Sketch Blog

I hate trying to use Blender Cycles. I need a whole new PC if I should even attempt to use it again. Although it would be much faster on linux, I just don't have the cash to either upgrade nor acquire a new PC. Maybe one day I'll get what I need but it's not happening any time soon. Not unless business takes off. I gave it ago and it took quite a while to render. But at least it rendered on this old thing (Windows Vista yikes!) Not bad. Much easier for me to use Cycles than Luxrender. I'm happy so far with the render. Just got to keep going though.

WIP Model Marri by * DraconianRain on deviantART Had a lovely day out. Current progress on my model. I'll be updating perhaps tomorrow or in a few days how much further I got. I drew on the shirt. I haven't modelled the rest of the character yet. Still working on it.

Well I love it. Only one problem. Matcap which I have been looking forward to being implemented for so long, doesn't work for me and I have no idea why or where to report the issue. Other than that, excellent. It runs smoother, it doesn't lag as much. Sculpting is better though still a bit laggy. But I am after running on 4gb ram. I'm sure if I had the minimum 8gb I'd be happier than Larry. I am IN LOVE with the new B shortcut fixes and addons. However I am yet to try out the Blender Game engine. Before I had a weird error only happening on my laptop. Speaking of laptop I am absolutely thrilled to find the setting to change laptop number keys to function as a keypad. And now with the new overlapping panels working by laptop has become even more enjoyable. I can't explain it well but if you want to hear more definitely check out this youtube video here: http://youtu.be/wQgy3wzt2sM Yesterday I spent all day just clicking around and messing around with the new ed...

So I was screwing around with the blender grease pencil. Found out how to make a 3D reference in blender instead of using the view ports except this method I happen to adore. So here are some screen caps ^w^ My plans are to model right over the top of it and hopefully model better looking meshes. I know it's normally note taking but I happen to think this has a lot of potential. 3D reference in 3D… awesome much? I use to wonder about doing this, just figured it out. Hehe.

Today I am playing with this synth in FL Studio. This video by the company, is quite possibly the best showcase for this plugin. The sounds are amazing! Anyway if I make anything worth while I'll be uploading it to soundcloud but I always take forever to make songs so don't hold your breath.

All done in photoshop. I tried my best to try and get it to look as much like watercolours as possible. Why? Because I don't have money to buy paint or paper. Today I really wanted to make watercolour art. All my watercolours are so dried up I can't even open the tube. I can't even cut it open so photoshop it was. Artrage is awesome and all but I don't like the blenders. I've yet to master it. I overly abused the Sharpen filter and textures. My main layer blend modes were Colour Burn and Multiply. I'm happy with the overall results. I've been playing with digital watercolours a lot lately. In between requests and art trades I do this sort of thing as a warm up exercise so I don't forget what I am trying to learn. I used Photoshop CS6 and a Huion 580 tablet. It took me almost a whole day to set up my huion properly. There's something wrong with my intuos and I might need to send it off for repairs but I am thankful to have a back up at least....

So the characters in this work are Salem (The male) and Faith. Yesterday I spent hours, unexpectedly a lot more time than I planned on digitally painting this work in opencanvas. It's not finished yet, I have to experiment more with the bottom left corner. So far so good. I tried out sharpen filter on my painting this time. It definitely gave some unique paint like looks and feeling to it. And it certainly added some much needed depth. My only issue now is to try not to over abuse it and ruing the work but like my first time with overlay, it's going to take time, practise and time to settle down from the excitment over it. Tools Used: Wacom Intuos 5 OpenCanvas 5.5 Regular wacom pen nib, black.

Well I decided to hide away on April Fools day. Almost every site seems to be participating. I have a new webcomic posted on smackjeeves now. Starts out with some action. Visit the webcomic here:  Lost Words The Webcomic Right now I am working on a digital painting that is mostly just for fun and is a bit of a spoiler for early readers. Please do not steal or use without my permission or remove my watermark. I spent hours and hours on the cover art only to screw up the text. But it will do for now. I'll be updating the comic either monthly or several times a month. I mostly want a reasonable update schedule. The first image was drawn and painted in OpenCanvas 5.5 and the bottom image was drawing in Photoshop CS6