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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thresher" data-source="post: 640435" data-attributes="member: 9983">Well, Photoshop will cover up a multitude of evils so dont worry too much about your skill just yet with the pencils. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Its sort of hard to give you advice as Im not sure what type of style youre wanting to acheive? A pure-sketch style with pencils, I wouldnt bother with the photshop too much unless you want to do some cartoon type inking on them, which PS will do quite nicely.If your out to do a full CGI type of affair then youre going to have to  either learn to draw really well and spend hours hacking it out in PS. Or, convince friends and relatives that they want to pose for you and you take pictures and butcher them in PS <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />Straight up, before you go any further it might be worth your while to see if theres a life drawing class somewhere at a local TAFE or other type of place that offers them. People say that "artists are born with talent" is simply not true in 99.9% of people you meet, anyone can draw and paint if they are taught and they get really good when they practice it a lot, until the proverbial fingers bleed.If nothing else though you will learn about lighting, shading and composition. All 3 are very important in making a good piece of art and while your sitting there in class thinking 'wtf is this' it will eventually click at some stage and you'll understand when you go back into PS just where to put light sources and how to arrange figures.On Photoshop, well theres lots of tutorials out there on the web, google will turn up a few million, I havent bothered looking at any of them for a few years so Im not sure whats there.However, it is a very powerful tool for an artist and you wont find much better. On Illustrator, I have a copy myself but Ive not updated since v7 because I just didnt find any real use for it, maybe its gotten better since.About the only real advice is to be patient, it takes time and lots and lots of practice.</blockquote>

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