08 Oct 11:59
--Punky: A couple years back I had that same thought, "I fail so much at life and jobless, I should just 'bow out', and stop using up resources someone who is actually doing something with their life make better use of these resources, like that spot in that class, food, air." I felt I shouldn't live. So then should I 'bow out'?
08 Oct 11:55
--It is just a lot of box if you pay attention. Try something like this. I don't know, maybe it can help you
08 Oct 11:52
--punk, I usually don't sketch environment so it is pretty hard for me but when I want to practice some perspective I sketch some of these http://imgur.com/a/TcYCI
08 Oct 10:45
--I wish I could understand that.. it's.. so out of reach right now, so frustrating
08 Oct 10:43
--It all comes down to mileage in the end. When you keep studying perspective, things start clicking and you'll see things differently.
08 Oct 10:42
--But they all relate haha. If you can visualise 3D shapes, landscapes and composition in general becomes a lot easier.
08 Oct 10:41
--like, I honestly have NO IDEA how you make a landscape be a 3d perspective .. t.. doesn't work.. it's not a box, I don't get it
08 Oct 10:40
--hah.. if it was just /one/ thing it'd be fine.. perspective, value, basic ability to think in 3d.. it's all lacking.. landscape == durr what?
08 Oct 10:40
--I'm not saying to study the exact thing you're doing now in the EDRocks assignment - it's probably a fundamental skill that you're lacking in more than anything. Keep pushing gurrrl <3
08 Oct 10:38
--Top Cat, you've got this. Sure, you're having a hard time now, but you should evaluate what you're finding to be difficult and so when you have the time - go back to that thing and work at it until you feel comfortable.
08 Oct 10:35
--I feel like I should bow out and let someone who can actually /do/ this stuff have my critique spot..
08 Oct 10:31
--coming fast to the conclusion that A, i'm not gonna get the EDrocks assignment done, and B, I utterly /suck/ at anything close to landscape
08 Oct 09:31
--In other news: the subject I chose for Inktober day 7 is destroying every particle in my brain. go hard or go home, right?
07 Oct 21:52
--Note about Dip ink Nibs, you look like you haven't actually dipped it into the ink far enough for the nib to hold it.
07 Oct 21:51
--But that's not a fountain pen and I don't blob but just don't get the ink flowing
07 Oct 21:50
--Then my only other suggestion is just to research nib pen maintenance. They're pretty straightforward. The only real way they can be faulty is if they fall apart.
07 Oct 21:49
--The nibs can still fall out of alignment over time, so the groove isn't straight and they blob ink rather than let it flow.
07 Oct 21:45
--or 2, press the nib onto a hard flat surface SLIGHTLY to open up the groove. Sometimes new nibs can be too narrow for ink to flow over it properly.
07 Oct 21:44
--You need to either 1, clean the nibs properly. Any dried ink in the groove interrupting the flow, general dirt and dust etc.
