BlogHide Resteemsbypic (50)in art • 5 years agoOutdoor outfitHere's the costume that my main character is hoping to use to disguise as a human. Of course I designed this way before the coronavirus became a global pandemic. Now would that make it easier or…bypic (50)in art • 5 years agoWorkaround: No artist glove? No problem.I see that cool Instagram artists have a nice two or one finger glove that protects them from accidentally touching or triggering the touch screen display while drawing with their pressure-sensitive…bypic (50)in comics • 5 years ago[Comic] Threshold [#1: Ghreethings]Threshold #1: Ghreetings Also posted on Webtoons About Threshold Our main character is an alien who just wants to be human. A scifi/slice-of-life story. Author's note:…bypic (50)in art • 5 years agoSketching Shangri-La Hotel in ManilaWe are traveling and have a slight delay. Perfect time to sketch a little. The Shangri-La hotel lobby and restaurants feature tall open spaces. It's warm and windy today. There was a brief…bypic (50)in art • 5 years agoWhat is a comic? Fighting my own restrictions.It's a new year and time to focus. The challenge of comics has been that I've always wanted the big show. I want to draw and write a piece of work that stands next to all of the large 192-page…bypic (50)in art • 5 years agoMade my own handwriting fontI used Calligraphr (calligraphr.com) which let me print out a template and write out the letters (aka glyphs) on paper. Next, I followed the instructions on the site to upload pictures of my…bypic (50)in art • 5 years agoPg. 1, Panel 3This is a close up of my panel. All of the artwork is converted to vectors. The figures are drawn in raster via Mischief, copy and pasted into Inkscape. There, it is converted and the black…bypic (50)in art • 5 years agoBackgrounds into panelsAdded the aforementioned background. Inking blacks with vector graphics is like instant gratification.bypic (50)in art • 6 years agoBackground design, looking for patternsI'm looking for a design to guide my background work. The setting is a spaceship, but the internal feel of it until now is a blank canvas. I feel like picking a pattern is easier than designing a…bypic (50)in art • 6 years agoPanel 1 - WIPA delayed post from my Twitter. I think that the key to progress is to decide when you are done with the current step. If I do not do this, I will be constantly tempted to revisit and revise. Moving…bypic (50)in art • 6 years agoHandlettering my comic textFeels intimate to hold my tablet and just write dialogue. Is this my regular method now? Twitterbypic (50)in art • 6 years agoTransforming Raster into VectorGet a nice resolution image to work with Open the image in Inkscape Path -> Trace Bitmap Play with settings here -- this really depends e.g. Brightness Cutoff .45 or 2 or 3 by…bypic (50)in sketching • 6 years agoThumbnailing is different for everyoneFor me, I don't have a strict script that I am following. Instead, I have dialogue but no description of the environment -- largely because it hard to write a description of a background for me.…bypic (50)in sketching • 6 years agoThumbnail of a comic & new twitterWorking on a new idea for a comic and keeping busy with just the small steps. I've created an associated Twitter account to touch base with the comics creating community as well. Come visit me…bypic (50)in art • 6 years agoInktober #7: ExhaustedA little delayed on posting, but I hope these will be fun to see nonetheless.bypic (50)in art • 6 years agoInktober #6 - Droolingbypic (50)in inktober • 6 years agoInktober #5: ChickenThere are two easy routes in Inktober that I actively wrestle against. First, there is an obvious image associated with a prompt. If you are asked to draw something prompted by "Chicken", you want…bypic (50)in art • 6 years agoInktober #4: SpellRover spells... --- ...bypic (50)in artzone • 6 years agoInktober #3: RoastI like the theme of roast because it's difficult to come up with the idea that doesn't look like what anyone else has done. My personal theme has been outer space. Here, the image of open fire is…bypic (50)in artzone • 6 years agoInktober #2: TranquilI think Spaceman is my theme for this Inktober. More people at the office are getting involved so I'll see if I can get some photos. I had a little bit of trouble with Tranquility because it…
