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[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

Have something to share? Or perhaps you want to ask how everyone is doing? Well, come to this thread and talk with various people!

[kavi ~he-him~]

Maggie wrote: "hey guys, I'm a really social and curious person, sooo what is your favorite thing to draw? (ex: dragons, girls, eyes...etc) :D"

anything wbu

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

Wow guys. It's only Day Two since this group has started and we've already hit 24 members. *gives a hug to everyone* Thank you so much for joining everyone! ^.^

[Jenna ~Koda and Dixie Sittin In A Tree~]

*chitty chitty chat chat CHIT CHAT*

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

Haha! Kung Fu Panda! >.<

[Jenna ~Koda and Dixie Sittin In A Tree~]

Yeeeeees! *pleased that someone got it*

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

I love the humor in the Kung Fu Panda movies. >.<

[Jenna ~Koda and Dixie Sittin In A Tree~]

Me too! Lol

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

How is everyone today? ^.^

[Jenna ~Koda and Dixie Sittin In A Tree~]

Faaaaaaaabulous! I went to a Valentines dance at my school last night and I'm still in a good mood from it! How about yooouuu?

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

What made it so much fun?
Not too bad. Listening to music after school's over is always a great while I go on goodreads as well. ^.^ And also scouting for photo references.

[Jenna ~Koda and Dixie Sittin In A Tree~]

Well this guy that I like asked me to dance, so that was like a huge part of it, but my buddies Mia and Tanner also teamed up and got me this big Valentines Day flowers-chocolate-balloons thingy cause they know Valentine's Day is my favorite holiday. :3

That's fun! I'm chillaxin' in my room half reading my history assignment while I paint.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

Oh wow! That sounds fun! >.< Main reason for Valentine's existing at all: chocolate!
Haha! I wish I was drawing and half-doing my school work. >.<
What music genres are you usually into?

[Jenna ~Koda and Dixie Sittin In A Tree~]

It was so fun! I've basically been stuffing my face with the chocolate since I got home. XP

I don't really listen to a specific genre. I listen to whatever sounds pleasant to my ears at that moment. Currently I'm playing Death of a Bachelor by Panic! At the Disco and Believer by Imagine Dragons on repeat.

[Jenna ~Koda and Dixie Sittin In A Tree~]

I am quite proud of my most recent drawing (the one I just posted) because I usually don't do realistic drawing. *pleased smile*

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

Oh! I'll go check it out!

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

I liked that one. ^.^ Good job!

[Jenna ~Koda and Dixie Sittin In A Tree~]

Yay thanks! :3

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

It's the weekend!!!!!

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

Do you have a three day weekend? O_O

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

What?!?! You guys have three days off?!?!

[Maktimah #20sen]

Well, I just learned how to draw doodle arts.

[skyla]

Me too! I live in Ontario...

[LadyS]

For those of you who do digital drawings, what apps do you use for creating, editing or publishing your work . Also, what kind of tools do you use? (i.e desktop, laptop, chrome)

[Jenna ~Koda and Dixie Sittin In A Tree~]

*happily comes back to post my drawing for today cause I haven't been doing that for a few days cause I had a horribly large history assignment I was very behind on*

*but now it's finished and I can get back to trying to post a drawing a day*

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

Haha! Yay! Another drawing!

[Jenna ~Koda and Dixie Sittin In A Tree~]

:3 I should go find my water color kit. It went missing. :/

[skyla]

I don't think I can post my drawing on... :/

[skyla]

Sorry guys, but I'm afraid I'm going to leave this group. This group is great, and I love it, but I have too many groups on my plate. Thank you so much for having me in the group! I am going to miss you guys.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

No question is ever stupid Maggie! I've tried this one it always works for me.

<.img src.=link to photo goes here.>

Without the periods and such. And you to be sure to copy the photo and not the link where the website name is. ^.^

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

Let me know if it works for you! If it doesn't, by the comment box, in green lettering there is (some HTML is ok). If the way I showed you doesn't work, click on the green lettering and it will show you how to do it as well,
. ^.^

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

I'm curious. Has anyone drawn using their iPad? If so, do you use some sort of pencil-like-pen to draw? I'm thinking of drawing on a tablet that's why. Also: do you use certain apps for drawing?

[Jenna ~Koda and Dixie Sittin In A Tree~]

I wish!

