Author Topic: My graphic art. (Read 2843 times)

ds dude · « **on:** January 02, 2008, 12:37:55 pm »

I've been interested in graphic art, I was thinking of making it a hobby. I'm a noob at it so tell if these are good or bad. My first attempt was to make a sphere, the white spaces is used for lighting effects making it look like a 3d object, and a bit of shading. My 2nd attempt was my name

. I don't think they're too bad.

Flamingo · « **Reply #1 on:** January 02, 2008, 12:40:46 pm »

Where are the images?

ds dude · « **Reply #2 on:** January 02, 2008, 12:41:56 pm »

Sorry, they are there.

PaFel · « **Reply #3 on:** January 02, 2008, 12:55:27 pm »

The 1st one is quite good but the 2nd is damn s*ity

ds dude · « **Reply #4 on:** January 02, 2008, 12:58:00 pm »

Haha, yeah, I'm trying hard. Here's one, I made another sphere, but I tried to make a pastel concept.

Check it.

Mangled* · « **Reply #5 on:** January 02, 2008, 01:43:09 pm »

I've been making graphic art and working with graphic design software for quite a while now (4-5 years on and off)

It's not bad for starting out.. you've got some good basic principals and techniques already learnt. However I urge you to try and veer away from any kind of minimalism such as you have already..

Big white spaces are not attractive.

What programs are you using for this? I highly recommend getting Adobe Photoshop (CS1 or higher) and Adobe Illustrator (CS1 or higher). How you get these is entirely up to you.

Also I recommend looking for tutorials on the web on how to do things. This is a fairly good tutorial site.

Also you should learn more about file extensions.. any images with not many colours (i.e less than 32) such as the second image you made can be saved as .gif and will save alot of filesize.

Iron Man · « **Reply #6 on:** January 02, 2008, 01:43:35 pm »

i do not see the sphere-ness

Mangled* · « **Reply #7 on:** January 02, 2008, 01:45:08 pm »

Quote from: Iron Man on January 02, 2008, 01:43:35 pm

i do not see the sphere-ness

Yeah you need to rethink your shading and highlighting... decide where the light is coming from and shade accordingly.. try looking at real spheres and observing the shadows.

CriminalJoe · « **Reply #8 on:** January 02, 2008, 01:48:31 pm »

the light corner on the top right and the shadow on the bottom left (in your case) makes the circle look like a sphere. the white stuff makes texture, not make it look sphereical. id say emphasize the light and dark spots, and ad a little shine at the top right. not to shabby for 1st try tho!

ds dude · « **Reply #9 on:** January 02, 2008, 01:52:57 pm »

Quote from: Mangled* on January 02, 2008, 01:43:09 pm

I've been making graphic art and working with graphic design software for quite a while now (4-5 years on and off)

It's not bad for starting out.. you've got some good basic principals and techniques already learnt. However I urge you to try and veer away from any kind of minimalism such as you have already..

Big white spaces are not attractive.

What programs are you using for this? I highly recommend getting Adobe Photoshop (CS1 or higher) and Adobe Illustrator (CS1 or higher). How you get these is entirely up to you.

Also I recommend looking for tutorials on the web on how to do things. This is a fairly good tutorial site.

Also you should learn more about file extensions.. any images with not many colours (i.e less than 32) such as the second image you made can be saved as .gif and will save alot of filesize.

Yes, I'm reading tutorials as we speak, but I use GIMP. I'm not into getting it illegally..(although its rather expensive.. :/). I'll try something out.

Svirin Kerath · « **Reply #10 on:** January 02, 2008, 01:56:53 pm »

Quote from: CriminalJoe on January 02, 2008, 01:48:31 pm

the light corner on the top right and the shadow on the bottom left (in your case) makes the circle look like a sphere. the white stuff makes texture, not make it look sphereical. id say emphasize the light and dark spots, and ad a little shine at the top right. not to shabby for 1st try tho!

But real spheres have much more dynamic light and shadow.

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/967/27694.JPG

Light reflects around a sphere, not just off of one side. Same goes for any rounded objects, though to a lesser degree.

ds dude · « **Reply #11 on:** January 02, 2008, 01:58:49 pm »

Yeah, I know that now. Right now, I'm trying to read about expert shading, and all the sequences.

Chakra · « **Reply #12 on:** January 02, 2008, 02:31:04 pm »

Keep practicing son, you're doing great.

Don't show us any more.

ds dude · « **Reply #13 on:** January 02, 2008, 02:36:53 pm »

Ok, lock topic?

Chakra · « **Reply #14 on:** January 02, 2008, 03:00:33 pm »

I didn't say that as an admin... I said it as a friend.

a-4-year-old · « **Reply #15 on:** January 02, 2008, 03:03:31 pm »

Make a better color choice, light purple and baby poo green aren't exactly the best way to display your name.

ghg · « **Reply #16 on:** January 02, 2008, 03:18:28 pm »

Quote from: Chakra on January 02, 2008, 03:00:33 pm

I didn't say that as an admin... I said it as a friend.

You should be afraid now DS. Very afraid.

Mancer · « **Reply #17 on:** January 02, 2008, 03:25:40 pm »

FRONTSTEP soo000000000n!

TBDM · « **Reply #18 on:** January 02, 2008, 03:28:21 pm »

looks sweet there mancer. i like.

blackdevil0742 · « **Reply #19 on:** January 02, 2008, 05:52:00 pm »

You managed to get a spherish look on the first image. Though it lacks some detail to make it clear.
These might help:
shading a sphere
shading a cube
shading a cylinder

BTW if you decide to for an application to draw digitally then get Corel Painter IX or X. Photosop is a good choice too but Painter gives that paper/sketching feel. A good tip is to get a tablet pen. Sometimes you even get software when you buy it.

Something I drew using Painter and Photoshop

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