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I think I had an Usborne cartooning book as a kid? Don't remember the title, unfort, and I'm phone-posting, but it might be worth a look.
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Sharpest Crayon posted:If it makes you feel any better 'bout boomers, I'm doing a pet portrait commission. The pet's name is a slur. Kicker: doing it half-price, because I'd promised to before I knew what it was gonna be. You took a commission from H.P. Lovecraft?
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I guessed gypsy
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It's a Finnish slur for swedes, you can stop guessing, thanks.
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lofi posted:slurname Congrats for taking something awful and making something beautiful out of it. I have a long-term client right now who is flirting with the idea of making science courses for home-school Christian kids, which makes me sad because if they actually do that I would need to drop them as a client since there's no way I'm going to put my name and effort into something that says Adam and Eve used to eat coconuts with T-rex or whatever.
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Sharpest Crayon posted:It's a Finnish slur for swedes, you can stop guessing, thanks.
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...i just remembered i have the animator's survival kit in my bookshelf, i should probably start there
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nankeen posted:...i just remembered i have the animator's survival kit in my bookshelf, i should probably start there That would help! It's a good resource. Look up "Fun With A Pencil" by Andrew Loomis. He's one of the masters of figure drawings, and Fun With A Pencil is about simplifying the same processes to make more stylized creations. If you don't want to buy a physical copy, you could probably find a PDF version floating around Google. I'd also look into getting a copy of Disney: Illusion of Life from your library. It has a whole section of how Disney artists do character design. Every Pixar movie and Laika Studios movie has a concept art book, too, so if any of those art styles appeal to you, check them out. I'd also recommend getting on YouTube and just googling "character design". Scroll through thumbnails until you see a style you like, then watch their video on their process. If there are specific artists whose style you like, try and find a video of them doing character sketches. I love watching Scott C., who has a very playful style. Doug TenNapel has some really regressive problematic/bigoted views based on his devout Christianity, but he's really good at designing memorable characters in his distinct style. Just keep your eyes out for artist whose style reflects something you like and google the hell out of their name, trying to find any breakdowns of their processes. There's also Character Design References with a cool visual library. And also Traditional Animation has tons of model sheets from well-known character designs, so you can get an idea of their formation.
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nankeen posted:...i just remembered i have the animator's survival kit in my bookshelf, i should probably start there There's nothing in there on how to get a man, unfortunately.
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mutata posted:There's nothing in there on how to get a man, unfortunately.
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Sharpest Crayon posted:It's a Finnish slur for swedes, you can stop guessing, thanks. As a swede I'm intrigued!
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Oh for gently caress's sake. This is the hole I dug for myself, this is my life now. I am the slur-invoker. If you don't know it, I'm not telling, gods.
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Well now we're just going to have to go through them all one by one... 
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I'm p sure it bristles with k's and l's like a vaguely racist dreadnaught
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Sharpest Crayon posted:I am the slur-invoker. Definitely my least favorite DnD class.
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Ey, I'm not dead. I'm in college now which means less time on here but also less time on my creative endeavors. I've hella busy these past few weeks since I just got back. Hopefully my gonna be a new screen protector for my ipad soon (did I mention I just brought an ipad some months ago, been pretty great). So how are y'all doing today?
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Fruity20 posted:Ey, I'm not dead. I'm in college now which means less time on here but also less time on my creative endeavors. I've hella busy these past few weeks since I just got back. Hopefully my gonna be a new screen protector for my ipad soon (did I mention I just brought an ipad some months ago, been pretty great).
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I'm awake. Wicked insomnia atm, but it means I'm getting a lot of reading done at least.
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hazy from timeshifting, feeling like I'm in a state of quantum superimposition where I have simultaneously reached acceptance that the incredibly stupid events of Spy Day happened but am still stunned thinking about it, considering whether or not I should try to pull another fast one on ArtDome
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Fish Noise posted:hazy from timeshifting, feeling like I'm in a state of quantum superimposition where I have simultaneously reached acceptance that the incredibly stupid events of Spy Day happened but am still stunned thinking about it, considering whether or not I should try to pull another fast one on ArtDome What is Spy Day?
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it was when "Something Awful" briefly peeled off to reveal "Mister Jones' Nazi Slide".
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Fish Noise posted:it was when "Something Awful" briefly peeled off to reveal "Mister Jones' Nazi Slide". Since I pretty much only post in CC and most of the screenshots in the OP have been deleted from Imgur, could someone please tell me what exactly the linked post means? Sorry for being dense.
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Doing commission today which hopefully could be put into buying a few copics (not too many, gonna buy a few copics each year until I get around to maybe 100) I'm trying to get more use to traditional art after taking a break from it for years.
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gmc9987 posted:Since I pretty much only post in CC and most of the screenshots in the OP have been deleted from Imgur, could someone please tell me what exactly the linked post means? A d&d mod turned out to have been posting on a v unsavory discord and feeding information about their unsavory plans to a mod and an admin while also saying unsavory things on the discord himself as deep cover. It was discovered, he explained himself, no-one was very convinced, so he permabanned himself.
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It was vintage goonmod stupidity and will be listed in sagas for years to come lol Qcs is open again so have a scroll through there if you want to see how people have been reacting.
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Ain't no such thing as an Ironic Nazi, no siree.
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Fruity20 posted:Doing commission today which hopefully could be put into buying a few copics (not too many, gonna buy a few copics each year until I get around to maybe 100) What is it with Copics in particular that makes them like artist crack? Like, they're pretty good, but why is it always Copics when someone has a giant collection of something? I can never get them to work right for more than 20 seconds straight or I'd probably be on that trip myself.
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Artists magpie brain. Bring shiny colour home to nest. Get full set to attract a mate.
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At least they had the decency to let you refill them and replace the nibs.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw3wwEGofAg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekvR-aB5css
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lofi posted:What is it with Copics in particular that makes them like artist crack? Like, they're pretty good, but why is it always Copics when someone has a giant collection of something? Glorious Nippon ink
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They're just fuckin good. Pigment's good, the color range is good. The option to refill them and replace damaged nibs yourself makes them cheaper in the long run because you don't have to buy a whole new marker. The ink refill costs slightly more than the whole marker does, but it's good for several refills. Copic even sells empty markers so you can mix your own colors and fill them with that.
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Star Man posted:cheaper in the long run 
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What I mean is you don't have to throw a dead Copic in the trash every time it runs out of ink.
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I love “normal canvas size.” It reminds me of my wide-format printing days when people would want something printed “poster-sized”. Me: Poster size? You mean 16x20? 18x24? 24x36? Them: ... Me:  And ultimately what they really wanted was something much smaller, usually 11x17. That is NOT a loving poster!
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Yeah, it was about then I started to realise this dude wasn't legit. That and the three word replies. I guess typing with one hand ain't easy. Also, poster-size is A2.  Of the many things the US does backwards, non-standard paper sizes sound the most frustrating, how do you deal with that?
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