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Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears! Welcome to An Idiot's Collection of Art Tips, Tricks, and Tidbits! As you may have guessed, it's a place where I am tossing things I've learned along my artistic journey and would like to share! And if you happen to be a fellow Idiot with Ideas™️feel free to add your own Tips, Tricks, and Tidbits😁 Here we've got everything from general advice to oddly specific things, and if you don't see something you need, do ask! There's a chance I have an Idiot Solution™️ that I was just too lazy to post xD |
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First one- when doing lighting, especially on a more colorful piece, duplicate the sky, flip it upside down, clip it to your horse, blur the shit out of it (200-300px), and set to Soft Light. Play with the opacity a bit, and walla! It really helps to make your horse match the environment with very little effort. Before, just airbrushed lighting around the edges: - Mirrored, blurred, clipped. I did the hair and body separately just for a bit more variation and because I Felt Like It. - Soft Light, 55% opacity on body, 80% on hair (I forgot to clip a shadow layer on the mane before I took screenshots so pretend the little bit of funky on the face and neck looks good) |
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One tip i use is to duplicate the bg and put it above everything, then lower it to the brink and it helps make things cohesive <3 |
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Dash and Duchess said:
One tip i use is to duplicate the bg and put it above everything, then lower it to the brink and it helps make things cohesive <3
^Bingo! I mainly just use the sky for whatever reason, I'm honestly not sure xD It works well for strong lighting :3 |
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KPH Equestrian said:
Dash and Duchess said:
One tip i use is to duplicate the bg and put it above everything, then lower it to the brink and it helps make things cohesive <3
^Bingo! I mainly just use the sky for whatever reason, I'm honestly not sure xD It works well for strong lighting :3
Totally! I also use an airbrush and set it to soft light and brush bg colors over which is similar to what you do! :D |
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