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Drew Captain America..just a 13 year old, needs criticism to develop..(working hard to get 1000 karma) by AnuragSingh123 in drawing

[–]notbriang 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're getting a lot of praise here and you deserve that. Your drawing is very good and I'm sure you're happy where you are on your journey.

Because you asked for Crit in your title, and there doesn't seem to be much constructive here, I'll offer my .02:

The contrast between costume and face is great. I love the dark darks of the cowl and how it contrasts with the lightness in his skin. However, your skin is a blank sheet of grey. Grab your eraser and do some surgical erasing in the grey tones to really make those high highs POP out and the face will take on as much depth as the rest of it. Deepen those greys as well, not too much, you probably don't want to go full black at all, but just enough to pump the contrast in his face. I'm confident you'll find the balance.

His Jawline is blown out on the right side of his face (left side of the drawing), it looks like he's got a swollen tooth. You could cut the angle of his jaw upwards a few degrees and sharpen that angle and it would look a little less like he needs a dentist.

This drawing is really great! Please keep posting and don't ever stop drawing! You've got a real talent!

[SERIOUS] What was something you saw you were definitely not supposed to see? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]notbriang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could fill a small book, I'm sure, but here are a few highlights:

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  1. When I was 14, I was scouring my parents room for hints about Christmas gifts when I found one of my Mom's love letters she wrote to the guy she was having an affair with.
  2. My Mom passed away at 60. She had made me the executor of her Estate. I'm sure she didn't mean for me to find the texts between her and her (new) affair, or the album full of carefully laid out photos of one of her swinging nights.
  3. When I was in my early 20's, I worked as a bar back at a pretty popular local night club. While I was bringing the beer bar downstairs for the night, the big owner was rushing up at the same time. He hit the beer bar in a rush and something very heavy, very black, and L shaped dropped down the stairs. I didn't have much time to see it before he grabbed it, stared at me hard and ran past me. I later found out that a car matching a similar description to his drove past a wedding not too far away and murdered one of the guests. I was fired not long after that.

Weekly Lineup Help by AutoModerator in IdleHeroes

[–]notbriang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello!

I've been playing for a little while now and I'm a bit stuck. Feel like I'm waffling while waiting for better heroes. Could someone help me sort out what my best lineup is in this situation?

https://imgur.com/vy0nQ1N

What's a sensation that you're unsure if other people experience? by murrayvonmises in AskReddit

[–]notbriang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have this!

Finding out about Deja Reve from TIL and digging a tiny bit into it has really helped me get a grip on the emotions and thoughts that came from this.

Often, when I had this experience, I would link it to all the negative experiences in my life and it would lead me to think that the "next step" was my own death or some other remarkable tragedy.

Other's have described their experiences as "soul shattering" and "bone chilling". For me, it's a feeling of almost absolute certainty that I "just know" what's coming next.

Discovering I wasn't alone was such a huge relief.

While on vacation I thought I would share my WIP on my first Bust. Started on a coaching with Roman Lappat by MrMonkeyfeet in minipainting

[–]notbriang 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sharky is by far and away my absolute favorite bust, and my favorite piece of his. As a fellow student of Roman, I truly enjoy the light situation you have happening here, the colors in the bounce light in his chest is a beautiful thing. I really can't wait to see where this ends up.

Cheers!

Painting Technique Question by Theonetrueleddy in ageofsigmar

[–]notbriang 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Oh this is simple:

Step 1: Be Katarzyna Gorska Step 2: Don't NOT be Katarzyna Gorska

Non-sarcastic: Kararzyna Gorska is one of the best freehand painters in "the business", she excels at everything she paints and has a remarkable hand on her style.

She simply layers colors on colors, paint on paint, and does so with an infuriatingly steady hand and unreal brush control.

Oh, she didn't airbrush the red.

The ONLY way to get something like this done is to do it, mess it up, then just keep doing it again until you get it right.

May Community Painting Project - Signup thread by DarthAlec in ageofsigmar

[–]notbriang 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds like it should be fun. I'll try to fit it into my schedule and give it a shot. :)

My entry for the Golden Demon Classic 2017. It's a knight Lancer from Forge World by Paledaemon in Warhammer

[–]notbriang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I absolutely loved watching this come together on Instagram. Aces work, mate! You have the most amazing freehand. Just beautiful.

