#yiynova

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WIP

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@yiynova, Ron Perlman is one of those people who seems to be involved in every single project (much like DiMaggio), so I'm surprised he hasn't been involved in a Spider-man project yet. Listening to him play Deathstroke/Slade, I realize that it would contrast nicely against Blume's Green Goblin.

Now that I think about it, the Norman and Goblin VAs we got in TSSM are my favorite for each, though I am very attached to the vulnerability in Neil Ross' performance in which he sounds more like the man who would befriend the monster under his bed if it meant him and his son would be safe. But I know he wouldn't have worked in TSSM due to the audience needing to be kept in the dark about Norman's true feelings in any given matter.

When you say "some more interaction", are you referring to Norman and Goblin interacting with each other or Norman interacting with more of the main characters?

[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.

[ambunny]

If it isnt too much trouble can I ask you to go in depth about the Yiynova tablet you have? I've been looking at display tablets for a while and you're the first artist I've followed using this brand, and im curious about the what you like and dislike about it

Hey there! I’m no master reviewer, but I can share my thoughts and experiences using this tablet. I hope it’s of some help to you!

Firstly, the model I have is the early model Yiynova MSP19U, which I got back in July 2013, making it around 5 years that I’ve had this tablet. I believe they don’t make this exact model anymore, they seem to have upgraded it to an MSP19U+. The one I have does not have the side buttons, the face of the tablet is completely blank (this is preferable to me though, as I’m left handed and having shortcut buttons on the left side would not be useful to me anyways!).

Here’s an old image of what it looked like on its sale page:

I’ll now mention some of my opinions in pros and cons that I’ve seen while using this product. Keep in mind this was my first monitor tablet, and it’s still the one I currently use! I have never used a Cintiq or seen another brand in use other than a Huion of similar size that my housemate owns, so I don’t have enough experience with other brands to compare them to this one.

PROS-

-cost, does its job well for much cheaper than many other competitive tablet brands

-viewing angles are great, I use this tablet both for art and also as my main viewing monitor for watching videos and browsing websites

-monitor settings/programming are very nice and have many options for customizing

-pen pressure is responsive, minimal lag, feels very natural to draw on

-size is large, can easily display art programs + open reference images and has lots of workspace to utilize

-colour quality is excellent. May require some adjustment through monitor settings to get to what you want. It also had no dead pixels on arrival, and 5 years later I only have one or two dead pixels on the entire thing that are barely noticeable.

CONS-

-pen it came with has a few annoying quirks: the buttons on it are easy to accidentally press (which causes it to interrupt lines) but are programmable and can be disabled, which I did. The pen also is not rechargeable and uses 1 AAA battery, which gives it a weight some people may dislike (I prefer it though, & I use rechargeable AAAs anyway). It has a screw-on cap which unfortunately can be easily over-tightened by accident, this has caused my pen’s cap plastic to split a bit, making it easy for the cap to fall off while drawing. Taping it shut has helped, although it’s annoying. Lastly, the pen’s thin rubber grip cover can slip off super easily, it can be annoying while drawing (I’ve since just removed it entirely). I have heard that they’ve updated the design of the pen to no longer be the one I have, and fix the many issues mine had. But I have not been able to try out the new pen design yet. Here’s what my pen looks like:

The new pen design shown in all of their pages now is this:

From the pictures I can see that this new pen is reinforced so it shouldn’t be able to be overtightened, and it seems to have a texture throughout instead of a removeable grip that slips. It still runs on battery, and the buttons are placed in a way it still looks like they might be easy to accidentally click during drawing, though.

-vesa stand plastic quality is a bit poor, mine recently had the hinge holding it together shatter, which made the tablet no longer able to be adjusted in height/angle. I had to do a DIY fix haha, so far it’s holding up okay but not as well as when it was in original working order. Here’s a small picture of my broken vesa stand hinge, pointing to the part on the tablet that I’m referring to:

-VGA cable is a bit outdated and also a very delicate, susceptible to bending. VGA is an old input that many newer computer graphics cards don’t support, so I had to purchase a VGA to DVI converter. Minor issue, as it works fine with the converter. The second problem is a bit more serious. The cables on the yiynova are very seemingly delicate. They worked fine for the first few years of use, but now if I so much as bump the cable, it distorts the display and makes it flash in RGB colours. This is due to my computer setup requiring me to bend the cable slightly in order to fit in the VGA converter + tablet cable between the wall my computer is against. Right now I’m at a point where I have to manually bend/straighten some parts of the cord using zip ties, for the display to show proper colours. Here’s a short video showing what I’m talking about, in it I am bumping the VGA cable to show how the screen goes to magenta by a simple touch (warning for people with epilepsy, flashing colours):

https://www.youtube.com/embed/3_B6Vsv6deA

-screen resolution is a bit weird to work with at times, 1440 is fine but 900 is on the lower side. Other reviewers have complained about fuzzy resolution, but it doesn’t bother me so much and/or I don’t notice it as much, but I would definitely prefer an HD version. However, for the cost this serves its job well.

-size is great workspace wise, but this tablet is far too big and heavy to easily take with during travel. For those who travel, this is definitely a home model not intended for that.

Ultimately, I truly believe this tablet is worth it. It is easy and fun to work with. You get what you pay for, as there are some mild quality issues BUT these may have been fixed or improved upon in the updated versions. I don’t have much money and can’t afford to replace higher-end purchases like this, so I tend to use things I have for as long as possible until they are entirely dead and irreparable, hence the DIY things I’ve done to repair the pen, vesa stand, and VGA cable. I’m not sure how long a tablet like this is supposed to last, but this one has survived 5 years of heavy use, including moving house multiple times as well as across country, and cats that like to play with cables and loose pens.

This is all I can think of for now, I hope it helped! Feel free to ask me if you have any specific questions :D

[suddenlylungs]

Animate CC why r u like this??

So for some reason I can’t get pen pressure sensitivity to work on Animate CC. Already tried to reinstall drivers (I have a yiynova msp 19u) and that actually MADE IT WORSE!

SOOOOO...I’m going to look into other animation software, and in the meantime I’ll probably keep using photoshop for some stuff. (The pen works fine in Photoshop, but does not work in Illustrator either...so, figure that out if you can).

If anyone has any ideas for wtf I can try to fix this pls let me know! <3 Or about what other animation software to use! Thanks!!

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I am so excited about Rose and Paige!!!! I love these rebel girls already!

[karmaluck]

demon and a seraphim.

[catbatart]

@thefusspot, my Yiynova is not a model. The camera just went off.