Yeah, that's been my experience with the workable stuff, and though I haven't tried the other, I've heard it's pretty bad, too. I take it you use a matte finish clearcoat? I suppose, though, that depending on what you're going to do with it, it may not matter.
Im getting back into painting with the wacom after a year or two hiatus and Ive been surfing around looking for custombrush packets that people some times put up.
Im using photoshop CS2.
Most of the places I used to get things from dont exist anymore anyone got some links off the top of their head?
grr hate to post after my own post...but it's been over a day. meh.
are there any cheaper alternatives to bristol board? just smooth drawing paper that facilitates sexy silky smooth pencil markings?
If you're just sketching, why not just get a sketchbook/drawing pad? You can find some with smooth paper, and they're much less expensive than Bristol. I personally don't use Bristol unless I need something super-sturdy and large.
grr hate to post after my own post...but it's been over a day. meh.
are there any cheaper alternatives to bristol board? just smooth drawing paper that facilitates sexy silky smooth pencil markings?
If you're just sketching, why not just get a sketchbook/drawing pad? You can find some with smooth paper, and they're much less expensive than Bristol. I personally don't use Bristol unless I need something super-sturdy and large.
Is there a specific name for ones with smooth paper? the ones at the crap art store here (@ college) all have the same type of paper...definitely not soft. I'll probably order one online, in the meantime I've just been drawing with pen in regular roughass sketchbook paper...
Edit: Figure I'd ask in here instead of a new thread.
So. Um.
... Yeah.
I gave up on drawing years ago, after realizing that I'd never be any good at it. But lately I've had the strange urge to get back into drawing, especially comic style stuff. I'd also like to maybe someday learn how to sculpt scratch-built garage kits, someday.
Back when I quit I was obsessed with, well. Lets be blunt -- I was a perverted teenager. Still am a pervert, mind you, but growing up a bit has helped me get over that. Mostly.
I have picked up the Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain book, workbook, and tools. They were supposed to send me a DVD as well, but they sent me a VHS, and, well, whatever. The tools were the important part, as making them was kinda a pain in the ass.
I still have a good collection of the "How to Draw Manga" books, including the Anatomy one, but I have recently begun to realize that these are pretty useless.
What I would like to do is get a good reference book for anatomy, as that basically was what screwed me up back in the day. I'm not looking for porn. I can find porn -- boy howdy, can I find porn.
I'm looking for pose and anatomy references. Muscles, how the body flexes, bone structure, that kind of thing.
I did pick up Jack Hamm's Drawing the Head and Figure, as well as How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way. Jack Hamm's book might be enough for what I need, I donno -- my favorite Zen author just released his new book, and I figured if I was ordering I might as well order enough to get the free shipping.
I was thinking something like this (Art Models: Life Nudes for Drawing Painting and Sculpting) or The Figure in Motion.
Am I being silly? Is the Hamm book enough? Should I shape up my other artistic skills (still life, "being able to draw a straight line", etc etc) before I even bother?
I would suggest that you try to absorb "normal" anatomy before really delving too deeply into the whole comic area of anatomy. Anatomy in comics is pretty stylized (as I'm sure you know) and it's much, much easier to do that effectively if you already understand the foundation that's being stylized. In other words, if you learn anatomy to begin with, it will be easier for you to stylize it in the Marvel/manga/etc style.
With that said, I'd try looking up books that go over things like skeletal structure, muscle structure, etc...
(though that book is better to look at to understand the general shape and bulk of muscles, rather than use the book as an anatomical reference - it's pretty stylized, but I got a good amount out of it).
Also, despite your "perversity", if you can manage to hide your boner and put a pencil to paper, figure drawing classes would probably be really helpful, too.
grr hate to post after my own post...but it's been over a day. meh.
are there any cheaper alternatives to bristol board? just smooth drawing paper that facilitates sexy silky smooth pencil markings?
If you're just sketching, why not just get a sketchbook/drawing pad? You can find some with smooth paper, and they're much less expensive than Bristol. I personally don't use Bristol unless I need something super-sturdy and large.
Is there a specific name for ones with smooth paper? the ones at the crap art store here (@ college) all have the same type of paper...definitely not soft. I'll probably order one online, in the meantime I've just been drawing with pen in regular roughass sketchbook paper...
