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Enjoy these moments of “PS must have a loose screw”. As of August, my days will be drastically reduced. There are plenty of other fine production painters ready to take over. Maybe one of them will better suit y’all’s sensibilities.
The top of this curly is a deep chocolate burgundy. There are gold highlights over parts of the copper, besides the hint of russet and violet on the wings. So, the store picture is a bit dark, as Melody mentions on her blog. 😉
Just a wee FYI. 🙂
From what I’ve seen, Painter 12 is amazing. I have Painter 11 and can’t upgrade on my main desktop (it’s a pre-intel Mac; Painter 12 wouldn’t work…*sad, pouty face*). However since I work in both Photoshop (CS2) and Painter 11, let me provide a couple of tips:
*Painter is NOT Photoshop. 😉 So…
* You can’t work in multiple layers like Photoshop. It’ll begin to lag – big time. I’ve worked with 4-7 layers in
Painter before with little issues. I just like to get the sketch done in Painter – move to PS and get the brunt of the
work done (esp if I need to use a number of layers); then I flatten the image and move it into Painter and finish.* It’s best to work at less than 50% in size. I usually work when my canvas is at 33% or less. On the other hand, in
Photoshop, you can work larger and up to 100%.* Both Painter and Photoshop share similar keyboard commands. I’m big user of keyboard commands – speeds up
work.* Painter’s default format for saved documents is RIFF. I like to save as .PSD so I can toggle between the two.
I usually don’t use the elements unique to Painter, like Digital Watercolor layers, Liquid Ink layers, mosaics, etc.,
so I can. BUT, if you do – then DO save as RIFF as it’ll preserve those layers.And…the “WOW” books. Like the Painter 10 WOW Book and the one for Painter 11. VERY handy. Lots of fabulous tips and information with some inspiring art. Check this book out! There’s also one for Photoshop, btw!
Have fun! I loooooove Painter. It’s a great program.
Something to do is to go to stores that sell these items and look at the labels for company names, info, etc. Sometimes a website URL will be available. That way, you can check out the company’s website for submission info, if they’re looking for new work to license.
Another thing is to find out if there are any trade/product shows coming up near you. I know that New York has an International Gift Fair, for example. What’s handy is you can talk to the folks exhibiting there and find out what they’re looking for or talk to attendees on how they got their foot in the door of art licensing.
Here’s a book that may be helpful: http://artmarketing.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=235
I follow a LOT of artist blogs, and there are blogs about this very subject, too! Here’s one I found:
http://blogjnet.wordpress.com/
Hope I was helpful!
