Yo dudes, so I'm hoping everyone has atleast started painting a bit of their backgrounds. I just wanted to say that I've somewhat managed to reproduce that blend look that is characteristic of Painter using Photoshop. The trick is to lay down all your colours and tones then use the SMUDGE tool (about 50% opacity) to blend it all together. Be careful not to overdo it tho.Pictured above is just the tree for that sniper-pull down shot (I've blurred out the BG for now). The close up is just to show approximately how loose/rough/tight we should go. Do not go any tighter than that - we don't have time :) Stay fairly rough.
I estimate it takes 6-10 hours to fully paint a layout.
We have only 4 Days for painting. I highly recommend everyone paint an hour a day if possible, or ATLEAST get started. DO NOT worry about colour too much - we can always change that later. Right now it is important that you:
1) Remove linework
2) Render forms using tone/value/light/shadow.
If you need any help doing anything with the painting stage, let me know - even if you want me to get it started for you.
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hey jeremy any advice on how i should go about starting my layouts? Both of them are just grids in the mist scene.
Sure man,
Think about where you want the audience to look. So, since you've got a figure in an otherwise blank area, the only thing you have to work with is light and dark.
So, wherever the focal area is (the soldier) keep it bright. Everything else keep in darker mist.
Also suggest light spilling in from the top - breaking through the clouds.
Thanks for the advice Jeremy. Another question that im not sure has been answered yet is should i be hand drawing mist in these scenes or are we planning on adding that in with after affects?
probably easy enough to animated the mist in photoshop or another digital method..
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