On Thursdays at 15 UTC we're going to be hosting a weekly design challenge. Come in to Ink Spot
A random topic will be provided for people to design on. I'll host and pick topics the first few weeks but then open it up to anyone else who wants to throw out a topic.
It could be a logo, a new way...
On Thursdays at 15 UTC we're going to be hosting a weekly design challenge. Come in to Ink Spot
A random topic will be provided for people to design on. I'll host and pick topics the first few weeks but then open it up to anyone else who wants to throw out a topic.
It could be a logo, a new way...
topics always fairly loose to not be too restricting, not everyone is experienced so leaving it open to interpretation allows different skill levels to do it however they're most comfortable
Inkscape is better for some curves. If I had more time, I would have run it through with some Spiro splines. Being unable to add effects to more than one path at once is a pain
@JohnB A colleague from the graphics dept. told me so. Bezier handles are.... hard to set, IMHO.
anyway, I was here for a different reason - unfit for the main site. I need to give some skin an alien-ish coppery tint, but eerything I do just seems to tan the skin. I'm woriking on GIMP
I'm not exactly sure you mean what I have in my mind right now but... no. I don't really need the skin to look metallic. I'm changing the skin color of an existing drawing to make a fantasy avatar for a friend's character in a role-playing game. She's a wood elf
@JohnB I'm not sure I can upload the modified image, since I'm not the owner of it and I think it's bad form between artists to modify images without their consent. A sample maybe?
A sample would probably fine. Here's the close reason you want to avoid:
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@Ryan Great! This should become a tradition, more people will join eventually and it's very laid back as concept. 20 minutes isn't that much, but that makes it a very good exercise!
So you and JohnB are left handed, that's funny. I remember working with a left handed and "raging" at having to change the side of their mouse when I needed to show them something on screen haha
Good to know your 1-inch punch will come from the left :P
I'm right handed but hold my hockey stick on the left, I guess it's because I got used that way too since my big bro hockey sticks were are for left handed people. I supposed it's the same for mouses, I don't think I've seen left handed mouses besides the typical simple logitech mouses!
By the way you should revive your volleyball design idea, it looked cool too
eh I messed that up by being too hard on people. Learned from the mistake to make the weekly exercise but dont think I'll try the volleyball one again. Not right now at least
If you want to you're welcome to do so, you should be able to make a chatroom or can ask a moderator to make one for you if not
@Ryan I thought that volleyball idea was just people login in when they felt like it and updating the last image. Maybe I'll recycle your idea later, if beginners feel welcomed they can just post randomly. That was a cool concept.
Well I use to do that concept all the time, its how I learned design. To me it should really be about exploring and trying new things. But most just wanted to make silly images. I was also told that my own volleys were too difficult for others to work with and I should take it down a notch.
Then a lot of people also wanted something with a bit of direction. The weekly exercise hopefully is enough direction to get people started without making it difficult
It was really my fault that it didn't work out. I should've let people make silly images as long as they were having fun and designing something
haha well there's always something that can be done with any image. I noticed you have a very "fluid" style if I can call it this way, it's nice (sorry I'm not too good about naming stuff, I just "do".)
I can understand how it's a bit frustrating if you want to explore styles, the internet is already filled with memes and cat pictures.
I like grotesque a bit so if people try too hard I'll use my comic sans. But I promise I won't always do stupid montages ;)
I can't find it now, might be on an external at home, but I still have the first ever volleyball match I did when I was 8 years old. Actually I just found the exact background image from it
Might be different with designers... I'm usually the only one who does montages and I feel when I do stuff that is too serious, people think I'm trying to show off. But here I could actually explore other styles and be a bit more creative. That's also why I found that volleyball idea interesting
That's the first time I saw that volleyball idea (here). Very good indeed to train your designer's brain!
On that image you posted, I think I would overlay some kind of field of flowers or something to show a before/after, now/then, good/bad, beautiful/ugly duality
Well I'll read it, looks interesting. I have to admit, I never read a single book about digital design. Only old art books. I guess this will be my first one.
