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Sorry for the double post, but I think I have an idea…
I can communicate with you from here if you’re able to refresh this page every so often. Then I can just edit over and over and we can talk that way! If that’s what you’d want to do, of course.
(EDT 06:29) Alright, then! So, is this like a special kind of Absol or something? And I kind of missed what just happened…?
(EDT 06:30) Technology sucks, doesn’t it? I’ll be waiting!
(EDT 06:31) Your actual image is safe, right? The last thing I’d want is the program to crash on you.
(EDT 06:33) Oh crap! I’ve had that happen before. Always annoying…
(EDT 06:34)
(EDT 06:36) On a less stressful subject, I kind of thought you were going to draw a Legendary or something. I forget the name and I’m too lazy to look it up, but I think it was one of the ones from the Sun and Moon games? Lunala, maybe? I hope I spelled that right… anyway, that’s kind of what I thought. (Emoji’s like a shrug…)
(EDT 06:38) Well again, Absol’s hardly a surprising choice coming from you, haha.
(EDT 06:39) Are you drawing with a mouse? The brushstrokes that I saw from you make it seem effortless. I don’t think I could ever do that myself with a mouse.
(EDT 06:41) Aha! I’m honestly not surprised; it would shocking if you could do that with a mouse! Would you be willing to share what kind of tablet it is (or is that a secret of the trade, haha?)
(EDT 06:43) I can’t see what you’re doing, but I’m wondering how far you’re along now…?
(EDT 06:46) I can see!
(EDT 06:49) So you do all of the filling out of those colors by hand? No bucket tool? Forgive my horrific ignorance here, but with my experience with, like, Paint, when I see empty space, my instinct is: dump the bucket, haha! So what’s the artist’s reason for it?
(EDT 06:52) Well, part of the fun of artistry is the hard stuff, I guess. Sometimes, haha. What you’ve got so far looks kind of pretty from afar!
(EDT 06:53) You have a real artist’s hand with those brushes, truthfully…
(EDT 06:54) Thank God for layers, haha.
(EDT 06:55) Is the light source like the moon or something?
(EDT 06:58) Wow, I’m actually truly, legitimately flattered that I may have contributed an idea to your work here tonight, haha.
(EDT 06:59) Yay, @Blanc is here!
(EDT 07:00), Dawning.
(EDT 07:01) I concur with Blanc’s assessment. Your shading’s looking lovely and you’re not even done yet!
(EDT 07:04) You pronounced it right!
(EDT 07:10) I always get scared whenever your Absol disappears, but then I remember layers, haha.
(EDT 07:12) The journey of thousands of beautiful brushstrokes begins with just one line…
(EDT 07:13) I can’t believe I wanted a brother or sister at one point in my life. Oh, my ignorance…
(EDT 07:16) Ah, so clearly Blanc and us two have had very different experiences with siblings, or the idea of them.
(EDT 07:19) Still more visually appealing than SWSH’s trees.
(EDT 07:19) Sorry, I had to…
(EDT 07:20) Trust and believe, it’s a compliment! There’s nothing worse than SWSH trees.
(EDT 07:22) Your tree, so far, has an appealing cartoon quality to it. Don’t know how well that’ll match with Absol, but I’m sure you’ll work your magic on it, haha.
(EDT 07:23) SAI Paint Tool! Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a while. And hi @Blanc, haha!
(EDT 07:25) You sure make shading look easy, Dawning!
(EDT 07:26) This stuff can look kind of intimidating, but I guess it’s just a matter of practice and knowing how all of your tools work.
(EDT 07:34) I should probably go get something to eat soon myself, haha. But I’m a glutton for punishment when it comes to eating at highly non-ideal times.
(EDT 07:35) Night sky is looking good, Dawning!
(EDT 07:38) Congratulations on a job well done! I like the overall night atmosphere of the whole thing the most.
(EDT 07:39) I see a new canvas now.
(EDT 07:40) While I’m tickled by the idea of suggesting something for you, I… don’t really know what? How about something that you’ve never done before, maybe? Like a challenge to yourself? Perhaps…?
(EDT 07:42) I can see everything that you’re doing! Kind of a pretty color there, actually.
(EDT 07:44) Going to step out for a moment to get some much-needed food in my system…
(EDT 07:56) I’ve returned! What did I miss?
(EDT 07:59) Oh my, what you’ve done in (ten minutes?). Looks like something out of Blanc’s universe, haha. But maybe with more purple than red.
(EDT 08:00) With that (pool?) in the middle there, perhaps that’s a good thing, haha.
