More Non-photorealisitic Renders (NPR II)

mmitchell_houston

Artini said:

Ok, have not installed it yet, but I have Manga Studio 5, that I have not used for ages.

I was like that at first with Manga Studio. I got version 4 and it just sat on my hard drive for years. When I was using it for the occassional illustration edit, it didn't offer me more than i could get out of Photoshop. Then I finally sat down and started working on comic panels and my entire workflow changed – suddenly I realized that it is a very powerful tool capable of doing great things. Once I embraced the learning curve, my work took off in leaps and bounds. 

tkdrobert

mmitchell_houston said:

tkdrobert said:

mmitchell_houston said:

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TheNathanParable said:

My recent Daz renders were postworked in Krita, specifically "Anime Girl" and "Happy Sakura". It's a really nifty program.

One of the things I love about Clip Paint Studio is some of the special brushes.  For example I have fire and water brushes and when I apply them look just like comic book water and fire.  My favorite is my spiderman web-line brush.  Very fast and convienent, huge time saver.  Does Krita have brushes like that?

Are you using built-in brushes (that came with it) or did you get some other ones? If so, share the links, bud! I'm always looking for new brushes that can make life easier.

The fire, water, and Spider-Man brushes were free and available through the CPS resource window where you can search for stuff.  Thing is, you have to use Google translate to find them.  It’s getting harder to find free stuff now because people have started charging which is now allowed.

I recently found the Asian site that has a lot of brushes and resources for download. I definitely need to find the water brushes, as I've a scene that calls for a big splash, but i've been putting it off because I really haven't mastered drawing a water splash.

Me neither.  I have some Photoshop splash brushes but I can't get them to look real nor comic book.  I was thinking about doing an image with either Kora or Aang from the Last Air Bender series usinf CPS brushes.  If you are unfamilar with the series, an Avatar can control water, fire, rock, and air.  It would be a challenge to do a scence with all of those elements.  Anyway, there are also CPS brushes for sweat, rain, and water drops.  You can reach the resource search engine from within the program.  Scroll down to the end of the default image materials that are provided (right side) and you'll see a link for "search for additional resources." 

mmitchell_houston

tkdrobert said:

mmitchell_houston said:

tkdrobert said:

mmitchell_houston said:

tkdrobert said:

TheNathanParable said:

My recent Daz renders were postworked in Krita, specifically "Anime Girl" and "Happy Sakura". It's a really nifty program.

One of the things I love about Clip Paint Studio is some of the special brushes.  For example I have fire and water brushes and when I apply them look just like comic book water and fire.  My favorite is my spiderman web-line brush.  Very fast and convienent, huge time saver.  Does Krita have brushes like that?

Are you using built-in brushes (that came with it) or did you get some other ones? If so, share the links, bud! I'm always looking for new brushes that can make life easier.

The fire, water, and Spider-Man brushes were free and available through the CPS resource window where you can search for stuff.  Thing is, you have to use Google translate to find them.  It’s getting harder to find free stuff now because people have started charging which is now allowed.

I recently found the Asian site that has a lot of brushes and resources for download. I definitely need to find the water brushes, as I've a scene that calls for a big splash, but i've been putting it off because I really haven't mastered drawing a water splash.

Me neither.  I have some Photoshop splash brushes but I can't get them to look real nor comic book.  I was thinking about doing an image with either Kora or Aang from the Last Air Bender series usinf CPS brushes.  If you are unfamilar with the series, an Avatar can control water, fire, rock, and air.  It would be a challenge to do a scence with all of those elements.  Anyway, there are also CPS brushes for sweat, rain, and water drops.  You can reach the resource search engine from within the program.  Scroll down to the end of the default image materials that are provided (right side) and you'll see a link for "search for additional resources." 

I don't remember seeing that option in Manga Studio, but I'll double-check Sunday when I get back in town (this afternoon I'm heading out of town for my dad's 79th birthday party).

I'm kinda familiar with the Last Avatar series. I can imagine how hard it would be to show all those effects with Clip Studio. That's just currently a little out of my skill range.

Talk soon!

 

tkdrobert

mmitchell_houston said:

tkdrobert said:

mmitchell_houston said:

tkdrobert said:

mmitchell_houston said:

tkdrobert said:

TheNathanParable said:

My recent Daz renders were postworked in Krita, specifically "Anime Girl" and "Happy Sakura". It's a really nifty program.

One of the things I love about Clip Paint Studio is some of the special brushes.  For example I have fire and water brushes and when I apply them look just like comic book water and fire.  My favorite is my spiderman web-line brush.  Very fast and convienent, huge time saver.  Does Krita have brushes like that?

