To improve my photography, I work on my visual sense. So I draw. To work on drawings and photography, I use Photoshop (and other programs). But my drawing has always kind of… what’s the word?<\/p>\n
Sucked.<\/p>\n
Yeah, that’s it.<\/p>\n
Well, I kept hearing good things about Pencil Kings, so I’m in the middle of giving it a shot. In particular, I’m working on Sycra Yasin’s very thorough tutorial on painting in Photoshop. It’s a really good way to sharpen up those Photoshop skills. For photography, I use Lightroom more often, simply because I think it’s a better tool than Photoshop for dealing with a giant pile of photos without that… Photoshop look.<\/p>\n
So far, I’m digging the info in the tutorial, even if I’m sick of drawing the pears and apple. Oh well. That’s how practice is. You draw the dull stuff to make the cool stuff.<\/p>\n
It’s worth giving a look. The pricing isn’t too bad– $99\/year or $250\/lifetime. I’m giving it a year, and if it works out, I’ll do the lifetime thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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