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Finally got off my rear end and worked with Mullowny Printing to make some letterpress work. Next will be soft-ground plates. I'm doing an edition of 50 of these and painting each one differently. It's a lot of fun.   
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quote:brush talk Thanks so much! I now have a way better understanding of brushes. Unfortunately I wasn't fast enough pulling the trigger on one of those Kolinsky rounds while they were on sale and now they're all (indefinitely?) backordered
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DisDisDis posted:Thanks so much! I now have a way better understanding of brushes. Unfortunately I wasn't fast enough pulling the trigger on one of those Kolinsky rounds while they were on sale and now they're all (indefinitely?) backordered They'll come back so don't worry. I'm not up to speed on how the market for high end brushes actually works, but they definitely fluctuate a bit in terms of availability and cost at least on Amazon. Just keep checking Amazon now and again and wait for the ones you want to show up at a reasonable price. Could always try ordering directly from the company too.
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Got back into the swing of things, working on a brand new painting. "The One Who Feeds" wip  Posting from Awful app, let me know if that breaks tables.
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Dreadwroth posted:Got back into the swing of things, working on a brand new painting. This is pretty neat. Any further along by now? Been thinking a lot about witches and sorcery and stuff lately for some reason. Made this the other night. 
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Another commission illustration for a goon made RPG, all traditional: (link to facebook thing)
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That is a pretty awesome illustration there, as for the painting well you could say things are progressing.
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Nov 12, 2014 17:36
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A mixed-media painting I did last weekend with a model. 
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Nov 12, 2014 17:42
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My qatte, I draw she inna ink
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Zoben posted:My qatte, I draw she inna ink poo poo that's good.
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 Symbols and Artifacts used in the story I am doing. Bottom left: The Third Eye of the Anthropos. Top: The Final singal of Trypa Right: Two sides of whats inside the Third Eye of the Anthropos
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Zoben posted:My qatte, I draw she inna ink Woah - what kind of pen? That's some crazy detail!
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neonnoodle posted:Heavier paper is better, because thickly-painted gouache can crack when dry. If the paper is too thin, the buckling of the dried paper can induce cracking or make it worse. But if you work moderately and don't layer the paint that thick, any paper suitable for wet media will work, even things like the heavier plain Moleskine sketchbooks. I got some really nice paper once for gouache but it was too thin and it would curl up or crunch up (sorry I don´t know the verb in English) so what I did was place the paper I was going to use on top of double-sided adhesive paper and then stick the other side onto cardboard. It worked perfectly so I use this trick for most of my painting. It helps with the presentation as well if it´s a commission because I always make the cardboard a little bigger so it looks nicely framed. I use white, black, or color for the cardboard backing depending on the painting. Try it out, it´s pretty useful for lots of mediums.
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A round brush should be holding a point, even if it's pretty large right? I'm guessing it's my fault for de-stiffening it by running it under the sink but this one splits into multiple points when dry/medium wet and some of the outer hairs are bent out. I haven't even painted with the thing yet :c (I promise to actually post art the next time I post in here)
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DisDisDis posted:A round brush should be holding a point, even if it's pretty large right? I'm guessing it's my fault for de-stiffening it by running it under the sink but this one splits into multiple points when dry/medium wet and some of the outer hairs are bent out. I haven't even painted with the thing yet :c Yeah. A round brush that cant hold a point is not a good round. Running it under the sink shouldn't have ruined it though unless the water was like all the way on or something maybe. Smashing the bristles with your fingers (gently squeezing the sides of it to get water/paint out is okay), painting with it too roughly (like smashing it point first into the canvas), letting it sit bristles down in your water cup/mineral spirits or just letting paint dry on it could hurt it though especially if you make a habit of that kind of treatment. And some brushes are just made poorly even from otherwise good companies, it just happens sometimes. That might have been what happened to you. If you are in an art store that provides water ( most of the major ones like Jerry's will) there is a test you can do for rounds. Remove the glue with the water gently, then tap the metal part of the brush firmly against your wrist while the bristles are still wet. If your brush is a good brush, this will cause it to instantly form a perfect point. If it fails to do this, or it kinda does this but lots of hairs are fraying out or something then you know you have a bad brush. JuniperCake fucked around with this message at 10:55 on Nov 20, 2014 |
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Some sketches. I got a Prismacolor Premier color pencil (black) in the mail and I'm very pleased with how deep it is compared to the Faber Castell Polychromos Black. It smears less easily, which can be a benefit and a disadvantage depending on your intentions. The Faber Castell Albrecht Durer is slightly deeper black but when water/liquid goes over it it will become darker and more permanent as it seeps into the fiber.   
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 Decided to draw this. Based on a picture of myself. I started drawing like a week or 2 ago, after being too impatient to get into the hobby for all my life.
