#the bagel blender tutorial

[cryptidm0ths]

ohhh got double tagged by @kalmeria and @exmeowstic

last song : gendering teddy by the narcissist cookbook at least according to spotify but probably some random enstars music for youtube autoplay when i was doing dishes

currently watching : i just finished watching idolish 7 and havent picked up anything else yet no the next plan of things to watch is all of gabriel aguiar's vfx tutorials followed by chamferzones 3d modeling tips

currently reading : do visual novel count bc im playing through ai : the somnium files and it does require reading imma be honest i havent read much in the last year and the dyslexia is kinda worst bc out of practice

current obbession : him- enstars do you know that i m sosososo normal about enstars and himeru in particular i havent been rambling about this to every person willing to listen for the past year

appologies am unsure ofwho to tag so euu go wild i guess :]

[blondeaxolotl]

Do you think Clip Studio is worth the payments? ( asking for a friend/j ) And do the pros outway the cons or is it the other way around? Also, do you use custom brushes? And one last question.. Do you just draw on your laptop? Like, do you use a mouse, touchscreen or maybe a drawing tablet?

I've never seen anybody ask these questions and I'm curious, you don't have to answer though! Have a bagel 🥯🤲 and if you don't like bagels... 🥪🤲 Have a sammich.. and.. if you don't like either uhmm- Have a whole damn cake 🎂🤲 happy birthday [/silly], or hell, take all three! Have a wonderful day ❤️ [/gen]

Do you think Clip Studio is worth the payments?: When it comes to payments, I think it's always better to get it when it's on sale (which do come every now and then), it is a onetime payment and it's better to get it when the price is as low as it can be For pros and cons, the biggest pro of the program is you can get new brushes, blenders, erasers, tools, etc (anything that will help you with drawing easier) from the programs own little assets store (and majority of the brushes are free to download). And it's also easy to import brushes you get from other places (ex: you buy a brush from Kofi made by another artist). Meaning you have options in CSP's own brush store, and also other places on the internet, you aren't stuck with just using the default brushes you're given when you start the program That's the biggest pro to me, besides that you have everything else that comes with your average art program,

I will also mention that clipstudio also has it's own 3D modeler program, like you can import 3D figures and use them as your reference if you can't find one on pinterest. Though I've haven't used it myself so I do not know how easy it is or what the features are, so I can't comment much.

I think the last biggest pro is that if you program crashes (not often, but the chances are never low unfortunately), clip studio will restore your drawing for you and your drawing won't be sent to the shadow realm meaning you don't lose progress. I compare it to dropping your phone and you slowly pick it up out of fear that theres a crack in it only to find out oh there's not one it's fine.

Now for the cons, the biggest is the definitely the price, which is why I recommend getting it while it's on sale while it's at it's lowest. The program is insanely pricey. I also recommend the PRO ver instead of the EX ver. The PRO ver is cheaper and it's main focus is illustrations which is all you need if you're only planning on drawing. The EX ver is both for drawing and animation, while you can still animate on the PRO ver, it limits you insanely, like you can only make 25 second long animations and refuses to let you do more unless you pay for the EX ver. Now I have the EX ver and I'm learning animation, I will say Clip Studio's animation set up and layout is very confusing and tedious to beginners (I had to watch a good amount of tutorials to understand the features and everything), I believe some people compared it to animating on Photoshop, so if you haven't animated on Photoshop before, good luck. I'd say just use another animation program for animating (Flipaclip, ibispaint etc), the only reason why I'm sticking to animating to ClipStudio is because I'm stubborn and don't like switching programs. Clip Studio also has a free trial feature (which I believe lasts for 3 months), now this is good yes, but the problem is that the program refuses you to save your drawings with the free trial. I don't know if this was changed or not since it's been a while when I used the free trial, but if you want to get a hang of the program and test it out, there is a free trial, just be aware that it won't let you save your progress at all which is bull.

Those are my pros and cons, I have a lot more pros than cons but I tried to sum it up as best as I could. It's really your choice to decide if the program is worth it or not (again there is a free trial, and if you do plan on buying it, get it while it's on sale) The assets store with all the downloadable brushes is my biggest pro, but I'm aware other programs like IbisPaint also have that. I think that's all I have to say now for ClipStudio, i've yapped alot gulps.

---- do you use custom brushes?:

A good handful of the brushes I use are brushes I bought from other artists:

These brushes from PharanBrush on Kofi , I'm someone who likes to experiment with alot of brushes, so I often download/buy from other artists (I also have no self control). The EnpitsuP set comes with 100 brushes, alot I know, but your options are endless. The Krupuk set comes with 160 brushes, and alot of them are similar to like copic markers but for digital art. And the last one is BōrupenP sets, these are free and mimic school supplies, if you miss the feeling of drawing on your school books with pens, this one is also neat (plus it's free) Another brushpack I have is Cole's Pencil Pack , it comes with 19 brushes, of all kinds of taste and texture. I use this set alot, especially the "Cream Sketch 2" pencil as it's fun for lineart or sketching.

