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[QUOTE=Anax;40713818][img]http://i.imgur.com/CsHDxdx.png[/img] fire![/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjxL1D4jWno[/media]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/34397004/Node/Wods.png[/img]
Eh, it's not on par with your guys' stuff, but I was fiddling around with some character design. [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67144542/Drawings/character.png[/img]
[QUOTE=GastricTank;40715382]Eh, it's not on par with your guys' stuff, but I was fiddling around with some character design. [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67144542/Drawings/character.png[/img][/QUOTE] Oh boy, I've always loved your cleanliness Gastric. You should stop by more often.
[QUOTE=NanoSquid;40715618]Oh boy, I've always loved your cleanliness Gastric. You should stop by more often.[/QUOTE] I only don't post here because I do all my stuff in MS Paint and that's like baby barf here. Gettin' off scott free for this because I used paint.net.
[QUOTE=GastricTank;40715676]I only don't post here because I do all my stuff in MS Paint and that's like baby barf here. Gettin' off scott free for this because I used paint.net.[/QUOTE] I don't think anyone cares what software you use. You make good stuff.
[QUOTE=GastricTank;40715676]I only don't post here because I do all my stuff in MS Paint and that's like baby barf here. Gettin' off scott free for this because I used paint.net.[/QUOTE] Who cares what program you use? The only thing that matters is the result.
Gastric, do I tell you time and again how jealous I am of your linework? Because I'm jealous of your linework.
more quick studies [img]http://24.media.tumblr.com/5c51e92de74ff9c4c31517e1c6334c37/tumblr_mn3rt5TVQC1s32mjoo1_1280.jpg[/img] [img]http://24.media.tumblr.com/d23280f4027d62371e63b94342b1b26d/tumblr_mn4cl7J0q81s32mjoo1_1280.jpg[/img] getting faster but i'm only up to like 30 out of 100 of these and i've got 2 more full studies to do before wednesday. not gonna happen at this point i reckon it's more important that i do the 2 full studies than do another 70 of these thumbnail things right? i dunno. part of me feels bad i'm not gonna get the 100 paintings done but then another part of me thinks that was a pretty ridiculous ask anyway
What is this for?
[url]http://www.noahbradley.com/artcamp/[/url]
Shit 100 paintings in a week? That seems ridiculous. Just remember that not all teaching methods work equally for everyone. Work on what you think you need help with the most. I personally think you have a great grasp on the thumbnails and should probably focus on the finished pieces instead. The art camp thing should just be a general learning tool, not something to follow 100% all the time imo. I think I might try this thing out too. Can I start it later or did I already miss the first week? I'm really busy this week.
aye i think the general consensus on the facebook group is that we should all just get done what we can get done and save the lessons for another time if we can't do 100% of the work - afterall it's not like we're getting graded or anything or kicked off the course if we don't do the work i'm pretty sure you can sign up whenever and catch up as you please - all the tutorials n stuff are done via a private fb group and private youtube videos so it's not like the information is going to go anywhere
[QUOTE=DOG-GY;40707453]subscription based software should not exist and it's unacceptable when they gross so much and are now roughly doubling the cost for their products. all it is is greed and hurts the independent artist and small business[/QUOTE] This is actually better for small businesses like ours because we can get new software cheaper, and also we can activate temporary licenses very cheaply when we have more people working on our projects This is a very good thing in my opinion and I hope more companies follow this. Something like this for 3DS Max would also be very handy as a £3200 investment with a further £600 a year for the subscription is never an easy purchase for a small company like ours. It makes it so even the average joe can get a copy of Adobe's amazing software. Also not to mention, when I joined our company there's many investments that had to be made in me. Namely my workstation, which is from Workstation specialists and that was about £3000, then you have 3DSMax and then the entire Adobe Suite. Anything to take down this massive initial cost is a good thing. I can see that having both options (subscription & one off purchase) would be better but if I had to pick I'd go for subscription. edit: oh lawdy this is a badly written post but I'm tired! sorry in advance.
