The Computer Art group

Arianna wrote:Well, I like having everything grouped properly.
There's usually a background, paper sketch, digital sketch, coloring,
shading, shading #2, and lineart layer, so it's not like I don't use
them, it's just I don't want them all on different layers. They get so
mixed up that way.

At least in semi-recent versions of Photoshop (not sure about other programs, or anything before 7.0), there are "sets" which basically put the layers in a folder. I don't really know what to do with them other than organizing them.

I typically have Lineart1, a thicker outer edge, Lineart2, the thin stuff that's all the things that are inside the first, possibly a third for details, all my color, a shading layer (which is a copy of the color with lower brightness and saturation with a layer mask) and a highlights layer (which is pretty much the same as the shading, but with higher settings). I could use more, but I've never really had to.

Noah the Flood wrote:I made a t-rex sprite in the computor lab at school a few weeks ago on paint....I got bored, and internet sucks so..yeah.

I used to do sprites all the time in Tech Ed, 'cause I always finished really fast and had spare time. We only had MS Paint, and I had to use a mouse, but I still liked them.
I should bring in a flash drive and bring them home before I'm off to the High School and they're gone forever.
I learned recently that I can actually get on TWIG from our school computers, but it was from before I was even aware this place existed.

I get super annoyed because at school they've got Paint.net but they haven't got GIMP.

What?!

My sister switched to Paint.NET.

That must suck. At school we have the whole Adobe suite - photoshop, indesign, flash, illustrator, dreamweaver. xD

Our schools - atleast the middleschools - computors really sucked with programs xD Same with internet. They almost cut them next year. They already did in elementary.
I love Paint.NET. Its fun to foul around on

All we have at school is Photoshop, but it's the educational version and completely different from Elements, so I learn how to do stuff there and then I get home and try to do it again and I don't know how. xP

Username: Sharkbait
Nickname: Seal
Which art programs do you have?: Paint.net, paint, and GIMP 2
Tips?: Not really, except GET A TABLET
Other: Noep ^^'