#Efficient painting

[humming-fly]

I only just now realized what a shame it is we never got to see Al and Greedling really interacting

[clearfinishpaintings]

Need to Know the Top 10 Advantages of Eco-Friendly Painting. Stay Away from Serious Consequences for the Health of your Family and the Environment.

[linktoo-doodles]

telephone wires

[rambunctioustoons]

banter by the water cooler fizzy-faz machine! (not sponsored!!!!™™™)

[leodoodlesstuff]

all you have is your fire

and the place you need to reach

don’t you ever tame your demons

but always keep ‘em on a leash

[flameraven]

With all the negative posts about the Netflix Avatar adaptation going around, though I would post something positive. I did these pieces back in 2006-7, but I'm still pretty proud of them.

[smovs]

Notes to make Clip Studio Paint's 3D model posing tools a little less overwhelming

SET HOTKEYS

first thing to do is to set keyboard shortcuts. To interact with the 3D models you need the Operation > Object tool.

(I'd also recommend the Move Layer tool if you haven't already hotkeyed it)

BRING IN THE MODEL

grab a default model from the 3D Materials window, drop it onto your canvas, & set the scale to your liking.

TIP: you're gonna wanna use the MOVE LAYER tool to adjust the model's position on your canvas. If you start dragging it around with the Object selection tools, it'll move the model relative to its own ground plane & camera. Recipe for a headache.

Move Layer tool = no more tears

CUSTOM BODY SHAPE

You can adjust the model's body proportions on the fly by opening up the sub tool window as shown below.

I recommend this 60 second video by Iron Circus for more detail: youtu.be/zrtAyY3Qqmo

As they suggest, start at the feet & work your way up.

and you're ready to start posing!

...don't know dick-all about 3D software? it works like this:

translation / rotation are often shortened to trans / rot, which is coincidentally the name of my new band.

it doesn't matter which mode you use, and you'll be bouncing back n' forth most of the time. don't even worry about remembering what they're called.

just let it wash over you 🌊☮️

SWITCHING BETWEEN FK & IK

it's so easy to do this that you're probably gonna do it on accident constantly. 

Click once on the model for IK, click again for FK.

POSING BREAKDOWN

now we're ready to pose. generally, I start from the center of the body and work outward. 

1 Pelvis

2 Torso

3 Neck & Head tilt

4 Clavicles

5 Upper arm > Forearm > Wrist > Fingers // Thigh > Shin > Ankle > Foot Arch

[my posing timelapse gif is too big for tumblr- you can see it on my website if you’re so compelled. or this tweet]

TOUCHUPS

Now it's blocked in, you can go back in for tweaks. I find it's good practice to click away & deselect the previous joint before going in to select the next one. Helps avoid misclicks.

[yeah, same thing]

WINDOW > ALL SIDES VIEW

for more camera angles.

Good for when you're struggling to select a control cause it's hiding behind the other body parts.

The arm range is a bit limited, it can be tough gettin the hands/elbows to reach behind the body. don't sweat it too hard, these models are just for reference after all.

But if you've hit a wall, I got one last cheat for ya tonight:

LIQUIFY TOOL

when you've posed as best as you can and it's still not close enough, flatten the layer (right click > rasterize) and hit it with the liquify tool.

Good luck out there!

[time-slink]

every so often when i feel like i’ve made progress w my art i paint a tubbo portrait to track it- except i don’t even have twitter installed anymore so i’m putting it here instead haha. previous versions under the cut

6 months ago — year and a half ago

[starppleb]

Forgot to post this one. Did it in like 1 and a half days.

Again inspired by theories in the Allies or Enemies series Discord. Tho, it isn't specifically that.

[itsstede]

Oh no did Izzy lose a hand, too???

[unexpectedstormy]

People who do digital art: what's a good free art program out there?

[slycecaik]

ANIME SPEED LINES BACKGROUND TUTORIAL

Y'know those speedy backgrounds they use in anime and stuff, sometimes with additional speed lines? I found a way to make something similar with Paint NET and a couple of free plugins from pyrochild and Red ochre.

Random Shape Fill (pyrochild plugin)

Adjust Number and Sizes to taste

Greyscale, No Outline, Max Opacity

Motion Blur at max, Edge Behavior > Wrap

Duplicate layer, Merge with below

Repeat until desired

Create a gradient with Gradients Galore (Red ochre plugin) on a new layer under the lines layer

Set the Shape to "1 into 2 into 1"

Mess with duplicate/additional layers and their blend modes, brightness, contrast, etc. until desired

Since the final result is seamless, you can pull it into whatever program you like that allows you to take advantage of that (OBS, Sony Vegas, ZGameEditor Visualizer, etc.)

You could probably go the extra mile and start with a really wide canvas. Experimentation encouraged.

pyrochild plugins: https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/7291-pyrochild-plugins-2020-11-21/ Red ochre plugins: https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/117826-red-ochre-plugin-pack-101/

[rawliverandgoronspice]

The Hero of Time returns home.

(sort of)

[chitsuu]

I hope they can hang out together wherever they are in the skies now :')

[kikzz]

[metalcatholic]

perhaps this is a dumb question, but why do catholics say things like that they wrote the bible? every christian shares a heritage, right? like, protestants can trace their history back through past the reformation too (besides the fact that the protestant bible is different, the canon that was established pre-reformation is a shared history) orthodox too, the schism happened after centuries of shared history and councils... i just dont see why only catholics try to claim the full history when it is every christian's, even the ones who broke away from Rome

because the Catholic Church compiled the Bible. You know the other “gospels” floating around that aren’t in the Bible, those aren’t in there because of Catholicism. All the various heresies like arianism were condemned by the Catholic Church. The early church is the Catholic Church.

You can’t remove books from the Bible, actively preach against tenants of the faith that have been present since Jesus walked on this Earth and hand wave it all away by saying it’s everyone’s history…when you reject that history.