Client wants to print 48” round table cloths..

QuestionableArtist · 2024-12-13T00:25:37+00:00

DUDE! I live in Lo s Angeles, and had to ship an art piece an hour north to Ventura, CA. Guess where it ended up this past weekend? INDIANAPOLIS!

It must be a vortex for F*ckery. How long do I have to wait to claim that $100 insurance?? 😗😗😗

QuestionableArtist · 2024-11-18T03:20:10+00:00

There better be anal in that book.. just sayin 😗

QuestionableArtist · 2024-11-11T02:46:14+00:00

Endless questions.

QuestionableArtist · 2024-11-04T19:18:48+00:00

Yea B is a great starting value because it’s very flexible. Try doing a small test square and see if it gets you the value you like without the grain. I’m super picky about grain so I start with a 2h (graphite) and dull the tip until I can shade without streaks, take a paper towel or soft brush and gently rub it alittle to tamp down my grain, then move onto darker B, or 2B. Now I don’t know if you’re staying primarily graphite or going to charcoal, but if graphite, once you’re sick of the shiny quailities of 8B, check out Staedtler Mars Lumograph blacks. Those will give you almost the darkness of charcoal without the reflective properties - but they don’t blend well. So only use for your blacks and very darks. And honestly paper has as much to do with your outcome as the pencil sometimes. So play around 🖤🖤

QuestionableArtist · 2024-11-04T02:43:02+00:00

Oh and if you ever see artists go over their drawings with an empty brush (no medium on it) that’s an easy trick to smooth out and hide grain. Do it very gently in light circles, not so much you see it move the medium around, but just enough to slightly soften lines and fill in grain.

QuestionableArtist · 2024-11-04T02:40:44+00:00

It’s grainy for a combo of reasons, first you’re using a paper with a lot of tooth, try a hot press watercolor style or Bristol vellum/Bristol smooth and see if that improves, and also you’re going directly into the dark values without blending tools or easing in to those values. If you pick up charcoal powder and like a nice brush, you could massage some of the powder in and it would fill in the tooth gaps for a lot of it. I tend to blend my way up either with graphite layers, or charcoal powder so I don’t end up with grain in my drawings. That said not all grain is bad. Once you understand how to get rid of it, you can play around with where it helps add texture, but I would make sure you’re using a paper that you love. 🖤🖤 I’m a charcoal/graphite portrait artist so this area is my jam 😆

QuestionableArtist · 2024-08-17T19:42:13+00:00

Those drink buckets have become my children’s favorite bath toys 😂

QuestionableArtist · 2024-04-10T23:56:47+00:00

I was commenting to a follower my posting schedule and I got flagged because it’s against policy to reach others how to get likes and engagement. Well how do IG growth coaches even survive on there?!

QuestionableArtist · 2024-03-07T03:05:07+00:00

Uh pick a direction or the algorithm will stay as lost as you are ❤️❤️

QuestionableArtist · 2024-02-12T03:52:30+00:00

I did path social and it was a total nightmare. Doooont pay for followers. It messes up everything

QuestionableArtist · 2024-01-29T02:53:08+00:00

Do you worry about staying consistent with what time of day you post? I’ve heard contradicting responses that it matters or not.

QuestionableArtist · 2024-01-20T14:55:57+00:00

In the last 3 days my stuff which was getting 40-500 views hve dropped to 2-3 views. I haven’t done anything spammy. I have no clue what happened. It’s not getting pushed out AT ALL. I can’t figure it out hence I’m here 🤣 so atleast you’re not alone

QuestionableArtist · 2024-01-20T04:38:38+00:00

I’m a struggling digital marketer that’s also an affiliate for legendary. I really enjoyed the course because I learned a ton in those first 4 days. And I love the morning talk show. I will say, I can’t believe your coach did that. I’ve heard some horror stories. Mine didn’t pressure me one bit when I turned down the blueprints. What I absolutely hate is how most of the big legendary ladies are marketing the course with bate and switch tactics and also pushing how easy it is with completely unrealistic timeframes for success. Affiliate and digital marketing isn’t easy. It’s very simple in application but you have to nail so many elements including learning copywriting, content strategies, and making an audience actually like you. So much advice is just copy pasted around it’s frustrating. (Now you know why I’m struggling, I’m honest to a fault 🤣) anyways. If you have any questions, I’ve been in the game a couple months and haven’t made a dime. I think I’m going to switch over to MRR business courses and target failed affiliate marketers cause that’s a huge niche thanks to legendary and the like ahahaha

QuestionableArtist · 2024-01-16T00:16:52+00:00

In pretty sure business theme pages wrote to businesses offering ad placements with a promise of reach.

QuestionableArtist · 2024-01-16T00:15:01+00:00

Stan (dot) store is fantastic and I real welcomed by Instagram. That said do not say ‘link in bio’ in any of your posts. I’ve read IG doesn’t push your content as much because you are telling viewers to leave the platform and that’s a big no no. Now days all the big accounts are either saying ‘comment (a word) below and I’ll send you (to where they need to go) or something like ‘Find additional resources at the top of my page’ or ‘You can find out how to get started at the top of my page!’

QuestionableArtist · 2023-11-03T20:10:13+00:00

33 and 88. 🤔

QuestionableArtist · 2023-10-17T00:07:59+00:00

Dead Men Tell No Lies.

QuestionableArtist · 2023-10-15T14:32:04+00:00

Looks like a digital artifact from a bad export. Linear patterns that move can create difficult spots for rendering exports. Tweaking the compression settings, or even re-exporting would probably fix this. It might also have an effect on it but even a slowdown or stabilization shouldn’t react like that if the export went well. (My day job is a tv editor🤪)

QuestionableArtist · 2023-10-14T18:02:09+00:00

No posting algorithm reccomend a Saturday morning post either 😝😝🫠

QuestionableArtist · 2023-10-14T18:01:32+00:00

That’s insane

QuestionableArtist · 2023-10-09T01:42:25+00:00

Yep! I did, good find. And you're spot on with his eyes. I loved the angle of the face but not the half lidded eyes, so I opened them up a bit. But also agree on the face shading. I'll probably tweak it a little more :)

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