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since i haven't seen any scratchboard stuff up here yet, thought i'd throw this in. sorry about the 'tag', it's from my site. did it in school, based on some zoo reference photos i shot. to this day I ...

Hardcorepixx; thanks for the wonderful links and insight. very well said.
I really have no education in art, just basically self taught; plus I'm colorblind, so large formless swatches of color are u ...

jeez, they shoulda called me, I would've sold 'em one for $20M.

the economy is hitting everyone pretty hard...
ok it sucks, but it was quick.http://www.donperkins.com/images/posts/turfwar.jpg

yeah, the cinema displays are insane. I have a couple of friends that have the 22" version, the image detail and color are incredible; but i know I can't afford one. When this 6 year old viewsonic die ...

Fantastic work! i love looking at good marker pieces. Ah, chartpak, that was my favorite brand of marker; very 'juicy'. don't use your finger to blend with tho', you'll get woosey. Razz

can you show ...

you guys are damn good...
Well, I've never done a self portrait before; plus i suck, so to compound my inability, I started this in Painter to try learning that confusing application, gave up and fin ...

for mac users, (tho' i never had any problems with compatability between my logitech wheelmouse and my wacom) the better driver set to use is USB Overdrive. it allows each button and wheel click or sc ...

kinkaid (sp?)...what a hack. And yes, I know my work sucks, but at least i don't paint sucrose. It does irritate me though that he paints anything and it sells, and there are very talented artists wit ...

it's hard to believe, but you guys keep improving...
balistic: good to see you here brian!
with a comment that spooge made, i started wondering what resolution you guys are working in for der speedwer ...

damn you guys are awsome...here's my pitiful attempt to keep up....about 1hr and some change...from video reference..thanks for any comments or critique.
http://www.donperkins.com/images/posts/speed ...

unbelievable...you guys amaze the hell outta me.
I need help, how can i loosen up and not be so damn boring? here's about 1.25 hr worth of trying this speed painting. What do i need to do guys? besid ...

I used various drawing papers on my first pad, each with a different surface 'tooth'; depending on what I was drawing. I don't know that it really affected the drawing itself, just my perception of th ...

oh, hi ben...I've been meaning to say something in the store; I wasn't sure if that was you or not....Sorry, had ta do that. images/smiles/icon_razz.gif

wow, great thread. I am red-green color deficient. So I have to rely on theory and guesswork, and stealing color reference from photos I take using careful lighting.
This thread has been extremely hel ...

I only do work in color with reference material myself-'cause I can't see most colors...r/g colorblind-I love doing detailed sketch/drawings in b/w. Your work is wonderful-and I don't use that term of ...

Conor O Kane: I am so very sorry I didn't check back 'till now and see that you posted my 'Nasty Claus' image.
Thank you very much. I just happened to think about Christmas cards and remembered my pos ...

uhm yeah. replying to replies...that's my worst fault, well on the forums anyway.
I often forget to look at the topic for weeks to see if anyone replied to me-I'm a goof, ok?
Lunatique-thanks for the ...

I used to have a tutorial on my site that gave every detail of the secret, but my monkey pulled it and trashed the files cuz I was spanking him too often for not practicing....yeah, that's it

very nice. Impressive skin tones. all hard edge brushes/airbrushes? i see that hard line in the jaw-it all looks great...and yes those hands...I love the one on her hip.(i envy it too).
love to hear ...

I think the subtleties in the shading are excellent, nice reflected light in the lower delt, great modelling. nice work on the costume with wrinkles, and a rubbery texture.
The only thing I don't like ...

I usually respond if someone is asking technical help on an app. that I use a lot.
I respond to art that I like, that has a lot of work/thought in it, not some 30sec. doodle-this does not include the ...

I'm using 9.1 and OSX, and I really never crash. I had a problem with IE and Outlook explorer for awhile, but I found out it was because I was using some downloaded customizing software for my 4 butto ...

what airbrushing tute?
also, could you be more specific? a tute to explain how to do 'what' exactly? to draw? to mask areas? to paint? sorry, not sure what you're asking, but happy to help if I can... ...

I just wanted to say that I agree with the posts so far, and that this is the most mature, well thought out discussion of platforms I've ever seen on the web. The only thing I have to add-I've used bo ...

DarkStarAngel-the only reason you should change the way you do something is because you want to explore a new/different style of working, not because someone may think it's right or wrong.
I'm tryin ...

oh jeez... it makes no difference what you use...as long as you're comfortable using it; and it does what you need it to do.
I've used both macs and NT machines. I use macs now 'cause I'm more comfort ...

There were numerous bugs and so-called 'design choices' in Photoshop 6.0 which really screwed up painting and painting workflow. A large number of us-photoshop painters/illustrators got on the adobe p ...

uhm, well it's a photo so in that respect it's as photorealistic as you can get-unless Brian P. gets hold of it, then it will look better than photoreal, but will take 3 months images/smiles/icon_win ...

you mean something like this? [url=http://www.donperkins.com/ben_picfix.htm]http://www.donperkins.com/ben_picfix.htm
let me know if it's ok...of course you know at 72dpi it won't print, it's only goo ...