(tutorial)
i just did a cool thing that i think would be useful if you’re like me and sometimes have a hard time picking colours / a colour scheme for an image
basically i just took a brush with moderate spacing, turned on colour dynamics and set all the hue/sat/brightness to a low (~10%-30%) jitter, picked a base colour, and drew a line down the side of the canvas
it’s sort of like when some people save colour swatches so they can keep their shading consistent, but more for playing around with different tones and lighting on a single surface. it’ll probably be pretty good for skin which is very multi-tonal by nature.
a lot of colours came out that i probably wouldn’t have picked manually, but they still looked pretty cool. and it saves a lot of time because now i have a broad range of colours without having to browse through my pantone swatches or open up the colour picker.
Ray Frenden reviews the too-cheap-to-be-true Monoprice graphics tablets. How do they stack up to industry standard Wacoms?
After spending a week with the 6.25“x10” Monoprice, my Yiynova and Cintiq remain unplugged and I gave my Intuos away to a friend. The Monoprice tracks subtle pressure variances and small movements with less lag and more crisp fidelity than any of the others. It is, put crudely, fucking awesome, in both OSX Lion and Windows 7 x64.
Duly fuckin’ noted.
I’ve had my $80, 3.5x5” gaphire 4 for 5 years now, and have been absolutely dreading the day it finally kicks the bucket. (Yes, every digital piece I’ve ever drawn has been on a live area the size of a postcard.)
I am so getting one of these when this thing dies. Or maybe when the stylus dies… thing’s hanging on by a thread. (Let’s just say it’s been without a grip or buttons for I don’t know how many years now.)
Yay for companies not having a veritable monopoly on the market.
Proportion and Poses
Hi everyone! I was asked to make a tutorial on how to draw proportionate bodies and lively poses. As I always say I am in no way an expert, but I will try to impart what I know and have learned and people can take away what they want (or pummel me while screaming “no you’re wrong!!11”)
Anyways I hope you find this helpful! Hope it’s not too long for everyone’s dash. D:
EDIT: Now under a cut for your convenience. :B
Gunther von Hagens, a German anatomist, uses real cadavers, preserved by plastination, to display the anatomy of human and animal bodies.
Doodles & Sketches: get-forgot tips on painting w/ oils:Okay, well I’ll try my best to be... →
get-forgot tips on painting w/ oils:
Okay, well I’ll try my best to be of some help.
What I do to begin with is to mix up my solution of (artist) turps and linseed oil. Basically, the more concentrated the turps is in relation to the oil, the faster it will dry. I don’t mean immediate…
Tutorials done by: http://www.jaspersandner.com/
ALSO: For those of you interested in brushes, there are some great sets at this link, all you should ever need.
BRUSHESRight click + Open in new tab to see the images bigger.
Reblog for amazing resources. <3! ILU internet 8////8 <3
Check out all those brushes and tutes! <3
the book that ruined my childhood
i’ve always had a pretty bad phobia of slugs. as long as i can remember, my parents have been trying to get me to ‘overcome’ my fear with various methods, none of which were very successful.
one day my uncle gave this book to my mum, to show me how ‘harmless and silly’ slugs really are.
unfortunately…well. you’ll just have to read it.
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE, SICK BASTARDS.
Poor OP. >:
Some things I’ve taught myself through out the years. I have not gone to college for art or comics, these are things I’ve learned by just trying to make comics by myself.
I’ve also learned this stuff on the fly, through reading and doing. Regarding that last one: you can also use other elements to guide the reader’s eye through the page - shapes of objects, perspective on elements that “zoom” from top to bottom or right to left, etc.