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    New stuff. There's more where this came from.
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sigma 6 posted:Woah - what kind of pen? That's some crazy detail! Thanks. I used a Hunt 102 Crowquill with Black Magic ink for much of it, and for some of the smaller fur detail I used a regular old Uniball Roller pen. I "erased" details like her whiskers out of the black parts with a white Sakura Gelly Roll pen, those are awesome.
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Does anyone here have experience with monoprinting and dry point? I want to get back into making prints but I have to use whatever is safe and available at home (no more nice presses and spray boxes for me  ). I saw some people discussing plexiglass dry point which seemed pretty rad, and then I was thinking of doing some painting directly onto glass.I have experience with screen printing and lithography, but I got some Q's: I don't recall ever soaking my paper for lithography, but it looks like you have to for dry point, right? As far as inks go, is there some type I'm supposed to use? I remember we had some pretty thick inks for lithography and we would add a solvent to it to make it thinner, but gently caress if I remember what it was. For screenprinting I mostly used textile pigments and thickened dyes, so thats not much help. Can I use regular acrylics or gouache or something?
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Shnooks posted:Does anyone here have experience with monoprinting and dry point? I want to get back into making prints but I have to use whatever is safe and available at home (no more nice presses and spray boxes for me I haven't done monoprinting but I'd imagine plain old acrylics might dry too fast on you unadulterated (although there are extenders, right?) But, yeah, any intaglio process needs damp paper to help suck the ink out of the grooves.
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dupersaurus posted:I haven't done monoprinting but I'd imagine plain old acrylics might dry too fast on you unadulterated (although there are extenders, right?) But, yeah, any intaglio process needs damp paper to help suck the ink out of the grooves. I didn't even think of drying time. I have oils somewhere, and I love them but they're truly a pain in the butt, especially in my tiny apartment. I'll just suck it up and get some ink.
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Crossposting from the Goonmail thread. I made some Cryptid-themed holiday cards (Cryptidsmas) to send to folks over there and I'm still super pleased with them, so I figured I'd stick them here too.  
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Shnooks posted:I didn't even think of drying time. I have oils somewhere, and I love them but they're truly a pain in the butt, especially in my tiny apartment. I'll just suck it up and get some ink. Here is a video of same: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jwo0vBTG68 You don't need a press because the plate is squishy.  Chicken optional.
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 Sketch thing to get back into practice since it's been a long time since I drew anything. Feels good man.
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TheAbominableSnow posted:Crossposting from the Goonmail thread. I made some Cryptid-themed holiday cards (Cryptidsmas) to send to folks over there and I'm still super pleased with them, so I figured I'd stick them here too. These are all wonderful, but for whatever reason the Flatwoods Monster really sticks out to me. Great work. Gonna be some happy goons getting those.
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I've been doing a lot of charcoal drawing lately. I'm slipping more and more into abstraction and gesture. I'm just going with it for now.    
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I went a while without painting, and recently I've been trying to get back into it. I'm hoping if I post some stuff here while I'm working on it, I'll actually finish some of the darn things. Here is one I'm currently working on for practice: 
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Another project from watercolor class. Probably one of the scariest things I've painted so far. Watercolor never ceases to unnerve me.
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Trying out these new airbrush paints: the Createx Illustration colors. They’re pretty badass. For one thing they flow much better in my Iwata Neo CW with it’s 0.35 mm nozzle. What a difference. I didn't realize how significant the thickness was just in terms of how big the pigment particles are. The more "regular" paints are much more finicky and not working good. Looking forward to doing more stuff. 
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Hellbeard posted:Trying out these new airbrush paints: the Createx Illustration colors. They’re pretty badass. For one thing they flow much better in my Iwata Neo CW with it’s 0.35 mm nozzle. What a difference. I didn't realize how significant the thickness was just in terms of how big the pigment particles are. The more "regular" paints are much more finicky and not working good. Looking forward to doing more stuff.
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Made a couch man. I started drawing a couch, then decided to try to make a man sitting on it. It's still difficult for me to give things dimensions, like the man itself took me a while and I'm not entire happy with the result.
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a hole-y ghost posted:could you post a detail shot of the skull? i love those teeth Sure thing. Thank you! I worked on it some more, not sure if it's for the better or not; yet.  
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Hellbeard posted:Sure thing. Thank you! The bone on the left feels a little odd to me though, like it's on the same plane as the skull (owing to the similar value + contrast level) and just barely about to touch it.
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a hole-y ghost posted:Thanks! Great texture on the skull! Thanks, I'll fiddle with it some more. I've still got a lot to learn.
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Well, here's what came out. I enjoyed it. It was very educational; I see there is a long way before me with these techniques but the results are already very pleasing. Details:  
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I was inspired by TheAbominableSnow to try and draw a wendigo:  White color pencils are fun.
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