Are you using built-in brushes (that came with it) or did you get some other ones? If so, share the links, bud! I'm always looking for new brushes that can make life easier.

The fire, water, and Spider-Man brushes were free and available through the CPS resource window where you can search for stuff.  Thing is, you have to use Google translate to find them.  It’s getting harder to find free stuff now because people have started charging which is now allowed.

I recently found the Asian site that has a lot of brushes and resources for download. I definitely need to find the water brushes, as I've a scene that calls for a big splash, but i've been putting it off because I really haven't mastered drawing a water splash.

Me neither.  I have some Photoshop splash brushes but I can't get them to look real nor comic book.  I was thinking about doing an image with either Kora or Aang from the Last Air Bender series usinf CPS brushes.  If you are unfamilar with the series, an Avatar can control water, fire, rock, and air.  It would be a challenge to do a scence with all of those elements.  Anyway, there are also CPS brushes for sweat, rain, and water drops.  You can reach the resource search engine from within the program.  Scroll down to the end of the default image materials that are provided (right side) and you'll see a link for "search for additional resources." 

I don't remember seeing that option in Manga Studio, but I'll double-check Sunday when I get back in town (this afternoon I'm heading out of town for my dad's 79th birthday party).

I'm kinda familiar with the Last Avatar series. I can imagine how hard it would be to show all those effects with Clip Studio. That's just currently a little out of my skill range.

Talk soon!

 

Safe travels.

mmitchell_houston

tkdrobert said:

mmitchell_houston said:

tkdrobert said:

mmitchell_houston said:

tkdrobert said:

mmitchell_houston said:

tkdrobert said:

TheNathanParable said:

My recent Daz renders were postworked in Krita, specifically "Anime Girl" and "Happy Sakura". It's a really nifty program.

One of the things I love about Clip Paint Studio is some of the special brushes.  For example I have fire and water brushes and when I apply them look just like comic book water and fire.  My favorite is my spiderman web-line brush.  Very fast and convienent, huge time saver.  Does Krita have brushes like that?

Are you using built-in brushes (that came with it) or did you get some other ones? If so, share the links, bud! I'm always looking for new brushes that can make life easier.

The fire, water, and Spider-Man brushes were free and available through the CPS resource window where you can search for stuff.  Thing is, you have to use Google translate to find them.  It’s getting harder to find free stuff now because people have started charging which is now allowed.

I recently found the Asian site that has a lot of brushes and resources for download. I definitely need to find the water brushes, as I've a scene that calls for a big splash, but i've been putting it off because I really haven't mastered drawing a water splash.

Me neither.  I have some Photoshop splash brushes but I can't get them to look real nor comic book.  I was thinking about doing an image with either Kora or Aang from the Last Air Bender series usinf CPS brushes.  If you are unfamilar with the series, an Avatar can control water, fire, rock, and air.  It would be a challenge to do a scence with all of those elements.  Anyway, there are also CPS brushes for sweat, rain, and water drops.  You can reach the resource search engine from within the program.  Scroll down to the end of the default image materials that are provided (right side) and you'll see a link for "search for additional resources." 

I don't remember seeing that option in Manga Studio, but I'll double-check Sunday when I get back in town (this afternoon I'm heading out of town for my dad's 79th birthday party).

I'm kinda familiar with the Last Avatar series. I can imagine how hard it would be to show all those effects with Clip Studio. That's just currently a little out of my skill range.

Talk soon!

 

Safe travels.

Thanks!

Artini

mmitchell_houston said:

Artini said:

Ok, have not installed it yet, but I have Manga Studio 5, that I have not used for ages.

I was like that at first with Manga Studio. I got version 4 and it just sat on my hard drive for years. When I was using it for the occassional illustration edit, it didn't offer me more than i could get out of Photoshop. Then I finally sat down and started working on comic panels and my entire workflow changed – suddenly I realized that it is a very powerful tool capable of doing great things. Once I embraced the learning curve, my work took off in leaps and bounds. 

Thanks for the encouragement, and safe travel, as well.

 

mmitchell_houston

Artini said:

mmitchell_houston said:

Artini said:

Ok, have not installed it yet, but I have Manga Studio 5, that I have not used for ages.

I was like that at first with Manga Studio. I got version 4 and it just sat on my hard drive for years. When I was using it for the occassional illustration edit, it didn't offer me more than i could get out of Photoshop. Then I finally sat down and started working on comic panels and my entire workflow changed – suddenly I realized that it is a very powerful tool capable of doing great things. Once I embraced the learning curve, my work took off in leaps and bounds. 

Thanks for the encouragement, and safe travel, as well.

