Project Educate: About Typefaces by pica-ae, journal
Project Educate: About Typefaces
Project Educate: About Typefaces Today I would like to introduce the world of Typeface Classification . Since the beginning of Typeface Design, there have evolved many different types of fonts, which can be sorted according to certain rules. I want to give you a short breakdown of the most famous categories and introduce some terminology as well.The most wide spread system is the Vox-ATypI classification . This system was started in 1957 and finalised under this name in 1967. It is probably not a perfect system, as it was out for ciriticism quite a lot. Especially for people that are not very familiar with the terminology or history of T...
Find your way around Animation by Iduna-Haya, journal
Find your way around Animation
Digital Art WeekAnimation is a part of digital art that fascinates many people. Most of us have at least one favorite animated movie, either from our childhood, or from the time that we were adult children. There is something about seeing a still image that was born from someone's imagination, come to life. Maybe it's because of this that many people want to try animation in some form or another. However, there's a good reason why in spite of this there are so few animations on DeviantArt: Animation is a lot of work, and it's difficult. Because of this, many people end up not trying, or giving up halfway. And I think that's a shame! So, f...
Basic 2D animation concepts by PowerOfSin, journal
Basic 2D animation concepts
Digital Art Week Welcome to a tutorial on basic concepts of animation! This tutorial will be going over some of the basic terminology and concepts for various types of animation. In today's world, almost all animation is digital in nature, but many of these concepts apply to other types, and even some other fields, like live action movies and video games.This tutorial will not go step by step on how to create a specific animation. But if you have a tool at hand that would permit you to create one, you may be able to figure out how to make an image move on your own from the information contained here. NOTE : Example animations may not play ...
Creating a Character Design by MischievousRaven, journal
Creating a Character Design
Digital Art WeekHello fellow artists! In this tutorial, I'll be showing you how I create a fantasy character design from start to finish. Along the way, I'll share tips and tricks to bring life and complexity to your design, and ultimately make your character truly unique. I know that the process of creating creatures can be a daunting task for many, so I hope this little tutorial proves helpful!Please note that I utilize the Paint Tool SAI program; I almost always use the "parrot" brush, but will alter its size and density throughout the process of creating artwork. In this tutorial I'll include significant alterations with this brush...
Digital Art WeekIn this guide I'd like to introduce you to timed studies, including a guide on how to effectively do timed practise studies, as well as some do's and don'ts. What is a timed study? A timed study is exactly what the name suggests: a painting study done during a set time. That time limit can be anything from a few seconds to an hour or two, depending on what it is you want to practise. "Study" can mean: 1) from a reference image and/or 2) preparatory drawing for a "full" piece (to practise a certain element of the future artwork or as a way to experiment before beginning the "real" artwork). Usually reference images are invol...
Intro to Photobashing (Textures) by Gaidenlight, journal
Intro to Photobashing (Textures)
Digital Art Week Intro Photographs can be used in a variety of different ways to help speed up your painting process. Some example of these uses are: to get an initial color palette, to fuse multiple images together to create a new one, or to use a photo to add textures to forms you have already established on your canvas. Working with deadlines doesn't typically allow you time to spend 20 hours in rendering a painting to completion, especially when working on products that require near photo realistic level in details. This is just a basic guide to show you a few tools, to add some texture to forms in a quick and easy way. How to use Clip...
Bringing emotion through values by SarcasmNymph, journal
Bringing emotion through values
Landscape Art WeekendEvery painting has a feeling associated with it, a central theme, an emotion, a mood. However, when it comes to landscape paintings, the mood of the painting takes center stage. In a large setting, the mood is one of the fundamental ways you can grab the attention of your audience. This could mean the lighting, color palette, composition and of course subject matter. Now subject matter is often the most influential aspect and the main thing that will determine what mood you want to set for your painting. However, it is just as important to make sure that the rest of the elements compliment that mood rather than confli...
Digital Art WeekIn this tutorial I'll show you the process of drawing people, using a base of basic shapes which can be used to draw different types of figures. The Base First, we'll create the base. For this, remember that in their most basic form, every person is composed by a head, a torso, and two legs and arms, so we're going to create a structure composed of simple shapes resembling these: Draw a circle, this will be the head. For the neck, simply draw two little lines at the bottom of the circle. For the torso, draw a rectangle beneath the neck. It doesn't need to be a perfect rectangle, in fact is best if it's slightly modified so ...
