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Marikot OFFLINE   Forum Posts: 648 |
Posted: Thu, 10/12/2015 23:04 (9 Years ago) |
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Posted: Thu, 10/12/2015 21:25 (9 Years ago) |
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Marikot OFFLINE Forum Posts: 648 |
Posted: Thu, 10/12/2015 01:21 (9 Years ago) |
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to share your screen, click on the ... on the top right and choose "share screen" [Read more] |
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Marikot OFFLINE Forum Posts: 648 |
Posted: Thu, 10/12/2015 01:11 (9 Years ago) |
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Marikot OFFLINE Forum Posts: 648 |
Posted: Wed, 09/12/2015 22:52 (9 Years ago) |
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Hair ovo and and animals and stuff. and hands. weirdly enough, i hate doing fur and feathers. i wonder how that works. does anyone feel like doing a hangout test drive? ouo [Read more] |
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Marikot OFFLINE Forum Posts: 648 |
Posted: Wed, 09/12/2015 03:07 (9 Years ago) |
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Marikot OFFLINE Forum Posts: 648 |
Posted: Tue, 08/12/2015 23:11 (9 Years ago) |
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i cant type much right now cause im in class. you guys, dont ignore eeveelution. D< updated: members list, question of the day when do you guys wanna do the hangout thing? (please use server time) [Read more] |
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Marikot OFFLINE Forum Posts: 648 |
Posted: Tue, 08/12/2015 23:05 (9 Years ago) |
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Marikot OFFLINE Forum Posts: 648 |
Posted: Tue, 08/12/2015 17:57 (9 Years ago) |
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The Pokémon raised by 4,083 Exp. Points. You have been rewarded with 10 Pokédollar! ovo My sona is in my About me. ♥ [Read more] |
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Marikot OFFLINE Forum Posts: 648 |
Posted: Tue, 08/12/2015 00:25 (9 Years ago) |
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Username: Marikot Why you want to help: Honestly? Humans are like Earth's cancer. |: The more it spreads and multiplicates, the worse it gets. I try to do my part, but sometimes I feel like it's not helping at all. It's nice to know that there are people who are trying as well. ;w; ♥ Password: 4 [Read more] |
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Marikot OFFLINE Forum Posts: 648 |
Posted: Tue, 08/12/2015 00:17 (9 Years ago) |
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this is a gold mine [Read more] |
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Marikot OFFLINE Forum Posts: 648 |
Posted: Mon, 07/12/2015 20:58 (9 Years ago) |
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i gotta go to classssss but ill update the rest when im back I KNOW ITS A LOT TO READ but it should be some useful information. besides, it's not required, just an extra thing, so. [Read more] |
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Marikot OFFLINE Forum Posts: 648 |
Posted: Mon, 07/12/2015 20:16 (9 Years ago) |
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The useful, visual guide as to what everyone in the staff does Administrator (Admin) Riako Coding  Bosses around the rest of the staff  Moderator (Mod) CatLady, -Mikaela-, EternityOfMagic, KiraTrikk, Liirah, SilverLugia456, Yato Use the Banhammer on scammers and people who break the rules  Deal with reports  Delete, lock and move forum threads  Take care of the Support Center  Artist Abby, Kainbunny, Marikot, Requiem Drawings NOT PIXELS Plushies and Index announcement pictures go here  Spriter Abby, SpicyPants, WhiteAndBlack2 Pixel art NOT DRAWINGS New Pokemon events go here  Wiki Administrator/Wiki helpers -Max, DavidS, EternityOfMagic, Kimie, Malkins Edit and update the Wiki page  [Read more] |
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Marikot OFFLINE Forum Posts: 648 |
Posted: Mon, 07/12/2015 18:23 (9 Years ago) |
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btw guys, to those who havent yet, if you want shoot me a link of your online gallery so i can add it to the first post ouo post it in the thread, palpad me, doesnt matter [Read more] |
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Marikot OFFLINE Forum Posts: 648 |
Posted: Mon, 07/12/2015 17:13 (9 Years ago) |
