Art

Artwork, sketches, wips, process descriptions, and discussions.

Assaj Underpainting

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  • #sketch
  • #wip
  • #art

Back with the next phase of this lovely lady and her noodly pals.

Assaj Sketch

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  • #wip
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Felt pretty good about this one so far. Took about 40 minutes, and didn’t have any major hiccups in the initial drawing.

In Defense of Black Bases

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  • #minis
  • #tabletop-rpgs
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Unpopular opinion time! I like black bases on miniatures. I like them.

Blender to Cura Scaling

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  • #software
  • #3d
  • #blender
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A non-rant! Wow! I’ve been working on some 3d printing miniature sculpts for D&D using Blender, and since my slicer of choice is Cura, I decided to spend some time to really get to know the scaling between the two.

The Mysteries of Commission Pricing

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  • #art

I mean that they’re mysteries to me, not that I know enough to reveal them for you.

How to Give Your Artist a Good Description for a Commission

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  • #self
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I’ve read a fair few briefs in my time so far, and I’d like to give some advice.

Some Thoughts on Talent

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  • #self
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I had a fantastic talk with NordicForge and Caconym on my Twitch art stream this morning that prompted some more detailed thinking.

Why Corel Painter Pisses Me Off

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  • #rant
  • #blog
  • #art

Spoiler Alert: I like it, but I don’t. It’s complicated. even 2018 is slow and stuttery on my machine, which runs Clip Studio Paint and Adobe Photoshop just fine Even just doing simple UI things take a long time Jitters and UI stutters drive me insane Various layer blending problems white edges around some transparent layers Why have “Default” and “normal” both?

Watching Myself on Loop

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The weird experience of feeling comptetent for once Last week I finished a cool commission.

Antum Sketches 2

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Second set of sketches for Antum. I had some actual reference images to work from this time to help me define the style.