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Topic: your hobby? |
mtw
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 1:22 pm Subject: your hobby? |
Downhill skiing is one of my favorite things. The summer blues have already hit me. I've been reading up on ski tuning so I can at least do something with my skis.
Hiking in the mountains is also f ... |
Topic: your hobby? |
mtw
Replies: 56
Views: 24255
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 1:19 pm Subject: your hobby? |
Anthony, I enjoy manual labor.
I thought I was the only person who likes manual labor. Preferrably when it invovles lots of muscle work, like chopping up trees. I was thinking of joining a home build ... |
Topic: Traditional painting, where to start? |
mtw
Replies: 5
Views: 2198
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 5:39 pm Subject: Traditional painting, where to start? |
When buying supplies, go for the cheaper at first. Cheap brushes can be good for learning how to wash off paint. I haven't been doing it too well, so my brushes are not in the best shape anymore, but ... |
Topic: Traditional painting, where to start? |
mtw
Replies: 5
Views: 2198
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 5:27 pm Subject: Traditional painting, where to start? |
Try watercolor, acrylic, and oil painting. They're all different. I haven't tried acrylics, but a book I read throught said that acrylic paints can behave like water color or oil paints depending on h ... |
Topic: Snow |
mtw
Replies: 2
Views: 1173
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2002 6:54 pm Subject: Snow |
I'm new to Photoshop, so this might be an easy question. I'm trying to draw snow, but I'm having a hard time blending the shaded parts with the white snow. Here's an example photo of what I'd like to ... |
Topic: wierd thingy |
mtw
Replies: 9
Views: 2297
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2002 8:42 pm Subject: wierd thingy |
For some reason it reminds me of Henry Rollin's spoken tracks; "I Know You" particularly. I don't know why. |
Topic: Artist's Moral Responsibility |
mtw
Replies: 53
Views: 11428
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2002 6:26 pm Subject: Artist's Moral Responsibility |
I feel that parents should do a good job of raising their kids to know better than to imitate art. I also think that when your main age target tends to be on the young side, you shouldn't start doing ... |
Topic: Swap file |
mtw
Replies: 4
Views: 1663
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2002 5:36 pm Subject: Swap file |
Before I install Photoshop 7, I want to reformat my hard drive so that it will have a partition for the swap file/page Photoshop will use. How large should it be? |
Topic: Photoshop versions |
mtw
Replies: 9
Views: 2415
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2002 1:13 pm Subject: Photoshop versions |
Sounds good. I guess I'll go and buy it this week. I guess I'll buy a tablet then as well. |
Topic: Photoshop versions |
mtw
Replies: 9
Views: 2415
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2002 6:33 pm Subject: Photoshop versions |
My university is selling Photoshop 7 for about $300, so I'm thinking about getting that. There's two reasons I haven't already bought it for that price. Did Adobe make a bad change to the program in v ... |
Topic: Slepnyr |
mtw
Replies: 5
Views: 2703
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2002 4:45 pm Subject: Slepnyr |
Ah, man. I was hoping to see the eight-legged horse owned by Odin. |
Topic: [HELP] perspective, proportions, shadows |
mtw
Replies: 4
Views: 1216
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2002 4:45 pm Subject: [HELP] perspective, proportions, shadows |
Because this is a work in progress, I might not need to tell you this in case you had already planned to fix it for the final version. You can also ignore this if you don't want to have a skateboard t ... |
Topic: Joining the art side |
mtw
Replies: 18
Views: 6399
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 8:29 pm Subject: Joining the art side |
quote:Originally posted by Nacrisa: computer science seemed 'safer' getting-a -job-wise (added to the fact that I didn't have any proper art training or experience, and the ol' parent pressure to get ... |
Topic: How does a tablet work? |
mtw
Replies: 4
Views: 1118
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2002 2:27 pm Subject: How does a tablet work? |
Thanks for the answers. Now they're not as mysterious to me. |
Topic: Joining the art side |
mtw
Replies: 18
Views: 6399
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2002 3:36 pm Subject: Joining the art side |
http://students.washington.edu/mtwall/small_misc5.jpg http://students.washington.edu/mtwall/small_hand.jpg |
Topic: Joining the art side |
mtw
Replies: 18
Views: 6399
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2002 3:35 pm Subject: Joining the art side |
Here the sketches I've done recently. Most are from reference. All of the images are reduced to 40% of the original scan size. Shading is something I need to learn. I noticed a problem with proportion ... |
Topic: How does a tablet work? |
mtw
Replies: 4
Views: 1118
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2002 8:57 pm Subject: How does a tablet work? |
I know that a tablet is a tablet attached to your computer and that you "draw" on it with a special pen, but that's all I know about it. That's why I'd like to ask you guys some questions.