I think part of the issue with the volleyball which is what I'm hoping to avoid with the weekly exercise is that most here don't work in print and graphics. A lot are more all web and UX focused
@go-me yeah a lot kind of shy away from montages / composition. They're more comfortable using Illustrator and Grids and such. That's why I'm trying to keep topics broad on the weekly so people can do compositions if they want to or illustrations if they're more comfortable with that side of things
@Ryan That was a good opportunity for them to play around with Photoshop. But both "contests" are good... although I can see how it can be easier with the thursday one for people who prefer Illustrator. Personally, I love Photoshop and working on textures... and Illustrator is a bit too "dry" for what I like to do
Photoshop is like that dream craft box I was dreaming of when I was young <3
Kids are so lucky today, they probably have no idea!
Internet the biggest library ever, Photoshop, the biggest art box with all the tools...!
thats how I started. A friend of my dad's worked for the local newspaper and burned me a copy of Photoshop 4. I had already been drawing anime characters and stuff in MS Paint but then it was like, WOW! I've got unlimited art supplies.
even now I'm trying to get better at sketching and figure drawing and find myself more comfortable on tablet in photoshop than on paper just because of fear that paper is permanent and wasteful and runs out
It's hard to get back to sketching after years of Photoshop. I used to paint and draw but I find it almost easier to simply use Photoshop now. And art supplies are expensive and take a lot of room compared to a computer indeed. Unlimited canvas!
Anyway I'm sure a lot of us even find it hard to do handwriting now. At least I find it hard and find myself very clumsy when I actually need to use a pen
Tablets are cool, I have one but probably used it 2 times. It's very hard to get used to it, it requires a lot of practice and patience at the start I guess :/
I remember doing giant paper airplane at the print shop. That was almost a 3-4' long weapon when thrown (yes, they flew). Very fun to have access to these things
yes but still they make about 10k profit every minute. Which is why they wanted us to build a washingmachine for the paper mill so they could shorten the rupture. See coated paper is painted with rock based paint and when the process ruptures it sprays this substance all over the place
You may know that http://photo.stackexchange.com/ (this site's parent :) has a "Photo of the week" contest.
Here are all the images featured on the homepage from the beginning of the current year in reverse chronological order. Historical archives for previous years, see the archives list at t...
@joojaa I see. I visited a town with that cellulose factory then. All I remember is the rotten apples smell and my urgent desire to get out of that town ;)
@Ryan Ryan, I'm looking at this, very nice pictures. I'll follow this, it's a fun weekly project and yes would be nice to have something like that here too. I don't think I can participate unless there's an iPhone picture category haha
I'm surprised actually how this stack here is not filled with design everywhere. I gues your explanation about ux/web people makes sense. I almost thought people were scared to get judged for their design skills actually
With design, "anything can be done, it's just more expensive" ;)
@go-me yes. Did you know one of my friend does some consulting in cellulose factory operation. And he said, that theres no longer a know how left on how to design a cellulose factory. So, all they have is old books. Now that they have made a industrial method that could make cotton like substance out of cellulose (with less impact on the nature, price at par and new areas to grow) its become a big deal again.
@go-me yeah pretty much in a one on one you agree to maximum time say 1 day or 2 days or whatever. Can also decide if we want to exchange the working files or just a finished jpg
thanks, now doing one explaining the opposite direction basically, how far out the laser works from the side of the road. Our dealers really like the videos
drawn in Illustrator, animated in Flash, imported to Premiere Pro. Captions and Arrows and stuff were done in After Effects, audio was done in Audition
@go-me oh uh for type since we're gonna exchange .PSD I'm gonna dupe text layers and rasterize one so if you don't have any fonts you can use the rasterized one at least.
On Thursdays at 15 UTC we're going to be hosting a weekly design challenge. Come in to Ink Spot
A random topic will be provided for people to design on. I'll host and pick topics the first few weeks but then open it up to anyone else who wants to throw out a topic.
It could be a logo, a new way...
