Apply: Frame colouring

This evening I experimented with different techniques to colour in my background frames on photoshop. I'm not very experienced with photoshop so most of the what I tried was trial and error mixed with things we were shown during our photoshop tutorials. I wanted to try and create a bit more depth to my animation through my backgrounds which i realised did not work by using block colours on the work. I am fairly happy with the way the backgrounds came out after painting them on photoshop since this was my first try at it. Digital painting is something I definitely want to explore further. Next time I might try doing the line work in Adobe: Illustrator as i think I would be able to get a more professional look using vector based software.

Photoshop: animation tutorial

During this weeks software tutorial we used photoshop again but focused on using it purely for animation. This was all completely new to me and defiantly felt a lot more advanced compared to last week. We started with learning to scan images into photoshop then making sure all the resolutions/sizes of the images where the same and appropriate for the use we wanted them for.
Then moved onto editing the images using levels to mask out any blemishes. We then were showed how to use the time line feature in photoshop and the tool used with that. The afternoon consisted of putting what we were taught into practice, I find this the most useful as without putting things into practice it is hard for me to learn them. That also means I need to practice what we did today more to reinforce what I learned.

photoshop

This morning we had our first tutorial in the basics of photoshop. This was a really useful start for me as I had little photoshop experience before this morning so I have learnt a lot already. We learned how to create new files, how to approach sizing/resolution, layer images on top of each other as well as the basics on the brush tool and eraser tool. The session has opened my eyes to the simplicity of photoshop and how useful it will be however also that mistakes are incredibly easy to make. I have been taking notes on all the control/tool commands used so far and I aim to try and learn them for future use.

In the afternoon we elaborated on what we learnt in the morning. The main skill we learned to use was using layer masks. They allowed us to cut out of one layer to reveal the layer underneath but without deleting the top layer. This allows for easy mistake correction and a much more seamless professional looking image. At first it all seemed rather confusing but like most things after practicing it started to make a lot more sense and my methodology (slowly) sped up. Im excited to take digital software further over the next year, having my first induction dissolved my previous reservations/ignorance towards creating digital art.

The top image is my first photoshop attempt from the morning using just layering and erasing.
The bottom image is my afternoon sessions work using layer masks and colour/light editing.