Another new program that has surfaced is the high tech Black Ink.
Black Ink is a very strong art program that is available for single purchase, meaning it already has an edge on Photoshop's required subscription. Black Ink gives users a full array of tools to make high detail art with their tablets, sch as unrealistic brushes to help paint pretty much any fantasy painting you could desire or to create a perfect portrait. The possibilities are limitless when it comes to it's brush strokes. It also offers a much needed high speed render, something almost all modern day art programs lack.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Hayao Miyazaki.
A legend among animators, this man is considered to be the Japanese version of Walt Disney. Being a man in his 80s who just recently retired, Miyazaki chose not to embrace the new ways of animation and stuck to the originals. With horrendous arthritis destroying the tendons in his hands, Miyazaki continued to draw all his animations out by hand and even respond to fan letters in his own handwriting. It's often quite rare to see an animator such as himself, not willing to embrace the often easier way of doing things.
Practice
Sort of a filler but I feel like it's a necessary thing to say.
It isn't just practice that makes perfect, but perfect practice that makes perfect.
What I mean by this is, don't just keep drawing the same thing over and over again, but be bold and expand your horizons. Try new mediums and new styles. Take up a new method of sketching and try to see how far your abilities can take you. The only limits you honestly have are your own self esteem and the onset of arthritis. Always keep on practicing no matter what stands in your way and keep striving to do better than all the rest. That's how you'll get good, especially at being an artist.
It isn't just practice that makes perfect, but perfect practice that makes perfect.
What I mean by this is, don't just keep drawing the same thing over and over again, but be bold and expand your horizons. Try new mediums and new styles. Take up a new method of sketching and try to see how far your abilities can take you. The only limits you honestly have are your own self esteem and the onset of arthritis. Always keep on practicing no matter what stands in your way and keep striving to do better than all the rest. That's how you'll get good, especially at being an artist.
Web Comics
Getting started with webcomics should be fairly simple whether you are doing it just for fun with doodles or professionally with a set art style and story. Many photo sites make it simple, name the comic and upload a picture to get started. They handle archive pages and anything else. To really make the site your own, however, you need to get a domain name. Then you should find beautiful templates made by others for the site, then customize it with your own images.
The site should be fairly simple now, but it should be stunning as a simple webcomic page. The webcomic pages do not need to be detailed. If you are getting started just for fun then you can leave the style for yourself. If you want to go for a stylized comic, then do so. You will want to decide who your characters are, what the story is, and how big to make the pages. You don’t need to do any of this, but it works for most comics. Make your comic your own.
The site should be fairly simple now, but it should be stunning as a simple webcomic page. The webcomic pages do not need to be detailed. If you are getting started just for fun then you can leave the style for yourself. If you want to go for a stylized comic, then do so. You will want to decide who your characters are, what the story is, and how big to make the pages. You don’t need to do any of this, but it works for most comics. Make your comic your own.
Video Game Art
Video games are really just big art projects if you think about it.
I mean look at all the concept art that goes into a video game nowadays, the amount is atrocious to look at and most of it isn't even used. All the characters move through hours of animation that was drawn up in a storyboard design. The backdrops are all made by hand, an artist paints them out in a digital program like Photoshop or even sometimes the backdrop is just a big piece of art scanned in.
I can honestly spend hours looking through this stuff.
https://www.google.com/search?q=halo+reach+concept+art&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=955&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjvrcmDir3MAhXDox4KHS5zAdMQ_AUIBigB
I mean look at all the concept art that goes into a video game nowadays, the amount is atrocious to look at and most of it isn't even used. All the characters move through hours of animation that was drawn up in a storyboard design. The backdrops are all made by hand, an artist paints them out in a digital program like Photoshop or even sometimes the backdrop is just a big piece of art scanned in.
I can honestly spend hours looking through this stuff.
https://www.google.com/search?q=halo+reach+concept+art&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=955&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjvrcmDir3MAhXDox4KHS5zAdMQ_AUIBigB
Cosplay
This was something I always wanted to touch on when we were discussing theater but never got the chance.
Despite what some people may say, cosplay is a legitimate form of performance art. It involved people dressing up as their favorite video game, anime or cartoon characters and then acting like they would for the entertainment of others. To me this sounds just like theater but on a much smaller scale. However, saying that people truelly don't get involved is wrong. People will spend hundreds of dollars on a costume, take countless hours to put it together and lose nights of sleep learning a routine.
But...
When you enter the convention center, your heart thumping and suddenly everyone's eyes turn to you, you get an overwhelming feeling. Their faces light up with smiles, cameras flash and people ask you to take a picture with them.
The feeling of completely making someone else's day is priceless.
Despite what some people may say, cosplay is a legitimate form of performance art. It involved people dressing up as their favorite video game, anime or cartoon characters and then acting like they would for the entertainment of others. To me this sounds just like theater but on a much smaller scale. However, saying that people truelly don't get involved is wrong. People will spend hundreds of dollars on a costume, take countless hours to put it together and lose nights of sleep learning a routine.
But...
When you enter the convention center, your heart thumping and suddenly everyone's eyes turn to you, you get an overwhelming feeling. Their faces light up with smiles, cameras flash and people ask you to take a picture with them.
The feeling of completely making someone else's day is priceless.
Better than MS Paint
Google released a new paint software for the HTC Vive allowing you to paint in 3d space with virtual reality called Tilt Brush. Tilt brush makes use of the HTC Vive controller support and the accuracy of the strokes is wonderful. If you have space 4’x6’ or an entire 30’x30’ working area you can make stunning art or download finished works. The software includes effects that bring whatever you are drawing to life, from glowing paint and patterns to a fire brush and water simulation.
Yet another program to rival the great power of the mighty Photoshop.
Yet another program to rival the great power of the mighty Photoshop.
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