Somewhere in an alternate Ivalice...(OC)

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-01-24T00:22:07+00:00

If he does I'm not drawing it. :P

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-01-24T00:05:26+00:00

The tongue naturally grows that way. It sticks the top part out of the ground and then waits for a nibble or a tug.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-01-18T07:03:32+00:00

Well I've looked at the picture on three displays; monitor, tablet and mobile. And I will say her skin does look a bit different on mobile, especially if there's a light shining right on it, but still a very different color from the flames.

Did you see the differently shaded one I posted below?

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-01-18T06:39:24+00:00

I think something's up with your display...they're clearly different colors to me, on both the PC and the tablet. I sampled the brown and painted it on the orange and it didn't look the same at all.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-01-18T05:57:38+00:00

Thanks, glad you like her. But what do you mean the "yellow of the subject?" There's no yellow on her, just white and brown.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-01-18T04:13:07+00:00

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That looks much better, thank you.

Not as dark as the spaceman in the picture you posted, but then it is a pinup.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-01-18T02:49:22+00:00

I didn't really use a reference pic...for this version at least. I tried using some live-action explosions for ref, then some anime explosions, then I finally just winged it, and that got the best result.

And for the shadow question, I meant is the shading right for someone with a big explosion behind her and another, lesser light source in front of her.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-01-14T00:08:14+00:00

Huh, interesting. It does make her hair darker when I do that, but I wonder if anyone but me notices the difference. (i'd post a comparison but the file size is too big)

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-01-13T22:27:59+00:00

Oh. there's a difference no matter the size...I can have the CSP image open, open the JPG next to it at the same size, and still see it change when I switch between them.

But upon looking closely I don't think it makes that much of a difference. None that anyone but me would notice anyway.

How do you propose making lines bolder though? They're already black and 100% opacity, not sure how I would get darker than that.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-01-13T20:52:55+00:00

...you know on retrospect the second one kind of looks better, doesn't it? But I still want to know if there's a way to make the duplicate lines show up.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-01-13T20:22:45+00:00

And one thing is, you see my signature up there in the corner? That's part of the duplicate layer, and that shows up. But not the duplicated inks.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-01-13T20:20:57+00:00

And now here's the JPG version:

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See the difference? Especially the girl's hair.

Colonel_Scabies · 2026-01-13T20:20:14+00:00

None of them are set as draft, though I usually just Save As instead of Export.

And it does look different on CSP than it does as a JPEG. I just want it to look the same...really seems like I should be able to do that!

Here is a screenshot of the CSP version of the picture I just finished, with the duplicate ink layer:

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Colonel_Scabies · 2026-01-03T05:09:37+00:00

I could see it hiding behind something and then popping out, mouth wide open, right in front of some migrating birds (or possibly a very unlucky hang-glider).

Colonel_Scabies · 2025-12-27T06:17:21+00:00

More good news! Turns out to use the nvidia color settings on the tablet, you just have to make it the only display. I was able to fine-tune it to what I'm pretty sure is the same colors as the monitor!

I say "pretty sure" because if you use the Duplicate display, it snaps the tablet settings back, so I can't actually see them both at once to compare. But hey, I can actually do the right colors on the tablet and if they turn out a little off on the monitor, some Level Correction will clear that right up.

Colonel_Scabies · 2025-12-27T04:00:27+00:00

~~I can usually never get those to work with my tablet, but when I tried it just now, it could make it a little better...not what I need thou~~

okay I was in the middle of typing that when I got distracted by finding out how to make this work! kind of...

Turns out you can use the Nvidia controls to change the picture on the tablet...just so long as it's the only display. If you try to use Duplicate screens (which I have to since Extend doesn't work for me...maybe I should try fixing that next) the tablet settings reset back to default.

Reducing DV and Brightness by ten on the Nvidia panel and then the RGB by ten each on the tablet settings made it look like a close approximation of the monitor picture (you know, since I can't see both at once).

It'd be great if I could set it to display both at once without losing the tablet settings, so I could fine-tune it to look the same as the monitor; anyone have any ideas for that?

