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Most of you probably know $techgnotic's series of articles that dA has been highlighting recently.
In the newest article "The future of storytelling has arrived" $techgnotic touches very important matters about the future of storytelling and wonders where and if the position of the author is going to change. A lot of good reading about titles like Mass Effect or Teenage ALIEN Ninja Turtles from the perspective of authors, publishers and finally the readers. But that's not all! We want you to take part in the discussion and there's a special question for you as OFF-WHITE readers! Yes, you guys have your own special question there! If you're interested and have the time, please, go check it out and make your input by answering the question at the end of the article: [link]
Most of you probably know $techgnotic's series of articles that dA has been highlighting recently.
In the newest article "The future of storytelling has arrived" $techgnotic touches very important matters about the future of storytelling and wonders where and if the position of the author is going to change. A lot of good reading about titles like Mass Effect or Teenage ALIEN Ninja Turtles from the perspective of authors, publishers and finally the readers. But that's not all! We want you to take part in the discussion and there's a special question for you as OFF-WHITE readers! Yes, you guys have your own special question there! If you're interested and have the time, please, go check it out and make your input by answering the question at the end of the article: [link]
I was rather flabbergasted by the very positive reception of my video tutorial. I'm really glad that so many people found it useful and tried to make their own speedpaints.
With that I have a few questions for you. First of all, would you like to see another tutorial like that? I already figured out how to make such videos so recording something new and adding some captions wouldn't be a problem. The more important question though is what would you like me to show you? Is there anything that you find really complicated and don't know where to start?
Here are some of the speedpaints dA users made after seeing the tutorial. All of them receive a shiny delicious cookie for being awesome!
Sorry for the thumbnail size, but I wanted to show as many paintings as possible
With that I have a few questions for you. First of all, would you like to see another tutorial like that? I already figured out how to make such videos so recording something new and adding some captions wouldn't be a problem. The more important question though is what would you like me to show you? Is there anything that you find really complicated and don't know where to start?
Here are some of the speedpaints dA users made after seeing the tutorial. All of them receive a shiny delicious cookie for being awesome!
Sorry for the thumbnail size, but I wanted to show as many paintings as possible
In other news... the kiriban has been caught!
The first one to send me a screenshot of the round half million pageviews on my profile was *Fullmoonstar.. who I swear, has some kind of radar turned to watch my profile
Right after him was =coupleofkooks and =Shaleene1 who'll also get a little something from me for being so close!
The first one to send me a screenshot of the round half million pageviews on my profile was *Fullmoonstar.. who I swear, has some kind of radar turned to watch my profile
Right after him was =coupleofkooks and =Shaleene1 who'll also get a little something from me for being so close!
I know you'd really want to know the winners of the fan art contest, but we need a bit more time for judging. A lot of things keeps popping up , but I'll inform you as soon as we pick the winners!
Good things come with practice, yes, but any tips and advices are most welcome when embarking in such a journey.
I'd love to see you do tutorials on:
Brushes to use, how to make good general painting brushes, what to use when and why.
Atmospheric Perspective / general atmosphere (namely because I think most artists could really use a good tut on that)
Composition perhaps?
The same kind of tutorial for speed painting, only on a portrait subject instead of a landscape.
I really enjoyed watching and will keep the tutorial on reference.
My biggest issue with digital painting sometimes is figuring out what settings to use. Sometimes I get my settings right and think it's going great. Next time I pick it up, I may not have the settings right anymore. What was that brush I was using that was working so well? etc.
I installed Adobe CS5 Master Suite (got it free thanks to my school!) and lost a lot of my settings from my older version... so that kinda messed me up and now I'm having trouble finding or making good general brushes for painting again.
Advice and tutorial on that sort of thing would be awesome. I'd also love to see a brushpack of what you use so I could play around with them and learn from you better. If I can see the brushes you used and play with them and also watch you paint, I can figure out more about what you did.
Anyway, thank you again. Your tutorial was awesome.
Otherwise, a tutorial about either things like the elements, like water or fire for example that are really hard to do right, or a good breakdown on some textures can be rendered. Just some small suggestions for future tutorials heh
You mentioned that the process you use is the same, but I personally feel a character/animal is much more difficult in terms of shape, proportion and detail placement than a landscape.
I would love to see more on different kinds of landscapes!
I still can't do digital art that easily, lol, but I could try possibly
Hmm... Your comics are amazing- what about something around that other than the tutorial of last time?
Hahahaha, judging drives me nuts as being the longest part of a contest
I think there's a number of subjects you could cover...like, you did landscapes with this one, but what about living subjects...portraits, or animals? Are speedpainting techniques different for when you get down to the detail work at the end--like for hair, fur, etc? Any tips or tricks with textures in any form of speedpainting? (For example, when I tried mine, I got a bit confused over how to handle things like grass, or dirt). Color usage might be interesting to cover too, I got a few suggestions on how to introduce complementary colors into my future speedpaints, but sometimes it's tough to see unusual colors in an entirely green landscape, for example.
But yeah, more tutorials would be awesome.
(And thanks for the thumbnail haha).
~VelkynKarma