(EDT 08:03) Long ago when I used to draw, all of my trees were either palm trees, or cloud trees (as in, I drew the leaves like they were clouds, because I didn’t actually know how to draw leaves, haha).
(EDT 08:05) I look at all of the manga artists who have to draw all kinds of stuff like buildings and skies and, indeed, trees, rather than just anime characters looking and talking to one another, and I marvel at the skillset that they must have in order to accomplish it all…
(EDT 08:10) I can respect that, @Blanc, haha.
(EDT 08:11) Hey, people made entire careers out of doing perspective the wrong way, right?
(EDT 08:12) Perhaps there’s hope for me yet…
(EDT 08:15) I concur! But seriously, what on Earth is it, exactly? Is it even really water? That thing is screaming for some worldbuilding!
(EDT 08:20) I think that Blanc is stealthily trying to make you draw ghost fish underneath that… water, haha.
(EDT 08:22) I mean, can anything alive possibly be down there?
(EDT 08:24) I think we may be seeing the birth of a new Pokémon here. Maybe!?
(EDT 08:26) “Whole Wheat: The Ghost Fish Pokémon. Can live in habitats impossible for any other Water Pokémon to live in—”
(EDT 08:27) “Discovered by DawningWinds, named by Blanc, 2022…”
(EDT 08:37) It feels wrong if I don’t organize, well, anything related to an artistic project. It sends my mind into chaos otherwise, both practically and mentally speaking. I need order…
(EDT 08:42) I kind of have that overdrive feeling too, actually, but I can also hear that part of my mind staying “stop, please stop!”. I think that my IT background may have cultivated that (discipline is key there), as well as my OCD tendencies, haha. Quite real ones, in the latter case.
(EDT 08:43) That’s a story for another time, though…
(EDT 08:43) Kawaii ghost fish~!
(EDT 08:46) I’m gonna have to give my vote to the second one too, haha.
(EDT 08:47) Although the OG ghost fish certainly has its charm, too!
(EDT 08:52) “Draw/write a bunch of lines until something happens”. Sometimes, that’s art, indeed.
(EDT 08:54) Haha, maybe you’re right, Dawning.
(EDT 08:56) I always have too many ideas, and not nearly enough time for them all.
(EDT 09:08) @Blanc: 5D’s, haha. I stopped following around… OG Yu-Gi-Oh? You know, the one where there were basically no rules and everyone just did whatever the hell they wanted, I think? I was never a big fan of the franchise, though.
(EDT 09:11) Things kind of start blending together after the first hundred episodes or so, I think.
(EDT 09:12) I can respect the video games, though. Mostly for their often bangin’ tunes more than anything else.
(EDT 09:16) Now that I think about it, Kaiba might have been many young kids’ first exposure to the modern-day concept of an edgelord in anime. “Screw the heart of the cards” and all of that. He’s a true badass (especially if you watch the anime subbed; he blocked freakin’ bullets with his briefcase!), but that kid has some issues, even in a world where literally everything revolves around card games.
(EDT 09:18) Oh yes, Shadow the Edgehog…
(EDT 09:19) Moe, haha. You may be onto something there, Blanc. Maybe all they really want is a hug!
(EDT 09:20) You’ve gotta love shounen anime, right?
(EDT 09:21) Why does Shadow need a gun? Why does Sonic need a car?
(EDT 09:22) Because it’scool cute
(EDT 09:24) I don’t think it’s possible for anyone to have anime hair quite as ridiculous, pound for pound, as Yugi. Although perhaps @Orchid might have something to say about that…
(EDT 09:26) Everything is really for the thrill in Yu-Gi-Oh, isn’t it? Even the backstory.
(EDT 09:27) I still remember that “card games on motorcycles” meme… like, was that actually a thing?
(EDT 09:29) Yeah, of course that was a fan favorite. No doubt…
(EDT 09:30) How on Earth do you even top that?
(EDT 09:33) Yeah, I think that’ll do it, haha. Will they do the multiverse next, I wonder?
(EDT 09:34) Would certainly be a lovely excuse to bring some characters back…
(EDT 09:35) It seems like that kind of series.
(EDT 09:37) I’m surprised they didn’t bring the King of Games himself back!
(EDT 09:39) So, I’m wondering what the second layer of brushstrokes are for?
(EDT 09:47) Hey, that turned out quite nice there!
Well, it looks like we’re done now, haha. Thank you so much for opening your little virtual atelier for us, @DawningWinds! It was a pleasure to watch you work. You’ve very talented — as your works here and elsewhere have clearly shown — and I hope you continue drawing. And you’re welcome, @Blanc! It was a pleasure to have you around here with your encouragement, humor, and insights as well.
