I don’t think the Live Stream is happenin’ tonight.
*EDIT: I made the right choice of placement of map to GIF, it looks like Jack is actually looking at the map. XD
At one point he also liked to draw things, and then his evil mother squashed any ambition to pursue art and drilled the idea that it wasn’t anything more than a complete waste of time. Lately he’s been trying again with my poking support. XD
Hope you guys don’t mind, just wanted to share a bit of his work here. He mostly does ‘behind the scenes’ work helping me fix story issues and work through dry spells and answering asks. :)
WHOOPS WRONG ACCOUNT but I’ll keep it up here anyway. XD
I just went back through over 900 liked posts and dug out all the art tutorials so i can keep track of them. I guess this might be helpful to some of you guys, so here you go.
Here we go then!
Freeware
Alchemy - this is a really fun program. You play around making abstract shapes until you start to see something in them, kind of like a Rorschach test. Then you use the shapes as a base to draw it from.
MyPaint - a pretty decent painting program that also has the benefit of working on Unix systems.
openCanvas 1.1 - I haven’t used openCanvas in years but it was a nice program with a pretty unique feel to it.
ArtRage - Only used this a couple of times donkey’s years ago just before I got oC, but I’ve heard good things about it.
The GIMP - In a similar vein to Photoshop, but free. I couldn’t get on with it when I tried it out a few years ago, but it’s pretty popular and is available on Unix systems and Macs.Sketchbook copic: a bit different program
Not-free-ware
Photoshop - Standard painting fare. Probably the most flexible program (particularly the latest versions) but not designed to act in a “natural” way. If you’ve used it for painting versus something like Painter you know what I mean. Who the fuck pays for it though? Google “Photoshop tumblr masterpost” and take your pick.
Paint Tool Sai - Far more affordable and definitely worth paying for if you can. The brushes are very decent (especially when they’ve been tweaked a little), the gui is simple and intuitive, and I dare you to find a program with which making smooth lineart is easier.
Corel Painter - My program of choice for most things. More tools than you could ever possibly use and pretty cheap on a student license, providing that you can prove you’re a student! It’s got a few bugs but if you want realism or a more natural feel than PS or SAI this is the program for you.Anatomy
anatomy and rotation of the head
Expressions
emotions and facial expressions
expressions from different angles (love this site)
Poses
Skin tones
paint some life into your skin tones
Colouring
gamut mask tool (very nice!)
5 easy ways to improve your colouring
fucking gradients, how do they work
achieving a painterly look in SAI
kuler (more colour schemes)
Brushes
a very nice setting for the sai acrylic brush
photoshop fur brushes (and tutorial)
Other peoples masterposts
love your fellow artist (anything from prompt generators to animation background here, very nice)
e-books
art e-books (mediafire download)
even more e-books (including human anatomy, animal anatomy, cartoons, animation, composition, design, scenery, perspective…)
Tutorials
a pretty extensive general art tutorial
tumblrs
criminallyincompetent (check out their #reference and #tutorial tags, they’re gold)
(Source: geromy-kyle)
Anonymous asked: I can probably figure out the distance between Mountianveiw and Tundra Rush by copying that map and using a few tricks to convert the pixels into distance, but I can't figure out which direction Tundra Rush is form Mountainveiw. Can you PLEASE tell me if Mountainveiw is 1North, 2South, 3East, 4West, 5Northeast, 6NorthWest, 7SouthEast, or 8SouthWest of Tundra Rsuh? You can use a random number generator, I just need YOU to give me this info becuase my extremely annoying brain won't let me fake it!
[AN: Tundra Rush is southwest of Mountainview.]
[OOC: Next LiveStream!]
I want to do another live stream tomorrow, but I’m not sure what I should do.
OPTION 1 - Random requests/silly drawings/Quick Asks+Ask the Pumpkin Headed Artist.
OPTION 2 - Work on the Sorallas City Set taking suggestions for better looking builds.
OPTION 3 - Got anything in mind?
Answers are on. So what should it be?
Halfway there…Explanation
{Chaz rummages around the fridge for a while, and pulls out assorted drinks and snacks. It’s not much, but it’s good for now. He sets the drinks down on the table and takes a seat on the couch.}
[Chaz] You said you might be away from home for a while, ma’am… Believe me, I understand how you feel. I won’t be seeing my old home anytime soon…
{Chaz looks at his ceiling briefly, and sighs. He quickly catches himself doing this though, and puts on a smile again.}
[Chaz] That’s in the past though. My home now is here, and I’m happy with that! How about you, ma’am? Where are you headed?
(Source: asktheminecraftbaker)
Last set of progress shots before I get to bed. I’m having a lot of fun designing all the different stores and such.
- Finish Shot of The Upper Deck Plaza (Have to put some decoration in each of the stalls but otherwise it is done
- Some of the more ‘high end’ stores (Can you spot the obvious cameo here? XD)
- Enderman working at the Bakery
- Riverside Living
- Upper Deck Shopping Plaza WIP (AKA The food court)
- ???
