My Line art and Animal Manips Please Comment

[Marlee]

http://i38.tinypic.com/2ccs1sj.jpg
http://i29.tinypic.com/2ljjdhz.jpg
http://i34.tinypic.com/23l15bd.jpg
http://i38.tinypic.com/2pyalbq.jpg
http://i33.tinypic.com/2dke788.jpg
http://i34.tinypic.com/14e3p6x.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/1rfdw4.jpg


Here they are please Comment

[sandtiger]

Did you do that yourself? Its really cute, through if your going for something with full coloring in sometimes a solid color does it better.

[Marlee]

Yup thnks for the comment keep em comin'

[Elf]

Both coloured linearts are ok....which program do you use when colouring them as i might be able to give you some tips...

One thing i would do is I would use less pixely (spelling?) brushes so the animals are coloured in properly and not fuzzy and white with some colour. it will also help with muscle definition on the animals. you can always add more fluffy and cuddlyness later.

Loving the rat manip. i think its cute.

But the font on the dog manip could be made more viberant and visable.

So yeh let me know what software you use and ill try give you some tips if you need it.

Hope this helps, keep it up.
Elf

[Marlee]

THANKS ELF! I dont use a program just Paint on my computer.

[Elf]

Thats ok...ahh shame i use either gimp or photoshop. Would loved to have shared some knowledge.

[Fire Opal]

Before I got Photoshop, I used MS Paint, so I can help you a bit Marlee. I used a technique in where I took the line tool (colored black) and went line by line until I had built up the outline of my critter. Then I took the paint bucket tool, and using whatever color I wanted my critter, filled the area. I'd divide the areas I wanted different colors on with the line tool, so in the end my critter was neatly lined and neatly colored. The end result should look something like: http://i38.tinypic.com/znwkde.png

Just remember that for the paint bucket tool to properly work, all the lines you did with the line tool must be closed, so the paint you use to color inside the lines won't spill out into the background! Ick!

After lining and coloring, I like to add some detail. To do this, I'll select the paintbrush tool, and will add things like whiskers, and a dot or line of white on the nose and eye[s] to add some depth. Then I might do some simple shading, or take an additional color to help blend two colors together. The end result might look like: http://i37.tinypic.com/2re31pe.png

You might also want to use the spray paint tool to add even more color to it; depends on what you like. And I'd suggest leaving the background a solid color (with perhaps some grass or something for the animal to "stand" on). Anyway, all this is just how I used to do it. You might not like the style.

[Marlee]

Thanks so much!

[Marlee]

Here is another

http://i33.tinypic.com/210erlu.jpg