Tina

Welcome to the (4th) Artist Spotlight Thread!

The spotlight thread is a posters turn to shine! All eyes are on you, the thread is yours!

This thread will be topped when a person is selected. If you are, you will be able to do post anything for TWO weeks. Here are some ideas of what to post:

Posting your oldest artwork to your newest (lets see how you've improved)
Goodies (Textures, brushes, tutorials)
New artworks (Anything you haven't posted yet?)
Full-filling Requests (Feel like giving? You set the limits)

Would you like to be in the spotlight? Send your PM to Tina!

If you have any questions at all, please feel free to post!

THE SPOTLIGHTERS:

- Tina - (June 2nd - June 16th) (graphics + photography)
~+Yamiko (June 16th - July 2nd) (photography)
Jsebold87 (July 6th - July 20th) (custom figures & busts)
sweet_zelda (July 27th - August 7th) (graphics + photography)
*Fatima* (August 7th - August 21st) (photography)
misst89 (August 21st - September 4th) (graphics + photography)
NYCity Boy (September 4th - September 18th) (Photography)
Courtz_BV (September 22nd - October 6th) (graphics)
Endless Fighter (October 6th - October 20th) (graphics)
I_Wish_I_Were_Kerry (October 20th - November 3rd) (graphics)
Patrick_S75 (November 3rd - November 17th) (graphics)
Imagine* (November 19th - December 3rd) (graphics)
keep no score (December 23rd - January 9th) (graphics)
chasin' the wind (Jan 27th - February 10th) (graphics)
Marki (February 10th - February 24th) (graphics)
SwaggerJacker (May 7th - May 21st) (photography)
~♥~My Lonely Angel~♥~ (May 24th - June 7th) (custom figures & busts)
xoBrucasFan4everxo (June 17th - July 1st) (graphics)
snatches of sunshine (July 12th - July 26th) (graphics)
watchingmewatchingyou (July 26th - August 9th) (graphics)
PrettyAn (August 11th - August 25th) (graphics)
Chareey (September 1st - September 15th) (graphics)
Majora's Mask (October 2nd - October 16th) (graphics) (second time)
stargate barbie (November 1st - November 15th) (graphics) (second time)
Pickle-weasel! (November 16th - November 30th) (graphics)
buffyandspike4ever (December 1st - December 15th) (graphics)
LittleGreyStargate (December 16th - December 30th) (graphics)
TwinCookies (December 31st to January 14th) (graphics)
denisscsi (February 1st to Februrary 15th) (graphics)
Fading Letters (March 1st to March 15th) (graphics)
Jassy=) (March 16th to March 30th) (graphics)
Endless Fighter (March 31st to April 14th) (graphics + photography)
JayVeronica (April 15th to April 29th) (graphics)

Previous Threads: (Check Out Other Artists Works)
Artist Spotlight One
Artist Spotlight Two
Artist Spotlight Three

Tina

Last post from Isa:


Gorgeous artworks, Isa. Love the coloring on some of the icons.

Do you do other medias such as photography, painting, drawing? If so, show some.

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Do you do other medias such as photography, painting, drawing? If so, show some.
No. No way. No. I think I would consider photography but for that I'd need a decent camera first. Painting and drawing gets a big No though. I can't draw or paint to save my life. Even my stick figures look horrible.

sharmans

Love the artworks and icons, Isa You made icons of most of the movies I love

What is some of your favorite artwork from posters on the FA board?

Tina

Anything you want to share with us?

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What is some of your favorite artwork from posters on the FA board?
I looked through some threads for this. I don't usually go in threads unless I want to post there, so this took a while.
I love these by queen.blair and I don't even watch the show but they're very beautiful.
These by Edelyn are rather old but they're simple pretty. Reminds me that I should watch GG again sometime soon.

Anything you want to share with us?
Actually, not right now. I've just recently posted my last batch of icons at my graphics comm and haven't really gotten down to make anything else. But I always appreciate suggestions.

Tina

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Do you have a certain technqiue when doing an artwork?
Not exactly. I just usually go through the following steps (in that order);

- cutting
- resizing
- positioning
- colouring
- background/brushes/textures
- layer effects (both on pics and brushes, if I use them)
- text
- fiddle around with all of it

Some do it differently but I find that it works for me. It's always the same steps that I go through. Also, if I do critical erasing (like the edge of a person), I find that sometimes I can work better with my touchpad than with my mouse.

Tina

That's cool.

Show us your oldest artwork.

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I had to go look for those because I cleaned my Photobucket a couple weeks ago.



This is the oldest stuff I can find. It's from 2005 or 2006, I think.

sharmans

Great answers and lovely artwork, Isa

What artwork did you work on for many hours?

Tina

Those artworks are still rather nice.

Any words of wisdom to someone who may want to apply to the Graphics Team?

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What artwork did you work on for many hours?
Jack/Irina. It's an older one and I made it when I wasn't quite as experienced and quick with Photoshop.

Any words of wisdom to someone who may want to apply to the Graphics Team?

• Read the post in Jen's livejournal (right now it's linked in the announcement). It's very helpful and following it already rules out a lot of common mistakes that applicants might make (such as the problem with blending).
• Don't fret! When you have sent in your application, there's no reason to be nervous. It takes as long as it takes. Just because it takes a long time doesn't mean your application will be rejected.
• Don't think too badly of yourself, you'll only make yourself go crazy (yes, Rella, I'm speaking of you).
• Watercolour brushes! They are awesome and we love them. A lot. Like, a lot.

I think that's it.

Tina

Good advice!

What is your favorite thing about the GT?
Post your favorite black and white graphic you've made.
Favorite color graphic?

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What is your favorite thing about the GT?
I'm not sure. The people, I'd say. I found so many new friends through GT, it's awesome. And voting. I absolutely LOVE the polls. It's silly how hyped up I can get when polls are put up to vote for the graphics. Also, GT is a really good incentive for me. I wouldn't ever open Photoshop if I didn't have to do my work for GT. I love that it gives me something to do and that I am told what to do instead of my usual sitting in front of the laptop, pondering what on earth I could possibly graphic-ize.

Post your favorite black and white graphic you've made.
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They're the back and front covers of a fanmix I made. I don't have many b/w graphics but I really like this one.

Favorite color graphic?
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I put a lot of work into this one and I was very happy with how it turned out. I'm usually not comfortable with working on such a large canvas, especially with several different pictures. But I had an idea for this one and it turned out pretty.