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I've been trying to get into digital drawing for a while now, but I just can't get into a good position at my desk to draw properly on a tablet. The key problem here is that my computer desk is pretty high off the ground and my chair doesn't go far up enough to where my elbow is comfortably above the desktop level. I've heard that some artists have stands that they can attach to a desk that puts the tablet at an angle. Is that a thing I could buy or make myself, and are there other ways I could fix this issue?
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pandaK posted:I've been trying to get into digital drawing for a while now, but I just can't get into a good position at my desk to draw properly on a tablet. The key problem here is that my computer desk is pretty high off the ground and my chair doesn't go far up enough to where my elbow is comfortably above the desktop level. I've heard that some artists have stands that they can attach to a desk that puts the tablet at an angle. Is that a thing I could buy or make myself, and are there other ways I could fix this issue? tarepanda posted:An angled keyboard stand would probably work just as well. So I've decided to buy this laptop stand ( http://www.amazon.com/Rolodex-82410-Laptop-Stand/dp/B000JE7CMG/ ) to solve my problems, though I thought I'd come back here to ask for any final opinions. Anything better I could buy for roughly the same cost? E: Cheapest one I could find online Futaba Anzu fucked around with this message at 03:40 on Sep 16, 2013 |
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Sep 16, 2013 02:43
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Roumba posted:I've been looking through the Astronomy Pictures of 2013, and I liked this one especially: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8332/8426379653_8d3139becc_o.png Boot up a canvas in the size of your desktop, copy image onto canvas, crop image, center image in middle of canvas, paint bucket the background layer black.
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Oct 5, 2013 20:02
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Am I missing something here or am I really expected to fork up ~$2 each for quality colored sketch paper? I just wanted something a little better quality than construction paper peach toned paper at not a ridiculous price, but I'm having a hard time finding anything.
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Nov 9, 2014 08:35
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Speaking of nibs, I really like the hard felt ones except for the fact that using them on the weathered polished surface areas of my tablet darkens their tips and ruins why they're special. 
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Dec 18, 2014 02:34
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I know sites like posemaniacs and quickposes exist, but is there a site or program where you can manually pose models?
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Jan 11, 2015 09:21
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Al-Saqr posted:I have recently nailed a gig where I'm basically paid to monitor a weekly 3 hour long life model drawing session, with the benefit of being able to sit there and draw while on the job, this is my absolute golden opportunity to push myself closer to mastery of drawing the human form , do you guys know of any resources/exercises/work plans I can use to get as much as I can out of this? one question have you accepted our lord and savior Vilppu into your heart and soul?
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Jan 12, 2015 00:34
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silentpenguins posted:Not particularly sure if this is the right forum but I didn't see any for fashion... Does anyone know what shirt this guy is wearing? You'll probably get a better answer here
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Jan 27, 2015 08:04
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chthonic bell posted:I want to get better at art, but I'm unable to take classes. Yes, even evening life drawing classes. I'm also unable to easily go sit in a cafe and draw people and other such life drawing exercises (I'm disabled and pretty much housebound). http://www.quickposes.com/ http://artists.pixelovely.com/ http://www.posemaniacs.com/thirtysecond http://www.ctrlpaint.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/ProkoTV
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Apr 20, 2015 18:21
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Are we really only left with posemaniacs and pixel lovely for generating random poses? I really liked quickposes since it had such a huger library of poses compared to pixel lovely, but it appears to be dead now. Are there any new sites that are better?
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Sep 3, 2015 08:28
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Chipp Zanuff posted:Thanks for the advice, sadly read your advice after i finished the session Chernabog. I used a pen and tried to go for the general shape, i ended up neglecting the head, feet and hands as i found them too fiddly and often time consuming. one thing that practically all artists should do until they fully master it (and even then continue to do to keep your skills clean) is to just practice laying down lines and shapes. Fully mastering it would be getting to the point where you can envision a line or see one in real life (ie a body's curvature) and, without looking at the sketch, draw the line or shape as you want it to look like. This is exercise to developing your mind's eye, and it's pretty ridiculously important to get if you plan on drawing traditionally. If you plan on going fully digital then it isn't as big of an issue, but the practice you get from being able to confidently lay down lines will still help a ton. It sounds boring when I just say it, but it's one of the most mindless forms of art exercises in my opinion so it's really easy to just do it while you watch a show or whatever in the background. Just bang away on a bunch of newsprint or scratch paper until you start to develop confidence.
