REEEEALLY Quick Quick-select Gif Masking Tutorial, While Im Working On It And Have The Source Files In

REEEEALLY quick quick-select gif masking tutorial, while I’m working on it and have the source files in front of me.

If you’re planning on making a gif where you place a gif with the background removed and replaced with other gifs like this:

the best tool to use is generally the magic wand but sometimes if the background is overly complicated then quick select is your only real option.

To make sure that the edges of the transparent gif are as smooth as possible, use the refine edge tool!

Basically what I do is select the whole frame and then use the quick select tool to de-select the part I want to be visible - in this case it’s Meg. If you just delete the background there will be some really ugly ghosting around the edges that are going to look like shit when you place the new background in and try to render the gif SO just click that little “refine edge” button in the quick select toolbar and then play with the “smooth” and “contrast” values to both smooth the edges and then sharpen them properly.

Delete the background and there’ll be a noticeable improvement! Just do the same thing for every frame and you’re good to go with resizing and cropping and stuff.

Just remember to use the same values in the refine edge window for every frame you do because otherwise the edges will look all jumpy and weird when the gif is in motion (easiest way to do this is use easy numbers for each one - I’ve used 50)

Aaaand ta da! The background is gone and ready to be replaced with something else, and the edges of your gif aren’t blurry and gross.

Natural Black Hair Tutorial! Usually Black hair is excluded in the hair tutorials which I have seen so I have gone through it in depth because it’s really not enough to tell someone simply, “Black hair is really curly, draw it really curly.“ 

The next part of Black Hair In Depth will feature styles and ideas for designing characters and I will release it around February. If you would like to see certain styles, please shoot me a message!

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A compilation of stuff I know about drawing Asian faces and Asian culture! I feel like many “How-To-Draw” tutorials often default to European faces and are not really helpful when drawing people of other races. So I thought I’d put this together in case anyone is interested! Feel free to share this guide and shoot me questions if you have any! I’m by no means an expert, I just know a few things from drawing experience and from my own cultural background. 

OK SO i get asked about colors a lot and i’m really sorry i am so lame at giving detailed answers SO I’M GONNA ATTEMPT TO FORMULATE SOME„,  BASIC TIPS I GUESS LET ME JUST START OUT BY SAYING i’m not really a very skilled or fancy or formally educated artist (shocking i know) and i don’t take drawing very seriously, BUT I HOPE A FEW THINGS I HAVE SAY WILL HELP YOU

(extra commentary in case anything is hard to read, here is the whole thing in one pic and not an obnoxious photoset)

1. HAVE FUN WHEN YOU ARE COLORING JEEZ don’t loose hair over trying really hard to study and adsorb shading and lighting ‘ruuuules’!! and while enough basic understanding is obviously important and necessary in creating believable and realistic pieces, being creative is also really important as well!! the bottom line of art is that there ARE no rules, and if you really do want to be happy with your work, i find a lot of satisfaction arises in knowing i made something only /I/ could make!! and besides, if i didn’t have fun making art, then i wouldn’t do it, frankly

2. PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT TONE YOUR COLORS PORTRAY this is especially true for people and expressions and setting 

since color is such a big part of a piece, it also plays a big role in setting the tone of your work!! take a minute to evaluate the context of whatever you’re drawing and then try to see what colors would best parrallel that! and especially don’t be afraid to venture into palettes you don’t normally use!! but once you choose a palette that matches the tone of your work BE SURE TO STICK WITH IT so it is contiguous in both the background and foreground

(i used twilight princess and skyward sword as an example, i hope my analysis makes sense)

3. be sure to scribble with and test how colors look together BEFORE you take them to your lines!! and finally HAVE FUN WITH YOUR COLORING i know i already said this but it’s simply tragic when an artist becomes bored/uninterested/frustrated with colors ahhh!!! remember that every artist has different coloring styles so try you best to observe others’ techniques!! pay attention to what you like about them, but ALSO pay attention to what you dislike!!

practice a lot of styles, and ask around which programs/brush settings artists use if you find yourself interested in them!! i’m sorry i can’t help you with more technicalities, but learning for yourself is also half the fun!! plus i’m a lazy motherfucker and i’m bad a tutorials anyway

OKKKKAAY THANKS FOR READING OLLIE OUT

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