Freelance Artist
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- What program do you prefer and why? Painter and Artrage, photoshop for matte painting, efficiency and simplicity, in that order, no point having simplicity if you dnt have efficiency 3 years ago / Total Posts: 16
- Something I've always wondered about.. I think its subjective, 'one mans junk is another mans treasure' comes to mind, in the context of, everyone has their individual tastes and flavours, and thats what makes art so exciting, that because of these differences art grows more and more, and 3 years ago / Total Posts: 15
- Fanart to learn!? QUOTELife is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.That's real inspirational!I agree, some people 3 years ago / Total Posts: 12
- Fanart to learn!? Thanks lammy, and thats a place I'd like myself to end up at, being able to draw from reference, and to then learn to draw the characters with my own style!Cheers. 3 years ago / Total Posts: 12
- Fanart to learn!? Hi, I've recently been contemplating the decision of whether to collect images from games like wow, kill zone etc. you know, and to draw them either digitally or traditionally and to then paint them digitally, my question to you is, is this a good way 3 years ago / Total Posts: 12
- Painting from a photo digital or traditional Depends on what you mean by painting 'from' a photo, painting over a photo I'm against, 100%, theres no way you learn anything from it.Painting from a photo, as a reference, however is what most painters will do more or less in their early stages, it 3 years ago / Total Posts: 9
- Favorite quotes? 'Defeat Yourself' - Michael Jordan'The moment you admit your good, is the day you stop trying' - Not sure on original source, but it was from a Holden ad I live by both of them djnido, your first one is amazing. 3 years ago / Total Posts: 15
- need more details Books, in stacks, first thing I thought when I saw the image was, this person is on her way to a new land, delivering goods, so in respect to historical sailors and whatnot, bring silk, books, and other precious goods they may not have seen or heard of 3 years ago / Total Posts: 7
- Corel versus Photoshop Follow a few tutorials here and there, relating to what you want to achieve in your image, www.imaginefx.com have some great workshops if your interested.But once you learn how to properly construct an image in Photoshop, experiment, and trial and 3 years ago / Total Posts: 39
- Drawing = Painting? I agree with elements being visible in the final outcome dictating it's category, good point.Your idea about using the 3D elements in your painting is true, it is mixed media, providing these elements are visible in the final product, like you said 3 years ago / Total Posts: 14
- Corel versus Photoshop Glad I helped, but at the end of the day, trial and error, and experimentation are the only was to learn a program, some may disagree, but it's true. 3 years ago / Total Posts: 39
- Size of your canvas? as a painter the bigger the canvas the better it is, because when reduced for web viewing the detail is compressed and the piece looks a whole lot better, than if it had been produced the same way on a smaller canvas..i work at 3000x1600 usually, which 3 years ago / Total Posts: 22
- Corel versus Photoshop Photoshop fanboys and girls feel the same way about Corel products, and vice versa.Personally, I use both, I prefer Painter for painting..Heres the difference in painting workflows though, with painter brushes, there engines mix paint while on the 3 years ago / Total Posts: 39
- Hey to all those trickling in from DA more than a trickle, borderline flood!! welcome mate. 3 years ago / Total Posts: 173
- Drawing = Painting? I think the correct category for an image is based off of where and with what the image is developed in, and if it is developed in an array of mediums and software packages, the one where most of the work was done, should dominate the images 3 years ago / Total Posts: 14
- How long do you spend on your creation? depends one what i'm painting, a landscape can take anywhere from 6 hours to 3 days, and then some.. where is a character or creature can take within 1-3 hours to days sometimes, while manipulations, photography etc. is over the course of a few hours, 3 years ago / Total Posts: 29
- What tablet do you use? I have a bamboo fun medium, 512 pressure levels, does it's job, not too big, not too small..I'd love an intuos, but at the moment they are out of my price range! 3 years ago / Total Posts: 90
- Message System I agree with all these suggestions.The ability to reply to blog posts at your blog would be a lifesaver also.To streamline the message centre some more, implement the ability to reply to all comments, favourites etc. in the same tab, navigating via 3 years ago / Total Posts: 7
- Something I've always wondered about.. I think anything that is expressing a feeling, emotion, message or anything of the sort is art, visually, or not visually, music, digital, traditional, heck if you paint something on a goats ass that is expressing something, whose to say that isn't 3 years ago / Total Posts: 15
- A Designer's Pledge i pledge. 3 years ago / Total Posts: 20
- Mona Lisa in MS paint A lot of skill, and to the bloke that said it's something traditional artists have been doing for eons.. get off your high-horse, it's not everyday you see a magnificent image recreated in MS Paint, infact, it is a rare occurance to see an attractive 3 years ago / Total Posts: 23
- Pencil = Unfinished It depends on the level of refinement found in a pencil image, if the image has a defined light source, with value, form, and other design elements, what seperates that from a digital image or a sculpture, they all contain design elements, and you 3 years ago / Total Posts: 26
- Yet another slick looking artsite... Artician has many advantages over deviantart, and a big one personally, is the ability to customize your profile, to the pixel, colour, style anything, create and customize it personally, or to appeal to a commercial audience, deviantart offers this, 3 years ago / Total Posts: 11
- This Is It thats really nice! what font is that? 3 years ago / Total Posts: 4
- My latest painting ^^ I find the face is all too pointy for the elegance I believe your trying to evoke, try adding more colour variation in the hair and more strands to make it really thick! and also, the arms especially need work on their edges, they are very soft and 3 years ago / Total Posts: 5
- My Universe Series Hi, nice art, I understand your a beginner, but in order to improve, try giving your scenes some context, not just a lonely planet in a dead black scape, but by simply painting in a nebulae, or a spacecraft in the distance, you make the viewer wonder 3 years ago / Total Posts: 8
- hey you with the face! Hey everyone, I'm.. obviously, a new member, just writing to say hi, and to introduce myself, here goes.My name is Luke and I'm a 16 year old concept artist and environment painter, however, the works featured in my portfolio are essentially digital 3 years ago / Total Posts: 3