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Hazel-rah
Apr 11, 2005, 07:17 AM
http://webpages.charter.net/jazzjackrabbit/Hyzenthlay.png

Hyzenthlay from Watership Down.

Drawn, scanned, dropped into a different scene. My first digital color job. I'm learning tons about Photoshop. It can do anything it seems. o.o

Background from Escape to Watership Down (TV).
LittleFreak
Apr 11, 2005, 07:50 AM
Nice pic. :)

The pink fur looks a bit weird though. You should thin it out a bit and make it white. :P
cooba
Apr 11, 2005, 07:54 AM
The pink fur looks a bit weird though. You should thin it out a bit and make it white. :PAnd what if Hyzenthlay HAD got pink fur?
Hazel-rah
Apr 11, 2005, 07:56 AM
mmm, yes... the fur did come out a little too pink didn't it....

eh... I'll probably release a v1.1 patch for this one.... :)
Fawriel
Apr 11, 2005, 10:00 AM
<s>Good job on the background.</s>

Heh. Kidding. It's good. As I said. Whee.
Radium
Apr 11, 2005, 04:28 PM
It's a good start, but your shading needs a light source. By that I mean you should know what direction the light is coming from and place the shadows accordingly. Like (old example I made godknowshowlongago):
http://www.foxmage.com/Lightrays.gif
Hazel-rah
Apr 12, 2005, 02:50 AM
It's a good start, but your shading needs a light source. By that I mean you should know what direction the light is coming from and place the shadows accordingly. Like (old example I made godknowshowlongago):
http://www.foxmage.com/Lightrays.gif

Yes, I was hoping no one would notice that...

I tried to get Photoshop to cast a shadow... but since the rabbit was on it's own layer Photoshop would not cast a shadow over the the background layer... I tried serveral different ways... and finally I just settled for what you see there... I also couldn't tell where the lightsource was in the background... it seemed to be coming from the upper left... but I wasn't sure...

eh, but I still like how it came out... despite the shadow and pink issues..

btw, when I was first looking at your "Lightrays.gif" I was wondering why you were showing me a picture of male genitalia... lol
Radium
Apr 12, 2005, 11:14 AM
I tried to get Photoshop to cast a shadow... but since the rabbit was on it's own layer Photoshop would not cast a shadow over the the background layer...
Photoshop is a smart little program, but some things you've just got to do manually. Default shadow functions are great for buttons and logos, but if you want to realistically shade or draw a shadow for something complex like a character, you need to make a shading layer/darkening brush of some sort and draw the lighting related things yourself.