Working on a non-goofy illustration

[Nate Owens]

For a change, a non-goofy one.
Lots more to do on this... like put a horse at full gallop under the gal, not to mention some tweaks on this part.
Painter and Photoshop



Another step...
At the end of this project, I think I will assemble all the steps into a slide show... then maybe I will have more time to write in the details about brushes, method, and such.

In this step, I'm blocking in colors and doing some detailing on the shirt.
This is done in PhotoShop - later I'll take it into Painter and paint in shading and render details. It's personal preference, but I like PShop better for some things, and Painter for others.... in my toolbox they are a team.

Everybody has their own way of working... I sort of like to get something good going (usually the main character's face). When I feel good about that, the rest of the painting sort of flows better.

I 'massage' the values and hues some to make them compatible with the background (I have my rough sketch on a layer under my working layer) - and continually tweak parts along the way... it's not over until it's over .

She is in this position because she is reining the horse (coming later) into a hard turn.

[bwtr]

Nate
You say the use of both Painter and Photoshop?

I am curious to know why you needed both?
The features/benefits of each that were important in that work?

Brian

[Frenchy Pilou]

And Artrage = the Zen Painter ;)

Cool Norman Rockwell style painting!

[Nate Owens]

Thanks
Being compared to Rockwell is a real compliment.

Originally Posted by bwtr

Nate
You say the use of both Painter and Photoshop?

I am curious to know why you needed both?
The features/benefits of each that were important in that work?

Brian

It's probably personal preferences, but here's a few things...

• It bugs me that PhotoShop only has one-undo (ctrl+Z) unless you do the history path. - Painter allows you to do a bunch of ctrl-z's (up to 32, I think)
• You can create brushes in P-Shop, but there are so many more already made in Painter, and they are infinitely controllable.
• I like Pshop's clone brush and gradient tool much more (more controllable, just drag the line and you get the direction and range of the gradient)
• I always tweak colors in PShop as a last step - it is the king of color.
• Painter is fantastic in it's similarity to painting in real media... you can almost smell the paint...

Those are just a few... you probably would need to work with them to make your own decisions.

[Nate Owens]

Howdy...

I added another step in the first post... top of the ladder up there.

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Originally Posted by bwtr

Nate
You say the use of both Painter and Photoshop?

I am curious to know why you needed both?
The features/benefits of each that were important in that work?

Brian

I also use both in my 2D stuff. Each has different strengths. I find painter best for brushing, actually laying on colour, drawing etc. Pshop is best for manipulation things like colour correction, moving layers around, masking and merging and things like that.