look plz? thanks. (UPDAAAATED!!)

[ree angelies]

EDIT:
edit2 11/6/09: LOL i just noticed I put october instead of november for the dates *IAMANERD*

11/7/09: I HAVE A NEW WIP
and this time I am using Paint Tool Sai. It is my first time using it.
http://i38.tinypic.com/e0frlg.jpg
The two-person one below is NOT finished yet, just so people know.

11/3/09:
NEW WIP-

rough sketch

basic colors

paint some more

paint some more then get tired and start on other person lol.
yeah the one on the left isn't done yet. i just can't sit working on something for too long without making some progress on another area

paint even more!

added more color to skin


FINISHED WIPS BELOW THIS

WIP 11/2/09:

now take a look at this and leave a comment?
I mainly want to know if the hair looks alright. I'm trying to improve on coloring hair.
finished product:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3524/4070540054_5fb7bb4371_o.png
and even MORE finished version is in my dA (click siggy) with its planned background and all.


And yes, I know, my art looks so ugly while in the middle of progressing! XD But it looks better in the end!

[Levin Bolt]

Hmmm...

Maybe try defining the edges a little more to make the head and body stand out from the background better.

Also, the chin seems to have a strange off-centered point somehow that doesn't really fit the angle of the face.

Overall, I really like the detail in the hair and face so far. smile

[ree angelies]

thank you very much!

i shall try and fix that

[rainbowxxemu]

heart Its great! heart

[Messy butterball]

wow i could never do that.. i wish i could and yea the shouders are fine to me

[ree angelies]

thank you very much!

but now i changed the WIP.

[ree angelies]

added another new WIP.
old WIP is finished.

[pixelface captain]

You have quite solid line work and shadow theory it seems. The only thing I could add for the hair is to make it a little more defined? Less smudgy around the ends of the hair, more... line like. Get to know your 1pnt brush really well (or an appropriately sized equivalent xD). This'll sound odd, but also the sharpening tools can totally be your friend when it comes to hair xD. What program are you using to color this? I'm sure you can get some more specific help, instruction, and tutorials if we know what program you prefer biggrin

[ree angelies]

oh thanks for your input! biggrin i will work on the hair!
and i'm using photoshop 7 for this!

[pixelface captain]

no problem... Lesse, photoshop 7. Been awhile since I used that one, but most of the basics are gonna be the same. Also, something I noticed about your skin, is you seem to only have shades of creams, beiges, browns, and white. Try mixing up your shading colors, I always get freaking with subtle reds and purples and greys, as well as the warm neutrals that most people think of when it comes to doing skin. It adds a lot of depth. I always start my skin on a Multiply layer, and then build the base and the basic shadows on that layer. Then I create a normal layer on top of that Multiply layer and do my highlighting and deepest shadows on the new aforementioned normal layer.

I don't know if that makes sense at all? If not, I think there's a tutorial floating around somewhere that's very similar to how I do my skin work.

Also, on the photoshop website (I don't know the url >>...) there should be a webforum there that is "How to do _____ effect". There's things like wood grains, magic circles, ect., and there used to be a fur tutorial there aaages ago that is a good starting point for hair. If you're interested in wading through hundreds of tutorials it's a pretty good resource, but like I said there are a lot of them, and not all of them will work for what you want to do ^^

((I just looked again at the picture, and it seems there's some red and blue shades in there I missed. So my advice would be to amp up those alternative shades a little bit, but I guess that may be an opinion based thing))

[ree angelies]

thank you very much again! i'll search for those tutorials! :3
i've actually been using a dark rose-grey color but on a 30 - 40% opacity level a lot.

[ree angelies]

updated with a new pic
lol it's not much change though

[Arthearted Patronus]

I like it.

[ree angelies]

;w; oh thank you!

[X Vixen Black X]

That's awesome!
How do you go about starting something like that on photoshop??