08 Dec 14:36
--Shout Box archive
07 Dec 22:08
--The Crimson Dojo opens it's gates once more! Students from all continents eagerly pour inside, ready to be beaten to pulp by their own insecurities, fears and weaknesses. Study time! Big thanks to everyone who joined us so far! http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-7010.html
06 Dec 18:18
--it has to do with your color management profile. Either the one your monitor uses or Krita. There might be some options for srgb in Krita, also run a color management tool on your computer. I think we have a topic about this more in depth, I'm not an expert on all the details myself.
06 Dec 10:18
--I searched and found no one else mention the same issue, does anyone know about it?
06 Dec 10:18
--Whooooaaa, I was working on a painting in krita, saved it, then when I opened it the colors were wayyyy off: http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee268...eznrru.png
06 Dec 02:29
--For those who missed it: week #2 is still up! I'm working on mine right now :) http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-6990.html
06 Dec 02:02
--Yep, free, great quality, and opensource-- Three elements that hit Book's, "ADVOCATE THIS" list.
06 Dec 01:58
--I also agree, the brushes feel amazing. Smooth, and look good too. Anything you can do in Photoshop can be applied easily in Krita, in my humble opinion. :D
06 Dec 01:57
--Their kickstarter to become as fast/faster than Photoshop also went above and beyond their projected goal, so I'm expecting great things. :)
06 Dec 01:49
--Yep, Krita is amazing. I've tried Sai, corel painter and photoshop, but the way the brushes control in Krita feels the best to me out of all of them. I think the devs even announced that they're going to add an animation feature in the future.
06 Dec 01:45
--I recommend Krita. It's open source, free, and rivals Photoshop in terms of awesome. ^^ https://krita.org/
06 Dec 01:43
--Does anyone know where I could get a reliable version of photoshop for free? I have a version but it is so bad...
06 Dec 01:00
--I'll hang out with you Muzz!! https://hangouts.google.com/call/et3y3gu...ns7j3pepia
06 Dec 00:58
--Omg I was just crying and stroking my tablet when the light turned on and it connected...I should probably fix the usb cord
03 Dec 21:06
--Also, for master paintings in particular, I recommend using a 'chalk' brush. It just seemed to bring out the best texture.
03 Dec 21:05
--I hope that helps. It's difficult to explain without 'showing' you. Basically, I just lined up my reference drawing with a blank canvas of the same size in Krita (Or Photoshop, or gimp). I do it horizontally, some people like to do it vertically. So I'm looking at the reference image on the left, and my blank canvas on the right (I like it to be toned). Then I put a grid over top with the grid feature in the program, and sized the grid squares to be as big as I wanted them to be.
03 Dec 21:00
--Life drawing is also really important, because it's a completely different head space. Honestly, my drawings from life always look better than drawing from photographs or other art pieces. Probably because I find it easier to represent 3 dimensional form when that's what I'm actually looking at, and not an illusory representation of it.
03 Dec 20:59
--And then, eventually-- Do it without the grid and see how well you do, compare. Practice.
03 Dec 20:59
--This develops accuracy, but I warn you-- You're -only- developing your accuracy with this. At least that's how it worked for me. It can take a very long time-- Painstakingly doing each detail to make it exact.
03 Dec 20:57
--http://www.art-is-fun.com/grid-method/ <-- This is a detailed explanation of how to do it. ;) I don't know about visualizing mentally, since what you're drawing is right in front of you. Basically you're just looking back and forth between your own drawing, and the image that you're drawing.