My Portfolio Journal

My Online Journal looking at Games Design, Concept Art, 3D models and, mainly, sketches. I am delayed in uploading things due to my personal problems. I probably don't need to remind you to NOT Repost my work as your own on your own accounts or websites. Please have some respect.  WARNING: Most, if not all, will be WIP.

[rederiswrites]

Quietly losing my mind over the fact that Elon Musk has straight up orchestrated a coup of our executive branch and like....I don't even know what, if any, system we have in place to fix this. Like... He's just taken control of the money and locked out the actual appointed officials. What the fuck.

[rederiswrites]

Nazis are taking over my government, and like, not even just the Nazis we fucking elected! And I'm...making hamburgers? Because somebody has to make dinner? I just feel completely unhinged.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I think that's how random civillians generally feel in these situations. Someone's gotta make dinner.

[lizardlicks]

If you're wondering, there is plenty to be done about it, and plenty being done about it already, even if it's not happening instantly in a way you can perceive.

Is Somebody Doing Something?!

Yes. Let me break it down for you.

[rederiswrites]

Reblogging because this is an excellent article that both tells you about some of what's being done and breaks it down in a way that will help you understand and think about future action. Please read!

[neil-gaiman]

Hi! I hope this isn't rude to ask you to highlight, but Len Kaminski, who did a lot of work for Iron Man (especially with War Machine) as well as having written many Marvel and DC Comics (including runs of Web of Spider-Man, Sensational She-Hulk, Venom: Seed of Darkness, Doctor Strange: Sorcerer Supreme, Justice League of Amazons, Justice League of Atlantis, Scare Tactics, Fate and more) was in a rather bad accident last year and is basically being financially abused by the care home he was placed in after the accident. There is a gofundme trying to raise funds to get him to a better location.

I don't think I can send you a direct link to the gofundme as due to tumblr's policies on links in asks, but if you google Len's name and "gofundme" you will find several articles from sites such as CBR and Bleeding Cool talking about this fundraiser.

Again, I hope this isn't rude to ask you highlight and share, but would you be willing to help spread the word to folks who might be fans? You're one of the biggest comic industry names on tumblr, so you were one of the first people I thought of who might be able to spread the word.

Thank you for your attention, Mr. Gaiman and I further thank you for any assistance you might be able to have in spreading the word!

Thank you for letting me know. That’s awful!

There’s an article about it at

War Machine's Creator Len Kaminski Needs Your Help

Long-standing comic book creator, including War Machine currently about to appear in Disney+ Secret Invasion, Len Kaminski is in need of hel

And a direct link to the Gofundme at

Help Save Len Kaminski!, organized by Susan Peterson

Len Kaminski, writer for several major comics publishers, is in dire need of your help. In his… Susan Peterson needs your support for Help

[edendrawsml]

I always hate asking for help, but if my art or I have ever made you smile and you can spare a tiny bit, my family has been drowning in medical bills recently and my skinny wallet would greatly appreciate it.

Otherwise, a reblog would help out immensely as well! Thank you!!! ❤️

https://ko-fi.com/edendaphne

https://paypal.me/EdenDaphne

[bderrickgameart]

Not really posted much on here due to depression and other things. I'll try and upload some projecrs I've been meaning to finish soon if anyone is still interested.

[thundercluck-blog]

Hey folks! Paul here, with one more TUTOR TUESDAY goodie: For ease of downloading, I’ve taken all the PDFs and compiled them into a…

COMPLETE .ZIP OF TUTOR TUESDAY COLLECTIONS! (~120MB)

And once again, here are the links to individual collections:

TutorTues_PDF_01_Fundamentals1.pdf

TutorTues_PDF_02_Fundamentals2.pdf

TutorTues_PDF_03_Environments.pdf

TutorTues_PDF_04_Scenery_&_Props.pdf

TutorTues_PDF_05_Positivity.pdf

TutorTues_PDF_06_Color_Theory.pdf

TutorTues_PDF_07_Digital_Color.pdf

TutorTues_PDF_08_Digital_Tools.pdf

TutorTues_PDF_09_Human_Anatomy.pdf

TutorTues_PDF_10_Specific_Anatomy.pdf

TutorTues_PDF_11_Facial_Features.pdf

TutorTues_PDF_12_Faces_&_Expressions.pdf

TutorTues_PDF_13_Hair.pdf

TutorTues_PDF_14_Clothing_&_Accessories.pdf

TutorTues_PDF_15_Animal_Features

If you enjoy these, please send your love to Meg’s personal, @rawranansi. And stay tuned for news on where Tutor Tuesday might go next!

Paul

[art-res]

God these are AMAZING. So is Meg. 

