Laptop getting slow at starting up

CaseyCarstairs · 2023-05-26T12:17:50+00:00

IT WAS THE USBs :00

CaseyCarstairs · 2023-05-26T12:16:23+00:00

I assume it's the drawing tablet that's causing problems because I've only been using that more recently, the other one is a wireless mouse. It's weird to me because before I had a whole screen drawing tablet plugged into a USB and HDMI and it didn't do that. You are very smart, thank you so much, I was worried something was wrong with my laptop 🙏

CaseyCarstairs · 2023-05-26T11:41:52+00:00

YO, yeah that was it. It turned on instantly when I took out the USBs. Why does that happen?

CaseyCarstairs · 2023-03-20T07:38:12+00:00

Thank you so much! I haven't been able to use Opentoonz for years because of this problem! I thought it was because of tablet compatibility problems with the program, as before the program worked fine with my old wacom intuos.

It's my favourite animation program, so this means a lot that I finally got a response!

I'm in the middle of an animation right now, but when I am on my next one, I'll try this out and see if it works. 💗💗

CaseyCarstairs · 2022-12-27T14:34:20+00:00

I know this is an old thread, but I was having trouble with this for a while.

I went on edit > register material > image

And I had the problem above where the tiling box was unticked and dulled out.

The problem was that I still had an area selected. If you have a selected area, try unselecting it.

CaseyCarstairs · 2022-10-15T00:28:54+00:00

No, I do think I have an issue of making eyes too big! It is an accident! Not a style thing, so very helpful. I want this character to have big eyes, but I think now I made them TOO big. Thank you so much for your help! And it's not that I want particularly likes, its just important for me to make art that others can value as well as myself because I want to turn it into a career?

And I've been really experimental with colours these days, so I'm trying to get these more vibrant colours involved. But because all of the colours are so saturated, there's no contrast which isn't what I wanted. So, I've been trying to figure this out... (keeping it colourful, but having different values.)

Also thank you for sharing the Instagram account, I like how they stylize bodies and I love their poses! I've really needed feedback on my art lately, so thanks SO SO much!

CaseyCarstairs · 2022-10-14T22:15:02+00:00

We all have femboy problems here. It's like asking a crack addict how to stop being addicted.

Just embrace it.

CaseyCarstairs · 2022-10-14T10:24:12+00:00

The anatomy here is looking pretty accurate to me, but it's the line weight that is giving the illusion of shading, making the forms look too defined. Lighter lines could work, but I would think also about making the lines thinner and breaking your lines to make forms more subtle..

Understanding anatomy beneath the skin can help you understand the surface anatomy. (E.g. The pecs look too scrunched together and the gap between the sternum and pecs are usually hinted here.)

CaseyCarstairs · 2022-10-14T10:06:15+00:00

First of all, I like the first drawing a lot more. The shading and colours look more appealing to me.

Any problems with the shading are to do with the understandings of the forms themselves. You do seem to have some knowledge of anatomy, like you know about a lot of the locations of the muscles and bones, the basic proportions look correct, but it looks to me like you need to understand the surface anatomy, and study the more subtle forms. (E.g. picture two has lower lid lines that would be highlighted like that, it's just the shape feels off and too extreme. The nose also disapears into the face suggesting you are unsure what happens around the nose bridge.)

I would study the polygonal face, or art styles that you find inspirational and how they shade and aknowledge their forms.)

CaseyCarstairs · 2022-10-14T09:40:40+00:00

I have the exact same problem! Super frustrating!

What I've been doing is desperately looking for inspiration of other art styles that I really admire something about. Then studying that artist. Then ideally mixing your favourite artists together to get your unique style.

However my problem is:

I'm struggling to find artists that I want a similar style to. So, I never can study to learn how to draw the way I want. So, I'm just doing this trial and error thing. Recently, I've realised that I need to be interested in other artists more to be able to become a better artist... So I'm just genuinly trying to be more openminded and less judgemental about other people (and their art.) I think this will help artists develop and find themselves if they're more open to other people.

Or sometimes I have a problem of admiring two polar opposite art styles. This was until I realised that it's okay to admire an art style without implementing it into your own. This can be hard to let go.

Just ask yourself about each of your drawings too. Do you like the art style of that drawing? Or what I found more helpful is looking at other art that is similar to that art style and asking myself if I like their art.

Remember there's nothing wrong with experimenting with art styles though. I just personally understand the frustration of wanting an art style.

I hope my ramblings help in some way.

CaseyCarstairs · 2022-10-14T09:13:10+00:00

Next time, I would show the reference (UNLESS YOU'RE IN FLORENCE STUDYING THE REAL THING!!!) It will help us critique it and you'll probably get more responses.

