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I got a bunch of stuff I ordered so I'm trying out techniques and combinations. I'm using Talens China Black ink with a "school" and "Mapping" nib, Kuretake Zig Clean Color brush-pens, Mitsubishi uni Posca white paint marker and Faber Castell Polychromos on Strathmore 300 Sequential medium - Vellum finish.  http://i.imgur.com/s8wscBC.jpg I'm really digging the pencils on the Vellum finish. I like the white marker ability very much too. I wonder if there are other ways of adding brighter colors. I'm considering getting some gouache. Modedit: please link to NWS images Somebody fucked around with this message at 02:29 on Mar 23, 2014 |
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Sorry about the not sufficiently NWSed image. Here's one from the past week, drawn while away on camping: 
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Mar 28, 2014 17:24
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I love the looks of those jars but I don't know if I could display one in a way that does it justice. I imagine some kind of pharmacy cabinet or shelf would be nice for it. Here's a sketch/sketches that's with some china black, the school nib and the mapping nib and F.C. Polychromos and some other stuff here and there. 
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Apr 1, 2014 21:48
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I can suddenly do studies that don't look like poo poo!
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Apr 3, 2014 18:50
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Colored pencils sketch:
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Apr 5, 2014 15:00
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TheGreekOwl posted:Yeah eh, not to disrail anything but I see that and I immidiately think of this Thanks! That's a funny picture.  I appreciate you pointing out the flaws. I'm still sort of finding my way with these so I'll work more on it.
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Apr 5, 2014 18:31
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Here's another sketch. Colored pencils, ink and dip pens, gouache and white marker. Not happy with either the gouache or the white marker. I can't get the accuracy and flow I want with the gouache and the marker is not reliable at all. I ordered some Zig-Kuretake white ink along with their comics-black and I'll see how it goes. 
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Apr 6, 2014 21:33
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Bubbacub posted:Couple of dumb ink drawings. Hell yeah! These rule! The space ships could stand to be a bit harder edged but the narrative of these is cool. Here's another sketch- colored pencil, black on Strathmore 300 vellum finish. Used a blender quite a bit. 
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Apr 8, 2014 21:12
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Bubbacub posted:Thanks! I'm really trying to improve my rendering with ink. I have a decent grasp of value when I use charcoal or graphite, but I struggle with crosshatching and texturing when I only have a pure black. I recommend you try to copy some of his work several times and see if you can learn from that how he approached creating values with his hatching.
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Apr 9, 2014 21:54
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Here's another sketch/technique experiment(s).
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Apr 21, 2014 00:11
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Argue posted:Anyone know if the fixative spray used on painted miniatures (which my brother has a lot of) will work fine on drawings on paper? I use fixative for drawings on miniatures so maybe? Why not do an experiment?
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Apr 21, 2014 09:22
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A sketch and homage to the classic Installation Wizard by Shmorky.
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May 10, 2014 22:09
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ShrimpToast posted:I really like the slight cloudiness and colour of the eyes. The highlights are very nicely done too. What did you use for them? Thank you. I used a white Gouache paint. A nice drawing but maybe the values are sort of uniform giving it a flat appearance.
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May 12, 2014 14:25
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TheGreekOwl- Nice work in general, I'd like to see more decisive strokes. Looks a little bit muddy, maybe undefined. Smoother gradations maybe, blend the colors when you want to have transitions. I guess what I'm saying is it's all in the same "intensity"; that look has its place but in my opinion within an intentional spectrum of harder edge and softer transitions. Don't be afraid to ruin the painting with one fell stroke. I bought an airbrush and also a million stuff that you have to have that goes around the drat thing. Now I'm trying it out and experimenting.   
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May 30, 2014 15:51
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Congrats on the change! Keep at it. Here's some airbrush practice drawing. Also used some colored pencils and acrylic with a brush. Based on the previous sketch that's an homage to Shmorky's "installation wizard".   
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Jun 11, 2014 07:38
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I drew on a shirt.
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Jun 12, 2014 10:20
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Another thing. Thumbed for nips.
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Jun 15, 2014 15:37
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poopcup posted:Last semester's soda firing was a huge success! That's very pretty! I don't know what the words mean but the items in the pictures look very nice. Good color and texture.There's a veritable motion to them. Here's a miniature sculpture in epoxy-putty (ProCreate by Kraftmark)  (quarter for scale)  And an illustration in mixed media: Dip pens, pencils, color pencils, brush pens, watercolor, gouache, rapidographs 
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Sep 11, 2014 20:25
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Just a sketch on some midtone paper. Trying out various stuff.  It's a lot of fun and has some cool things you can do but it's also frustrating in a sense. I really need to try gouache. Anyone know of a solid tutorial/explanation? I have a tube of white and black hth tia.
