design theory 02

[nanataraj]

thanks sinix!! im so glad you chose to put this up even when you had doubts about it. much appreciated!

[Baggybottoms]

good vid. And I like your voice lol, its soothing for some reason.

[DarthBaneX]

did you do all that with a mouse???? thats amazing!!!!

[bubblesofhell]

do u use a tablet

[1Ice1]

you sound real bored dude,what's wrong?

[Balloonbot]

I do exactly that these days. Dunno what made me do it, but it's much faster than lineart.

[1Ice1]

What do artists mean when they say thumbnails?

[Balloonbot]

Sort of a small outlines, often silhouettes giving a basic definition of a drawing. Like a thumbnail of a picture on your computer is a small preview of the full thing.

[1Ice1]

Oh ok , thanks man

[tomgarden]

do you duel brush the mother f**ker?

[isso09]

Do you think purchasing one of those wooden marionettes is a good idea for character reference?

I ask because your guy at 4 mins looks very similar to that.

[dejakhalz]

Nah, waste of money

[ActiveStorage]

u might want to make one urself.. 3 blocks of wood for head, ribcage and pelvis, drill a hole in.. wait.. you know what? screw it. x)

i would just draw A LOT of random people wrom life. every day, day after day.. till i die..

[crosslander1]

Just feed your creativity by trying to imagine the marionette in your brain. It's quite important to be able to understand space and all three dimensions.

[CowsAndCrows]

i personally bought some cheap plasticine for £1.99 as opposed to spending £30 on a wooden.. man.. plus those wooden things arent very flexible and poses are limited. buy plasticine and model you can pose yourself :)

[masterpiraka]

OR you could just pose "yourself"

herh

[joosteke]

any brushes similar to this possible in photoshop?

plus: is this drawn with one of those draw boards that connect to the computer or with a mouse? what do you guys use?

I'd love to buy one of those boards but I think it's be quite expensive, no?

[ActiveStorage]

yep you can made one urself.

sorry i cant explain how to make it here.

basically you load up a standard square brush set first, chose one of those square brushes, press F5 (in windows photoshop cs3) and play around with it's settings till u get something similar to this painter brush from the video. For instance go to "shape dynamics" and set the control for angle jitter as "direction" and so on.. just fool around with those settings

[solidsquid85]

I'm pretty sure he is using Photoshop actually. Long rectangular brush (you can see the shape in the video) with size and/or opacity set to vary based on pressure. Oh, and angle set to vary based on direction.

And yes, he's using a graphics tablet, it's the only way to get the variation he does with the opacity of the brush.

[pjsimcik]

What brush are you using in your two videos? I can't seem to find it. I'm currently using Painter X

[avatarfan22122]

i do beleive its a caligraphy brush possibly slightly sutomized in shapr but calligraphy brush would work

[777Sir]

Looks like he's using a variation of the scratchboard tool

[denolaj]

cool, thanks!

[Karor92]

I like your style, your methods here will deffinatly help me improve. thanks! oh an i like your voice...dunno if i should be scared of that thought..

[teed7]

Very relaxing and informal style of work. Makes the approach to creation a joy rather than a frustration. Happy mistakes are great!

[MIGT7]

great but u need music :) it helps a lot :) 5 stars!

[kvicksilver]

Update your SB!!! Exclusive & public alike! :P. If you gave yourself some self promotion there, I'm sure many more people would know about this.

[jrmay77cr]

music man. you need some just chill music in the background for the awkward silent moments...

[bubbaluu]

Don't let illmilk fool you, these vids are quite interesting ;)

[mariusjansen]

which program are you using ?

[sinixdesign]

Painter IX.

[kitsuken]

Should maybe add an faq to the video descs, seems this one's being asked a lot :p

[iamkarl]

Well, I found it interesting, FWIW.