06-29-2023, 11:10 PM
That calculator analogy is pretty good. Doing art "the long way" is a precious thing, whether it be drawing or music.
Thanks for that thoughtful reply Lege; your commentary on graffiti was particularly interesting. I can agree with that easily because I never cared much for graffiti that's just calligraphy; it looks cool, but is never really compelling by itself.
I feel what you wrote about not having the time or desire to try and build up your own forum; that would be tough even in the heyday of forums, but now it might be a Sisyphean effort to get some momentum going in between dealing with all the other requirements of life.
Thanks for the feedback on the picture; it is charcoal on 12"x18" construction paper. I'm probably just gonna leave it as is and make a different, more finished piece for the final, if time permits. Mostly because my charcoal-fu is not so good, smudged or unsmudged. Glad to hear you like the heavy paper grain look too; the only downside to that technique is that a piece never really looks "finished".
I'm glad to have inspired you, haha. Drawing traditionally is indeed awesome, when time and money allows. You just can't beat the speed and convenience of the computer. I've only been doing traditional lately because I tend to be horribly indecisive and traditional limits the amount of dicking around you can do with a piece.
A light graphite pencil with a blacker grade of graphite or a different kind of pencil altogether for the darks is indeed a classic combo. I never tried graphite and colored pencil before, but the results in that video look really nice. I'll probably do that or a graphite and charcoal combo for the final.
Thanks for that thoughtful reply Lege; your commentary on graffiti was particularly interesting. I can agree with that easily because I never cared much for graffiti that's just calligraphy; it looks cool, but is never really compelling by itself.
I feel what you wrote about not having the time or desire to try and build up your own forum; that would be tough even in the heyday of forums, but now it might be a Sisyphean effort to get some momentum going in between dealing with all the other requirements of life.
Thanks for the feedback on the picture; it is charcoal on 12"x18" construction paper. I'm probably just gonna leave it as is and make a different, more finished piece for the final, if time permits. Mostly because my charcoal-fu is not so good, smudged or unsmudged. Glad to hear you like the heavy paper grain look too; the only downside to that technique is that a piece never really looks "finished".
I'm glad to have inspired you, haha. Drawing traditionally is indeed awesome, when time and money allows. You just can't beat the speed and convenience of the computer. I've only been doing traditional lately because I tend to be horribly indecisive and traditional limits the amount of dicking around you can do with a piece.
A light graphite pencil with a blacker grade of graphite or a different kind of pencil altogether for the darks is indeed a classic combo. I never tried graphite and colored pencil before, but the results in that video look really nice. I'll probably do that or a graphite and charcoal combo for the final.