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Welcome to Paint-O-rama

Because vectoring isn't the only modern way to good wallpapers



Goal: Sharing tutorials, scans, wallpapers, hosting projects and contests
Definition: What can be called painting style in web graphism?

candy says: Well normally what has a painted look is in fact a form of what we call digital painting. Digital Painting is anything that is painted with digital tools such as programs like Corel Painter, Open Canvas or Adobe Photoshop, with the help of a mouse or a graphic tablet. Some styles are rather realistic-looking with extreme care to fine detail. As to other styles are closer to ( I think I can say it) Impressionism, by keeping a very brushy and almost messy feel to it. Adapting those definitions into the anime walling world would mean anything in a wallpaper from a scenic element (mountains, trees, clouds) to recoloring or blending that is achieved by using such tools (mostly the paintbrush/airbrush, smudge & etc)could be called "painty"- Compared to, let's say filters and effects. The degree of "painting" feel to the result can vary a lot, as no one brushes the exact same way, but most of the time we can recognize the style.
muz says: To put it simply, if painting with a tablet is like with a very fine brush, then painting with a mouse is like doing that with a brick.
monchi says: my idea of digital painting: is like road tripping to a world imaginable only by you - in pixel format. A drawing tablet is your bread and butter if you're serious about digital art.

your view on the definition here!

The road along us
Please post in the gb if you have any ideas of group functioning, activities or features for the future development of paint-o-rama.

Recent Submissions

Newest works from our group's members

How to get your work featured
you need to 1)Be a member of the group and 2)Post a link (not a huge thumbnail please) in our guestbook of the item that you want to be added to the gallery. Please don't wait for the staff to hunt after your new submissions, post a sign of life in the gb. Restrain from posting the thumbnail as it will clutter the guestbook and slow down the page loading, your wall will already be featured right here.

Sharing..

Tutorials and constructive resources


Tutorials from diverse sites
-A better understanding of Adobe's powerful tools by Sixio
-Painting clouds in Photoshop by Sixio
*A little inspiration page from Sixio
-The complete collection of painting tutorials by Sixio
-Ming Ling's blogspot about the smudge tool
-Ming Ling's blogspot Run down of Painter IX's brushes
-Several tutorials for Corel Painter 7
-A selection of articles and tutorials about Painter 7 and 8
-Studio QUBE tutorials & walls
-Manga Revolution Drawing & Painting Tutorials
-Digital Painting Walkthrough by Mickyoko part 1 and 2 and 3
-Basic Digital Painting *NEW*!!


DeviantArt Tutorials

-A DA member explains the very basics of how to get a painting look, vs cell shading
-Easy underwater tutorial using the Burn and Dodge tools in Adobe Photoshop
-The easiest anime-type grass tutorial you could get
-How to CG with a sketchy styled line art
-How to paint different cloud stlyes
-How to paint Wings
-How to paint Fabric
-Painting in PS - The Basics
NEW -Painting Hair in PS
NEW -Painting Skin


Painting Packages

Cheaper alternatives to Adobe Photoshop or Corel Painter:
* ArtRage Free version available with limited features. Full version sells at US$19.95.
* OpenCanvas Free 30-day trial. Older version OpenCanvas 1.1 is free for download. Full versions sell from about US$50 if my conversion is right - see their website for more details.

For more free/commercial 2D/3D packages --> clicky here!


Special Paint-O-rama tutorials

- NEW Painting walkthrough by gabychan
- Painting walkthrough for "That Wonderful Miracle" by MuZ0NaZ
- Painting Sample for "Your eyes only" by abul
- Making of "Katamari in Snow" by Tama-Neko
- Custom Brushes with openCanvas by DarthTofu
- Painting sample for "Breeze" by clarings
- Painting sample for "The Hardest Goodbye" by clarings
- Brief walkthrough by segnoj
-How to paint city lights by MapleRose
-Lineart tutorial by DarthTofu
-Clouds tutorial by kuroimisa
-Happy Music Service Walkthrough by DarthTofu
-La Boreal Walkthrough by alterlier
-using the Marker tool in ArtRage by MapleRose
-Painting Clouds Walk-through by Muz0naZ
-Water Tutorial 1 & 2 by moonescape
-Lineart Colouring + surface lighting fx by supermonchi
-Gid paints a picture by Gid
-Smudging a pixelated scan by sailorchiron
-Painting Moolight Rays by MapleRose
-Working with Light and Stuff by arltelier
-Walkthrough : Painting Under the Sakura by Tama-Neko
- Painting a Sunset by gaara-no-shukaku
- Painting Wood by gaara-no-shukaku
- Painting over a Vector by gaara-no-shukaku
- Light Ray tutorial by DarthTofu
-Repainting a scan by Chloe-chan
- How to Paint Wavey Water by MapleRose
-Painting Bamboo by starrliteangel
-Painting leaves short walkthrough by supermonchi
-Complete walkthrough for View from Above by MapleRose
-Water in general and Water in more specifics by kuroimisa
-Painting "Mountain's Red Leaves" (wallpaper walkthrough) by Tama-Neko
-How to incorporate a stock into your painted bg (in 5 easy steps) by candy-chan
Results of the contests to be added here in the future. Look forward to it!

Request Scan

request scan of the month

Starting December, we'll have a scan of the month, where at the start of each month, a scan will be requested and put up here. If someone wants to wall it, claim it in the guestbook and we'll put your wall up here when you're done. If nobody claims the scan by the end of the month, the scan will be taken down and replaced by another one. If the scan is not on MT, upload it onto imageshack and give the link please.



March


 

Projects

Fourth (Current) project: Anime Alphabet

Details

Summary:
Your mission will be, if you accept it, to make an painted wallpaper of any resolution you want, from series/artists/studios that begin from each letter of the English alphabet (as categorized by MT). The subject/theme can be anything you want, but let tea be your inspiration. Also, you may do a collab for the project if you wish.

Entries:


Affiliated Groups
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Paint-o-rama Archives
.:porar.wordpress.com:. will be the offsite place to check out older Monthly Subjects and build permanent project galleries!

MT Maigetsu

- MT Maigetsu Issue No 3


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Hi minna-san :)
here is my latest work XD
A Walk to Remember

Quote by gaara-no-shukakuI'm sure we're not in March anymore, and April has left as well. I guess we need to change the request scan, right? >.>

Yes I know, got a suggestion for May?

merged: 05-05-2008 ~ 10:01am

Quote by sailorchironI wonder if we could use all three suggestions, and have categories?

The thing with that is, I don't think we'd have enough members interested to have categories, so there may not be as many entries per category....

I'm sure we're not in March anymore, and April has left as well. I guess we need to change the request scan, right? >.>

I wonder if we could use all three suggestions, and have categories?

My latest wall Warm sunset
http://download.minitokyo.net:8001/view/339140.jpg

hey cool, imageshack found that file! I don't have to redo the layout after all XD

so we've got 3 suggestions:
- use of colour
- song inspiration
- going green

I wonder if I should take this to a vote, or just pick one and go with it...

merged: 04-26-2008 ~ 01:25am
going on vacation, be back on may 5th

I'm going to take U (if no one submits a U wall before me, that is) and I like the idea of "environmental" walls (go green)! I also like song-inspired, that's good too.

hi, i applied for group,hope you'll have me...

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