It’s almost been a year since I’ve been active, whoops.
Going to be participating in an “art class” with some friends doing weekly drawings. Hopefully will get me back in the swing of things! Will post all results. (I need to finish a bunch of old drawings, too.)
theaggroslair replied to your post: SKYPE
and yet you’ll still never log on
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What if I promise to show you my milkshake.
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don’t worry
my opinion of you is already rock bottom
Weighed down by my butt.
WELL UH, here are some of the non-AZ blogs I follow:
Maxi and April - These chicks tend to take photos of themselves (and friends) mimicing ridiculous comic book poses.
Fuck No Greg Land - If you enjoy humorous criticisms of comic book art (that are well-deserved) you can check out this tumblr dedicated to the shortcomings of Greg Land. (There are moments of praise thrown in, too.)
Aeonium - Friend of mine I used to work with at Dick Blick. She uses this tumblr to post inspiring/beautiful/interesting images she finds, and I really like what she has to share.
Luna-m0th - This blog posts pictures of pretty, wacky, and crazy bugs. It is neat.
Fuck Yeah Awesome Food - Self-explanatory.
These are some art tumblrs I follow:
Krudman - Fanboys webcomic creator, he is super nice and I like keeping track of his work. It’s amazing how far he’s come since he first started the comic.
Beatonna - Kate Beaton, creator of Hark! A Vagrant. I really enjoy her history posts.
Coelasquid - Creator of Manly Guys Doing Manly Things. I originally followed her blog for the art but I love reading her opinions when she gets into debates on various subjects.
Harpeaux - Just started following this tumblr at random, fantastic cartooning and animation projects.
Paperbeatsscissors - Another random art tumblr. This guy’s work is freakin’ amazing.
Aidosaur - Yuko Ota, creator of Johnny Wander. She’s got a really adorable style and I love her work.
Not sure if this would be a plus for you, but whenever I want to see what these guys post I usually have to visit the individual tumblrs, because they don’t post as frequently and tend to get buried in my dash. (This is more because of some of the people I follow than these tumblrs’ posting habits, they are all active tumblrs. They’re just not crazy.)
May you impart onto me some of your knowledge of scanning techniques?
As in, are there any settings or adjustments that result in a much cleaner and accurate scanned drawing?
I’m on a mission involving a series of colored-pencil drawings and I’d like to know how best to translate them into a digital format.
Thanks in advance.
It helps if you have a program like Photoshop available. I don’t have experience with this technique, but some of my friends will scan their images with either the brightness or contrast adjusted - it depends on your scanner, usually you can preview the results so mess around with it. You essentially want a result that leaves the colors relatively untouched, since scanning can wash out traditionally colored pieces.
Afterwards you go into Photoshop and edit out the gray that results where white should be. I also know that you can just avoid all this and tweak colors themselves in Photoshop, but I have no experience with digital art/photomanip programs (which will hopefully change).
I’m sorry I don’t have more direct advice, but definitely play around with your scanner’s settings. (You can always write down or type up what the original settings are in case you’re worried about losing them.)
