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You need learn to draw very fast. Also sit next to/in view of mirrors. RobertKerans fucked around with this message at 15:10 on Nov 4, 2009 |
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Farrell101 posted:I've been warned time and time again to draw from life rather than photos if you want to truly understand depth and perspective. Well, I want to do just that. We have a walk in figure drawing session at our local university every thursday from 10 to noon. The only problem is that I work 9-5 monday to friday. Check out this post in the drawing lessons thread. My tips, from personal experience, are as follows;
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Nov 4, 2009 15:17
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I do this a few times a week, eventually you just get comfortable doing it and better at doing it, so people dont notice or don't care. Good places to go are anywhere there's a lot of people hanging out - cafes, parks, libraries are good, etc. I usually just do a lot of 15-30s sketches until I find someone who's not moving a whole bunch then draw them as long as I can. I also have never had someone ask me about sketching them, but if someone had an issue I'd just give them the sketchbook page and tell them sorry. And if they were rude I'd probably also tell them they're a douche. But that's just me. Beat. fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Nov 4, 2009 |
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Nov 4, 2009 18:40
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I have a lot of drawings of sleeping people. They usually don't mind. This guy was sleeping in a coffeeshop.  Also, occasionally people who see my draw will ask to be drawn, and sometimes they are good models, and sometimes not. (I had a homeless guy do this once, the painting turned out okay but it was a pretty weird experience because he was totally mumbly/crazy).
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Nov 4, 2009 19:02
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The other thing is that if you're really wanting to do figure work and live in a big city, just look up figure drawing sessions. Outside of the drawing class I take I go to 3 separate sessions every week. They're 3-4 hours and usually about 10 bucks each. Not a bad deal to draw a model for a few hours. I know a guy who used to do 40 hours a week in front of a model when he was in art school and his work is, now, phenomenal. Kind of like a goth version of Alphonse Mucha. But he has been at it for like 10 years or so. Anyway it's a cheap way to rack up those drawing hours.
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Nov 5, 2009 01:18
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Nice, a lot of solid advice. I do live in a "big city" however it's in Newfoundland and that is much smaller than the average big city. We only have the one figure drawing session and it's on Thursdays in the middle of the work day. I have a pretty flexible job however I work in a small team and taking a two hour break in the middle of the day is probably not acceptable. I'm going to hit up a coffee shop tomorrow night after work and try do some life drawing. Thanks everyone.
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Nov 5, 2009 02:10
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I'm considering writing a compilation book (or even several if I separate the subject matter) about legends of buried and sunken treasures, lost mines, and ghost towns. My question is since 99.99% of all known treasure tales and lost mines and locations of ghost towns have already been written down by at least one person who has taken them out of the oral tradition. Should I write this book(s), I am going to find as many sources for each point of subject matter. What I'm wondering is, when restating information, what do I have to do or not do to avoid plagiarism aside from repeating word-for-word what someone else says or not giving credit for specific thoughts? I am only asking because I am unsure as to how to pick information that isn't specific to an author from what is.
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Nov 5, 2009 06:34
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What's a good font management program for the PC? I'll need to be using one on Monday, and I haven't used a PC for design in years.
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Nov 6, 2009 15:29
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I need to apply the same changes (filter, gradient map, contrast) to a ton of images using Photoshop. Is there any way to automate this process?pipes! posted:What's a good font management program for the PC? I'll need to be using one on Monday, and I haven't used a PC for design in years. I've used Extensis Suitcase and it works very well for my needs.
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Nov 7, 2009 19:09
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Elder posted:I need to apply the same changes (filter, gradient map, contrast) to a ton of images using Photoshop. Is there any way to automate this process? Actions. http://www.dpandi.com/actions/index.html here's a basic tutorial. Basically, you just press thee record button, do what you want, then hit stop. You can then run those same steps on any number of pictures.
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Nov 7, 2009 20:51
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gmc9987 posted:Actions. Yes, this is exactly what I'm looking for, thanks!
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Nov 7, 2009 21:33
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Graphic design question. I just got an email from a potential employer asking if I have a lot of "digital-specific experience." What does he mean by this? Is he asking if I can design entirely digital things? Isn't that exactly what graphic design is? It's a strange wording and I just don't get it.
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Nov 12, 2009 19:19
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How old is he? A lot of older art directors/employers basically want to know if you know Photoshop/InDesign, etc. Digital as compared to...I don't know, whatever they did before computers.
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Nov 12, 2009 21:00
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OK, got a question about compositing video. I am currently heading up a project with an extremely tight deadline that is going to involve compositing a 2D "minority report" type computer interface (the one where Tom Cruise is manipulating video with his hands) over a video background. So, even though the interface is 2D it is going to have to match rotation and position pretty seamlessly with the background. Is there an easier way of doing this in Aftereffects than simply turning it into a 3D layer and keyframing the positions? We are limited to using Aftereffects, and cannot purchase any additional plugins. Free plugins are OK, and if they are really cheap (<$100) I can probably convince someone to buy them, but it won't be easy. I know that a lot of high-end production companies have a plugin or program that will allow you to track points in a video for reference and translate those into 3D movement automatically, but I don't know where to begin looking for (cheap) plugins like that. Thanks a bunch if anyone has any help with this! I'm pretty much a 2D artist myself, I'm not used to this whole newfangled 3D thing quite yet.