I've used hardbound, black sketchbooks for a number of years, and I looooove them. Here's one that I have:
I guess "smooth" could be subjective, but these feel pretty smooth to me - they're not textured. They're not *vellum*, which you may be looking for if you're looking for ridiculously smooth stuff...but I've found the paper in the sketchbook I posted is perfect for grabbing graphite without the paper being too rough. Try finding some vellum paper if that's what you're looking for, though. If that's the right name for it, you may have an easier time finding the type of sketchbook you want.
Did any of you switch from CS2 to CS3? When I made upgraded, I noticed my computer started getting really slow. This happen to anyone else?
Doesn't look like anyone answered this. My old professor told me CS3 was a memory hog. Might have something to do with it. Now I'm afraid to upgrade mine. Anyone else have this problem?
Also, despite your "perversity", if you can manage to hide your boner and put a pencil to paper, figure drawing classes would probably be really helpful, too.
hahaha, no. Didn't mean it like that. Just that I was more obsessed with drawing pin-up stuff back when I last tried to draw, and, yeah. No worky if you don't work on the basics before that.
I'm finally over that stage in my life, and figure learning how to do other creative stuff might be fun -- for example, the second I figure out how to keep my apartment's carpet safe, I want to pick up the Bob Ross series of books and an easel and do some landscapes, too.
Still would like to learn how to do anime garage kits, and still only intend to do so in order to make pin-up style stuff, though.
Did any of you switch from CS2 to CS3? When I made upgraded, I noticed my computer started getting really slow. This happen to anyone else?
Doesn't look like anyone answered this. My old professor told me CS3 was a memory hog. Might have something to do with it. Now I'm afraid to upgrade mine. Anyone else have this problem?
I work tech support and have had that call about 3 or 4 times now -- the CS3 DRM occasionally goes NUTS and causes the system to slow to a crawl.
grr hate to post after my own post...but it's been over a day. meh.
are there any cheaper alternatives to bristol board? just smooth drawing paper that facilitates sexy silky smooth pencil markings?
If you're just sketching, why not just get a sketchbook/drawing pad? You can find some with smooth paper, and they're much less expensive than Bristol. I personally don't use Bristol unless I need something super-sturdy and large.
Is there a specific name for ones with smooth paper? the ones at the crap art store here (@ college) all have the same type of paper...definitely not soft. I'll probably order one online, in the meantime I've just been drawing with pen in regular roughass sketchbook paper...
i draw on cardstock
you can buy a pack for cheap at business depot or staples or whatever.
grr hate to post after my own post...but it's been over a day. meh.
are there any cheaper alternatives to bristol board? just smooth drawing paper that facilitates sexy silky smooth pencil markings?
Strathmore makes some really sweet drawing paper that you can buy in pads at most art stores or just order at Jerry’s. Mohawk used to sell 24x36 sheets of incredible drawing paper for $1.00 a sheet, but I have no idea where to buy it anymore.
Thought I would post here that Donato Giancola is doing a 4-day workshop at my school in April. It looks like it is going to be pretty small so if anybody is interested it would be a good one to sign up for.
He also has a group show going on in Laguna right now at the Wendt Gallery.
Forgot that I was hosting those Loomis books and paint brushes. Was doing some messing about on my site and totally cleared it out. I'll post the books back up when I get home but I don't think I have those brushes anymore.
Let's suppose that you have a friend who commissions you. Not someone you keep in contact with all the time, but nevertheless, they require art from you. Let's say they want you to draw something as a gift for their girlfriend, hypothetically.
Now, you don't have all the time in the world - and you know you are going to be late with this. You keep the commissioner up to date, every step of the way, of the ETA of the drawing, and where you are with it. There has been an agreed payment amount, and you have been told that lateness is no matter.
Emails have been constantly replied to, it's a good flow.
So, you get to the final touches on the drawing. You discover that commissioner and girlfriend (who the art was for) broke up. Well, it's still a service that requires payment, so you send a thumbnail, and request payment so that you can add the finishing touches (if any are requested) and get it on it's way. You are a nice person and for whatever reason, you say "you can pay the full 175 and i'll finish it and polish it off, or you can pay just 75 and take it as is.", understanding that break-ups are difficult and it must be a hard position to be in.
Then ... you hear nothing. You see them actively in all the areas you have tried to contact them, but they just won't give you an excuse or a single word. For an entire... oh let's say, a month.
What would you do? I mean, hypothetically, of course.
