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Stephen 11-26-2006 04:34 PM

Very pretty. What software are you using to make these btw?

Chompy 11-26-2006 04:42 PM

Em, you are confusing me ^^ I can't decide what to use as my desktop background :)

Em 11-26-2006 06:31 PM

Everything you see here has been created with my WACOM (tablet) using Photoshop CS2 at 1500x1500 px

I work using the brush tool with pressure sensitivity assigned to opacity, which means that the harder I press the darker color.

Stephen 11-26-2006 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Em (Post 1247420)
Everything you see here has been created with my WACOM (tablet) using Photoshop CS2 at 1500x1500 px

I work using the brush tool with pressure sensitivity assigned to opacity, which means that the harder I press the darker color.

Oh, that's too bad.

Em 11-26-2006 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 1247425)
Oh, that's too bad.

What do you mean ?

Actually on second thought, what i've said isn't one hundred percent true. Now that I think about it, I actually used the pen tool as well. It's very affective using nothing more than a mouse, and creates beautiful lines. The flower outlines were drawn 100% with the pen tool, because it offers stronger and more mathematically precise lines. However the shading is all done with my WACOM, although it would be possible to do it with a mouse.

I drew this 100% with mouse :
http://www.skywide.net/content/data/...earchbliss.jpg

Galdor 11-26-2006 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Em (Post 1247442)
What do you mean ?

Actually on second thought, what i've said isn't one hundred percent true. Now that I think about it, I actually used the pen tool as well. It's very affective using nothing more than a mouse, and creates beautiful lines. The flower outlines were drawn 100% with the pen tool, because it offers stronger and more mathematically precise lines. However the shading is all done with my WACOM, although it would be possible to do it with a mouse.

I drew this 100% with mouse :
http://www.skywide.net/content/data/...earchbliss.jpg

nice looks like a photo =O

Em 11-26-2006 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Galdor (Post 1247444)
nice looks like a photo =O

Oh it's much bigger, that version is really shrunk so it looks a lot more detailed than it really is

Stephen 11-26-2006 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Em (Post 1247442)
What do you mean ?

Actually on second thought, what i've said isn't one hundred percent true. Now that I think about it, I actually used the pen tool as well. It's very affective using nothing more than a mouse, and creates beautiful lines. The flower outlines were drawn 100% with the pen tool, because it offers stronger and more mathematically precise lines. However the shading is all done with my WACOM, although it would be possible to do it with a mouse.

I drew this 100% with mouse :
http://www.skywide.net/content/data/...earchbliss.jpg

I prefer to use the pen tool for practically everything, and to add to it - I prefer Illustrator over Photoshop, obviously though this is for limited stuff. If I were manipulating a photo I wouldn't use Illustrator.

Em 11-26-2006 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephen (Post 1247464)
I prefer to use the pen tool for practically everything, and to add to it - I prefer Illustrator over Photoshop, obviously though this is for limited stuff. If I were manipulating a photo I wouldn't use Illustrator.

I don't like Illustrator as much, probably because I have less experience, but I find it more restrictive than Photoshop. I like being able to work with individual pixels, and my WACOM is essentially useless in illustrator. I also find it more difficult to create real depth and lifelike detail in illustrator.

Show me your work ? I'm interested, you certainly seem to know what your talking about. You're thoughts are all very well put.

Stephen 11-27-2006 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Em (Post 1247497)
I don't like Illustrator as much, probably because I have less experience, but I find it more restrictive than Photoshop. I like being able to work with individual pixels, and my WACOM is essentially useless in illustrator. I also find it more difficult to create real depth and lifelike detail in illustrator.

Show me your work ? I'm interested, you certainly seem to know what your talking about. You're thoughts are all very well put.

Well, as far as I understand (I have a wacom, but I've never used it in Illustrator) you can map the pressure of your pen to the size of the pen in Illustrator.

I imagine for all practical purposed you wouldn't be able to use your designs for anything besides rasterized renderings... but it would make your drawings easier to edit :)

Infernix 11-27-2006 03:53 AM

These are all good and should be made into wallpapers with different resolutions but you need to get rid of the words cause that mean nothing to us lol.

Stephen 11-27-2006 03:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Infernix (Post 1247592)
These are all good and should be made into wallpapers with different resolutions but you need to get rid of the words cause that mean nothing to us lol.

They seem to be, in all of the designs, the strongest elements (aside from the "Blue" one)... I think they're nice - a good choice of typography and nice very suitable colors.

Em 11-27-2006 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Infernix (Post 1247592)
These are all good and should be made into wallpapers with different resolutions but you need to get rid of the words cause that mean nothing to us lol.

There are different resolutions if you go to my Deviantart Gallery

I like the text.

I hate to post variations on a single piece, but I kinda reworked it a bit.. So here :
Please generate thumbnail, and offer PMs containing URLs.

Darlene159 11-27-2006 06:01 PM

Those blue ones are awsome. They make beautiful wallpapers (blue is my favorite color). I hope you don't mind if I use it as a wallpaper?

Em 11-27-2006 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Darlene159 (Post 1247718)
Those blue ones are awsome. They make beautiful wallpapers (blue is my favorite color). I hope you don't mind if I use it as a wallpaper?

That's what they're for :) I uploaded a high rez for that purpose actually..

Version 1 : http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5...ghtbackiw8.jpg
Version 2 : http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/7...esight2bz6.jpg

smirt362 11-28-2006 04:41 AM

I remember using your dragon fly picture as a wallpaper for a really long time.


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