Super "What Are You Thinking?" ReBirth

[Phi]

I just want more Okami, honestly.
That's all I want.

Yes. All of my yes.

[Quickman]

Got the shoulderpad things made, and part of one arm.

[Sakura Leic]

Yes. All of my yes.

Don't we all.

[Dr. Wily II]

You know that cute crochet Alakazam I posted in the Pokemon thread?  I'm working on one right now.  Couldn't find a pattern, so I'm winging it.  Got the head and part of the body made.

Pics when it's done. O:

[Quickman]

Working on the forearms, now.

[Fxeni]

So so tired in so many ways... ugh.

[Quickman]

I don't think this Alakazam amigurumi will be finished tonight.  Crocheting is hard on your hands.

[Sakura Leic]

.....I don't know how....but I think VC's lack of commas in the first sentence of his recent thread somehow gave me a headache immediately.

[Amatiramisu]

what the [tornado fang] sakura i got a headache literally seconds before i read your post what are you doing to me stop it ow

[Quickman]

...Now I'm getting a headache.

[Sakura Leic]

....God Dammit.....

[Phi]

RPM isn't safe. We should destroy it before it's too late!

[Dr. Wily II]

,,,,,,,,,,

There, help yourselves.

[Sakura Leic]

Okay VC put some commas in that sentence, headache is receding.

[Dr. Wily II]

Wait. If it was already giving you a headache, why go back, in the off chance it might give you a bigger headache?

[Phi]

,,,,,,,,,,

There, help yourselves.

MMMM YES COMMASSSSS

[Quickman]

,,,,, chameleon

[Sakura Leic]

Wait. If it was already giving you a headache, why go back, in the off chance it might give you a bigger headache?

I kinda wanted to read the rest of the thread.

[Dr. Wily II]

YOU LIKE PAIN

DULY NOTED

[Sakura Leic]

YOU LIKE PAIN

DULY NOTED

No I don't

[Dr. Wily II]

*cracks a whip on a target board... And misses*
Awwww...

[Quickman]

I need to experiment with different lighting effects in Photoshop some more.  I tend to default to using traditional methods in a digital medium, though.

[Amatiramisu]

Linear burn is best bright light maker. The stock lens flare effect is generally crappy in the majority of situations, but I actually found use for it to bloom up some open parts where I needed some glare.

EDIT: This is all implying you use layers in your work instead of making flat images from the get-go.

[Quickman]

I use layers.  I love my layers!  Linework layers, flat color layers, shading layers, highlight layers, background layers, effects layers...

I just tend to try and accomplish an effect manually than with a blending mode.  Haven't really played with burn or dodge too much, though I've been making a lot of use out of overlay.

[Amatiramisu]

I completely accidentally made an image look BETTER by accidentally overlaying my top render with an overlay. Wasn't even the Blending Options Color Overlay, it was one of the drop down box options.

Burn is admittedly pretty useless. It darkens the dark too much and barely darkens the bright. It's like you might as well have just placed a reduced opacity black layer over everything. I rely on dodging too much though. Trying to break that habit but omg i love what it does to everything

I don't actually play with adjustment layers as much as I should. I drop a contrast or a hue/saturation layer once in a while but I try to get the effect I want through brushes, etc.

The snow? I used a white fireworks brush. This is the one I was talking about with the color on the render, by the way. Basically it's a stock image background and a character render, buuuut it looks prettyish.


/first time actually showing my work on RPM