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LostForest 02/05/21 5:34:01 PM #1:	I'm creating monster sprites for an indie game, and I've always used the Burn/Dodge tools since I like the airbrush effect it provides. I know a lot of people just use masks, but unless I'm mistaken you can only use white/black/grey in masks, right? I think I remember someone telling me to just make a shading layer and use the blending options to shade onto layers beneath it with Multiply or something, but I want something that won't appear over the transparent background. Any fellow CE artists that have any hot tips? --- ForestLogic alt. <cite>LostForest posted [p:950319802] in What's the... [t:79279682]...</cite> <quote>I'm creating monster sprites for an indie game, and I've always used the Burn/Dodge tools since I like the airbrush effect it provides. I know a lot of people just use masks, but unless I'm mistaken you can only use white/black/grey in masks, right? I think I remember someone telling me to just make a shading layer and use the blending options to shade onto layers beneath it with Multiply or something, but I want something that won't appear over the transparent background. Any fellow CE artists that have any hot tips? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TeaMilk 02/05/21 5:39:24 PM #2:	How big are the sprites? If we're talking like small pixel art, you're gonna get the best results handpicking shading colors probably. Can u post a sample? If you wanna go the layers route, you can make a clipping mask over the base sprite (anything in the clipping mask won't appear in transparent parts of the sprite image) https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/using/clipping-masks.html Then make the clipping mask in multiply mode or something and play around with opacity/colors --- http://large.horse/ Show icons on posts: https://openuserjs.org/scripts/melon/GameFAQs_Show_Icon <cite>TeaMilk posted [p:950319992] in What's the... [t:79279682]...</cite> <quote>How big are the sprites? If we're talking like small pixel art, you're gonna get the best results handpicking shading colors probably. Can u post a sample? If you wanna go the layers route, you can make a clipping mask over the base sprite (anything in the clipping mask won't appear in transparent parts of the sprite image) https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/using/clipping-masks.html Then make the clipping mask in multiply mode or something and play around with opacity/colors </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LostForest 02/05/21 5:54:33 PM #3:	They're not pixel art, so I guess describing them as sprites is a little inaccurate. They're fairly large, like, my template is 1500x1500, though most of the finished ones end up resized to around 300x300. Here's an example. Since they end up animated, I usually break each body part into a different layer, so that's where it gets dicey. --- ForestLogic alt. <cite>LostForest posted [p:950320497] in What's the... [t:79279682]...</cite> <quote>They're not pixel art, so I guess describing them as sprites is a little inaccurate. They're fairly large, like, my template is 1500x1500, though most of the finished ones end up resized to around 300x300. Here's an example. Since they end up animated, I usually break each body part into a different layer, so that's where it gets dicey. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Itennu 02/05/21 5:57:31 PM #4:	get paint tool sai ^^ i broke up with photoshop after i got it --- ~ i t e n n u ~ ~ don't ask, just touch me ~ <cite>Itennu posted [p:950320598] in What's the... [t:79279682]...</cite> <quote>get paint tool sai ^^ i broke up with photoshop after i got it </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LostForest 02/05/21 6:00:42 PM #5:	Itennu posted... get paint tool sai ^^ i broke up with photoshop after i got it Does it have blending options like PS tho? If I can't get automatic, smooth outer glows, that's a dealbreaker for me. --- ForestLogic alt. <cite>LostForest posted [p:950320700] in What's the... [t:79279682]...</cite> <quote>Itennu posted... </cite> <quote>get paint tool sai ^^ i broke up with photoshop after i got it</quote> Does it have blending options like PS tho? If I can't get automatic, smooth outer glows, that's a dealbreaker for me. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TeaMilk 02/05/21 6:17:40 PM #6:	LostForest posted... Does it have blending options like PS tho? If I can't get automatic, smooth outer glows, that's a dealbreaker for me. I love SAI for drawing but it only has basic blending modes. No outer glow. Try the clipping mask/multiply thing, I think it should work ok for what you showed --- http://large.horse/ Show icons on posts: https://openuserjs.org/scripts/melon/GameFAQs_Show_Icon <cite>TeaMilk posted [p:950321226] in What's the... [t:79279682]...</cite> <quote>LostForest posted... </cite> <quote>Does it have blending options like PS tho? If I can't get automatic, smooth outer glows, that's a dealbreaker for me.</quote>I love SAI for drawing but it only has basic blending modes. No outer glow. Try the clipping mask/multiply thing, I think it should work ok for what you showed </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LostForest 02/07/21 3:05:25 AM #7:	Bump so this doesn't purg. --- ForestLogic alt. <cite>LostForest posted [p:950368409] in What's the... [t:79279682]...</cite> <quote>Bump so this doesn't purg. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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