about photoshop and hard work...damn it!WARINING- EITHER READ THIS COMPLETELY OR DON'T BOTHER, AS THAT IS ONE OF THE CHARACTER TRAITS THIS JOURNAL IS ABOUT!
okay, so after a swarm of questions many of which left me with my jaw on the floor... i realized something...
people are afraid of pushing a button to see what it does
okay, to backtrack first. i am self taught in photoshop, had no books had no tutorials, had a borrowed i think 7... dunno which was before cs2 when i started, i learned it by ....pressing a button and seeing what it does
i explored, i tried stuff out.
i had no teachers no schools no education on this stuff
i saw a button i pressed it.
that is how about 9 years ago when i first decided to try and apply digital coloring to early pages of ravine, i was dabbing paint on a page. i came to the point where i had to paint a waterfall. so , just for fun i tried putting scattering on the foam brush i made, a simple thing. and i was gonna see if smudge could be scattered. it had a weird side effect.

on stylesimma keep this one simple....
style is just how the artist feels like treating his or her world at any given time!
it is influenced by the styles of other artists the artist admires
it is an amalgamation of influences mixed with personal sensibility....
it is perpetually changing and evolving
and it is not a trademarked property
see, i personally am a mix of influences from michael turner , adam hughes, marc silvestri, alex ross a few concept artist, and my design is greatly influenced by stan winston studio
my cartoonyer style is influenced greatly by disney and don bluth with a dash of manga and a healthy dose of j scott campbell who can probably tell you a similar story about the origins of his own style
its the nature of humanity people.
we stand on each others shoulders striving for greatness. so too will i influence quite a few artists who will adapt my own approaches into their workflow.
also.... i'm batman!
just to see who is still reading XD

you wanna get good....then don't be a hater!okay so here is a tip
i have seen in my life many artists who proclaimed they want to develop their skills, and kept bashing on everyone and everything on the way....and for some reason those guys never got anywhere...
here is why..
there is a value to different approaches, different styles. realism, manga , cartooney disney, my little pony, furries....don't waste your time tryint to bash any of the stuff you don't personally like
you are missing out, bigtime!
see there is a reason why that stuff is popular. and by that i mean on the visual side. so instead of flaming , trolling and bashing, try understanding the inner workings of it.
here are some specific examples
realism- it is a wonderfully complex base , reflects one's skill in capturing reality, but in it there are differences between photo referenced, real life work and no reference. ALL HAVE THEIR VALUE AND IMPORTANCE! from photos you can learn alot, gain analytic skills, develop an attention to

so... the method of workmany have been curious about my work method.
well to fully grasp that i must first explain my personal origins
1 i was a traditional painter and drawer?...that doesnt sound right...

2 i was a traditional sculptor..alas photos of that stuff mostly got lost

i practiced abour 17 yeears now to get this bunch of mostly self taught techniques to work
most of my stuff is a digital painting now, made or drawn in photoshop cs3. never switched higher as cs3 satisfied all my photoshoppin needs
i used to do quite a bit of modelling in 3d studio max, but it was too technical of a program so eventually i gave it up and completely switched to zbrush as it provided me with excellent set of organinc modelling and texturing tools
aand some of that

my current philosophy...if i wanna draw something , i draw it.. if it creatively itches, i scratch immediately....
try it , its fun XD

aand ravine previews are coming init is a special feelign when a 11 years in the making project is finally about to hit the light of day
http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?aid=48148
newsarama bigass preview. to you faithful viewers it wont be big news cept for the upgraded look of many pages...
which makes me think i could post a sort of an evolution overview of ravine with artistic development stages...could be fun
oh also for thoswe interested in how i make all this stuff and who havent had the cnace to see
http://www.youtube.com/user/nebezial1/videos?view=0
here is my youtube channel. this week i will be making a few short simple and efficient photoshop tuts

painting video demonstration

so here is a new one

its about exracting lineart from background layer, after you scanned/had your image flattened down.
on this one i actuall managed to fingure how note tool works so i am actually writing as im demonstrating things

go here---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ch0bBrCwc8&feature

lcp
also check my husbands tutorials, they are at the bottom of the journal

also newly added

finally as promised i made a video demonstration about painting a picture in photoshop.
i started from scratch, made a sketch in photoshop and from there started painting. for the overall image it took me 3 hrs so i was rushing a bit, so please exuse anatomiocal mistakes.
Also, i started off with only basic brushes, and i made advanced ones as the video progressed. that way i wanted to show you various purpose for different brushes and how to use them.
i didnt put any text in this demonstration, since this is just for viewing the process, but i plan on making shorter - mo

