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They are mostly standard sizes (the ones listed above are the most common) but just not equated with "paper size". The international version is better as usual, but we don't just make up new arbitrary sizes willy-nilly, we mostly just stick to the same 4 or 5 arbitrary sizes.
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but they all have different aspect ratios! How do you size stuff up and down? Just by cropping bits off sometimes?
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Really the only truly annoying discrepancy are the two standard photograph sizes: 4"x6" and 8"x10": 4x6 is the same as the frame, but 8x10 is notably taller. Once you get above those the common sizes are almost all (or very close to) 4:3 ratio.
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Jan 13, 2020 17:37
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lofi posted:Also, poster-size is A2. I dealt with it by moving to Europe. But yeah, the non-similar aspect ratios are difficult to deal with, but there are standard poster sizes in the US - they just aren't what anywhere in the rest of the world uses as standards.
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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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Jan 13, 2020 23:30
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lofi's cries from the freelance abyss are magical
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Jan 14, 2020 00:38
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lofi posted:
Calling it now; it's not a picture of him in the nude, it's a dick pick. And I totally get it as well, can you imagine the power move of having a wall of nothing but different artists' interpretations of your dick when you finally convince someone to come in?
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Jan 14, 2020 00:41
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Honestly, the freedom to slap a ridiculous rear end in a top hat Tax on it takes the sting out. It's not hell in the same way retail is, because I've got no management stopping me from fighting back. If the dude had been up for half a grand, well, then it's my fetish too.
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I fully appreciated the rear end in a top hat tax on that one, yes. Considering there was a chance you'd have to draw a literal rear end in a top hat.
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If my magnum opus was a wall-sized photorealist oil painting of goatse, I could live with that.
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Jan 14, 2020 02:25
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Gloss finish, natch.
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Let me know if you get a Kickstarter of GoFundme rolling for that and I'll chip in.
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Hell, if I'm getting crowd funding money im going big, like "church ceiling" big.
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One of those round, concave dome ceilings in a church would be absolutely perfect for displaying the glory of goatse. Imagine raising your eyes to the heavens in reverence and staring straight into the abyss.
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Real gold on the ring, a nice gloss impasto medium for the meat, as the choir sings its praises. Actually, gently caress it, why limit it to 2D? If I've got a concave dome I could sculpt a 100' goatse. Truly, they shall be in awe of the magnificence of the lord. e: I'm imagining a very nervous priest trying to give a sermon, sweating as he repeatedly glances at the groaning ceiling, loosens his dogcollar wondering how short he can cut the session. lofi fucked around with this message at 12:18 on Jan 14, 2020 |
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Sharpest Crayon posted:One of those round, concave dome ceilings in a church would be absolutely perfect for displaying the glory of goatse. Imagine raising your eyes to the heavens in reverence and staring straight into the abyss. lofi posted:Actually, gently caress it, why limit it to 2D? If I've got a concave dome I could sculpt a 100' goatse. Truly, they shall be in awe of the magnificence of the lord.
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oh lord i went to post the tigrephants cd proof and break the sacred covenant of confidentiality but i couldn't do it, i just couldn't
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Jan 14, 2020 23:11
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goddammit nankeen, how am I supposed to be first on DA with porn of this if you won't leak even a little?!
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this is a client who makes me put (c) 2020 all rights reserved (etc) on every single surface that we print, the chances of her finding out i posted the project on sa are so small but her heart would be so broken i just can't do it. luckily she's trying to get the project publically distributed so it may be online eventually and i can just link you all, feeling no culpability for any ridiculous porn that may result
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back when i first graduated from art school and was thinking of doing freelance illustration, years ago now, this was my first client, and she has remained my only client lol
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lofi posted:
I'm starting to see why it took so long to find a non-hideous photo of this child. The nicest one is where she looks vaugely suicidal, at least her mouth doesn't look like the sucking maw of an abyssal fishmonster on that one. She appears to think 'smile' means 'retract lips to warn off potential predators' I'd post photos but that'd be unfair on the internet. lofi fucked around with this message at 14:46 on Jan 15, 2020 |
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I'm looking after my granddaughter tomorrow so going to try again to get a perfect photo. My daughter got cross with me being so picky but I know what I'm aiming for.
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I know exactly what kind of child you are talking about, so congrats on painting a full picture without breaking the artist covenant.
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Have you considered telling your client that it's pretty obvious the kid's a changeling?
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Not a very good one.
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I had to do a doubletake since missed the post paraphrasing the client so all I could think was, wow lofi what a rude way to refer to your granddaughter like drat you vicious
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Lol, nope, no kids here, maybe that's why I can still perceive them as horrible parasite monsters.
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I'm trying to have a creative day today, I've been procrastinating too much on personal projects. Currently working on a dark fantasy story (with illustrations hopefully haha) which focuses on the redemption of the main characters. I've just managed to work out the angles I want to go with so my main aim is to get this all written out and expand on it today. Not to mention I've got loads of art pieces I want to start and techniques I want to learn. Lol just need to get a grip and learn to cut lino. I don't work in a creative industry (I'm a lab technician) so some times I really struggle with getting my brain in that mode, esp. after working. Does anyone else have that headache? First time posting so feel free to call me a moron.
