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  • sakhabiev

  • sakhabiev

    Jun 04, 2012

    Great work ! Color, mood, emotions!

    Last edited by sakhabiev; 21-02-2013 at 05:53 AM

  • cortheonly

  • cortheonly

    Mar 01, 2012

    I've been inspired by your style to make that pixar look you got going for your art for my next piece. Got any advice for painting in this style?

    • BenHickling

    • BenHickling

      Mar 06, 2012

      I'd say keep the shading fairly smooth and keep the shapes and design of the character(s) simple. Look at a whole bunch of Pixar stills and concept art so you can get a better idea of how they use colour and light, that's the sort of thing I do :)

      • cortheonly

      • cortheonly

        Mar 07, 2012

        Thank you. I also watched your Rarity progress video as well, which gave me an idea of how you utilize your color and lighting, which was very informative.

  • cortheonly

  • cortheonly

    Jan 27, 2012

    Question. With your Hard Square brush, do you use the setting of Pen Pressure opacity with size control turned off, and just change the size using the [ ] keys? I've seen some people change the settings on the brush itself and leave everything else turned off pressure wise.

 
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