Aug '23

Thank you!

I'm definitely aware of the overshoot. I've noticed at this point if I don't overshoot, I tend to swerve when trying to stop and don't make a straight line, so that's something that is definitely going to be a more gradual process.

Aug '23

Pen Control W1D5.

Yesterday got away from me, so I didn't do the exercise, but I did 2 today. I noticed that the skinnier lines (even by 1 pixel) made me fee like I had a bit less control.

Aug '23

W1D6

I noticed that doing 2 exercises in a row made me a bit more confident on the second one.

Is there a setting that I need to adjust to get flow variation instead of opacity or flow/opacity? So far I'm only able to get flow and opacity, or only opacity variation.

Aug '23

W1 Assignment 2:

I somewhat messed up on this one, as for all but the first pair of circles, I modified circle B instead of circle A. It worked on most of them, though. Uploading this, I now see on some of them I wasn't as accurate as I thought, but it looks like I was pretty close. I think I did a decent job with levels editing, but curves seemed a lot less intuitive. The Color Balance was very intuitive. The bottom one, though, do we get any more practice images like that, or can you recommend any other tutorials with practice rounds like this? Is it worth just messing with all the settings on a bunch of images, putting them in a folder after exporting, and then later trying out this exercise?

I feel like I've already learned more in this first week than I have in the past year of trying to figure things out as I go. Excited for the rest of the course!

Aug '23

Hey

that last color thing is pretty hard. Just iterate a couple of times and get an idea on how the different settings work as they can be helpful i guess

as for the flow, you could try using a size jitter that responds to pressure when doing the lines to get a taper on both ends like when drawing with a thick soft pencil or charcoal, just make sure to ghost the movement a couple times first really close to the surface before commiting

cheers!

Aug '23

Thank you! Things like the size jitter are terms I wouldn't really have even known to look up!

Aug '23

Today's Pen Control, W1D7.

I'm noticing an issue with the pressure control--I don't know if this is a sensitivity thing, or just a learning curve, but there's a definite point in the pressure flow where it drops off/up sharply.

Anyway, Week 1 complete. I'm excited for Week 2!

Aug '23

I see what you mean. If you are using wacom, go to wacom tablet settings and test different pressure curve settings. Maybe use a linear one for direct changes or use a "harder" feeling setting if you are heavy handed

Aug '23

Whoops!

Almost forgot to post for the second day in a row!

I haven't had time to start the figure drawing exercises yet (still watching the video), but I've made sure to keep up with Pen Control!