Ok well I've been trying out stuff on photoshop and I read somewhere on how to make a painting sort of afect (spell?) Basically you use the brush tool instead of the pencil tool and smudge it using the Smudge Tool (obviously) My Mum wanted a picture to go on the wall of the rumpus room (basically a place where kids like (twelve year olds) me go to play when we have barbacues and also has the computer in it :D ) I said "well I'll make a picture (3000 x 3000 pixels) on Photoshop and Email it to a Printing shop to get onto a Canvas. I think its going well with only one leaf done. I hope it turns out good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://i16.tinypic.com/2zs9ywz.png

I would actually strongly advise against using the smudge tool - it's terrible! :ohnoes: There are other, much better ways to blend in Photoshop. Pick 3-7 shades of each colour (highlights, midtones, shadows). Once you have the basic colours set down, you can use the opacity and flow features to blend them together. To blend a dark colour with a lighter colour, simply select the dark colour, lower the opacity to somewhere between 10% and 50%, and the flow to about 25% and paint between the two colours. It takes a lot of practice, but it looks much cleaner and more realistic :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A little personal example of mine using the above method:

 

 

 

http://img162.imageshack.us/my.php?image=homeforchristmasea0.jpg

thanks alot tripsis. I'll go check if Photoshop 5 has it. I was wondering how you did sigs like that and you Trip & Dork one :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I will continue this one like it is because my mum really like the style (even though I'm not that sure if I like it after a second look (looks like a cilander(spell?))) I will do my next sig that way.

cant find flow . I had a trial of CS2 and it hade the flow part. Any other good ways?

Aww, that's too bad :( Flow is great. In that case, I would recommend one of the following options:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Keep it simple. Use bold colours to determine shadows and highlights, but don't try to smudge them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Use a lot of different shades. For example, if you're going to deal with the colour green (for leaves), start out by picking about three midtone colours. One main colour, of course, then one very slightly darker shade, and one very slightly lighter shade. Use the lighter and darker shades to set down the most basic shadows and highlights. Then pick 3 more colours for shadows (slightly darker each time), to lay down the more extreme shadows, slowly building up. If you come across a colour that gets suddenly too dark, have that colour selected, lower the opacity to 10% - 50% and blend the two colours together this way. Then do the same for opacity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can see the different effects of opacity and flow (even though you can't use flow :() here:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/28259349/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's a great source :)

Aww, that's too bad :( Flow is great. In that case, I would recommend one of the following options:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Keep it simple. Use bold colours to determine shadows and highlights, but don't try to smudge them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- Use a lot of different shades. For example, if you're going to deal with the colour green (for leaves), start out by picking about three midtone colours. One main colour, of course, then one very slightly darker shade, and one very slightly lighter shade. Use the lighter and darker shades to set down the most basic shadows and highlights. Then pick 3 more colours for shadows (slightly darker each time), to lay down the more extreme shadows, slowly building up. If you come across a colour that gets suddenly too dark, have that colour selected, lower the opacity to 10% - 50% and blend the two colours together this way. Then do the same for opacity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can see the different effects of opacity and flow (even though you can't use flow :() here:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/28259349/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's a great source :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thanks alot tripsis I'll try on my next sig