01 Jun 11:51
--they are people too guys
Shout Box archive
01 Jun 11:49
--@MetaShinryu personally, I find it easier to remember stuff if I hand-write it down (I have a special notebook dedicated exclusively to Blender short-cuts I have learnt along the way)
01 Jun 11:49
--stephen king talked about how he never writes anything down. he lets time filter out the bad ideas. if he remembers it later it must have been worth remembering
01 Jun 10:45
--@Meta wish i had that a few years ago. My current system is scraps of paper with notes scrawled on them across several rooms.
01 Jun 07:36
--Its like a personal wiki, but works as a self-contained html file you can open on any browser, i have it on dropbox to acces it anywhere
01 Jun 07:34
--So, i was getting tired of writing so much stuff and having art notes everywhere, and started looking for some kind of program to keep track of things using hyperlinks, and found this little gem: http://tiddlywiki.com/
31 May 22:47
--Sup! Check this out http://www.cgpin.com/ it's like pinterest but focussed on cg stuff.
31 May 21:05
--But using photos to build your viz library is totally legit. Good to know. :D
31 May 21:04
--On the other hand... doing portraits by copying celebrity-style photos over and over again is just a total waste of time. Budding illustrators don't tend to do this, but some people do (and it is something Loomis railed against in his books). So it depends on the context.
31 May 21:03
--And that's a good thing, since it isn't likely that NASA will let me into their clean room to do studies of a new satellite or Mars rover. XD
31 May 21:02
--Well, i don't think I'm past that mental blockage yet, LOL. :D I get your drift. Once you've learned to draw forms, you can add to your visual library by studying photos.
31 May 20:26
--Studying from life is superior on one sense in that it tends to help people get over some major mental blockages with form and perspective though, but if you are already past those, it's just about absorbing forms into your brain.
31 May 20:25
--I personally think the whole "don't study from photos" only life mentality is a bit bullshit.
31 May 20:24
--Also, have a look at my studies, i didn't do it today, but mostly i have been doing an accuracy copy, then doing anatomy construction inside the drawing to make sense of what i just drew.
31 May 20:21
--Depends on the lighting i guess. A person or object in flat, nondescript lighting won't show form effective. Dynamic preferred.
31 May 20:18
--I am never sure when it is okay to use photos, TBH. I'm always scared of over-using them. :-(
31 May 20:16
--But are photo studies the best thing to spend a lot of time on? It is usually better to study from 3d reality rather than flat copy if you can, though you can learn from photos.