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Something that a lot of people do when they're starting out is abusing the soft brushes in their graphics program. Either that, or abusing the blur function. Some people color a picture really well, then they think "oh darn it's too stark! it doesn't blend with the rest of the picture" and they just run a Gaussian Blur filter over the entire thing.

So what's my point? Basically, don't make the same mistake I do when watercoloring - thinking that only wishy-washy pale colors will look good. Don't be afraid to be bold and make your images sharp and crisp! The results are usually much better.

Darn. My entire elbow is stained with graphite because I left an unfixed drawing there.

krysjez: Legolas and Gimli from LOTS. (sunbeams)
Ah, lovely. I removed a couple of modules and the style works brilliantly now.

What now?

May. 22nd, 2009 09:48 pm
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Okay. I've had this account for a day. Now what?

I'm trying to post a couple more posts so that I can see if my new layout (thanks loads to [personal profile] lily !) works - right now it's a bit iffy. I think it's because the Tabula Rasa style changed again, so the userinfo box is now at the bottom.

Created a writing community at [community profile] mithril and an icon one at [community profile] anduin .

krysjez: Aragorn's sword, Andúril. (andúril)
Well, hello everyone. My friend told me about this site this morning and passed me an invite code, and now here I am typing my first post.

I currently post to one art, one writing, and one personal blog on WordPress.com, and Flickr is another one of my favorite hangouts.

I left LJ for good about two to three years ago after growing increasingly sick of the politics and drama. I left deviantART (not for good though) for the same reason. So here's to DW being a kinder, friendlier community for creatives!