Are you su ... |
Topic: _Grunge Vibes - (New Song) - j00 liek?_ |
mtw
Replies: 10
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2002 8:09 pm Subject: _Grunge Vibes - (New Song) - j00 liek?_ |
I like it. I was expecting grunge music, but it was good. |
Topic: Childhood drawings |
mtw
Replies: 22
Views: 4556
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2002 8:08 pm Subject: Childhood drawings |
I remember when I was young, I would draw large pictures of scenes that had millions of things going on, not all related. A while ago I noticed a picture on the wall of someone I work with, and it was ... |
Topic: Re-introducing |
mtw
Replies: 12
Views: 3019
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2002 7:25 pm Subject: Re-introducing |
I like the shoes, too. I recently made sketch of one my shoes (also Vans), so it's nice to compare it to someone who's better. Your lines are much cleaner, you got more detail, and you shaded it bette ... |
Topic: Pen spinning |
mtw
Replies: 2
Views: 1110
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2002 4:32 pm Subject: Pen spinning |
A little while ago I found out about [url=http://pentix.modenstudios.com/index.html]a site dedicated to spinning pens. Good for when you're bored. |
Topic: Cheri, CG finished... |
mtw
Replies: 7
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2002 9:11 pm Subject: Cheri, CG finished... |
Well drawn. I like it.
Why does she have hooves? |
Topic: Joining the art side |
mtw
Replies: 18
Views: 6399
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2002 8:08 am Subject: Joining the art side |
quote:Originally posted by Atherium: TIPS - Draw, draw your ass off. - Begin researching companies you want to work for, what they are like, what they look for, you can begin to train yourself in some ... |
Topic: Joining the art side |
mtw
Replies: 18
Views: 6399
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2002 8:04 am Subject: Joining the art side |
quote:Originally posted by bld: If you do go to school for art you have an 80% chance of being college student poor afterward. It's 1/2 luck 1/2 talent.
If you love art, go for it. If you don't tak ... |
Topic: Joining the art side |
mtw
Replies: 18
Views: 6399
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2002 8:02 am Subject: Joining the art side |
quote:Originally posted by AndyT: There are other threads you might want to check out ... [url=http://www.sumaleth.com/links/la.php?cat=Threads&sub=_debate&t2=All%20Threads&t3=Debates/Discussions&page ... |
Topic: Joining the art side |
mtw
Replies: 18
Views: 6399
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2002 9:33 pm Subject: Joining the art side |
quote:Originally posted by J Bradford: You might want to consider getting 3D art under your belt, in the gaming industry it is a very beneficial thing to have knowledge of, and it compliments 2d (conc ... |
Topic: Joining the art side |
mtw
Replies: 18
Views: 6399
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2002 6:45 pm Subject: Joining the art side |
The scanner wouldn't work. It needs a PCI card, which wouldn't fit into my motherboard. Must be a really old type, or made just for older IBM computers. I'll have to wait until next week. I have a sca ... |
Topic: Joining the art side |
mtw
Replies: 18
Views: 6399
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2002 5:48 pm Subject: Joining the art side |
quote:Originally posted by eyewoo: but I have to be honest... I made more money programming. Money's not too big of a factor, as long as I don't have to live like a stereotypical poor college student. ... |
Topic: Joining the art side |
mtw
Replies: 18
Views: 6399
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2002 4:40 pm Subject: Joining the art side |
I've been working on the first paragraph in this post for awhile and I'm still don't like it, but I think it's time for me to post this anyways.
I can't remember when I started drawing, but I stopped ... |
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