You need to understand my position: I'm a coward.

smellslikebot:

i never stop talking about some of these so i might as well banish them to a single post! you might know about a lot of them already, but feel free to look anyway

• Adobe Animate (Flash) → OpenToonz, Synfig Studio, or Pencil2D 
  
• Adobe Audition → Audacity
  
• Adobe Illustrator → Inkscape 
  
• Adobe Photoshop → GNU Image Manipulation Program or Paint.NET
  
• Adobe Premiere Pro/After Effects → Fusion, Shotcut, OpenShot, Natron, or Blender
  
• Autodesk Maya → Blender 
  
• Clip Studio Paint/Paint Tool SAI → Krita, FireAlpaca, (both also include animation tools!) or MediBang Paint
  
• FL Studio → LMMS
  
• Microsoft Office → LibreOffice or Calligra Suite 
  
• Scrivener → Celtx (sort of?) or Evernote
  
• VLC media player → VLC media player lol
  

freeware can be a great opportunity to get a feel for something and learn a new skill. and in some cases, the free versions are almost as powerful, so you might find that you saved a lot of money but made work that was just about equal to what you might have done with paid software!

lightsintheskye:

nightmaze:

beerfridgeaesthetic:

sidneyia:

charlieslowartsies:

timelord-named-the-artist:

charlieslowartsies:

when you don’t do a warm up and go straight into lineart and your hand does the thing

Thats a sign of inflammation of the wrist called carpel tunnel . I had surgery because it got so bad I couldn’t draw anymore.

Yikes D8.

That’s why it’s so important to do stretches and draw with your whole arm (ok, arguably hard with a tablet versus a big gorgeous easel) and etc but I forgot today bc I am a moron and it was great

?????

people warm up to draw? like… how?

not an artists but climbing hand and lower arm exercises;

trying to find more and better diagrams for other stretches but yeah it’s super important if your gonna be using your arms a lot.

Adding this important video for all the artists out there, take care of your hands ♥

Reblog to save an art life

mitzusart:

Everyone: Please dont draw at night, it makes your brain be active and youre not gonna be able to sleep! Plus, you need to rest, you work really hard on art everyday, you deserve a little break!

Me, an idiot:

mefirstwiener:

drawing a really cool looking sketch

linearting it 

thefusspot:

So it appears that Autodesk did a thing.

Go nuts, my friends.

kaweii:

vertexart:

askcinnamondreams:

Do not allow your computer to install the Fall 2018 creators update (1709).

It breaks pen input with a new “feature” called pen scrolling. So basically, instead of actually drawing like I want it to, the pen now flings my canvas around for no damn reason. As far as I can see, this affects all tablets.

Thread on microsoft forums with M$ response.

There is no option to disable pen scrolling, and unfortunately I don’t have the option to uninstall the update. So basically, I’m fucked until microsoft adds an option to disable this garbage, or Adobe updates Photoshop to deal with this “feature”.

So again…

DO NOT UPDATE TO THE FALL CREATOR’S UPDATE (1709).

looks like there’s a possible registry fix for this issue. It can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshop/comments/87y1ad/brush_tool_scrolls_canvas_instead_of_drawing/dx9bk8h/

Yeah I just fixed that problem with the “ PSUserConfig.txt “ thingy.
Easy to do and it really works. So for anyone else that got that problem, Also check this, because I did that too and now everything works again:
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-disable-windows-ink-workspace-windows-10

paperbooart:

paperbooart:

as beginner and non-professional artists, we have flaws. these flaws become more noticeable the longer we spend on a piece and the more we flesh out the imperfections that we don’t know how to fix. the more effort you put into something, the more obvious it is where you need to improve. just consider the difference between drawing something like this (i’ll use my own art as an example)

and this.

as soon as i added lighting, a background, another character, etc, it became obvious where i rushed it. the lighting is sloppy, the lineart is wonky, etc. that’s why the first drawing got 300 notes and the second one got 50.

another reason why doodles are more popular is that doodles are fun to draw, and fun to look at. compare this

to this

the first one got 60 notes and the second one got 300. it’s because the second one shows more emotion, and because i wasn’t focused on making it look perfect, it’s more fun to look at. there are no distracting flaws or backgrounds - it’s simpler.

so, to summarize: doodles get more notes than finished pieces because 

a. finished pieces from beginner artists are never perfect, and 

b. art is often more pleasing to look at when the artist is not focused on perfection.

there are other reasons but i think these are generally the main ones.

i’m looking through my blog for stuff for my portfolio rn and i found this post and it’s still good

toasttbutt:

tarudce22:

toasttbutt:

toasttbutt:

toasttbutt:

So my professor lent me this hard tip brush pen thing and thats what i used for the old lighthouse keep dude drawing and guys

Its the best pen ive ever inked with bc im so shakey with inking but this pen made it so easy and it has line variation

And he said i could keep it

*VIBRATES EXCITEDLY*

LIKE BEANS THIS IS ALL FROM THE ONE PEN

IM CRYING

THIS IS THE PEN, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT BRAND IT IS BC I CAN’t READ THE LABEL.

My professor said it got it from Jet Pens online? Ill ask him the brand tommarrow

He said they were fairly cheap! :0

Its a Zebra disposable brush pen.

Here’s the link to them on that website: https://www.jetpens.com/Zebra-Disposable-Brush-Pen-Super-Fine/pd/2309

YOU ARE A BLESSING OMH THANK YOU <3

And they’re like 2 dollars guys this is the best pen ive ever owned in my life

AND ITS WATER PROOF I PUT SOME WATER ON SOEM LINES AND IT DIDNT BLEED GUYS THESE PENS

konekat:

hakimo2015:

thresholdofzero:

wyomingsmustache:

directium:

• They posted it late at night and want people to see it in the daytime
  
• They want others to reblog it
• They want more attention for it
• THEY WANT OTHERS TO REBLOG IT
• They have followers in different timezones and want everyone to get a chance to see it
• THEY WANT OTHERS TO REBLOG IT
• IF THEY REBLOG IT MULTIPLE TIMES, THEY’RE DOING IT BECAUSE THEY WANT ATTENTION FOR IT AND THEY’RE LIKELY NOT GETTING ENOUGH, SO THEY KEEP REBLOGGING IT IN THE HOPES THEY’LL GET SOME
• BE A COOL BRO AND REBLOG
• THEY’LL LOVE YOU FOREVER

“Bro why you keep reblogging your own work bro”
“BECAUSE NO ONE ELSE IS”

The same reason movies play in theaters for longer than one night.

The same reason art exhibits last for days.

The same reason music isn’t listened to only once.

Reblogging for the last comment! 👍👍👍

100% this.

Quick note: Not reblogging this to say LOOK, YOU HAVEN’T REBLOGGED CREATORS’ CONTENT, YOU ARE GUILTY, LET ME GUILT TRIP YOU.

Everyone has their reasons to reblog/not reblog and no one should feel ashamed for that.

The reason I’m reblogging this is because it’s SO important for people to understand WHY creators reblog multiple times and to not get frustrated about it. They made something they’re proud of, and no one should be trying to make them feel ashamed of that.