11 Healthy Habits of a Paint.NET Artist - A New Habit!

[Grizzle]

Very nice! & Very helpful!

[jerkfight]

These are helpful, if you have the time or patience. Luckly i usually am.

[sarab]

Wow!

I feel the same way about my work, I have only been doing this for 3 weeks.

I am NOT accomplishing much and this is nothing in my area of interest, my dad thought it would be good to do this for 3 hours every day of the summer, i dont know what I did to deserve this :shock: :?

[Tendercrisp]

Really helpful tutorial. I started at the same way Mike Ryan did, and developed similar techniques myself that he mentioned in this thread to keep me motivated organized, and relaxed.

One thing I want to add on:

This sorta fits under the "Enjoy what you do!" section, but don't be afraid to procrastinate a little. If you're working on a long art piece that takes quite a bit of time to finish, save finishing it for another day. I used to be the kind of person who NEEDED to finish everything in one day. This was my worst bad habit and it was the hardest one to quit. But once I learned to work on my art slowly and thoroughly, the process was much more relaxing, and yielded much better results.

When you try to finish a large project in one day, you get bored towards the end, and want to get it done as fast as possible and end up rushing through the last part. Not good.

The second you start to get bored with it, quit. There's no deadline for your art. Go do something fun, come back later. By that point you'll be more excited about finishing the piece and therefore more dedicated to the quality of the work.

[Mike Ryan]

Thank you for the input, Tendercrisp. I have taken your idea and added it into it. Yes, an update!

[david.atwell]

Back to life!

[flip]

Dude there's some sweet bbcode skills in there. :shock:

[Simon Brown]

One thing: While the subject has been renamed to 11, the heading still says 10.

[Sharp]

Just organized all my PDN stuff. :shock:

[Ego Eram Reputo]

One thing: While the subject has been renamed to 11, the heading still says 10.

#12 It rubs the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again It puts its text on a separate layer or it learns to use the clone stamp :wink:

[Axle]

I never take notes and there are some more there that i don't do or i don't fully do

[Onemorelevel]

Good habits:(Should have its own category.)

1. ALWAYS write text on a new layer, this will prevent from you finishing your 6 hour long work and then there is A typo.

2. Save in .PdN files so you can come back later and fix things, or improve.

3. Try never to use polar inversion, this could ruin your picture.

[Mike Ryan]

One thing: While the subject has been renamed to 11, the heading still says 10.

Fixed.

Also, I'll update this with Text on Layer most likely. I have one or two others sitting around.

[sammyjay77]

Thank You Mike.

Mike Appreciating Mike...lol

You guys are awesome and doing a wonderful Job in here.....

They say the best things in life are free. Glad I didn't fork out hundreds for PS.......

[oma]

Good habits:(Should have its own category.)

1. ALWAYS write text on a new layer, this will prevent from you finishing your 6 hour long work and then there is A typo.

2. Save in .PdN files so you can come back later and fix things, or improve.

3. Try never to use polar inversion, this could ruin your picture.

guess all my work has been ruined. there's at least one in every picture I do. some have many and I mean more than 10. Yes there are some in the dragon.

#3 should read polar inversion should be treated as just one tool in making an effect not an effect all by itself. If you are going to use it in an image make sure I can barley tell where you've used it :wink: .

ciao OMA

[Onemorelevel]

Good habits:(Should have its own category.)

1. ALWAYS write text on a new layer, this will prevent from you finishing your 6 hour long work and then there is A typo.

2. Save in .PdN files so you can come back later and fix things, or improve.

3. Try never to use polar inversion, this could ruin your picture.

guess all my work has been ruined. there's at least one in every picture I do. some have many and I mean more than 10. Yes there are some in the dragon.

#3 should read polar inversion should be treated as just one tool in making an effect not an effect all by itself. If you are going to use it in an image make sure I can barley tell where you've used it :wink: .

ciao OMA

I meant that as in, dont use it when you're in doubt, not never use it.

[dynojuggler]

This is great advice for a newbie like me.

Thank you for helping me avoid a good deal of trial and error (and heartache ).

[Powernow]

very funny, some true...some just plain funny

[marioluigi333]

Off to work with my folders to clear up. *rolls eyes*

These are really good tips though.

[marioluigi333]

Aaahhh it feels good to finish sorting files...

[govertz]

Thanks for the list, I think I print it and hang it above my monitor.

It's all about staying organised, it looks to me as these rules could apply to every projekt.

[lanceburn]

Thanks. I am new to all this but you have given some good advice to get me started. I look forward to more advice if you do ant more thanks once again

[pdnnoob]

Why was this never stickied anyhow? These are just the sort of things every new user needs to know when getting started.

[Ego Eram Reputo]

We have enough stickied in this section. While it is a wonderful guide, it's not really a tutorial is it? Or is it ??

[CrazyPainterz]

We have enough stickied in this section. While it is a wonderful guide, it's not really a tutorial is it? Or is it ??

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