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Topic: Herky Jerky Photoshop 7 |
MonkeyBoy
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 11:00 am Subject: Try stepping? |
The brush stepping makes a big impact- especially with larger brushes. Try adjust the brush stepping in the brush option window to see if you can find a balance between image quality and performance ... |
Topic: Resources: Monitors, Calibration Tools, and Set-up: Q & |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 3
Views: 1491
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2003 8:28 am Subject: Resources: Monitors, Calibration Tools, and Set-up: Q & |
This is an issue causing me some frustration. When I print images, they come out looking like they do on my monitor. But when I view my images on other monitors, they always look much darker, with a ... |
Topic: Chainmail? |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 5
Views: 1909
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 8:01 am Subject: Chain |
Check out EyeWoo's bitch'n technique/tutorial on rendering a knitted sweater, here:
http://eyewoo.com/show2/tut_02/
I've sampled photos then tweaked and twisted and filtered the results until th ... |
Topic: Resources: Monitors, Calibration Tools, and Set-up: Q & |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 3
Views: 1491
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 7:39 am Subject: Colour Calibration Tools |
I'd written off calibration tools due to expense: I figured that if it came down to it, I could tweak the colour profile with the assistance of a professional printer, or by producing proofs and tweak ... |
Topic: Resources: Monitors, Calibration Tools, and Set-up: Q & |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 3
Views: 1491
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 6:59 am Subject: Resources: Monitors, Calibration Tools, and Set-up: Q & |
I've spent an inordinate amount of time researching quality graphic monitors, colour profiling tools, and display set-up; garnering bits of info here and there is time consuming and often dissatisfyin ... |
Topic: Goblin inspired by Frostfyre |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 17
Views: 2170
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2001 5:53 am Subject: Goblin inspired by Frostfyre |
Fun pick. While it could be developed a little further, it has a good amount of life now... which is always better than heavy dev.
Small crit: Look at stuff with hair... heck, look at your own arm ... |
Topic: SoulSaga Opening Page |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 39
Views: 10418
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2001 12:07 pm Subject: SoulSaga Opening Page |
While 'technicaly' (whateverthatmeens) your work is very tight and proficiant- It has always left me flat... mostly due to a lack of restraint. This, however, I am pleased to say, Rocks. Thank you ... |
Topic: The mouse made me do it. (1st post) |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 5
Views: 1221
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2001 7:43 am Subject: The mouse made me do it. (1st post) |
It's hard to account for the colour space and brightness/contrast range setttings of different monitors. I viewed it on 5 differnt PC's... all tended to be on the light side compaired to the monitor ... |
Topic: The mouse made me do it. (1st post) |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 5
Views: 1221
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2001 7:36 am Subject: The mouse made me do it. (1st post) |
Thanx for the feed back. I started with the bezal on the Chipset.... wanted to get that ABS plastic feel that the PII has. Most boards have a great deal of printed info on top... I might add that ... |
Topic: The mouse made me do it. (1st post) |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 5
Views: 1221
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2001 9:25 am Subject: The mouse made me do it. (1st post) |
Well, the folks at work will not drop money on a Wacom... so I thought I might use some practice and made this mutation of the company logo (which is just pain text). Free hand is just about impossa ... |
Topic: Photoshop Doodle |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 4
Views: 1040
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2001 9:02 am Subject: Photoshop Doodle |
Very nice. It goes on my desktop, when I get home.
Rhysling |
Topic: Paladins |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 25
Views: 4465
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2001 11:08 am Subject: Paladins |
Nice work. It's hard to produce an image with a budget in mind and not work yourself down to sub-minimum wage. I have been following your (and Allen Tew's, btw) work for some time. Your lines car ... |
Topic: another pirate picture 250k |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 63
Views: 12725
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2001 10:10 am Subject: another pirate picture 250k |
I dont think any of us are strangers to the "My sketch had sooooo much more life" syndrome. This is, for me, the greatest chalange- when to add what, when to leave it as it is... and how to develope ... |
Topic: Coloured ork, lineart by Flexible Elf. |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 13
Views: 3661
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2001 3:49 pm Subject: Coloured ork, lineart by Flexible Elf. |
Great work guys,
Nice to see a team up like this. The overlay of the line art is a hint at what I think is the "right" direction: retaining the character of the original lines. You might try expe ... |
Topic: shit on a stick |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 48
Views: 10483
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2001 7:37 am Subject: shit on a stick |
quote:Originally posted by KroM: EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN OPPINION. Some people might be offended by this picture, or the title of the post, and that's great. Everybody has different ideas ... |
Topic: shit on a stick |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 48
Views: 10483
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2001 8:04 pm Subject: shit on a stick |
Problem with the web is ANY moron can use it.
