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I have to say it is quite refreshing to see such a topic in FFXIAH xD
Bahamut.Moehre said: I have to say it is quite refreshing to see such a topic in FFXIAH xD Good old charcoal and canvas :) messy but I love the effect charcoal gives. Usually though I use just a normal pencil for sketches, doodles etc.
Gorgeous pic Hahn! nothing fixative can't fix~
pretty eyes btw =) Fenrir.Rinielenika
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Lakshmi.Jaerik said: This is why I'll never be as good as real artists. =D I keep wanting art to work by certain rules, like programming. Here's how perspective works, here's how line weight works, here's how shading works, here's how anatomy works, etc. It's why I learned just enough about art to talk intelligently about it with artists, and work closely with them in games, but never really tried to do anything serious with it. I'll leave the truly creative stuff to you guys. I highly disagree! Your work is very fantastic, it's just... giving yourself your own rules that you eventually follow. You learn what others do, how they compose and create their work, then figure out your own ways. What shapes do you see... what colors do you want expressed... I feel code can be a lot of the same way. Granted I completely suck at code (Im still very basic, and only in HTML and CSS, taking other classes for it right now) But there are still some general basics, depending on what you want to make, that you will always follow because it makes sense. But how you make it your own and mold it into your own style makes it just more than strict rules. I guess in a sense, it's like making a program. You have your basics you have to follow for it to function on an operating system... however, you can use all these basics to create whatever you want and make it work... and with new technology (or in this case, materials learned/used/etc), you can elaborate more and make nicer things? Thats the best way I can put it. Also, it is amazing to see how many artists are on here. Everyone is so good! I love sharing information and topics like this. I will keep checking in later tonight. :3 Have fun all! hey anyone who uses ink around here?
I need some pro tips, I've used that chinese bamboo thing with ink before, but now I'm gonna try that new brush I posted on the op, any pro tips? and is there any better tools for inking? like the traditional caligraphy pens and all? kind of lost there. I personally enjoy mixed media sculptures/metal sculptures. I'll have to get a pic up of one I am doing for a ladies new backyard (all scrap metal). I do paint as well, but I do get annoyed at how much stuff is beginning to cost at least around here. The only art supplies place around here is now Hobby Lobby, and because the other small shop closed down their prices have raised. I don't typically order online because I don't like to wait.
Sylph.Hugs said: I personally enjoy mixed media sculptures/metal sculptures. I'll have to get a pic up of one I am doing for a ladies new backyard (all scrap metal). I do paint as well, but I do get annoyed at how much stuff is beginning to cost at least around here. The only art supplies place around here is now Hobby Lobby, and because the other small shop closed down their prices have raised. I don't typically order online because I don't like to wait. www.dickblick.com Phoenix.Darki said: hey anyone who uses ink around here? I need some pro tips, I've used that chinese bamboo thing with ink before, but now I'm gonna try that new brush I posted on the op, any pro tips? and is there any better tools for inking? like the traditional caligraphy pens and all? kind of lost there. I like the ink quills and the dipping and what not, feels more authentic than an all in one. Phoenix.Darki said: anyone here into realism/naturalism? or am i the only freak on this world that still draws it among kids my age? Ive really let my artisticness go 8( you dont use it you lose it...or well you stagger behind your peers..I started off doing realism..albeit of cute fluffy animals. Ive not found the time nor energy to put as much time and effort into art like I did when I was younger. Kujata.Daus said: Phoenix.Darki said: anyone here into realism/naturalism? or am i the only freak on this world that still draws it among kids my age? Ive really let my artisticness go 8( you dont use it you lose it...or well you stagger behind your peers..I started off doing realism..albeit of cute fluffy animals. Ive not found the time nor energy to put as much time and effort into art like I did when I was younger. When I was briefly going to my art school I just focused more on the commercialization aspect of it and it ruined art for me, that's in regards to digital media of course. I adore film photography. You just can't beat that old darkroom feel and developing it by hand though. Nowadays all the digital cameras and whatnot just don't involve passion anymore for me it feels like. Developing film was a labor of love for me lol.
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Well, my obliviousness strikes again! Nice to find this little gem of a thread!
/cheer My preferences acrylics, charcoal, ink and watercolor... (Yes, that is thread.) I'm currently using prisma and charcoal to make my newest piece. Got inspiration for it from Bjork~ And yea, I still have a lot to do ._.
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CHARCOAL!!! zahrah said: /high five CHARCOAL!!! Offline
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And of course some old fashioned pencils and paper. EDIT: and......... I dunno why the pictures of cans of montana spray paint and caps aren't showing up =/ I *** hate charcoal. Had to use it in this Drawing 101 class. I wanted to kill myself. I have to use it again for Life Drawing.
Missed this gem of a thread too. I have to say I'm quite shocked, and pleased too, at the amount of people who do artsy fartsy stuff on this site.
Currently I use mostly free related software for digital stuff, such as MS Paint and The Gimp. I've used SAL, Photoshop and the like but never really got into them past the free trials. Ironically, some of my better stuff has been in MS Paint >.< For traditional media, I have used and will use pretty much anything and everything. Overall though, I prefer sketches with a good old mechanical pencils and feel this really is my "comfort zone". I very rarely colour in anything I do, with the expection of the past few months now that I've started doing stuff on my laptop. The main reason for this, excluding laziness, is because I hate mixing colours. I can never get the right colour I want. Mixing paint never works for me either. If I get a colour I'm slightly happy with, I end up not mixing enough of it. Then there's the cost. Lakshmi.Hewison said: Hewi!!! /cheer zahrah said: Lakshmi.Hewison said: Hewi!!! /cheer Zahrah!!! /cheer >:3 Printer paper and whatever no.2 pencil I can get my grubby hands on.
I do most things digital though, thanks to convenience (I don't have a scanner). This tablet I use is a real piece of pewp compared to even a Wacom Bamboo, but it gets the job done so sa'll good. It sorta looks like it has loads of fancy short key buttons, which I imagine are useful. I wish I had shelled out an extra few bucks for one personally, would of made things a little easier.
Congrats on winning a Copper Prize in the 9th Anniversary Fan Art Contest btw!~ Ramuh.Haseyo said: I *** hate charcoal. Had to use it in this Drawing 101 class. I wanted to kill myself. I have to use it again for Life Drawing. Chalk pastels are a million times worse =( They're everything you hate about charcoal, but in color. Also you need expensive ones if you want any hope of ever blending anything. Then there's the the fact that you waste so much to dust. Which gets airborne. Then you're sneezing rainbows for a week. Oil pastels are really nice though. =3 You can get a nice set for a reasonable price. It's like drawing with colored butter. (Not recommended for internal use. Please do not eat art supplies.) I really adored charcoal...it was messy as heck and one would inhale so much dust and other nastiness when using Fixative spray on it, but it's so expressive in creating subtle shades and chiaroscuro.
Really gets one thinking more about use of positive and negative space in compositions when using charcoal washes, much more than line-art. For me it really divorces the inherent left-brain need to define shapes first by lines, letting me think and approach a piece "backwards" in that regard by building up varying masses of background to describe foreground objects. I found it very liberating, especially for life drawing. :p |
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