structural edges that might show through transparent layers. I hope to learn a few more tricks in openCanvas from Portalgraphics members to improve subsequent illustrations.
I've become fond of recording myself paint, and you can watch a quick playback of this pic in the making here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPaOcN_1gAE
http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/3356/mistymermaid2.jpg
Boy, it's been a while since I've been on this site. This is a remake of a painting I did two years ago of Misty on the beach (http://www.toonzone.net/forums/showthread.php?226390-Misty-in-a-bikini%21). I wasn't really satisfied with the result, so I decided to make a second attempt with my originally planned background: Cerulean Gym. It's my first attempt at painting the background in greyscale before applying a gradient map to add colour, and it's a testament to the kind of palettes you can accomplish with careful use of the feature. I'm also getting better at using the Linear Dodge blending mode for luminescence, but I find it more suited for amorphous backgrounds than ones with structural edges that might show through transparent layers. I hope to learn a few more tricks in openCanvas from Portalgraphics members to improve subsequent illustrations.
I've become fond of recording myself paint, and you can watch a quick playback of this pic in the making here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPaOcN_1gAE