Sunday, December 26, 2010

New Toys

I treated myself to a new camera for Christmas after seeing it as deal of the week on Amazon. It's basically a newer version of the one I had already which was starting to die slightly, so when I saw it I jumped at the it. I always go to Amazon first now when looking for anything like this, I find their prices unbeatable.

Some shots of French Generals again as I try out the new Camera, well they look so much more colourful than the drab WWII lot who could blame me. It was all about being seen In those days...how things would change with the improvement of weaponry..

6 comments:

MorgulPinselbeiza said...

You paint so good, I am impressed.
But can you tell me with witch paint program do you paint your cartoons?

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Secundus said...

The one and only Photoshop. It also comes in handy for touching up all those war game photos too which is a bonus.

MorgulPinselbeiza said...

Okay thanks I´m a enthusiastic illustrator, but I cannot colour my pictures so good.

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Secundus said...

It does take a bit of practice. I tend to use my hobby of drawing soldiers to practice for my work pictures. I have learnt so much by just diving in and trying out new techniques. I also work with a lot of very good Photoshop people which is very useful.
I make my line layer a multiply one then make a new layer underneth, on which to colour the character. I have found the more layers you use, the safer it is in case you make a mistake or want to mess around with opacity. The background is another layer on which i usually do a colour gradiant to represent a sky. I know it might all sound like tech talk but I hope this helps.

MorgulPinselbeiza said...

Thanks I will try it and if it is good I will show you. :)

MorgulPinselbeiza said...

Which Version of Photoshop do you use?

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