That's one of the reason I don't do freelance anymore. If I had continued, I would have required half up front and half when the project was finished. I never actually had any problems with payment, but clients can be so wishy-washy.
My only advice right now is to keep on being polite and periodically keep asking. Good luck.
Yeah, I actually required half up-front for the other commission I'm doing, since it's a real-media so I needed to purchase materials. I just think it's weird to ask for half up-front for digital art ... but thanks to this non-payer, I guess I'm going to have to start. :S
Yeah, half up front/half on delivery is standard. It's a decent protective measure for the artist, since people flake out on commissions so often. I guess at very worst, if you don't end up getting paid for this one, it will serve as a reminder that you need to watch out for yourself. It sucks though, I hope the guy comes through. Maybe you should bust some heads if he doesn't. Whose, I don't know. Just random heads maybe as a stress relief.
This is where you learn to be heartless son of a bitch, and make it clear that if you don't get yo bread he gonna find yo fist doin' some breakin' up with his face knowwhatI'msayin'?
Call him up and be all like, "Did yo old lady break up wit you because you're a fuckin' cheapskate? AW SNAP MOTHERFUCKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"
/\ Don't do this. Just make sure you either get some payment up front or a solid "I am going to rape your wallet with a Hoover vacuum cleaner if you don't pay" legal contract before starting on finished work in the future.
Hey, my tablet isnt doing its pressure sensitivity. The eraser is also acting as a brush. I tried resetting my computer, and that didn't do anything. I forgot how to get into the control panel and reset it.
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Im getting back into painting with the wacom after a year or two hiatus and Ive been surfing around looking for custombrush packets that people some times put up.
Im using photoshop CS2.
Most of the places I used to get things from dont exist anymore anyone got some links off the top of their head?
Thanks in advance.
http://adonihs.deviantart.com/journal/22444548/
yes.
i don't know how to do it though as i don't use a mac...
http://www.google.com/search?q=mac+print+screen&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a ?
i think this is it
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/343909/print_screen_on_a_mac/
are there any cheaper alternatives to bristol board? just smooth drawing paper that facilitates sexy silky smooth pencil markings?
If you're just sketching, why not just get a sketchbook/drawing pad? You can find some with smooth paper, and they're much less expensive than Bristol. I personally don't use Bristol unless I need something super-sturdy and large.
Is there a specific name for ones with smooth paper? the ones at the crap art store here (@ college) all have the same type of paper...definitely not soft. I'll probably order one online, in the meantime I've just been drawing with pen in regular roughass sketchbook paper...
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Edit: Figure I'd ask in here instead of a new thread.
So. Um.
... Yeah.
I gave up on drawing years ago, after realizing that I'd never be any good at it. But lately I've had the strange urge to get back into drawing, especially comic style stuff. I'd also like to maybe someday learn how to sculpt scratch-built garage kits, someday.
Back when I quit I was obsessed with, well. Lets be blunt -- I was a perverted teenager. Still am a pervert, mind you, but growing up a bit has helped me get over that. Mostly.
I have picked up the Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain book, workbook, and tools. They were supposed to send me a DVD as well, but they sent me a VHS, and, well, whatever. The tools were the important part, as making them was kinda a pain in the ass.
I still have a good collection of the "How to Draw Manga" books, including the Anatomy one, but I have recently begun to realize that these are pretty useless.
What I would like to do is get a good reference book for anatomy, as that basically was what screwed me up back in the day. I'm not looking for porn. I can find porn -- boy howdy, can I find porn.
I'm looking for pose and anatomy references. Muscles, how the body flexes, bone structure, that kind of thing.
I did pick up Jack Hamm's Drawing the Head and Figure, as well as How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way. Jack Hamm's book might be enough for what I need, I donno -- my favorite Zen author just released his new book, and I figured if I was ordering I might as well order enough to get the free shipping.
I was thinking something like this (Art Models: Life Nudes for Drawing Painting and Sculpting) or The Figure in Motion.
Am I being silly? Is the Hamm book enough? Should I shape up my other artistic skills (still life, "being able to draw a straight line", etc etc) before I even bother?
http://www.amazon.com/Action-Anatomy-Animators-Digital-Artists/dp/006073681X/
hm...
