Neko's Failtastic Art Thread

[Nekomata]

I do use Photoshop. o: I am pretty oblivious to many of its features though, despite the fact that I've been using it for like 6+ years. xD Awks. Maybe

I use clipping masks, but that's pretty much it. I learned that from you or Gigi. xD

OOO: Well I'd love to if you want to give it to me. xD You don't have to though. Up to you! Or let me know when they do a Transformers bundle next and I'll buy it myself. cx

Photoshop has a lot of neat little things that make life easier. One trick I like to use when adding in highlights for things like the tree texture in that one digital painting with the dragon? Copy and paste the layer where I drew the grooves, move it a little, change the color, trim the extra off, then edit it some. Tadaa! Easy hard highlights. Some call it cheating, but I call it efficient. I typically do hand-draw the highlights though- just not on things THAT detailed. xD

You're free to look at some of the videos I've posted to learn different tricks. xD I typically follow a routine when it comes to most images, but every so often I do something different to save some time!

And sure- I'll send you the code! I plan on picking up more codes next time a bundle offers MTMTE. The last bundle limited me to getting 4 codes. </3 I think I'll be picking up random humble bundle codes of things I think are worth sharing in general- it's such a great way to introduce people to new series/movies/etc.

These only take you 30 minutes!?

I have to be doing something wrong, because one little picture takes me HOURS. In any case, these are really awesome and I like the color choices! They definitely stand out and are nicely colorful. :3

Well, from lining to finish. Sketch takes me maybe 10 minutes for the tokens. So 40 minutes. xD The token art is basically a more rushed version of my style while sticking a bit closer to official Pokemon designs. I work in a process- so as long as I'm following my habit, it goes pretty quickly. I think speed comes with time as you learn what looks good to you and such. More polished work would definitely take more time. PRS comic pages take me about 2-4 hours on average. (The latest one took just over 3)

As for the color choices, I'm trying to avoid repeats in the Prism set. I think I've got two more for the Pokemon Prism tokens (Unless @Speed-X wants me to add more to the set). Milotic and Ho-oh.

So

Red: Milotic
Orange/Yellow: Snivy
Green: Absol
Blue/Purple: Squirtle
RAINBOW: HO-OH

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New art. I've been working on revamping the PRS Smackjeeves site. After updating the page resolution to 800px wide from the previous 600px, the site images sorta went ADFJGADF cause they all were meant for a 600px wide content area. The most notable thing that broke was the site background. Also the images I was using were really old- I even forgot some of the shading on some. So it was time to create new images for everything. I'm not done yet, but here's some of them! Apologies for the presentation of the Naya/Echo images. I'm too lazy to separate them from the BG image.

I'll have videos for these up soon. Naya/Echo took about 35 mins, Twins took about 20.




See them on the overall site!

http://risingshadows.smackjeeves.com...s/2368193/018/

Next images I'm doing are for the News page. I'll need at least one 800px wide image on every page to force stretch the content area to match that of the comic pages- otherwise the background looks weird. xD It's a big WIP

[SassySnivy]

Photoshop has a lot of neat little things that make life easier. One trick I like to use when adding in highlights for things like the tree texture in that one digital painting with the dragon? Copy and paste the layer where I drew the grooves, move it a little, change the color, trim the extra off, then edit it some. Tadaa! Easy hard highlights. Some call it cheating, but I call it efficient. I typically do hand-draw the highlights though- just not on things THAT detailed. xD

You're free to look at some of the videos I've posted to learn different tricks. xD I typically follow a routine when it comes to most images, but every so often I do something different to save some time!

And sure- I'll send you the code! I plan on picking up more codes next time a bundle offers MTMTE. The last bundle limited me to getting 4 codes. </3 I think I'll be picking up random humble bundle codes of things I think are worth sharing in general- it's such a great way to introduce people to new series/movies/etc.




Well, from lining to finish. Sketch takes me maybe 10 minutes for the tokens. So 40 minutes. xD The token art is basically a more rushed version of my style while sticking a bit closer to official Pokemon designs. I work in a process- so as long as I'm following my habit, it goes pretty quickly. I think speed comes with time as you learn what looks good to you and such. More polished work would definitely take more time. PRS comic pages take me about 2-4 hours on average. (The latest one took just over 3)

As for the color choices, I'm trying to avoid repeats in the Prism set. I think I've got two more for the Pokemon Prism tokens (Unless @Speed-X wants me to add more to the set). Milotic and Ho-oh.