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Sep 15, 2014 20:55
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neonnoodle posted:Gouache is great. You can water it down all the way to a watercolor-like opacity, but for maximum strength you want the consistency to be kind of like shampoo. It's noticeably more difficult to do smooth blending with gouache than with watercolor, so typically the painting style preferred is more "graphic," with hard edges and solid chunks of color. It's ideal for cartoony work, or for Leyendecker-esque stylized painting. Instead of layering from light to dark as you might with watercolor, with gouache you can put the darks down first and put lights over them. You can kind of go back and forth from dark to light and back, but the paint is not 100% opaque and lower layers will show through a bit. Thanks. Should I use any particular type of paper like for Watercolor?
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Sep 15, 2014 21:58
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TheGreekOwl posted:
COOL! I love technical drawings. Here's some sketches/explorations:   Thumbed for big.
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Oct 7, 2014 22:43
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That's a very nice painting Jisae. Well done.
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Oct 11, 2014 13:25
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Those are very nice Yoshi. A very believable sense of lighting in the bird one, especially. Here's what I'm working on now:   Not sure where to go with it. I'm considering bringing in the airbrush.
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Oct 24, 2014 20:30
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An attempt was made. 
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Oct 27, 2014 19:25
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DEO3 posted:Been a while since I've worked on anything.. but I finally got around to finishing a thing: That's super neat-o! The buildings look great. Maybe the clouds could stand to be more fluffy or have something more awesome happening there; more drama. I've recently ordered a scratchboard (claybord) and I'm eager to try it out but I'm not very sure what or how. Any tips? Anyways— Here are a couple of sketches/drawings  
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Oct 30, 2014 14:17
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Another commission illustration for a goon made RPG, all traditional: (link to facebook thing)
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Nov 12, 2014 09:17
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Some sketches. I got a Prismacolor Premier color pencil (black) in the mail and I'm very pleased with how deep it is compared to the Faber Castell Polychromos Black. It smears less easily, which can be a benefit and a disadvantage depending on your intentions. The Faber Castell Albrecht Durer is slightly deeper black but when water/liquid goes over it it will become darker and more permanent as it seeps into the fiber.   
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Nov 23, 2014 18:00
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Trying out these new airbrush paints: the Createx Illustration colors. They’re pretty badass. For one thing they flow much better in my Iwata Neo CW with it’s 0.35 mm nozzle. What a difference. I didn't realize how significant the thickness was just in terms of how big the pigment particles are. The more "regular" paints are much more finicky and not working good. Looking forward to doing more stuff. 
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Dec 14, 2014 16:30
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a hole-y ghost posted:could you post a detail shot of the skull? i love those teeth Sure thing. Thank you! I worked on it some more, not sure if it's for the better or not; yet.  
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Dec 15, 2014 20:36
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a hole-y ghost posted:Thanks! Great texture on the skull! Thanks, I'll fiddle with it some more. I've still got a lot to learn.
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Dec 15, 2014 21:20
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Well, here's what came out. I enjoyed it. It was very educational; I see there is a long way before me with these techniques but the results are already very pleasing. Details:  
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Dec 17, 2014 11:36
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a hole-y ghost posted:It looks cool! I like what you did with the bone, it feels ghostly That's what she said.  
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Dec 18, 2014 18:40
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  Another exploration/experimental technique combination. Super mixed technique, all traditional.
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Jan 4, 2015 14:32
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Detective Thompson posted:This belongs Haha, thanks!  That would own(metal cover, that is). 
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Jan 5, 2015 10:19
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Here is things: Good mix of techniques but the plate finish is a bastard. I solved some of my warping issues by using paper mounting spray adhesive to fix the medium to a board-mat thing.  Fail on the anatomy/representation but I learned more about the behavior and interaction of pastels with other techniques.  Claybord surface, ultra smooth. Very difficult to achieve desired effects with pencils and pastels.  Revisiting this older experiment because it's cotton cold press arches paper. I was chasing a higher resolution for detail work by seeking lower and lower tooth factors but the tradeoff seems to be that the medium accepts a narrowing band of applications for certain effects. Still figuring out a good strategy of using mixed techniques.
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Feb 17, 2015 09:17
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Kanine posted:could we get a closer look at that last image? i like the dudes face Thanks. Still experimenting.  Got a new airbrush in the post.
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Feb 18, 2015 15:05
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Here's a new one. Mixed technique. 
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Mar 19, 2015 11:49
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Tardigrade posted:I really want to get into some serious figure drawing, my humans are way too ugly as they are. Are there any good books or resources to get one started? Andrew Loomis - Figure Drawing for all it's worth Can be found for download as public domain.
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Mar 22, 2015 17:17
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An attempt was made And some sketches:   
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Apr 24, 2015 00:54
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Another illustration.
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May 27, 2015 19:49
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