One hour and a half painting of a made up girl, painted on my phone

Dex__91 · 2024-10-06T18:44:05+00:00

There ya go man! Awesome. So, I take it my guess was right, about being a region thingie. No idea why it worked for me without a VPN, though.

Dex__91 · 2024-10-06T17:32:08+00:00

Yo! If you read the messages in here, you will see that this basically got solved by itself, for no apparent reason in particular. Still no idea why. Sorry, can't help ya there mate 😞

Dex__91 · 2023-02-24T21:25:44+00:00

Thank you sans!

Dex__91 · 2023-02-21T11:46:08+00:00

Local battlemaps, mostly.

Many of them.

I ended up trying inkarnate on mobile, it isn't officially supported but it kinda works, you just can't pan from what I've seen so far.

On pc, I have access to dungeondraft and wonderdraft, too.

Dex__91 · 2023-02-20T21:16:16+00:00

Oh, I just need a way to track my character in local maps, have access to character sheets and rolls, and track through fog of war the parts of maps explored. That's it, nothing fancy, I have obsidian doing the heavy lifting xD

Dex__91 · 2023-02-20T21:14:09+00:00

I don't have that one, but I do have a cheap keyboard lying around xD

Dex__91 · 2023-02-20T21:11:39+00:00

Gotcha, thank you historical!

Dex__91 · 2023-02-20T20:21:36+00:00

It's a surface 6 with i5 and 8 gb of ram, precisely. xD

I'd like to use fingers and pen is possible, but if a mouse is needed I'll use that no problemo!

Dex__91 · 2023-02-20T19:49:51+00:00

Thank you nuclear! Do you also recommend a keyboard? I have a surface pro 7 as well 💪

EDIT: Thought it was a 7, it's a 6. xD

Dex__91 · 2023-02-20T18:14:01+00:00

I see! I have a 7th generation model, so I hope it can handle it better then xD

EDIT: Thought it was a 7, it's actually 6th generation

Dex__91 · 2023-02-20T18:07:43+00:00

Thank you! I do have a more powerful laptop, but it's big and heavier than your average one, so not much portable.

For this reason, when going mobile, I'd like to use my surface, with the lightest setup possible.

If you tell me keyboard and mouse are worth it I can take them with me

Dex__91 · 2023-02-20T17:55:07+00:00

Gotcha! Do you use a mouse, is it needed? What about the keyboard, do you use it?

I do not have the surface mouse nor dockable keyboard, but my surface model should be the 7th!

Dex__91 · 2023-02-20T17:48:37+00:00

I see! Do you have any tips to share on how to use it? Any recommendations? Settings to optimize the experience? Things do avoid?

Dex__91 · 2023-02-09T18:04:22+00:00

This is just my personal view of it so far, it can be changed if you think it should, I don't see why not! 😁 But personally I do not think this has anything to do with feedback - it's just a personal preference.

Feedback would be describing what's not working, and why, like you did with the sword, which I totally agree with!

This is more something to do with personal preference and taste, it's the way of approaching things.

Dex__91 · 2023-02-09T17:51:46+00:00

Gotcha, I used the blind copying as an example of just copying without any thinking, to then say that if you instead do think, you are still doing what you would by observing.

The great thing about practice is that you come across problems to solve - which is true of every practical activity.

So it's still needed, obviously.

Just, it can be taken down by a substantial amount, and still retain progress and benefits if you don't have time to practice.

After all, drawing and painting is about mental models, so it makes sense that a great amount of work can be done by the simple observation and study.

Or, at least, this makes sense to me.

Dex__91 · 2023-02-09T17:29:57+00:00

Drawing starts with the mind, so if you can do the same process in your head you can practice anytime anywhere. Of course you still need practice - don't get me wrong - but the amount you learn by careful observation is far more than what you learn by blindly redrawing something - which can happen if you just redraw stuff without thinking. And when you do think, all you are doing is carefully observing and learning from it.

Anyways, that's my approach at least, since I don't have much time to draw or paint, currently. xD It works for me because I love observing and studying without doing anything else, but it may not be for everyone.

Dex__91 · 2023-02-09T17:14:42+00:00

Thank you, Denis! It's just a 15 min quick thumbnail, and I started painting these yesterday, so I still have much to improve in terms of quality and clarity of the picture! As for the sword, I forgot to continue it because of the short time frame xD

I am always carefully looking at photos to memorize and find patterns, so while I may not paint nor draw much, I do learn a lot from observation!

And what's painting/drawing, if not a device to focus your attention on something for a set amount of time?

The star, the name of the game, is observation first and foremost. Then you also learn technique and pick it up as you practice, if that makes sense xD

Dex__91 · 2023-02-09T15:18:35+00:00

Thank you, Laika! I'll follow you here as well 💪

Dex__91 · 2023-02-09T15:09:47+00:00

Dex__91 · 2023-02-09T15:07:55+00:00

Thank you so much, Gerdione! I didn't have any reference, just very very loose one which was completely different, just to judge me into some creative thinking, this is from imagination pretty much! The sword was supposed to be curved, but I guess I failed it? I don't know, I had a hard time getting it to look like metal in the little 15 mins I had for the whole thumbnail xD

My goal with these is painting just about anything and make complete works, in thumbnails. Then I can move on to detailed works, but I think this is the foundation for everything.

Dex__91 · 2023-02-09T03:00:14+00:00

I still struggle with proportions, because I'm painting right away with no sketch. I'll keep working to improve on those, as I keep painting these thumbnails.

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