don't use gradientsthe only time a gradient looks good is if it's so subtle you can barely notice it. it looks like you tried to use gradients as shading, but that just makes objects look flatter in the end.
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Shada,
Sun 16 Jan 2011, 23:31,
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This is entirely the effect I was going for though. :(I wanted an old tattoo/flatness look to it, similar to Sailor Jerry or Angelique Houtkamp. Maybe I'll try shading another way though, see what happens, as I couldn't colour these very well. Interesting, ta!
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Jimbuktu See? Right here,
Sun 16 Jan 2011, 23:35,
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Try shading it with dots, maybe. Or not at all.Also I'd make the heart a subtler shade of red and do away with the hard black outlines in favour of a softer colour. It might look better if the design was more asymmetrical, too.
And instead of birds, it should be a rabbit and a cat, and they both have guns and are shooting at each other. And replace the heart with a bomb with a timer that says 00:01 and the rabbit and the cat are like "Fuuuuck!"
(And instead of birds, it should be a rabbit and a cat, and they both have guns and are shooting at each other. And replace the heart with a bomb with a timer that says 00:01 and the rabbit and the cat are like "Fuuuuck!"
Shada,
Sun 16 Jan 2011, 23:43,
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Ha ha ha ha haBest feedback ever! :D
I do need to practise with dots, need to find a good tutorial for halftone though on fireworks or at least a way of not doing the dots one by one. I might try this tomorrow. Rabbit and cat you say?...I have an idea. :D
(I do need to practise with dots, need to find a good tutorial for halftone though on fireworks or at least a way of not doing the dots one by one. I might try this tomorrow. Rabbit and cat you say?...I have an idea. :D
Jimbuktu See? Right here,
Sun 16 Jan 2011, 23:46,
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