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Finger smudging is always an awesome technique!

Good work!

My brother once told me finger-smudging was the cheaters way to do gradients. I told him he was an idiot. Looks great!

My brother once told me finger-smudging was the cheaters way to do gradients. I told him he was an idiot. Looks great!

if anything, it's the way to ruin gradients XD I only finger smudged because it's faster then colouring the whole paper it ended up giving me an interesting look though :3

This looks amazing! At first glace I thought it was a painting Awesome work!

if anything, it's the way to ruin gradients XD I only finger smudged because it's faster then colouring the whole paper it ended up giving me an interesting look though :3

Smudging doesn't ruin at all unless you're after a harder look.

For some things, especially smooth or web subjects it's just perfect!

Example (remind me to make a proper scan some day):

Smudging doesn't ruin at all unless you're after a harder look.For some things, especially smooth or web subjects it's just perfect!Example (remind me to make a proper scan some day):

*snips picture for space saving*

ah, I do a lot of finger smudging gradients, I just normally prefer to save them for my realistic drawings :3 (no pictures because all my drawings are at school)

I also don't use them very often so I'm not as good at them as I am at... whatever you would call not finger smudging a gradient XD I have some art friends who do amazing finger smudging, but can't draw a gradient for the life of them

Like any technique, its just a tool to create an impression of something you see. Some things are certainly better than others, but in the end its the final effect that counts. (When I spent over 100 hours using stippling technique to finish an 8 inch square drawing, I knew it was not the right technique for me, no matter how prestigious it was supposed to be in the eyes of my art teacher.)

My brother once told me finger-smudging was the cheaters way to do gradients. I told him he was an idiot. Looks great!

It seems he doesn't know that finger-smudging was the first smudging technique of making art. Seriously!

It seems he doesn't know that finger-smudging was the first smudging technique of making art. Seriously!

Thing is, he's an excellent artist. Far better than I am. He has a clue what he's talking about. But he's also smug and opinionated.

Oh, sure, easy for a dolphin to say.

Heh, dolphins are always giving me impertinent advice. "Eat a bunch of raw fish," or "Try holding your breath for a couple of minutes at a time."

I know a lot of people who also tend to think that computers are cheating, and they do all the work for you.

I know a lot of people who also tend to think that computers are cheating, and they do all the work for you.

oh my gourd you have no idea how much I hate that DX I'm shunned away in my majors class because a good chunk of them think computer art is fake art

Computer art is just a new way of making art.

It's easier because you don't have to pay for painting colors and such!

If there were such a computer program(Which I hope there's not!) that requires you to buy paint, it would be unreasonable to use such a thing.