[QUOTE=noh_mercy;50499633]What do you do to train and become an overall better player? I've teaching myself as well (only 1.5 years) and I don't have much to show for it. So far all I have been doing is learning to play songs via youtube until I have it memorized and then move to the next song. Sometimes I try to create new things by shifting my hand over a couple keys and splicing muscle memory from previously learned songs. Got any advice?[/QUOTE]
Honestly I have not playee that much and I cant even read the notes.what has taught me more than anything else is just trying to impro and play my own stuff and just by trying to listen what sounds good. Being very honest, a little bit of wine or some smoke seems to improve my ability to improv a lot.
[t]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/273973245124451028/708C1EB18B96B6404B2485897AE3A5C601368381/[/t]
I'll gladly take any advice.
Also, should I continue practising on paper before getting a drawing tablet? Or does it not matter?
got bored
[IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/KogMQU.jpg[/IMG]
have some old assets for this, might re-start it.
predator render from MK, space background from google, just a boredom thing tbh
Here's a few illustrations from the past week or so, I've been working to establish a better workflow in Photoshop (Action macros are capable of really fucking nifty things, who knew?):
[img]https://66.media.tumblr.com/cc28d74b75bdea40cce516711a2859a2/tumblr_o94yz9wMBe1qd5eico1_540.png[/img]
[img]https://67.media.tumblr.com/1602c74dae1288aa17fc850b34092253/tumblr_o979kupTwg1qd5eico1_540.png[/img]
[img]http://66.media.tumblr.com/d989dca6646210e80a07116224b0d0c5/tumblr_o9gaktnVBD1qd5eico1_540.png[/img]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/c3vQFbV.jpg[/IMG]
i made his head too large >.> too late to go back now
[editline]29th June 2016[/editline]
[QUOTE=Burnout6010;50599125][t]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/273973245124451028/708C1EB18B96B6404B2485897AE3A5C601368381/[/t]
I'll gladly take any advice.
Also, should I continue practising on paper before getting a drawing tablet? Or does it not matter?[/QUOTE]
personally i don't think it matters whether you practice on a tablet or if you're practicing on paper
in the end you'll be practicing the same techniques
a lot of people say you should practice the basics first, but really you could practice basics on a tablet just as well
Testing some custom character models.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Aozo0LC.jpg[/IMG]
Made some custom trippy simpsons wallpapers for some friends
[QUOTE][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/oo0MPwJ.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://imgur.com/1LeiRCM.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://imgur.com/GpSHVLh.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
My attempt at making a flag:
[t]https://i.redd.it/ek83xgutya6x.png[/t]
Did another thing:
[img]https://67.media.tumblr.com/0e74522c887838870ae093888660c984/tumblr_o9k695JGCA1qd5eico1_540.png[/img]
[QUOTE=eirexe;50618896]My attempt at making a flag:
[t]https://i.redd.it/ek83xgutya6x.png[/t][/QUOTE]
There are 5 basic principles to good flag design, many of which coincide with good graphic design in general. To quote the North American Vexillogical Association:
[QUOTE][B]1. Keep It Simple[/B]
The flag should be so simple that a child can draw it from memory.
[B]2. Use Meaningful Symbolism[/B]
The flag’s images, colors, or patterns should relate to what it symbolizes.
[B]3. Use 2-3 Basic Colours[/B]
Limit the number of colors on the flag to three, which contrast well and come from the standard color set.
[B]4. Lettering or Seals[/B]
Never use writing of any kind or an organization’s seal.
[B]5. Be Distinctive or Be Related[/B]
Avoid duplicating other flags, but use similarities to show connections. [/QUOTE]
Looking at your flag, I can see it fails rules 1 and 3 straight off the bat. Your flag has too much fine detail, that would become unreadable at a distance, and be really difficult for anyone (let alone a child) to replicate accurately without a reference on hand. At the same time, the colours do not contrast well, causing many elements to appear vague and indistinct, and blend into each other. There's also a lot of subtle gradation in hues and values going on, which would make the flag vastly more difficult and expensive to replicate.
Imagine your hypothetical country has been invaded and occupied by a foreign force, who have confiscated all the native's flags. But the resistance really wants a good flag for people to rally around. Given limited time, resources and manpower, do you think these rebels would bother trying to recreate your flag, with all its minor details and varied hues? No, they'd probably either make up a newer, simpler flag ([URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_France"]like France's tricolour[/URL]), or they'd take your design and simplify it as much as possible. They could remove the red borders and flowers, and turn the two linked rings into the flag's central symbol, for instance. Or remove the rings and make the red and blue elements of the flag more vivid and contrasting, and condense the two flowers into a central, framed symbol like [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Canada"]the maple leaf in the Canadian flag[/URL].
