To the programmers of Photoshop
I love the Pen Tool and the Polygonal Lasso Tool. Someday, I hope to be able to afford a legal copy of the software you poured your blood, sweat and beers (let's not kid ourselves, here) into, so I can properly thank you.
Of course, by that time, I hope to have mastered a few more sections of the program, such as the Dodge and Burn tools.
Slowly learning, and mostly loving it,
Me.
P.S.: Hopefully soon, I'll be able to show off what's gotten me all lovey dovey over this thing. I've described it to many folks so far, so most of you know what it's about (that WoW one I mentioned, maybe).
EDIT: First thing I learned today was that I should check my line art, before starting to colour the picture. I learned this about 3 weeks after starting the colouring (1/2 slow working, 1/2 being distracted by shiney things (okay, more like 1/3 and 2/3, respectively), when I realized that I missed a small detail. I then embarked upon a half hour adventure of frustration and rage as my new line art kept getting swallowed up by colour layer I was working on. Which leads us to...
Lesson Two: If, during colouring, you find that you missed some pen-tooling, make for damn sure that you reset your working colour to whatever colour you're using for the line art. Don't make my mistake.
Of course, by that time, I hope to have mastered a few more sections of the program, such as the Dodge and Burn tools.
Slowly learning, and mostly loving it,
Me.
P.S.: Hopefully soon, I'll be able to show off what's gotten me all lovey dovey over this thing. I've described it to many folks so far, so most of you know what it's about (that WoW one I mentioned, maybe).
EDIT: First thing I learned today was that I should check my line art, before starting to colour the picture. I learned this about 3 weeks after starting the colouring (1/2 slow working, 1/2 being distracted by shiney things (okay, more like 1/3 and 2/3, respectively), when I realized that I missed a small detail. I then embarked upon a half hour adventure of frustration and rage as my new line art kept getting swallowed up by colour layer I was working on. Which leads us to...
Lesson Two: If, during colouring, you find that you missed some pen-tooling, make for damn sure that you reset your working colour to whatever colour you're using for the line art. Don't make my mistake.