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Look like your struggling doing your choice about the soft to use
Anyway, nicely done 
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Nah.. no struggle here.. 
It would sound a bit bad if I'd tell you that I'd spent hours and hours making the painting, wouldn't it?
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I am just jocking
Having several strings to your bow is important
Speed painting is a really good training for an artist.
I am not good at this because i use a lot of reference photo, even if the result look great, i think it's a bad habit :/
How much did you spend for the drawing ?
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Yeah, I definitely agree with you. Speed painting is a great way to loosen up and I know I should do it more. I find that softwares like ArtRage often help a lot because the brushes are more unpredictable. Have you ever tried Alchemy? It's perfect for creating unexpected artwork..
So you use a lot of reference? You should load up some artwork to your gallery
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I never tried ArtRage, but i saw a tuto on youtube. This soft is close to Corel painter. Look like, it try to reproduce the filing of a real brush. That not very my style, i used Corel P in the past and i was never accustomed to this philosophy
I dropped it in final.
But alchemy, i am really happy that you named it
I often use that soft but not for abstract art, for concept sketch.
I don't create something with it but to i find inspiration and original form. I was accustomed to use a custom chaotic brush on PS to inspire my creativity, but Alchemy take this role now ^^
To you know what is Thumbnailing in a concept sketch ? i am using it for that ^^
And you, your using it for abstract art. It's sure a good soft for that
For my art i use a lot of photo. In fact i do a matte painting to compose something with the photo references and after that is use another layer to draw on top of it. It's a mix between drawing and real photo.
I do that to speed up the process of doing a concept environment ^^, and also to make the thing more real/believable
I will post some works i did, if your really interested.
Most of the time i use my Pixiv account to post my art, instead of DA :/
But what about you ? i know you love comics, but i am curious, do you works as an artist or it's just an hobbies ?
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Corel Painter is great but not my favourites either.
Sounds like you've tried a variety of softwares yourself too
Sounds a pretty cool technique, composing a different pictures and drawing through. I'm always struggling with environment.. 
Isn't Pixiv a manga art site? If you like to publish pictures in dA, I'd be glad to see them. But please, don't do it only on my account if it's not your intention to have an updated gallery here
Humm... I really don't know how to answer your last question.
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Corel painter is really for those who are real painter and want to practice with a soft. Artrage look more easy but it have the same feeling as Corel painter, i am sure you will love it if you try it
Lol, your not a simple person, your like all artists, you want to concentrate to your art and not to have to think like an engineer to only use a brush
I am like that me too, that the reason why i love SAI, very easy and instinctive ^^
Yeah, you can't imagine all the softs i tried during all the years !! and in every domain ! 3D, animation, painting, design, architecture, abstract, sculpting....music o_O ...
That the reason why i have a weird works flow when i am doing something.
Even if i like simplicity, i systematically use many soft to archive it, in final i am really what you call a software dependent artist, i am lost without them, that very contradictory, don't you think so ?
Yeah Alchemy is really nice for thumbnailing, it's when i saw a tuto on internet that i started to do like that ^^.
And you your using it as a virtual punching ball ! hahaha, that a nice idea, you feel better after that ?
Composing to make an environment is really easy nowadays.
You Just need a good soft like PS and the most important and maybe the only one, a good feeling of depth. Making perspective error make your drawing really bad.
Just construct your perspective line in a layer and make sure your composition follows it, and the results will be good ^^. Also the second one, the mood, lighting is also very important.
Yeah Pixiv is a Japanese site when you post your art, but that not only manga related. (No photo ! or anything not related to art).
If you want to visit my account
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That already a good start ^^, and yeah your a comics artist, you can say it
Your doing art colab sometime ?
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Oh, I do have Painter. I've used it from version IX. It has lovely tools and I really should use it more. Just doesn't fit my workflow somehow. I love SAI though. The only thing I don't like about it is the canvas size is restricted. I really had trouble finishing the colouring of a comic because it couldn't use enough memory.
Well.. if you are comfortable in your chosen workflow it's simple enough.
Alchemy is nice to get some perspective - just to mess something up and not care how it looks. When I need an outlet I take pen and papers and draw heavy circles until the pen goes through the papers.. now that feels good
Thanks for the tips on matte painting. I really should sometimes try it.
