Been painting with watercolors for years and posting to the internet to minimal success.Now, just over a month ago, I just realized I can actually paint over the fucking painting itself in Photoshop to increase the contrast and highlights, edit the overall temperature and atmosphere of the piece, etc. I feel like an absolute fool.Is this what learning feels like?
>>7455144I think it skips over learning how to control your values with watercolors but fuck it, looks good man, if it works it works
>>7455155yeah i've always struggled with that. To be fair it looks way better in real life. I used to edit the values in general to increase contrast after scanning so the picture kinda looks like how it does irl but this is a game changer for me.
or you can learn to paintmight as well prompt at that point
>>7455144Did you get your internet success with the new method? Honestly, copic is probably better for you.
>>7455213I've never been interested in "getting famous" if that's what you mean.However I am getting more clients than before, and I'm managing to get a modest income now.
>>7455229Congrats and fuck you.
>>7455144Use a scanner dude. You're pumping the saturation way too much, you're loosing the soul of the watercolor, you can still color correct it after, but still
>>7455277I already scan it my dude :(
>>7455144Yes, basically every successful traditional artist corrects the contrast, temp, saturation before they post. Things that look good irl don't inherently look good in photos/scans
you should feel stupid for worrying about all that crap when you still can't draw
