ashleighashleigh In reply to micka-angelo [2011-10-04 21:29:58 +0000 UTC]

No problem! Thanks for the compliment, that's very kind of you to say.

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micka-angelo In reply to ashleighashleigh [2011-10-05 07:09:32 +0000 UTC]

no worries

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ashleighashleigh In reply to ROwenThompson [2011-01-28 04:45:28 +0000 UTC]

Long time no see, huh?

I've been good. The boyfriend is good. School is good. Et cetera. Art has kind of been put aside because of school but it's still apart of my life. Nothing too exciting really.

And you? How are things going?

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ashleighashleigh In reply to The-Blackwolf [2011-01-16 00:03:18 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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ashleighashleigh In reply to the-infinite-opi [2011-01-12 05:22:38 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome!

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ashleighashleigh In reply to Lesstrange-BELLatrix [2010-07-16 04:17:55 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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ashleighashleigh In reply to Landscapist [2010-06-24 01:32:23 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome.
Keep up the amazing work and have a lovely day.

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ashleighashleigh In reply to ROwenThompson [2010-05-15 19:19:47 +0000 UTC]

I'm good, just really, really, busy but school is out Friday so I'll have a bunch of things to post then.

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ROwenThompson In reply to ashleighashleigh [2010-05-15 22:11:15 +0000 UTC]

Great. I hope so.

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ashleighashleigh In reply to Sevaresien [2010-01-03 21:51:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you and Happy New Year to you as well.
I always try to speak to people in their own language. Plus I can always use the practice for my French class!

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ashleighashleigh In reply to janellemckain [2010-01-03 21:53:43 +0000 UTC]

No problem

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ashleighashleigh In reply to illusionality [2009-10-14 21:33:52 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome

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corelila In reply to ROwenThompson [2009-09-30 21:31:29 +0000 UTC]

I'm sorry, but I have to comment. I do a lot of traditional as well as digital art, and it's just as labor intensive as traditional. In some ways, it is more so. It will also teach you things about lighting, contrast and color that you just wouldn't learn in real life. There's something about seeing how colors can relate to each other that teaches you things.
It also does teach you about mixing colors. You are tempted to use the brightest, boldest colors when you first start out in photoshop, just like when you first start out with crayons or watercolors, or whatever other medium you are using. Eventually you see the subtleties in color and you learn how to use it well. I've been able to carry over what I learn in photoshop to traditional art for sure. You learn strokes as well, though granted not as much. As for the undo and warp tools, they just make it a more relaxed medium, not necessarily a lazier one. (something digital takes twice as much time, for sure.) To blend something smoothly digitally (and well, not just using the burn tool) takes a lot more work. Mistakes are much harder to cover up in digital art than traditional, and you can really get to the little details, whereas with traditional, you need a larger canvas.

A lot of digital artists are traditional artists too. It’s unfair to judge people based on medium. Mediums are connected. You learn things no matter what. It’s nothing like guitar hero.

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ROwenThompson In reply to corelila [2009-09-30 21:57:02 +0000 UTC]

I see what you say but it's just a disagreement in philosophies and honestly, I respect you, I am sure you are the real deal, but you are the first digital artist who has said it is difficult. Other professionals have told me they use it because it is much easier and faster.

Clicking "undo" is 100% less anxiety provoking than putting a marker to a paper. There is zero risk. That's the point I make.

Please, I mean no disrespect. It is just one hack artist's(my) opinion.

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corelila In reply to ROwenThompson [2009-09-30 22:05:26 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I see. I didn't mean to rant at you. It just sort of sounded like you were saying digital artists were just trend hopping. And yes, it's a way less stressful medium. No harm, no foul.

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ROwenThompson In reply to corelila [2009-10-01 02:26:48 +0000 UTC]

Agreed!

I am going to check out your work by the way.

Just when I get the time it deserves.

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ashleighashleigh In reply to ROwenThompson [2009-08-26 20:11:38 +0000 UTC]

I know what you mean. Digital art is okay but it's nothing like the real thing. In real life there isn't an undo or a blending button. That's kind of why I don't like photography I think there isn't anything that they really created themselves (there are quite a few exceptions though).

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ashleighashleigh In reply to ROwenThompson [2009-08-26 02:42:03 +0000 UTC]

Don't give up, just take a short break and work on it in a week or two. Getting better isn't about doing things you're good at, it's about doing things that you need to approve on.
Life would be boring if you only did things that you were good at all the time anyway. : P

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ROwenThompson In reply to ashleighashleigh [2009-08-26 12:37:43 +0000 UTC]

You are so right, Ashleigh. I think I'm starting to get it. I am a long way off though. And as you say, it's no reason to quit, only a reason to work harder.

Yes, I did do another anime drawing. I want to make it one of my last. I really do. But I know it isn't.

Could you do me a favor and tell me what I did right or wrong the past few drawings? I would really appreciate it and I value your opinion greatly.

You and two other people who are honest with me here are helping me get better far faster than if I was ignoring you or getting constant panegyrics like I get on facebook sometimes.

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ashleighashleigh In reply to ROwenThompson [2009-08-27 20:35:48 +0000 UTC]

When I said you should try harder things it doesn't make it to where you can't do any of the things you're good at. I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to some some anime every once in a while.

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ROwenThompson In reply to ashleighashleigh [2009-08-27 22:26:43 +0000 UTC]

You're so great. You didn't even need to respond but you cared enough to make sure I didn't bog down and spin my wheels unnecessarily in a project I'm not into.

Thanks for that.

How is your work going?

I started another realist work. A large one at 24x18.

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ashleighashleigh In reply to ROwenThompson [2009-08-30 03:11:46 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, I try to help when I can.
18x24" are fun, I think going big is the way to go especially when learning.

My work is okay. It's mostly school work though. For my painting class I'm working on a watercolor using lines and in drawing I'm doing the basic shapes and shading them to make them 3D (circle to sphere, box to cube, etc.). And I'm almost finished with my Great Grandma.
I suck at painting and landscape so that's not going so well. The shapes are boring but I'm good at that. And grandma is coming around nicely. : )

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ROwenThompson In reply to ashleighashleigh [2009-08-30 11:34:08 +0000 UTC]

Your flower watercolor was really nice. You had vibrant colors, and the vase had nice symmetry and roundness. I wanted to try and do some mixed media with watercolors, but I got too frustrated and figured I better try to be solid in one thing first.

You have trouble drawing landscapes, or just painting them?

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ashleighashleigh In reply to ROwenThompson [2009-08-30 18:19:11 +0000 UTC]

I have trouble with both

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ROwenThompson In reply to ashleighashleigh [2009-08-30 20:00:09 +0000 UTC]

So you have problems seeing the axes or planes in relation to your subject? Whether drawing or painting.

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ashleighashleigh In reply to ROwenThompson [2009-08-31 20:21:56 +0000 UTC]

Yeah I find flat planes are difficult. For some reason it completely throws off my proportion.

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ashleighashleigh In reply to ROwenThompson [2009-08-14 21:06:08 +0000 UTC]

That's good to hear, I'm glad you found them to work out. Good luck with the markers though, I haven't been really good at using markers either.

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