10-15-2013, 09:49 PM
Jaik - thanks, and that sounds like something I'd be interested in. I'll try and find it on here and check it out over breakfast. :) Edit: I took a look in the mentoring section, and it seems that most of her posts have been removed and she was banned from here. Any idea why?
Bjulvar - thanks, man. I use a mixture of both. I have a paper texture set on overlay above the entire image, but for the most part it's brush work. I took a day to come up with mixer brushes that act as dry brushes for softening/adding texture and then used the stock pencil brushes that come with CS6 and tweaked those to be more grainy and feel better. I'd love to try and get a good charcoal brush working.
JakeB - thanks :)
Tried experimenting with trying to emulate oil on board/canvas. I only cared about replicating the brush strokes of the reference image, not the subject matter. Not sure how practical this could be for an actual illustration, but I think I came fairly close. I'm really enjoying the mixer brushes to come up with different things.
Bjulvar - thanks, man. I use a mixture of both. I have a paper texture set on overlay above the entire image, but for the most part it's brush work. I took a day to come up with mixer brushes that act as dry brushes for softening/adding texture and then used the stock pencil brushes that come with CS6 and tweaked those to be more grainy and feel better. I'd love to try and get a good charcoal brush working.
JakeB - thanks :)
Tried experimenting with trying to emulate oil on board/canvas. I only cared about replicating the brush strokes of the reference image, not the subject matter. Not sure how practical this could be for an actual illustration, but I think I came fairly close. I'm really enjoying the mixer brushes to come up with different things.