I mean, think of the Japanese flag: if someone wanted to make up that flag in a hurry, they could just take a white bedsheet and a red t-shirt, cut a circle out of the shirt and stitch it to the sheet, and bam - instant flag. Your goal should be to match that simplicity.
Furthermore, your flag is teetering on failing rule 2, in that I don't have a clear sense what this flag is meant to represent. You've got two major symbols - the linked rings and the two flowers - but they're so different in colour and style that I can't grok what their meaning is. Do the rings represent wealth? Unity? Duality? Marriage? The Olympics? What about the flowers? Are they a well-known feature of this nation? Is the fact that they're red important, like how red poppies represent war veterans?
Admittedly, I don't know if this flag is meant for a nation, an organisation, a political party, a corporation, or anything else. But I should be able to get a good feel for the mood and outlook of this group just from their flag. Otherwise, what's the point of having one?
My advice: use less colours, and make them more saturated so they contrast better. Decide on a central symbol, or collection of symbols, and stick to them. Use detail as sparingly as possible - the easier your flag would be to create in real life, the better it is.
EDIT: I just realised that the rings aren't even linked - one is simply laid on top of the other. I don't know if that's intentional or not, but that's a big difference in symbolism.
[QUOTE=TBot Alpha;50621105]There are 5 basic principles to good flag design, many of which coincide with good graphic design in general. To quote the North American Vexillogical Association:
Looking at your flag, I can see it fails rules 1 and 3 straight off the bat. Your flag has too much fine detail, that would become unreadable at a distance, and be really difficult for anyone (let alone a child) to replicate accurately without a reference on hand. At the same time, the colours do not contrast well, causing many elements to appear vague and indistinct, and blend into each other. There's also a lot of subtle gradation in hues and values going on, which would make the flag vastly more difficult and expensive to replicate.
Imagine your hypothetical country has been invaded and occupied by a foreign force, who have confiscated all the native's flags. But the resistance really wants a good flag for people to rally around. Given limited time, resources and manpower, do you think these rebels would bother trying to recreate your flag, with all its minor details and varied hues? No, they'd probably either make up a newer, simpler flag ([URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_France"]like France's tricolour[/URL]), or they'd take your design and simplify it as much as possible. They could remove the red borders and flowers, and turn the two linked rings into the flag's central symbol, for instance. Or remove the rings and make the red and blue elements of the flag more vivid and contrasting, and condense the two flowers into a central, framed symbol like [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Canada"]the maple leaf in the Canadian flag[/URL].
I mean, think of the Japanese flag: if someone wanted to make up that flag in a hurry, they could just take a white bedsheet and a red t-shirt, cut a circle out of the shirt and stitch it to the sheet, and bam - instant flag. Your goal should be to match that simplicity.
Furthermore, your flag is teetering on failing rule 2, in that I don't have a clear sense what this flag is meant to represent. You've got two major symbols - the linked rings and the two flowers - but they're so different in colour and style that I can't grok what their meaning is. Do the rings represent wealth? Unity? Duality? Marriage? The Olympics? What about the flowers? Are they a well-known feature of this nation? Is the fact that they're red important, like how red poppies represent war veterans?
Admittedly, I don't know if this flag is meant for a nation, an organisation, a political party, a corporation, or anything else. But I should be able to get a good feel for the mood and outlook of this group just from their flag. Otherwise, what's the point of having one?
My advice: use less colours, and make them more saturated so they contrast better. Decide on a central symbol, or collection of symbols, and stick to them. Use detail as sparingly as possible - the easier your flag would be to create in real life, the better it is.
EDIT: I just realised that the rings aren't even linked - one is simply laid on top of the other. I don't know if that's intentional or not, but that's a big difference in symbolism.[/QUOTE]
The flag is for a made up universe called Chidike that happens to collide with another world, now between the two worlds they both start to work together and thus that's what the rings represent, they don't represent a union.
You need to think without thinking of real world symbology, because in this case I tried to use as less real-world related symbology as I could.
The flowers are presumably inherited from an older version of the flag that had a single ring, and the flowers represent Chidike.
The flag works in a similar way to some flags where there are two versions, the official ones used in buildings and whatnot and the alternative version, which is used for naval and civil purposes.
For example, the flag of spain's civil version removes the coat of arms and leaves only the red and yellow stripes, what I could do is increase the size of the outer borders and make the rings be of a single color.
Another thing that I could do to simplify the flag is make the rings be the central point as you said and remove the flowers altogether, the thing is that later in the story there is an uprising because the other world has stopped commerce and they want revenge, so maybe make the flowers which represent Chidike be the central point of the flag during the uprising and remove the rings from that one.
