<.< >.> Graphics Tablet Update

[slumber]

After posting this and reading what everyone had to say, trolling Tumblr for reviews, watching YouTube videos, reading Amazon reviews, I bit the bullet and ordered it. I figured, if I couldn't get a lot of use out of it, I could always just sell it on eBay -- it's not going to be at the same price, but at least I wouldn't lose all ~$65 on it

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[sickle_girl]

Drawing on the tablet while looking at the screen takes some getting used to, Some friend of mine have tablets and my frist reaction was "HOW CAN YOU DRAW W/O LOOKING AT THE "PAPER" xD

Thanks to colouring with my mouse I have get used to using it - I am really proud of this http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt43/_Dalie/herbcopy_zps6c83e5c0.png-

Shadow...How do I make shadow... What I do pick the same colour and then make it darker. Talking about layers... to add filters I duplicate the finished piece, add a filter and then lower the opacity of those layers, so I can have more than one style going on. Also, if you don't like how a certain part of the drawing looks with one of those layers, you can just erase that part :)

Btw, great start <3

[slumber]

Oh man, I would get SO FRUSTRATED coloring with a mouse. It is a LOT of work. I really like that image though! Her eyes especially are fantastic. :D Do you scan in the line art and color it in after? Because this was what happened last time I tried that, lol.

That's what I do with the shadows too, but like, I have a harder time figuring out where they should fall, I guess. I'll keep the layers tip in mind! I only did like a texture overlay but didn't play much else with the effects. :P

Thank you! :D

[sickle_girl]

colouring with a mouse takes patience. I did the Hermione -it is her, I swear! xD- with my mouse, from scratch xD. The good thing about drawing digitally is that you can change, move parts of the drawing, center the nose, mouth etc. I am very sketish when I draw, never clean, and I usually don't make clean linearts because then the drawing looks empty. So I scan, clean it a bit, though I don't colour the lineart,I might change the tone/saturation, a bit so it looks kind of browish.

I have embraced the "down shadow" policy. I place them below the eyebrown, eyes, etc. I also paint it on the tip of the nose.

[slumber]

No I know it's her! :D

What's the down shadow policy, exactly? Never heard of it, always interested to know more! :P

[sickle_girl]

lol, I invented it, well, the name. I simply draw the shadow below the object that might cause a shadow, like hair, mouth, etc.

[slumber]

Lol, that makes sense! :D