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Neon Noodle posted:I agree about 100% cotton paper and artist grade paints, but disagree about using kolinsky brushes for watercolor. I have found synthetic brushes to be perfectly fine for the majority of my water media work. I use kolinsky brushes for inking comics because they hold a lot of ink and come to a very fine point, but that is really a drawing thing and not a painting thing. Japanese or Chinese goat hair brushes are also good for watercolor, and they’re cheap. Heh, have to admit the Black Velvets are my workhorses, the kolinsky ones I have are for that extra smooth feel. They are also expensive so I only have small ones or I would have to grab the travel set. Fully agree with the brushes mentioned, where "large round" would be an 8 or a 10 imo.
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Medenmath posted:This is great, if terrifying. It also inspired me to draw some much crummier Disney Afternoon fanart also. haha cool. Yeah, a lot of people reported the image to be frightening. I'm very happy you were inspired though  Here's a D&D character commission I just completed. There's 2 more to go from this player group. I hope to get more afterwards. 
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Hi hello I'm really enjoying the new pokemon and you'll have to fight me to stop wanting to draw pokemon fan art.   
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Phylodox posted:Been in a bit of a slump, lately, but I hit a hot streak today. And even more Not Another D&D Podcast fan art.  I'm actually really enjoying doing art again for the first time in quite a while.
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Was commissioned to make a big version of a little old sketch 11x14” ink on clayboard
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Angrymog posted:What is clayboard? Scratchboard but without the initial black surface
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 I think I figured it out! The doodles and practise stuff goes here and the stuff I am proud of in the traditional thread. Did some fruit too 
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dupersaurus posted:Heads aren't circles or boxes anyway, so problem solved! Now you point it out, I can see what you mean... And yet trying to address it is 12055% hell.  Trying to follow the loomis method and... I am bad at it.
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 And for anyone who's doubting that there's a dog in that drawing: https://twitter.com/rainbowfission/status/1199752488024453121
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We did lino cuts at art society tonight. Ears got a bit messy and confused, and I think the right hand side of the lower muzzle looks better than the left. Stuff like this scares me because once you've cut something away, there's no coming back
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Lunchtime still life. Was done with what I assume are student grade caran d'ache pencils (I bought them nearly 20 years ago, they're in a plain blue box with no fancy name). Noticed some colours - e.g the yellows are much waxier than others and harder to layer. I take it professional pencils have a more consistent texture across the colours? Angrymog fucked around with this message at 16:17 on Nov 29, 2019 |
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I couldn't find a third edible thing on my desk, so giant D20 it was
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This is cool. I did a little paint over of the ambient occlusion spots, I think if you darken them a little bit more it’ll help the solidity of the elements up against each other: Gif: 
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heres an underwater scene I started a good while ago inspired by those water scenes Shinmera did in this thread but I kinda gave up and then finally finished it, anyways here it is I think I got the colors kind of wrong but oh well
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a hole-y ghost posted:heres an underwater scene I started a good while ago inspired by those water scenes Shinmera did in this thread but I kinda gave up and then finally finished it, anyways here it is I think I got the colors kind of wrong but oh well Oh man, I love the shapes! The bending gives it a sort of dream-like quality. If I could critique something, it would be that the water above the ground should have more contrast. A gradient starting darker at the bottom should work well. Haven't been feeling like drawing myself recently, uni has been stressing me out too much.
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Shinmera posted:Oh man, I love the shapes! The bending gives it a sort of dream-like quality. If I could critique something, it would be that the water above the ground should have more contrast. A gradient starting darker at the bottom should work well. 
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Neon Noodle posted:This is cool. I did a little paint over of the ambient occlusion spots, I think if you darken them a little bit more it’ll help the solidity of the elements up against each other: Thanks, I'll try it!
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I am trying out oil painting and it is way harder than I thought. This is my second attempt. Critique/pointers would be very welcome
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The Dregs posted:I am trying out oil painting and it is way harder than I thought. This is my second attempt. Critique/pointers would be very welcome When it's drying, try to keep it somewhere with good airflow but minimal dust (these things are magnets for dust) the skin tones are looking possibly too light but this is okay at this stage. you can always add on a transparent layer for more color and contrast later (part of what's really nice and convenient about oil paints) a hole-y ghost fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Dec 1, 2019 |
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Considering getting a FC polychromos set - what would people recommend - I'm thinking the 60, then buying anything extra I want from open order. I did a cheeky doodle of an apple in Hobby Craft today and they were so much nicer than the old caran d'aches I have atm. 
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a hole-y ghost posted:at the end of each session, you should blend out the edges of anything that's not supposed to be a really hard edge, as you won't be able to soften them later. Use a dry, clean soft brush and really light strokes to do this blending. I like makeup blending brushes for this, but most any kind of brush will do if it's dry, clean and soft-bristled. Thank you!
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New game! Arrange bits of paper on the page, then make random life-drawing pose fit them:
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I want to practise more interesting angles for characters, so I did a couple of sketch studies tonight. Only managed to save this one from the trash bin though, but didn't have the energy to properly finish it so it's real sloppy.
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Getting the jaw/neck right from that angle is SO hard!
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Shinmera posted:I want to practise more interesting angles for characters, so I did a couple of sketch studies tonight. I like it. Here's the guy from before with some soft shading on top and a bit of stronger highlights too. (and the eye socket was bothering me also) 
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I am busy being the avatar of Tired but here's a problematic pokemon: I mean you catch an adorable little ball of berry with a happy face and love it and nurture it and suddenly you've got a sexy legs pokemon, who is a freaking queen and you still love her but drat, it's still a sexy legs pokemon.
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And now all the other pokemon trainers know you as that guy. This is why you don't let pokemon evolve, kids.
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Last guy from this group: and a group composition: 
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a hole-y ghost posted:at the end of each session, you should blend out the edges of anything that's not supposed to be a really hard edge, as you won't be able to soften them later. Use a dry, clean soft brush and really light strokes to do this blending. I like makeup blending brushes for this, but most any kind of brush will do if it's dry, clean and soft-bristled. I just realized after reading this again that I have no idea what a contrast layer is. Google isn't helping much. Could someone please take the time to explain it to me?
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IDClip doggy is the best. The Dregs posted:I just realized after reading this again that I have no idea what a contrast layer is. Google isn't helping much. Could someone please take the time to explain it to me? Been a while since I painted with oils, but I think what hole-y ghost is referring to is that you can take a small amount of paint and mix it with a large amount of medium to get a transparent color. You can get some real neat effects by layering transparent glazes of various colors on top of an underpainting.
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