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(under construction kind of) If you're an artist, you've had an art block before. It's a fact. If it happened before, better get ready because it will happen again. It may last a few hours. It may last a day, a week or a month. My worst one (and I still feel traumatized by it a little bit) lasted for nearly 3 years, and I got so depressed that my friend had to help me by forcing me to draw. When you're in the middle of an art block, you don't feel like drawing. Or, if you do, everything you draw looks terrible and out of proportion. You have no ideas, you sometimes envy people who can draw while you can't. I know what it feels like. It's terrible, but it's natural. That's why I'll repeat it: every artist has art blocks. If someone told you that it never happened, they're lying. Suffering from a "creativity drought", how some may call it, doesn't mean that you've completely lost your ability of drawing/painting/whatever you do. You're just going through a temporary slump, that you will overcome. It may be hard, but not impossible. Quite a while ago, I've bought a book called "200 Projects to Strenghten your Art Skills", by Valerie Colston. It's simple and thin, but I like it a lot. Not only because it shows 200 projects that could strenghten your art skills (duh), but also because those projects do help a lot. It was written with simple words and it has neat pictures. I'll get a few topics from that book (of course, not going to write down the entire book. If you want to take a closer look at it, try searching for it in Amazon.com or at the nearest bookstore) and add others of my own that I learn among the years. These hints should help you overcome art blocks, find your own style of drawing and improve your own abilities. And here goes nothing. 1. Variation on a theme If you're still not sure which material you like to use the most, you can always try different ones. You should be able to see those differences better if you draw the same picture over and over, but using variations. 2. Use your surroundings as a drawing theme By surroundings, I don't mean you should always use the reality to draw a picture. Instead of drawing reality exactly as it is, try simply using the idea of it. Sometimes you need to imagine the kinds of images that you want to create. They might be fantastical or based on an event or story, which requires doing some research. Your drawing skills will become in handy, both for documenting your research and creating the final drawing. After all, it's what people say: a picture is worth 1000 words. When you research, besides using your own mind to create something you're not used to, you'll also be able to see other people's points of view. What might look like a red bird for you could be a giant phoenix for someone else. A good exercise is to illustrate a story you've read before, or getting common themes and transforming them into your own. An example of that would be the zodiac signs: ever noticed how many interpretations there are? If you haven't, take a look at it in deviantArt or Google Images. 3. Exploit different colors How about drawing a purple cat? No? Believe me, it doesn't look bad. Look at this example (Art by xChelseax92 @ deviantArt, used with her permission). Don't be afraid of using contrasting colors in a drawing, like purple and yellow. At first you might think "it's going to look terrible", but it won't if you know how to use them properly. Color isn't just a powerful mood generator, it's also a vital tool in your compositional kit. You can use color placement to create balance. Take a look at paintings of your favourite artists and study how they use colors in their work. Using different tones of a single color in a drawing also looks good, if you wanna try it out. I like to do that a lot, specially with cool colors (like blue and dark green). Try not to diverge from the theme in your drawing though; if you want to picture a hot place, use warm colors (yellow, orange, red, ...) and not cool ones. 4. Always have a sketchbook with you Your sketchbook is your own private place for collecting visual notes and creative doodles, and for experimenting freely with all of your artistic ideas. Write/sketch down all of your ideas, even if they look trivial or silly. You might be able to compose something better later on by putting all of those silly notes together. Experiment new ideas. The more you doodle, the better and more confident you'll become. Inspiration may hit you whenever it feels like it, so you'd better be prepared for when that happens. Since I was in the 5th grade (and that's a long time ago), I've been using little sketch notebooks. I can't really call it a Sketchbook because it has all sorts of stuff in it (which includes from drawing sketches to fanfiction ideas. And even some school stuff I wrote down so I wouldn't forget it). I take my notebooks everywhere, and I don't think I could live without them. I've just recently finished my 10th one, and I just started my 11th. Sadly I don't use them as much as I used to, but I still write down a lot of things I find useful. I even give names to them. ;-; Crazy, I know. But that's how much I depend on them. So, if inspiration hits you on the face, counterback with a pencil stabbing. Sketch whatever comes in your mind. Write down whatever you just thought of. Writing down/sketching your dreams also helps a lot, but it has to be right after you've woken up. After 5 minutes, your brain forgets 50% of the dreams you've had. After 10 minutes, you'll have forgotten 90% of it. So don't let that chance slip away. 5. Embrace the suck Just... Admit defeat and scribble on paper until the fires of rage consume you. Eventually, you'll get " in the zone" and something will come out of it - good or bad, doesn't matter. What matters is that you're actually doing something. 