We should all be pleased by the responces to this post: the muck floats to the surface and we can avoid it.
Please, continue with your sudo-intelectual ... |
Topic: Anyone seen a missing ship? |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 10
Views: 3142
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2001 2:12 am Subject: Anyone seen a missing ship? |
Nice Work! Thanx for posting the high-res image as well- it is instructive to see the brush strokes. (Q: do you use 2 monitors, one showing target res. and one with working res.? Q: most of your t ... |
Topic: Monitors: What you have, pro's and con's |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 28
Views: 10611
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2001 5:06 pm Subject: Monitors: What you have, pro's and con's |
quote:Originally posted by SporQ: monkeyboy
it's LAN party, not land party. as in Local Area Network http://www.sijun.com/dhabih/ubb/smile.gif
SporQ
"Lasts All Night & Day"
LoL! And I pro ... |
Topic: Dhabih, the borders on the main page... |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 6
Views: 1802
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2001 12:00 am Subject: Dhabih, the borders on the main page... |
Brows to the Sijun main page. In your browser window, select file/save as. Specify someplace you can find, say your desktop.
Now look at the files.
A simpler way? Try drag selecting over areas ... |
Topic: Everquest anyone? |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 11
Views: 2164
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2001 2:37 pm Subject: Everquest anyone? |
You might check out some of the Pre-Raphielite Brotherhood-they did allot of Knight-in-Shinning-Armour stuff.... or...
...pst, hey, mister...over here, ya- I'm talk'n to you. No! Keep your voice do ... |
Topic: Monitors: What you have, pro's and con's |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 28
Views: 10611
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2001 12:26 am Subject: Monitors: What you have, pro's and con's |
Thank for the feedback folks! I'm currently using a 3 year old 17' mag ... had impressive contrast/colour space, once- I carted it around to one to many land parties (weekly, realy),and now it is a ... |
Topic: my first completed digital painting......please crit |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 11
Views: 2914
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2001 8:02 pm Subject: my first completed digital painting......please crit |
Look out! The Fist of Khonashua Walks!
(When did Moon Knight start carrying guns?)
Figure is great, Like the other elements too; as others have already observed, they don't work together well. Y ... |
Topic: Monitors: What you have, pro's and con's |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 28
Views: 10611
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2001 2:51 pm Subject: Monitors: What you have, pro's and con's |
I think my eyes will bleed if I stare at another bank of 20 monitors, all running some crudy demo movie on an anchent video card, despereately trying to see differences in colour space and desern leve ... |
Topic: Wacom Tablet Mapping |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 2
Views: 1450
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2001 12:57 am Subject: Wacom Tablet Mapping |
You can change the orientation of the pad (swaping length for width). You can remap the button strip to run along another edge. You CAN map sections to run at different scales- one large map next ... |
Topic: "day off"??? |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 6
Views: 1900
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2001 4:31 pm Subject: "day off"??? |
Good stuff, man. Nice to have you on board!...and look forward to more! Do you do digital work as well?
Rhysling
p.s.: how did you get the Soul Reaver to pose for you? |
Topic: Run for the Hills: It's a Tablet Question :) |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 4
Views: 1910
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2001 1:08 pm Subject: Run for the Hills: It's a Tablet Question :) |
I would hesitate to buy this sort of thing one E-bay - you don't wana be stuck with something that performs less than perfect.
Wacom sells referbished pads for about 25% less than the Wacom store pri ... |
Topic: How to get rid of the borders |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 1
Views: 1449
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2001 1:45 pm Subject: How to get rid of the borders |
Could you post some examples of the problem/effect, with some description of layer order, etc? The more sesinct your question, the more exact an answer.
Rhysling |
Topic: Unreal Tournament |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 9
Views: 2394
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2001 1:20 pm Subject: Unreal Tournament |
Great Job. The forced "flat" perspective is right on...combined with other elements to lend a real mythic-iconic quality.
Could just as easly be Viking painted on the side of an urn.
Could this be ... |
Topic: Craig Mullins |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 74
Views: 20577
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2001 1:55 pm Subject: Craig Mullins |
We know, in painfull detail, how manny of the "old masters" worked. Some taught others the way... others guarded their methode/recipes. They had the same considerations that Craig Does. So, why ... |
Topic: Greasy |
MonkeyBoy
Replies: 3
Views: 1332
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2001 6:24 pm Subject: Greasy |
Great pic. Subject is refreshing. Leg posed on stump looks a bit artifishal. I would like to see more developed studies on along this vane. I full rendering would be worth wild.
Rhysling |
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