Random Art Junk

This cute platypus 

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My bonuses:

IF YOU DRAW OR DESIGN Instead of PHOTOSHOP, try FIREALPACA , SAI , SKETCHBOOK or KRITA (these latter two are great!) Instead of LIGHTROOM, try PHOTOSCAPE

IF YOU MAKE PICTURES MOVE Instead of PREMIERE, try SHOTCUT Instead of ANIMATE/FLASH, try PENCIL2D ANIMATION, LIVE2D, OR E-MOTE

please look at this feisty, fluffy child

doing my part to make my school a little weirder every day 

Wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone has changed the ecosystem *significantly*.

One remarkable thing that was not predicted that demonstrates how interlinked these things are:

Wolf eat elk.

Elk eat fewer willows.

Willows become healthier.

Number of beavers increase.

Number of songbirds increase.

Overall health of streams increases.

Number of fish increases.

Water table stabilizes.

This is called a “trophic cascade” and we normally see them as bad things. But a positive trophic cascade is an amazing thing, and apparently nobody predicted this one.

What they didn’t predict was that wolf predation would keep elk on the move so they wouldn’t overgraze a specific area.

When the elk overgrazed the willows, they removed the best source of food for beavers during the winter.

3D-Printed Angry Pickle by PittRBM , 80cm Long.

Twitter: PittRBM

Unfortunately, I don’t record my process. But I can offer a step-by-step for this one, on account of it being a commission.

@ink–it #i genuinely thought this was traditionally done #love how good digital brushes have become at mimicking physical materials #awesome art

@paperbirds #OP. THIS IS. STIPPLING? OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD??#FAV #OP THIS IS FUCKING INSANE IM. HOLY SHIT THAT’S INCREDIBLE. AND YOU STIPPLED THIS!! #owls #NO SERIOUSLY THIS IS SO FUCKING COOL

I don’t want to mislead you, so here is as succinct a break down as I could manage. I’m usually more chaotic when doing art. I don’t tend to plan ahead much, unless it’s a commission or a larger project of sorts. 

Firstly, I make a simple line sketch and plan the values. With stippling, the illusion of a darker shade is determined by the concentration of dots in one area – with ‘white’ having no dots, and black having only dots.

1) Simple sketch

2) Value sketch

In Clip Studio Paint (go here for free trial) there is a default airbrush tool called Tone scraping. I believe most painting programs have something similar to this, including the airbrush in MS Paint. The only thing it does, is create many small dots. 

You can vary the size and spread of the particles in the tool menu. Here are my settings for the owl, which was drawn at ~4000x4000 pixels and 300dpi. Vary the brush size to focus the intensity of the spray. The smaller the brush, the more concentrated tones you’ll get.

3) Draw the rest of the fucking owl

I’m bad with layers. I constantly merge them throughout and honestly prefer to paint on only one, if I can choose. However, this is fiddly work, and if you make a mistake, it’s easier to correct if you keep the main elements separate. 

I used three layers here (background, owl, and shadows), and I still managed to draw on the wrong one a couple of times. I used the lasso tool to section off areas in which I wanted a sharper edge.

I didn’t use any solid white while for this, only black dots. I recently learned that to “erase” with the same brush, you can switch from the colour swatches to the transparent square underneath.  I’m sure this was common knowledge to most Clip user, but it was news to me. This makes “digital stippling” a whole lot easier.

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