#2d graphics

[francoyovich]

Here's a layering breakdown of one of our levels! As you see there is indeed a lot of layers; particles and shaders are added on top of that!

[super-nova-studios]

Bubbaruka arrives June 18th 2021

[limbicnation]

Machin[E]Lf\³

[essikissa]

Quick painting of... Some kind of sand crocodile dragon?

[prllnce]

an environment mockup for my portfolio!

| ko-fi | patreon | youtube | twitter | commissions | store | pillowfort |

[stumblynn]

I had to tweak some things in an asset I was animating. And this is what happened when I reopened the program lol.

[makeupandteethlookgr8onthefloor]

soft/hardware alternatives

information from keetztweetz on twitter:      •• original tweet      •• keetz’s website      •• permission tweet

Because of all new "affordable" Wacom products, here's a thread on free/genuinely affordable software and hardware for digital artists.

Please, please re[blog] this so at least one aspiring independent creator can know that there is no paywall between themselves and their art.

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HUION: https://www.huiontablet.com (Hundreds of tablets, some for less than half the price of Wacom)

YIYNOVA: http://www.yiynova.com/En/index.php Specialize in budget tablet displays, I've never used them but both Domics and TheOdd1sOut have used them at some point, so they must be good)

FOR VIDEO:

Your phone works better than you think, even if you have an older model. Give your camera + voice memo a shot!

FOR 2D ART/GRAPHICS:

FireAlpaca: https://firealpaca.com/  (great for beginners)

MediBang paint: https://medibangpaint.com/en/  (multiplatform and very profess)

Krita: https://krita.org/en/ (open source and crazy powerful)

GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/ (basically free photoshop)

FOR 2D ANIMATION:

OpenToonz: https://opentoonz.github.io/e/ (open source version of software used by Studio Ghibli, STUPIDLY powerful)

Krita Animation Package: https://krita.org/en/krita-3-0-release-notes/  (Add-on for Krita)

Blender: https://goo.gl/NjB3HC  (Yes, really.)

FOR 3D ART:

Blender: https://www.blender.org/ (insanely powerful, open source, and all purpose. not to mention the best tutorial community for any program...ever)

https://www.daz3d.com/ (i've never used it, but i hear it's great for simulations and integration)

FOR GAME DEVELOPMENT:

Unity: https://unity3d.com/  (For 2D/3D games, industry standard)

GameMaker studio: https://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker (For 2D games, this was used to make Undertale)

*You may have to purchase a one time license fee to sell + export your final game.

FOR VID EDITING:

Hitfilm Express: https://fxhome.com/express (All in one video editing + effects tool)

iMovie: https://www.apple.com/imovie/ (Plain and simple, preinstalled on apple devices)

AviUtl:  http://aviutl.info/  (JP)(Japanese non linear compositing tool)

SOME THINGS ABOUT ADOBE:

Photoshop by itself is $10/mo If you have a student email, the whole suite is $20/mo You can get the old CS2 adobe suite for free

You can also get Autodesk Maya, an industry standard 3D program, for free for 3 years with a student email.

[ceri-obt]

2017 2D games boys: CupHead and Hollow Knight

I so in love with these games’ graphic and soundtrack.