worms, worms... The crunchy metallic type

[raynerj]

Just a doodle...

[Ron Duke]

Hey creative. How did you achieve the particular texture and shadings? Hey man, stop staring at me...
ron

[raynerj]

Hi Ron,

It is just a blend of 2 identical cicular filled circles. Blend to curve, clone, add shapes fill shape with brushed metal transparency, clone, swap the brush angle.

Draw 2 googly eyes, & a mouth...

Here is a variation on the theme... a garter snake... not fond of snakes and didn't feel like drawing a head yet.

[raynerj]

Variations on a theme...

Do not like the rock at all. Need to spend several hours looking and studying rock shapes and textures. Can not get it to turn out looking like a rock.

But it is bettern no head I guess...

[raynerj]

If all else fails... use a bitmap....

Another variation on the same theme...

[raynerj]

Playing around with a little lighting effects...

[OklaEd]

Not crazy about the lighting effect ... but the snake over the bitmap looks eerily real. I'm going to have to try that technique

-Ed.

[raynerj]

Ed,

the key in using a bitmap is to place the drawing within the picture. Same Lighting angles, lighting amounts. Make sure to place the forground items in the forground.

[dafipp]

In order to properly place the snake, did you cut the bitmap at the plant leaves to bring them to the front?

Great job...
dafipp

[raynerj]

Hi Dafipp,

cloned the bitmap, moved the clone to the layer in front, traced the leaves, Used the tracing to intersect shapes, feathered the edges a bit...