Omg
The last time I was here it was about a 200 pg thread, now its 400+! n_n Yeah, those are some nice pics.
You guys want to know about CG art right? Well, there are 2 programs u need. Either, Adobe Photoshop CS/CS2 or a very spiffy Japanese program called Open Canvas. You don't necessarily need a Graphics Pad for CG Pad REMEMEBER (I have one and it isn't that much better than scanning a great image you drew in your spare time). Anyways, once you finish drawing you picture (lets say in this case, Misty), scan it either under Adobe Photoshop CS/CS2 or through ur basic scanning tools that came with ur scanner (u have one right??). Once you finish scannning, downsize the image to either 1280x1024 or 1024x800 cause u want the best quality. Right after this, use the absorption tool and select the white color in ur background. After that, use the erase tool to take of any smudges on the drawing and clear off the stuff around your subject. Copy and Paste the finished-cleaned drawing to a new window (Select NEW from the file menu; it should give u the exact dimensions as the copied image :P). When u are done with that begin adding the color layers, using the spray tool, opacity, and such...
For Open Canvas... damn, well its too much for me to write; look it up as well as the tutorials (theyre all over the place). The difference between the two is that once u finish ur project u can see the 'recorded' fast-motion movie of EVERYTHING YOU DID. Cool huh
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Besides talk about CG Art, I'd like to tell u guys I'm starting to create the Artwork for the Pokemon Xtreme game. I got Ash and Misty in their 'early ages', but I'm trying to draw how each of them would look WAYY older. It is a very difficult project and im wondering if u guys can help me. Try to draw some drwings of what u think Ash, Misty, Brock, May... etc. would look when they'd be older perhaps...
You don't have to if u don't want to. Just continue the amazing drawing you are all working at in this fanboard!! n_n