A few people have asked about this recently so I tried to break down my method of painting faces to the best of my ability. I personally like to use gritty chalky brushes, and this particular painting was mainly done with this brush by Mark Winters.
Process tutorial with a lot of art theory tips mixed in! Definitely a valuable resource!
Speedpaint + How long does it take to make a painting? I go into this question in depth in my latest YouTube video!
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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, 3.5×5” 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.
I have one of these, 10×6.5 I bought about two months ago for 48 bucks. It’s a billion times better than my old Wacom Bamboo and works like a fuckin dream.
Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of decoden and polymer clay questions about what to use to as a gloss/glaze. Almost every time the first response is “Clear nail polish, duh!”.
This needs to stop if people want to be creating quality items. Sometimes I’m afraid to buy handmade things for fear that they have been sealed with clear nail polish and they will deteriorate over time. I want to buy things that will last!
I’ve reblogged this before – but it’s sooooo important. crafting signal boost
Oh jeez, I didn’t even know that was a thing. No – never use nail polish thats a horrible idea.
krylon’s line of spray primers & sealers are FANTASTIC!! a single can is about $6-8, but I cant recommend them enough. they dry fast, mattes are actually matte, glossy is actually glossy, and they just look great!
Hey friends, Meg here for WOOPS IT’S WEDNESDAY! Today we’re taking a look at how to study values and the importance of knowing how to use them! It’s not all about color, you know. If you have any tutorial recommendations send ‘em in here or my personal. Now go forth and I’ll see you next week!
“good enough” is when you are working on something and are happy with most of it but can live with a few imperfections, useful when needing to move on from sketch to inking/coloring or what have you.
“fuck it” is when you absolutely hate what you’re doing every step of the way but you post it anyways, very useful during art blocks.
both are useful to help you move on and not obsess over making it perfect, because art is anything but perfect, even photo realistic artists probably see imperfections that someone else might not catch
Sometimes an AD needs to know whether to pitch you for a project or not, then it takes time to pitch you, then it takes time to hear back on approvals, so delays are common. Sometimes the scope of the project changes and they need to start over. Sometimes you’re still in play but the project is in limbo. So don’t assume it’s a problem with you, just wait a decent amount of time (2 weeks is pretty safe) and say something like: “Hello, I just wanted to check in on our conversation. I have a few jobs starting to get nailed down and I wanted to see if I should be putting aside time for your project right now. Thank you.”
That should shake out either a response of “yes, save time, we’re ready to go” or “we’re still up in the air at the moment” to which you can say “ok, let me know when you’re ready” and leave it at that.
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