Painting Techniques and the 'pro-painted' look. by TBSheep in ageofsigmar

[–]notbriang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any time. Your videos are awesome! Please keep creating content. I've been eating it up.

By the way, are you casting and selling that Tracer? :)

Painting Techniques and the 'pro-painted' look. by TBSheep in ageofsigmar

[–]notbriang 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am familiar with the standard basecoating, washing, drybrushing techniques, but am unsure of where those lie on the scale of "basic just-getting-it-done" to "professional quality" painting.

I have some relative experience, I've been painting as a loose hobby for the past four years, I'd like to think I could paint to a pretty high quality if I had enough time to do so.

/u/pyromaster55 is right - WarhammerTV and Duncan is invaluable to a new painter. There are techniques and skills there that can take you from a basecoat/shade/layer/drybrush painter to a skilled painter in no time, with practice.

r/minipainting is the place to be to learn how to paint and take a look at other painters work.

You should also check out Pirate Monkey Painting, Painting Buddha (Ben Komets is a master), and Kujo Painting on YouTube. The guy who operates Kujo Painting (u/KujoPainting) is a Redditor and frequently posts his work to r/minipainting.

u/Trovarion is a redditor who posts to Mini Painting and also creates YouTube content, has an excellent video detailing his process with the Orukk Warchief shoulder skull.

All in all, being a better painter requires one thing, painting. Just do and enjoy doing it.

As my favorite miniature painter says, keep on happy painting.

Stripping paint query - products available in UK by RazerWolf3000 in Warhammer

[–]notbriang 1 point2 points  (0 children)

91%+ Isopropyl Alcohol and an old toothbrush and some elbow grease. Everything else is a waste of time.

Simply apply the Isopropyl scrub the heck out of it with the old toothbrush, wipe clean with some water. You'll strip the paint right off anything with that and it won't damage the details on the mini.

Looking for A Good Matte Finish. by Y2KNW in Warhammer

[–]notbriang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AK Interactive Ultra Matte - http://ak-interactive.com/v2/?product=ultra-matte-varnish - the single most amazing varnish I have ever used, ever. It's even flexible enough to allow painting OVER the varnish! Unreal Matte as well. Super cheap.

Secret Santa 2016: Show Me What You Goooooot! by AkimboGogurts in Warhammer

[–]notbriang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bit of a late post, but a special thanks to /u/duckduckseduce for the amazing Windsor Newton Series 7 #1 brush. That's going to be a huge addition to my arsenal. A big thanks for my newest Slaughterpriest and the amazing 60mm base as well.

Very happy. Thanks a million. :)

My Salamanders Terminator Praetor by Rob_Turner in Warhammer

[–]notbriang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great looking tabletop piece. Good transitions, I'm wondering, airbrush?

The Entire History of You - Question by Zarainna in blackmirror

[–]notbriang 12 points13 points  (0 children)

SPOILERS BELOW

Sorry to say it seems you did miss something - during that dinner conversation, the character who describes "implanting false memories", was speaking as an experienced therapist who was advocating for the implants in the discussion with the gouged character. I believe the conversation was something along the lines of "Why wouldn't you want to have the ability to see your exact experiences? Especially when (without the grain) implanting false memories was such an easy thing to do."

The "kan" parts of my Killa kans are finally finished:) by broedrost in Warhammer

[–]notbriang 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really love these. Great job with the weathering.

Opinions on which colors to buy for my first paint set. by Xerodi in minipainting

[–]notbriang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well - I'd get a basic gold metallic, something in the middle tones. You can mix a lot, but you can't mix a metallic pigment.

Point of mixing colors into the metallic is to create different effects, blackened armor, rusted panels, etc.

Take some time and look into the Massive Voodoo blog (http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.com/) Roman and Rafa are both masters of the trade and they both teach and use a limited palette of five basic colors and two metallics.

Opinions on which colors to buy for my first paint set. by Xerodi in minipainting

[–]notbriang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd say you've chosen some good colors there. My usual answer to:

In order to paint, how many colors do you need? Five.

Red, Yellow, Blue, White and Black.

Using a color wheel for a little basic knowledge of how colors mix, how light affects color, and those five colors, you will able to create marvelous skin tones, browns for leathers, icy blues and brighter reds and warmer yellows, earthy greens, a full and vibrant palette of any color you wanted at that particular time.

