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petrol blue
Feb 9, 2013

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Making the bf a valentine's :3:

e: Pissed about with the colour balance.

petrol blue fucked around with this message at 15:40 on Feb 4, 2015

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petrol blue
Feb 9, 2013

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Scathach posted:

Did a quick drawing for the thread and saved it at a few points. Drawn using the Samsung Note tablet, a Wacom stylus from a really old Toshiba touch screen, and Sketchbook Pro.

:aaaaa: you can use random styluses with it? This I gotta try!

E: merloc, obviously.

petrol blue
Feb 9, 2013

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Scathach posted:

It has to be Wacom compatible, apparently Toshiba laptops went through a "wacom touch screen" phase at one point so I got lucky. There are also pen-sized ones for the Note phones, which are really nice if you don't like the tiny stylus the tablet comes with. Wacom made a $40 Bamboo stylus just for the note, which looks awesome but I haven't tried it yet.

Aye, probably because they made the digitizer in the Samsung and the Toshiba - standard graphire stylus doesn't work, for what it's worth. Now I want one of those laptops... Probably still be more powerful than my current frankendesktop... The newer toshiba version, the Satellite, isn't too pricey, but still way outta my price range (which is about 0 to 'found it outside someone's house').

petrol blue
Feb 9, 2013

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Give us a girldorf, complete with sexy beard!

e: Summat like

petrol blue
Feb 9, 2013

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I'm yet to see a stylus that doesn't look goofy as hell. The Galaxy default one avoids looking actively stupid by being too small to see, but otherwise you're stuck with Babby's First Pen.

petrol blue
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Phylodox posted:

There seems to be a surprisingly good amount of money in drawing World of Warcraft fanart for people.

This path ends with a cardboard sign saying "will draw your porn for cash". :ohdear:

e: Neither girldorf had a beard, but I guess the steer-horn crotch-ornament is enough to call it even. :)

petrol blue
Feb 9, 2013

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Nope, just nerds spending a shitton on nerd stuff. (says the nerd)

petrol blue
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Scathach posted:

Okay and whichever one of you suggested Cloverpaint, holy crap thank you. Amazing program I would have never heard of.

You're welcome, great isn't it?

petrol blue
Feb 9, 2013

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OK, Clover (on android, samsung galaxy) wants the File > Export > Export as PSD. It should then be in the Root/Storage/[SDcardX]/cloverpaint subfolder. The save button, long-pressed, opens into 'save as' if you want somewhere else. I usually use ES file explorer to then copy that into either Dropbox or the Public folder on my desktop. The reverse should work, using File > Import > Import from PSD in Clover.

I'd really recommend this guide. Generally, if you're not sure, try long-pressing the closest thing you can find. :)

e: The gallery app sucks rear end on android, and I don't know why Clover uses it for dialogs. :shrug:

petrol blue fucked around with this message at 01:03 on Feb 11, 2015

petrol blue
Feb 9, 2013

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Someone hasn't been cleaning her contacts properly. Tut tut. ;)

petrol blue
Feb 9, 2013

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Chromebot needs no 'functionality', just a shitton of polishing. Done for lighting/chrome practise, pretty pleased for a non-referenced image.

e: Tannin, imgur has a resize option (under 'edit')if you're worried about image size. For me at least, it's not a problem, the forums keep them scaled down.

petrol blue fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Feb 21, 2015

petrol blue
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Sharpest Crayon posted:

Guys guys guys. I discovered the TRUTH. About EVERYTHING!
Well I hope you brought enough acid for everyone, mr. Xenu. :crossarms:

petrol blue
Feb 9, 2013

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JamieTheD posted:

Another book I found on expressions that was kind of useful was Making Faces: Drawing Expressions for Comics and Cartoons. If you like case study type art-books, well, I find cartoon expressions a good place to start.

Got this yesterday. To say I disagree is putting it mildly.


I don't think it's unreasonable to say that that's not a decent amount of content, not when 3/4 of the book is spreads like that. A few sentences per expression, and no discussion of why stuff does what it does.

Anyone want to buy an art book? :v:

petrol blue
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It was a tenner. ($22.99, CAN$27.99) Not horrific, but enough that buying it was a treat for me. Thing is, I bought it because I mentioned it'd come up to my mum (textile artist), who said one of her mates had raved about it. Maybe she was thinking of a different book, because (lemme count a sec..)

quote:

part 1: the fundamentals [ie: draw a circle] p14-38
part 2: scenarios [the pic i pasted. every page includes the 'draw a circle' poo poo] p38-140
part 3: storytelling [lines of action, yo] p140-p168

This is legit the worst 'art' book I've ever read, and I got started with some real poo poo. What pisses me off isn't so much that it's 'bad teaching', it's how obviously minimal-effort it is. poo poo, part of me is just jealous that I haven't kicked a nice pretty "Learn to draw good with a pigment in some easy steps*" book.

I think part of it is that books like this are just outdated as well - what might have been useful for more unusual expressions ('about to sneeze'), is pretty much redundant since GIS. I knew a guy growing up who swore by his (can't recall the name) book of 'everyday poses from many angles' - again, utterly redundant now. Copyright 2008? gently caress right off.

:colbert:


Also, this is not a rant at JamieTheD - everyone finds different books useful at different times, and so on.

petrol blue
Feb 9, 2013

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I did a cheesecake. :ohdear:

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petrol blue
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JamieTheD posted:

I'm really sorry that wasn't as useful for you as I've been finding it, Petrol Blue. :(
Well, um... I feel awkward posting an image now regardless, but...
...And, just to clarify, this is definitely not me sticking fingers up at anyone here, because everyone here is cool and helps me with my art skills. This is just a very... "Me" pose. :blush:

:golfclap:

Best accidenal response. Don't feel awkward, just art. :)

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