Shout Box archive

21 Jan 05:09

Adam Lina

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yea fleshed out thumbs would be a good thing to practice for the future if you ever have to present a series of thumbs to a client. you dont want to show them a bunch of squiggly crap that only makes sense to you lol

21 Jan 05:08

Spiffy

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Especially for environments, I do pretty much the average 3 tone thumb, always gives good back/mid/foreground seperation

21 Jan 04:44

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thank you ursula!

21 Jan 04:35

Ursula Dorada

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Both ways are equally valid. Now you must decide what method is adequate for what you're looking for. Is it a big complex piece? A fleshed out thumb study may be a life saver. A simpler portrait? Less complex image? Smaller shapes-only thumbs may work perfectly

21 Jan 04:34

Ursula Dorada

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Then there are people who do small paintings - almost finished pieces, but no details. They already encountered all the problems on the way to their final piece, so now its just a matter of painting it.

21 Jan 04:33

Ursula Dorada

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I have seen two approaches to thumbnails. Some dirty quick ones, 3 values tops, no lines only shapes. They give you a good foundation

21 Jan 04:32

Ursula Dorada

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Tiger, here is my base file: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1614...mplate.psd I just drawn on a layer under it

21 Jan 04:29

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what im asking is how do i prepare my canvas for multiple thumbnails

21 Jan 04:13

Adam Lina

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@nexuun thats probably normal if you havnt practiced doing it. try to really study the object like your intensely interested in ever detail of it even if its just a red dot then look up slightly and close your eyes. Its not really like "seeing" with your eyes, it will feel more like your seeing it with an inner eye.

21 Jan 04:03

Adam Lina

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yea i mean you could spend longer on one thumb nail but most people will tell you your time is better spent making as many thumb nails as you can. so limited yourself to a minute for each would allow you to think about more options, rather than focusing on a couple or just one idea

21 Jan 03:58

Spiffy

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but don't feel their are rules to tools!

21 Jan 03:58

Spiffy

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thumbnails can use photoshop tricks to get done, the whole idea is just no detail, small, zoomed out, limited detail, not a lot of time spent - all of the things you're saying

21 Jan 03:56

Adam Lina

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a thumb nail should only take like 30 seconds to a minute tops to sketch, the way i understand it at least

21 Jan 03:52

Adam Lina

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why do you need layer mask for thumb nails? a thumb nail should be really small, hence the name thumb nail. if you're making complex stuff that requires masking multiple layers, thats no longer a thumb nail is it?

21 Jan 03:43

Nexuun

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The most I can get to is feeling like I am seeing the object. The images still aren't clear ;l

21 Jan 03:28

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im trying to find the quickest way to make multiple thumbnails

21 Jan 03:28

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quick question guys do any of you know how to set up layer masking for drawing multiple thumbnails

21 Jan 03:16

meat

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Is that a spam at the Career board about dream jobs?

21 Jan 02:38

Adam Lina

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np, theres a part 2 and 3 to it too where it gets progressively harder

21 Jan 02:29

constructicon

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hey hypnagogic : thx for tha vidya; gonna try this

21 Jan 01:51

Adam Lina

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hows it going foxfire? I've seen you in Tuls mentoring thread.

21 Jan 01:30

KurtJeremy

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hey ho everyone , not really new really been lurkingbthe forums , for awhile now!

21 Jan 01:25

Adam Lina

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it makes sense that someone whos practiced visual arts for most of their life has a more developed ability to visualize, the more you preform a task the more your brain builds the neural connections used for that specific task... and thus concludes my morning ramble.

21 Jan 01:10

Adam Lina

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ive heard that guys like kim jung gi are really good at this, i can see things for a a few seconds but then they start to distort and fade

21 Jan 01:08

Adam Lina

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found these videos on youtube on practicing visualizing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgG_oH3SuSs

21 Jan 01:03

Mike086

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Daily Study Group Time!! -- http://www.livestream.com/mciii --more information on the group here: http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-4592.html

21 Jan 01:01

Adam Lina

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good morning

21 Jan 00:57

Rognoll

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Morning daggers!

20 Jan 19:23

Hobitt

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Morning daggers

20 Jan 18:47

Celarx

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thanks for the input :) just rewatched the recording, i spent 10 mins alone on the background D:

20 Jan 18:41

DanialG

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Here's a good example of time management. Daarken painting his dog in about 45minutes. http://vimeo.com/43781166

20 Jan 18:29

DanialG

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With the time you're limiting yourself to, I would suggest focusing mainly on the figure. Try putting more time into the portrait and arms/hands.