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exclaim As many of you know, I am an Art Institute student studying the Media Arts and Animation program. -Bachelors of Science degree [Four years crammed into three]. Due to the volume of people asking for tutorials, I'm going to list some of the activities that I have been doing in Character Ideation class taught by Sheffield Abella, a graduate of Art Center College of Design.

exclaim INFORMATION AND TIPS Week 1. Come up with 5 characters and then push one to completion. Now what’s important with this exercise is to nail a pose. When you're starting a picture, its not just how many cool things that character is wearing, but how they are positioned and how believable their pose is. If there is no gravity to a character, we will notice. Nailing a great pose with a silhouette gives us a chance to quickly create countless drawings and then choose the ones we like. In the first example, this is what your drawings should really look like, quick and easy. Then you move into finer details by pulling out the lighter values.
[Photoshop and Corel] What really works when wanting to bring values out is the opacity on a brush. When using any brush tool, simply press any number on your keyboard to quickly dull the opacity of your brush and then begin laying in layers.
arrow next great tip, squint your eyes. If the lights and the darks do not immediately jump out at you, you are missing your dark and light values.

Value: val•ue, Fine Arts. a. degree of lightness or darkness in a color.



exclaim TUTORIALS AVALIABLE! Week 2. Practice matching value and saturation and then copy a master painter Now, I know mine isn't a master piece like the other, due to time constraints in class, but look at what is important. Notice how my colors match closely and the values too. This is all done without the eye dropper tool. If you ever want to learn how to utilize color, take a master painting and try and copy it, color for color. You'll learn value and saturation in no time!
Saturation: sat•u•ra•tion, Vividness of hue; degree of difference from a gray of the same lightness or brightness. Also called intensity. See Table at color.

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hmmm... I see...
you moved since the great upgrade of 05...
Glad to be part of the sidelines again. xp

Like the new layout too.

aweomeness xd

and here is another bump xp
whoo!!

Ma'am,

Reports speak of nothingness.
Its been quiet in the trenches.

End of Report.

* just stands there... starts whistling *

Thank You for your Report Good Sir. .. . Tell me, does the shop look good now? 3nodding