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Your probably asking, "How does Roman create those awesome artwork?" Well luckily for you, I got a special step-by-step tutorial from Roman himself. It shows one of his artwork that he did for me going through all the steps. (He tried to do a basic tutorial on his style, but he couldn't do it over a weekend; so he said he would do one of the pictures for me.)

I thought it would help some of the upcoming artists on this board, especially the computer artists. It is quite informative, plus you get to see a behind the scenes look into his style.

What do you think?

Ultimately, in the long run, I'm thinkin' Arby's.

Ultimately, I'm thinking "Arrrgh! I am so dumb! This would have been so easy for me!"

I guess it sort of helps a bit, but I tend to prefer doing things my own way

What's the advantage of using the eraser instead of the brush tool?

What's the advantage of using the eraser instead of the brush tool?

Using the eraser tool instead of a brush is not necessarily the best method, but it's pretty quick and easy - the advantages include that you can use it in one go, that it works well on patterns, and that it enables you to manipulate the light and dark layers independently of each other (although I didn't have to, in this case). Since this pic was intended to resemble an animation cell, anyway, I felt that a more elaborate approach wasn't called for.

Does that answer your question, Tom?

I guess so, but I think I'll stick with my current method.

Same here Tom, but I always love seeing how other people go about things