Holiday Exchange

That's actually just an ink drawing on paper. I usually use Photoshop to color them but I'm having some difficulties getting it to work properly and my mouse is kind of glitchy atm. I actually don't even have a tablet or stylus lol.

I do have an appreciation for digital art but I don't think I'll ever let go of traditional work. It's difficult to work with but it feels so much more real to me. Especially when I can hold it in my hands.

I like it for those reasons as well. I think I would do most of the sketch work on paper, and then finish it on the computer...you know, if I was going for that simplistic colored anime look. I'd probably still do black and white shading by hand, 'cuz it's a fun way to pass the time.

It's so nice to know I'm not the only one who still appreciates the traditional style and likes the idea of merging it with newer media. I'm soooo happy.

Ya, of course, hehe. Here's a little example. It's not a final version, just a concept visual...but I'd like to do something similar with a good program. I just altered this character. The "Yugure" character is owned by my friend, Allison. http://a.nime.me/0063/6380/yugurealtfacebook.png

Oooooh. Yes that's a good example of the way I want to use programs myself. XD So pretty too!! I need to get better at my color choices too. I want to be able to make something colorful but also pretty like Mononoke.

I do something similar with Photoshop on my images. Scan the image without shading, remove the white from the picture and leave only the lines, clean up the lines, and then just fill in mostly with the bucket tool and some other things lol.

I don't consider the shading until I color it. Because shading tones are not directly applicable from black and white to color. Least not "always". Higher level programs have ways of removing the white from images. Or actually from removing any color and a set range from an image. So what's left behind is only the rest and a transparency. If you have Photoshop I can run you through it, but MS paint doesn't have that capability. It's useful because then you can choose a background color. Place the line art over it. Then draw the background over the base back color and still be able to just place the character over the background via layers. Useful stuff really. Layers layers layers~