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Hi guys!
I usually a paper and pencil-type artist. I figured I try using the high-tech photoshop tablet art medium. I only know the basic layering techniques and I am humbled by the difficulty of the medium sweatdrop

anyways, I was wondering if my art is good enough for art shops. What should I add and what other techniques should I learn to be competitive?

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She's really cute. Some things to note:

I don't know what is is, but the shape of her jaw is strange. From her right cheek all the way down to the chin is fine, but as soon as you start the left side it gets really wonky. Also, since her face is in 3/4 view, you need to make her right eye smaller. You need to move her nose up a bit too. Her ear is too small and too close to her left eye. The ear goes from the top of the eye to the bottom of the nose. The ear is also connected to the side of the jaw, which you have ending in a really strange place? Yeah, the ear needs to stick out more since she's in 3/4 view.
Moving on, her neck is the perfect width. I feel like you haven't really given her any trapezius muscles, which makes her shoulders start too early and gives her tiny shoulders. They should be widened just a bit to give some room to the muscles on her back. Generally, the breast starts from the armpit and goes down. You'll find that a breast is not perfectly round, and it actually has a more lemon shape to it. Going down further, you've gotten the placement of the waist right. You just need to define it a bit more. For a female, it curves nicely inward and then out again to join the hips.
Now to move onto the legs. First off, what's that strange bump you've got on the right side of her hip? If you were attempting to draw some of her buttocks (which is how it should be, that's good), then only add a subtle curve to indicate the butt area. Not a big one. The length of her legs looks fine to me, but I'm wondering about what her left leg is supposed to be doing. It's bent strangely. Is she sitting on it? I don't understand the pose anymore. I suggest trying to change the leg's position so that we can tell what kind of a pose she's in. One more thing to note is that a person casts a shadow. If she's sitting on the ground, then there should be a shadow in the places she's making direct contact with, and then shadow further than that where it's away from the light source.
That's about it. I really like the colors, and you this was a pretty good try. Just keep practicing anatomy.
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haha it's not a female! It's a TRAP!
O_O WHAT
BUT BUT BUT...
I saw boobs... >_<
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Celeste Haliburton
O_O WHAT
BUT BUT BUT...
I saw boobs... >_<


MAN BOOBS!! XDDD
MachineGUMBALL
Celeste Haliburton
O_O WHAT
BUT BUT BUT...
I saw boobs... >_<


MAN BOOBS!! XDDD

...Moobs?
MOOBS?!

lol moobs. Oh I see. I forgot that men can have boobs too xD
^ w ^ I like your style, it's cute.

Defiantly art shop material. Maybe anywhere from 100k-150k for the price.

Art shops are a great way to get in practice and make gold at the same time! cat_4laugh

I say keep it up~
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Im still getting used to the whole layering concept. Thank you for the suggestions! 3nodding
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can u drow my avi and my wiffys User Image
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me and ice barrier girls
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Very nice avie art! You should definitely have a shop smile

And when you color in Photoshop, using basic layer can be even more powerful that all the other filter/effects. What you do with layers and even throwing in a small layer effect like Multiply/Screen/Overlay can do wonders and make you look so pro! XD

Which kudos are deserved since you work just as much if you colored it with pencils or paint ^_^

You did a very good job with your shading! ^_^
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SweetNiar
Very nice avie art! You should definitely have a shop smile

And when you color in Photoshop, using basic layer can be even more powerful that all the other filter/effects. What you do with layers and even throwing in a small layer effect like Multiply/Screen/Overlay can do wonders and make you look so pro! XD

Which kudos are deserved since you work just as much if you colored it with pencils or paint ^_^

You did a very good job with your shading! ^_^


thank you! I'll try the effects on my next project!

It's humbling to know that there are many great artists out there that can give me experience!

Anyone know a good site to download brushes and filters?
the hardest part about these programs is knowing what each and every tool does and how to use it most effectively
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MachineGUMBALL
SweetNiar
Very nice avie art! You should definitely have a shop smile

And when you color in Photoshop, using basic layer can be even more powerful that all the other filter/effects. What you do with layers and even throwing in a small layer effect like Multiply/Screen/Overlay can do wonders and make you look so pro! XD

Which kudos are deserved since you work just as much if you colored it with pencils or paint ^_^

You did a very good job with your shading! ^_^


thank you! I'll try the effects on my next project!

It's humbling to know that there are many great artists out there that can give me experience!

Anyone know a good site to download brushes and filters?


not right off, but searching in Bing.com or Dogpile.com can come up with some good sites. You'd find of what your looking for better if there is a specific brush you had in mind. Deviantart.com has resources where people have made some brushes for Photoshop you can download free. http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/?qh=&section=&q=photoshop+brushes

Smoke Set of Brushes - http://blog.qbrushes.net/smoke-brush-set/

You can see whats available out there for example here Bing Search Results For Photoshop Brushes

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