Honezuki/HNZK’s Wheatley for the Wheatley Fanart Exchange. There was a minor error and my assignment was delayed, so Wolves told me to take all the time I needed. xD
Anonymous asked: Hello! Do you think that doing digital art before learning certain traditional methods will create a disadvantage? (For the beginning artist, at least, who has a LOT to learn.) Have a nice day!
Hi back, Anon. :D
I recommend that if you’re still starting, traditional would be the way to go. It’s a lot easier to work with the pencil when doing studies (and more comfortable). And it will last you longer too; I find myself quickly getting a sore hand working digitally compared to traditionally. And it’s also a little more convenient when doing what I call ‘stalker studies’, because you can’t carry your computer/laptop and tablet all the time.
But in general, I don’t think learning digital techniques before traditional would create a disadvantage in terms of artistic progress. The elements of art (texture, form, space, shape, color, tone, and line) can be applied and translated to every medium, whether you learn first from one method or another. It’s a matter of effort, because I know that doing certain things in digital can take a lot longer traditionally (and vice versa).
“There is earth right beneath your feet! The ground is an extension of who you are!”
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He has a point.
Toph vs Future Industries Mecha
Anonymous asked: My God, you've done digital art, animation, acrylic paintings, and now effin watercolour. WHAT CAN YOU NOT DO?!?
Lots of things Anon, lots of things.
But thank you~ <3
Anonymous asked: How do you paint so well with watercolor? I always seem to screw up whenever trying to do techniques with it, but you seem to be a pro at lighting and shading.
I’ve only started watercolor last week, so I’m no expert, haha. But previous experience does help (like what you said with lighting and shading). So I just apply what I learned throughout the years to a different medium.
As for techniques, I’ve read books borrowed from my art teacher. But here’s some other handy guides to watercolor that I use found online:
http://www.watercolorpaintingandprojects.com/techniques/techniques.html
It’s an odd crossover, but I sorta like it, hahaha.
Tentatively trying out watercolors on my new multi-media sketchbook, but of course I did a little digital editing.
Another binary dump. I dunno…I love it so much. It’s like paintchat without the lagging problems ahahaha xD I could be very loose with it—as loose as I could with a real pencil. This is a pretty good indicator of what I put in my sketchbook: fanart, poses, hands, gesture drawings, etc.
Tagging these kinds of posts as ‘sketches’ and putting the rest under the cut from now on.
What is this binary tool and WHY DIDN’T I DISCOVER IT SOONER OH MY GOOOOOOOOSH!
Paint Tool SAI binary brush here.
Anonymous asked: I've recently started getting into art blogs focusing on fandoms like yours, and I've always wanted to try my hand at drawing or animating stuffs. But I always end up giving up... Any pointer? What do you use to draw? Thanks ^.^
This video explains it so much better than I can!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyTBwuRfUVU
I use my tablet (for SAI and Photoshop), my .7 mechanical pencil, and normal ink pens to draw. But I know from experience that having these tools is not enough to get into art. It’s all about personal drive. Find artists that you admire and draw inspiration from them, rather than discouragement.
What I found was really useful into getting an artwork done is to search up process videos/tutorials that go through the progression and completion of the work. It’ll help you judge when can stop working on a piece (which I admit is completely hypocritical of me, since rarely any of my stuff ever gets done hahaha). But I promise that it helps: you’ll learn new techniques along the way that will nag you until you actually try them out. Progress starts from exploring different methods.
But yeah, those are just my two cents.
Don’t give up. :)
Recovering from a high fever of 101 and I have 3 days of consecutive AP testing starting tomorrow.
And this is what I do….ahaahaaaaa….
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for purdaldoo, since you’ve graced my dash with Bolin love <3
When Bolin first takes the fire ferret home:
“No Pabu! Bad Pabu!”
amcawesome002 asked: what animation program do you use?
TV Paint.
I have an FAQ for a reason guys. So just gonna let this blog know that from here on out, I won’t be answering any questions that can be found on the FAQ.
Thank you~
