Comparison - She's coming after you

Manwathiell

Those are PS brushes :) .... You just select one and paste it. I can't draw (at all)... works like this one can take me months and months to finish :))) So glad you liked it.

shackledfae

well worth the effort and time!

Manwathiell

It was fun. But lately I'm not very inspired... maybe because I work hard and am a little tired all the time - Anyway, now and then something lights up and I come up with something :)

shackledfae

I know the feeling! It is very hard to be inspired when your tired. Here I sit looking at a pile of wire and beads, and nothing comes to mind!

Manwathiell

You should make an owl!

shackledfae

Damn good idea! I'll name it after you!

Manwathiell

Great !! And that would be an honor!!
--- don´t sell it before showing it to me, deal ??

shackledfae

Okay, I will post it here first.

Manwathiell

deal!

shackledfae

Manwathiell

Thank you !!!

Manwathiell

Thank you so much!

Manwathiell

It's so good to get critique to improve. You know that I don't always understand the English terms, so it happened with "you have your middle tones you miss the 2 edges". I asked her to explain further if she has time, as well as on how to improve the eye color changes!

Manwathiell

I'm trying to figure what she explained on her further comment... Is it about gradient shadows?? (confused) :)

JurgenDoe

To be hones I don't understand it either with the squares .. best thing is always use the photograph as example .. in her face you see how the light fell on her face and creates some shadows .. try to get this done like it is in the photo .. you always can use the burn tool or a light darker green and set the opacity to 25 % and paint carefully some darker tones where the shadow should be

Manwathiell

Indeed... I will try to study the original face better and try to reproduce the shadows. It shouldn't be too difficult. However, the most important thing here is that I learned to pay attention to such details!! I am so thankful to Surehuinel and to you for pointing at this!!
Thank you very much!!!

JurgenDoe

You see the left side of her face has some lighter effects .. use the dodge tool and set the opacity to 10 - 15 % and try to get the highlights done like in the photo .. even the hair .. hair inside is always darker where no light falls so try to add there some shadows too to give it a more natural look .. the painting of the hair is marvelous .. but always look photos and see how natural hair looks ..

Manwathiell

You are very right. If you had not pointed that out, I would probably have improved the face only. Now I'll look at the whole and it will help me 'remember" PS. I've done nothing for a long while. Besides, since I changed from PS3 to PS5... I need to learn many things! This will be a great exercise !

JurgenDoe

CS5 is much better and you can even do now 3D work .. I always pay lots of attention to light and shadows .. it's already in my blood .. but I'm still learning too

JurgenDoe

http://www.kwikpiks.com/files/15/image.jpg

here I played a bit in PS for 3 minutes .. on the right you see I added some highlights and shadows .. just using the dodge and burn tool

Manwathiell

I saved it!! Impressive... - I need to make me some time to play with the original

Manwathiell

And that is for sure not in my blood

JurgenDoe

it's just a few steps you have to do .. nothing much .. you don't need much time for it

Manwathiell

This weekend I will work on it. I hope! - you have no clue how I long to create something new...

JurgenDoe

You really should do something new

Manwathiell

I know... I know.... I know.... (sadangel walking away, shaking the head, with arms crossed at the back)

JurgenDoe

One day you will do again a new work

Manwathiell

JurgenDoe

Manwathiell

I never thought of comparing the light and shadows on the original ... that's a good idea !! What does it mean: you have your middle tones you miss the 2 edges? (I apologize because I'm not sure if I'm missing the sides of the face or what ).
Where can I find other ways to change the color of the eyes ? (If you happen to know about tutorials or anything, I'd be happy to learn further!)
Thank you VERY much for your comments !!!

Surehuinel

2 edges the darker tones and the lighter tones ....Try this at home make 7 squares with a pencil , leave the 7th white (empty) and the first paint it as black as you can with your pencil then go to the middle square and try to find the middle tone ....After that take the middle and the 1st and try to find the second then the third the same way for the lighter tones ..That way you will see how shadow and light works...The color of the eyes are very easy to change ..There are plenty of tutorials on youtube and I can give you a link to one of my own ....http://sta.sh/018eazea0ply

Surehuinel

ammm go on Devianart and paste this on the url

Manwathiell

Oh, dear Surehuinel, I am afraid that I still don't understand what you're trying to explain with the 7 squares... I read it 3 times and can't get it. I'm a lost case, I guess.... I think it might have something to do with a gradient from white to black? I'm so embarrassed that I don't get what you mean, because it certainly could teach me something!!!

Manwathiell

I did !!! And I downloaded that and I will try it!!!

Surehuinel

Yes think of it as gradient !!!Good fix it and lets see what you made :D

Manwathiell

This weekend I'll find some time to work on that