I noticed that you stopping posting to X/Twitter of your art. So you came back here? I missed seeing your stuff. 🥹
When they announced that they'd be opening themselves up to data combing for AI generation back in... November? I went through and deleted everything of my art as far back as I could, and I haven't really interacted with it much since
...that said, I have posted on the dirty sidetwitter recently
I haven't posted much here either for the sake of exhaustion/being busy/life being a never-ending cycle of Shit Keeps Happening, but I do have plans in the works for stuff!!
I should make it a point to get into one of those anti-AI art glazers, tbh
Hi! Not sure if I asked this but what do the scarves mean that’s worn in some cdramas? They’re worn in the Qing Dynasty dramas. Especially in Ruyi’s royal love in the palace. Also, why is it when a woman gets married her eyebrows change? I’ve noticed that and was wondering about it
Hi, thanks for the question, and sorry for taking ages to reply! (Below - poster from cdrama Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace/如懿传)
Regarding the scarves that are worn in some Qing dynasty dramas, @guzhuangheaven gave an in-depth explanation in this post, please check it out! ^^
As for women changing their eyebrows when getting married (I’m assuming this is also referring to Qing dynasty dramas?), I did not notice that before, and honestly have no idea why ^^;; Perhaps @guzhuangheaven or @audreydoeskaren, who are more knowledgable about Qing dynasty fashions, can provide some insight?
Can we hear an interesting fact about Lucelion? Since he's popped up again.
Interesting fact about Lucelion: there are no interesting facts about Lucelion.
As a child, he was initially favoured by esteemed Artists because of his technical ability, but eventually lost their favour because he lacked feeling. So he can, for example, sing extraordinarily well from a technical standpoint, but he lacks that special something that–to again borrow from Spinal Tap because I can’t help myself–makes someone go from a 10 to an 11, from great to awe-inspiring. His vocal range is that of a countertenor.
He’s happiest when he’s alone in his studiolo tinkering and working magical solutions to… well, quite frankly, nobody’s problems. He was very proud of himself when, as the elven-equivalent of a teenager, he crafted specific scent-driven illusion spells that mimicked memories from his childhood (the gardens in flower, the smell of the brink of rain, that sort of thing). No one was impressed.
He manages stress and anxiety by practising what looks externally like meditation, but his meditations are an illusion spell he casts on himself. He’s built a great big garden for himself in his mind and works to master the spell each time he (for the lack of a better word) meditates. He’s able to walk and move as someone might do in dreams, but he’s trying to perfect capturing all the little simultaneous sensory data that makes a moment a moment: the subtle change of smell as you pass from one bed of flowers to another, the quiet passage of time, the feel of a soothing breeze, the sound of birds, so on and so forth.
It looks like you use manga studio, what are your brushes if you dont mind me asking? And how high is the stabilizers on the brushes?
I do! I use mainly @frenden‘s Manga Studio 5 brushes (Hairpin Sable Inker ftw) alongside the defaults. I actually switched off the stabilizers, because I find it slows down my stokes more than I’m comfortable with (even if it’s a milisecond), and I actually like little imperfections in my lines ...feels more analog that way :)
Hey I have clip studio paint pro, and I tried to turn my 3d things in line art. But I'm missing that blue dot you have. I have no clue what to do and my program won't allow me to access the LT conversion of layer stuff if I right click it. Its pretty much blacked out in a way. Any advice?
It’s a feature only available in CLIP EX, which is the pricier version. My best advice for non EX users is to use the 3D model, rasterize the layer and then basically trace it manually. I’m sorry for not mentioning this in the post, I didnt know if it was a EX exclusive feature back when I made the post.
