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# 6 24-01-2005 , 09:41 AM
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Is the shadow rendered or painted in? It looks too sharp and has no fall-off, i.e. is doesn't fade the farther it is from the source of the shadow. Good point too on the claws, but that is an easy fix, just paint in some scratch, dirt, etc to make them look as though they've been used. They are, after all, on his feet and therefore would suffer some wear and tear in daily use.

Don't sweat not having photoshop as long as you can do what you need to in Paint Shop Pro or whatever else you have. I know PSP was mainly designed for image editing, but guess what, so was photoshop. Granted it has evolved or been manipulated to do more, but at it's core, PS is still an image editor.

PS is however an industry standard, so if you expect to be competitive commercially then eventually you want to learn it.

If you want something more "painterly" there is always Painter IX or for free, Project Dogwaffle (Don't look at me, I didn't name the program).



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