fox-orian:

New Essential Illustration Brushes V3 Extended!

Hey guys, recompiled a new version of my default brush set. Click the link above or wherever to download them from DeviantART. Here’s some copy/pasted info:

Version 3! What’s New?

- This is now an extended version of the older V2 set, (from 1.8MB now to 32MB,) containing the brushes I use often in my day to day Photoshop drawing and painting.
- Things to note: a few brushes have been removed because I never used them due to their rather uselessness. The “Knife” brushes in particular have been removed, and replaced by “Broad Tip 1 & 2” under the Flats Set.
- A fantastic painting set “Triangle Brushes” by Joshua Jones has been added to the Painting section, and I’ve been using these on almost everything since I found them.
- Also new are a bunch of sponge / spatter brushes I’ve been using often as texture bases to painting. Useful!
- The Chalk brushes are also a pretty essential part of Photoshop in general, so I’ve added a section just for them.

inkydonkey:

bigbigtruck:

I made a thing about mouth movement/position in comics (it’s got homestucks in it, sorry)

Click here for high res.

yes!

endling:

 One thing you’ve probably heard before is how important a characters’ silhouette is. Ideally, when creating a cast of characters, each of them has a shape that is distinct from one another. I suppose this may hold true more so in animation than in the creation of characters intended for comics, but I think there’s a lot of merit to it either way. A distinct character is a memorable character.

  I’ve seen artists begin work with silhouettes. Putting down blots of black in Photoshop, then alternating between cutting away and adding shapes, lines and scribbles until the result is an appealing shape. I don’t work directly into Photoshop myself, but I do use roughly the same process on paper. When I’m trying to get a feel for a new design, I tend to doodle tons of forms like the ones above, in the second picture. Eventually you’ll start running into shapes that stand out to you, and you can experiment with piecing them together into a single design. And then those shapes can become bits and bobs of clothing, accessories and other features. (It helps of course to have a rough idea of the kind of character you’re looking to create.)

  Granted, what you see above are all supposed to be humanoid female designs, so the shapes aren’t nearly as varied up as they’d be if I showing the difference between like.. hulking super muscle characters, spindly aliens and/or squat koala people. But it’s important to be able to differentiate characters with similar features as well. You won’t always have a cast of such varied, intergalactically inclined individuals.

  Try breaking some of your existing characters down into shapes. Incorporate their outfit and features into the shapes themselves, rather than just sticking to their basic anatomy. (Though anatomy is crazy important! Do NOT neglect the basics, or all of this stuff becomes a heckuva lot harder!) Think about how they would look if they were in motion, even if they’re standing still. It’s important, considering you’re going to be drawing them a lot, and in many more positions than just this one!

   This is an excellent way of warming up before doing full illustrations, I find. Draw an entire page full of figures. They don’t have to be established characters of yours, either. Half the time it’s better if you warm up with shapes you AREN’T familiar with, as it starts your creative gears a-turning. Don’t get too caught up detailing either, it’s about loosening up with body shapes. They don’t always have to be doing extravagant backflips or Figure Anatomy model poses either. There are many different ways of doing what are normally ‘static’ looking poses, if you find a way of varying up the shapes and curves involved. 

  More on character design later. It’s a big question I’ve been posed a few times, about designing characters, and truth be told it’s waaay too much to cover in one or even ten posts like this, haha. So I will chip away at the subject bit by bit! Hope anyone out there finds this useful!

askdieselscharas:

manicscribble:

captaingiggles:

My brain is orgasming at the sight of these gorgeous coats/jackets. There are a ton more here , from Laura Galic…amazing.