Please go give Meg a million hugs for me! @rawranansi!!!!!!!!!

[art-res]

always a gem! 

[robotclownindulgence]

Some people appearently don’t know how fucking funny the idw transformers comics are and that’s just a tragedy

[robotclownindulgence]

I mean, just see for yourself:

[robotclownindulgence]

But wait, there’s more!

[keeper-of-the-flames]

Oh man I am legit crying. @thefingerfuckingfemalefury we gotta keep this going.

[weirdlandtv]

Sad to learn of the passing of Richard Williams (1933-2019) today. His work on ROGER RABBIT made me fall in love with animation, his book THE ANIMATOR’S SURVIVAL KIT made me understand it.

Without that book, I wouldn’t have created my YouTube channel; without my YouTube channel, this blog wouldn’t exist. So hold a good thought for him.

[chuckdrawsthings]

changing

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Read more here:

Adobe Tells Users They Can Get Sued for Using Old Versions of Photoshop

"You are no longer licensed to use the software," Adobe told them.

[awsomelink]

Friendly reminder that GIMP does pretty much everything Photoshop does, and it’s 100% free. Fuck DRM and the license culture, we have plenty of open source options available to us as a consumer.

[socialistexan]

Lightworks is a freeware video editor on par with Premiere

Blender is an excellent freeware 3D renderer,possibly better than After Effects

Lightzone to replace Lightroom

Inkscape to replace Illustratr

Audacity to replace Audition (I also received a free version of Pro Tools with my Scarlett Solo audio interface)

If Adobe is going to be greedy shitheads, then fuck ‘em. Don’t use their stuff. Freeware can be just as good, if not better, than Adobe CC.

[catchymemes]

[whifferdills]

https://www.the-pro-creator.com/2019/01/I-hate-adobe-and-so-should-you.html

[jellies-moved-deactivated202006]

OH I FORGOT. I SAW THE GREATEST CAR IN THE WORLD WHEN I WAS COMING BACK FROM THE JOB INTERVIEW I DID TODAY

[jellies-moved-deactivated202006]

[jellies-moved-deactivated202006]

I got the job I had interviewed for in this post and they started me at $13/hr and a guaranteed 20 hours a week thanks everyone for their support in the notes abt the job interview itself and no thanks to the people who said it was cursed

[commandtower-solring-go-deactiv]

Reblog the X3 HEWWO car of career success. Reblog for a decent job

[thechekhov]

I made a thing! I was thinking about this for a few days - because I realized that when I was young, I was also frustrated about being given the same advice over and over - without really knowing what it meant!!

Here’s 5 techniques which I have done before which have helped me grow as an artist, which are good for 5-minute warmups or just straight up challenges for your sketchbook! 

Obviously, these are not the ONLY techniques - they’re just the ones I find most fun! And maybe they’re not the most ‘correct’ ones out there, but it’s better than another comic about practicing more, right? 

Good luck to everyone on their drawings!

[thecaffeinebookwarrior-deactiva]

Honestly, as an artist and illustrator myself, seeing all the posts yelling at newbies to “practice” is so frustrating to me. It feels condescending, and would have had me running for the hills in no time if I was just starting out. This is much more helpful.

[bderrickgameart]

Devtober Day 2: Games that will help

Day 2 was mainly focusing on games that I need to research for elements, mechanics and style choices.

The first game is the one that first helped me with thinking up this game project: Chase HQ 2.

While playing it at the gaming event Insomnia 63, it provided a fast-paced action chase with small and simple cutscenes to keep up with the pace. While I only played a small part of it, I watched someone have enough £1 coins to play it until the end, and it definitely seemed worth it.

The second game that came to mind was a popular driving & racing franchise that was remastered a year ago, Burnout Paradise.

The Burnout series (at least from the 3rd game) has provided a very well-designed style of tricking the player's brain into thinking they're going faster than they think, with blur effects in the background. And the gameplay is just fantastic, especially in Burnout Paradise with its sandbox layout and stunts available.

The final game seems to be the obvious choice with its concept and police-like equipment, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit.

I wish I liked this game more. I first started playing it back in 2013 when playing with friends at a local gaming lounge (before it closed down). It was a lot of fun both multiplayer and single player, with the Police campaign going on giving you equipment to help pursue and capture criminals as you race along, which could be put into my game, but with different sets of difficulty, maybe. But of a shame you're forced to make an EA account to play it.

So hopefully playing some of these games on the side while working on the project. And if you haven't played these games yourself, I'd suggest giving them a go.

- B. Derrick

[bderrickgameart]

Time for #Devtober

Yes, I’m alive, but have been overburdened by my own mental health problems. But enough about that.

