Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Took the Dive into Painter X3!


I've been going 'HAM' on Painter X3 the past few days. I only paused the tutorials (Aaron Rutten on Youtube) to experiment on my own with certain things. I stopped altogether this weekend to work on a piece. Seeing as how Painter appeals more to traditional artists I resolved to not use the same techniques I used in Photoshop (building up opacities). I may have been using it the "wrong" way, but the Dry Palette Knife was my best friend when it came to blending.
Everything was on one layer except for the unfocused background  (and wayward strands of hair behind her ear) and her bang. I have to stop forgetting to use more layers. Certain fixes are harder to do on just one (areas around the eyes and the edge of her neck).
Experimenting with all types of brushes and found two I kind of like. Just doodling.



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