Sta.sh
Theme
.
Total prizes reach 1000 
But of course there are always the rules......
Please please please fave the journal!
Make another journal about this giveaway and provide a link of that journal in the comments (this will help spread the word about this giveaway)
this journal 
Rules
Should be about School Times!
oints:
, comment and watch!
So I've decided that between working on commissions and the like, I'm going to attempt to learn enough about Photoshop in the next two weeks before school starts to be relatively capable of using the program to create art. Up till now my skills and knowledge of it have been more than a little rusty and I think it's about time I figured it out.
I'll be updating most of my progress in my sketchbook on CA.org, and maybe a little here and on my blog. I have no idea if I'm capable of learning anything that quickly, but I'm definitely going to give it a shot!
If anyone has any helpful hints on good digital exercises or techniques or tutorials or whatever, I'd love to hear them! Or any suggestions on things I should work on in particular, or what you'd like to see from me. Anything I can possibly do to improve. Even some nice brush sets would help.
Commissions are still open too, if anyone's interested!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
COMMISSIONS!!! 10 slots at a time
1.tattoo for ~drag-queen-of-hearts (paid)- colouring
2.art for ~ellechar - awaiting payment
3.tattoo for ~therupture - awaiting payment
4.tattoo for ~coldarrow (paid) - pencilling
5.tattoo for ~lost-my-sanity (paid) - inking
6.art for ~StarEclypse (paid) - sketching
7.
8.
9.
10.
(updated 02/09/2010)
TREE.IN.A.BOX
CA.ORG SKETCHBOOK
| Deviant Login | Shop |
 | Join deviantART for FREE  |
Take the Tour  |
Optimism 
I love the 'F' and 'Tab' keys, they get all the junk out of my way when I want to have a clear view of the image.
You may find some useful information here :[link]
also
The thing I would add would be to make use of keyboard shortcuts. You have no idea how much time it will save you. Also, if you're going to use it for painting, play around with the brush settings. You can get some cool effects out of them.
Good luck!
- Learn/understand layer masks. They are probably the most important thing.
- Learn what each layer blend mode does. Multiply, colour dodge, colour burn, screen are all extremely useful. The "Colour" layer mode lets you turn something greyscale into colour. This is how I colour most things. It's useful and it doesn't fuck up the original if you make a mistake. You can still use Photoshop to tweak and colour an image but leave it looking like it has been done traditionally.
- Don't use filters/effects
- Use plenty of layers
- Keep the layers organised (names & folders)
- If you don't keep the layers organised, you can find out which layer is which by right clicking on the image.
There are probably more, but those are the most important. Hope it helps!
Thanks again, I'll do my best to keep this all in mind!