A Question for Those Who Make Amazing Banners

[Drogon (DELETED 7199)]

I was wondering what kinds of programs those of you who are extraordinarily skilled at making banners/character art use, as I would love to start mastering my own abilities :) Thanks!

[Dulce Periculum]

Photoshop is one. Gimp is another. As you can tell I have not mastered it by any means. Those who create them are true artists.

[Myk]

Photoshop is my tool of awesomeness... and frustration. <.<

Yeah. I've decided I am one of those amazing people you are talking about. *shrugs*

Photoshop takes a long time to master, but just keep at it, try different techniques, look at some tutorials and you should find your own style soon enough. :3

[Wafa]

Paint.NET is a good program as well.

[Cosimo Alessi (DELETED 6612)]

I use photoshop. It's a *****, self-taught. But if you keep at it, as Claire says, you can master it.

I am... okay. Not an expert by any means but I give it a go.

[Sean (DELETED 6788)]

Yeah. I've decided I am one of those amazing people you are talking about. *shrugs*

I am... okay. Not an expert by any means but I give it a go.

You are two of the best banner makers on this site! ;-) Definitely two of the amazing banner makers.


<.< Wish I had photoshop, though Gimp is free so it works. :-)

[Every]

I use gimp, there's quite a few tutorials about it on Youtube or some resource sites which can ne linked to such as shadowplay, a thousand fireflies and caution. It took me about six months of constantly using it to get where I am today, but if you keep at it you can do things in it that others pay for photoshop for.

Good luck and can't wait to see what you come up with!

[Okoro (DELETED 7560)]

Photoshop is my tool of awesomeness... and frustration. <.<

Yeah. I've decided I am one of those amazing people you are talking about. *shrugs*

Photoshop takes a long time to master, but just keep at it, try different techniques, look at some tutorials and you should find your own style soon enough. :3

I use photoshop. It's a *****, self-taught. But if you keep at it, as Claire says, you can master it.

I am... okay. Not an expert by any means but I give it a go.

QFT!!

I use PhotoShop CS6 and I'd be happy to lend anyone any tips that I've learned! (basically from other amazing players in this community. you guys have been my teachers)

It's a huuuuuuuge program and there's so much you can do with it. Though I know A LOT of the tools, I feel like I've still only scratched the surface of what can be done in PhotoShop. If you can get it, it's amazing. I recommend CS3 if you can't get CS6. They're VERY similar and when I upgraded from CS3 to CS6, I wasn't confused about tools or where to find them.

[Azraeth]

Pixlr is a really good online editing service that's free. Not as complex as photoshop or gimp, but has a few decent features. I used it before I got my hands on photoshop, and it's really good for doing sandbox type stuff to figure out a lot of basics.