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I love you? ;___;

Because that shading is so amazing. I'm in love with this picture... it really just looks so perfectly beautiful.

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Beautiful lighting.

You did a gorgeous job with this Ashley! One of your best lighting jobs EVER. GO YOU.

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Beautiful drawing, I like the lightings, and shadows

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GREAT lighting.

well this is just so beautiful!! Your really did a great job. Nothing jumps out at me right away for being "wonky."
Where did you get the sketchbook? I've been wanting one for a while.

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incredible tones of shdings!

Wonderful atmosphere to this one, you set light and shadow absolutely gorgeous. I don't think you should really color it, it's got something magical the way it is ^^

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Hey Shley.

I'm still working on getting that photo of my roomy.

I've started a media arts and digital design class. Ive never done any of this stuff before. Never even used photoshop.

Would you be willing to help me out a little? I think your work is fantastic. Some of the most consistently expressive drawings I've seen on dA are yours. I was just wondering if you've come across any useful websites/tutorials for working digitally.

Any specific software you might recommend?

Awe thank you so much! I'd love to help! I'm not sure of any tutorials, I just sort of went at it when I started. Photoshop is relatively easy, and I'd recommend just opening a blank document and playing around with brushes and such to get a feel for things. (stay away from filters, they are nooooo good) I have a few artists I look at for inspiration though, that could help! =3
first fave is Sam Weber: [link]
He's great to look at because it's not hard to figure out what he does, and I think he uses digital in a really great way. He does something similar to what i do (he and james jean are where i got the idea XD) only instead of colorizing pencil renderings he colorizes watercolor paintings.
and speaking of, you should check out the master as well, James Jean: [link]
he's doing a lot of traditional work lately, but he does amazing work digitally as well.
Joshua Middleton is also really great with digital, and he does mostly digital painting. There's a tutorial on his website as to how he works, but basically he starts with a simple neat pencil drawing, and paints and shades everything digitally, then layers light watercolor textures over it
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My teacher always says the best way to go about digital work is to supplement it with traditional drawings and media. I.E. using traditionally drawn things to start with, adding textures, making your own brushes using hand painted swatches and using brushwork and hand-done elements. Doing this automatically makes a digital piece look tons better. Unless of course you're ridiculously good at digital. I know a lot of people like my friend *bardoftheseas does everything digital all the way through and it ends up looking great! But if you're not used to this i think starting traditional is the way to go.
Sorry I can't really help you in the way of tutorials, I have yet to use any personally XD; But I know they're a great tool! I've done two of them for digital painting if you wanna check them out (not too good at explaining things without pictures)
Let me know if you've got any more questions, I'd be glad to help! =3

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