advice on some stuff to look up before tutorialsso im gonna be starting to make some tutorials soon
before that you should look up some informations
you probably noticed that in my work it is often hard to distinguish if im using a zbrush model or just painined it all in photoshop
reason for that is simple.
my realism rendering is greatly based on 3 d rendering processes.
by this i mean as i learned 3d i became aware of the stuff we usually visually take for granted.
qualities of material, importance of reflectivity, ambient occlusion, and subsurface scattering.
to any 3d  artist these are everyday terms, while 2d artists usually paint them without often even being aware of wheat they are really doing
for instance , a 3d artist will at any given point use 2 types of shadows. cast shadows from a direct lightsource, and ambient occlusion shadows which naturally appear  more intensively  the closer planes of an object are together.
i can get into this  and make it a long discussion , but easier w

ravine interview part 1http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=42627
honestly... i am geeking out , smiling... and a little teary eyed XD

aaand another ravine interview :)http://www.newsarama.com/comics/marz-sejic-ravine-creator-owned-top-cow.html
soo..bloody..close....aaaaaaarrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhh

dumb thought of the dayevery now and then i get these stupid ideas.
so here is the latest one...if gravity affects time, meaning stronger the gravity, more time is affected. and if the presumption is true that strong enough gravity can stop time..within a black hole
black hole has the mass of the collapsed star.... so... just before big bang we had all the cosmos compressed in a singular point with immeasurable mass, right?
that would mean that it is a ... sort of a non state point... a non event since time is in effective stasis.. space and time compressed in a singular point.
so an event has to transpire that was superior to all those 4 dimensions....
above time and space...
either this proves there is a God... or...doctor who is actually real!!!!!
yeah.... my mind is silly like that XD
aand just a warning if you take any of this seriously.....wwwow....i... damn! XD

tutorialsjust an announcement , this weekend im starting on some video + audio tuts... expect rude dickishness if the walk it off you pansy kind! XD. by that i mean , no tutorial will replace practice, it is meant to boost practice..so funtimes ahead!

okay, my wife has some crazy fans XDi dont usually like doing cross promotion. we both just kinda do our own things but damn it all if this is not the most awesome thing i ever saw XDXDXDXDXD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owUIm2AauPI&feature=youtu.be
its a strange dubbed version of one of her strips..and...and.. FOR CRYING OUT LOUD THERE IS EVEN AN EMAILING SOUND... and music .. and timed text appearing with actual voiceover doing some pretty cool acting at the same time... and...
damn...XD
AWESOME!

I HATE THIS GUY. Seriously. I quit, LOL.I discovered Kim Jung Gi during my years living in South Korea when I came across his first sketchbook in '09. It was a blue and red bible of non-stop art. it made me cry. SEEING him do what he does, however, makes me contemplating giving up art altogether, lol. T________T #SoGood

Awesome Naruto shippuuden Live action movieI usually don't do this, but hell, this video is awesome!!!!! This is how live action movies should look like!!
And yeah, this is a Fan made.

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okay, so next week i will have actual video tuts of my own with audio showing some brush tips, but till then...
MY WIFE HAS HAD TUTORIALS ON THAT FOR OVER A YEAR AGOOOOOO!!!!

but googling how to make brushes in photoshop is soo tiresome ...

ugh...

so, here is where you find her video containing that stuff
[link]

and here is a folder full of here tuts on brushes and other stuff
[link]

look through all of it if you want to learn some neat stuff.

then after actually trying some of it out, you will understand better how i do my stuff.

and then next week you will hear my charming lovely voice ranting about photoshoppin XD

should be fun, and seriously, my voice is ooh so sexy XDXDXDXDXD... with a slight hard r russianish accent XD

you know hov ve keep varm in croatia.... ve play...hm... diablo XD

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~Alekto Nov 25, 2012

Illuminated! I have never tried making brushes, It is quite cool actually.

And yes, your wife have a new fan

~Raevynne Nov 23, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

Haha, you're awesome! 'Nuff said!

~AEmiliusResurrection Nov 23, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Cool

I didn't know Mrs. Nebby's work

~calisto-lynn Nov 23, 2012 Professional General Artist

LOOOL Mrs. Nebby XDDD thats so cute XDDD

~AEmiliusResurrection Nov 24, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Ma'am, you have a new fan

~calisto-lynn Nov 27, 2012 Professional General Artist

thank you

~Mendicant Nov 23, 2012

Oh wow. That was awesome man. Thanks to you and

both for the tutorials.

*BDStevens Nov 22, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I feel your pain a bit. Me and a couple of guys at work will occasionally answer stupid, easily searchable questions with this generator - [link]

=WingedClaymore Nov 22, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Hehe! When I watch I probably won't even notice your accent very much. I'm used to Croatian accents because of my dad and aunt

*EdWilliams Nov 22, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

I Google'd 'nebezial' about a month and 3 weeks ago looking for any relevant tutorials, YouTube videos, brushes, etc. that may be out there. I stumbled across your Elf and Barbarian tutorial on YouTube and watched them religiously. When I was finished, the next day I spent 10 hours in Photoshop following your process. Some 50+ hours later I've managed to create a piece I never thought I'd be able to do.

Your stuff is all over the place. Folks just need to do some footwork for themselves.

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