mucking about with color



TODAY, I dipped my toes [tentatively] into the wonderful world of 'computer-color', and this is the first 'fruits' of my labors.........just mucking about, really, as is evident here. I can paint by hand and have done a few airbrush pieces, and jumping straight into this computerized color lark is a real trial by brimstone/ baptism of fire...it is mind-boggling, the sheer range of options and appliances available to the doodler, and clearly there is a long, long way to go with this malarkey:    this first crude mucking about will be saved on the FREE Photoshop-like site I am using, and will be cleaned up and sharpened as I acquire 'skills' in this field.


Next stage, I have to work out how to 'cut out' the central characters, so I can 'drop in' a gradiated-tone sky background. At the moment, this looks no better than mucking around with felt-tipped pens, however the next time you see this very rough experiment, hopefully you will see a big difference......

Still, this time yesterday, I never even knew how to do THIS........

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  1. Niblet10 April 2011 at 16:07

    Looking forward to seeing the whole gang in colour.

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  2. Rabsmith10 April 2011 at 17:45

    Cheers, Nibs! I have to work out how to do the technology, first! I did learn how to paint by hand years ago, so it is feasible......

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