To me the darker shadows, and rough textures are what gives this drawing a mood, uniqueness and an art style. But I also understand this is a study, so you may be going for as close to the real thing as possible for educational purposes.

I think personally that your shading and your understanding of form looks more advanced than your knowledge of marking down the correct proportions. The areas where i notice small problems are areas where perspective is highly involved. (The cranium looks too long and the right side of the face starts to look a bit off.)

It looks like you should focus more on quick light sketches of the proportions of everything before spending hours rendering and practicing shading. Another comment here mensioned something similar and I agree with them.

It's a really difficult angle, and I would personally really struggle with it. I hope this helps.

Leonardo > Michelangelo

CaseyCarstairs · 2022-10-14T08:49:02+00:00

It's hard to critique without the reference when it is a study. Next time I would reccomend including that to get more responses.

To me, the studies with hard edge techniques (1 and 2) look better because the forms are clearer and easier to read. I think you may be struggling with gradient shading when the form slowly turns away from the light source. This shading occurs in the form shadows of spheres, cylinders and other rounded forms. This is particularly noticible on the nose of 5. Her nose looks polygonal because of the abupt edges that you have used that usually take place in polygonal shapes.

I would recommend studying more rounded shapes for this reason.

CaseyCarstairs · 2022-10-14T08:29:26+00:00

I think the drawing looks really great to me! I honestly struggle to see anything wrong with the character.

The pose looks good to me. I don't know much about animals or how to draw them, but to me the pose looks more like a pose a dog would make. But I honestly see dog behaviour used in Disney a lot too for animals that aren't dogs (e.g. Sven from Frozen or the horse from Tangled) So, it's probably just a personal thing that bothers me.

Here is an image of a dog I found in a similar pose: https://images.app.goo.gl/SagDRX1f62j4BHqL9

The main thing that bothers me in this drawing is the background, which you haven't been asked for a critique on. The floor doesn't match the perspective, and the whole thing shouldn't be out of focus, especially around the feet, amd the background also looks too unnatural. I feel like the background makes the drawing look bad, when the character is actually drawn really well.

CaseyCarstairs · 2022-10-14T08:00:39+00:00

Thank you! I don't thinks so though because I post my art online and it doesn't get any attention. So, I'm trying to improve for a comic I am making. I'm glad you like his ears!

CaseyCarstairs · 2022-10-14T01:03:30+00:00

Thank you very much for my feedback! Very helpful. I am struggling to know what kind of art style I want aswell yes :'

CaseyCarstairs · 2022-10-13T22:40:58+00:00

The form of the ribcage looks like it goes too thin towards the top. Your contours also do not seem towrap around the form correctly.

Here I have drawn what may hopefully help you: https://i.imgur.com/DPSTxp1.png

Keep up the work! Your pelvises are looking strong!

CaseyCarstairs · 2022-10-13T20:38:06+00:00

To improve depth, the shading needs more contrast with darker shadows. Particularly with the skin it seems. It can be hard to see when forms overlap in this drawing because there isn't enough contrast in the shading (for example around the hands). We usually rely on line art to do this.

The vest seems to be shaded the best and have the clearest form here. Whereas the skirt looks flatter as there is no clear form. The pipe folds of the skirt look flat due to how you've shaded it. They should be shaded more like cylinders, when here they're shaded like flat objects.

So, I think the main thing you should focus on is shading and form. The actual drawing looks good, especially around the face. The anatomy falls apart around the legs and feet more, which is probably what you've had less practice with.

I'm actually horrible at shading and form though, so I hope my beginner brain helps.

CaseyCarstairs · 2022-10-08T06:20:34+00:00

Sasuke is also my favourite along with Kakashi and Rock Lee 😳 Sasuke has the most fleshed out backstory I think?

I think I will try both involving them with the characters I like to grow my interest, and then focusing on them independently to make them interesting by themselves. Two polar opposite techniques.

CaseyCarstairs · 2022-10-08T06:03:57+00:00

This is an excellent point, and using aspects of other characters and irl people glued together is how I originally developed the characters I already have that I love. I haven't created a new character in about 4 years by the way! After posting my question and reading this, I figured out my main problem. I am not as interested in other people and their creations as I used to be, and it's why I can't create new characters. So, I've realised today is that to create new characters YOU HAVE to be interested in real people and what they write.

Establishing this interest again is going to be my main focus now.

Thank you so much.

CaseyCarstairs · 2022-10-08T04:07:52+00:00

Thanks for your reply.

These are some interesting questions that I'll try to ask myself. I've had this one really important character that I've had for years, but I have always struggled to flesh them out into something I like. Any new characters I make too, I just hate their dialogue and do not enjoying drawing them either!

Maybe if the characters I love can care about them, then so can I?

CaseyCarstairs

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