#art tests

[b0x-cl0wn]

I've been thinking about Chiaki

[greekpersphonecora]

I haven't posted in a while so my WIP

[overgrowngame]

Pixel art studies + Some character tests!

[purpledemonart]

Quick test of Posca pens with King! They’re fun, however get little build up flecks/residue. They can be brushed off once dry though, and I think I did them a disservice by picking a character with such a muted color scheme. Gonna try them again with something summer-y and colorful next!

[masoqueen-official]

*throws art in a big pile*

Yeahhh I’m not done（・v・") but basically-

Art update/stuff 2!

A mix of a couple of things...

I finally made a shitty artistic rendition of what i want my new room to look like lol (cover the bucket and it looks ok)

And wood came into my house today cuz the door was open hehe but he caught something ;-; poor wood...

I found some old-ish doodles and then made some new ones as practice for bh and the upcoming animation, also i was bored-

September doodles from before i left! :D (yes that means i didn't work on the ph comic at all but i will! It's almost done anyway-)

And a little short test comic -w- i guess we scared him, whoops...

That one doodle that kept holding me bAC- and another test for blending colored pencils ヾ(´▽｀;)ゝ it's all over the place ik

Here's an animation parody preview too! Ooh whatever could it be 👀

[lemonpixycat]

Just a test in blending and shading. I usually use the airbrush tools to achieve a gradient rather than blending manually, but I’m trying to get better at blending.

[murumokirby360]

My XP-Pen PenTablet Window Software: ON and OFF Windows Ink difference - Windows 7 ver. (Oct. 15th, 2020)

Hi, My XP-Pen Deco 01 V2′s topic continues after a weeks of hiatus focusing on my other stuff.😊🖊️📝

Today I’m talking about “Windows Ink” on Windows 7 from the old Lenovo laptop (G470).💻 So why am I talking about this? Well... You’ll see.

*But before that, I want YOU… Yes you, which you’re reading my description. I want you to watch my recorded video first 📹📲 (as a observation) before you read the rest of my reaction experience. Hope you’re watching…

My Experience #1: •(Now as you already done watching video.) I didn’t realize in my whole drawing life, that the “Windows Ink” was disable from the XP-Pen PenTablet Window Software. But what happens if I enable the “Windows Ink”? Well, the result was my cursor mouse is unable to move and I can’t tap anything at all; both in GIMP art software, and other windows programs. Except in the working canvas area of the GIMP, in which is the only part that the cursor can move. In my theory: “Windows Ink” for Windows 7 version can only detect the working canvas area when plugging the drawing/graphic tablet and enable the “Windows Ink”, unlike in Windows 10′s Windows Ink counterpart (and also Windows 8 variants I guess). As for my drawing performance 📝✍️ between ON and OFF "Windows Ink” for Windows 7; well it’s quite the same actually, albeit a little bit weighty when I switch ON “Windows Ink” compare to lightness when I switch OFF. Here, I made some examples for that.↓

My experience #2:

• So like I said before, it performs the same for both of them with a bit heavy scribble for turning ON and light scribble when turning OFF.

• Though I even try to send a message to a professional artist youtuber named “Teoh Yi Chie” / Parka Blogs on his profile website about “ON and OFF Windows Ink differences”; saying that “Certain apps will only have pressure sensitivity when Windows Ink is turned on. So if there are troubles with pressure sensitivity, you may want to turn Windows Ink on or off to troubleshoot.” and “You have to toggle Windows Ink on and off. If you can’t drag with or without Windows Ink, it’s probably not Windows Ink problem. Could be driver problem.” From the looks of it, I haven’t much problem on pressure sensitivity after I already setup the right way. And you know what, I think I should switch / leave turn off the “Windows Ink”, just for the sake of mobility on my cursor using my Passive Pen and the Drawing Tablet of my  XP-Pen Deco 01 V2, rather than just toggle on and off which is annoying in my opinion. Although… Unless If I moved to Windows 10 OS from a my little bro’s former gaming PC desktop, I should do another topic. Because my little bro is earning his big savings for a better gaming PC desktop; I mean -better graphics card, motherboard, CPU chip, RAM and all needed specs, just to get a improve performance for his Autodesk Revit architect work. It seems to be that I will moved to Windows 10 and leave Windows 7 very very soon… Probably November or December.

