good evening

[barkeep]

Hey everyone, I go by Barkeep on most things on the interweb.
but, my name is Mike. I've dawn/painted all of my life. 
I was talented as a kid, and have been a daily drawer for as long as I can remember.
for the last 10 years or so I have been doing digital work.
I started with Autodesk sketchbook 2011 and a mouse, then bought a Bamboo tablet.
then spent 6 years painting on my phone. (various Galaxy Note)
It was my Identity. 
I liked the fact that people couldn't believe that I could pull some of those drawings off on a phone.
- but, I see now that I was wasting precious time. I was never going to get work like that.
I am now learning how to use a full fledged art program. 
I mostly do character work in the Fantasy genre,
superhero stuff, and cartooning.

(I've never touched Photoshop)

I now use a Huion Kamvas 13 and clip studio paint.
occasionally Autodesk Sketchbook.
- I'm very fluent with the mobile version for Android.

looking forward to learning from you all.

[JosephCow]

Cool, welcome. I'd kind of like to see those phone paintings actually. Never would have thought you could do that.

[barkeep]

Cool, welcome. I'd kind of like to see those phone paintings actually. Never would have thought you could do that.

here are a few of them.

[JosephCow]

Cool! yeah those are pretty nice, especially for being done on a small screen. Surprisingly intricate. But I agree with you ultimately, there's not that much sense in painting on a phone when you could just as well use a proper tablet. It's kind of putting an arbitrary obstacle in the way for yourself to overcome. These have some good costume designs, though!

[Artloader]

Welcome to Crimson Daggers Barkeep!

Great phone paintings!

You looking to learn anything in particular? Figure drawing or just learning to use a graphics tablet and Clip Studio?

Good luck with your journey anyway :).