Everyone appreciates Gary's contributions and Gary is well aware of it. He is also someone people look to for encouragement as well as technique help, and he has a lot of influence---he can use constructively. I'm for a more positive approach about some things, however..."as you think, so you are..."
I know Nicole is fully aware of her strengths and she is realistic---she wants a little help is all, I'm willing to give it. I'd do the same for anyone, and it's quite alright for people to email me if they want to see if I could help them out on something too.
There should be no pressures put upon others to feel they must create images the same as someone else's...or do it in some certain set amount of time. Every effort made to learn a skill is in itself a triumph in my opinion. Stay positive, don't be hard on yourself, keep at it and the results will come.
I feel like I shouldn't have to defend this idea of being patient with oneself, being positive and perseverent...especially here [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img] but anyway, yes, we all appreciate Gary and his expertise, let's be a bit more positive though.
Nicole---just ask away, I only just got barely started on some explanations last night and there are things yet to describe...and as you go along also remember to save your file frequently, it is also a good idea every so often after many changes you'd hate to lose to use the "save as" and name the file anew so there's other copies in case of a program crash---which becomes more and more possible the more complex the file becomes.
Just think of your shading as patches of darker and lighter tones...as when you are drawing and you think at a spot on the picture that you would need to add a smudge of shadowing or highlighting---then just draw a similar shape for that area, make it an elliptical transparency and adjust its feathering and color tones---stack on more. It's easier to build up very subtle colored layers and get the right look than to try an achieve it with a single layer or two of colors you might fuss over.
You can do it!!! [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]
---As The Crow Flies!---
Maya
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover."
-Mark Twain
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