I would wear the FUCK out of that one in the middle

((Look, porn on my dash.))

letseyx:

Alien League:
Very, very thin font. Interesting for a line, not so great for only a word or a block of text. Looks a bit like a bar code.
Examples: x

Corabael:
Great for a word here and there, definitely not for a lot text. Great y’s and f’s, but it doesn’t have punctuation marks.
Examples: x  x  x

Courier New:
Loos great, but not always easy to use as it gets pixellated very fast and I almost always need a double layer for it to be readable. Not very good for small text, but it can be a fun font.
Examples: x  x  x  x

Elephant:
Not very special but still a little different than other fonts. Not always very readable. Broadway is also a good alternative for this.
Examples: x  x

Fangtasia:
Very swirly with the t’s, fun to use for a couple of words.
Examples: x  x

Folks (Bold):
Can be used for a lot of text, but not very interesting to play with size/italics/upper-and lowercase etc in one graphic because it starts to look messy.
Examples: x  x

Frail:
Bit of a weird font. Not always useable, but it can look cool.
Examples: x  x

Futura:
Rounder than Futura LT Condensed, but very readable and good for lots of text.
Examples: x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x 

Futura LT Condensed:
FAVORITE. I use it so much :D Especially on gifs. The letters are thin, so you can put a lot of words in one line, it’s vey readable and playing with size, uppercase/lowercase, italics, space between your letters, etc. makes it look very different.
Examples: x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x

Georgia / Times New Roman (probably on your computer already):
Oldies but goodies. I personally don’t really see much difference between them, to be honest :D But you can use them for a block of text, you can use them in all-capslock, and they’re really great when you want to change up the size of your words. Playing with the space between the letters can give a different look as well.
Examples: x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x  x

Katy Berry:
Cute swirly font. Hearts instead of dots, so not something to put on everything.
Examples: x x

PTF Nordic Rnd:
A bit on the boring side, but very readable and useable.
Examples: x  x

Pea Lyndal:
Very cool y’s, t’s and j’s. Not always very readable and takes some fitting when you have more than a couple words, but can look very cool.
Examples: x x

Pea Mee-Mee:
Fun and swirly, good for a couple words but definitely not for a block of text.
Examples: x

Pump Demi Bold:
Fun and readable. I really like this one in italic.
Examples: x  x  x

Rockwell:
Similar to Courier New, but easier to use as it’s thicker..
Examples: x

roserayne:

reaill:

adriofthedead:

fedoraspooky:

whitepool:

kastiakbc:

e1n:

MAGICAL PHOTOSHOP FILTER THAT MAKES PERSPECTIVE GRIDS FOR YOU

Okay, maybe people know about this for awhile already, but I just discovered it last night when I was copy pasting something and instead of pressing Ctrl+V, I hit Ctrl+Alt+V.

Best things tend to happen by accident. 

(Except maybe pregnancies, but even that’s arguable)

OH MY GOD

I NEED THIS SO BAD FOR MY STORYBOARDING

HALLELUJAH

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sdfghjk this is a magical day for photoshop lessons >W< <333

yes adri same

adriofthedead:

fedoraspooky:

endling:

If you are a Photoshop user, Actions will make your life easier. If you’re anything like me, even saving the tiniest bit of time while working is a godsend.

This is the action I use to separate my lineart from the background it comes on after scanning it. (All that white.) I prefer my lineart to be on its own layer.

There are a few steps involved, but if you go through this you’ll never have to do it manually again. Under your Actions tab, hit the Record button. Then:

1. Go to Image > Mode, and switch to Grayscale. (Select Don’t Merge, Discard, if it asks you.)

2. Go to Select > Load Selection. 

3. Go to Select > Inverse. (OR. Check ‘Inverse’ in the Load Selection prompt on the previous step.)

4. Make a new layer. 

5. Hit Shift + F5 to paintbucket. It will fill your new layer with the lineart. Now you could stop here, but if you want to make this a super automated awesome process..

6.  Hit CTRL + A to select the entire layer of lineart. 

7. Hit CTRL + X to cut out the lineart.

8. Hit CTRL + Z + Alt to back up uh.. I think seven steps. You can see it indicated above. It should bring you back to the state of your piece before you did anything. Meaning, back to RGB if that’s what you scan it in with.

9. Hit CTRL + V to paste the lineart. 

10. Stop the recording.  

And you’re done! From now on, whenever you scan something in, you can simply hit that button and it does all the work for you. This might be common knowledge for all I know, but I thought it better to share!

WHERE HAS THIS BEEN ALL MY LIFE?