How to avoid common mistakes while drawing horses by Astralseed, journal
How to avoid common mistakes while drawing horses
Digital Art WeekHi everyone,
Today I'll be writing about how to avoid common mistakes while drawing horses.
If you're not used to drawing horses, or you haven't studied their anatomy extensively, you're likely to make one or more of these common mistakes. Let's learn how to avoid them so that your horse doesn't end up an eccentric mess like this guy below. (gif by @thetadonaldson) References This kind of applies to anything you intend to draw and not just horses, but I can't stress this enough so I felt the need to include this here.
When I talk about using references, I mean work from photos or real life. Please don't use other art...
Posing Figures in 3D Part I - Humanoid Figures by weyrwoman-lessa, journal
Posing Figures in 3D Part I - Humanoid Figures
Digital Art WeekHi,
it’s Lessa again, this time smartassing about one of my favourite hobbies – 3D rendering.A good render relies on the same things as a traditional or digital painting: good lighting, good textures and a convincing subject. One of the most important factors for a convincing subject is a convincing pose. And unfortunately, that’s difficult to do. But fortunately, it’s just a matter of knowledge about bones, muscles and a little physics (or a little experimentation).Boo! Did I scare you off already? No? I’m impressed. Then, Brave Adventurers, follow me. I won’t talk about a specific software or a specific model but give hin...
Project Educate: Humorous Overview by Kaz-D, journal
Project Educate: Humorous Overview
Humorous Photography Laughter is indeed the best medicine - however... The Humorous photography gallery is so often misunderstood. It's not for creations of demotivational posters and similar things - it's for photography that by fluke or by planning has turned out to be quite amusing! The trend very much seems to be eggs - with funny faces or in unfortunate circumstances. Putting faces on fingers, food and other objects is quite popular. :bigthumb5904483: And of course the poor little innocent easter chicks that get into all sorts of situations! :noes: Sometimes attaching a funny title makes a photograph that initially wasn't fun...
ProjectEducate:Interview with Duchesse-2-Guermante by Kaz-D, journal
ProjectEducate:Interview with Duchesse-2-Guermante
Project Educate: An Interview with :devduchesse-2-guermante: Julie is an inspiring artist based in France with a beautiful gallery full of the most intricate and unique conceptual photographs that I have stumbled across so far. The inspiration and talent never ceases to amaze me each time I visit.
:bigthumb207760305: 1) If you could bring one deceased legendary artist back to the current time, who would it be and why them? It would be Tchaikovsky, because his music inspires me a lot.:bigthumb272648646: 2) Who or what inspired you to take on the art form that you focus in? First, the books and fairy tales I used to read when I was a child....
Project Educate: Fireworks Overview by Kaz-D, journal
Project Educate: Fireworks Overview
Fireworks - Photography *Don't forget the Photography Critique Night TONIGHT!*
:bigthumb276959282:The Fireworks gallery is pretty self explanatory and although there is a fireworks category within Photojournalism the main sub category is a much more popular place to put your firework shots. Fireworks can include light painting too. Spotlight Artist :bigthumb115203412:
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:devburning2sleep: paints with light and the outcomes are absolutely fantastic. His gallery features a wide rang of photography genres but the light painting show careful planning and use of scenes and places to get the utmost from the fantastic colours...
Project Educate - Still Life Overview by kinipelahh, journal
Project Educate - Still Life Overview
This week ^ Kaz-D and myself are bringing you an overview of the Photography Galleries on deviantART. This won't replace the full weeks planned by the specific community volunteers for specific galleries - but instead it will help to give you a mini introduction into what's out there. Still Life Still life showcases studio-style photography that features inanimate objects. :bigthumb280307042: Photographing Still Life - Tips :bulletpink: Keep the background simple! Keep it clutter and crease free, these will only detract from the final image. You can always add extra textures such as scarves if needed.
:bulletpink: Take your time. Make su...
Project Educate: Interview with Timothy-Sim by kinipelahh, journal
Project Educate: Interview with Timothy-Sim
Today's interview is with none other than :devtimothy-sim:. Most know him as the ex-volunteer for the Photojournalism gallery, which makes him the perfect interviewee for today! Timothy's gallery is an inspiring one which is sure to grab, and keep, your interest and attention.:bigthumb171745670: If you could bring one deceased legendary artist back to the current time, who would it be and why them? I'm not an artist, but the one artist from the past who really did make an impact on me was Piero Manzoni. For an artist who strived to show the world that fame in the art world leads to any damn thing the person does equate to art, Piero took i...