I can communicate with you from here if you’re able to refresh this page every so often. Then I can just edit over and over and we can talk that way! If that’s what you’d want to do, of course.
(EDT 06:29) Alright, then! So, is this like a special kind of Absol or something? And I kind of missed what just happened…?
(EDT 06:30) Technology sucks, doesn’t it? I’ll be waiting!
(EDT 06:31) Your actual image is safe, right? The last thing I’d want is the program to crash on you.
(EDT 06:33) Oh crap! I’ve had that happen before. Always annoying…
(EDT 06:34)
(EDT 06:36) On a less stressful subject, I kind of thought you were going to draw a Legendary or something. I forget the name and I’m too lazy to look it up, but I think it was one of the ones from the Sun and Moon games? Lunala, maybe? I hope I spelled that right… anyway, that’s kind of what I thought. (Emoji’s like a shrug…)
(EDT 06:38) Well again, Absol’s hardly a surprising choice coming from you, haha.
(EDT 06:39) Are you drawing with a mouse? The brushstrokes that I saw from you make it seem effortless. I don’t think I could ever do that myself with a mouse.
(EDT 06:41) Aha! I’m honestly not surprised; it would shocking if you could do that with a mouse! Would you be willing to share what kind of tablet it is (or is that a secret of the trade, haha?)
(EDT 06:43) I can’t see what you’re doing, but I’m wondering how far you’re along now…?
(EDT 06:46) I can see!
(EDT 06:49) So you do all of the filling out of those colors by hand? No bucket tool? Forgive my horrific ignorance here, but with my experience with, like, Paint, when I see empty space, my instinct is: dump the bucket, haha! So what’s the artist’s reason for it?
(EDT 06:52) Well, part of the fun of artistry is the hard stuff, I guess. Sometimes, haha. What you’ve got so far looks kind of pretty from afar!
(EDT 06:53) You have a real artist’s hand with those brushes, truthfully…
(EDT 06:54) Thank God for layers, haha.
(EDT 06:55) Is the light source like the moon or something?
(EDT 06:58) Wow, I’m actually truly, legitimately flattered that I may have contributed an idea to your work here tonight, haha.
(EDT 06:59) Yay, @Blanc is here!
(EDT 07:00)
, Dawning.(EDT 07:01) I concur with Blanc’s assessment. Your shading’s looking lovely and you’re not even done yet!
(EDT 07:04) You pronounced it right!
(EDT 07:10) I always get scared whenever your Absol disappears, but then I remember layers, haha.
(EDT 07:12) The journey of thousands of beautiful brushstrokes begins with just one line…
(EDT 07:13) I can’t believe I wanted a brother or sister at one point in my life. Oh, my ignorance…
(EDT 07:16) Ah, so clearly Blanc and us two have had very different experiences with siblings, or the idea of them.
(EDT 07:19) Still more visually appealing than SWSH’s trees.
(EDT 07:19) Sorry, I had to…
(EDT 07:20) Trust and believe, it’s a compliment! There’s nothing worse than SWSH trees.
(EDT 07:22) Your tree, so far, has an appealing cartoon quality to it. Don’t know how well that’ll match with Absol, but I’m sure you’ll work your magic on it, haha.
(EDT 07:23) SAI Paint Tool! Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a while. And hi @Blanc, haha!
(EDT 07:25) You sure make shading look easy, Dawning!
(EDT 07:26) This stuff can look kind of intimidating, but I guess it’s just a matter of practice and knowing how all of your tools work.
(EDT 07:34) I should probably go get something to eat soon myself, haha. But I’m a glutton for punishment when it comes to eating at highly non-ideal times.
(EDT 07:35) Night sky is looking good, Dawning!
(EDT 07:38) Congratulations on a job well done! I like the overall night atmosphere of the whole thing the most.
(EDT 07:39) I see a new canvas now.
(EDT 07:40) While I’m tickled by the idea of suggesting something for you, I… don’t really know what? How about something that you’ve never done before, maybe? Like a challenge to yourself? Perhaps…?
(EDT 07:42) I can see everything that you’re doing! Kind of a pretty color there, actually.
(EDT 07:44) Going to step out for a moment to get some much-needed food in my system…
(EDT 07:56) I’ve returned! What did I miss?
(EDT 07:59) Oh my, what you’ve done in (ten minutes?). Looks like something out of Blanc’s universe, haha. But maybe with more purple than red.
(EDT 08:00) With that (pool?) in the middle there, perhaps that’s a good thing, haha.
