Polygons and whatnot (mostly polygons)

[Geist]

If someone else used your design that wouldn't be something you'd put on a resume, and you'd probably never be able to use the design again for anything but personal use unless the artist decided to take a very different approach to it

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Well I'm definitely not going to pay for someone else to own my design

 

[Geist]

Yeah that's even worse than working for free
that reminds me I should give my characters a good ol' redesign someday

 

[cannedbread]

does anyone here have experience with tattooing?

if so how do i practice tatooing?

 

[Geist]

There are tattoo apprenticeships, usually unpaid (at least around here)
They teach you everything you need to know, and they have dummies or some sort of material that are made for practice, iirc

drawing practice in general obviously helps too, so doodle whenever you can

 

[global-wolf]

Scenes from One Punch Man (drawn by Yusuke Murata)

Cannot wait to see how far this guy evolves...


And here is some more Ren fanart that is a lot less impressive

Spoiler

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I don't really want to get into any new manga because a lot of the writers for the manga make them one at a time...which barely creates a comprehend-able plot and usually ends up forgetting elements or contradicting things from earlier. Sure, occasionally you can get something entertaining but I would prefer if they had a clear idea from start to finish what they wanted to do. Written out before they started. ...Or at least a story arch at a time. Plus a lot depend on the same character archetypes instead of character development.

 

[global-wolf]

One Punch Man is a webcomic actually. It was first written by someone else, then Murata picked it up and is now redrawing everything. Original http://galaxyheavyblow.web.fc2.com/index.html Redrawn http://tonarinoyj.jp/manga/onepanman/

Murata also drew for the manga Eyeshield 21, which I keep putting out there but it's really great in more ways than the art.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

well, that is interesting...why'd he decide to do that, was the original any good? can't make out anything on the links -don't know Japanese

 

[global-wolf]

Dunno, I can't read Japanese either. The original appears to be pretty popular though. Murata's is being translated by fans.

 

[deepseadiva]

I drew a little thing recently.

[COLLAPSE="Warm Thoughts"]

[/COLLAPSE]

[COLLAPSE="And Cool Thoughts"]

[/COLLAPSE]

 

[z00ted]

Those are siiiicckk.

 

[deepseadiva]

Danke!

Clouds and flowers and patterns have been on my mind.

 

[C.SDK]

Those are nice, Meno. I wouldn't mind a shirt with one of those designs, hehe.

So... I have decided that I'm going to an art school majoring in illustration. (SCAD to be more specific.) I get that I'm supposed to apply, but I don't know what to do as far as loans, scholarships and stuff of that nature. Can someone who has been through this process be kind enough to help me out? XD

 

[Geist]

Those are nice, Meno. I wouldn't mind a shirt with one of those designs, hehe.

So... I have decided that I'm going to an art school majoring in illustration. (SCAD to be more specific.) I get that I'm supposed to apply, but I don't know what to do as far as loans, scholarships and stuff of that nature. Can someone who has been through this process be kind enough to help me out? XD

Yeah I had to dredge through all that stuff :[
There should be financial advisors at the school to help you out, the best time to go to them is after you've applied but before you start attending. You probably want to give yourself a month or more in advance.
Ask them which banks support a line of credit, or if there's government aid available for your state. Know how much tuition costs at your school and calculate rent (assuming you're living on your own or your parents charge you living costs), food costs and whatever if you are setting up a line of credit. The advantages of a line of credit are that they're much more flexible, but they're a bit more costly in terms of interest. You might need a co-signer for student aid as well. See if you can secure some form of part time weekend job or something to have some semblance of income, plus something to break up school's pace just helps keep you sane.

If you talk to any financial planner, the subject of scholarships should come up. Just apply for any you qualify for because free money is always awesome.