(Can you tell I like supporting artists) next set I have is Brush Box Vol.1 Markers by Olguioo this set mimics the feel of traditional art and even has a brush that makes your canvas look like paper!! It's very neat

Now of course I do have brushes that are free from the assets store, like these, which you can easily find by searching up their content ID codes:

Ofc there's more, but these are just some I use which I find neat!

---- Do you just draw on your laptop? Like, do you use a mouse, touchscreen or maybe a drawing tablet?:

I use a laptop and a drawing tablet! I specifically use the VEIKK Studio VK1200 pen display, my brother bought me it as a birthday gift this year, but before I had that one, I used the beginners One by Wacom tablet for like 4 years or more, I still use it sometimes, but only when i'm on vacation somewhere I can't bring my main one

OKAY I think that's about everything!!! Very long post so apologies if there are any typos or misspells or repeats! And thank you for the food, in return I will share the food with you because sharing is caring (ALSO if anyone elses wants to add something like other pros or cons about ClipStudio, or other brushes or anything like that, please feel free to leave it in the replies!!!)

[park-haena]

Learning Blender Part Two

Today I learned:

Smooth Shading

Subdivision Modifier > Generate > Subdivision Surface

Edit Mode / Object Mode

Vertex Selection

Proportional Editing

Edge Selection

Reflections:

I had the best time understanding vertices, edges, faces and their relationship to levels with Blender Guru's explanation so far. It's also helpful that he defined the best workflow for adding faces, which I could probably incorporate into my own Rhino mantra. I don't mesh model often in Rhino, but it's been a poor ride every time I have. Selecting vertices and editing them felt smooth in Blender, and I'm thinking I will have to try again in Rhino. Perhaps a new chair project? Thank you Blender Guru for tutorial-ing me through my donut (and side piece bagel) form:

[veelous]

YOUR ANIMATIONS LOOK SOO SMOOTH AND GOOD LIKE YOU'VE BEEN DOING THEM FOR YEARS!!!!! WHAT TUTORIALS DID YOU USE BECAUSE I'M SO IMPRESSED!!!!

Uh... hi there! Well, like I stated in the tags, the bagel-lip-pulling isn’t by me sadly 😅 Though with my gathered knowledge from the last days, I’m pretty sure I could replicate it at this point! 🤔

The only animation you’ve seen from me so far is the shrugging one and that... it’s really not that hard to animate in Blender. You only need to know how to make poses and if you got two poses, Blender does the transformation from pose A to pose B itself! :)

Blender is just. Really. Awesome. ♥

But still, thank you a lot! I’m pretty proud myself about my blender-progress so far to be honest - vacation used very well! 🤩

[script-a-world]

Are there any programs that are good for designing really bizarrely shaped planets, putting a light source in place, and then making either the light source or the planet rotate so you can see what the day/night cycle looks like? I have this insanely complicated Dyson Sphere with a mechanism for rotating a blockage of the sun at the center so that the Dyson Sphere can have day/night cycles, and also, I read that a toroid planet is possible and I want to see the sun go around a donut.

Miri: My roomie is big on tech/film stuff, so I poked him and he said what you’re trying to do is called “ray tracing” and suggested a program called Art of Illusion, which is free to download.  http://www.artofillusion.org/downloads (Synth says they have had some past experience with it and aren’t sure if it has improved since then, but it may be a bit meh. There’s a lot of tutorials available on the site.)

Bina: Try the free 3d rendering and animation program Blender! I made a gif of a rotating globe of my planet using Blender relatively easily. There are definitely tutorials for anything you want to accomplish in terms of putting 3d shapes in space and rotating them and adding light sources.��

The learning curve might be a bit high, but it's a powerful tool that'll let you do any modeling of a planet/sun system that you need. 

Blender's site:https://www.blender.org/ 

Torus modeling:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIA6pEUpLTw 

Rotate and aim a light around a fixed point:https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/66130/have-a-lamp-rotate-around-a-fixed-spot

Werew: I think Sculptris might be able to do this as well, and it's extremely easy to use. http://pixologic.com/sculptris/

Synth: 123D Design from Autodesk is a very basic 3D drafting/rendering program, which I think has a torus as one of its default paste-this-right-in shapes. Been a while since I used it so I'm not sure if it has lighting options too. http://autodesk-123d-design.en.lo4d.com/

Fusion360 is a more advanced 3D drawing/drafting/rendering program from Autocad (kind of way more advanced than 123D Design, but not as crazyawesome as Inventor) that can probably do all that. (There’s a 30 day free trial, but you can register to continue using free if it’s for hobby use.) https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/free-trial

You could also keep it in meatspace and grab a drinking glass, a flashlight and a doughnut/bagel, then balance the bagel on the glass (or poke it on a skewer or whatevs), shut off the lights and physically walk around it to see how a sun might illuminate a toroidal planet.