Thanks! It took about 5 hoursto drive here and I was pretty pooped when I got here (I had to get up at 5:30 am, worked until about 2 pm and then drove here). Biggest problem with traffic was before I even got out of Houston – some guy slammed his brakes on the freeway and I almost rammed him. Ugh.  But, other than that, no issues. I'm here now and enjoying a minute of computer time before heading out to see the family.

Talk later.

tkdrobert

Just attended a free webinar for Clip Paint Studio.  It was rushed, but I got at least three good things from it.  I need to spend more time mastering it.  I think once I do, I may not need Photoshop anymore.  I deffinantly don't need Comic Life now.  I learned how to do speach bubbles and panels.  Hopefully, I don't forget it LOL.  The Webinar will be available on Youtube at some point.  I'll try to remember to post the link when it's up.

Griffin Avid

Awww man, I coulda told you about that. And I covered that in the Part II of the Comic Creation course. Shucks.

 

Artini

tkdrobert said:

Just attended a free webinar for Clip Paint Studio.  It was rushed, but I got at least three good things from it.  I need to spend more time mastering it.  I think once I do, I may not need Photoshop anymore.  I deffinantly don't need Comic Life now.  I learned how to do speach bubbles and panels.  Hopefully, I don't forget it LOL.  The Webinar will be available on Youtube at some point.  I'll try to remember to post the link when it's up.

Interesting. I have to install Clip Paint Studio. I was afraid to lock the licence to my old computer, but have to overcome that fear.

I have looked in Manga Studio 5, trying to find the option for downloading the brushes, but could not find it.

It looks like Clip Paint Studio has more to offer than Manga Studio 5 has.

 

tkdrobert

Griffin Avid said:

Awww man, I coulda told you about that. And I covered that in the Part II of the Comic Creation course. Shucks.

 

Your 1st webinar was great.  I wanted to attend your 2nd, but it wasn't in my limited art budget.  I got 2 kids I have to send through college, so I can only spend so much a month on art stuff. 

tkdrobert

Artini said:

tkdrobert said:

Just attended a free webinar for Clip Paint Studio.  It was rushed, but I got at least three good things from it.  I need to spend more time mastering it.  I think once I do, I may not need Photoshop anymore.  I deffinantly don't need Comic Life now.  I learned how to do speach bubbles and panels.  Hopefully, I don't forget it LOL.  The Webinar will be available on Youtube at some point.  I'll try to remember to post the link when it's up.

Interesting. I have to install Clip Paint Studio. I was afraid to lock the licence to my old computer, but have to overcome that fear.

I have looked in Manga Studio 5, trying to find the option for downloading the brushes, but could not find it.

It looks like Clip Paint Studio has more to offer than Manga Studio 5 has.

 

I bought Clip Paint Studio Pro (not EX) on sale (BIG DISCOUNT) last Christmas.  I've had several free updates since then.  The ability to search for brushes, image materials, and 3D objects (I don't use these) have always been there.  I don't know what version the search was added.  Also, you have to have an account with CPS to download new stuff.  Most of the materials are free, but some stuff cost money now.  They just started that.  Seems everyone is going to a simular model now (i.e. Topaz Studio)  Here is the "out-of-program" link: https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us ;

Some people sell brushes on 3rd party sites, but installing the brushes from them is a pain, unlike Photoshop which is much easier.  I've only bought 1 thrid party brush set.  I think it was this set: (https://www.flylanddesigns.com/product/clip-studio-paint-manga-studio-5-brushes-mega-pack-220-brushes/) but I can't remember for sure.  The creator is a professional artist named Brian ????.  He included a guide on how to install the brushes.  Honestly, I haven't used them that much as of right now, but there are some good "special effects" type brushes in the pack, (I.E rope, cables, wires, blood splatter).  My biggest problem with useing these brushes in postwork, on a DAZ Render, is blending them in with the light and shadows of the sceane.  I think I'm getting better though. 

Artini

Thanks for the great tips, tkdrobert. I did not know about them.

 

Artini

There was a link to their tutorials, as well.

 

tkdrobert

Artini said:

There was a link to their tutorials, as well.

 

That the webinar I mentioned.

Artini

Great. Looks interesting, just started to watch it.

By the way, Clip Studio seems to be a haven for someone, who can draw, like the one who created such an animation:

I am not that good at drawing, that is why I prefer rendering in Daz Studio over painting or drawing.

But I would like to know, how to make illustrations with Daz Studio, so finding my way in Clip Paint will be useful.

 

 

tkdrobert

Artini said:

Great. Looks interesting, just started to watch it.

