Ramblings

[annarti]

Am I the only one who works with Gawd knows how many layers on Photoshop (or your pooter colouring program of choice)? I mean, I see people doing stuff and saying "Woah~ I used at least 8 layers on this one!" and think "Oo that all?"

I kid you not, I used no less than 30, possibly more, on this one. Three layers per colour (base, shading and highlights) plus outline and a few extra ones for feathers and irises or whatever. Have recently gotten into the habit of naming my layers while I'm drawing ^^; Actually would've used more on that one, cos her fur and clothes have texture that got killed when I resized it, unfortunately.

Point being, is that weird? Am I the only one who thinks under 15 layers is not many? *blinku* *gets back to friends page*

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[tinkabellawoo0.livejournal.com]

i need to tackle PSP as a whole i think. any of my icons that look decent do so by pure luck. lol :)

[annarti.livejournal.com]

I've only ever used PSP once, and that was 2 or 3 years ago, when anything that had more features than MSPaint was confusing ^^;

Photoshop all the way~ X)

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[tinkabellawoo0.livejournal.com]

is photoshop somewhat easier to understand? O_o

[annarti.livejournal.com]

When you first start off with them, they're prolly both equally as daunting, but like I say, I haven't used PSP for years~ and even that was only for a short while. I used gradients to shade for crying out loud Xx observe (http://www.bloogum.net/transwings/images/fanart/mine/preening.gif), or don't, your choice. It's embarassing ^^;;; I'd be able to help you with it better if you use Photoshop tho XD;