I would suggest that you try to absorb "normal" anatomy before really delving too deeply into the whole comic area of anatomy. Anatomy in comics is pretty stylized (as I'm sure you know) and it's much, much easier to do that effectively if you already understand the foundation that's being stylized. In other words, if you learn anatomy to begin with, it will be easier for you to stylize it in the Marvel/manga/etc style.
With that said, I'd try looking up books that go over things like skeletal structure, muscle structure, etc...
I've got this book, which I found quite helpful:
http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Artist-Jeno-Barcsay/dp/0316030244
And I've also got a book on Burne Hogarth:
http://www.amazon.com/Dynamic-Figure-Drawing-Practical-Books/dp/0823015777/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233151518&sr=1-2
(though that book is better to look at to understand the general shape and bulk of muscles, rather than use the book as an anatomical reference - it's pretty stylized, but I got a good amount out of it).
Also, despite your "perversity", if you can manage to hide your boner and put a pencil to paper, figure drawing classes would probably be really helpful, too.
I've used hardbound, black sketchbooks for a number of years, and I looooove them. Here's one that I have:
http://www.utrechtart.com/dsp_view_product.cfm?item=48825
I guess "smooth" could be subjective, but these feel pretty smooth to me - they're not textured. They're not *vellum*, which you may be looking for if you're looking for ridiculously smooth stuff...but I've found the paper in the sketchbook I posted is perfect for grabbing graphite without the paper being too rough. Try finding some vellum paper if that's what you're looking for, though. If that's the right name for it, you may have an easier time finding the type of sketchbook you want.
Doesn't look like anyone answered this. My old professor told me CS3 was a memory hog. Might have something to do with it. Now I'm afraid to upgrade mine. Anyone else have this problem?
hahaha, no. Didn't mean it like that. Just that I was more obsessed with drawing pin-up stuff back when I last tried to draw, and, yeah. No worky if you don't work on the basics before that.
I'm finally over that stage in my life, and figure learning how to do other creative stuff might be fun -- for example, the second I figure out how to keep my apartment's carpet safe, I want to pick up the Bob Ross series of books and an easel and do some landscapes, too.
Still would like to learn how to do anime garage kits, and still only intend to do so in order to make pin-up style stuff, though.
I work tech support and have had that call about 3 or 4 times now -- the CS3 DRM occasionally goes NUTS and causes the system to slow to a crawl.
i draw on cardstock
you can buy a pack for cheap at business depot or staples or whatever.
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Strathmore makes some really sweet drawing paper that you can buy in pads at most art stores or just order at Jerry’s. Mohawk used to sell 24x36 sheets of incredible drawing paper for $1.00 a sheet, but I have no idea where to buy it anymore.
He also has a group show going on in Laguna right now at the Wendt Gallery.
Inking, obviously.
Let's suppose that you have a friend who commissions you. Not someone you keep in contact with all the time, but nevertheless, they require art from you. Let's say they want you to draw something as a gift for their girlfriend, hypothetically.
Now, you don't have all the time in the world - and you know you are going to be late with this. You keep the commissioner up to date, every step of the way, of the ETA of the drawing, and where you are with it. There has been an agreed payment amount, and you have been told that lateness is no matter.
Emails have been constantly replied to, it's a good flow.
So, you get to the final touches on the drawing. You discover that commissioner and girlfriend (who the art was for) broke up. Well, it's still a service that requires payment, so you send a thumbnail, and request payment so that you can add the finishing touches (if any are requested) and get it on it's way. You are a nice person and for whatever reason, you say "you can pay the full 175 and i'll finish it and polish it off, or you can pay just 75 and take it as is.", understanding that break-ups are difficult and it must be a hard position to be in.
Then ... you hear nothing. You see them actively in all the areas you have tried to contact them, but they just won't give you an excuse or a single word. For an entire... oh let's say, a month.
What would you do? I mean, hypothetically, of course.
My only advice right now is to keep on being polite and periodically keep asking. Good luck.
Yeah, I actually required half up-front for the other commission I'm doing, since it's a real-media so I needed to purchase materials. I just think it's weird to ask for half up-front for digital art ... but thanks to this non-payer, I guess I'm going to have to start. :S
Call him up and be all like, "Did yo old lady break up wit you because you're a fuckin' cheapskate? AW SNAP MOTHERFUCKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"
/\ Don't do this. Just make sure you either get some payment up front or a solid "I am going to rape your wallet with a Hoover vacuum cleaner if you don't pay" legal contract before starting on finished work in the future.
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Bobby Chiu
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