#169 - lkdjflskjfdls I try to do things right, and then...

[reileen]

I was almost finished outlining the first character out of three for someone's commission in Photoshop - and it was looking pretty good - until I realized that half of the outlines had been merged with the original sketch layer.

Fuck.

I tried to go back in my history to see if I could undo the action, but it was too far back. My method of coloring and outlining in Photoshop tends to involve working on a million different layers so that I can refine parts without affecting other nearby areas, and then merging along the way when it looks satisfactory, so that's a lot of actions that must've pushed the accidental merge back some.

Technically I could just erase around the outlines, but the thing is that I also blocked out shadows in blue pencil on the original pencil sketch prior to scanning so that when it came time to do coloring, I could just outline with the Pen tool and color within the lines to get a smooth look.

Rrrrrrgh. Fuck this, I'm starting over from scratch tomorrow.

-Reileen
amai, amai kuchizuke, itai, itai usotsuki

Comments

[vyctori.livejournal.com]

Aww man. *hug* D: Sorry this is being so frustrating for you.