Welcome To the Obsession Studios Academy!

I wasn't told which level I should post so I will start here, feel free to move me if you need to.

Favorite type of picture to make: Don't really have a favourite, I have mostly done the HL/LE kind of pictures, but I would really like to learn how to create realistic looking but dreamish images. Or something.
More at ease with what animal type of picture to make: Horse
What do you use most in your pictures(tool/blend mode/etc): Lasso tool and blending options. And for text outer glow.
Your Favorite picture by you: this
Your best picture by you: I really don't know.
Your worst picture by you: this (but I havne't uploaded most of my bad ones so...)
Your least favorite picture by you: this
Three favorite pictures by other personalizers: Uh, there's so many... I adore Nine's work, and this and I also like this.
One 'best picture ever' by someone else: There was one that made me literally spechless but I can't remember who did it and where it was, but if I find it I will show it to you.
What you want to learn: Everything
What you need to improve on, you think: Um, everything
What you don't need to learn/improve on: -

One more thing I think you should know - english isn't my first language so don't be surprised if I make stupid spelling mistakes or form weird sentences. Feel free to corect me since I can't learn if I don't know I have made a mistake.

Woot woot. ^^ Okiez. Well, I'm glad to have another student! lol Let's see where you are. ^^


Take this foalie, cut him out and slap him on a background (preferably a red one, but it doesn't matter.)




Don't smudge him. ^^




btw, about the english, don't worry about it. I wouldn't have known if you hadn't said anything. ^^ Or, wouldn't have noticed yet anyway. I know a lot of people that only know english... and they suck at speaking it. Hahahaha... >_> It's sad. XD

Done

Edit: Since I was bored I decided to try some smudging too, this is the first time I have ever smudged an entire horse (so far it has only been manes&tails) so yeah...here it isClick.

Alright, I'd have to say superb cutting job. It looks awesome. What tool do you use?
For the smudging - it's amazing for a first try, bravo! But you want to try to smudge in the direction the hair is already going (which I see you've done with most of it). Just watch out on the stomach, because pictures that aren't good quality (like that one) don't really show the direction of the hair. It mostly goes across though, not downward. Okay?

Hmm.... I'm too lazy to actually make a tutorial for you, but adonis made a great one...

http://www.hosted-forum.com/index.php?boar...e&showtopic=238

Just a little note with the mane/tail smudging - if you go over it with the 3px brush, and then with the 1px set on Darken, it looks a bit more realistic. ^^ And if something looks a little off, don't be afraid to go smudge it over a ltitle bit. lol

It explains pretty much everything. If there's anything you need answered, just ask.



Also, I'm too lazy to go look at your application right now. lol How long have you been personalizing?



edit; I took the liberty of doing an example of how I smudge.
Clickie <3

This post has been edited by enigma on Nov 22 2006, 12:48 AM

For cutting I use the lasso tool with feather set on 1. And I started personalising in 2003 and then did nothing in 2005. So yeah, about 2 years. But I haven't done very many pictures, and only a handful of them can be shown to the public...

Alright then. You're really good for only two years. I started in 2002, and have been personalizing since, though I got Photoshop 7 just a year ago.

Hmm.... lol I'm not quite sure what I should help you with next... what do you want to do? The only thing I can't help you with is brushes. >_< I'm still learning that lol

Well, my pictures are a bit plain, take a few backgrounds slap them together and add a horse...this kind of picture making works for the SIM games but not for RPG's and since most of the orders come for RPG's I need to learn how to create realistic images. Maybe we could start with the water effects (ripples and splashes) and shadows?

Perhaps we should start with some simpler things first? lol Shadow's are simple, so we can do that. I can get into removing halters as well. Ripples and splashes are things that I'm still learning... plus they're a bit more advanced (like, when you get into using brushes and stuff) lol But shadows and halter removals are fairly simple things that I can teach you if you'd like.

Okay, shadows it is then

I'm having some computer trouble so I might be a bit inactive in the next week(s)

That's alright. Life's a little hectic, so I might be a little inactive as well.
But thank you for letting me know.

If you have time then perhaps you could post the next assignement? I have absolutely no idea what's wrong with my computer (and most importantly - whats wrong with the moron who's supposed to be fixing it) so I might be able to do it before I have to take it back to the guy who's working on it.

Alright, well I'll go find you a pretty pony to work with, and I'll post pictures that Nikii's posted for me, because they explain it well. I know, I'm too lazy to come up with my own. XD That and busy soo... I'll go find a horsie for you.


edit; Okies! Take this horse and create a shadow for him. ^^ You can leave the halter on him though. We'll get to that later.

Yay for Nikii!

Ugh, I'm having so much trouble with this one. I just can't get the shadow in the right place .

Just to let you know that I am working on it...

Hmm.... lol I'm not sure how much I can help you there. >_< I tend to have trouble with it too. You can also use the Edit > Transform > Distort to try and get it in the right spot. lol ^^' Hope that helps a little.