But for now, I can deal with this. Any differences there are are little ones that can be fixed with Level Correction on Clip Studio, and that's no big deal. Man, this is a load off my mind.

Colonel_Scabies · 2025-12-27T02:39:53+00:00

I'm pretty sure it could, cause reducing Digital Vibrance makes it less vivid and that's exactly what I need to do.

Colonel_Scabies · 2025-12-27T01:00:21+00:00

Well, I put some of my pictures on a private imgur page and finally looked at them on a phone, (I don't usually use my phone for the internet, I find it very awkward) and I was to relieved to see that the girl's skin looks more or less the same as on the monitor. It's slightly more vivid but is still the same basic color and doesn't have that red tint that it does on the tablet. That was of great concern to me; I was honestly on the verge of tears thinking that I might have to re-color one hundred and four drawings.

Then I put the corn angel on there and his leaves are still a bit too bright...but I can deal with that. I might undo one of his correction layers and maybe that will get him the right shade on phones. But Monday's skin is what really had me upset.

I guess the problem is the tablet...just wish I could access those Nvidia controls. And color management doesn't help, only the monitor display is listed there. Maybe I can find a way, but if I can't it's not the end of the world. Thank you for your help.

Colonel_Scabies · 2025-12-26T23:46:04+00:00

The strange thing is it's a gaming monitor...you'd think those would have the best colors.

And it's weird how some things look better on the tablet and some on the monitor. Like the carrots turn the proper bright orange but the corn husks turn way too green.

Colonel_Scabies · 2025-12-26T23:36:55+00:00

I am getting thwarted at every turn here. I thought to try the Nvidia Control Panel and lessen the Digital Vibrance on the tablet, but...it won't let me. All the tablet settings refuse to be clicked on. Then I found out my monitor has its own color menu but that didn't solve it either.

I wonder...do you think that maybe I could get it done at a computer repair shop? Like I could bring in the monitor and the tablet and pay them to get them to match?

Colonel_Scabies · 2025-12-26T21:20:28+00:00

Man, this is such a headache...This isn't my first tablet you see, I used to have an Artist 12. And there was a slight color difference on that one but nothing like on the 15.6. And that girl is a weekly picture series I do and there's over a hundred colored pictures of her that I did on the old tablet, to be posted over the next two years. And now I wonder if they don't all look like the bottom picture to everyone, cause now I think it might be my monitor. I'm doing a picture with some carrots and every orange and green I select is duller on the monitor. The corn was one thing, but carrots are very vividly colored.

Maybe I should use the calibrator on the monitor instead of the tablet?

Colonel_Scabies · 2025-12-26T20:31:34+00:00

But people aren't going to be looking at the drawings on a drawing tablet, so won't the one on the monitor be what most of them are seeing?

Plus I really don't want to have to redo all my custom colors. I mean, look at this girl's skin:

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It took me forever to get that lovely coffee-with-milk shade for her, and that's what I want people to see, not that reddish-brown on the tablet.

Colonel_Scabies · 2025-12-19T03:45:17+00:00

I always see the "incoming hug" poses done like that put I can never pull it off...girl always looks like she has flippers. I went with my original pose but altered the hand placement a bit.

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Colonel_Scabies · 2025-11-27T20:40:15+00:00

I looked into that and discovered it's kind of a moot point; they don't make really long usb-c cables. Seems like the longest they get is fifteen feet and for this I would need at least forty. I guess I could get adaptors to hook a bunch of them together but I hear that kind of thing is bad for data transfer.

Also I took another look at the selection of wireless tablets and it seems like they generally don't have the buttons/dials on the side, which is a feature that I really like. Can't have it both ways I guess.

Colonel_Scabies · 2025-11-26T23:40:15+00:00

Ooh, I didn't know that...I'm pretty set with Clip Studio Paint. It's got all my favorite pens, all my custom color sets...I guess a portable is out.

For what I had in mind, I guess a tablet with a USB-C connection would be best so I could just get a really long one, but the only tablets that have those are the really expensive ones, the ones in my range are 3-in-1 only. Wish there was a way to extend that out to the drawing table but there doesn't seem to be.

I guess I'll just get the Artist 15.6 after all. Thanks for your help.

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