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  • 365 Rendering,  Tips & Tricks

    Daz3d- 30+ days in Top 5 Tips & Tricks

    January 24, 2020 /

    I’ve been using Daz3d daily for the past 30+ days and still very much consider myself a beginner. Here are the top things that I’ve learned and/or found extremely useful. In no real particular order of importance: Sales- There’s always another saleDaz is really good about putting out some discount sales so I’m finding if I want something that is either not on sale or is slightly discounted-just wait. I don’t know if they do some weird statistic voodoo but pretty much every time I’ve said I’ll just wait the item I wanted ended up on sale the next day or so. Wonderful but still kind of creepy- in a…

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    Take Two

    January 25, 2020

    Best Part of the Day

    November 20, 2020

    365 Rendering

    January 22, 2020
  • PS Tip from @Treatscraft on Twitter
    Tips & Tricks

    Quick Photoshop Color Adjustment Trick

    January 19, 2019 /

    I picked up a great Photoshop trick from Twitter user @Treatscraft. This is a quick and easy way to try out different color ideas based off of another image. Simply go to Image_>Adjustments> Match colors. From there choose the opened image you want to sample colors from. You can find the informative post here –> Tweet.

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    Excellent Tips on Lighting Darker Skin Tones by PetaPixel

    February 14, 2019

    Clip Studio Paint Top #7 Tips and Tricks

    January 9, 2018

    Skillshare Saturdays: Adobe Photoshop CC by Daniel Scott

    March 16, 2019
  • Misc,  Tips & Tricks

    Photoshop Tips & Tricks

    December 29, 2018 /

    I’m getting a head start on my 2019 resolution to ‘master’ Photoshop. I feel like ‘master’ is perhaps an overly ambitious resolution but it sounds more goal worthy than ‘get to a point where I don’t rage quit in frustration because PS doesn’t do YY like app ZZ.’ With PS coming to iPad as well it seems a good time to put in the time to really get familiar with the software. So with that in mind I’m going to be posting frequently a condensed-ish post with tips and tricks I am picking up and sharing them here. ViewsTips 1 and 2 come courtesy of the incredibly skilled Goro Fujita.…

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    Seoul Love Shot Update- Happy Vday

    February 13, 2018

    Cabin in the Woods Study

    March 20, 2019

    #Blacktober

    October 26, 2020
  • My Art,  Thoughts & Ramblings

    Forest Lady Blue- Walk-through and Thoughts

    November 5, 2018 /

    I initially started with a rough sketch idea. Some of the sketch is still visible. Prior to this when it is just a sketch I feel pretty excited and hopeful about the piece. In my head it is full of light and feels and most importantly finished. The next step shown above is where I start to lose all hope of that. This is usually the point where (at my current skill level) I realize my vision and current skillset don’t match and HOLY CRAP I don’t know how to paint or draw anything. Then I pull out one of 100s of brushes that are like stamps and play around.…

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    Trying New Things…

    February 8, 2019

    Birdhouse Study

    March 20, 2019

    Hallway Meet- a short short comic

    February 29, 2020
  • Tips & Tricks

    Tutorial Links

    March 1, 2018 /

    Here are two tutorial links to remember: How to Create a Stylish Neon Portrait in Procreate by Maria Dimova Mclelun’s Backgrounds

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    Daz3d- 30+ days in Top 5 Tips & Tricks

    January 24, 2020

    Gamut Masks

    December 13, 2017
    PS Tip from @Treatscraft on Twitter

    Quick Photoshop Color Adjustment Trick

    January 19, 2019
  • Tips & Tricks

    Clip Studio Paint Top #7 Tips and Tricks

    January 9, 2018 /

    Clip Studio Paint (formerly Manga Studio) is my favorite  painting app and I’m saddened by the fact that it just doesn’t seem to get the love it should- especially by hobbyists because it is relatively inexpensive and you get to keep it. I can’t say that I am a CSP expert but spend enough time with something and you pick up some things. Here are some tips and tricks that I’ve picked up and use often….

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    Color Picking Tip from Strawberriice over at dA

    November 22, 2017

    Creating 3D Low Poly Art With 2D Shapes in Photoshop (Workflow Tutorial)

    March 3, 2018

    A Gradient Map Tutorial by Noukah

    December 17, 2017
  • Reviews,  Tips & Tricks

    Review: Design Doll (tips and tricks addition)

    December 22, 2017 /

    [Design Doll Homepage] This app has been out for a while but thought I would still take a moment to post about it and mainly share some tips on using it to help those just starting out with it too. Just a quick blurb about it. It is a 3d pose reference/modeling app. You can also import props and create simple ones in app….

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    Comic Draw Review

    January 17, 2018

    Dell Canvas Review- 1 Year In

    December 7, 2018
  • Tips & Tricks

    A Gradient Map Tutorial by Noukah

    December 17, 2017 /

      I love, love, love the way Noukah colors and lights her images. Her tutorial for this can be found here.

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    Creating 3D Low Poly Art With 2D Shapes in Photoshop (Workflow Tutorial)

    March 3, 2018

    Color Picking Tip from Strawberriice over at dA

    November 22, 2017

    CSP: RGB Shift Auto Action

    September 1, 2019
  • Tips & Tricks

    Gamut Masks

    December 13, 2017 /

    Another Kendrys Draws gem I picked up here this time about picking better colors. He talks about using a web app called Gamut Maker (here) to help pick your colors. James Gurney explains the hows and whys in 3 blog entries (1   2    3 )

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    Daz3d- 30+ days in Top 5 Tips & Tricks

    January 24, 2020

    Review: Design Doll (tips and tricks addition)

    December 22, 2017

    A Gradient Map Tutorial by Noukah

    December 17, 2017
  • Misc,  Tips & Tricks

    Color Picking Tip from Strawberriice over at dA

    November 22, 2017 /

    This is just a short clip from a great tutorial by Strawberriice over at Deviantart (here).  Another great way to pick colors that I need to keep in mind.

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    New Skillshare Class- Customizing a Clip Studio Paint Workspace

    June 24, 2019

    #Blacktober

    October 26, 2020

    Busy bee me- Unreal Unity

    October 17, 2020
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