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@whalekeeper @keilah-h @mineralizedwritings @highscribeofaetherium @The _lost-journal @ellette-giselle

Sorry, I meant to post these yesterday but that was Ezra’s birthday so I got kinda busy.

Here are the new challenges to vote on. I am including some from last vote that people seemed interested in.

A. The pause art challenge (I’m just gonna…[Read more]

@whalekeeper @keilah-h

sorry, I meant to reply to your question but KP wasn’t working for me.

Digital is fine, as long as you stick to the colors 🙂

@whalekeeper

What is the Ghibli AI trend?

@theducktator

Yeah, they’re still funny. I laughed the first time I saw them. 😅 I just have a lot of mixed feelings about this – amusement, frustration… because I don’t believe people are going to restrain this usage if it’s becoming more successful.

@godlyfantasy12

That’s true, it is an easy way to find prompts for more specific ideas. I have used it a couple times to point me in the direction of psychological conditions. I think A.I. is useful in one strong way, and that is factual information. (Or if you’re asking it for writing prompts, it can give you ideas or outlines which are pop…[Read more]

I know this topic is almost a year old, but I wanted to bring it up again because I’ve seen a rise in A.I. in the past year, and because I’ve been thinking about it recently.

I found out about the Ghibli A.I. trend from my dad yesterday, and at first, it was funny. Now, after researching Miyazaki’s opinions about this sort of thing, I’m…[Read more]

I’m too tired to reply to everyone, but y’all’s art and color choice is super good!

@keilah-h I did mine digitally, so I think it’s fine. Unless Ruth wants to put me in artist jail. 😝

@keilah-h @elishavet-pidyon @ellette-giselle @freed_and_redeemed

I knew it! Afterimage: Film, Trauma, and the Holocaust is a really good read so far.

Yes, yes, this is a late question, so another question will be posted in a few short days. :’]

@raxforge @theducktator

He hadn’t actually called Bird Boy by that nickname out loud had he?

You did, Celarent XD

Marcel

“How come? No flipping idea.” Marcel scoffed, letting out a husky lungful of air. It was best to keep people out of that world. “I’m Marcel.”

“Alias: your judge, jury, and executioner,” a kid teased as he passed.

“Shut i…[Read more]

A little message to those who are new to drawing. Most How to Draw books aren’t worth the money!

Most of the ones I’ve seen look like this:

Yeah, they show how they got from one to three but they don’t explain anything. They don’t explain anatomy or technique, just how to copy them to get the results they got. While you may learn a couple tips…[Read more]

@everyone

All y’all’s art looks amazing 🤩

Me being me, I started about four different 3-marker-drawings 🙄 but this was the first one I finished. I’m pretty happy with it for the most part.

(Sorry, just realized the lighting is kind of not good. Oh well)

(Also, partial disclaimer, I did accidentally ‘cheat’ on this one. I was going to layer mor…[Read more]

@keilah-h

XD

It’s totally fine. Discussion is good.

But thank you @mineralizedwritings for moving it to the Chat Chat.

@the_lost-journal

 I did copy the pose from the game though…so is that bad?

Of course not. You still drew the drawing yourself, and most the reason people need references is pose much of the time.

Thanks, and please do, anything!

Okay. I noticed in your picture that you made the sketch out of very short lines. This is often called ‘chicken sc…[Read more]

Wow, I was not expecting to get 25 notifs, all but two from this forum, when I logged on this morning. I’m glad everyone’s having fun 🙂

@the_lost-journal

Of course you can use references!!!! I know you already posted your art, but I wanted to let you know this for the future. I’ve heard online many times people saying that “true” artists don’t…[Read more]

Also I found a cute bookmark in the Ghibli book. <3

I have officially decided research is a cool hobby.

I just need a moment to share my excitement

Just got most of these in the mail!! My thesis is due in a month and I’m trying to figure out the film+psychology angle before I start writing. I now own all of these books besides Hollywood: The Oral History. I have very little time to read, but I’m already through with two of them. Now I can rec…[Read more]