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Dvega posted:Are there any good figure pose websites out there? I've been using posemaniacs.com, but as handy as it is, I'm wondering if there aren't any good sites with actual human models? I use this site a lot
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Oh god how do I use adobe illustrator. I've tried to do some tutorials and watched some videos but it all goes totally over my head, does any one know of any absolutly basic, easy to follow tutorials that actually explain what I'm doing?
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| # ¿ Jun 8, 2009 16:20 |
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Is there a non-toxic alternative to sharpies out there? I use them a ton just like pretty much everyone else here probably does, but I think I'm starting to get an allergy or something to them. Oh yeah and stay the gently caress away from these fuckers  They stunk up my sketchbook so bad I had to throw it out 
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| # ¿ Oct 27, 2009 19:23 |
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Back Stabber posted:Hey quick question: What type of paint would work well with painting wood without leaving any sort of texture (specifically, skateboards)? You'll want to invest in a single action airbrush (you can pick one up for 20 or 30 bucks if you shop around) if you want a totally smooth finish. After that you can use any paint you want, as long as you seal it afterwords. Does anyone know a good community\website for sculpture? Like conceptart.org or eatpoo but for sculpture?
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| # ¿ Dec 5, 2009 23:32 |
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I'm a loving idiot and had the idea of drawing a nude from a reference with tons of negative space (the negative space was actually what made me want to draw it in the first place). I'm a total nub when it comes to using pencil for realistic rendering, what's the best pencil to use to render large areas of black? The tutorial I've been referring to recommends using a hard edge pencil (so I've been using HB and 2B) and keeping it super sharp, which I've been doing but it's a gigantic pain in the butt and doesn't get as dark as I'd like. I've also tried using 8b, which is nice and dark but wears down too fast and shows too much of the paper grain (///_ಥ) Normally I'd just use vine charcoal but I'm trying to stick with art pencils this time around. Humboldt squid fucked around with this message at Jun 1, 2010 around 03:04 |
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Anyway about my last question ITT, it turns out that the tutorial I was using before just sucked, but I'm fine now.
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| # ¿ Jul 2, 2010 00:25 |
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Alakala posted:What good books on anatomy are there for drawing/painting sort of stuff? There's tons and tons out there at just about any bookstore. Loomis' stuff is now public domain and can be had for free over the internet, and I use this book, which I managed to get for $14 at a used bookstore, rather than the $160 Amazon wants for it. 
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| # ¿ Sep 28, 2010 04:31 |
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So I've started working on my final project for the program I'm enrolled in this semester a little early, it's hopefully going to be a ~20 page zine\design doc type thing dealing with concepts relating to 'place'. I just wanted to know if anyone knew of any (preferably visual) artists who's work I could draw some inspiration from.
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| # ¿ Oct 22, 2010 09:40 |
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Arriviste posted:Two things came to mind when you said. “…concepts relating to place.” The first is environment(al) photography—portraits taken in a place reflecting (or contrasting) the subject's life and/or work. These run the gambit from trite and arbitrary to sensitive and mysterious. Photographer Diane Arbus might be a good starting point. Awesome, thanks.
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| # ¿ Oct 22, 2010 18:41 |
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feedmyleg posted:Is lighting tandoori chicken on fire for presentation a "thing"? I thought I remembered a local Indian restaurant doing it when I was a kid, but I can't find any reference to it on a quick Google search. Maybe it was another dish and I'm mixing them up? I could see a Surrealist or even Dadaist presentation based around serving chicken on fire, but you're probably looking for the general Q&A thread in Goons with spoons.
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I'm tired to poo poo of not knowing anatomy. What's the best way to study it in order to shove that info in my brain so I can go onto bigger and better things? Should I just copy the illustrations in anatomy textbooks?
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Baldbeard posted:Painters: What's the minimum size canvas you would use to paint a portrait from life? I keep finding myself having a hard time with stroke control on fine details like the eyes and under the nose. I'm guessing it has to do with the fact that I naturally work very, very small. The biggest canvas I have used is around 9 x 11, basically like a standard sheet of paper. Try using a mahl stick to balance your hand (and keep your hand off the canvas) if you're having trouble with brush control.
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| # ¿ Feb 19, 2012 02:23 |
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I have a ceramics question! I want to make a latin american lidded casserole for my final project, but I can't remember the name of the specific type of casserole, so I can't look up reference pictures. They're usually unglazed, thick bottomed with inward sloping walls and no fluting at the rim. They also have a thrown, conical handle attached to the side.
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| # ¿ Feb 27, 2012 23:59 |
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Sarah Barracuda posted:What would be the best way to recreate the look of Ben-Day or halftone dots using acrylic paint on canvas? Roy Liechtenstein made his ben-day dots by placing a metal screen over the canvas, than running a paintbrush (maybe it was even a toothbrush idk) over the screen.
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butts! posted:I'm really and honestly trying to think of a scenario where you need to cram study for figure drawing. You are a dadaist kidnapped by students from the French academy. They are holding a gun to your head and if you do not draw academically they will beard your heart.
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Rythe posted:Kind of a silly question that I could not find doing a bit of Google searching. I was given a Torin Black Jack 2 1/2 ton low profile hydraulic jack a few years back and in a recent move the cup the frame of the car rest on has gone missing. I have tried to Google up a replacement part/part # with no luck. Does anybody know a good resource for finding a missing part like that? That's a good question, how does one find the part that's missing? How does one find the aspect of self who's absence prevents the realization of self? I suppose that what you're really asking is a question of identity, and luckily postmodernism has had a pretty though exploration of the subject by now. (This is the art forum, you should ask Automotive Insanity.) you could also try this thread here http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...hreadid=2734407 Humboldt squid fucked around with this message at Apr 2, 2012 around 07:48 |
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melon cat posted:Can anyone recommend any good tutorials on how to crop an image in Photoshop CS5 and not suck? It's something I could never do very well. All of my cropped images end up very... jagged. And odd-looking. I'm trying to cut someone out of a digital photo and adding them onto a landscape and I'm hitting a roadblock. You want to use layer masks rather than using the marquee or eraser tool. http://photoshoptips.net/2006/07/25/layer-masks/
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| # ¿ May 24, 2012 09:06 |
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silversiren posted:Is there a way in GIMP2 where I can see a resized version of the zoomed in image I am working on without having to zoom in and out and in and out and in and out a billion times? I've never used gimp, but in photoshop It's pretty easy to do it like so, and since GIMP is a freeware nockoff of photoshop there's probably a similar way to do it. 
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Do I need to do anything special to preserve a sanguine chalk drawing, or can I just put in in a frame? I'd like to avoid using fixatiff if I could.
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