Project Educate: Naked-In-The-Rain by Kaz-D, journal
Project Educate: Naked-In-The-Rain
Project Educate: An Interview with :devnaked-in-the-rain: :bigthumb163904050:
:devNaked-In-The-Rain: has one of those galleries that is just bursting with colour and life. From APN to Still Life she covers it all in a vibrant and creative way If you could bring one deceased legendary artist back to the current time, who would it be and why them? :bigthumb283960528:It’s hard to pick only one character to reunite all the creative minds I’d like to see in current time. First person that comes to my mind is Salvador Dalí – simply ‘cos he was different and original, and the effect of his art will be present for many years in the future. W...
Macro Photography Sub-Categories :bigthumb86490152: :bulletgreen: Human :bigthumb163473246: :bulletgreen: Nature :bigthumb155357865: :bulletgreen: Objects Contrary to old wives tales - Macro isn't just about animals. However it is about the sort of lens and the sort of focus you use when capturing a shot. Macro can be just about anything if you are closing in on something - generally very small subjects or small parts of things. The term is applied to the majority of close up photographs but technically it should only apply to those that have a 1:1 or closer magnification. Spotlight Artist :develiseenchanted: has a beautiful ...
Project Educate: Photojournalism Overview by kinipelahh, journal
Project Educate: Photojournalism Overview
This week ^ Kaz-D and myself are bringing you an overview of the Photography Galleries on deviantART. This won't replace the full weeks planned by the specific community volunteers for specific galleries - but instead it will help to give you a mini introduction into what's out there. Photojournalism Photojournalism gives us newsworthy photographs wherein the primary motivation is to recount a story not assist a story. :bigthumb280159948:Photojournalism photos aim to capture a moment that tells a story, without the aid of posing the subjects or the use of post processing. Sub-Categories Concerts and Musicians Photographs of concerts, lis...
Project Educate: Interview with love4art by kinipelahh, journal
Project Educate: Interview with love4art
:devlove4art: has a stunning gallery which varies greatly. A while ago, :devlove4art: agreed to an interview, and as her People & Portraits gallery is particularly beautiful, today is the perfect day to post it!:bigthumb283569611: If you could bring one deceased legendary artist back to the current time, who would it be and why them? This is a toughie... but I'd probably say Leonardo Da Vinci, as he wasn't just known as a painter/sculptor, but as an inventor, mathematician, architect, musician etc, known for his brilliant mind. I would bring him back so I could ask him a million questions about his work. Fore mostly, the painting of Mona L...
Project Educate: People and Portraits Overview by kinipelahh, journal
Project Educate: People and Portraits Overview
This week ^ Kaz-D and myself are bringing you an overview of the Photography Galleries on deviantART. This won't replace the full weeks planned by the specific community volunteers for specific galleries - but instead it will help to give you a mini introduction into what's out there. People and Portraits Photographs of people, including portraits and photographs depicting human nature and emotion. :bigthumb267090278:People and Portraits is one of the larger photography galleries. There are fifteen sub categories within the People and Portraits gallery, so this article will be one of the longer ones :lol: Sub-Categories Artistic Nude Hig...
Whats in a Name? Contest Winners + Group Revival by moonbeam13, journal
Whats in a Name? Contest Winners + Group Revival
Hello everyone!
Before we talk about the future, let’s take care of something long overdue. Back in December, our group hosted the What’s in a Name? art challenge, asking you to create something inspired by your username. The contest closed, but the results were never officially announced.
So, let’s set things right!
🎉 Contest Winners
From the entries, we’ve selected 4 random draw winners and 1 overall winner:
🌟 Random Draw Winners (500 points + Hype badge)
@UszatyArbuz
@WDWParksGal
@teddybearcholla
@Pixlhaufen
🏆 Overall Winner
@Pixlhaufen (500 points + Diamond badge)
Congratulations to all of you, and thank you for your creativity and patience with this very delayed announcement!
🌱 Group Revival
With that wrapped up, let’s talk about what’s next: the group is officially under reconstruction and redevelopment!
I’m working behind the scenes to refresh our look, reorganize things, and plan some new challenges and features. Think of this as a soft reset
i started making ai artwork and since there are so many techniques and styles in art i just want to share these links with everyone for making your ai artwork