@FaithsRose I can totally understand that. All I'm asking for is a post a week. And that's fine. I'm going to have a busy weekend too as my parents are coming up for my birthday which is on Tuesday, so ye. Oh, and my Wii U is coming in on Monday... so I'll have to tear myself away from that... >.>;

i hope that's a reasonable post, i have a headache the size of Texas but i wanted to post anyway

i hope that's a reasonable post, i have a headache the size of Texas but i wanted to post anyway

At least you posted.



_{dem salt mines are real}

So . . . . . when's the Europe thing going to start? Sorry if I'm being impatient but I'm very impatient. I feel like a drag on the RP if I'm not doing anything here.

Wait, you're part of the Europe thing? Sorry if I don't remember.

Either way, I'll get it up and running in my next post.

A five minute doodle

what tablet you use and is it relatively cheap

i'm trying to draw without getting my art outlines too rough from contrasting paper, like the one on my sig

what tablet you use and is it relatively cheap

i'm trying to draw without getting my art outlines too rough from contrasting paper, like the one on my sig

I actually do both traditional drawings and digital drawings. The one I just posted is a traditional drawing.

As for digital drawings, I use the oldest Wacom Intuos model (yes, the VERY FIRST generation model- which is grey- handed down to me by my father lol). Wacom tablets are generally expensive, but the smaller they are, the slightly cheaper they get. The most effective tablets honestly come from most Wacom models, but all I really need is a decently sized tablet to get drawing.

And just because the tablet is newer does not mean your drawing ability changes intensely, actually. From what I know, the smoothness of drawings mostly depend on what software you're using. For example, if you're using SAI, changing up some Brush settings and applying a really high Pen Stabilizer makes it super easy to make you look like a pretty good Pixiv artist. A software that is specifically known to smoothen out the pen might fit your deal.

I don't know how you draw, so I'm honestly just sort of spitting out random info. I might know more about your situation if you explain a bit further.

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I actually do both traditional drawings and digital drawings. The one I just posted is a traditional drawing.

As for digital drawings, I use the oldest Wacom Intuos model (yes, the VERY FIRST generation model- which is grey- handed down to me by my father lol). Wacom tablets are generally expensive, but the smaller they are, the slightly cheaper they get. The most effective tablets honestly come from most Wacom models, but all I really need is a decently sized tablet to get drawing.

And just because the tablet is newer does not mean your drawing ability changes intensely, actually. From what I know, the smoothness of drawings mostly depend on what software you're using. For example, if you're using SAI, changing up some Brush settings and applying a really high Pen Stabilizer makes it super easy to make you look like a pretty good Pixiv artist. A software that is specifically known to smoothen out the pen might fit your deal.

I don't know how you draw, so I'm honestly just sort of spitting out random info. I might know more about your situation if you explain a bit further.

Basically sketching first on a blank paper with a pencil before tracing it with a ballpen to try to make the contrasting process include all the intended lines. Afterwards, I take a picture of my work, adjust the contrast with GIMP so that it's just two sharp tones of white and black on the image, erase artifacts, turn the white into transparency and fill it in with colors.

I could try stroking using paths, but it's a long-ass process that I'm not even sure if it would yield a desirable result for me.

@Unfortunately

I used to use ballpen as well, but recently I've been trying my hand at a Sign Pen for tracing my art these days, simply because it shows up better and cleaner if you get used to it. After that, I take a picture of the traditional art before using the "Threshold" tool to whiten it up before selecting all White colors simultaneously. I then cut it out. I THINK I used the Selective Color tool for this, but I forgot since it's been a long time since I actually tried this method out.

Threshold tool is not good for ball pen lines, but for thick lines like Sign Pen lines, it'll catch and show up pretty smoothly. I strongly do not recommend path stroking because that's mostly useful for Vector Drawing or tracing over lo-res images to make them higher-res rather than for regular drawing. Also, unless you know gradients, it will be supremely hard to make the art actually look fancy.

Well, never heard of a signpen before.

Now i'm going to buy one. Especially noting that my ballpens have difficulties tracing often as if they were running out of ink when their cartridges are still damn full.

Well, never heard of a signpen before.

Now i'm going to buy one. Especially noting that my ballpens have difficulties tracing often as if they were running out of ink when their cartridges are still damn full.

Make sure it talks about the pen being fiber-tipped and having water-like ink in them (NOT like the ball pen ink). Sign Pens sort of feel like actual brushes, and despite its name, its part of one of the many tools artists tend to use for lineart tracing before shoving said lineart into the computer.

Will be posting when I get back from my gig tonight.

@FaithsRose I can totally understand that. All I'm asking for is a post a week. And that's fine. I'm going to have a busy weekend too as my parents are coming up for my birthday which is on Tuesday, so ye. Oh, and my Wii U is coming in on Monday... so I'll have to tear myself away from that... >.>;

Thank you :) I'm confident I can do that ^^ Hope you have a fantastic weekend :D Can imagine tearing yourself away from a Wii U is going to be tough as hell xD

Just about managed to squeeze a post in ^^' Must be the first time I've ever felt grateful for the differing time zones xD Apologies that its a little on the 'meh' side :/ Busy as hell and my brain is all full of stupid junk -.-

I'll do more with Kail and Maruki later. Sorry for the lateness, birthday n all. I'm going to let people react. Same deadlines apply, but this time, it's due next Saturday.

-runs off to do birthday stuff-

happy birthday then, fuckboi

wishing the best to you as you come a step closer into joining us for the skeleton wars

I'll do more with Kail and Maruki later. Sorry for the lateness, birthday n all. I'm going to let people react. Same deadlines apply, but this time, it's due next Saturday.

-runs off to do birthday stuff-

happy b day rosey

@Unfortunately@liferusher

Thank you! I turn 21 this coming Tuesday. :D

@Unfortunately@liferusher

Thank you! I turn 21 this coming Tuesday. :D

You're old... -runs-

@Unfortunately@liferusher

Thank you! I turn 21 this coming Tuesday. :D

happy birthday!