[QUOTE=eirexe;50621214]The flag is for a made up universe called Chidike that happens to collide with another world, now between the two worlds they both start to work together and thus that's what the rings represent, they don't represent a union.
You need to think without thinking of real world symbology, because in this case I tried to use as less real-world related symbology as I could.
The flowers are presumably inherited from an older version of the flag that had a single ring, and the flowers represent Chidike.
The flag works in a similar way to some flags where there are two versions, the official ones used in buildings and whatnot and the alternative version, which is used for naval and civil purposes.
For example, the flag of spain's civil version removes the coat of arms and leaves only the red and yellow stripes, what I could do is increase the size of the outer borders and make the rings be of a single color.
Another thing that I could do to simplify the flag is make the rings be the central point as you said and remove the flowers altogether, the thing is that later in the story there is an uprising because the other world has stopped commerce and they want revenge, so maybe make the flowers which represent Chidike be the central point of the flag during the uprising and remove the rings from that one.[/QUOTE]
The linked rings don't represent a union... except they do? You included flowers in your flag... yet you don't know what they represent? You tried not to use real-world symbology... but you included rings and flowers and stripes, all of which are employed in real-world flags?
I don't understand your logic at all. You've set out to design a symbol for a nation, or some kind of international body, but also don't know what the symbol you've designed is meant to mean? I[I]... what?
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Let's roll this back for a second. Forget the in-universe logic of your flag, and answer these questions as you, the designer: what is the purpose of this flag? Who or what is it meant to represent? You say it's a flag of a fictional universe - how? Does it represent the fictional work as a whole? Does it represent the universe itself, from the smallest atom to the greatest nebula? Does it represent the inhabitants of that universe, and their interests? Does it represent only the trans-universe traders? If the flag is only meant to represent one side of that trade, why does their flag have a symbol of both sides colliding?
Without knowing what you're trying to do, any advice I give you will be vague at best (and I probably should've asked in the first place).
[QUOTE=TBot Alpha;50621450]The linked rings don't represent a union... except they do? You included flowers in your flag... yet you don't know what they represent? You tried not to use real-world symbology... but you included rings and flowers and stripes, all of which are employed in real-world flags?
I don't understand your logic at all. You've set out to design a symbol for a nation, or some kind of international body, but also don't know what the symbol you've designed is meant to mean? I[I]... what?
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Let's roll this back for a second. Forget the in-universe logic of your flag, and answer these questions as you, the designer: what is the purpose of this flag? Who or what is it meant to represent? You say it's a flag of a fictional universe - how? Does it represent the fictional work as a whole? Does it represent the universe itself, from the smallest atom to the greatest nebula? Does it represent the inhabitants of that universe, and their interests? Does it represent only the trans-universe traders? If the flag is only meant to represent one side of that trade, why does their flag have a symbol of both sides colliding?
Without knowing what you're trying to do, any advice I give you will be vague at best (and I probably should've asked in the first place).[/QUOTE]
You can think of both universes as sort of individual universes just like it happens in some theoretical physics, and the idea is that because one of the universes collides with eachother they are bonded, however the only way to get from one place to the other is to use portals
Chidike is the name of both the universe with it's galaxies and stuff and the name of the specific planet where the story happens, Chidike is only ruled as a Kingdom
It does not use modern symbolism, but it does use very simple human symbolism like flowers
I think the rings are just an issue altogether, so I just removed them and came up with this:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/H0WRDxv.png[/t]
I'd say use a more geometric flower design. This one looks like a weird blob imo
dunno where else to ask this as /ic/ you need to take with a cup full of salt
for drawing people what's the difference between drawing from reference by kind of sketching the contours compared to using the reference as a reference and using it as a guide for building up the figure? Assuming your end goal isn't to replicate the photo.
Or should you kind of mix the two types? I'm not sure if I'm making sense so I can clarify if needed.
[QUOTE=ashxu;50621878]dunno where else to ask this as /ic/ you need to take with a cup full of salt
for drawing people what's the difference between drawing from reference by kind of sketching the contours compared to using the reference as a reference and using it as a guide for building up the figure? Assuming your end goal isn't to replicate the photo.
Or should you kind of mix the two types? I'm not sure if I'm making sense so I can clarify if needed.[/QUOTE]
I think you mean, drawing exactly what you see in the reference vs. using the reference as a basic guide that you deviate from?
If that's what you're asking, depending on your skill level I would recommend strictly observing what you see. Otherwise you'll get yourself into the habit of making changes where it's convenient for yourself instead of working with what you have.
On the other hand, if you feel confident in your abilities already, go right ahead, but I'd maintain a balance of the two.
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