My first four days of tablet ownership

Like you probably grasped from the title, I recently acquired a tablet for my birthday (basically a giant track pad with a pen, so I can draw artwork right in Photoshop or Corel Painter, or whatever). These are the first decent-ish things I've done, please expect them to be rough since I'm still experimenting, I haven't done a whole lot with shading, or digital coloring, etc.

Day 1
This was made on Corel Painter, before I figured out that I had Photoshop Elements 8. XD Like I said, I haven't done much with shading, so this was kind of an experiment on that front. It is also currently my profile picture on Facebook. XD

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Day 2 3 (Varied the order for reasons you'll see in a second)
This one I made on Photoshop 8, experimenting with gradients, etc. It's also my current avatar here on YWS, edited a bit. XD

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Yes, the corner stripey things are a little... Solid. Meh. :\ And the rainbow may or may not be there to distract from the awfulness of her hand.

Day 2
This was made in Photoshop, I used some of the brushes and stuff for the grass, the leaves, etc.

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And Day 3 1/2, + Day 4
This one I think took the most work out of all of the above. It kind of follows the 'seasons' theme, like the autumn pic above, so a 'Spring' and 'Summer' might pop up somewhere along the line.

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I know it's summer, but I sketched the hat, and from there it was all winter (and yes, I know his hat is too big. Imagine that he uses it to store things).

Certain parts of this gave me a heck of a time. Like his face. It's actually two faces layered on top of each other to get it the way it looks now. Still not entirely happy with it...

I love how (most of) the snow turned out, even though I have hardly any idea how I did it (a lot of my successes so far have been happy accidents. I'm still discovering various things). It involved the smudge tool. Lots of the smudge tool, as did the shading.

Also, the pink tint in the sky? A random temporary background that was way down in the stack of layers. It looked so cool I decided to keep it.

I think it could be better yet, but considering it's one of the first things I've ever made, I think it turned out at least semi-good.

So yeah, those are my first few experiments. I'll probably post more later, perhaps some character sketches/novel scenes...

Any tips on how to make images less pixel-y, or what sizes are average for drawing vs. posting places, and other technical stuff are welcome, since I'm still figuring those things out. And if anybody knows how to resize an image in Photoshop Elements 8 EASILY, preferably by pixels and not inches or whatever, that would also be extremely helpful.

Thanks for viewing. ^^

Hola Silentpages! I see that you wanted tips for your pictures, and I'm sorry, I can't really help there. But--I came to say that I really like these pics, dude! They're really good! I think the last one is my favorite by far. Although the others are still great. Haha, I think I may see a cartoonist in the making:)

Anyway. Sorry I couldn't help but to encourage!

--Lollipopper

Hey there,


Sorry for the short review, however I love this pictures
The first one is not my favorite but I still like it, and the eyes are really cool
The second one (Day 3) has to be my favorite (however it is equal with another one.)The background is soft and looks really good with the music notes in the back drop, and I like how she seems really in to the music that is playing.
The third picture is neat! I love how the background is tilted, Just because that's how ever thing looks normally after someone falls down And again love the eyes.
The last one is also my favorite I don't know if it is the fact that I have never been in the snow or what but I have always loved pictures of snow.
Overall I love these pictures and the seasons. Can't wait to see what else you come up with

Wow! These are amazing!

So, you drew these all on a Tablet? Wowzers, that's incredible!

The only problems I see are...
1. The first one's hair is a little odd. That one piece sticking straight up is kind of weird when the rest looks so... not-moving (I can't think of the right word right now XD).
2. The second one is great. The only problem is the hand that she has out seems a little too small. I know it's supposed to be smaller than the rest of her body because of proportions and distance but it seems even a little too small for that.
3. This one is his eyes. The left one seems a little smaller than the right. Maybe he's just squinting it (in which case I take all this back) but if he isn't you may want to fix it a bit.
4. Yes, the hat is too big. It actually seems to make the rest of the head too big - so, see if you can fix it?

Other than those little things it's great! You're colors and shading are wonderful and I'm in awe of your skill

Keep drawing,
Alzora