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Post by ottery on Nov 21, 2009 17:27:14 GMT -5
Well, being the super curious otter that I am, I've decided to ask everyone what their favorite medium of choice is! Hopefully this thread can be used to discuss which brand of which paint works best, and maybe even techniques with said medium to make ones future art better! I'll start out with a list of what I use:
Oil pastels Brand: Pro Art 36 pack
Chalk pastels Brand: Pro art and Crayola
Pencils Brand: N/A
Charcoal (my favorite medium so far) Brand: Pro art
Colored pencils Brand: Crayola and Prismacolor
Digital media Brand: Painter X and Photoshop CS2, along with a Wacom Intuos tablet.
Markers Brand: Art performance (the dual brush ones)
Tips for the above media:
For the pastels, charcoal, and pencils, I prefer using my finger to blend the colors together than a blender stump. I have less control, though, so I try to use the stump for small amounts of media.
For the colored pencils, I find that the Prismacolors tend to be softer than the Crayola brand, but with either one of them, make sure you are drawing on smooth paper if you don't wish the grain of it to be seen.
For the digital media, I prefer to use painter for more of the artistic things I do, and photoshop for any photo manipulations that I do. The colored pencils and water colors have never really worked out for me on that program.
For the markers, when starting with a base color, be super careful you don't overlap what you've already colored. You'll get odd lines where you do, which may mess up what you've worked on. If you want to do a large amount of color, don't scribble very fast. Use long, slow strokes to gently lay down the base color. It's easier to control, and you can make it darker if need be by just coloring over it.
Now it's your turn!
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Post by Trevelyan on Nov 21, 2009 17:38:24 GMT -5
I choose to ignore the point of this thread and say that my favorite types of media are either a word processor or pen and paper.
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Post by ottery on Nov 21, 2009 17:39:40 GMT -5
I choose to ignore the point of this thread and say that my favorite types of media are either a word processor or pen and paper. A writer, eh? I've been trying to get back into writing, but it's been hard. Any writing tips you can share with us, O wise rabbit?
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Nov 21, 2009 17:41:35 GMT -5
Pencils & colored pencils. Digital media is great, & all. You won't have any white spots, but it's fucking hard to actually draw shit.
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Post by John E on Nov 21, 2009 17:59:56 GMT -5
Pens Micron drawing pens in sizes .01, .03 and .05 Copic SP Multiliner brush pen Pitt brush pens in black and three shades of gray * Micron makes a brush pen too, but the tip frays and makes it impossible to make clean lines
Markers Copic Sketch (brush tip on one wide, wedge tip on the other)
Paint Acrylic, no brand preference * I like painting, but went years without doing it at all because I didn't have the money or space. Now that I have a job and a house, I'm starting to get back into it.
Digital Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
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Post by John E on Nov 21, 2009 18:00:53 GMT -5
Pencils & colored pencils. Digital media is great, & all. You won't have any white spots, but it's fucking hard to actually draw shit. That's why I always draw on paper first, then scan it and use that as the base for the digital work.
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Post by Trevelyan on Nov 21, 2009 18:07:46 GMT -5
I choose to ignore the point of this thread and say that my favorite types of media are either a word processor or pen and paper. A writer, eh? I've been trying to get back into writing, but it's been hard. Any writing tips you can share with us, O wise rabbit? Write down any story idea you have and start with that. I also have a friend that write his stories as they come to him. That is, he gets the beginning and writes it down, then get the ending and writes that down. Then he bridges the two. I don't use outlines or anything like that. Basically, if you are enjoying the writing and it makes you feel good, then you're doing something right.
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Post by ottery on Nov 21, 2009 18:21:36 GMT -5
A writer, eh? I've been trying to get back into writing, but it's been hard. Any writing tips you can share with us, O wise rabbit? Write down any story idea you have and start with that. I also have a friend that write his stories as they come to him. That is, he gets the beginning and writes it down, then get the ending and writes that down. Then he bridges the two. I don't use outlines or anything like that. Basically, if you are enjoying the writing and it makes you feel good, then you're doing something right. Awesome! I've always had trouble with writing, since I have no idea how I'm going to start, but I know exactly how the middle is going to be. Thank you!
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Post by Hades on Nov 21, 2009 18:33:06 GMT -5
I've used all kinds of mediums over the course of my life, and I've enjoyed every one. I'm not a professional artist, or an artist by trade, so I use really cheap stuff. I'm talking dollar store sketch pads and Bic pens, haha.
Pen/pencil and paper is where I'm most skilled, because it's what I've had to work with the most. I like mechanical pencils for their perpetually keen tips. I did buy a pack of pens made by Faber-Castell, and I'm really impressed. I guess it's because they're artist pens and not cheap ballpoints like I'm used to, haha. The ink is pure black, no weird purple sheen to it in the light. They range in size from super fine to bold. They're just really nifty.
Aside from that, I like to work digitally. I use Photoshop 7, which is really out of date. I'd love to have Illustrator one day.
What I haven't done for a long time, but I absolutely love to do, is use actual paint. I love painting landscapes, and I'm actually quite good at it with real paint. It's expensive, though.
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Post by RavynousHunter on Nov 21, 2009 18:57:34 GMT -5
I can't paint worth a damn...or do much CAD, for that matter.
My medium? Like Hades, mine is nice and cheap; mech pencil and regular old notebook paper. If I'm lucky, I may even be able to find some colored lead!
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Post by spaniel on Nov 22, 2009 12:27:55 GMT -5
Pens and the margins of notes and essays.
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Post by ottery on Nov 23, 2009 17:08:09 GMT -5
I used to doodle allll the time in the margins of my notes, specially during my college math class, which was taught by a guy with an accent, and coupled with my ADD made that class both boring and artistically awesome. I swear, I could barely understand what he was saying, and looking back at my notes makes me go, "What the hell was I learning? Oh hey, I remember that doodle."
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Post by Hades on Nov 23, 2009 19:04:44 GMT -5
Drawing in my notebooks was an awful habit of mine. They were more full of drawings than notes :<.
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Post by RavynousHunter on Nov 23, 2009 19:38:54 GMT -5
I did that all the time in school. Mostly because the assignments we got were so fucking boring and easy, I didn't even need to concentrate. The fact that many teachers said I couldn't turn my shit in until end of class didn't help this habit, either.
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Post by Art Vandelay on Nov 28, 2009 0:33:17 GMT -5
Looking back through some of my high school note books, I seem to have drawn a huge amount of dancing Jesus's in them. It's like every 3rd page of my health and development class notebook was dedicated to a huge picture of a disco Jesus. Meh, that class was a massive and pointless wank anyway so I believe it was time, ink and notebook space well spent.
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