So

Red: Milotic
Orange/Yellow: Snivy
Green: Absol
Blue/Purple: Squirtle
RAINBOW: HO-OH

---

New art. I've been working on revamping the PRS Smackjeeves site. After updating the page resolution to 800px wide from the previous 600px, the site images sorta went ADFJGADF cause they all were meant for a 600px wide content area. The most notable thing that broke was the site background. Also the images I was using were really old- I even forgot some of the shading on some. So it was time to create new images for everything. I'm not done yet, but here's some of them! Apologies for the presentation of the Naya/Echo images. I'm too lazy to separate them from the BG image.

I'll have videos for these up soon. Naya/Echo took about 35 mins, Twins took about 20.




See them on the overall site!

http://risingshadows.smackjeeves.com...s/2368193/018/

Next images I'm doing are for the News page. I'll need at least one 800px wide image on every page to force stretch the content area to match that of the comic pages- otherwise the background looks weird. xD It's a big WIP

Nah, you're good Neko! What we've got planned right now is fine. I'm excited! <3

[Nekomata]

Nah, you're good Neko! What we've got planned right now is fine. I'm excited! <3

Alrighty! I'll get them done when I can. It's been crazy. Do let me know if you want me to add in more Prism tokens- I do love working on colorful stuff. xD

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Here are two quick art videos

[SassySnivy]

Alrighty! I'll get them done when I can. It's been crazy. Do let me know if you want me to add in more Prism tokens- I do love working on colorful stuff. xD

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Here are two quick art videos

Do I love me some process videos. <3
And absolutely. I think what we got for now is pretty good, but as I think of more incentives I'll just let you know!

[Chibi Altaria]

I still don't understand how you can draw those so fast and still have them looking that awesome. *O* Great job as always, Neko. You're a master at lighting! And those process videos are awesome to look at, too.

[Nekomata]

I still don't understand how you can draw those so fast and still have them looking that awesome. *O* Great job as always, Neko. You're a master at lighting! And those process videos are awesome to look at, too.

Well, how fast I draw depends on the complexity of the image and how much practice I've gotten with the character. In the case of the characters in the last post, I'm pretty quick at drawing those guys now. Other characters like... ooohh- Ho-oh or Entei would take me significantly longer. I'm trying to improve my time without sacrificing quality though so I can crank out more comic pages. =D

And thank you! I love working on lighting- it's what I want to do in animation, actually! 3D lighting is a different process, but the principles are the same. Takes an eye for it and I think I might have that!

Do I love me some process videos. <3
And absolutely. I think what we got for now is pretty good, but as I think of more incentives I'll just let you know!

Alrighty! I'll get them done when I can! xD

And the process videos are fun. Takes a while to render out some of the longer ones, but if it helps even one person learn a trick or two, then mission accomplished!

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Not new art, but I think I'll open a few free icon requests for the fun of it. Pokemon-only please! I'll make the images... how big are the avatar limits here? 150x150? I think so, so I'll probably make them around 600px then scale down- shouldn't take me long at those resolutions!

Pinging some people who may be interested/have posted in this thread. Not sure how long it'll take to get them done or if I'll be able to do all of them, but they'll be good for breaks/warm-ups from other more time-consuming work.
@Speed-X @Suicune's Fire @Neo Emolga @Pokemon Trainer Sarah @Trainer17 @Noblejanobii @Lunar Latias @HKim (though you're already using some token art as an avatar xD)

Feel free to ping other people who might be interested.

[Chibi Altaria]

Yup! You definitely have an eye for it. c:

And ooh, ooh! Dibs on an Altaria icon! :'D I'd love it if you could make one, Neko! Whenever you have some free time, of course.

[Nekomata]

Yup! You definitely have an eye for it. c:

And ooh, ooh! Dibs on an Altaria icon! :'D I'd love it if you could make one, Neko! Whenever you have some free time, of course.

Mega, Shiny, both, or normal?

(I flipping love Altaria.)

[Chibi Altaria]

Mega, Shiny, both, or normal?

(I flipping love Altaria.)

Can...can you do a mega and a normal Altaria? .u. ...Or is that too much? I don't know which I like better If just one, probably mega. xD

[Noblejanobii]

I saw these videos on YouTube! Good stuff!

Also you're taking requests? :O