I'm trying to get an iPad Pro or touch or whatever so I can draw on it.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

Yay! The weekend's nearly here! ^.^

[Jenna ~Koda and Dixie Sittin In A Tree~]

Hehehe today is my weekend!

I only have four days of school each week. Which is probably why Wednesday is 'until four' day.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

Anyone else not seeing the Event? >.<

[Maktimah #20sen]

I wish that I get my tablet and stylus so I can draw comic for myself.

I can't wait!

[*Amelia*]

Lorien Rhys wrote: "I'm curious. Has anyone drawn using their iPad? If so, do you use some sort of pencil-like-pen to draw? I'm thinking of drawing on a tablet that's why. Also: do you use certain apps for drawing?"

Yeah, I do pretty much all my art digitally, except when my art teacher requires a specific medium, or If I'm just doing sketches.

I use ArtStudio for IPad, on an IPad. (obviously) If you have a non-apple tablet or smartphone, I've heard AutoDesk is pretty similar. Styluses for a phone/tablet are pretty easy to get ahold of, and are pretty cheap, (unless you get like an Apple Pencil or something)
You can also make

If you want to draw with a computer, you pretty much need to get a graphics tablet and hook it up, unless yo want to draw with mouse or trackpad which I don't recommend. (Trust me. I've tried both. Not only will it not look good, but you will probably also injure your wrist.)
This is pretty much the best setup for digital that I know of for someone who's not willing to invest in a professional tablet, although I've heard it takes a little getting used too. It gives you pressure sensitivity, and computers are much better at handling bigger files (meaning you can draw in higher resolution) The two best programs for drawing are Photoshop and PaintTool Sai. If you want something affordable, FireAlpaca and Krita are both free and widely used/recommended.

Anyway, digital is my favorite medium for a lot of reasons, and I highly recommend getting into it. The learning curb can be a little steep, but it grants you SO many capabilities.
1. It helps you end up with much cleaner pieces. It's basically IMPOSSIBLE to accidentally spill paint on/smudge/crumple your drawing.
2. The undo button and eraser.
3. Layers!
4. Cutting and pasting, moving and resizing, and copying. (Ever draw that one PERFECT HAND that just happened to be twice the size you'd intended? NEVER AGAIN!!!)
5. Color! OH THE BEAUTIFUL COLOR! While pretty much any set of pencils/paints/markers comes with a limited palette of colors, in digital, you can get literally every single color there is.
Besides that, you can alter colors you've already put in really easily, which can be very helpful for getting harmonious color schemes.
6. It looks pretty on a computer!

Anyway, hope this helps.

One last thing, if you do decide you want to get into digital, be sure to learn how to use your program! There are a billion tutorials out there, and it will help you SO MUCH.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

Wowza. Thank you sooooooo much Amelia! :D This will help a lot.

[*Amelia*]

Anytime!

Digital is amazing, I hope you have fun with it.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

Yeah, I hope so too. . . First project: draw a few KOTLC characters. :D

[*Amelia*]

Yay KOTLC!

I went through a phase once were I was trying to learn to draw boys, and I spent almost an entire month drawing nothing but Tam...

What program did you get?

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

Boys are difficult for me though. :/ I never can turn them it right and they turn up looking like girls in the end. :-(
Haven't gotten a program yet. : )

[*Amelia*]

Yeah... ANATOMY IS HARD. I have that problem sometimes, but I'm sllloooowllly getting better at it. Doesn't help that I didn't start until this year. *Curses eight year old self for only drawing mermaids*

[Maktimah #20sen]

What's your ambition Lorien and Amelia? ^_^

[*Amelia*]

... I don't really know.

I want to be better at drawing, obviously, but I'm not really interested in doing it as a career some day. It's my happy, procrastination thing for when my brain is too broken to do other things.

The thing that I really want to be able to do is really good fanart. I love being able to take a book character and put them onto paper/an Ipad screen, and have it ACTUALLY look like them.

What's yours?

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

*sigh* I know. And it's a real shame

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

Me too. I was thinking of starting the monthly competitions again. So maybe that would do it, either that or the challenges. :-)

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

Haha! It should help with anyone who is in a drawing slump of sorts.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Beginner Manga Artist]

^ My situation right now. For the drawing slump, I always find that drawing with the help of references is a good place to start as well as just drawing the first thing I see (don't really do this often but it does happen!)
As for the reading slump, need any good recs? ^.^