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ExAm
January 13th, 2010, 06:17 AM
New stuff at the top

More fan bullshit BECAUSE I HAVE NO ORIGINAL IDEAS
http://i.imgur.com/WSwzN.png

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MS Paint Adventures (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6)-related pieces of fan-stuff. Also, there's a Python reference and a chainsaw brand pun.
Things you need to know to understand this image:
-Blood color for these characters is unique to each of them, and matches the zodiac sign on their shirts.
-The first one takes place after a chainsaw amputation in the story, which is actually in the guy's best interest.
-Characters carry a specific variety of weapon that they stick with throughout the comic.
-You don't meet these people until very late in the story, and they're aliens.
http://i.imgur.com/cnTze.png
http://imgur.com/wlTI1.png

I recommend you start reading the comic. It looks like a daunting task, but the story is mostly told through images without a lot of text, with the exception of infrequent recaps and Pesterlogs.

And if you dismiss it outright as "childish", I will hoist you into the air and do some kind of fucking backflip-suplex while I jam your upper torso into the nearest refuse receptacle, and then advise you to grow up and forever renounce that distinction while you flail your limbs about like some kind of fucking autistic octopus stuck in a rusty soup can. Plus, the story contains potentially hazardous shenanigans and swearing. Shenanigans! How can you resist?

YOU FUCKING CAN'T, THAT'S HOW. Go read that shit.

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I started an Adventure of my own. (which is dead now, but still worth a read despite its brevity)
http://imgur.com/O7NXV.png (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=6790)

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Sketchy drawing I did in a sort of stream of consciousness fashion. Re-acquiring my sense of perspective and proportion that I've forgotten over the last year
http://imgur.com/gTfbA.png

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Down in front!
http://imgur.com/h9Mwf.png
Con
January 13th, 2010, 10:49 AM
Do you make comics?
ExAm
January 13th, 2010, 06:21 PM
Not yet, I'm trying to find the will to actually sit down and focus on finishing a project for once. I worked on that image yesterday, after not touching it for a week.
Futzy
January 13th, 2010, 06:25 PM
I think you were asking about shading before- use brush blending and opacity.
ExAm
January 13th, 2010, 07:51 PM
I have no idea what that means. For that apricot I used a brush with opacity variation based on pen pressure, if that clarifies anything.
Nero
January 13th, 2010, 08:19 PM
I dont know if this works, but would it be possible to shade it all and then just use the blur tool to make it smooth? =o

Looks nice though. =)
Chainsy
January 13th, 2010, 09:00 PM
Not if you want defined shapes. simply blurring makes a jagged edge between the lighted area (one color) and the shadows (another). Blur can be used for some shadows but for important objects its better to start with a large brush and work your way down, using smaller and smaller brushes to fill in the inbetween colors that make the trainsition from light to shadow.
ExAm
January 14th, 2010, 02:14 AM
guys. what is brush blending.
Phopojijo
January 14th, 2010, 02:20 AM
Not if you want defined shapes. simply blurring makes a jagged edge between the lighted area (one color) and the shadows (another). Blur can be used for some shadows but for important objects its better to start with a large brush and work your way down, using smaller and smaller brushes to fill in the inbetween colors that make the trainsition from light to shadow.Or if it's appropriate... layer effects :p
Con
January 14th, 2010, 12:29 PM
If I want smooth transitions then I just use a large soft brush with a low opacity and apply colours to my liking.
ICEE
January 14th, 2010, 03:07 PM
I use the gradient tool >.>
Futzy
January 14th, 2010, 03:28 PM
guys. what is brush blending.
Look at the toolbar when using the brush tool and you will see the same list of blending techniques that are used for layers. Then just mess around with the colors and different techniques.
Using a white or lighter color opacity controlled by pen pressure usually get better results anyway though. You can also try color fading in the brush settings menu.
ExAm
January 15th, 2010, 12:23 AM
AAAAAAAAARGHHHHHH

The nib on my bamboo pen SCRATCHED THE FUCKING TABLET SURFACE. Like a fucking GOUGE. I need to return it. No updates to this one for a week, maybe more, while I wait for a replacement. I don't even know how the fuck it manage to get scratched. Improperly molded nib? I don't even fucking know.
Futzy
January 15th, 2010, 12:43 PM
AAAAAAAAARGHHHHHH

The nib on my bamboo pen SCRATCHED THE FUCKING TABLET SURFACE. Like a fucking GOUGE. I need to return it. No updates to this one for a week, maybe more, while I wait for a replacement. I don't even know how the fuck it manage to get scratched. Improperly molded nib? I don't even fucking know.
buy the felt nibs if they didnt come with it for whatever reason. I just bought a pack of 10 after the one it shipped with got too worn (it wears out much faster) and then my tablet broke. Apparently water got on it somehow( which is impossible) and I got them to fix it for free when it was supposed to be $150.

You can always take off the surface and go buy a sheet of plastic and apoxy it on there.
ExAm
January 16th, 2010, 04:34 AM
I don't think you can remove the Wacom Bamboo's surface. Also, replacement RMA'd and shipped already.
ExAm
January 23rd, 2010, 02:46 PM
Tablet's back! Gonna be working on that again soon.
ExAm
February 19th, 2010, 10:32 PM
Update. (just now realizing i have to bump the thread)
Warsaw
February 21st, 2010, 07:24 PM
You should totally make that apricot your avatar.
ExAm
February 25th, 2010, 03:37 PM
Now I do make comics. You should read them.

http://imgur.com/O7NXV.png (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=6790)
ExAm
July 7th, 2010, 09:37 PM
Update in OP for cool people only.
ExAm
October 16th, 2010, 02:24 AM
Art history/Communications class sketches and hatching study crap

http://i.imgur.com/OQtQe.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/fObKZ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Edqpz.jpg

I am totally unfamiliar with ballpoint pen as a medium, by the way.
Warsaw
October 16th, 2010, 04:09 AM
It can yield some very impressive results. I don't like using pens of any sort because they glide way too easily on the paper. I need resistance.

I'm trying to figure out what the hell that middle picture is: a cliff face with a root sticking out? I like it.
ExAm
October 16th, 2010, 01:37 PM
I don't know what the hell it is either. Also, water-based rollerball pens tend to have a more scratchy feeling on paper. Fountain pens even more so. I suggest one of the two.
Warsaw
October 17th, 2010, 03:17 PM
I have a set of good fountain pens...still glides very well. I'll probably just stick with my pencils and charcoal.
ExAm
October 27th, 2010, 11:52 AM
Try rougher paper?
Warsaw
October 27th, 2010, 09:33 PM
Sketch paper isn't rough enough?

Post moar pictures, less talk of my drawing habits :O. This is your thread, after all, and I don't want to look like I'm hijacking it.
ExAm
November 9th, 2010, 09:48 PM
More margin shit

http://i.imgur.com/wM0ec.jpg
ExAm
November 25th, 2010, 10:09 PM
A few more doodles

http://imgur.com/AjTCp.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/qQoPG.jpg

I'm practicing my anatomy, shh.
BobtheGreatII
November 25th, 2010, 11:36 PM
Boobs.


But seriously. Looking good.
ExAm
November 25th, 2010, 11:48 PM
I can post boobs, I'm an artist!
iizahsum
November 27th, 2010, 11:24 PM
Boobs are art on their own....

I like smug guy.
ExAm
December 6th, 2010, 07:16 PM
NEW PENS, YESSIR

http://imgur.com/OvE2B.jpg
http://imgur.com/HL3vL.jpg
http://imgur.com/ZzxCo.jpg