As per my previous post regarding this tweet, I am interested to get my arse back into the Game Development game, and I think this month thing might just be the thing to get me going.

While I am working on my other projects like The Bloody Reaper, I feel I need to make a more simple game that really shouldn’t bother me if I fail at it or not. Get my feet wet in the paddling pool before taking on the deep end of the pool with weights, as it were.

Thankfully, while at Insomnia 63, I came across this arcade machine called Chase H.Q. 2 that already got me thinking for a short and simple car chasing game to make for the PC (And if I’m feeling ballsy, Mobile) with the elements from my already building world of my other game projects.

So if I complete it, I’m good. If not, at least I’ve got something to add to my portfolio. Either way, it’s a win-win situation.

Day 1 has already started with a document, a rough schedule of things to do, and the commencement of concept art.

I do hope to keep update on here, but if not, maybe check out my Instagram or Twitter as I’ll probably share my interest on those too.

Thanks for reading and I’m happy to accept and advise, feedback and criticism for this small dumb project.

- B. Derrick

[neilmakesgames]

DEVTOBER

Make a game.

Post a progress screenshot/gif every day of October.

Promote and sell it.

You win if you earn at least $1 out of it.

Via Ellian on twitter

[sheodraws]

Attention ALL artists!

You sure have seen this post. It has spread like wildfire over the past few days so I doubt there is any artist out there who hasn’t seen it. But even if you didn’t, you should read on because I’m about to tell you a handy little thing that can help you to protect your art from such assholes as the anon who submitted this bullcrap, as well as art thieves in general.

The magic word is Metadata.

Metadata is like an invisible signature that is embeded into a file. It can contain all kinds of information, like Title, date, keywords for online seach engines, and copyright information. And the best thing is, since this information is “hidden” in the code of your picture, it’s hard to remove it.

There is a nice basic tutorial on how to add Metadata, or “additional file information” to your images in photoshop. It’s really, really easy so check it out!

“Adding Your Contact And Copyright Info To Your Photos With Photoshop” on PhotoshopEssentials.com

I’m not sure if you can do the same with any other art program. If you know how to do this in other programs / can confirm that it works the same way there, please tell me so I can add the information to this post.

Adding the Metadata will not stop idiots from taking and reposting your art. It also won’t make them stop editing out your signature. It WILL however, help you prove that you are the original artist whenever you have to. Always remember my friends. You, the artist, are protected by law. No one has the right to take your intellectual property and hard work and repost, use or edit it without your permission. Ever.

[infinipede]

art thief: well how can you prove its yours??

me: /opens metadata

[swevenfox]

I spread the word as it is important to all artist who ever suffered from art thieving or so.

[miss-lillipants-deactivated2021]

You guys, metadata is super important, you guys. In an everday and legal sense. People legitimately look at and rely on metadata to know the basic, but important bits of information about a digital product (paintings, photographs, exe files, etc.), ESPECIALLY the source.

Don’t underestimate it!

[toriitorii]

ART THEFT Someone is selling my art at conventions. I am waiting for a reply to find out what con and what artist it was but if your see anyone selling my art take a picture of their booth and of their artist name. I’m so sick of this…

[wintermoth]

I saw nothing remotely resembling your artwork at GenCon in Indianapolis this weekend so there’s that, at least.

[lilbit-of-kizzy]

Yeah the last Con I went to we asked about the art at most of the booths…there was indeed one who was selling art from multiple artist online (buttons, granted they spent the time and money to put them together but still) so I asked and the one woman actually said “well we did all the work?? So who cares?” The guy who was running the booth heard and looked over at her appalled as we walked off. When we circled back to the booth he flagged us down (the girl was gone) and said he could show us where he’d commissioned the pieces to use as his buttons. So that was nice, but yeah if you find a place with a lot of differently styled art go ahead and ask about it. Shut this kind of thing down.

[overworkedunderwhelmed]

Just a reminder, from someone who runs conventions:

If you see something, you say something!  This goes for any kind of shady behavior in general during and event, but convention staff are generally really nice and are really concerned about stopping any kind of bad behavior during their event.

After a convention, most staffers are kind of dead to the world for a bit, so getting answers after the fact can be a challenge at times.  But if you can provide proof – or in an exhibit/artist/dealer hall – provide tangible proof of an ownership issue (like a fanartist’s page and their re-posting/use limitations) or a bootlegged item, they will deal with it immediately, either by getting the vendor to remove the item or items in issue from the floor or by banning them, depending upon their own rules and judgement.  

Most of those staffers also staff other conventions and convention runners, especially those with longer running events, do talk.  Most of the vendors in an area also tend to be a tight knit bunch who will very gladly point out to convention management when they have someone with a seedy record on their hands (if they didn’t know about it beforehand).