Student Applications

[! Z I L L A]

Your Name: ZILLA!!!!(okay SmokeyKitty)

What you'd like to learn: Scars, Wounds, Blending hooves into sand and stuff, making manes and tails look more realistic, lots of stuff -faint-

What you've already mastered: Cutting/cropping, Painting up hooves, Manes and Tails(for the most part), but i'm not a pro any any of these

What kind of program do you use?: Latest version of GIMP

Requested Teacher: Everyone. Cuz everyone on here is freaking amazing!(specifically poet)

Are you tough enough to take critique?: No. I can take critique, just not extremely harsh critique, for example, "The mane and tail are horrible..." but i doubt anyone will ever say that. o.O

[Butterfly Kisses]

Your Name: Butterfly Kisses

What you'd like to learn: Just about anything to help me improve, especially lighting, color balance, and of course, manes and tails.

What you've already mastered: I don't know if I have 'mastered' anything. I guess I'll let you be the judge of that Here are a few examples of my work:
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What kind of program do you use?: GIMP 2.6

Requested Teacher: Poet, please

Are you tough enough to take critique?: How am I suppose to learn and improve without a little constructive criticism?

[` M O N S T E R]

Your Name: monster, or kels/kelsey. your choice~

What you'd like to learn: manipulations overall. i'd like to improve loads more in manes/tails and lighting, to be more specific.

What you've already mastered: i wouldn't call it 'mastered' but i think i'm decent at cutting, painting, and blending.

What kind of program do you use?: photoshop cs2

Requested Teacher: poetttt. i <3 her styleee~ but i'm good with anyone

Are you tough enough to take critique?: yes. i like critique as long as it's not like, "ohmygoddd, i think my eyes just started bleeding~" XD


edit; sorry if i posted in the wrong area. these forums confuse me. ;-;

[erika]

Your Name: Erika

What you'd like to learn: How to make more complex manipulations, better [more realistic] mane/tails would be nice too, and I have no idea how to do lighting lol.

What you've already mastered: I've got the basics down I think, IDK here's my DA account so you can see what I've already done, my most complicated picture is Sciron fuzzdoodle89.deviantart.com/

What kind of program do you use?: Photoshop 6.0

Requested Teacher: Poet or anyone else willing to have me

Are you tough enough to take critique?: Yes, and I like harshish critiques because the harsher critiques tend to be more detailed so I know exactly what I did wrong

[`Poet.]

Kittay, Butterfly, Kelsey, Erika - all of you are accepted. I'll PM you with more details. Thanks! <3

[Butterfly Kisses]

Poet, thank you so much for accepting me

[shorty]

Your Name: Shorty

What you'd like to learn: How to 'paint' equines, as well as helpful tips on mane/tails to make them look more realistic and working with an overall image.

What you've already mastered: Combining images, colorizing, and partly markings

What kind of program do you use?: GIMP 2.6

Requested Teacher: any <3

Are you tough enough to take critique?: Yes =)

[Flame]

Your Name: Flame

What you'd like to learn: Basically everything. I've always wanted to be able to do manips. and I just downloaded GIMP 2.6, but I'm entirely clueless as to how to use it. I'm getting the hang of Twisted Brush Open Studio but I'd like to learn as much as I can. Sadly, I'm better with pencil and paper then I am with mouse and computer screen.

What you've already mastered: I can open up GIMP and load a picture, but not much else On Twisted Brush, I can trace, paint semi-well and blend colours to get what I want. Yes, I'm a complete amateur.

What kind of program do you use?:GIMP 2.6 and Twisted Brush Open Studio

Requested Teacher: I'm ok with anyone, but Poet is the only one with a teacher bio, so I wouldn't mind having her as a teacher.

Are you tough enough to take critique?: Yup, I love criticism.

For some reason, the forum thinks I'm not logged in...oh well.

[nearlyperfect]

Your Name: NearlyPerfect or Near

What you'd like to learn: I would love to learn how to paint manes and tails, and maybe improve my manipulation skills, as well.

What you've already mastered: Cutting, Blending & Smudging (Somewhat...)

What kind of program do you use?: Photoshop CS5

Requested Teacher: Poet

Are you tough enough to take critique?: Abso-frekin-lutely

[UPDATE] Just saw that students were closed

[cruisingfortrouble]

Your Name: -------------- Ally

What you'd like to learn: -------------- Anything and everything

What you've already mastered: -------------- I have done some photo manips in the past but I have forgotten how and would like to learn again

What kind of program do you use?: -------------- Gimp 2

Requested Teacher: -------------- Poet :-)

Are you tough enough to take critique?: -------------- Ohh yes ;-)

[CruisingforTroubles]

Your Name: -------------- Ally, Tee, Lyss I'm really cool with anything :-)
What you'd like to learn: -------------- How to do a full photo manip and do it well mastering each step :-D

What you've already mastered: -------------- Cutting a horse out I cant really understand layers (I'll explain more if I'm excepted :-D )
What kind of program do you use?: -------------- 2.6
Requested Teacher: -------------- I'm hoping for Poet :-)
Are you tough enough to take critique?: -------------- You bet ;-)

[v o l e n c 3]

Your Name: violencee.

What you'd like to learn: mane, tail, hooves, blending, etc. blah,

What you've already mastered: ...everything else?

What kind of program do you use?: CS3, PSE7.

Requested Teacher: Poooooooo.

Are you tough enough to take critique?: i almost cussed. jkghksjdfh'fghs sorry.
and yeah.