Lastly, the school will probably try to convince you in some form or another that you REALLY should take classes full-time, but I know a lot of people who have a full time job and go to school part time and they have no disadvantage because of it. If it's financially secure for you, and you'd prefer that pace, then don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

 

[cannedbread]

i just gave my brother a tattoo and it looks sooo jank

 

[C.SDK]

Yeah I had to dredge through all that stuff :[
There should be financial advisors at the school to help you out, the best time to go to them is after you've applied but before you start attending. You probably want to give yourself a month or more in advance.
Ask them which banks support a line of credit, or if there's government aid available for your state. Know how much tuition costs at your school and calculate rent (assuming you're living on your own or your parents charge you living costs), food costs and whatever if you are setting up a line of credit. The advantages of a line of credit are that they're much more flexible, but they're a bit more costly in terms of interest. You might need a co-signer for student aid as well. See if you can secure some form of part time weekend job or something to have some semblance of income, plus something to break up school's pace just helps keep you sane.

If you talk to any financial planner, the subject of scholarships should come up. Just apply for any you qualify for because free money is always awesome.

Lastly, the school will probably try to convince you in some form or another that you REALLY should take classes full-time, but I know a lot of people who have a full time job and go to school part time and they have no disadvantage because of it. If it's financially secure for you, and you'd prefer that pace, then don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Thanks for the help! I really appreciate it.

 

[joY]

i just gave my brother a tattoo and it looks sooo jank

 

[Geist]

Thanks for the help! I really appreciate it.

no problem man

i just gave my brother a tattoo and it looks sooo jank

pics?

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I had to look up what "jank" means on urban dictionary

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Spoiler

Pokemon Profile picchar month is December.....so here's mine . u . KOFFING <3

Spoiler

And this is Stego.
I made him in Zbrush and he is mine C:

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

In that case, I'm working on my own pokemon.

It's almost done, but I'm currently having trouble with the feet

Edit: More or Less done. What I can do without editing software.

Spoiler

 

[Geist]

I should do something
even though I don't have a facebook because it's the devil

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Do it Bren o A o
Join usssssss
-claws-

 

[C.SDK]

Spoiler

Pokemon Profile picchar month is December.....so here's mine . u . KOFFING <3

Spoiler

And this is Stego.
I made him in Zbrush and he is mine C:

LOL. I love your Koffing.

 

[Geist]

Do it Bren o A o
Join usssssss
-claws-

if you mean paint something yeah
if you mean make a fb account no
no amount of clawing will make that happen

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Thanks <3 Koffing is my favorite <333

Also Bren
The first thing
I'm not gon force anyone to Facebook
That'd be silly of me

 

[Geist]

lokii I'm bored be on skype

 

[cannedbread]

no pics
it's embarrassing
i probably won't continue it either because it isn't me and the idea of tattooing is a bit uncomfortable to me
it's not my thing, oh well

 

[HondaFoo]

Yo we should have a Skype drawing session

Or maybe you guys already do that

But this time it should feature HondaFoo

 

[Geist]

nah man we're old fashioned and we just IM
there are exchanges of artwork that aren't posted on the site too

you should join the skype chat though

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

HONDA
HONDAAAAAA
Join us

o u o

And lol sorry Bren, twas sleeping. 8am class f no.

 

[C.SDK]

How do I join the Skype group? =O

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

add one of us on skype i guess xD
or give us your skype name. it just kind of happens

we're really informal loool

how did we even start the skype chat?

 

[Geist]

The social thread was b&

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

I thought we had the skype chat before that by like...a few weeks : o

 

[C.SDK]

I just talked to an admissions person at SCAD and omg, omg, this is really happening. I know what I have to do now (in light of my previous post about not knowing what to do, haha).

If all goes well, I should be attending SCAD by January or at the latest, March. (that is, if they accept me XD)

 

[Geoberos]

Birthday present finally arrived: Intuos4 off Amazon

I'm still pretty fresh to using drawing tablets. Hastily made the mistake to start outlining scanned sketches where habitual miniature strokes don't transition well onto my tablet yet.

 

[Geist]

Birthday present finally arrived: Intuos4 off Amazon

I'm still pretty fresh to using drawing tablets. Hastily made the mistake to start outlining scanned sketches where habitual miniature strokes don't transition well onto my tablet yet.

sweeet

I just talked to an admissions person at SCAD and omg, omg, this is really happening. I know what I have to do now (in light of my previous post about not knowing what to do, haha).

If all goes well, I should be attending SCAD by January or at the latest, March. (that is, if they accept me XD)

sweeeeet

I thought we had the skype chat before that by like...a few weeks : o

nice avy

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Thanks

I MEAN HI BREN SUP BRO