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Best Ace Combat etc. Don't let those AC5 players tell you otherwise.
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How's this the first time I've heard of Krita?I currently use Krita for drawing. It's open source and of course free, it's great for free hand drawing. The only thing it doesn't have is the amount of user generated brushes that photoshop has, other than that it's probably better for the purpose of drawing than ps.
I've also tried paint tool sai but I think Krita is the better alternative now.
I also tried to use Affinity Photo for drawing but to be honest it's a mess. Great for photo editing but painting is cumbersome and unintuitive.
Affinity Designer on the other hand is great for Vector drawing (probably better that Adobe Illustrator), but has the same problems as Photo when it comes to pure pixel based freehand drawing.
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Best Ace Combat etc. Don't let those AC5 players tell you otherwise.
That was the result of some internet argument, when someone on a forum claimed you need to get fancy drawing tools to draw better. I told that individual a good artist could make due with any tool and I could theoretically work with nutella if I had to lol.Skimming through your tumblr. My god nutella stealth fighter. This is my new favorite thing on internet
homegirl cute.Saturday morning brush pen thing before a busy day of errands and family stuff.
Thanks! Here it is sullied by may colors! haha It was going pretty okay until I got to the face o_o
I need more painting practice.
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Best Ace Combat etc. Don't let those AC5 players tell you otherwise.
Thank you very much!
pehesse, what brush are you using for that effect? I used to have a Sai brush that did that but I'm using photoshop these days and I can't get my goddamn brush settings right
Here's the large version of my profile picture. 4 colour screen print.. edition of 17
Was wanting an art thread. Wanna see what Artsetera got!
^what app is it? There are some really nice color blending going on there.
Well its mostly a mini thread right now lol but yeah, its meant for people to post whatever theyre working on.
Nice concepts! I think they would benefit from a bit of signage on the side as they seem like some sort of transport vessel, maybe some wear and tear options?
Oh, that's really kind of you to say - I wish I had more to offer in exchange about your own work, but I'm simply in awe and a little bit intimidated :-D Looks fantastic, though, and I'm looking forward to seeing more (and taking notes :-D)!
Here's today's heroine, hopefully a more familiar face around these parts:
Thanks! Really digging your ship design.. checked out your website as well.. really great work!
What drawing program does everyone use? I've just been using Photoshop.
Been bouncing around styles lately and started doing more animated cartoony stuff for my daughter rather than more seinen/joe madureira/manga style im used to.
On a Skottie Young kick right now... doing quick little daily comics of my 3yo daughters funny sayings and goofy antics...
Oh no haha, I still have a ways to get to where I want to be. I just love seeing people develop something from start to finish and your animation and drawing style stand out to me(in a good way!)
You and me both, then, but wow at what you're already doing! I should try some more exaggerated perspectives, myself :-D
For now, here's day 31, so technically a full consecutive Inktober, but I've got more characters planned so the show will go on!
I really like this style. Nice work.
Tried doing Inktober and immediately fell off when work got rough. Should have stuck with it...
Thanks a lot, very glad you do!
Regarding Inktober and constancy: I think it's important to try and have fun with it, otherwise it's very easy to treat it as "additional work" or yet another project and feel like a failure when we don't complete it (which, in all fairness, is most of us most of the time - it's one of the main reasons why I usually don't do it at all, if I'm being honest), which kind of defeats the original purpose.
I'd say, if you did something, then you can be proud of that already, and if you want to try and do more - either wait until next year if it *has* to be inktober, or if it doesn't, just do more now :-D After all, we have this brand new thread to fill with cool stuff!
You don't need a tablet or expensive pens/pencils to learn how to draw. Starting with physical paper is a good idea though. At the very least you buy yourself a decent sketchbook (draw on a large sketchbook, trust me), a good kneaded eraser, pencil sharpener, and at this point a quality #2 wood or mechanical pencil.Ahh! Awesome thread, OP! Definitely gonna watch this thread.
I'm gonna feel embarrassed to post most of my stuff, but I'll prove myself wrong about that and come up with stuff I'm satisfied with enough to share. I got myself a tablet earlier this year, but I'm focusing on improving my work with traditional first before I really dive into that. Although, I do wanna give it a spin again and try doing some stuff digitally.
I don't know much about tools, and I don't have much of a budget... but I do plan on treating myself to some coloring materials this Christmas. I've only got a mechanical pencil and two Uni Pin pens to work with, which is a little frustrating. I've been considering getting either markers or colored pencils, and maybe a brush pen for inking and cause I kinda miss doing (Chinese) calligraphy. Used to do them as part of our schoolwork.
So... any tips or recommendations?