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Getting started is hard, yeah. I stick on some incense, trying to get that association going, train myself that incense = art time. Not certain how well it's working so far.
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Yea man that's a good idea, I'm trying to get that with some of the candles I have in my room. Like "candle lit it's time to get working on poo poo" haha. You got a lot going on?
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I'm trying to get illustration and portrait work going as a job, so I'm working on two main projects, realistic-but-stylised portraits and apocalyptic illustration stuff. I'm awful for second-guessing myself, I think this is the first time I've got to a point where I know where I'm going with art. Mostly I just love making art, any sort, but it's hard to promote yourself as 'yeah, I'll do anything'. At the moment, I'm working on a gouache portrait of a very ugly child, trying to make them less hideous. What about you, what sort of art do you do?
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zentigeist posted:I don't work in a creative industry (I'm a lab technician) so some times I really struggle with getting my brain in that mode, esp. after working. Does anyone else have that headache? First time posting so feel free to call me a moron. I work in a lab, too. I used to have that problem until I started using my break time to physically remove myself from lab and to think about art in my surroundings: how would I draw/paint this?; what is aesthetically pleasing about this poster diagram? I also doodle a lot when there’s down time or catch up on what’s going on in the Creative Convention discord (come join us! https://discord.gg/BZg6KH) My biggest hurdle is finding time to art. I’ve got a lot of things going on and they’re all high priority 
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lofi posted:I'm trying to get illustration and portrait work going as a job, so I'm working on two main projects, realistic-but-stylised portraits and apocalyptic illustration stuff. I'm awful for second-guessing myself, I think this is the first time I've got to a point where I know where I'm going with art. Mostly I just love making art, any sort, but it's hard to promote yourself as 'yeah, I'll do anything'. At the moment, I'm working on a gouache portrait of a very ugly child, trying to make them less hideous. What about you, what sort of art do you do? Ah nice, that sounds amazing, esp. the apocalyptic illustration stuff! Is that a personal project? I've always enjoyed working with gouache so wishing you the best with trying to make the ugly child less ugo haha. I mostly do ink illustration, I've done a lot of pet portraits as gifts and commissions but they're quite stylised rather than realistic. Everyone has always wanted me to do colour ones though which I feel I really suck at haha. I've always loved medieval woodcuts so I've been big into ink/crosshatching but I'm trying to build my skills in actually doing the cuts. I'm just trying to get that spark back and get really lost in drawing, that's like my favourite feeling in the world man. durrneez posted:I work in a lab, too. I used to have that problem until I started using my break time to physically remove myself from lab and to think about art in my surroundings: how would I draw/paint this?; what is aesthetically pleasing about this poster diagram? I also doodle a lot when there’s down time or catch up on what’s going on in the Creative Convention discord (come join us! https://discord.gg/BZg6KH) Ah I know I'm trying to do leaving the office more as it's such a stifling atmosphere. I've moved to a new place where have an open plan office which I've never experienced before and I'm not in the lab as much as I'd like it's such a strange feeling. I absolutely know what you mean with "finding the time to art". I remember I used to go through periods where that's all I would do all day is think creatively/do things and I've just not been arsed for the past few years. So weird because when I'm in the swing of it I love it haha Cheers for the discord link! I actually might have a look sounds good!
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I have been writing every day for a long while now, trying to improve my poetry. I don't have anyone to really critique my poems, however, and so I'm just mired in my own dumb poo poo. I hate that I don't feel like I'm improving, and every time I submit to poem dome or whatever it's like I'm just dumping garbage. Then I go into that stupid shame spiral where I get bitter and jealous I'm not better and then I should just give up because I'm never going to get better. I don't know what to do about this.
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sephiRoth IRA posted:I have been writing every day for a long while now, trying to improve my poetry. I don't have anyone to really critique my poems, however, and so I'm just mired in my own dumb poo poo. I hate that I don't feel like I'm improving, and every time I submit to poem dome or whatever it's like I'm just dumping garbage. Then I go into that stupid shame spiral where I get bitter and jealous I'm not better and then I should just give up because I'm never going to get better. I don't know what to do about this. Have you looked into any poetry nights near you?
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After my pity party I actually did a deep dig and found an open mic that’s 20 min from my house; all the others have been like 1.5h away (I live in the sticks). I’m excited but nervous; I’ve never done an open mic before and I’m hoping to make some friends / critique partners without being a weirdo. I’m guessing grabbing someone and screaming “please accept me” is probably off the table, right?
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Pm me some of your poems and I'll give you a quick crit if you like
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My experience of open mike nights is that they're really accepting of newbies, and also a great place to work on the performance side of your poetry a bit. e: Sent the Uggo Child Commission client a preview pic with my most 'haha of course it's great cash pls pls don't say anything ta pls haha' message, I really don't feel great about this one honestly. Don't feel like I'm giving them a great picture even though it's the best I could do with what I was given. Hopefully they'll pay and I can just try to forget about it. lofi fucked around with this message at 19:05 on Jan 25, 2020 |
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Interesting quick read that was shared on my local ArtSoc page, about how to treat 'failure' when arting. https://thriveglobal.com/stories/my-advice-to-creatives-if-you-want-to-succeed-fail-fail-fast/
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