Polygons and whatnot (mostly polygons)

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Welcome welcome

And the title. LOLLLLLL.

 

[Geist]

Hey you guys look at me I have an orange name I must be important

 

[ZIO]

I have a dancing title.

I must party alot.










hell yeah I do.

 

[Geist]

Zio you stole my baby gif for you laugh you lose
lol
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I don't see you title move btw.

 

[TigerWoods]

Dude... should I start the "Council of Orange" group?

 

[ZIO]

Oh man. They changed the title so it doesn't dance.

AWWW


Also - Yeah. I stole it. Sorry. I didn't know you looked at that, that's why I didn't say anything. lol

 

[Geist]

I check it out once in a while to see if IHSB or Mike G post in it lol
I was just about to post it myself, but it's all good :3

 

[ZIO]

LOOOOL Oh my god, I'm so sorry!

I gotta find something and make it up to you.

 

[Geist]

Naw you don't have to do that. I never post there anyways lol

 

[Elder Sister]

so like... blowtoes!!!<3
awww i love yoooouuuuuuuuuuuuur artwork x]

may i ask what you guys use for the hair drawing thing...i rememberchaco saying something about white charcoal or something .. :/

my hair always messes up the whole picture :/

 

[Geist]

Hey there Elder Sister :D
I only use a pencil and eraser for my hair.

 

[Elder Sister]

just that? lol
still got a lot to learn thenxD


EDIT: haha, i just reread he critique topic and no i finally get what you mean by "orange council"... haha

feel like showing off my orange name again. xD

 

[Geist]

I didn't know you were a part of the Orange Council. :0

Yeah for dark hair I just shade a surface, whatever the contrast should look like, then I take my kneaded eraser/electric eraser and make fine highlights and details, then I switch to a darker pencil and draw the darker detail and shadows etc.
For light hair I just skip step one and do the last 2 in reverse.

 

[Elder Sister]

well, i used to be active a long time ago, but not anymore... so that's prolly why ^^

btw, does anyone know where the results/in-depth critique thread of the AWYP#4 went?

i had a link to it in the Gallery, but now it's broken :/

EDIT: nvm found it

 

[Neon Ness]

I didn't know you were a part of the Orange Council. :0

Lol yeah, she got 1st in the original AWYP.

Some older links may be lost or broken since the admins did some cleaning a while back, glad you were able to find it though Elder Sister. :0

 

[Geist]

Oooh an original council member.
I don't think I've seen any of your work before, Elder Sister. You should post here mooaarr

 

[Athena21]

Does the name change mean we have to post in orange instead of purple?

 

[Geist]

Muahahaha I have my own social thread
>x3

btw a blowtoes is a

Spoiler

it's a secret.

 

[Sage JoWii]

>_> What's a blowtoes? If I had to imagine something when I heard "Look! A blowtoes!" I see a green toadlike creature that has yellow-ish orange spots, a blow spout like a whale along with an overly large bulbous head, and massive eyes..

 

[TigerWoods]

It sounds like a really disturbing fetish.

 

[Geist]

It's a secret.

 

[Athena21]

This thread is going to a bad place.

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Rofl.
That's all i gotta say.
AE da bess.

 

[Athena21]

Today I doodled on my lecture notes. I felt like a real part of AE.

 

[Geist]

Yesterday I found myself doing math equations on my doodles.

 

[ZIO]

Haha, now Blowtoes and I have had some sorta of mention in the topic title.

 

[Geist]

What is a vector
Is it something you can eat
Really I don't know

I haiku by blowtoes

No seriously how do I masks and vectors ¯\(°_o)/¯

 

[Yink]

Hi guys, I haven't been in here in awhile.

 

[deepseadiva]

I still have no idea what a mask is.

A vector image is a picture made of math.

Kinda crazy, but that's what it is. It's a collection of recorded points and curves - the opposite being raster images (a picture made up of ordered pixels). The thing about vectors is you can enlarge them to infinite resolutions because, essentially, you're just multiplying the numbers.

Illustrator = Vector
Photoshop = Raster

 

[Geist]

lol thanks Meno. I think I'd rather just continue to not use math for anything in my life though.

Hi Yink :D

 

[Neon Ness]

OH LOOK IT'S YINK

You need to grace us with your presence more often.

A vector image is a picture made of math.

Lol, really good definition actually.

Masks are weird and hard to explain.

So say you have a vector layer in Photoshop that's a triangle. And say that vector layer has a vertical black-to-white Gradient. Now normally if you move that layer, the triangle and its gradient will move together.

On a vector layer like this, you can separate the shape from the mask. When you do that, you can move that black-to-white gradient around without moving the triangle. So if you wanted the darker part to be a little higher or something, you can move the gradient up while keeping the triangle in the same place.

So I guess a mask is like some weird hole in space that's the shape of the vector outline, and you can move designs/fx around inside them independently.

At least, I think that's how it goes.

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Yink!! :D yaaaaay!!!

 

[Geist]

Masks are weird and hard to explain.

So say you have a vector layer in Photoshop that's a triangle. And say that vector layer has a vertical black-to-white Gradient. Now normally if you move that layer, the triangle and its gradient will move together.

On a vector layer like this, you can separate the shape from the mask. When you do that, you can move that black-to-white gradient around without moving the triangle. So if you wanted the darker part to be a little higher or something, you can move the gradient up while keeping the triangle in the same place.

So I guess a mask is like some weird hole in space that's the shape of the vector outline, and you can move designs/fx around inside them independently.

At least, I think that's how it goes.

Oh, thanks Neon. I guess that sounds... useful...?
lol I have NO idea how to use photoshop. Kinda sad.

 

[ZIO]

The phrase "Less is more" really comes into play for doing vectors.

Trust me on this, I been doing them for the better part of two years, although I haven't done very many.

I'd have more to say, but I have to go to work.

I'll help, if help is needed, when I get off.

 

[Neon Ness]

Oh, thanks Neon. I guess that sounds... useful...?
lol I have NO idea how to use photoshop. Kinda sad.

LOL yeah I didn't provide a very good example, since you can do the same thing with a gradient by just going to Layer Style.

A vector mask basically lets you confine everything in a layer to a specific shape (it can be literally any shape, as long as it's a pen tool path). You can move or edit anything in the layer, and it will never go outside the boundaries of the shape.

Photoshop's a tool just like a pencil, or a paintbrush, or whatever. It takes time to learn how to use it the way you want. Don't feel bad, lol.

 

[Yink]

Hello guys And;

A vector mask basically lets you confine everything in a layer to a specific shape (it can be literally any shape, as long as it's a pen tool path). You can move or edit anything in the layer, and it will never go outside the boundaries of the shape..

Pretty much this. I use Vector Masks a lot in the stuff I make because it just feels cleaner.

 

[Jim Morrison]

:|

I don't have anything to draw with other than a mouse, I think that's one of the factors that make my artwork look like ****.

 

[ZIO]

The beauty of Vector imaging is that, most likely, the Mouse is the best tool.

Give it a shot, Santo.

 

[Jim Morrison]

I don't have Vector.


Oh, and I don't have an urge to draw. Ever.

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

I wanna start doing commissions more. I found myself with sooo much free time and only about $150 that is being saved like crazy for emergencies n whatnot....
My friend ordered something and it's gotten me hyped since it'll give me something to do other than doodles~ <3 (not that i dont love doodles <3)

Anyone else do paid commissions?