Holy shit, wow. I appreciate this very much but you misunderstood me, hahaha. I was asking for advice on coloring tools, whether to use pencils, markers, or something else. Although general advice is appreciated, of course!You don't need a tablet or expensive pens/pencils to learn how to draw. Starting with physical paper is a good idea though. At the very least you buy yourself a decent sketchbook (draw on a large sketchbook, trust me), a good kneaded eraser, pencil sharpener, and at this point a quality #2 wood or mechanical pencil.
Don't worry about the many different types of pencils just yet. Your focus right now should be: 1) learning how to control your pencil and draw quality lines, and 2) how to roughly translate what you see onto the paper in lines, in proportions that look relatively true to the original image.
This is the essence of learning how to draw. Shading, color, etc will all come later.
So, where to begin? I'm not sure how skilled you are yet. My suggestion for practicing is to find some images you want to try to draw. They shouldnt' be too complex or detailed if you are just starting out. An animal, a video game character, etc. So the idea is that you should start out by trying to recreate images or even things you see in person. At this point, drawing from imagination is not really recommended.
So, with that in mind, here are some things to keep in mind:
I'm not sure what other advice to give you without seeing your work.
- Draw on a scale as large as possible
- Don't concern yourself with all the small details of what youre drawing yet - you have to focus on drawing the big picture first before you concern yourself with small details.
- When sketching, use blocky lines to start drawing shapes
- To start a drawing, it is best to first "describe" what the image with large shapes that form the outline of what you're drawing.
- Rough sketches come first, polished work comes after. Don't try to do it all at once!
- For a while, your drawings wont look exactly like what youre drawing
- You will get better!
Hope this helps.
My favorite's the second one. I posted it on the Persona 5 subreddit before, so I got some feedback there and am now aware of many of my mistakes with it, hahaha. Though I'm sure there's a lot more I haven't noticed...
Aha! I missed the coloring materials part and thought you wanted advice about how to improve, my apologies.. You are quite decent at drawing yet, nice work. Well still, I think my advice still applies to any artist who is trying to get better at drawing. I'm decent at drawing but I still am trying to master my own advice every time I do figure drawing.Holy shit, wow. I appreciate this very much but you misunderstood me, hahaha. I was asking for advice on coloring tools, whether to use pencils, markers, or something else. Although general advice is appreciated, of course! I've been drawing for most of my life (except for most of college and high school) so I think it's safe to say I know how to draw. My art's just nowhere near where I want it to be yet, but I'm very, very slowly getting there. After doing inktober for the first time last month, I wanted to get more tools to work with, specifically for colors, to try out new things and add some more dimension to my art. You're right about not needing great tools to make great art, but they're really helpful too. I've seen lots of amazing fan art that are just line art, so I know colors aren't necessarily needed, but I think of it as compensating for the areas I'm weak at until I get better at those. And, well, I want to do colored stuff.
I do tend to have a problem drawing on a large scale, though... I recently transitioned from a notebook to a sketch pad because said notebook's full now, and I found myself making incorrect proportions and the whatnot due to all the space I have now. So I'm kind of rolling back and just making smaller sketches per page.
Seriously, though, I really appreciate the reply and the effort you put in it. I feel bad about it, hahaha, but thank you so much for the reply!
As for my art, well, here's some of the ones I did for inktober that I actually liked.
My favorite's the second one. I posted it on the Persona 5 subreddit before, so I got some feedback there and am now aware of many of my mistakes with it. Though I'm sure there's a lot more I haven't noticed...
Ooh, much appreciated! I've actually been quite interested in water color lately! Didn't know they work well with ink, so that's good to know. It's gonna be a whole new thing to learn, though, so I'm not sure if I could afford to spend that much immediately... Might settle for water color pencils for the meantime, I guess? Still, exciting to think about, haha, so thanks!Aha! I missed the coloring materials part and thought you wanted advice about how to improve, my apologies.. You are quite decent at drawing yet, nice work. Well still, I think my advice still applies to any artist who is trying to get better at drawing. I'm decent at drawing but I still am trying to master my own advice every time I do figure drawing.
Anyway, since you seem to like to use ink pens then I would certainly recommend watercolors. Watercolors and pen and ink go very well together. You will see many professional illustrators who essentially do pen and ink work and then paint over them with washes of watercolor paints. The classic Arthur Rackham strat:
If you decide to go this route, you'll need good watercolor paints and brushes (Winsor Newton Cotman line will supply both of these), good watercolor paper (get that Arches Cold Press Watercolor paper), and if you need to, upgrade your pens. I don't know what kind you use, but personally I know the Sakura Pigma Micron pens are great quality. And of course there are plenty of online tutorials that will teach you how to use watercolor.
Hope this helps!
Does anybody have any tips for digital painting tutorials? Although tbh I'm mainly just talking brush settings