Gen 5 Starter Quick Paint

[Merciless]

While abusing my Adobe CS5 trail, I drew this little fellow;

I'm rather disappointed in myself with the shakey lines. (The surface could've definitely been better before scanning.) And just as a final note, this is a direct reference. (I always find it easier drawing a reference image first to analyze the anatomy before starting original positions on fanmade products.)

 

[Synthesis]

Very nice. This starter Is my favourite so far.

 

[Steampunk Abortions]

You need to learn more about photoshop, but that aside the lineart and shading is very good.

Next time, try scanning the lineart at a very high resolution and then using the Threshold option to make it bolder, anti-aliasing will happen when you shrink the image. You can delete all the white without hassle, meaning that coloring becomes much easier, and you can change the color of the lineart with the bucket tool.

Just my two cents, but again it's very good lineart and I'd love to see more of your work.

 

[Merciless]

You need to learn more about photoshop, but that aside the lineart and shading is very good.

Next time, try scanning the lineart at a very high resolution and then using the Threshold option to make it bolder, anti-aliasing will happen when you shrink the image. You can delete all the white without hassle, meaning that coloring becomes much easier, and you can change the color of the lineart with the bucket tool.

Just my two cents, but again it's very good lineart and I'd love to see more of your work.

Exactly what I did, I've taken previous advice that over 3000 pixels dimensions is a good size to work with. Scanned it in and scaled it up by 200% then re-reduced it for viewing purposes. Perhaps I missed something from that equation, chances I probably did. But yes, Photoshop is a big thing to get into. Perhaps the purchase of a decent tablet for once would work wonders.

Also, I scan at about 300 DPI, should I be raising that? (Say 400 - 500 DPI)

 

[Steampunk Abortions]

I scan at 400 personally. The main thing I see wrong though is that the base color goes over the outline on a few spots, you could try putting the lineart layer over the base color layer.

Also, remember to flatten (layer>flatten image) the image before scaling it down, I think that'll help a lot.