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Testing my Metal

Heh. See what I did there? Ahem. But seriously, I really need to learn how to paint metal surfaces properly. Not there yet. But, hey, first post of the new year! 🙂

I gave MyPaint a spin tonight with only a little assist from Gimp.

A weapon of sorts.

A weapon of sorts.

Digital Painting in 2013!

Okay, so this is really bad since there was no plan ahead of time and no composition and no real underlying talent, but it represents a start on finally learning to do some digital painting. So there’s that. Clearly I’m starting with basically no idea what I’m doing, but I have to admit to really enjoying this particular activity. So there’s also that. I’ve dabbled in digital painting a time or two before but this is the first time I’ve ever tried it in a larger format. The version you see here is reduced considerably. I used Gimp 2.8 on Linux Mint.

Digital Death

Digital Death

I also did some Blender modeling – an eyeball. I spent more time figuring out the best render settings than I did modeling the eyeball. Boy could I use a couple of GTX 580s about now.

Blender Eyeball

Blender Eyeball

A Little Jumper Dude

Some really crappy straight-ahead practice in Pencil. I did a lousy job of maintaining volumes, the landing makes no sense, and that initial antic is pretty weak, but at least I got a practice session in. 🙂

It was touch and go for a while as my Wacom driver stopped working under Windows 7, so I couldn’t use Toon Boom as I’d planned. I spent about 90 minutes reinstalling and updating drivers to no avail. Luckily, I never have that problem on Linux Mint.

Digital Drawing Practice

I’m going to bed early tonight, so here are some snowmen. I’m obviously still trying to improve my digital drawing skills. I actually drew the blue one first with a two-pixel pencil setting, then the black one with a one-pixel setting. I also tried a trick on the black one where I zoomed out to draw the thumbnail, then zoomed in to finish it. That approach seemed fruitful and I intend to explore it further.

Snowmen

Snowmen

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