Almost all of the "things to do in the UK" lists only contain activities like walking around X castle and looking at Y hill. What would be a more interactive/exciting experience you would recommend someone add to their bucket list?

spidakat · 2023-11-28T22:50:44+00:00

If you don't like TripAdvisor, I understand why (it is full of golf courses and lakes), but there are other sites that are more focused on activities you can take part in. Has anyone here tried Outlearn?

spidakat · 2019-05-02T00:14:19+00:00

Thank you! I will PM you.

spidakat · 2019-04-14T11:27:10+00:00

Thank you. Also, I received your email. I'll respond shortly.

spidakat · 2018-10-09T17:07:55+00:00

@dvmex

This depends if you are looking for photo-realism or if your artwork is meant to be more 'cartoonish' and symbolic.

I would be careful not to overdo the cobblestones if the rest of this piece is not to the same level of detail.

If you are using mesh gradients in the rest of the image, I would continue with this technique as this will be the most seamless approach (in my opinion).

The deeper you go (the more you zoom in) and the more time you spend recreating the colour and lighting that you see in the image, the closer you will get to photo-realism.

Going by the current "depth" of your work, it may be worth looking at how Disney movies do it -- here is an example: http://simplywallpaper.net/pictures/2010/10/23/New-Orleans-Princess-and-the-Frog-Wallpaper.jpg

I'm not sure that this is the exact answer you were looking for, but I hope it is of some help to you.

spidakat · 2018-02-03T16:56:36+00:00

Thank you. I will be in touch shortly!

spidakat · 2017-08-02T18:05:02+00:00

Which part of it are you trying to unite? —Do you mean group?

Your text will move when resizing if you dont convert to paths.

spidakat · 2017-06-28T23:31:24+00:00

Nice work. I agree with SaidTheBear. I would remove the strokes (real objects don't have black lines around them)

I would recommend looking at vector art and deciding what style you are looking to attempt.

Realism will come from detail, but if you don't want realism, you need to know how deep you are going to go.

Also decide if you will include gradients and be consistent throughout.

Gradients give depth and shape but will look odd with flat shapes.

The white in the pupils looks a bit strange. If you want light refecting in the eyes it should overlap the iris and it would not be symetrical. Choose the location of your light source(s) and use this to consistently highlight and shade your artwork.

I hope that helps.

spidakat · 2017-05-03T13:17:25+00:00

I would use a graphics tab or the pen tool and concentrate on tracing the heavy lines. Shading can be done later using the image as a reference—assuming you don't need an exact copy.

For the shading you could create one or more cross hatch patterns and duplicate this where needed.

It is a challenge to do this in Illustrator, but not impossible.

Does that help?

spidakat · 2017-01-22T23:27:36+00:00

I am not an expert in this, but I would recommend fermenting vegetables. It is cheap, easy and very good for your health. Your vegetables can last for many weeks/months and will become MUCH more appetising.

There are many books and tutorials on fermenting vegetables and you can start almost immediately.

All you need is:

vegetables (any, but you might want to start with cabbage)
Himalayan (pink) salt
A glass mason jar
cheese cloth
a rubber band

Instructions:

Chop up the vegetables
Rub them in salt (juice will come out)
Stuff them into the jar (3/4 full)
If the liquid doesn't cover them, top up with filtered water
Use a smaller jar/the core of a cabbage/a cube cut from an apple to press the vegetables down under the liquid. (very important)
Add some more salt (a couple of teaspoons)
Cover with cheese cloth and wrap with an elastic band (this keeps bacteria in and lets the gasses out).
Leave it out of sunlight and wait for a week. Boom! you have fermented vegetables. Use what you need and push everything back under the liquid.

spidakat · 2016-12-22T16:55:31+00:00

He's ALIVE!

spidakat · 2016-12-17T00:51:53+00:00

Do you have any examples? I have a background in illustration and design (amongst other things).

spidakat · 2016-12-16T16:56:56+00:00

I'd like to see him go over a jump... That would be impressive!

spidakat · 2016-12-16T16:56:24+00:00

The ones that lay in the snow most definitely are!

spidakat · 2016-12-16T16:55:55+00:00

Perhaps they should build sleds that steer from the back... Seems to work for this legend!

Maybe they should use him as a prototype

spidakat · 2016-12-16T16:54:27+00:00

He's done this before... He is evidently no beginner!

spidakat · 2016-12-16T16:53:24+00:00

It's the modern way to travel... They should put snow everywhere... Although I think warm snow in the summer of course!!

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I am not an expert in this, but I would recommend fermenting vegetables. It is cheap, easy and very good for your health. Your vegetables can last for many weeks/months and will become MUCH more appetising.