Cartoony Feeling

[von*ferret]

So whether painting skins or texturse, when you hand paint them I find that they look rather cartoony. Any suggestions on how to get away from that without simply photo ripping? Like overlays or something?

[ginsengavenger]

got an example of what you've got, and maybe what you're after?

[von*ferret]

i dont right now, i'm in the computer lab working on my helicopter

[Section_Ei8ht]

overlays work along with different blending modes. only problem I find is that creating the overlay to use for the blend mode takes more time than to just photo manip it. But maybe I'm just not understanding what you mean.

[PhilipK]

Be careful with dark outlines if you dont want it to be cartoonish.

Also try not to make stuff look too perfect.

That'd be my advise anyway