do you apply screentones in ps or csp? can you recommend any good resources for applying tones digitally?
I use CSP to apply tones because it has an inbuilt screentone function.Here are the basics:
Here is a screentone and its settings. The canvas is 600 dpi.
Number of screen frequency controls the distance between the centers of the dots. High frequency - dots are closer to each other - more dots in the same area. Low frequency - dots are further apart - fewer dots in the same area.
Since there are fewer dots, the dots are bigger so that the value is the same.
Density - Use specified density: this is the default setting when creating screentones. Basically, density controls the value of the screentone. What it does is increasing/decreasing the size of the dots. The number of dots remains the same.
Density - Use color of image and Use brightness of image: these are the settings for converting an image into halftones.
In this example, the black bar is on a separate layer below the box.
For the Color setting, the screentones seem to affect other layers. For the Brightness setting, the screentones act like normal, that is the space between the dots is transparent. I’m not entirely sure about these settings because I haven’t use them much. If you know, please tell.
Reflect layer opacity
Off - Opacity of the layer acts like normal, the dots get more transparent as opacity is reduced.
On - The density of the screentone is reduced instead of transparency, dots get smaller as opacity is reduced.
Dot settings - you can choose between different type of screentones in the drop down menu.
Noise size and Noise factor are specific to Noise screentone. Noise size controls the size of the noise particles while Noise factor controls how stretched they are.
Angle and Dot position - Imagine that you’re working traditionally, you can rotate and move the screentone sheet as you’re pleased. These settings let you do that digitally. Pretty useful.
Posterization - I think this is a setting for converting images to halftone but I don’t use it so I don’t know what it does exactly.
Alright that’s all the settings for CSP screentone, I think, now here’s the kicker: screentones are not suited for digital viewing.
When the dots are too small to see, compression/resampling of the image may become a problem. Below is normal circle dot screentone compressed.
Doesn’t look too good. Fortunately, you can play with the angle of the screentone and change the compression artifacts. Below is the same circle dot screentone with a different angle.
Often I use a particle brush to add white noise to the tones to simulate printing artifacts. Sometime it looks nice, but at this point, this is more of a patterned gray rather than a halftone.
Last tip, if you’re layering tones of top of each other, keep their screen frequencies and angles the same if you don’t want funky moire patterns.
- Don’t paint your face or body to look like you’re a different race/ethnicity, or wear traditional garments of a different real culture/religion as a costume or part of a costume. (This includes sugar skulls! And Roma people - g*psy is a SLUR and the Roma are a real culture you don’t get to aestheticize!)
- Don’t dress up as a member of any marginalized group you’re not a part of. People who have to fight to exist don’t deserve to be objectified and reduced to a costume. “Trans person”, “sex worker”, “disabled person” - not good costume ideas. Just don’t.
- Don’t tell kids that they have to conform to bullshit gender norms in their costumes. And don’t assume trick-or-treaters all are, either. (If you don’t know someone’s gender, don’t assume it based on whether they’re Darth Vader or a fairy.)
- Don’t wear a costume mocking or making light of horrible things that happened/are happening to real people. (Don’t wear a genocide-related costume. Don’t wear a domestic-violence themed costume. Don’t fucking dress up as a victim/perpetrator of a hate crime, etc.)
- Don’t dress up as a sexualized child. “Sexy schoolgirl” outfits help perpetuate the sexualization and fetishization of young girls, actual children who have to wear the oufits those are based on every day to school, and that’s fucked up. Don’t be part of that shit.
- Be respectful of others’ choices to participate or not in haunted houses or horror movie marathons. Don’t mock them if they’re uncomfortable participating.
- Remember, a costume is not consent. Your attraction to someone does not give you permission to touch them or talk to them in a sexual way without first making sure they want you to.
- Be respectful of haunted house actors. Again, don’t touch them. Don’t proposition them; that’s not what they’re there for. Don’t flash your cameras in their face. Basically, remember that they are human beings who are quite probably not even getting paid for this. Keep things fun, don’t ruin shit by treating them badly.
- If your prank can’t be undone in 30 seconds or causes risk of real harm, it’s probably a crime and it’s definitely an asshole thing to do. Remember when you’re pranking that some people have undisclosed physical disabilities, neurological or mental issues - try not to do any pranks that could trigger a PTSD flashback or an epileptic seizure. A good prank is one the target will laugh at afterward.
- Don’t wear extremely gory or sexual costumes around children, or if there’s a chance you’ll be around children. Wear a coat or something over explicit costumes or wait until you’re at your all-adult venue to put them on.
- In general, consider whether the venue is appropriate for your costume and whether you’re likely to make others uncomfortable. If you don’t know what’s common at that venue, check with someone who’s been there before to find out whether your costume with lots of gore or near-nudity, for example, will be well-received
- Don’t objectify or body shame people wearing skimpy costumes to all-adult gatherings. If you wouldn’t wear it, don’t wear it. You’re not better than someone in a short skirt just because they’re in a short skirt.
- Call out your friends if they’re being assholes. That’s what friends do. Don’t be that asshole who just stands around letting your friend ruin someone’s night.
- Save me some of the good candy. Remember, Halloween is about me, personally, eating chocolate.
i went thru the manga myself again today and pulled the best yagi faces!!! edited the shit out of them to make him happy and smiley and blushing!!
pls feel free to use them wherever you want they’re all 300x300 pixels and should work pretty well for most icons and sidebars, no credit necessary but would be nice!!
I drew this poster for Jon Acuff and his FINISH book tour. Big thanks to Jon for this collaboration, his book has some great ideas about how to complete creative and life goals.
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