By the way, Clip Studio seems to be a haven for someone, who can draw, like the one who created such an animation:

I am not that good at drawing, that is why I prefer rendering in Daz Studio over painting or drawing.

But I would like to know, how to make illustrations with Daz Studio, so finding my way in Clip Paint will be useful.

 

 

I've been trying to use Daz as my foundation and then use Clip Paint Studio and Photoshop to enhance or complete the final work.  I would eventually like to get away from DAZ more and more, until I'm only using it as a reference.  We'll see if I ever get there.  I took a drawing class in collage and my professor believed anyone can learn to draw if given the proper tools.  I did well in the class, but never believed that I was good enough, nor did I believe I could make a living from it.  Daz has been extremely useful and without it I don't think I would've gotten back into art.

tkdrobert

I originally intended for this to be more photoreal, but after hours of render time, it kept coming out grainy.  I suspect it's because of all the light sources.  So I used some Topaz filters to make it look painted.

Oso3D

I keep experimenting and then coming back to PWToon.

I tried using a toon cell shading shader (DZ Toon), wasn't happy with it, recoded my own, still wasn't happy with it... and I've mostly concluded that color shifts really needed to be done to the texture.

 

tkdrobert

Happy Halloween

AlmightyQUEST

Oso3D said:

I keep experimenting and then coming back to PWToon.

I tried using a toon cell shading shader (DZ Toon), wasn't happy with it, recoded my own, still wasn't happy with it... and I've mostly concluded that color shifts really needed to be done to the texture.

 

I really like the line quality on the dog. And I do like to experiement with texture colors and pwToon shading effects, a lot of interesting effects can be found.

 

tkdrobert said:

I originally intended for this to be more photoreal, but after hours of render time, it kept coming out grainy.  I suspect it's because of all the light sources.  So I used some Topaz filters to make it look painted.

The colors on this are great, love it! And good action in the scene.

tkdrobert

AlmightyQUEST said:

Oso3D said:

I keep experimenting and then coming back to PWToon.

I tried using a toon cell shading shader (DZ Toon), wasn't happy with it, recoded my own, still wasn't happy with it... and I've mostly concluded that color shifts really needed to be done to the texture.

 

I really like the line quality on the dog. And I do like to experiement with texture colors and pwToon shading effects, a lot of interesting effects can be found.

 

tkdrobert said:

I originally intended for this to be more photoreal, but after hours of render time, it kept coming out grainy.  I suspect it's because of all the light sources.  So I used some Topaz filters to make it look painted.

The colors on this are great, love it! And good action in the scene.

Thanks

tkdrobert

I'm working on the cover for The Seven Senitnels #1 issue.  It wasn't going well at 1st and I almost stopped to work on other projects.  I stuck with it and now it's coming a long nicely (I think).  You were right @mmitchell_houston.  You do learn a lot by hunkering down and just doing it.  All I have left (I think) is to add the text.  The background will be simular to Issue #0 (space).  Last time, I used yellow for the text.  Looking at two Guardian of the Galaxy graphic novels, 1 cover has a purple color to the text.  I was thinking of doing something simular.  Let me know what you all think.  I can't finish it up untill Wednesday or Thursday night.  I'm going to do the text in Photoshop this time instead of Comic Life. 

Headwax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lovely to see the work in this thread - very inspiring

 

E.Bru

Happy Halloween !

 

tkdrobert

Here it is, the cover for issue #1.  This is my 1st image depecting the entire team.  I made some changes to the original character concepts.  I haven't posted this anywhere else yet.  I wanted to get feedback 1st.

https://sta.sh/0dtiaq4a350

Oso3D

Started as a realistic render, but ran it through FotoSketcher, as I enjoy doing...

 

mmitchell_houston

Oso3D said:

Started as a realistic render, but ran it through FotoSketcher, as I enjoy doing...

If you were to print this on canvas, I would completely believe it was originally a paitning. Very nicely done. Just the right balance between detail and abstraction. 

mmitchell_houston

tkdrobert said:

Here it is, the cover for issue #1.  This is my 1st image depecting the entire team.  I made some changes to the original character concepts.  I haven't posted this anywhere else yet.  I wanted to get feedback 1st.

https://sta.sh/0dtiaq4a350

This is REALLY fantastic! I'm so excited to see it all coming together. I might have a few ideas on some color tweaks that I'll share later, but the overall effect is REALLY nice. The main figures don't look like CGI to me, which is fantastic as that's the look you're going for. Bravo.

Oso3D

Mitchell: FotoSketcher’s Brushstroke filter is my favorite art filter of all time.

It creates such a wonderful painty quality, and tinkering with brush size can capture more or less detail as desired.

And FotoSketcher is free. Man