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Cartoon question


RackToon

RackToon

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Hi all....newbie here...I'm kinda still trying to figure out PhotoShop and was looking for advice on creating patterns. I recently drew up this cartoon and colored it using only PhotoShop. However although I used a stucco-like effect on the back wall I would much rather have had a wallpaper-like pattern there. Maybe some subtle stripes and such. Any ideas on how to layer in such an effect without tediously have to draw it in myself? :) In any case...here is the toon in question. Thanks!

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Firstly, let me start off by welcoming you aboard here RackToon! :)
And secondly, let me say that I love your cartoon and I thank you for sharing your obvious talents with us! :righton:

As far as changing your background is concerned, the whole key here is to create and keep your background on a separate layer within Photoshop and, in this way, you can change it "at will"! ;) If you are unfamilar with Photoshop's layering ability, don't hesitate to speak up and say so and one of us will be happy to quickly acquaint you with same. :D

In the meantime, enjoy your stay... stick around... play and learn with us all! ;)
 
ha ha ha great stuff there....... looks like the toothfairy shoulda left a toothbrush instead of a dime he he he

welcome aboard RackToon :righton:
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Welcome to the board RackToon and some great work there! :righton:

It's getting a bit late here, but I might come up with some ideas tomorrow, so keep an eye on this thread ;)
 
Nice toon :righton: ...and welcome from me :D


Try this,its how I make my selection channels.Make a new layer over top of the original,set the blend mode to softlight,next choose a hard edged brush and paint around the parts you dont want to be textured.When you have done that Cntrl click {PC}/Com click{Mac} the layer you have just painted,now you will have a selection active around your foreground characters,now go SELECTION > INVERSE,make a new layer and fill it with the texture you do want.With the selection still active go SELECTION > SAVE SELECTION,in the window which pops up name your selection BACKGROUND and click ok.If for any reason you lose your active selection you just COM/Cntrl the layer,or you can go to your channels palette and click on channels and within you will find a channel called BACKGROUND,just Com/Cntrl click this and your selection will be active once more when you exit the channels palette :)


I think the gradient wings will need redone though,I might be wrong.


Stu.
 
Thanks you all for the quick and warm response! :) You have quite the friendly staff here!

I think I may have come up with a solution of sorts. By using a pattern instead of a fill on the bottom layer and distorting it to follow the perspective of the room. Looks a little more like wallpaper now. I also threw in a transparent intermediate layer to sort of dim things in the background and help pop out the tooth fairy a little more. It's not the greatest wallpaper pattern in the store...but it's a start. :D

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RackToon, I really like your work! You're right...the wallpaper looks much better with a cartoon than the texture does. I hope you hang around...we have all too few cartoonists, and they're always welcome!
 
I agree Bud the wallpaper looks much better and good that you figured this out as well.

Yes please hang around and show us some more of you very good work :righton:
 
hahaha i like the look on the star's face (atop the wand). And the worm looks like he should be hosting a game show. :bustagut:
Excellent humor. :righton:

Welcome to the community RackToon, hope you enjoy your stay. [honesty]

Good job on the wallpaper too btw.
I'm also thinking of something else that struck me, as soon as my eyes went from the fairy to the boy, and back... is there some simple way -- like a foreground lamp/lampshade -- that you might be able to "imply" to the viewer just how small the fairy is? At the moment, my eyes are trying to tell me that she's as big as the boy is; even though the tooth she carries is very large.

Perhaps it's just MY eyes? hehee DOH! [doh] [oops]
 
Hello Keeper! Actually that is a very good point. There is a bit of a scale problem. About the only solution I could think of was maybe to have her floating over a window sill. I rather hastily and crudely drew this by eye on a layer ( I gotta be off on the commute to work. :) ) But I do think it helps the composition some. Thanks for all the good words and advice everybody! Hopefully I will have a few more in the future.

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RackT

:bustagut: :bustagut: :bustagut: Funny cartoon. Welcome aboard. Hope you give us a few lessons in cartooning before you start a challenge thread! [saywhat] he he he
 
Hey where's the delete button for posts, the above post posted twice! [doh]
 
Just a quick question Rack

You said in you origonal post the you drew up this atoon and coloured it in PS.

Question: did you do the drawing in Photoshop or just the colouring? If you drew it in PS please explain something about you methods. i.e. tablet, mouse [confused] ?
 
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