Please...just a look

[Arriaki]

I um.....have drawn these *cringes* I know they aren't very good compared with anything else from this Orchard....but I did draw them...and I have no use for them myself...so I wondered if any would be interested in caring for them? I haven't yet mad eup a history for them....or anything of the like...I just want to test the waters and see if there is any interest.

PLEASE...if you will...tell me how to make these look better...they are much more vibrant here...but I guess my scanner isn't as good as I thought it was...though it shouldn't take any blame. I am just glad it is working *pats fondly*

Erhm...well....just take a look...if you will...the third one down...I tried to make brighter by going over with some markers i found...highlighters actually Anyway......I also would like to apologize if these look like anything you have seen before...they do look alot like Sariens and I apologize....I meant for them to be more wolfish...canine...not an equine mix....but please Lex...I didn't copy off of you...I was inspired


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[Cynther]

First thing I would suggest, shrink the pictures a bit. When you're using colored pencil and scan, it often picks up the white hiding amongst the colors that we can't see. Shrinking it will help that. ^_^ Be sure to have it at 16 million colors when you shrink, though, or it might end up looking worse!

Second thing-- clean up those lines. It looks like you're using pencil to outline, and pencil doesn't tend to work all that well. Get yourself a good inking pen. Believe me, it'll help. A good inking can entirely change the look of a picture! I don't have examples that I can think of offhand, but Lessa could tell you the same thing. She recently started using some line variation and it perks up her work well. ^_^

If you're not ready to use line variation, that's okay, but still get yourself some nice, clean lines going.

Some of them look like they had cropping accidents, too. . . meaning, part of the picture got cropped off and/or there's more white space than there needs to be. Keep a bit of a border around important things when you crop, but don't keep a huge amount of white space-- that detracts from the image too.

Overall, you've got a good start. The one that you re-did with markers looks better than the original, I think. And I'd be interested in trading for the first one on the page... if you ink it and clean it up a bit. ~_^!

I hope I was helpful and not discouraging!

[Claire]

The only thing I'd have to comment about are the eyes. I really do think it's true when they say that whether or not you adopt a cyberpet depends on the eyes. They don't look very lively -- perhaps open them up a bit and add some colour?

All in all though, not bad! I'd adopt.

[Arriaki]

Yes...the eyese are a bit dead aren't they? However...I am afraid of making them so large they seem out of proportion. Also...in some, having no color was intentional...one of them is blind.

[Cynther]

Hmm... hadn't thought about the eyes thing, but she's prolly got a point.

The whole adding a white spot to be light in the pupil works pretty well. Got white-out? ;D

Also! Lessa pointed out I'd put line variation in one of my latest Tyshiri, too. >.<
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[Lumi]

^.^ I rather like these...but same advice as Cynth and Shivuez.

I'd adopt the fourth and fifth one, personally. The second one if you redid the pencil lines with ink, fixed the coloring alittle bit so that it scans better.

Hey if you need any help at all, like shrinking, croping and cleaning the scans I got time, I'd love to help you out with that. ;D

[Arriaki]

Thanks guys for this....I did find an inking pen luckily...and I have started to redo the lines and things of that sort. I am glad to know there is some interest....but I will give myself a few days to draw some more and write up a history before I put them out there...maybe a good long week.

Hehehe...unfortunately I can't find any white out...I knew about having a white-spot in the orb of the ey in the direction of focus...but the eyes were just so small.......I will make sure all those after have one ;D

I might just take you up on that Loony...I still haven't found a way to shrink these!

[Lumi]

*nods* If you do give me a call. ^^ Hehe and call me Lumi if you want.

Although, just making the resolution lower may reduce the size a good deal with out shrinking the image. Whats you got the scanner's resolution set on?

[Arriaki]

The resolution is 150...or so it says on the advanced settings

So you prefer Lumi over Loony? I just called you that since I have never seen your name anything else.

[Lumi]

*lol* Whoa! No wonder those pictures are so big! hehe that happened to me when I first got mine. You want to lower that resolution to like 85 or 95. 85 is good thats what I have mine set on, but you'll want to experiment with that until it scans the pictures the way you like it.

Well if you hold your mouse over my name there, in the bottom corner of your browser it should show you my real account name which is Luminaire. Or click it and look where it says Username: Luminare in bold. ^_^

Loony for Paints is just something I changed the visible name to for fun. XD

[Cynther]

Like me... I'm Cynther, not CCynYSinN.

I'm in favor of scanning big and shrinking on the computer... but you could lower the resolution, too, if you want. But look! Just shrunk 50%...



Won't look that good scanned on at a lower res. ~_^

[Lumi]

*chuckles* That is quite true Cynther. ^^
Although Silv uses 95 for the paints seems to work quite good for her.

If the shrinkage is done right it should look as good as Cyn has just shown us, all though sometimes it messes up the lines. *shrugs*

You'll just have to figure out which way you prefer. ^^

[Arriaki]

Well the only two choices after 150 is 100 and 72...I tried 72 and it just kinda looked really blurry. I think the shrinking would work better...after seeing what Cynther did with the first one ;D

Hehehe...I will do that...Lumi and Cynther...not Loony and CCynYSinN

[Lumi]

Yeah 72 is too low...bummer that your scanner isn't more adjustable than that. Mine before it broke and became useless I could put in any reso I wanted.

^.^ I can't wait to see more.

[Sky]

*chuckles* Just thought I'd butt in here.. I scan at 300dpi XD; Makes the scan quality nice and pretty, but you definitely have to resize. That also makes for anti-aliasing (little white dots) around the outside of the image..