>Doing a digital drawing.
>Start shading/coloring/line work/etc.
>Looks pretty decent and actually beginning to feel prideful.
>Turns out it's on the wrong layer.
>Have to redo a massive chunk.
>mfw.
I work mostly in one or two layers for basically this reason. When I was using multiple layers it was infuriating, and it was distracting to have to regularly stop and make sure my layers were in order.
Nowadays I generally have a foreground and background layer, and generally use a lot of temporary layers then merge them down pretty soon after using them. I lock layers I don't want to merge into by accident.
I tend to paint rather than do detailed linework, though.
>>2539726
>open up sai
>computer blades
Cut open my face
>>2539726
Sketch looks better then that final product.
>>2540106
*the
>draw a portion of the body unusually well in the sketch phase
>remember it gets covered by something in the final drawing
>>2539726
>'shading'
>>2540197
Yes, I use that word. Habit. Sorry.
>no text font button on sai
>>2540197
I don't get why /ic/ throws a fit about this word, but "lighting" is okay.
>>2540106
>>2540172
>Sketch looks great and dynamic
>Know deep down it's because it's loose and that allows the brain to fill in what isn't actually there
>Try my best to make it look good as it's polished
>It looks like a dried up lump of dog shit on a summer sidewalk
I just gotta keep practicing r-right?
>>2540259
Wait, what word should I use instead then, and what's wrong with using 'shading'?
>>2540283
Rendering.
>>2539726
>painting a sketch
>zoomed out masterrace
>wow this looks great
>keep working on it
>wow still looking great this is one of my best
>realize you started on a small canvas
>never increased the resolution as you worked on it
>finished piece that is blurry as soon as you zoom
>fug
This happens way too often.
>>2540283
/ic/ would prefer "rendering" or "values" and turn their nose up at shading because they're pretentious cunts, especially because both of those words are less precise than "shading" when it comes to 'applying shadows'. There's nothing wrong with the word, it describes what it's supposed to describe just fine.
>>2539726
>trying to use different colours than comfort zone
>value check in greyscale
>it looks way better without colour
>>2539726
>doing some traditional sketches
> think is a good page
>take a picture to post in the sketchbook thread
>flip horizontally because why not
>Everything looks like shit and slanted to the right
every
damn
time
>>2540348
except not everyone 'shades'. some people start off dark and apply light as they go. most will start off with mid-range values and add lighter and darker values as they go. this is what rendering is.
>>2540900
Get a physical mirror in your room and check your sketchbook in it while you are drawing
>naturally shaky hands
>doing lineart
end me
>>2540984
Just embrace it rather than try to fight it. Some people like John Cuneo have made a career out of their quirky line quality.
>>2540998
bless you anon, you gave me hope
>computer doesn't run sai
>draw in photoshop
>endlessly hating what i make because i don't have the superior entry level software
>photoshop makes error noises but no notifications to accompany it
>currently digging its eventual gravespot
>>2540281
yeah. dont worry. happens to everyone. it just means you have yet to mature your rendering process. and that is just a lot of trial and error.
>adding the next layer of paint to a watercolour portrait
>previous layer wasnt completely dry
>colour bleeds through everything
>destroyed
>>2540984
>Weed makes my hands shaky
>Doing lineart while high
>Eventually achieve zen status and lines are fluid as fuck and perfect
>few years ago, old version of photoshop
>undoing last action on layer undoes layer selection as well
>not noticing it before half-an-hour of irreversible work on layer
to this day, even though they finally fixed it, i do about 5-6 off-screen strokes to make sure i don't accidentally undo back into a previous layer
SAI is such a piece of garbage, but not even that had this problem
>>2545239
Wait they fixed it?
[spoiler]/ayy lmao/[spoiler]
Any time my tablet decides to stop working for a split second and decides not to be pressure sensitive. Ugly lines are no fun.
>>2548050
Ugly lines are my jam. Half the time I just paint with a round brush with zero pressure functions.
>>2548061
Can I see your work?
>>2539726
when idiots start discussing "the fundamentals"
>>2548587
This is a case by case thing, to be honest.
