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Making of Chubs- Part 1by `trenchmaker

Digital Art / Drawings & Paintings / Other

This is basically a walk through- I'll update as soon as I actually get to finish the comic page.
Some people asked for a tutorial or a video tutorial but I am not a video person and for me tutorials never where so effin helpful. Most stuff I found out by accident/testing and.... doing it.
If you are frustrated because you never achieve the results shown in a tutorial: Don't worry... me either. I can't even repaint one of my own panels properly... it always looks different.

I will not explain how Photoshop works. If you have no clue, please sign up for a PS course or ask a friend to give you a crash course.

I work with an old Intuos 4 tablet and a grip pen. Always. See here: [link]

1. The brush: I uploaded it once, the file is expired and I won't reupload. It's a simple brush that fades out and reacts on pressure. It's nothing fancy. There are tons available already by other users. The mixing is done by picking color, stroke, picking color result, stroke, repeat action.

2. I sketch on paper and I'll slap everybody how wants to know which paper exactly because it REALLY doesn't matter if you work on cheap copy paper or hilariously expensive canson to get your sketch done. I work with a cheap extra drawing table and a light table. For more information see here: [link]

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still does my flats (mostly). It's simply breaking down the image on different layers in all basic colors.
I use a lot of layers and still keep them. Most people work on 1 layer- I don't. If you work better with 1 layer- do it... as long as it serves the result there should be no rule for it.
I keep the sketch layer in multiply mode activated at that stage. I hide the sketch when I have some details like the eyes already painted.

4. That's how it looks without outlines... simple but already somehow "close to what I have in mind".

If you have any questions: shoot. Please read ALL comments and replies already posted to avoid double questions.

You should be able to find an incomplete toll list here: [link]
and again.... those are mine and if you have something that works better for you: stick to it!

Anne
*feels awkward because the break down of working steps looks hilariously stupid.... orz*

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~Teremiao Apr 21, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

What Photoshop do you use?

`trenchmaker Apr 21, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

CS5 but basically it doesn't really matter since I normally use only the basic functions and those are always the same.

~Teremiao Apr 24, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

Ok, thanks!

*MistyCate Dec 5, 2012 Traditional Artist

Thank you for posting this!

~Kamuk Nov 26, 2012

It's so cute

~LMonster2 Nov 23, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

This is a really fun tutorial on making Chubs.

Very cute and very interesting. Simple to read and not to difficult to understand. Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to read part 2.

~Todesschleife Nov 22, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

soo süühüüß ; ___ ;

~Lazytroll Nov 22, 2012 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

*o* cuteeee ( sorry more close I get to Christmas more my age get close to 5 and 3/4.
TT __ TT I would love to be able to draw like you.... (P.S. I love snowmen on tiles of Carcassonne!!!!)

~flutist Nov 21, 2012

how about the same color but 2 different items.. such as the bigger cat's ear and the smaller cat's fur is the same color.. then is it on the same layer or not? ..just curious

`trenchmaker Nov 21, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

nope, Lew has the habit to break everything down to items/characters and their different color so you'd still have a Kiki basic layer and a Patches layer. I wrap everything into those layers. Much less stress.

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