tragabigzanda wrote:Got it, this makes sense. Do you export individual items from a given sitting in sketch up, and then treat that as a separate layer in Photoshop? For example, if you have a kitchen scene, do you export just a refrigerator from sketch up? Or do you just take a 2-D image of the entire scene and then just magic wand that shit?
Sometimes I'll export bits and pieces out separately if I'm not sure about something or if things really need to be exact, but usually I'll export it all together and use the lasso tool to cut stuff out or something if I need to.
For the comic I wanted a painterly look so I traced over it by hand and used the lasso tool to color over everything so it has a wobbly, organic look (none of the lines are perfectly straight in the final). The simpler the model the better usually. If I get too detailed with it in 3d, that just makes it harder to paint over. I'd rather do the details later in Photoshop.
But with concept work I'm not that precious with it. I'll fidget with it in 3D for awhile then slap some rough color or texture over it in Photoshop and call it done.
that will be 1000$ please.
*per credit
Re: Mac's nude pix
Posted: Wed July 05, 2017 10:43 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Mac's nude pix
Posted: Wed July 05, 2017 10:46 pm
by BurtReynolds
yeah. The first book was that way, too.
Re: Mac's nude pix
Posted: Tue August 29, 2017 4:09 pm
by BurtReynolds
nm
Re: Mac's nude pix
Posted: Tue August 29, 2017 6:14 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Hell yeah! You know I'm in.
Re: Mac's nude pix
Posted: Tue August 29, 2017 7:06 pm
by doone
Nice Moose!
Re: Mac's nude pix
Posted: Tue August 29, 2017 7:24 pm
by Jorge
I think I will buy both books, but only if I can get my thank-you in the book to read "theplatypus from RM".
Re: Mac's nude pix
Posted: Tue August 29, 2017 7:38 pm
by BurtReynolds
I can manage that. Hopefully I can personalize them before they send them out this time.
Re: Mac's nude pix
Posted: Thu August 31, 2017 12:00 am
by CopperTom
And I still want mine signed, "Mark."
Re: Mac's nude pix
Posted: Sat March 03, 2018 2:53 pm
by CopperTom
BurtReynolds wrote:I can manage that. Hopefully I can personalize them before they send them out this time.
Survey responded to. Get personalizing!
Re: Mac's nude pix
Posted: Sat March 03, 2018 4:06 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
CopperTom wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:I can manage that. Hopefully I can personalize them before they send them out this time.
Survey responded to. Get personalizing!
Hopefully you realize Chris B. is me and you remember to write ruddo
Re: Mac's nude pix
Posted: Sun March 11, 2018 7:15 am
by BurtReynolds
When I started out on this thing, I arrogantly decided to ignore all the usual rules perfected by Disney and others about anthropomorphising the animals. I thought maybe I could reinvent the wheel, but it was kind of a silly waste of time.
I find myself slowly giving in and subtly changing the art style so I don't have to waste time trying to figure out how to make a mouse look scared/confused/angry in a new way. I originally didn't want to use eyelashes, eyebrows, and a few other things to express emotion. I've been subtly adding them in the second book.
The only thing I've resisted is adding the white of eyes. It makes things difficult sometimes, but I really don't like the idea of mice with eye whites.
Re: Mac's nude pix
Posted: Sun March 11, 2018 7:33 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
You are doing the Lord's work, Burt
Re: Mac's nude pix
Posted: Sun March 11, 2018 7:47 pm
by Jorge
Exclusive preview of Scurry 3 character model
Re: Mac's nude pix
Posted: Sun March 11, 2018 8:14 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
AL
Re: Mac's nude pix
Posted: Sun March 11, 2018 8:22 pm
by BurtReynolds
Don't AL that, Ruddo!
Re: Mac's nude pix
Posted: Sun March 11, 2018 8:24 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
BurtReynolds wrote:Don't AL that, Ruddo!
Sometimes it's fun to encourage Jorge
Re: Mac's nude pix
Posted: Thu March 29, 2018 12:27 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
I'm just printing each page when I get the notification on social media. Order: cancelled
Re: Mac's nude pix
Posted: Fri June 01, 2018 5:55 pm
by run2death
Are your lighting effects done by hand or do you use a plug-in?
Photoshop's built-in lighting effects are freakin' terrible, so I know you don't use those.
Re: Mac's nude pix
Posted: Fri June 01, 2018 8:26 pm
by BurtReynolds
run2death wrote:Are your lighting effects done by hand or do you use a plug-in?
Photoshop's built-in lighting effects are freakin' terrible, so I know you don't use those.
I'm not 100% sure what you mean, but I mostly paint them by hand I guess. I use a lot of screen/multiply/overlay layers and tweak the colors with adjustment layers, though.
There are a few little Photoshop tricks I use here and there, but usually they look bad without painting over them afterwords.
The color on my monitors is crap, so I almost always have to change them once I look at them on my phone or another computer.
