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    • smceccarelli
      smceccarelli Pro SVS OG last edited by

      Great comments and great advice throughout! @Dulcie , this is exactly what I was looking for, and I love that controlled treatment of color - reminds of Arthur Rackam but more modern. Justin Gerard does something similar too. That is what I am going to try to do. I was feeling the same about the pencil - there is already too much going on and color needs to give way a bit.
      I will be traveling for the next two weeks - not sure I will manage to transfer this to the iPad (I tried a couple of times to keep full layers from PS to ProCreate, but I always get error messages...) - so may have to wait a little....

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      • Eric Castleman
        Eric Castleman last edited by

        How long did it take you to put together the first image you posted?

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        • smceccarelli
          smceccarelli Pro SVS OG @Eric Castleman last edited by

          @Eric-Castleman It is difficult for me to count together time used for an image - I use lots of scrap time for planning. I did some thumbnails on the plane to NY - probably for about one hour. From thumbnails to first pass and character design it was around 3 hours. Final line took two "short studio sessions" (I have two long ones of 10 hours and five or six short ones of about 2-3 hours during a normal week). So about 10 hours in total for the final line?

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          • holleywilliamson
            holleywilliamson SVS OG @smceccarelli last edited by

            @smceccarelli I believe you can transfer psd files from procreate to photo shop but not the other way around. Fantastic work!

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            • Mara
              Mara @smceccarelli last edited by

              @smceccarelli
              Love it!

              Mara

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                admin @smceccarelli last edited by

                @smceccarelli This is looking great! It's exactly what I had in mind and so far the best example of how to do this assignment from someone at SVS! I just wanted to make sure that everyone knows I just launched the critiques for #draw50things class here at SVS. Doesn't look like you need it though 🙂 - Will

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                • smceccarelli
                  smceccarelli Pro SVS OG @admin last edited by

                  @admin Thank you Will! Your feedback means the world to me - very much appreciate your words! I did not have time to get to color yet, but definitely plan to finish this. And let me say that without your video I would not have tackled something like this nor would I have thought that it can be done so "easily" - it was invaluable guidance!

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                  • Suzy Heitz
                    Suzy Heitz @smceccarelli last edited by

                    @smceccarelli Wow! That's fantastic. Can't wait to see what you do next. 🙂

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                    • Christine Garner
                      Christine Garner last edited by

                      It looks fantastic, if it was a computer game environment I'd have to look at everything in this room and try to pick them up 🙂

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                      • Stephanie Hider
                        Stephanie Hider last edited by

                        I love it. One of the things I love most about it beyond the execution and style is it is something I would have never thought of!

                        Also procreate updated you can go back to photoshop btw. So both ways with a psd with layers intact. I finally have a process down which is odd I sketch in procreate, take to photoshop or mangastudio to paint then back to procreate to finalized. Backwards I know.

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                        • smceccarelli
                          smceccarelli Pro SVS OG @Stephanie Hider last edited by

                          @Stephanie-Hider Not that backward. I actually love ProCreate brushes better than Photoshop brushes. I even asked the ProCreate service center if there is a way to export their brushes into photoshop, but there isn't (the brush engines are different). I was trying to find out why I like them so much, and I believe it is the pressure-sensitivity algorithm - it seems closer to how a natural brush or pencil behaves. Recently, I have been playing with ClipStudioPaint, and I think the way brushes behave in that software is much closer to ProCreate - very very nice. I can see why people prefer CSP for sketching and inking (I do not think the painting flexibility is close to Photoshop, though I may be wrong)...
                          But yes...abundance problems!

                          Anyway, I need to get going with color on this one. I will start today!

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                          • Stephanie Hider
                            Stephanie Hider last edited by

                            I really really love how CSP paints. I wish Kyle would do brushes for it but I have a ton so I shouldnt complain and only use 3 or 4 of them on a regular basis. I literally cut my painting time in half if not more painting in CSP. So glad to see others like it too 😃

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                            • smceccarelli
                              smceccarelli Pro SVS OG last edited by

                              So, I did try out the extreme background/foreground separation - I do like it. This piece was such an experiment on so many levels that I feel confused about it being successful or not. But I am quite proud of it at this moment...
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                              • DanetteDraws
                                DanetteDraws @smceccarelli last edited by

                                @smceccarelli Oh, you were MOST DEFINITELY successful! This is so very awesome in so many ways. I could look at it for hours!

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                                • Dulcie
                                  Dulcie SVS OG last edited by

                                  It looks amazing @smceccarelli - congratulations on a wonderful piece! It works on so many levels - colour, value, composition - and it's really interesting to look at with all the details. A really great way to fulfil the challenge 🙂

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                                  • evilrobot
                                    evilrobot SVS OG last edited by

                                    This looks amazing. I love it.

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                                    • Eric Castleman
                                      Eric Castleman last edited by

                                      Uber gnarly! Love it!

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                                      • Ed O
                                        Ed O last edited by

                                        AMAZING! It looks fantastic : ) @smceccarelli

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                                        • Kevin Longueil
                                          Kevin Longueil SVS OG @smceccarelli last edited by

                                          @smceccarelli Blown away!! This is so good!

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                                          • Judy Elizabeth Wilson
                                            Judy Elizabeth Wilson SVS OG last edited by

                                            This is so great. It has a wonderful nautical pirate atmosphere aswell as loads of things. Congrats!

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