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Sep 23, 2015 08:26
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afterhours posted:I'm looking for opinions about an issue I'm facing at work. no, he's a lunatic
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Oct 16, 2015 04:18
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On the topic of Manga Studio, I've been spending quite a long time recently trying to perfectly emulate Photoshop's default brush in it. I know it's not the best of brushes, but I highly enjoy how Photoshop allows you to assign pressure sensitivity to brush opacity so you can do both line in pure color and also scribble out a quick uniform tone at a lower opacity without having to change options midway (a really rough example of what I'm talking about here). I've figured out it's possible to assign pressure sensitivity to brush density in Manga Studio which brought me pretty much as close to how Photoshop can handle lining with its variable opacity, but this directly gets in the way when you try to tone using the same brush (like so). Manga Studio's brush density being analogous to Photoshop's brush flow option gets me close, but not close enough. I know that I'd be able to clear this up entirely if there was just some way to assign pressure sensitivity to the opacity option in Manga Studio, but all of my google searches on this topic seems to just recommend doing the density thing. Does anyone here more technical than me know if there's any way possible to apply pressure sensitivity to MS's opacity?
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Oct 29, 2015 09:59
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Vermain posted:Brief question: are there any good 3D poseable head apps out there? There's specific angles that I'd really like to practice, especially with regards to eye placement, but it's hard as hell finding stock specific to those poses. is it porn? idk, what I do nowadays when I need a very specific pose is just boot up maya or something and just pose out a 3d model in it, but that might be way too clunky for the job at hand in my opinion
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Nov 6, 2015 07:17
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Is there a way to switch Clip Studio Paint's color wheel from RGB to CMYK (or at the least RYB)?
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Apr 21, 2016 20:54
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kedo posted:I've been using the same Paper Mate Protouch II mechanical pencil for the last five or six years for design work. They stopped making them long ago, and I'm incredibly paranoid about losing it. I go to great lengths to ensure I don't, but eventually it's either going to wear out or I'm going to drop it down a sewer or something and I'm going to have to find a replacement. I used to have that exact same mechanical pencil, I found this one to be an almost exact replica of it. It's a tiny bit less top heavy than the Paper Mate though, but that's an incredibly minor con.
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May 4, 2016 02:58
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This is kind of an oddball question, but does anyone have any idea what the best choice would be to get some sort of slanted surface to draw on? I'm looking for something that could either sit on top of a desk or some other relatively nonintrusive thing. It'd be for both traditional drawing and putting a tablet on top of for digital stuff, so a clean surface would be best. Is this even a thing that can be bought or does it seem a bit too DIY for that?
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May 28, 2016 21:39
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Futaba Anzu posted:This is kind of an oddball question, but does anyone have any idea what the best choice would be to get some sort of slanted surface to draw on? I'm looking for something that could either sit on top of a desk or some other relatively nonintrusive thing. It'd be for both traditional drawing and putting a tablet on top of for digital stuff, so a clean surface would be best. Is this even a thing that can be bought or does it seem a bit too DIY for that? neonnoodle posted:You're describing a tabletop drawing board/drafting board. I have one with little feet. I use it daily, I think it's made by Alvin and I bought it for about 50 bucks a long time ago. trip report, bought this without paying attention to the fact that the dimensions are clearly listed right there, just got it from the mail and it turns out it's for those 18x24 drawing pads I guess e: y-yeah, I don't think this is going to work out...  Futaba Anzu fucked around with this message at 05:10 on Jun 8, 2016 |
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Anyone here well versed with CSP's animation tool? Is there any way I can have more than one layer for an animation cel or is there no way to draw over a rough draft version without just creating a brand new timeline on top of it?
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Is it just me or is CSP's vector capabilities absurdly strong? I just saw this tweet, and just, https://twitter.com/ayumu_k_/status/782792202950877184  Are there any in depth tutorials on all the poo poo you can do with CSP's vectors? Like I figured out the vector magnet tool and the "erase to the intersection" tool in that video, but how did they get line width to automatically readjust like that? e: no matter what I tried I also couldn't get it to work quite like the video where they'd draw the line and it'd initially display "properly" before snapping into place. On my intuos, it always either pre-snaps into the old lineart or it just never snaps in at all. Futaba Anzu fucked around with this message at 08:32 on Oct 12, 2016 |
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kedo posted:What does CSP stand for in this context? That looks super cool. Clip studio paint e: I think I may have stumbled on the option that I was talking about, it's (11) on this page. But I don't have that correction option listed on my brush settings even though I have the same 1.5.4 version as this guide is for. Maybe this is a beta Jp only tool for now which would supremely suck... Futaba Anzu fucked around with this message at 20:44 on Oct 12, 2016 |
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Oct 12, 2016 20:14
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rear end posted:So uh, how real is the fact that your efforts are worthless at improving at drawing past a certain age? I'm still pretty young, but sometimes I kinda feel like giving up every time I see people my age whose art is a million times better than mine since they've been drawing since they were 4 or whatever. If you're young enough to say that you're "still pretty young", then you should quit worrying and stop comparing yourself with others. There will always be tons of people better than you but also keep in mind that you're the same to a ton of people worse than you. This will be a constant through every stage of life so there's no point in comparing. Also no, that fact is completely untrue, and I don't know where you even got that idea. Futaba Anzu fucked around with this message at 20:40 on Jan 16, 2017 |
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would anyone have any recommendations for decent nib or fountain pens for inking over pencil drawings? So far I have a set of beginner nibs that seem to be kinda generically made that scratch up the paper real bad and gives me a real bad feeling when using them. Or is that how nibs are supposed to feel like and they just smooth out over a lot more use? also, are there any good cheap choices for scanners or would I have to shell out a lot of money to get one that doesn't absolutely mangle the physical to digital transition?