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Nov 13, 2009 00:11
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After Effect's built in tracker is probably good enough, YouTube has some decent tutorials. My only advice would be to shoot with as small of tracking points as you can. A square of white tape is enough, no one wants to paint out a huge X.
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Nov 13, 2009 00:27
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gmc9987 posted:OK, got a question about compositing video. I am currently heading up a project with an extremely tight deadline that is going to involve compositing a 2D "minority report" type computer interface (the one where Tom Cruise is manipulating video with his hands) over a video background. So, even though the interface is 2D it is going to have to match rotation and position pretty seamlessly with the background. Is there an easier way of doing this in Aftereffects than simply turning it into a 3D layer and keyframing the positions? Are you new to After Effects? If you are or you aren't there's almost always some good tips and handy free plug-ins at videocopilot.net. The man is a god. Every time I have to do something in After Effects (a few times a year) I'll go back there and look for info. Not sure if he has what you're looking for but it can't hurt to check it out. There's a really good tutorial on making a fake passenger side window on a car so that the camera can pass through it that deals with a lot of motion tracking issues.
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Nov 13, 2009 01:14
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The thing about videocopilot.net is you can spot work that's done with the tutorials from a mile away. It's better to just learn the underlying principles elsewhere.
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Nov 13, 2009 05:19
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butterypancakes posted:The thing about videocopilot.net is you can spot work that's done with the tutorials from a mile away. It's better to just learn the underlying principles elsewhere. I don't disagree but when someone mentions "extremely tight deadline" I'm less concerned about the fundamentals. It depends on if you want to be an After Effects artist or not. I don't, but sometimes I'm stuck having to do motion graphics and that site can jump my brain and get something going in short order.
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Nov 13, 2009 08:03
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butterypancakes posted:The thing about videocopilot.net is you can spot work that's done with the tutorials from a mile away. It's better to just learn the underlying principles elsewhere. I disagree, if you find a tutorial for an effect/process you need, it's incredibly efficient to follow someone else's instructions and just get your job done. Of course, you need to know what you're looking for, as well as how to adapt it to your project. Most of my own motion graphics was learned by using tutorials; it's a great way to learn different ways of doing things, as well as learning the usage of the tools. I can never conceptualize what a tool does by reading a help menu - it's easier with an example that you recreate yourself. That said, it's also really easy to fall into a trap of adding gimmick on top of gimmick with tutorials. But I still believe it's useful to do them, just for practice, to learn new techniques.
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Nov 13, 2009 09:20
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butterypancakes posted:After Effect's built in tracker is probably good enough, YouTube has some decent tutorials. This is exactly the answer to my problem, thank you! We will be shooting with a sheet of glass to represent the screen, and I am pretty sure I can paint my own tracking points onto the glass that will appear to be part of the futuristic UI, so no painting out needed. Thanks again! Also, I will keep videocopilot.net in my bookmarks - could be handy the next time I'm given an aftereffects project (which will probably be in another year or so. Which is a shame, I love aftereffects  )
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Nov 16, 2009 22:49
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gmc9987 posted:This is exactly the answer to my problem, thank you! We will be shooting with a sheet of glass to represent the screen, and I am pretty sure I can paint my own tracking points onto the glass that will appear to be part of the futuristic UI, so no painting out needed. Thanks again! If you don't need to see through it, consider putting something black behind the glass; this way you can just screen your graphics on top and still get all the reflections.
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Nov 17, 2009 08:08
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I'm fairly new to CSS, though I do know HTML quite well. While I can sort of piece things together, I cannot figure out why the body won't stretch with the content: http://www.xiaoali.net/blog_test/blog_test.html As you can see, the content_body flows into my footer. I know I'm probaly missing one little thing, but can't to save my life figure out what it is. Obviously I haven't gotten into placing the text yet, so that's a problem I've yet to tackle. My plan to once I finish coding it in CSS, convert it to a wordpress template. I've used drupal and joomla on projects before, though never customizing the template.. I've been told and have seen that wordpress is much easier to customize.
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Nov 17, 2009 08:20
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Is there a way to hide tables using the text-indent:-9999px image replacement trick? I just wrapped the table I want to hide into a div and it just layers the table over the image I'm replacing it with.
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Nov 20, 2009 22:37
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Crossposting from the general photo thread: I'm looking to put some photobooks together for Christmas presents, where should I look? I know mpix and lulu, just looking for some other options.
