Can we post some layering cringe?

>>2862379
fuKC YOU

>>2862379
I CANT BELIEVE YOU'D PUT ME ON BLAST LIKE THIS
YOU CUNT

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How about some layering porn too? Let's see some organized illustrations.

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>>2862379
i want to die

>>2862384
>>2862379
who dat

>>2862379
I'm bad about layers, myself

>not drawing everything on one layer

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>>2862379

noobs :-)

This is from a file of one of my colleagues, after I already spent an hour sorting and renaming because I needed to adjust values.

It's not even the worst though. In another studio where I used to work, there was one kid who also had around 700 layers, but had also painted randomly on every layer, so that parts of a bush or tree were on 6 or more random layers.

>>2862494
i'd say at least three layers is fine (one for sketch, one for underpainting, one for final painting)

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>>2862571
What the fuck is that?

Wow I thought /ic/ is all over the 1 layer only thing

>>2862571
>those neon green trees

I can tell it was shit, so it just makes this post even more painfull

>>2862666
Nice trips, Ans.

>>2862666
But it looks like a flash game.
Neon trees can work.

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>>2862571
i want fcking kill ma self after see this

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>Don't use layers
>Lots of motivation to paint
>But the edges look like shit


>Use layers
>Get clean pure edges
>Low mental RAM from managing so many layers

>>2862840
use lasso for clean edges kiddo

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I mostly paint on 3-4 layers at most but I have been experimenting with the hundreds-of-layers thing lately.

Lee Evan is an example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBUt9tHBw_k

You see, in order to control your edges you usually need to use the lasso tool, clipping mask, lock pixels, blend if, pen tool, alpha channels, etc.

But I always found these option too obnoxious to get lost in the flow.

So this technique is just making a new layer, airbrush and painting without a care, then define the edges with a hard eraser. Then make a new layer and repeat.

This means that the eraser becomes the main painting tool. It's way easier to manage hundreds of edges this way in my opinion, instead of switching to the lasso tool or masks. It's more intuitive.

Of course, the side effect is that you fill up with hundreds of layers very quickly. I'm not sure if I should migrate fully to this technique...

>>2864179
FVUCK THAT SKIN RENDERING

>>2862571

jesus

Then again my files would probably look like that if I didn't tend to merge down. I constantly make new layers but I don't keep them.

>>2864179
>all that constant new layer making
>but those smooth ass transitions and tight edges
The final product is slick as hell, but the usage of layers is mainly for the sharp edges of an eraser and precaution for preserving the underpainting(s), right? He doesn't seem to be going back to older layers and refining, but just new layers and refining.

>>2862610
Eh... depends on the complexity. For a comic page I have 8 Layers most of the time. For an artwork 3-5 should be enough.

>>2864371
>the usage of layers is mainly for the sharp edges of an eraser and precaution for preserving the underpainting(s), right?

Yep. Eventually he just merges them all.

It seems like he just makes a new layers and paints over something instead of choosing the layers and adjusting it.

>>2864326
It's kinda shit and milky though
also anatomy is a mess

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>>2862571

>>2862379
If that's cringe, then I recommend you never start doing 3D-texturing

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>>2862571
Dude do you have the finished product of this

>>2862388
WAIT THERE ARE FOLDERS FOR LAYERS?!

This is going to change my life!!! How do I do this in photoshop?! Even if you don't tell me I am going to google it .

Just today I was working on a UI design and was like. Fuck I wish I could folder all the icon layers into one.

>>2862379
>
nothing wrong with layers if your pc can handle it.

I remember talking to a very top environment artist and said the basicly in order survivie is layer managment in this industry. he repeated it over 9x times im sure he meant it.

I literally used to paint on a thousand layers when I started out until my friends forced me to narrow it down to four max. Improved my painting and confidence with painting, but I still use quite a few layers for sketching → linework. Get friends who will threaten not to redline for you it you use a million layers.

>>2865849

because nothing says layer management like 42+ unlabeled layers with no folders?

>>2870119
if you're used to it and can navigate them then it's fine

>>2870155
It's not fine if you need to pass the file on to other people. Layer management isn't that difficult, and it can make making changes way easier.

>>2864179
>I'm not sure if I should migrate fully to this technique

Think of each technique as a tool. Doing everything in one technique is just a way of know if it's viable. Painting is almost always a combination of viable tech, strategies, and processes.

>>2870158
usually you're the one making the changes so if you're used to it it's still not a problem, i see full fledged pros with a complete mess of layers that navigate that shit with no problems.
And usually the only thing they pass to other people is the finished product, but if you have to usually you'll get directions.

>>2865833
Group Layers, nigga.

>>2862379
Layers are for the weak.

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How can you be in control of your life if you aren't in control of your layers?

>>2862840
>mental RAM
i love that, mind if i steal it?

>>2862381
go back to tumblr

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>>2874467