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Apr 30, 2017 00:12
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i think it's literally called blocking in the figure, at least that's what i hear when i see it being discussed
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Jun 19, 2017 22:11
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Along that same line of thinking, what is this thread's consensus on this upcoming lesson? https://cubebrush.co/mb/products/mmfwyq-tRBD/art-school
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Oct 9, 2017 08:21
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does anyone have any recommendations for cheap scanners (like the stuff under $200) that won't completely destroy digitizing artwork?
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Nov 14, 2017 09:44
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kt tape does nothing beyond placebo tho
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Apr 29, 2018 19:48
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I've always found mixing a dark blue with burnt umber brings out a really satisfying shade of black
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Jun 23, 2018 19:21
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Lay down flats then clip a rendering layer on top and go wild with shading and lighting. Real nebulous question otherwise tbh. Can you pinpoint what exactly you seem to be hung up on in regards to coloring?
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fallenturtle posted:I purchased what is basically a fence post top made of redwood that's shape is best described as a sphere with a base. I want to do a painting on it (it'll live inside, not actually on a fence) and from what I've read I need to add at the minimum a primer layer or two.. but then I did more reading on softwoods that mentioned needing to use a sealant... then I did more reading that said the primer (gesso) will act as a sealant... so I'm kind of not sure what to get to use as the priming layers for this type of shape and wood. Would appreciate some opinions on what to buy. Gesso is used to protect the wood and paint from each other and will act as a base layer of sealant yes. Any additional Sealant people say to use is most likely to preserve the paint on top from outdoor weather, which you most likely won't need if it's just going to be inside.
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Aug 3, 2018 23:04
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croquis cafe is ok for online figure drawing
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Sep 2, 2018 22:22
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Doctor Dogballs posted:Making the jump to digital. idk about photoshop but in csp if it's a good scan you can go into edit > convert brightness to opacity and that removes all white area and leaves lines. I can prob guarantee photoshop would probably have a similar option somewhere.
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Oct 4, 2018 04:10
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In after effects is there a way to automatically deform text within a shape? Like for example having the letters shape out the form of a heart or the like
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Oct 25, 2018 21:19
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Ferrule posted:Or Envelope. I don't know if After Effects has that but in Illustrator you can use Envelop - Make With Top Object or whatever. I'm looking at it now and this would be exactly what I need, nice. So I guess the progression of work would be just make the end product in illustrator then import it into after effects
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Oct 26, 2018 21:35
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anyone who knows their way around the old masters know who did the original for this study? 
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Nov 13, 2018 10:42
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dupersaurus posted:Do you know it’s and old master? My gut feeling is that it looks fairly new it's a master study i did a few years ago and i wanted to know who i studied. it was raphael's lucretia
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Nov 13, 2018 20:04
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if we're discussing old masters and anatomy there's really no better resource than the Struttura Uomo. It's in Italian but the pictures and guides are In Depth and from the studies of the artist who taught the likes of Loomis and others from that era.
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Nov 15, 2018 21:29
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couldn't you also halve that stripe and place it into the yellow shape using envelope distort? that way all the mathematical dimensions are retained without having to manually drag it into place
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gmc9987 posted:I have hundreds of brushes that I've downloaded and tried out on my computer, in the end I have 3 that get regular heavy use - a brush for linework, a brush for coloring flats, and a brush for blending (a har round brush with the opacity set to pen pressure). After that, I have a few brushes that are good for adding various textures, and some specialty brushes for when I'm looking for a specific effect - some marker brushes, some watercolor brushes, some charcoal/chalk brushes, etc. here's a 10m video you should run at 1.5x speed that extols the benefits of hard edge opacity brushes for rendering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nt9fa8jZUE
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