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Nov 23, 2009 18:48
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jackpot posted:Crossposting from the general photo thread: I'm looking to put some photobooks together for Christmas presents, where should I look? I know mpix and lulu, just looking for some other options. The newest version of iPhoto lets you design and purchase photobooks using your pictures, but the caveat is that you have to have the latest version of iPhoto and a mac to do that. If you can get access to it at school or through a friend, that should do what you want.
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Nov 23, 2009 19:09
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gmc9987 posted:The newest version of iPhoto lets you design and purchase photobooks using your pictures, but the caveat is that you have to have the latest version of iPhoto and a mac to do that. If you can get access to it at school or through a friend, that should do what you want. I made one of these for my parents over the summer and it turned out fantastic.
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Nov 23, 2009 19:34
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This seems like an appropriate thread for this kind of question... I'm thinking of submitting this on threadless.com and I need a little bit of feedback on which version works better. I'm not a native English speaker so I'd appreciate your thoughts. This is just a mockup, I'll do the text properly when I get my new tablet.   Also, I'm not sure if this breaks any copyright law. I'm pretty sure there's no copyright on outlines  and the bow is different from Hello Kitty's, although the first one has "Hello" and "Kitty" in it.
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Nov 28, 2009 19:18
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burexas.irom posted:This seems like an appropriate thread for this kind of question... I like the 2nd one, its great. I didn't get the first one until I saw the second one but I thought it was funny, anyway. The font doesn't sit too well with me.. Honestly I think people worry way too much about copyright law and don't really understand it. It's one thing to take someones idea and just rip it off and another thing entirely to parody something. But the bottom line is that copyright disputes are about money: recovering money because of damages. Do you really see yourself making a big pile of money on this? Do you think this really dilutes the brand equity that Hello Kitty has? I really doubt it.
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Nov 28, 2009 20:47
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burexas.irom posted:This seems like an appropriate thread for this kind of question... They don't do a lot of parody tees on Threadless, especially pop-culture parody. Also, read this: http://www.threadless.com/info/parody. I'm not saying their interpretation of the law is THE interpretation, but it's their business. It's more using one pop-culture icon to reference a, uh, pop-scientific icon. Neither are really being made fun of and even if it's legal I doubt Threadless will go with it. My two cents before you waste your time. Maybe find somebody more off the radar or print it yourself and sell in SA-Mart or something.
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Nov 30, 2009 17:40
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I didn't see a thread for magazine creation and design. Is Adobe InDesign the software to get and learn for making magazines? I have used Photoshop and Microsoft Publisher for smaller stuff, but now I have the opportunity for someone else to buy the software for me to learn and make their small business magazine. It would be about 50 full size pages with 40% advertising and content would be about local small businesses and their owners.
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Dec 1, 2009 22:29
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Adobe InDesign or QuarkXpress are the two major ones. They do multipage layouts.
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Dec 1, 2009 22:45
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gmc9987 posted:Adobe InDesign or QuarkXpress are the two major ones. They do multipage layouts. If you value your sanity, don't bother with QuarkXpress. Ugh, never again.
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Dec 1, 2009 22:56
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Hey quick question: What type of paint would work well with painting wood without leaving any sort of texture (specifically, skateboards)?
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Dec 2, 2009 06:50
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It depends on what you're painting onto it. If you want a flat color any kind of spraypaint will do, or if you want to do one of those artsy fartsy skateboards you could use acrylics and cover it with a clear coat. As long as you dont go nuts with the paint or you sand down the really heavy brush marks you should be fine. You could use oil paints too if you got time to let them dry well. You could also do a stain, or a pattern of different stain colors and then cover it in varnish. Since we're talking about skateboards, I'll just say every time I see one painted artistically I want to barf. That's just me though - lots of people love that poo poo.
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Dec 2, 2009 08:21
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Beat. posted:every time I see one painted artistically I want to barf. I'm referring to the bottom here
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Dec 2, 2009 08:39
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 I am currently setting up stop-motion shoot using these bracelet boxes. I am getting a horrible reflection. Will a polarized lens eliminate all or most of the reflections? edit: This is my camera phone. Shooting with an HVX200.
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Dec 3, 2009 06:21
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JimmyStewart posted:
You need softboxes or other forms of diffused lighting. That "horrible reflection" is a "light" "pointed right at it".
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Dec 3, 2009 19:13
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JimmyStewart posted:I am currently setting up stop-motion shoot using these bracelet boxes. I am getting a horrible reflection. Will a polarized lens eliminate all or most of the reflections? I am not familiar with this technique but wouldn't it just be easier to scan the drawings?
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Dec 3, 2009 19:35
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Back Stabber posted:I'm referring to the bottom here yeah so am I
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Crossposting from Askk/Tell: I don't know if this really goes here but I think it's worth a shot. I know it's a long shot, but does anyone know of any studies or resources regarding art in public spaces? By public art I mean stuff especifically at metro, train stations and airports, or anything relating to advertisement against art in public? It's for an assignment due soon and I have no idea where to start.
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