character design isn't all just vibes and ideas! the "there's no such thing as a wrong decision" mentality can only take you so far - especially when applied to the realm of style mimicry, which this video is explicitly aimed at. as far as making comic-accurate trolls goes, there are established rules and aesthetic choices.

photoshop 2020. hussie used photoshop cs3; it's got some pretty particular brush mechanics that are replicated in very few other programmes

@@meatmanuel tYSM

it wouldn't fit the design. overaccesorizing is an easy trap to fall into with fankids; they're simple! they're meant to be simple.

@@meatmanuel you've wronged me for the last time

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set to 2x speed and do it in 5

oh yeah? i can do it in 8 minutes and 59 secons

i use photoshop's regular aliased pencil tool with all the brush settings at their default.

@@meatmanuel okay any suggestions on how big I should make the portraits. I know it’s very subjective on the page but I’m looking into fan wikis on creating AUS etc art assets we can take and flip to our own likings and they do have certain dynamics they say each page should be so I’m just curious because yah sometimes u crack into it but u have a wrong canvas size n it can make the brush look really swhank

@@twotamatos it's completely subjective depending on what you're trying to do. for just drawing, i'd stick to whatever size you're most comfortable with. if you plan to make sprites (i have a video on this in the works), i'd make a 650x450 canvas. that's the normal panel size on mspa.

i used firealpaca for a long time and it served me well enough. be warned though, photoshop has a lot of quirks in the brush rendering and other mechanics that can't be replicated so easily or at all in other programmes.

at the time of recording this video, i was using a Wacom Intuos Draw CTL490. these days i use an Intuos Pro, but that's a hell of a lot more expensive

UPDATE: i got a nice tablet. i'm drawing somewhat well now. Will keep practicing :3 Thank you for the tips.