6. Just DO IT DON'T LET YOUR DREAMS BE DREAMS Print out inspirational quotes and put them right above your workstation. Sit down at your workstation at least once a day for a couple of minutes, even if you're not going to draw anything. When everything looks crappy and you think about giving up, look up and don't ask how to get someplace, but look back and realize how much you've improved from years back. And imagine yourself going the same distance, or even more, in the same amount of years. Now grab a paper and pencil, and JUST DO IT 7. Take a break Just get out there, breathe in the air (yes, there's something called "nature" outside - I heard it's pretty - and get your mind off everything for a moment. When you go back in, drink some water and try again. 8. Don't panic It's the fear of not being able to do it that is making you feel you've lost your inspiration. To get rid of the fear, you must approach your art as if it were a job and DO IT. Force yourself to set a goal of 'X' number of drawings. Find contests around PH that you think that are simple and that you'd be able to do it even with your eyes closed, and do it. If you must, copy other people's drawings, take pictures from the internet, try to get a family picture or something like it and reproduce it. The simple act of getting to work on something will start to inspire you, even if you don't like what you're doing. Also, drop your fear that your project has to be perfect. It does not. Give yourself permission to do"bad art", which is better than no art. 9. Talk to someone 10. Draw with a friend, or even with a stranger 11. Listen to music. Music is also a kind of art. It uses combinations of sound and silence to produce something that we all like. I personally can't live without music, and I'd die if I had to draw in the middle of a quiet room. Now check this out. Quotes from Wikipedia. Link to original article 'nuff said, right? Music has long been used to help people deal with their emotions. The lyrics itself have the feelings of its writer's in them, doesn't matter how bad they are. So, if you're in the middle of an artist's block and you have simply no idea of what to draw, put on some calm music. Or, if you prefer, find a music you like and get its lyrics. Try to draw something off those lyrics. If you'd like, check out my Playlists. I've separated a few songs into different categories, such as upbeat/soothing/classical etc. If you do, though, please note that our musical taste may differ and I don't really care if you starting flaming on mine. 12. Remake old drawings. Here's the perfect example: a drawing done in 2003, and the same thing later, in 2009. I don't even need to say anything about it. The distance between my skills back then and my skills in 2009 is obnoxiously gigantic. First rule of the Artist's Book: Keep all your drawings, no matter if they're ugly or not. By keeping everything you produce, you can see how much you've improved along the years. That's a huge bump to your self-esteem, believe me. So all you gotta do is: get an old drawing, or and old idea. Draw it all over again. Compare both. Do it as many times as you want. The end. 13. Cloud watching. Crazy? Maybe. Useful? Yes. Everyone has, at least once in their life, watched the clouds and pointed out forms and shapes. "Hey, that one looks like a dragon!" or "Damn, that cloud looks weird.". Sound familiar? Clouds are a good inspiration source, exactly because they have lots of different shapes. Maybe it just looks like a whale, but you see it in a pose that you've never imagined drawing before. A dragon with open wings, upside-down; a puppy jumping; a man blowing his cigarette. Maybe you have no patience at all for that kind of thing. But I tell you, that helps. So, if you wanna try it, lay down outside on the curb or on your backyard, and take a piece of paper and a pencil with you. Draw whatever you see in those clouds, and then make it better afterwards. Add fire to the upside down dragon, make the jumping puppy play at the beach with a frisbee. Anyway, that's all I could think of. I hope it's of some use. [Read more] |