[QUOTE=Reds;40712850]So, was this intentional? [editline]21st May 2013[/editline] I don't know, the colour scheme and visor set me off, but the arrow insignia got me. Could be a complete coincidence though.[/QUOTE] lol yeah it's Samus. Just realized the insignia is backwards on mine.. I should probably work from reference more [editline]20th May 2013[/editline] wish I had a resolution larger than 1280x800 so I could actually manage to use references without getting in the way of my workspace
Anyone know some good tutorials on how to make a vector image in photoshop or illustrator (preferably photoshop, CS4 is what is available) School wanted a flag designed, they managed to get a student to design it but I've been volunteered to help her with the technical side of it because she is a traditional artist (and one of those people you just know is not going to be good with photoshop). I have experience with photoshop obviously hence why I'm helping but I haven't really played with vectors much before. [editline]20th May 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Headcrab54;40718674] wish I had a resolution larger than 1280x800 so I could actually manage to use references without getting in the way of my workspace[/QUOTE] I'm looking forward to getting a second monitor for this reason. As is I usually print out a copy of what I want for reference, since I find that easier than looking on screen with too little space.
taking a break from this [t]http://i.cubeupload.com/v1teze.png[/t]
^ Nobody's takin a break at the Krusty Krab. [t]https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/603438_562615293761144_1512756256_n.jpg[/t] My phone's camera is a piece of shit.
[img]http://puu.sh/2XSuA.jpg[/img] Sorry for smutty, but in this one I finally managed to stick almost entirely to large brushes. Canvas is 1600x2133 and I used a 50PX round brush for the entire thing except for to merge seams for a few layers and clean up small details and edges. Really satisfied with how shit it looks. from ref as always
[QUOTE=MeMassiveFag;40712662]REPORTED u dusek, ban for wares[/QUOTE] No I mean literally burglarizing stores
[img]http://24.media.tumblr.com/0e50f2310f3cc2ca1a14e0137ca1f834/tumblr_mn4qpuEbDI1rv1nxto1_1280.jpg[/img] Who's dat pokemon?
dugduo [QUOTE=rikimaru6811;40712549] Also, recently I've been reading a comic about martial arts, the comic is fucking awesome, great facial expressions, fully colored and for a few panels and there will be fully painted panels like these: [/QUOTE] Pfft. Look up Adi Granov.
I drew the Atomic Wonder Woman of Earth-17 [IMG]http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2013/141/6/0/atomic_wonder_woman_of_earth_17_by_bleu_ninja-d660t0d.jpg[/IMG] This was a little annoying because I could find [URL="http://i.imgur.com/mMUojX7.jpg"]only[/URL] [URL="http://i.imgur.com/dJka7hs.jpg"]two[/URL] reference photos, and they contradicted each other on multiple points
[QUOTE=xalener;40722097]Pfft. Look up Adi Granov.[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://puu.sh/2XYvz.png[/IMG] Damn this guy's got some talent.
