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Tutorial - Common Digital Painting Mistakes
Published: 2012-06-07 04:07:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 231010; Favourites: 12214; Downloads: 4631
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A guide to common digital painting mistakes that I've either seen or done myself...hopefully it helps
UPDATE
If you have questions please visit my journal for a list of FAQ first, you might find them answered there.
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Otherwise, ask away!
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Really appreciate the time and effort you put into this to help us 'newbies'. Great work! Thanks
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I love this tutorial! XD And we're DD buddies, ours were both featured today! Congrats!!! I bet your inbox has been as crowded as mine has ^_^
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haha yes it is! congrats on your DD
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Thank you, and congrats on yours! ^_^
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Thank you so much for making this.
It really deserved the DD
Just asking, by chance. does PS CS6 have about the same brushes?
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...Amazing! 
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lol. epic. where were you with your smart asseness when i was starting out all those years ago? 
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Thank you so much
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This is really good! I'll be honest, I don't often use reflective light on some of my drawings, but this tutorial might come in handy for one project in mine. Thank you for all of your advice!
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This is going to help me with my traditional art, too. Thanks much!
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I could have sworn this was a Daily Deviation twice O_o
well anyways great job
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Very helpful, sonce I'm sturuggling with traditional art! Thank you! 
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This *is* extremely helpful! Thank you for posting this awesomeness!
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Please keep making more things like this! Thank you!
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Me: laziness. I know I'm capable of creating something detailed with lots of work, but I just don't have it in me. Maybe I'll try harder sooner or later...
Haha, yeah right.
Great tutorial though!
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I don't do digital painting, but this looks very helpful!
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Thank you for this excellent tutorial!! And Congrats on your DD!
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I suck at coloring 
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naw, you're too modest- you are so up to ImageFX level
Congrats on the DD!
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Thank you for making this. The tutorial is a very good size , it's very informative, however it is not unbearably long. I will improve greatly with the help of this lovely tutorial~
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I am very glad to see a tutorial finally talking about what not to do.
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Really helpful~ thanks. >w<
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IΒ΄m making a draw that, originally, itΒ΄s make only with vector.
Do I must let it be, and not blur the shadows?
Anyway, err...Is this draw bad? (ItΒ΄s old, but anyway):
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Very helpful, I'm pretty sure I have been guilty of every single mistake here 
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I don't understand the first one: can you explain me better how a good gradient is made please?
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It's when you lay down your first color, and with a slightly more transparent brush, gently smooth over it with the second color. It takes a little practice, but it's not too hard.
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Okay, now I've understood. Thanks
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I have used the smudge tool a lot in photoshop but never knew how to do anything else. In other programs there are smoother easier ways to get a better result. As to the coloring on skin I would love a more detailed tutorial on skin coloring and how to place shades and such. I can never get skin tones to look realistic.
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Very useful! I tend to fall into traps like these myself. But after reading this, no more! I hope.
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I started my Digital Artistness on DA as a pixel artist (and not a very good one either) and I can tell you that these rules generally apply to pixel art as well, although you figure most of them out quickly, the completely different colours needed for skin is something I've just recently learnt.
I'm now a comic artist, and a pretty good one as well, the only problem is I don't do enough detail to use (or break) any of these rules. Although I must say that when I try for detail, I end up with something worse than when I go for cartoony. But I digress, good tutorial.
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How cool i suggest it the day you put it on DA, someone else got the credit for suggesting it -_-
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It does say that several other deviants beside the two mentioned suggested this for a DD. Does it matter though who gets mentioned? The most important thing would seem that this fantastic tutorial got featured
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wow this is so helpful! yes i do use the evil smudge tool but its really difficult to find a tutorial to help me with the opacity etc. for my photoshop programme! (i have Photoshop Elements 2.0 XD super old!!)
So here is my question to you and everyone else 'What is the best Photoshop Programme that is out?'
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