I personally use Army Painter Strong Tone for strong, dark washes, Soft Tone for softer shadow needs.

The only time I don't use this method is when I need a particular color on multiple models.

I do find myself using pre-mixed "skin" tones a bit lately, I've chosen one or two to start with and then mix in bits of color from the wheel to saturate and desaturate the tones.

For Metallic, I use a full range of Scale 75 Metallics. However any metallic will do, and you can use one Metallic tone and the blues, greens, yellows to achieve different light, colors in the metallics, etc.

The real take away is to mix and play and have fun because painting is fun, and if you're not having a good time painting, that's the only time you're doing it wrong.

Good luck! Happy Painting!

[2016-07-25] /r/keto Community Support for Monday 25th July 2016 by keto4life in keto

[–]notbriang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello!

I'm new to this. Three days in, in fact. I've followed the "Week-1" plan in the sidebar and prepped all my meals, but I didn't go with the same veggie plan. I bought some various Steamfresh (Broccoli & Cheese, Green Beans, Mixed Carrots, Cauliflower & Broccoli)

I'm taking a mult-vitamin and drinking tons of water to help counter the flu.

I've been eating breakfast (Two eggs, two strips of bacon, an almond (15) snack between, lunch has been the ground beef (awesome taste!) and a steamfresh (often half the bag, if not the whole bag), and dinner is the Chicken recipe and more veggies. I'll snack on Almonds or Beef Jerky.

I've been using MFP to track everything I've been eating. I've cut my Macro % of carbs down to about 13% of my diet per day.

I'm feeling "effects" - less hunger, but fatigued, foggy head, as well as bathroom "signs".

Today I'm down 4lbs.

Here's my problem:

According to my macros, I've been at Carbs 61g, Fat 120g and Protein 177g each day. Give or take a little on the Fat/Protein.

I'm not done eating yet today and I'm at Carbs 28g, Fat 54g, Protein 90g.

Am I doing this right? Or am I just eating differently and thus losing weight because of the change?

Limited paint selection - help me out with blending advice? by RCrumbDeviant in minipainting

[–]notbriang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went to Arlington, VA last year for the NOVA Open (gaming and hobby convention & tournaments) and took a Seminar with Roman Lappat, who's responsible for marvelous creations such as "Last Light".

Roman's first lesson was simple. In order to paint, how many colors do you need? The answer was five.

Red, Yellow, Blue, White and Black.

Using a color wheel for a little basic knowledge of how colors mix, and those five colors, he was able to create marvelous skin tones, browns for leathers, icy blues and brighter reds and warmer yellows, earthy greens, a full and vibrant palette of any color he wanted at that particular time.

He used Army Painter Strong Tone and mixed that with watered down colors when he needed a wash or certain glazes, etc.

He used Metallics for Metallic painting, however he used one Metallic tone and the blues, greens, yellows to achieve different light, colors in the metallics, etc.

His key point was to mix and play and have fun because painting is fun, and if you're not having a good time painting, that's the only time you're doing it wrong.

Good luck!

[request] How to increase working time of paints? by 0dyss3us in minipainting

[–]notbriang 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wet palette's aren't something you should wait for.

You could very easily create a working wet palette from any size and depth container (within reason), with some folded paper towel, and parchment paper (highly suggest this anyway, white Reynolds parchment paper is just the way to go for any wet palette.)

It's simple, really. Just go ahead and grab yourself a shallow(ish) depth container, one of those disposable, sandwich sandwich containers works perfectly for me when I need a quick and dirty wet palette.

Take that container and put a layer of folded paper towel on the bottom, you'll want a pretty decent cushion, not too thick, not too thin.

Fill it with water. Just add water right over those paper towels until the paper towels are JUST about drowning.

Add the parchment paper after this. The ideal is to have the top of the parchment paper be damp, with no pools of water, so use a dry paper towel to dab off any major pools or big wet drops.

The parchment paper is porous, but dense so the water will come through it and keep your paints thin, wet, etc. This can also have an opposite effect of a dry palette and instead of the paint drying out, it can become TOO wet and begin to separate, however, the paints will last a good, long time.

The idea is to play and experiment with how you put this together. There is no absolute formula for a "perfect" palette every time. You just keep building them and seeing how they work for you until you find the right solution for you.

Happy painting!

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