And BTW: Big shout out to Mr. Teoh Yi Chie from Singapore. I think he’s a good professional artist who had a lot of drawing/graphics tablets reviews and also pen display and sometimes flatbed scanners too (at that time) which mostly I watched from his video a lot (than just art supply tools,etc… because I focused on digital drawing/graphics tablets), so I want to say thank you for your good advice about my recent topic. If you want to see his YT channel [CLICK ME!] and his Parka Blogs website [CLICK ME!], then go ahead - check it out.

Well, that’s for now... And in case you missed my related parts and accessories for my XP-Pen Deco 01 V2, then I’ve already provide some links down below. ↓ 😉

Previous: • XP-Pen PenTablet Window Software for my XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 (Aug 8, 2020) • Drawing art test with my XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 drawing - Part 2 (Aug 17, 2020) • My XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 Aftermath Usage (Aug 17, 2020) • My XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 drawing test with my GIMP 2.8.10 (Aug 17, 2020): Part 3 [3rd Attempt], Part 4 [4th Attempt] •Drawing art test with my XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 drawing: Part 1 (Aug 12, 2020) • My XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 drawing test with my GIMP 2.8.10 (Aug, 12, 2020): Part 1 [1st Attempt], Part 2 [2nd Attempt] • XP-Pen PenTablet Window Software for my XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 (Aug 8, 2020) • My XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 connecting computer laptop(Aug 8, 2020): Part 1 - [1st Attempt], Part 2 (Final) [2nd Attempt] • Installation steps for my XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 [Aug. 7,2020] • Accessories for my XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 [Jun 25,2020]: [Part 1], [Part 2] • Part 5 [May 8,2020] • Part 4 [May 1, 2020]: First Half, Second Half • Part 3 [Apr 22, 2020] • Part 2 [Apr 17, 2020] • Part 1 [ Apr 14, 2020] • Recorded video opening [Apr 10, 2020] • Unopened parcel/package [Apr 7, 2020]

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[hypernovafirefly]

So, I can't remember if I posted about this here on Tumblr, but in early July I set out to do a lightfast test for the HIMI Miya jelly gouache. For those unfamiliar with the term, "Lightfastness" refers to a paint's ability (or lack thereof) to stand up to UV rays over time. Some colors fade, some change--as you can see with that purple in the 8th row--and some hold up very well. It's a good way to see if your paintings are going to withstand the test of time. 

I wanted to test these paints before I started using them so I could figure out whether it was a good idea to use them in paintings that I want to sell originals of. After this test I will say this--I'll probably only use these on pieces that are destined for digital printing only.  Some of the colors are still looking okay, but some (lookin' again at that purple!) are just not up for it.

I was a little surprised that I couldn't find any information on the lightfastness of these paints--hence why I had to perform a test myself. But I hope this serves as a helpful tidbit of information to anyone who had the same questions as I did about these paints. I have yet to use them (mostly because I was waiting on this test) but I'm excited to do so, even taking into account the fading of some of the colors. 

GOOD GODS I CANNOT GET OVER HOW MUCH THAT PURPLE CHANGED!!!!!! Look at it!! It’s PINK now! I guess that means that whatever blue pigment they used is not very lightfast. -_-

Anyway, I hope people are still keeping safe and sane.

Please share this if you have artist friends  It's weird that this information wasn't available, so if this can help anyone, a quick share is a great way to help people see it. That way someone else won’t have to waste 2 months waiting for the sun to damage their paints :)