Nimao's Sketchbook - things and stuff

[Nimao]

Really diggin' your sketchbook.

I've noticed that much of your work has a bit of a softness to it, and I am not sure if that is simply from technique, or the reduction in size.

I have been working on edge control, etc. but struggle mightily, and plan on giving this a shot when I have something worthwhile.

Yesterday, Lane Brown posted a tut on his DA page commenting on how he deals with this using the Smart Sharpen filter in PS.



I hope you don't mind, but I went ahead and ran the filter on your latest to show the difference:



Really makes the image POP, in my opinion.

Keep it up man!

yeah i know what you mean. But i don't want to look everything super sharp.
i try to have sharp edges and soft ones. mostly sharp edges where focal points are but somehow i have problems to implement that better especially the sharp and stuff. Also i don't want to use the sharpen tool for personal stuff ;O. And i think the sharpen tool makes stuff flat when you use it on the whole painting. But thanks for the crit man! it opens my eyes. i in the last images i was always focused to make more soft edgers maybe i should focus again more on sharp edges. its so difficult to manage that. somehow i have to bring the hard edges in while i'm painting just didn't get it yet how to do it really good.

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nice sketchbook ! i suggest you to spend some thought on your drawing, i mean, your drawing is right, but not really alive, everything fits too perfectly, like the belt is describing a perfect ellipse, the wrinkles of drapery are parralel to each others, etc, try to add some variety to your shapes, it'll make your characters more alive ! keep it up !

yeah in the coming weeks i want to focus more on drawing and anatomy.
thanks man!