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Re: Art thread

Post by Invunarble » 17 Jan 2013, 15:21

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Re: Art thread

Post by Jake55778 » 26 Jan 2013, 18:05

Another speedpainting. 30 minutes to get to the first stage, another 90 to get to the second. Trying to get faster.
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Re: Art thread

Post by Sti_Jo_Lew » 28 Jan 2013, 03:18

Looks good. Reminds me a bit of Brink, even though what you made isn't stylized.
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Re: Art thread

Post by Jake55778 » 28 Jan 2013, 14:46

More speedpaintings, half an hour each again
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Re: Art thread

Post by Jake55778 » 03 Feb 2013, 17:20

I need some opinions. I'm trying to decide if this painting is worth polishing up into a full portfolio piece.
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Re: Art thread

Post by Sti_Jo_Lew » 04 Feb 2013, 15:25

I think it would be, it's a pretty cool composition. Kinda feel like a pattern of some sort for the magic would be cool.
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Re: Art thread

Post by Jake55778 » 13 Feb 2013, 13:25

More speedpaintings
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Re: Art thread

Post by Wildwill002 » 16 Feb 2013, 19:49

Jake, I know this sounds weird but maybe you should share your images to the Imgur community? It's a very good community and i've seen people with worse art then your get offered jobs and money for the things they draw. The feedbacks good too.
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Re: Art thread

Post by Jake55778 » 16 Feb 2013, 20:01

Imgur has a community? I'd just dismissed it as another image hosting site.

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I ventured onto the site, but encountered nothing but encountered nothing except .gifs, memes and pet photos. If there is a section for critiquing artwork I was unable to find it.

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Re: Art thread

Post by Sti_Jo_Lew » 17 Feb 2013, 09:05

Yeah, DeviantArt is probably the best place to put your stuff.
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Post by Jake55778 » 17 Feb 2013, 09:10

Deviantart is a mixed bag. You do find some exceptionally good artists on there, but you sometimes have to sift your way through a lot of junk to find them.
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Post by DuplicateValue » 17 Feb 2013, 11:30

I'd be very slow to put your work anywhere on the internet, if it's being graded for college/uni stuff.
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Post by Jake55778 » 17 Feb 2013, 11:45

Hmm, how come?
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Post by DuplicateValue » 17 Feb 2013, 13:34

Well it's probably fine - just be sure you can prove without a shadow of a doubt that the account(s) posting the work are actually you. Plagiarism is a really big deal in universities and your degree could be thrown into jeopardy if they suspect you might have stolen the piece from somewhere.

Personally I'd never risk putting my work on the internet, at least until it's been through the grading process.
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Post by Jake55778 » 17 Feb 2013, 13:52

Well not putting it online at all isn't much of an option for me. The majority of our marks come from the online blogs we're expected to keep. I do as a rule store the original .psd files locally and only upload .jpegs, but that only works as proof for paintings where I've used layers. I guess my best defense is the fact that I'm rarely producing just one image for assessment; I usually have a series, all in the same theme, responding to whatever the original brief was.

You're right though, it's a risk. I should probably get into the habit of signing my pictures as a extra measure.
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Re: Art thread

Post by J4Numbers » 03 Mar 2013, 15:50

Is I arty yet?
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Re: Art thread

Post by Jake55778 » 03 Mar 2013, 16:26

A mix of college and personal work. Wouldn't mind some feedback on which of the thumbnails are worth developing.
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Post by Sti_Jo_Lew » 22 Mar 2013, 14:24

So, I've been messing around with the 3d modelling and animation software, Blender. Been working on this for the past hour or so. Not even close to being finished. Not sure why, but the render has screwed the proportions of it.
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Re: Art thread

Post by motormaniac » 22 Mar 2013, 19:04

If you're looking for 3D modeling software, try Solidworks. It's a bit on the expensive side, but it's the easiest tool you'll ever find to use.
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Post by Sti_Jo_Lew » 22 Mar 2013, 19:07

I'll just stick to free Blender. I see no reason to go spend hundreds on a program I'll only be using for fun, and not for profit.

Added a couple bullets, changed materials a bit, and fixed the weird perspective thing. Think I'm done with this thing for today... By the way, this is a fairly low quality render. Integrated graphics aren't really the best for this sort of thing...
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Re: Art thread

Post by Jake55778 » 22 Mar 2013, 20:39

What's up with the graininess? Is that a deliberate effect?

It's a nice start, better than my first attempts at 3D at least. Reminds me something a friend of mine made a while back. Are you using reference images, or just making it up as you go?


For anyone interested, here's a look at what I've been working on at college. The end goal essentially being a fancier version of the video.
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Re: Art thread

Post by Sti_Jo_Lew » 22 Mar 2013, 20:43

The grainy effect is just me using low settings, and only 30 passes. Might also have something to do with the materials I'm using, I'm not sure. The only reference I'm using is a doodle of a mech idea I had, sort of Phantom Crash style with a large calliber rifle as one arm, and the other with a hand an undermounted flamethrower. Barrel is completely from scratch though.

That video is looking pretty cool so far.
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Re: Art thread

Post by TessieWessie » 26 Mar 2013, 01:56

BUT GUYS.

no plz. posting mine, please don't hurt me.
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Re: Art thread

Post by Jake55778 » 01 May 2013, 09:00

Remember that video from a few post back? Well here's the finished version:
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Post by Sti_Jo_Lew » 01 May 2013, 10:50

Pretty cool!
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Re: Art thread

Post by Jake55778 » 18 May 2013, 04:47

A painting set in the same universe as the video, showing one of the mages fighting a smaller spirit one on one. Mostly done for fun, since my deadline has already come and gone.
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Re: Art thread

Post by Jake55778 » 26 Jun 2013, 20:32

Wildwill002 wrote:Jake, I know this sounds weird but maybe you should share your images to the Imgur community? It's a very good community and i've seen people with worse art then your get offered jobs and money for the things they draw. The feedbacks good too.
So... in the months since you made that comment I went and got myself addicted to imgur.
After months of lurking, I made my first post this evening. http://imgur.com/gallery/Zm58R
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Re: Art thread

Post by J4Numbers » 26 Jun 2013, 20:38

Nice to see the viewers you've attracted:

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I normally don't go bonkers over art posts, but I jizzed my balls out because Dune.

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Re: Art thread

Post by Jake55778 » 26 Jun 2013, 20:58

I am in total agreement; Dune is indeed jizz-worthy. So much so that I wore the cover off my original copy, read and reread the many sequels, and even read most of the awful prequels his son put out.
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Re: Art thread

Post by DuplicateValue » 26 Jun 2013, 21:22

I still find it strange that Imgur has it's own community when it was originally made as an imagehost to facilitate the Reddit community.
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