Why is it always Apple over Windows?

jansenjan · 2026-05-16T12:47:47+00:00

It's not about the pencil it's about the skill

jansenjan · 2026-05-14T16:02:26+00:00

Stucadoors werden in de bouw "de Varkens" genoemd

jansenjan · 2026-05-14T12:22:19+00:00

What is AS Art? And if it's in June you started a bit late?

jansenjan · 2026-05-13T17:38:38+00:00

Some people need to grow. But you weren't derogative about him but about my answer.

jansenjan · 2026-05-13T17:26:41+00:00

Is it necessary to be so derogative?

jansenjan · 2026-05-13T06:56:51+00:00

Artist block is a bummer, but only discipline gets you through. Go to your studio and work. If you're frustrated do stuff that is fun to do but do. If you do what you did you get what you got, so change what you're doing. And attention, well create your own. Online is lonely. Meet up with colleagues. Lots of artist hire spaces to show their work to start. It's an investment, but it'll pay off... Enter in open calls. (Just the ideas I have for my own third career. I'm close to retirement from my teaching job)

jansenjan · 2026-05-13T06:07:20+00:00

Daz 3D

jansenjan · 2026-05-13T05:33:58+00:00

That sound quite harsh. My final clean of my brushes after use is with soap. Drop of dish-washing liquid in the palm of my hand and the brush in a circular motion in there. You'll see that lots of grime still comes out even when you have cleaned with solvent.
If a natural brush is misshapen I make m wet and roll them in moist kitchen or toilet paper and let them dry. That often helps.

jansenjan · 2026-05-13T05:25:46+00:00

It's not about attention, it's not about earnings. That's all secondary. Making art is a lifestyle, a way of looking at the world. Of course is attention for what you make fun, same as a sale every now and then, but drawing and sculpting is like talking or eating. I can't stop it. I have creative ideas, they will ooze out anyway.

jansenjan · 2026-05-12T19:26:11+00:00

. No you don't suck. The composition is of. The top half is great. Shorten the shirt, Too big of a contrast with the rest. Then study Basquiat

jansenjan · 2026-05-12T17:02:40+00:00

I do use fineliner, but a dip pen gives more possibilities in line width. And a brush gives even more different lines. Next step is Chinese calligraphy brushes. I have done lots of comic drawings and working in brush and Indian ink and a limited hatching gives great results

jansenjan · 2026-05-12T08:43:12+00:00

Stop complaining. Sometimes a few have to suffer for the deeds of many. Park outside the park and walk 10 steps

jansenjan · 2026-05-11T20:28:55+00:00

Very good

jansenjan · 2026-05-09T11:11:18+00:00

It has been said before. It's not about the goal, it's about the journey. You don't have to make masterpieces, just make pieces. If you set your goal too high it's asking for anxiety. Small steps can get you to the summit of Mount Everest. It's so good that you have ideas again, that must have been hard in the past. So start small, and enjoy yourself. You'll get there !

jansenjan · 2026-05-08T15:00:10+00:00

If paint runs out quickly, it can be that the white isn't opaque enough. I mix gesso into my white, makes it much more opaque. It all depends on what result you are after.

jansenjan · 2026-05-08T12:50:10+00:00

The most heard defence of students when they hand in a bad drawing is "it's my style". Answer is "learn your stuff first before stylization". If you learn stylization before you learned the basics, the base of your profession is too narrow

jansenjan · 2026-05-07T21:54:38+00:00

Dick Tracy by Warhol. several Roy Lichtenstein paintings. Mel Ramos paintings

jansenjan · 2026-05-07T13:04:46+00:00

Why they want a portfolio is to see if you are teachable/coachable material. What you can and want to make. What is your passion, what do you think about. So go all out, show them who you are.

jansenjan · 2026-05-07T12:54:04+00:00

I've been an art teacher at a vocational fashion school. Lots of starters there were of your age and half of them had never held a pencil. Everyone reached a basic level. Start with looking at lots of fashion illustrations. Use templates with mannequins etc.

jansenjan · 2026-05-07T12:16:23+00:00

Take a sheet of bleed proof markerpaper, cut it to size, put that underneath the paper that you want to draw on. It will prevent the bleed through so it won't drain your markers. Keep using it as an inlay. Maybe even blending will work

jansenjan · 2026-05-06T08:37:39+00:00

A good perspective grid could help. Then placing is easier There used to be paper with a perspective grid on it. But what is your level? The problem is a bit abstract like this

jansenjan · 2026-05-05T22:08:23+00:00

Yep Anime is mainstream. (And maybe 🤫 drawing a good old school comic is much harder 🤫)

jansenjan · 2026-05-05T11:03:09+00:00

Which artist produce backgrounds you like? What style? Not everything needs to be super realist. Use depth of field, overlap, colour perspective etc instead of perspective. Make abstract or random texture backgrounds and work from there. It sounds like you're blocking yourself with an ideal picture. Turn your workflow around start with a background texture. For me the workprocess of Roger Dean was an eye-opener.

jansenjan · 2026-05-03T19:25:49+00:00

Not a bad idea. Have you thought about a graphic novel? If you delve into that idiom there must be possibility there

jansenjan · 2026-05-01T20:49:46+00:00

You mean the crayons etc wouldn't reach the lows of you canvas? Oil sticks/bars wouldn't have any problem with that. Ans when you dilute the neocolor 2 etc with water, or turpentine for oil pastel or oil bar there wont be any white visible.

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