Aislin

haha yeah... would like to see more of it, but of course i can't force people, toooooo bad Thanks PDNnoob

I though about a contest with a minimum of effect/plugin use. So for the biggest part with the paintbrush/line tool/blurring tools/eraser and selecting tools. With that try to create a realistic image. I have made some tutorials about it, but I would like to see some people trying... I know there are people who wants too!! I will not competing(I don't want to win a contest with something I create daily, lol) , but I do like to help if you have questions about it or so... I dare you! edit: The shirt contest is cool too I think

looks like a goldlooking bracelet with jewel nice

i like it, but i would remove the shadow... goood job ( i was looking for a thumbs up smiley, but I might be blind or there isn't one)

try it out and show us your result

thanks bb and welsh, I can't find time to go further with the wallpainting... but I did make a start on a new digital portrait, yeah I do have time for THAT Hope the tut is helping you a hand welsh

i think its amazing... i really don't know HOW you did that... maybe create a tut?

I agree with Simplify, it's a great sig

IMVU is sort of the same as Second Life, where I make pics of Welsh In your IMVU friends pic, try to soften the edges and make some corners of the arms a bit rounder... They look nice by the way

Hi, nice works! If you like to do pics with avi's I recommend my tutoial about second life avatars! They look pretty much the same I think? you can find the link right under my signature

Helen I have seen your website, looks awsome also your illustrations and all, they are not all in your gallery here on the forum right? Anyway, I will have my supermarketjob for a while, till I get lots of customers, lol... thx BBQ, you are sweet Hey welsh, I have read your email and did something with it, thanks for your help @sperber, I was maybe going to study tattoo, maybe I'm good at it I like lots of artistic stuff and I actually started with a wallpainting on my son's wall I know this is not the place where to post it, but I really wanted to show you the beginning

wow I didn't even seen your painting from 27th of october, just saw it because I wanted to show all of your work to my bf... lol (yeah sometimes he is interested in the images other people on this forum creates, and their comments to my works, lol) Anyway, I can see you are really really talented and I hope you will once try one of my tutorials? huggles!!

it's an awesome image I like the way you paint! The truck looks very realistic

hope so too... I hope it can become my job so I can stay home very day no problems with bosses and all, hahahaha

I have made my own website, what do you guys think: http://aisdigipainting.vpweb.be/default.html

if you didn't even used plugins or anything, woow I have respect for that, you have awesome work!

I think that, if you learn pdn a bit, you will be sure one of the best, it is really really awsome! It makes me think as if you are an artist on paper as well..... are you?

huggles bbq, you ngive me faaaar to much credit but I am glad if it help others

thanks bbq I just hope I will be good enough to start my own business in these portraits... And of course, I hope for all people to become a millionaire

Hi everyone, From what I have heard was a more detailed tutorial necessary for those who were trying my portrait painting tutorial. So, here I made a tutorial with loads of pictures, hoping you will be able to do these portraits as well.. Because it takes me about 20 hours to do one portrait, which is a bit toooo long for a tutorial and I don't have that much of time, I just show you a part of it, I made a hand as example. All my portraits are done in the same way as I show you here with just one hand. If you like it more difficult, or, if you think you are ready for a more difficult tutorial like this, CLICK HERE tools used in this image: black paint white paint black and white pencil sketch pencil tool brush tool gaussian blur add noise transperancy (clouds for the background) line tool selection tools 1-2-3 Open a picture - duplicate - black and white - pencil sketch OR ink sketch (whatever you prefer) - remove background - add new layer under the sketch - make it black or grey or so - Add a new layer between the black/grey background and the sketch - Paint the hand in middle tones (tones between the highlights and lowlights) - delete OR make the original invisible - add a new layer - use the line tool to create small lines around the hand The sketch and the lines are only a GUIDE, to see if you are on track Layers: Sketch Lines Basic hand Black background Original 4-5-6 Add a new layer called shadows on top of the basic middle tones hand - add a new layer on top of shadows - paint a black line where shadow is needed - Gaussian blur - remove black shadow from places it doesn't need to be ( as seen with the highlights at step 15/16 - merge layer down to shadows Every time you want to add a shadow or a highlight, do it on a new layer and merge it down when you are satisfied about that highlight or shadow! Layers: Sketch Lines Shadows Basic hand Black background Original 7-8-9 Add a new layer called Highlights - add a new layer on top of highlights - paint some white where the highlights should be - gaussian blur - remove where needed as seen in steps 15/16 - merge layer down to highlights - add a new layer on top of Shadows and paint some more black for shadows If the shadows are too dark OR the highlights are too light, use the transparency! Layers: Sketch Lines Highlights New layer Shadows Basic hand Black background Original 10-11-12 Gaussian Blur - add new layer - paint more black for shadow - Gaussian blur again - merge layers down to the shadow layer - use transparency if needed Layers: Sketch Lines Highlights New layer Shadows Basic hand Black background Original 13-14-15 add a new layer - paint white for highlights - Gaussian blur - transparency if needed - erase highlight where needed (look closely at the pictures 15 and 16) Layers: Sketch Lines New Layer Highlights New layer Shadows Basic hand Black background Original 16-17-18 Gaussian blur at low level between 1 and 10 or so - make the Lines layer invisible - add a new layer called black lines - use the line tool to create black lines at the dark sides of the hand as seen in image 17 - some lines are selected and used transparency on as seen on image 18 Layers: Sketch Lines black lines Highlights Shadows Basic hand Black background Original 19-20-21 Add a new layer called white lines - create some white lines with the line tool on the highlighted edges- create some more shadow and highlights as in step 11 to 17 Layers: Sketch Lines white lines black lines Highlights Shadows Basic hand Black background Original 22-23-24 Add a new layer called Nails - paint the nails in a lightgrey and white-ish color as seen on the pic when enlarged - Add a new layer on top of it and paint a little black on the bottom of each nail for some shadow - blur and transparency - Merge layer down to Nails - add a new layer and paint a little white, also blur, transparency and merge down - add a new layer on top of black lines - create some black lines with the line tool at the shadowy places of the nails - use transparency - merge layer down Layers: Sketch Lines white lines black lines Highlights Shadows Nails Basic hand Black background Original 25-finished Paint with a very thin tip some black lines for the wrinkles - high transparency level - flatten - Done

oops forgot about you Helen, Thanks for your comment! I am not really happy with the eyes though... I know for sure you could do this as well!! you are an awsome PDN artist as well

play with my second life tut again? you have been playing with it before?? giggles I did not know that.. anyway, I have a very strong mind, so I can handle it if you pick my brain for a while Nice quote!! I will tell it to my husband too!!! lol

sure you can borrow them Tomorrow I have a lil time to begin on the tut... I wont do a whole picture for that, but just a small part of a picture as example... Otherwise it would take me about 2 weeks to finish it

thanks welsh and minners, I see myself not as good as you see me, lol... But i really think I am able to do these photo's because I have practiced with the second life pictures... If you know how, it is really simple, but yeah, I need to create a more detailed tut about the first steps, though I am really busy at the moment so it could take a couple weeks. Yesterday I started working again, blegh! When I become a millionaire my only job will be taking care of my son and cleaning the house, LOL! I am glad there were no dogs harmed Minners and yes welsh, you may pick my brain, but only if you give it back to me when you are finished

a new project is finished on page 1. mmm it took me 2 hours to upload it and all... I have internet (wireless) since a month, but only problems since then. Now since a week or so, it says: signal strength: very good, but I can't load pages... checked the firewalls but that isn't the thing... grrrrr