Online Learning
Just a quick update. I know a lot of people are looking to learn online especially these days. Over on my Resources page I have a bunch of links to things that will helpfully aid you on your own artistic journey. Arun over at Syn Studio Art School was kind enough to reach out and it was a good reminder that I want to update that page with more resources. I applied a while back but unfortunately didn’t make the cut for their diploma program but it’s nice to see they’ve expanded with more online classes as well. Direct from the source:
Trying to find the Joy…
The past few months have been hard for most people I imagine. It’s been difficult to find the headspace and desire to create especially when so much is going on. I could write thousands of words and still not fully express exactly how I feel or even feel that my words are needed in the scope of how big the problems the world is facing now. There is so much beauty, love, life, and joy in my community despite how much many of us have had to endure and will likely continue to endure. So I hope my art in some small way can remind us and others why we…
Hallway Meet- a short short comic
I just published a new short, short comic over at Gumroad and going to post it in a bit over at my new Instagram account: Insta10shorts. You can check it out for FREE here: Loading…
Party Shoes
Daz Studio- Rendering Settings
This info about the Rendering Settings come directly from a forum post by LuucEarth. I found it incredibly helpful and want to keep it bookmarked for myself as well. Do check out the rest of the thread though for other gems!
Take Two
Sometimes a do over is necessary. Glad I went back on this one. Daz3d Kala 8 with slight morphing and editing in Photoshop using adjustment layers, filters, and slight paint overs. Bumping up the render quality and time really helped get rid of some of the noise as did a change in the light setup.
Daz3d- 30+ days in Top 5 Tips & Tricks
I’ve been using Daz3d daily for the past 30+ days and still very much consider myself a beginner. Here are the top things that I’ve learned and/or found extremely useful. In no real particular order of importance: Sales- There’s always another saleDaz is really good about putting out some discount sales so I’m finding if I want something that is either not on sale or is slightly discounted-just wait. I don’t know if they do some weird statistic voodoo but pretty much every time I’ve said I’ll just wait the item I wanted ended up on sale the next day or so. Wonderful but still kind of creepy- in a…
Photoshop YouTube Tutorials
If you use Photoshop then you are probably already aware that it was updated to the 2020 version. Have you been taking full advantage of the new features though? If not or even if you have and still want tips that might help improve your workflow- here are 3 Youtube learning gems I want to quickly share:
365 Rendering
For 2020 my personal challenge is to create a daily render and share it online at Instagram (@365rendering). I wanted to have a linked post here with detailed information about every asset and links and I quickly realized that was a disaster in the making. I don’t know if urls will change/links break and apparently I mix and match a lot of assets from different artists. So if you have questions about a particular render feel free to comment or contact me and I’ll either post it or contact you back directly. At the end of the month I plan to do a big post though with a lot of…
2020 Updates !
*Blows off some cobwebs and dust* Not gonna lie 2019 was not my year. Lots of things were going on and artistically my ideas and stories had so extremely eclipsed my skillset (despite significant amounts of time, money, and effort) that I didn’t see how I would ever be able to achieve those things I really wanted to with my art. So I went back to writing and wrote a book (go me!) and the whole time I was thinking I want to illustrate this, what would this scene look like in a comic, and so on. It was a kind of frustration I can’t even really begin to adequately…
