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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

and this is how you make a brush XDokay, 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
http://calisto-lynn.deviantart.com/#/d3kj45x
and here is a folder full of here tuts on brushes and other stuff
http://calisto-lynn.deviantart.com/gallery/4294706
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

so you want to be a professional XDokay, time for another journal
so i keep getting the same questions over and over again. how did i learn to do this.
i was self taught. by this i mean, i took the initiative and seeked out the knowledge, as no one was offering it.
i draw on average 8 to 10 hours a day, every day. by average i mean that some days its 6 and some 12
so... the argument.
i keep hearing this one. well i want to be a professional artist, but life is hard, i need to work, i don't really have the time....
let me put things in perspective here.
i used to work as a night guard on the beach. every single night from 8 pm to s6 am. after that i would go meet up with my dad who gouarded another beach to get a cup of coffee. we had a bite to eat, and then both went to haul and sell fruits and vegetables.
every evening i was drawing. when the sun set i sat under a street lamp and drew through the night.
every night. this was on occasion interrupted by a fight with some exceedingly drunk people who wouldn't

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

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!

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

video tutorialsso as many of you have noticed first one is up...in which i am dealing with a badass case of pollen allergy. for the curious ones, the sound i keep making that sounds like i ate a chiuaua whole is me trying to scratch the back of my throat... and ears..and eyes..and brain at the same time...
aaaanyways, im trying to figure out the themes for the next ones, to kinda give them structure, definitely on my list is reflectivity, details, and techniques and crap like that
then ill definitely have one on some digital inking tricks
prolly gonna do some zbrush ones too, but dont expect to learn that much from me without actually trying shit out on your own too.
and again to remind you all, these are nothing but techniques. if you want to learn how to actually draw... then..draw. if you fail...draw more, if you are the best ever..draw more.... im just here to show you some tips n tricks XD
i mean sure, you might end up pickin up on some stuff from me. but there is no substituti

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

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!

In the Event of an Art Crisis"1. Put your pencil down.
2. Watch this video.
3. Repeat after me: "I do not suck at art. Practice makes perfect. Keep going."
4. Have a cup of tea.
5. Try again tomorrow."
This was floating around on tumblr and I thought I'd share it here. I need to remind myself of this all the time when I'm feeling discouraged. Don't give up just keep working at it. Practice, practice, practice, etc.

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

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

Top Seven Mistakes Made by Aspiring IllustratorsI wrote this thing. If you want to repost it on your blog or journal, please credit me with: Article by illustrator Kristina Gehrmann - www. mondhase.de
Thank you!

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1. Selling yourself as a beginner
I found a prime example of this in a forum for artists seeking work. The thread title was „Starting-out artist looking for a chance",, and the thread told that the artist is „looking for a client for whom I may draw" and has „just graduated from art college".
We all were at this point once, but usually it takes too long to realize that „beginner" is the wrong mindset, even if you are one. Such statements sound like excuses and are guaranteed to weaken your position. Don't make excuses. Do not justify your work, and do not justify your prices. This is a tricky habit to acquire since we're not very confident by nature, but remember the image you wan

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by *nebezial, Nov 8, 2012, 2:05:34 PM
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many 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 skills are practice based. they have improved over time, i was not born with them, they will keep improving with hard work and perseverance

now, for the curious ones who still havent seen these
these pics feature video links to real time making of

aaand here is the link to my most important weapon developed about 10 years ago...by pure accident XD

my workflow nowadays mostly consists of mixing 3d models i make in zbrush, mostly of dragons, monsters armors, immovable stuff , and painting, but it all depends on my mood as there is also the fact that i like switching styles around

aaand i have done quite a few of those XD

yes..even manga back in the day

and btw, just if you are curious... you wanna know what the veery first page of ravine looked like 11 years ago?

sliiight difference XD

also this was nebezial in his first incarnation

motherfucker was all no nose before voldy made it popular XD....tho honestly, he was very much inspired by general thade from tim burtons planed of the apes.. bad movie, magnificent villain!

albert einstein defined madness as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results...

i call that practice, and it does make a world of difference!

also , proper video tutorials coming soon... also i'm green lantern!

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*JoelWhite Nov 15, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Nice dude, thanks for that. It's always interesting to see awesome artists evolutions.

~Skarloc Nov 14, 2012 Student Digital Artist

i love your video tutorials, so fan of you and you style

and your zbrush sculpts are really greath keep the work

i wanna play more with that blender brushis awesome

~Eponymous1 Nov 12, 2012 Student

Thanks for showing the your art progression. I feel it is important to see this. You allowing art students, up and coming artists, etc. view the work it takes to become elite as yourself is awesome and much appreciated.

*WesleyRiot Nov 12, 2012 Professional Filmographer

"i was a painter
I was a sculptor" = I have a rock solid foundation in understanding lighting, form, structure and thats why my digital work is AWESOME

~Keatspersona Nov 11, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Thanks! (Going back to grinding)
Btw. D3 wasn't any good?

*nebezial Nov 11, 2012

its okay now, im regularly doing runs between work,. thats why i love diablo, its a no stress mindless fun with some chance for godly drops

*OmriKoresh Nov 10, 2012 Professional General Artist

dude.
get photoshop cs6
it's much faster, like A LOT faster, they changed the engine and it works much better.

*nebezial Nov 10, 2012

cant use my blender brush they switched everything around... nah, thx, im good XD

*OmriKoresh Nov 11, 2012 Professional General Artist

but i just worked with it, it works fine

~HectorAdame Nov 10, 2012

So you're Batman and also Green Lantern.
NOW I understand it all... just one thing though... why do you use blender for? Just use your magic ring to make the models... Oh, that'ld be sooo awesome...

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