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Topic: Question About Sketching |
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 1:37 pm Subject: Question About Sketching |
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This is easy and fun. I am drawing bottles and boxes and barrels and weeds and cue balls. I can draw what I see..Not Well but...enough that I want to improve....and I have some small ability ... |
Topic: Question About Sketching |
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 3:01 am Subject: Question About Sketching |
T. England
Now you have me thinking..I only need points ..sigh distance etc
It is the measuring..dividing into equal parts..that would require a ruler..as I should be able to draw a reasonably str ... |
Topic: Question About Sketching |
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 12:20 pm Subject: Question About Sketching |
Thanks for the quick reply..
I put a ruler in the bag. I will tote it along for quick corrections if a line looks too out of whack..Now that I think about it..It is easier to whip out a ruler than ... |
Topic: Question About Sketching |
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 6:37 am Subject: Question About Sketching |
I have two questions...Beginner Level
1) I have been studying Van Gogh's early drawings and the perspective set up is plain to see. Should I draw (light pencil) perspective grids or guidelines on d ... |
Topic: I am the godfather |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 7:39 pm Subject: I am the godfather |
Cigar? How about a fiddle case?
It is enchanting and the detail is exquisite. |
Topic: Free Video Tutorial: How to Draw & Paint: Self Portrait |
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:30 am Subject: Free Video Tutorial: How to Draw & Paint: Self Portrait |
I am watching your "Basics."
Thanks..and I mean that sincerely!
I ghost here because I enjoy the art but ..I am not an artist. I have been drawing with a mouse on the computer for a long ... |
Topic: doodles |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:45 am Subject: doodles |
Speed Tanka..
A comment on Charles Simic's poem.."Hotel Infinity"
Enjambment? May be...
It lacks both rhyme and reason.
It is a lesson..
In what is knot poetry...
Crude strings of * ... |
Topic: doodles |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:54 pm Subject: doodles |
Yeah..I know what the previous post said...about scribbling on the cave walls..
Your reply was cool.."Paink"..I was ROFL..
That is a very colorful image..Did you hand color every square? ... |
Topic: doodles |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:29 pm Subject: doodles |
BAMBOO?
http://hartake.com/hand.jpg
This was done in MSP..Reference.. a stock photo..possibly an xray from a medical training site... |
Topic: doodles |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:28 pm Subject: doodles |
OK...given the time constraints..
I didn't do this in MSP because..I wanted to check the proportions and measurements carefully when I finished..It is a study/ learning project. I needed to know if ... |
Topic: doodles |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 6:00 am Subject: doodles |
A skull is a carved ball..I did draw skulls that were out lined only..and one was good enough that someone said I had "natural talent." LOL But I am working on shading the skull as a comple ... |
Topic: doodles |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 3:14 pm Subject: doodles |
Thanks..and Yeah..I am really interested..I tried skulls / skeletons but ..at the time they were still somewhat beyond my meager understanding
Those pictures are something I feel I can tackle ..no h ... |
Topic: doodles |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 5:45 am Subject: doodles |
MSP...Chinese Ink studies last night..I practiced some monks and bamboo..but these are free hand..no reference I drew them after I shut down the Chinese paintings..sort of a post test....I like the re ... |
Topic: doodles |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 3:29 pm Subject: doodles |
BTW..That is a very ..moving..image of a crypt..
One of our friends in high school..there was some game, chug a lug ..or some variation of spin the bottle..with straight vodka
I wasn't there but my ... |
Topic: doodles |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:29 am Subject: doodles |
Talent..I am not certain what that means..I would not want the training and skill of a cardiologist to be described in the terms often applied to artists....*..raw genius..natural talent..* Yeah..blo ... |
Topic: doodles |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 7:10 am Subject: doodles |
I made progress when I realized there isn't any "easy" or "quick" way to learn this..
Traditional techniques..perspective, shading and proportion..
Those are what I am learning.. ... |
Topic: doodles |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:40 pm Subject: doodles |
Yeah....I have bumped head-on into the "desaturation" of MSPaint Palette..That Pink is really Paink...I am glad "desaturation" of the native hues in that program can be done..and w ... |
Topic: doodles |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 6:08 am Subject: doodles |
Joemo
One thing I have not been able to learn on the computer..or find a useful technique for learning is SHADING
That is learned with a pencil in traditional art and I haven't had much luck with pe ... |
Topic: doodles |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:05 pm Subject: doodles |
OK..What you said..."The leftover black or gray pixels suggest new forms"
That gave me this idea..
I painted a block (sort of) area with airbrush set to lt/dk grey ...Then I used airbrush ... |
Topic: doodles |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 7:29 am Subject: doodles |
Joemo..
Those are Beautiful..Thanks for the information...
That is a texture I haven't been able to achieve in other programs ..You did a great job with it!
OK..an edited update here..Under Image . ... |
Topic: doodles |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:54 pm Subject: doodles |
This is MSPaint? OK..I will try that..
Did you mouse it or does MSPaint support a tablet?
This simple, very fast sketch..because I am short of time these next/last few days..was 212 kb in bmp..I too ... |
Topic: More vectors |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:40 am Subject: More vectors |
Yeah..I know it is two point...
Thanks for sharing your learning and knowledge..my high school shop teacher ..I think if anyone gave him a pencil he would have eaten it..
I just started this..the ch ... |
Topic: More vectors |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:50 pm Subject: More vectors |
Way Kewl!
That is so fine..I learn this stuff piecemeal..and it is nifty to see an entire illustration..plain and simple... of how all those pieces fit together..That helped me put some things togeth ... |
Topic: More vectors |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:45 am Subject: More vectors |
Good Work Joemo
Even if I am not commenting I am following along as time permits |
Topic: So in six years of painting...(update 10-27-07) |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:57 pm Subject: So in six years of painting...(update 10-27-07) |
Thank you very much for the clarification..I understand better what you meant..
Also...thanks for the comment about the lighthouse..I was studying the book on my own and that was kind of a..test..b ... |
Topic: So in six years of painting...(update 10-27-07) |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:05 pm Subject: So in six years of painting...(update 10-27-07) |
3nasty ..Perspective Planes? (google search..nothing)
OK..is this what you mean? (my drawings are crude but I have been struggling with this "plane issue" for a few days..)
I did this stud ... |
Topic: MS Word: vector maps |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:07 am Subject: MS Word: vector maps |
I have been too busy lately to do anything but doodle with paper and pencil at odd moments..so I won't be posting much
This thread has been interesting..
People make pictures if they have to use fir ... |
Topic: MS Word: vector maps |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:43 am Subject: MS Word: vector maps |
Leaf Collector Two
http://hartake.com/cow.jpg
I have luck improving my drawing by studying line art so I made this from a personal photograph. I can print the line art and keep it handy with my ... |
Topic: MS Word: vector maps |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:18 am Subject: MS Word: vector maps |
Very Creative..
Collecting leaves? The nicest part of art..studying nature.. |
Topic: So in six years of painting...(update 10-27-07) |
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:41 pm Subject: So in six years of painting...(update 10-27-07) |
Very Nice..
You are making changes without damaging the original charm of the piece..I like the new subtle touches of color on the clothes
Raising (finishing) the bridge solved most of the perspecti ... |
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