I visited your profile. Very nice. Love that picture of a street... and that Planet picture is awesome. You're very good.
It's nice to colab sometimes but at the moment I just don't have the time. Maybe one day though
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The famous memory management of SAI ^^, some time your happy to have PS
I don't know, using many soft make you versatile, but i am relaying too much on soft. For ex, instead of using a paper and a pen to draw in perspective, i use a 3D soft to get a perspective view of what i want to draw. It's rough, most of the time it represent just the proxy shape and the proportion, but i'm using it in a layer as a guide to make sure my paint-over doesn't have perspective mistake. definitively not artistic :/
Haha, you must be in trance for piercing the paper. But you right, nothing better than the traditional paper and pen
Yeah, matte painting is a good training if you want to do environment drawing ^^
You draw landscape sometime ?
thx for your compliment on my pixiv, but you know it's old drawings, my style have changed a lot and my interest too, it's been a while i didn't posted something on it :/
In fact i want to make a portfolio on CGHUB with exclusive concept, to advert myself ^^
Most of my work now is about concept design (mecha, guns, tech/SF environment ,devices..)
Colab, can be tough, especially when the style is different. But don't worry, i was not referring to me 
I just wanted to know if you already did it in the past
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That's a good idea to make a rough 3d model of the scene. Very good idea. Maybe I should do a bit more 3d to help me out with some comic scenery. I've sometimes used Blender to model up some roughs for faces. I can import them to Manga Studio and turn them around there. Manga Studio EX has a rough 3d puppet integrated too so I've used that too. Hmm.. You give me pretty good ideas
I'm awfully bad doing landscapes. I really should sketch more of them.
I'm starting to get dizzy with all the variety of different sites where artists can show their work.
Whew..
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Yeah you should try
Your using blender ? wow, for me this soft is a true mess !
I am very experienced with 3D soft and this one gave me headache !! I un-installed the soft after 30 min of struggle to just do a 3D box !!
You should try Lightwave 11, a wonderful soft
That true, art is becoming a true business, and now all peoples do drawing !
That good, but your literally overflowed by all that art. When you have so much of choice some time, it give you hard time to build your reference.
That the reason why i use now only Pixiv for my sketch and essay and CGHUB for pro works.
It's better to compartment your art. Did you have an account to other site beside DA ?
Oh, you draw also mecha ? good to know, i love mecha
And for your question, i am way better with mechanic design that other things ^^, but i do character design when it come to futuristic equipments and exoskeleton.
I did draw a lot of characters in the past as a training, so i know how to draw peoples but i am not fan :/
And you ?
Yeah, that true, colab with some peoples can be really consuming ^^. Imagine now if you have to guide the art of an entire team, hahaha
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Oh I love Blender. I used to do stuff with it but I'm into 2d more
I think it's easier to keep it simple - just two updated accounts should be enough. Any more than that is just waste of time and energy. I used to have several different gallery accounts but I've lately erased the extra accounts. I like dA. I do have something in Elfwood but I don't update it.
I've only drawn one mecha - just for one comic. It was very difficult. I'm more into drawing people than tech thingies. I know I should draw more stuff with straight lines.
There are groups that do well together. But there always need to be that one person that keeps everything up and going. I admire those people. It's not easy.
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You don't say !! when i tried blender it was if i used an UFO, i don't know how you managed to like it
I agree with you, it can be a struggle to manage many sites :/, i have 2 accounts and it's already hard to keep it alive with my IRL live.
I feel the same toward character design
Drawing a mecha is relatively hard when your not accustomed to "see" them on drawing design and game....
In fact, i liked mechanical things since kids, not necessary mecha and robot but all stuff that are technological (i am also working in that domain ^^)
So it's kind of natural for me, but with all that 3D soft i think with a little of reference you can draw a very good looking mecha without being into it ^^
By the way, your mecha drawing is very nice for a first try ^^
Yeah taking this role, is a really hard. I have some experiences and you really have to be tough to be credible for your team :/
What is your work IRL ?
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There are just few basic shortcut keys that one needs to learn. I did buy a tutorial book to help me through. But after getting used to Blender I'd be just as lost in any other 3d soft out there.
Oh, yes. I definitely can draw a mecha if I need to. It's difficult. Thanks, I'm pretty satisfied with my first effort.
To answer that "work" question. I guess I'm feeling my way through life now.
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