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Marikot OFFLINE Forum Posts: 648 |
Posted: Mon, 07/12/2015 16:53 (9 Years ago) |
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ALSO GUYS VERY GOOD NEWS abby is a good puppy she found backups to ALL of the content posted in the original New Canvas ;w; ♥ Ill be linking them soon in the first post (which has already been updated, by the way). you guys will see how much damn info there was on that thing [Read more] |
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Marikot OFFLINE Forum Posts: 648 |
Posted: Mon, 07/12/2015 16:01 (9 Years ago) |
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Programs 1.GIMP  Show
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Pros - Free - Ranked #10 for image editing - Allows you to edit scanned pictures - Fast and easy after you get used to it - User friendly - Pro editing tools - Very good Blur, sharpen, and denoise filters - Full color channel Cons - No CMYK support - No color correction/calibration - Text editor and brush tools are mediocre - Not as advanced - Steep learning curve 2. Paint.NET Show
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Pros - Good for quick image retouches - Free - Updates are fast - Simple and Easy to use - Good feature set - Small download size Cons - Some don't like the gray tool overlay changes - Unable to make animated GIF files - Limited text capability - Limited capacity with graphic filters 3. Adobe Photoshop Show
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Pros - LOTS of features - Customizable EVERYTHING - Can do pretty much ANYTHING - Can undo more than one action - Liquify and patternmaking tools are really nice - Healing brush doesn't blindly clone - Very useful in the long run - Completely control your pictures Cons - Not free, kind of pricey - Not user friendly, hard for beginners - Can be quite heavy - May cause your computer to get slow when running 4. Paint Tool SAI Show
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Pros - Loads almost instantly - Preview PSD thumbnails in file browser - Customizable brushes - Customizable hotkeys - Smart color blending - Load and save PSD files - Can load corrupted PSD files - Brush smoothing option - Magic wand tool is pretty accurate Cons - It's not free, about $50 dollars - Can't load very large image files - No support for fonts or text - Less brush options than PS - Max brush size is not that big - No gradients - Fewer layer blending options and color adjustment than Photoshop 5. MS Paint Show
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Pros - Free - Easy to use - Installed on many computers[/hide] Cons - Super duper basic - No layers (can be either Pro or Con I guess) If you want to be a good Digital artist, your best investment would be on a drawing tablet. Of course, there are some people who can do wonders with simply a mouse. BUT, if you're the kind of person (like me) who can't do crap with a mouse, I assure you a tablet is gonna make your dreams come true. So what's so good about a drawing tablet? It allows you to draw on the computer as if you were drawing on the paper normally. Except you have all kinds of pencil, pen, eraser and brush in one. I'd separate drawing tablets in two categories: the ones with your computer screen on it, and the ones without a screen. The ones without a screen are the most commonly used: they're cheaper (even though not worse than the ones with screen) and they're easier to find in stores. If you do want one with a screen though, you're gonna have to be psychologically prepared to pay a bunch more. It DOES make your life easier and holy crap it was the best thing I've ever bought in my life (yes, I do have one), but it's mostly for professional use; therefore, if you just draw as a hobby, I'd suggest buying one of the screenless ones. Now, about brands: like every other product out there, there are a lot of brands you could check. The best one though, by far, is Wacom. I heard Genius tablets are good too, but I've personally never used/seen one to say anything about it. I'll post here the different kinds of models and pricing, as well as customers' opinions, so you guys can have some kind of base if you really want to buy something. I'm going to post here the tablets that I personally recommend, if you're looking to buy one. 1. Price: Description: Specifications: 2. Price: Description: Specifications: 3. Price: Description: Specifications: [Read more] |
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Marikot OFFLINE Forum Posts: 648 |
Posted: Mon, 07/12/2015 09:37 (9 Years ago) |
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And yessss. Ithad a lot of tables. :'D Its such a pity I lost everything. It had soooo much info. >: I didnt even know it was gonna be wiped out until i checked it today. Otherwise I wouldve backed it up or something [Read more] |