(EDT 08:03) Long ago when I used to draw, all of my trees were either palm trees, or cloud trees (as in, I drew the leaves like they were clouds, because I didn’t actually know how to draw leaves, haha).
(EDT 08:05) I look at all of the manga artists who have to draw all kinds of stuff like buildings and skies and, indeed, trees, rather than just anime characters looking and talking to one another, and I marvel at the skillset that they must have in order to accomplish it all…
(EDT 08:10) I can respect that, @Blanc, haha.
(EDT 08:11) Hey, people made entire careers out of doing perspective the wrong way, right?
(EDT 08:12) Perhaps there’s hope for me yet…
(EDT 08:15) I concur! But seriously, what on Earth is it, exactly? Is it even really water? That thing is screaming for some worldbuilding!
(EDT 08:20) I think that Blanc is stealthily trying to make you draw ghost fish underneath that… water, haha.
(EDT 08:22) I mean, can anything alive possibly be down there?
(EDT 08:24) I think we may be seeing the birth of a new Pokémon here. Maybe!?
(EDT 08:26) “Whole Wheat: The Ghost Fish Pokémon. Can live in habitats impossible for any other Water Pokémon to live in—”
(EDT 08:27) “Discovered by DawningWinds, named by Blanc, 2022…”
(EDT 08:37) It feels wrong if I don’t organize, well, anything related to an artistic project. It sends my mind into chaos otherwise, both practically and mentally speaking. I need order…
(EDT 08:42) I kind of have that overdrive feeling too, actually, but I can also hear that part of my mind staying “stop, please stop!”. I think that my IT background may have cultivated that (discipline is key there), as well as my OCD tendencies, haha. Quite real ones, in the latter case.
(EDT 08:43) That’s a story for another time, though…
(EDT 08:43) Kawaii ghost fish~!
(EDT 08:46) I’m gonna have to give my vote to the second one too, haha.
(EDT 08:47) Although the OG ghost fish certainly has its charm, too!
(EDT 08:52) “Draw/write a bunch of lines until something happens”. Sometimes, that’s art, indeed.
(EDT 08:54) Haha, maybe you’re right, Dawning.
(EDT 08:56) I always have too many ideas, and not nearly enough time for them all.
(EDT 09:08) @Blanc: 5D’s, haha. I stopped following around… OG Yu-Gi-Oh? You know, the one where there were basically no rules and everyone just did whatever the hell they wanted, I think? I was never a big fan of the franchise, though.
(EDT 09:11) Things kind of start blending together after the first hundred episodes or so, I think.
(EDT 09:12) I can respect the video games, though. Mostly for their often bangin’ tunes more than anything else.
(EDT 09:16) Now that I think about it, Kaiba might have been many young kids’ first exposure to the modern-day concept of an edgelord in anime. “Screw the heart of the cards” and all of that. He’s a true badass (especially if you watch the anime subbed; he blocked freakin’ bullets with his briefcase!), but that kid has some issues, even in a world where literally everything revolves around card games.
(EDT 09:18) Oh yes, Shadow the Edgehog…
(EDT 09:19) Moe, haha. You may be onto something there, Blanc. Maybe all they really want is a hug!
(EDT 09:20) You’ve gotta love shounen anime, right?
(EDT 09:21) Why does Shadow need a gun? Why does Sonic need a car?
(EDT 09:22) Because it’s
(EDT 09:24) I don’t think it’s possible for anyone to have anime hair quite as ridiculous, pound for pound, as Yugi. Although perhaps @Orchid might have something to say about that…
(EDT 09:26) Everything is really for the thrill in Yu-Gi-Oh, isn’t it? Even the backstory.
(EDT 09:27) I still remember that “card games on motorcycles” meme… like, was that actually a thing?
(EDT 09:29) Yeah, of course that was a fan favorite. No doubt…
(EDT 09:30) How on Earth do you even top that?
(EDT 09:33) Yeah, I think that’ll do it, haha. Will they do the multiverse next, I wonder?
(EDT 09:34) Would certainly be a lovely excuse to bring some characters back…
(EDT 09:35) It seems like that kind of series.
(EDT 09:37) I’m surprised they didn’t bring the King of Games himself back!
(EDT 09:39) So, I’m wondering what the second layer of brushstrokes are for?
(EDT 09:47) Hey, that turned out quite nice there!
Well, it looks like we’re done now, haha. Thank you so much for opening your little virtual atelier for us, @DawningWinds! It was a pleasure to watch you work. You’ve very talented — as your works here and elsewhere have clearly shown — and I hope you continue drawing. And you’re welcome, @Blanc! It was a pleasure to have you around here with your encouragement, humor, and insights as well.
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