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Tips and Tricks For Minecraft Artists! [POP REEL]

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OverGr0wth's Avatar OverGr0wth
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~~Introduction~~
Chances are you are here to learn some tips on being a better Minecraft artist and better at drawing in general!So I am going to show you some quick tips and tricks on how to be a better Minecraft artist!
~~Programs~~
There are I wide range of programs that need to be used during your artworks and here are the ones I recommened!
Adobe Illustrator - Makes good smooth lines and is easy to use for people who do not have a drawing tablet.
Minecraft Skin Viewer - Makes a good refferal when drawing. (Shows player skins)
Adobe Photoshop - (FOR TOUCH-UPS) - Easy for cropping and placing where needed.

~~Do's and Don'ts of Drawing~~
Do's:
Take you time with your work!
Stop every so often and take a break e.g. play Minecraft (this will stop you rushing your work)
Plan before you start drawing.
Use different layers for different colours.
PRACTISE SHADING! WORKS LOOK BAD UNLESS YOU TAKE THE TIME TO ADD SHADOWS AND DETAILS.

Don'ts:
Don't use Photoshop to draw. (It may be easy to use but you don't get the same quality that you do in other programs.) SEE THE BLURS AND THE PIXELS!? 
BUT IF YOU MUST PLEASE REMEMBER TO ADD A STROKE EFFECT AND USE THE PENCIL TOOL OVER THE BRUSH! Credit WTFShady
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~~Tools~~

The Pen Tool - The pen tool is a good tool for easly making curves.

Brush tool>Paintbucket - The brush tool is better than the paintbucket tool because you can roughly colour and see what it would like like before you even start.
CreditWTFShady
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06/30/2014 6:06 pm
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Azie
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The "blurs and pixels" in Photoshop is due to anti-aliasing designed to make brush strokes look smoother and less harsh. That can be easily avoided by not trying to bucket fill your outlines on the same layer. Put your outlines on one layer and color on a layer underneath.
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06/30/2014 8:27 pm
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PixelFury
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Layers, layers, layers!  I lovvveee Layers!  Oh and my custom brushes!
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06/30/2014 2:45 pm
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happyman323
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a good replacement for the expensive photoshop is gimp
it has the same features as photoshop but it is FREE!
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07/01/2014 9:49 am
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IceCream_Sundae
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Yep! GIMP!
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06/30/2014 2:44 pm
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GyTyAx3
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Isnt it called Software. :o?
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06/30/2014 12:22 pm
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GamerDude9004
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My only comment is, LEARN TO USE LAYERS IN PS AND YOU WILL MAKE BETTER ART.http://gamerdude9004.deviantart.com/art/Otonashi-drawing-455726228 <---- great example by me
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06/30/2014 8:43 am
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Ash
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Or you could just use Paint Tool SAI, learn how to use layers and then finish it in psd?
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06/30/2014 8:26 pm
Level 43 : Master Pixel Painter
PixelFury
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A mixture of programs is always a good thing!  I know some artists that make their model or so using Blender or 3DMax/Maya and then take a picture and overwork it from there.
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06/30/2014 3:52 am
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GutsyToyRat
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"Don't use Photoshop to draw, you don't get the same quality that you do in other programs." lol wut?
I don't even know how to begin to describe the utter silliness of this statement.
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06/30/2014 4:04 am
Level 18 : Journeyman Artist
OverGr0wth
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Please go on. The point I was getting at that the quality you get from Photoshop is not as good as other programs. Photoshop is on a pixel based system and it makes low quality works compared to Adobe Illustrator which uses math to smooth out lines ect.
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