Project Rose

[[N]eto]

This is my first digitally painted piece, I will keep you updated as I go along. Comments and critizism are welcome.

http://pages.ivillage.com/neto470//Rose_copy.jpg

[<~Darkshadow~>]

It's interesting.......I'd like to see it when you finish it.....:tup:

[[N]eto]

I decided to make it a wallpaper, so I expanded it and I'm currently working on the details of the rose itself.

http://pages.ivillage.com/neto470//Rose_copy2.jpg

[cHilli]

^

That one is very well done

[[N]eto]

I need to make it darker, add some wetness, and texture to it because I feel it looks a bit cartoonish.

[<~Darkshadow~>]

It is very nice......But are you going to keep the white background? I think you should try to do something with that...


@matrix: I like ur new sig dude!:tup:

[[N]eto]

Do you actually believe I would leave it white? =P

[Stryker82]

That is a very nice piece, keep up the good work:tup:

[<~Darkshadow~>]

Originally posted by Neto
Do you actually believe I would leave it white? =P

well......no.........but I was just asking

[Anubis]

Wow! Very nice! looks good :tup:

almost looks like the same thing!

very good job! cant wait for the finished! :tup:

[[N]eto]

http://pages.ivillage.com/neto470//Rose_copy3.jpg

I like this rose better. Must add details.

[Gou Shi]

good job:tup: looks like u drew it

[[N]eto]

I did, just digitally. =)

[Pixels]

did you do it freehand? if you did ur a god to me man! i can't do anything like that completely free hand...

[[N]eto]

Freehand it is. Must resume this little project of mine...

[<~Darkshadow~>]

I'm not that good at drawing with a pencil.....but with a mouse........I suck......:(

[[N]eto]

I once drew the Flinstones, Jetsons, etc. from Cartoon Network when I was three years old. My mom says that people couldn't believe it...

[Gou Shi]

hows the rose lookin?

[Abaddon]

I donno I think he abandoned projecyt but thats not like Neto.

[[N]eto]

Need inspiration, and time, lots of time. =\

[Pixels]

WHHHHHHAAAAAAAATTTTTT!!!!!!?????
no no no no no no no, you can't do that Neto!!! MIIIIIIIIIIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB *calls mizz_b* give this guy some bounce like you!

[<~Darkshadow~>]

C'mon Neto!!!!!! It's a really cool project so far and I can't wait to see the final!!!! I might print it out and hang it up when ur done! It's very tranquil (sp) and I think it's really nice.....Things like that calms me down when I'm upset....I know it sounds gay but it helps me. Please finish it when you get the time!:cry:

[[N]eto]

Erm, I'll be working on it this weekend. But right now I'm getting ready to head out to a party.

[<~Darkshadow~>]

sweed! Have fun!:rolleyes:

[greenwarrior]

Ya it does look kool i wanna see it after its all done~!

[Peppage]

The best way to draw on the computer is to get one of those pen and tablet sets. You can draw freehand on the tablet but it comes up on the computer.

[[N]eto]

I've heard about those. Not really sure yet. I was working on this a few days ago but my computer froze before I could save. :mad:

Well, I have some inspiration right now, so better get working.

[mlj2k]

i have one of them tablets! their pretty good! just needs a bit of getting used to! dayle has the same one!

vnive work neto! :D

[<~Darkshadow~>]

COME ON MR. SCROTUM TEACHER!!!!!!!!!!! FINISH IT UP!!!!!!!!!!

Please?

[Lord of Death]

neto, you could just color it in pixel by pixel... but it would require a lot of patience lol

[[N]eto]

That's a big no. I have patience, but not enough patience for Pixel Art for such dimensions.

[Peppage]

Yeah, that is incredibly tedious.

[TheKing11]

WOW! Sorry that's not like me to say WOW! But I have never seen anything that good I could try my best and one of your dots could be better than my whole picture!!!:beer: :tup: :cool: WOW!!! P.S. I did not make the below picture I just like it and modified it a little!

[NitrousBanned]

all youve done is saved cid's avvy to your hard drive and uploaded it here.

[Peppage]

Originally posted by Nitrous
all youve done is saved cid's avvy to your hard drive and uploaded it here.

And you stated the obvious why?

Any updates on this work neto? Or are you still having a block.

[TheKing11]

I already stated in P.S.

[[N]eto]

Sorry guys, I'm going to have to start all my current projects from scratch due to the fact that I lost all of the PSDs and I formatted my computer. Stay tuned.

[Shadowfax]

Tip, Neto:

Use Illustrator, for now I see that you are not going to make a photo quality piece. I assume you are making an illustration, so use

Adobe Illustrator

It has these special image formats called vector (photos and photoshop has raster). It is a mathmatical formula in which all the pixel IDs are one color.

You cannot produce photo quality images in there, however, if you are making an illustration, you should use it, for the vector format will let you increase teh size without damaging the quality.

(Theoretically, you can make it the size of a 747, and still retain its sharpness.)

[[N]eto]

First of all, these were the outlines of the images. They were going to be photo quality, since Adobe Photoshop is very capable. I'll get on it as soon as I have time. Thanks anyway.

[Gou Shi]

hows it goin?

[[N]eto]

I dumped this project and started another (Angel), I'll let you know if I decide to start this one ever again.

[Gou Shi]

awww i wanted to see it done. :(

[<~Darkshadow~>]

ya me 2.......:(

[Dark Realms]

Originally posted by [N]eto
First of all, these were the outlines of the images. They were going to be photo quality, since Adobe Photoshop is very capable. I'll get on it as soon as I have time. Thanks anyway.

Actualy photoshop is known for having poor print quality, as it hasnt got acurate sizing. I like to use Illustrator 10 for CD covers etc as its far more accurate. :)

Shame u ditched it as it looked nice.

[[N]eto]

It wasn't ever really meant to be printed either way, and Adobe Photoshop does have good printing quality. All you have to do is max out the DPIs.

I'll see about redoing this project once I get home...

[Shadowfax]

Yes...I agree, Photoshop does have good print qualities. But if you want to print, then save the photos as TIFs, then upload into Quark.

Once you make the DPIs do large, it will take a very long time to save. tried 1440 dpi once, and a simple stroked circle was about 100 MB.

[[N]eto]

Really? I have increased the DPIs of some of my images quite largely and I've yet to notice that much of a difference in file size.