I actually feel really good when I am in an art supply store, but I never end up buying anything because they are expensive and messy compared to working digitally. Art stores make me feel a lot like book shops in that I stand there and just breath in the smell of paper.
I actually feel really good when I am in an art supply store, but I never end up buying anything because they are expensive and messy compared to working digitally. Art stores make me feel a lot like book shops in that I stand there and just breath in the smell of paper.
I end up buying a bunch of stuff that I end up not using since most of my work is done on the computer anyway. Unless of course they are mechanical pencils, I love those things and go through them like a person with a cold goes through Kleenex.
I actually feel really good when I am in an art supply store, but I never end up buying anything because they are expensive and messy compared to working digitally. Art stores make me feel a lot like book shops in that I stand there and just breath in the smell of paper.
I end up buying a bunch of stuff that I end up not using since most of my work is done on the computer anyway. Unless of course they are mechanical pencils, I love those things and go through them like a person with a cold goes through Kleenex.
I end up buying all sorts of stuff, but then I don't want to use them, as not to waste it on something not worth it. So I have a huge pile of art supplies in my closet and are too afraid to use them.
Same thing happens with moleskines I only want to put awesome stuff in there and for that same reason I never use them.
I end up buying a bunch of stuff that I end up not using since most of my work is done on the computer anyway. Unless of course they are mechanical pencils, I love those things and go through them like a person with a cold goes through Kleenex.
I end up buying all sorts of stuff, but then I don't want to use them, as not to waste it on something not worth it. So I have a huge pile of art supplies in my closet and are too afraid to use them.
Same thing happens with moleskines I only want to put awesome stuff in there and for that same reason I never use them. Oh my gosh, I know exactly what you mean. The fancier the sketchbook is, the more pressure I feel about not doing bad drawings in it, which is terrible, because you should not be afraid to fail while trying to do something difficult/new. I do use my little moleskine, but for the most part I feel most comfy drawing on printer paper or the computer.
Sooooo, guess that's a shark plushie? Man, sometimes I think I am clicking on an innocuous thread, and Voila! Guy popping out of a cardboard box with an blue arrow/shark on his wang.
Sooooo, guess that's a shark plushie? Man, sometimes I think I am clicking on an innocuous thread, and Voila! Guy popping out of a cardboard box with an blue arrow/shark on his wang.
Ma'am, this is the Breakfast Club. I've been waking up to this sort of thing damn near every day for the last three years. You kinda get used to it. It's almost comforting, after a while. Almost.
For some reason when I look at that image I think of Jesus. It is like Jesus joined the cast of Dead Leaves and has a clock hand (shark maybe) for a penis.
It's a exercise we do at work to keep our skills up. Heavy Dachshund Artillery was actually one of the assignments crowd sourced from the FRC forums a while back. Since we are all 3D artists, we have to practice drawing a lot.
Use a color scheme that is interesting Your font choice reminds me of 1950's graphic design. You could keep it basically the same but change the colors and add some fun stars and stuff. Put "with Victor Frost" in a little asymmetrical shape, like a crooked rectangle.
Maybe look at the 5by5 podcast's covers for inspiration. Also for color, there's always COLOURlovers or Adobe Kuler.
You can also place a single colored shape over everything and set the blending mode to overlay/screen etc. Now all the colors should match each other. It's also a quick way to create a matching color palette.
Your font choice reminds me of 1950's graphic design. You could keep it basically the same but change the colors and add some fun stars and stuff. Put "with Victor Frost" in a little asymmetrical shape, like a crooked rectangle.
I was actually going for that sort of style!
How's this?
I think it's a marked improvement, but there's something wrong with the red. It's creating this effect of a slight drop shadow even though I KNOW there isn't one there...
That looks great. There are a few last things I would recommend.
1, move the Victor Frost bit under Party Line, more centered and a little up. 2. Move the text a little bit more toward the center so it overlaps slightly with the moon, and move the moon a teeny bit toward the center as well. The red should pop out a little because it is a contrasting color, not quite opposite, but almost. If it is bothering you, give it an actual drop-shadow, make it lighter rather than darker than the background.
Okay, Now I am well and truly satisfied with this. The use of the darker red as a dropshadow for the lighter red (which I've named in my Photoshop swatch list as "used bubblegum pink") completely solves the problem it was having before.
Digital painting is not a skill of mine, but I'm taking classes. I used some of the techniques from the first few lessons we got and crapped this out in about 20 minutes. The face there was done as a demonstration for my mom and took a little more than a minute. I'm still pretty crappy, but this is essentially my first digital painting ever with the benefit of me actually having an idea of what I am doing, so boo-yah!
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Edit: Never mind. I just realized that the 20 tabs of adafruit.com I have open are exactly this but for robot parts.
Same thing happens with moleskines I only want to put awesome stuff in there and for that same reason I never use them.
Same thing happens with moleskines I only want to put awesome stuff in there and for that same reason I never use them.
Oh my gosh, I know exactly what you mean. The fancier the sketchbook is, the more pressure I feel about not doing bad drawings in it, which is terrible, because you should not be afraid to fail while trying to do something difficult/new. I do use my little moleskine, but for the most part I feel most comfy drawing on printer paper or the computer.
I know I'm not the best, but I spent more time on this than usual.
Man, sometimes I think I am clicking on an innocuous thread, and Voila! Guy popping out of a cardboard box with an blue arrow/shark on his wang.
Heavy Dachshund Artillery. A twenty minute drawing.
Your font choice reminds me of 1950's graphic design. You could keep it basically the same but change the colors and add some fun stars and stuff. Put "with Victor Frost" in a little asymmetrical shape, like a crooked rectangle.
I like a brown/light blue/light tan color pallet.
You can also place a single colored shape over everything and set the blending mode to overlay/screen etc. Now all the colors should match each other. It's also a quick way to create a matching color palette.
How's this?
I think it's a marked improvement, but there's something wrong with the red. It's creating this effect of a slight drop shadow even though I KNOW there isn't one there...
1, move the Victor Frost bit under Party Line, more centered and a little up. 2. Move the text a little bit more toward the center so it overlaps slightly with the moon, and move the moon a teeny bit toward the center as well. The red should pop out a little because it is a contrasting color, not quite opposite, but almost. If it is bothering you, give it an actual drop-shadow, make it lighter rather than darker than the background.
Digital painting is not a skill of mine, but I'm taking classes. I used some of the techniques from the first few lessons we got and crapped this out in about 20 minutes. The face there was done as a demonstration for my mom and took a little more than a minute. I'm still pretty crappy, but this is essentially my first digital painting ever with the benefit of me actually having an idea of what I am doing, so boo-yah!