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Posted in Mad Tea Party: Hangout and Raffle Posted 3 years ago

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@wildfire: hm, well i wouldn't say it's wrong to have their perspective since it is what they see, but the important part is why do they interpret the way they do and how is it different from what you were trying to convey. but it is definitely a balance!

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Posted in Mad Tea Party: Hangout and Raffle Posted 3 years ago

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@shadami: as long as the evaluation criteria is the application of the technique, i think it's fine since my take is "i go to school to learn skills". whether it looks pretty in the end is a totally different story LOL. i definitely agree that it's stifling to only do what the professor wants, but if it's to practice a specific application of a technique, then i'm getting value out of the schooling. but that response of "outside of the box" is like didn't tell me you were going to judge me on my ideas in addition to the technique >__>

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Posted in Mad Tea Party: Hangout and Raffle Posted 3 years ago

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@wildfire: i don't think you can ever completely separate subjective takes on a piece since you ARE looking at it to evaluate it, but some folks are better at explaining what specifically in the the technique application is lacking rather than chalking it up to "doesn't meet requirements" or "doesn't work visually"

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Posted in Mad Tea Party: Hangout and Raffle Posted 3 years ago

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@koneko: ahhh that's awesome! i had one professor who was in similar vein about checking the concept that was being learned (not the concept of the piece's subject matter / realization) which was nice, but they also got distracted by my unusual color choice which didn't fit the concept we were applying... i was only doing the minimalistic form part, but no one told me were also looking at the color palette too XD
it's a good thing i only took college art classes for entertainment and not my actual degree...

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Posted in Mad Tea Party: Hangout and Raffle Posted 3 years ago

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ugh i have such mixed feelings about institutionalized art classes. i've always approached art as a hobby and for my own entertainment, so a lot of art schooling / collegiate style of teaching doesn't quite apply to me (and it also really rubs me the wrong way). as for grading -- i think there is a way to do it objectively, but it comes down to the assignment requiring an application of a specific technique and then grading on "did the student execute the technique in question".. NOT judging the concept or style of the resulting piece and it seems many people thinking judging technique as the same thing as style. technique is like, "did you use the 2 point system to create perspective" not "does it look nice and are the colors pretty". whether you as an artist chose to use the 2 point system in your own work is up to you, but it's not always "right" to always use it. art schooling should only be about equipping students with a toolkit of techniques to achieve different effects.... (but that's just my two cents. >__>)

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Posted in SECRET ART EXCHANGE 2020 [gifts posted!] Posted 3 years ago

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NYOOOOOOOM sounds like fun :3
need to check my time allowance, but i think it's doable.
will fill out stuff soon :D

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Posted in Mad Tea Party: Hangout and Raffle Posted 3 years ago

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@Hachi: asdfadf that's a cute idea! i might have to sign up if time allows :D

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Posted in Mad Tea Party: Hangout and Raffle Posted 3 years ago

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@MoodyB: ah yeah the finicky lines with the pen contact... that was the bane of my existence when i'd get a giant straight line straight through the middle >__> well i hope you can get it to work for you :3

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Posted in Mirrored Expression: Art Contest Posted 3 years ago

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@xvz: yes make the bottom wider, so the whole thing has a trapezoid shape. depending on the angle of light, the shadow perspective will distort. i personally like it when the light is sort of top down above a person, so the shadow's head is closer to light and therefore a larger shadow. but since it's also further from the ground when the shadow forms, it's blurrier with more light diffusion into the shadow space.
ah. i count avatar art as fan art for voltra because it's just me simping for voltra's commons LOL

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Posted in Mad Tea Party: Hangout and Raffle Posted 3 years ago

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@Purpsy: i will look :D

@MoodyB: oof yeah that charge time is really long. are you able to work while it's plugged in somehow? all my tablets were usb to a computer, so never had that issue before. the only thing is maybe my pen battery dying XD

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Posted in Mad Tea Party: Hangout and Raffle Posted 3 years ago

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@MoodyB: ah gotcha, the pressure granularity. i think my old tablet was around 2k as well. it died recently after 11 years, but it was workable. i did have to make up for the lack of pressure levels with how hard i used the pen though. like compared to my current tablet, the 2k pressure was press much harder for the heaviest lines and much lighter for the thinner lines. probably wasn't good for my arm/wrist though now that i think about it... :/

@Purpsy: ah i haven't looked at it dark mode, but glad it seems to be compatible :3

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Posted in Mad Tea Party: Hangout and Raffle Posted 3 years ago

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@MoodyB: what is the max level of pen pressure? as in your tablet isn't recognizing all the levels of pressure or the granularity of pressure just isn't supported? i've never used stabilizers for lines, so i can't say much about it's effects on pen pressure. but without stabilizer, if you're able to get a largeish drawing space, it helps with smoother lines to use one big motion.

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Posted in Mad Tea Party: Hangout and Raffle Posted 3 years ago

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@MoodyB: yeah just getting the essentials is expensive >__> i used to go to a studio that provided all the materials/paint/canvas/brushes, which was helpful for beginners, but man the bristles on those brushes got destroyed fast. ...but in similar vein, i mostly do digital now because mat costs and space lol

@Purpsy: ahhh thank you <3

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Posted in Mad Tea Party: Hangout and Raffle Posted 3 years ago

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@Wildfire: it's not difficult per se, there's just a lot going on LOL

@MoodyB: yeah i understand; physical mats are expensive, even the student grade ones hahah.... T__T supposedly the professional grade paints have such high concentration of pigments that you need just a speck to color the blob of white filler (or that's the case with oils anyway). my old instructor let me use some of her vermillion red and it was incredible XD

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