[QUOTE=rikimaru6811;40712549] 2. Fine-art, and how is it different from traditional-art? [/QUOTE] They can easily be the same thing. Traditional art just refers to the use of traditional media; fine art is art made for art's sake, as opposed to working from a client's brief. [editline]21st May 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;40717442] i reckon it's more important that i do the 2 full studies than do another 70 of these thumbnail things right?[/QUOTE] I wouldn't say so personally. I don't see very much value in directly referencing another artist's work, the only thing I can think of that you might improve by doing so is colour relationships/ picking colours by eye. The masses of thumbnails would probably improve your sense of composition and give you a valuable memory bank of shapes and the like, and you spend little time on each one as opposed to taking valuable time to produce crap replicas of great paintings. Not that your painting is crap, but that's ultimately what you end up with if you're reffing something amazing. Personally I wouldn't do a master study unless I was stuck in a rut and really desperate to break out of it, using style refs is more productive than direct copying imo
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;40722571]I wouldn't say so personally. I don't see very much value in directly referencing another artist's work, the only thing I can think of that you might improve by doing so is colour relationships/ picking colours by eye. The masses of thumbnails would probably improve your sense of composition and give you a valuable memory bank of shapes and the like, and you spend little time on each one as opposed to taking valuable time to produce crap replicas of great paintings. Not that your painting is crap, but that's ultimately what you end up with if you're reffing something amazing. Personally I wouldn't do a master study unless I was stuck in a rut and really desperate to break out of it, using style refs is more productive than direct copying imo[/QUOTE] day in day out i'd agree with you but in this situation i don't there's no point disenfranchising myself with the whole thing by forcing myself to do another 100 tiny studies - there comes a point where if you force yourself into practicing the same thing too much that it becomes mundane and you stop trying to learn, at least in my experience. i think i'll do another 20 or so thumbnails but after that i'm doing at least one more full study regardless of that, and contrary to some popular belief, there is a lot of wealth in directly copying a master 1:1 in that you'll learn about detail and finishing a painting, arguably more so than when using photo reference if you only ever do thumbnails and nothing else then you'll never learn what stuff really looks like, especially with regards to texture, and you'll never learn to bring a piece to a finished state. you could learn this by copying photo reference, yes, but there's more to a master painting than there is to photo reference in that... it's a painting. copying a photo 1:1 can be less useful than a master painting because there's very little sense of detail depth in composition in a photo compared to a painting. ie: in a photo there is a limitless amount of detail and 100% realism, where-as in a painting there are parts that are deliberately left less detailed than others for the sake of composition - this is something you can't learn from just doing thumbnails furthermore, you get a much better idea of how to use brushstrokes to represent realistic forms by doing a full master study. for example, i learnt a lot about how to paint rocks quickly and effectively by doing the bierstadt study [editline]21st May 2013[/editline] /wall
[IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49828537/paints/wip.jpg[/IMG] Fast landscape thingy, should I keep working on it?
[QUOTE=kirederf7;40723511][IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49828537/paints/wip.jpg[/IMG] Fast landscape thingy, should I keep working on it?[/QUOTE] It looks good, so far. I don't see why not
[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;40722870]day in day out i'd agree with you but in this situation i don't there's no point disenfranchising myself with the whole thing by forcing myself to do another 100 tiny studies - there comes a point where if you force yourself into practicing the same thing too much that it becomes mundane and you stop trying to learn, at least in my experience. i think i'll do another 20 or so thumbnails but after that i'm doing at least one more full study regardless of that, and contrary to some popular belief, there is a lot of wealth in directly copying a master 1:1 in that you'll learn about detail and finishing a painting, arguably more so than when using photo reference if you only ever do thumbnails and nothing else then you'll never learn what stuff really looks like, especially with regards to texture, and you'll never learn to bring a piece to a finished state. you could learn this by copying photo reference, yes, but there's more to a master painting than there is to photo reference in that... it's a painting. copying a photo 1:1 can be less useful than a master painting because there's very little sense of detail depth in composition in a photo compared to a painting. ie: in a photo there is a limitless amount of detail and 100% realism, where-as in a painting there are parts that are deliberately left less detailed than others for the sake of composition - this is something you can't learn from just doing thumbnails furthermore, you get a much better idea of how to use brushstrokes to represent realistic forms by doing a full master study. for example, i learnt a lot about how to paint rocks quickly and effectively by doing the bierstadt study [editline]21st May 2013[/editline] /wall[/QUOTE] Yea fair enough [editline]21st May 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=kirederf7;40723511][IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49828537/paints/wip.jpg[/IMG] Fast landscape thingy, should I keep working on it?[/QUOTE] Nice comp, you could probably stand to use bigger brushes starting out though, those strokes are really nasty looking
[QUOTE=MakoSkyDub;40724066]Yea fair enough [editline]21st May 2013[/editline] Nice comp, you could probably stand to use bigger brushes starting out though, those strokes are really nasty looking[/QUOTE] Here's some progress, I really should use some biger brushies. [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49828537/paints/dawda.jpg[/IMG]
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