Alien Drawing for website needs improving...

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ok ...

In Flash 8 how do you add shading and where should i add shading?

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The one on thybags actually done in photo shop, i just have a transparent flash layer to add in the eyes and messages

My advice is a bigger mouth, and some more interesting features, antennae maybe? there's actually pretty hard to do well which is why i have boz as the logo instead of the original alien vex who's harder to draw :p
My first attempt at a computerised alien in flash was pretty aurfal, when i get up my old thybags versions gallery u will see what i mean, it appears in thybag 1 which is by far the uglyest layout you ever did see

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cant wait to see the old versions! But how did you add shading to yours?

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in photoshop, got the green colour, opened colour panel, darkened it, splodged where i wanted, did same again exsept with ligheneing, for highlights. Then used the smudge tool to blend it all "/

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if i gave you a .bmp of it could you open it in photoshop and have a go at shading parts of it because when i do it i cant make it look at all right "/.

I know i am a complete dumb **** at this

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I made one ages ago when i was learning.

Ill send u psd if you like, its quite crap but you could wor on it.

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im liking that.

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a random pen and paper doodle of boz

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you must be a good drawer. Would it be possible to draw one on pen and paper with shading and then scan it in and then make it look as if it were done on the PC?

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probably, although would be quite difficult id think, as scanners pic up alot of rubbish, easier to trace the outline and go from there, but that would requre shading on the comp anyway, just do cartoony shading, big bold colours of difference, a bad example: http://www.deviantart.com/view/28357087/