Comment 98293

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Amanock
Aug 31, 2020, 5:21:42 PM UTC
Yeah, I need to practice more and most the time don't have time to. As fall and winter get closer I do have a bit more time on my hands and pretty much say the same thing every year. And still fall short. LOL! I have a touch screen, a HP Pavilion 360 which is fairly new.
I have trouble categorizing where to put my art when they ask for specifics. I am by far stronger on paper or with a pint brush them I am doing it digitally. Thanks for the advice, every little bit helps. Smile
I plan to do incktober on DA this year, again, or at least try. I did all my illustrations last year in pen and then scan them into Sai to colorize. Though sometimes just the pen and ink alone makes a bigger statement.

Comment ID 98293

[Art] Red Dragon
Amanock
Aug 31, 2020, 5:23:50 PM UTC on [Art] Red Dragon
Meant to say, "I am by far stronger on paper or with a "paint" brush them I am doing it digitally. "
I often forget to check my spelling, ugh!

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  • MaskedLin
    Sep 2, 2020, 1:36:28 AM UTC
    I know how that goes! I procrastinated on landscape studies for *years,* but I finally did get to it earlier this year, and it did help tremendously haha. I started out with a touchscreen laptop as my digital "medium," but I only had a generic stylus, so it was so hard to get small details done, and pressure sensitivity was non-existent, I would certainly not go back to that with any choice in the matter! Do you have one of those art pens you plug in? I know they have those for tablets and phones, and they look incredibly helpful.
    • Amanock
      Sep 4, 2020, 7:39:27 PM UTC
      Yeah, I have an older tablet with a plug in pen, but I was having pressure problems with it. Or wouldn't even be touching the screen and it would crap or streak color in places I didn't want it. Got kind of tired of hitting the undo button. It was kind of the reverse problem here. Why I got the HP 360. It's touch pen is amazing and doesn't plug in. I guess it all depends on a lot of factors what works best for whoever. I was trained in mostly traditional mediums and the theory behind that is even with all these digital programs. If you can't draw, the program can't draw by itself. I still have a ways to go before I feel completely comfortable with it. By far strongest with pencil, pen and paint. But sure fun taking my ink drawings and colorizing them. Adds another dimension to it. And I still have the black and whites which make a statement on their own too. Smile Still would like to be able to draw in Sai better. I know, practice, practice, practice...