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jktaylor844 ♂️ [4660095] [2007-04-30 01:06:26 +0000 UTC] "Voltron" (United States)

# Statistics

Favourites: 3927; Deviations: 186; Watchers: 120

Watching: 350; Pageviews: 17210; Comments Made: 769; Friends: 350

# Interests

Favorite visual artist: Stjepan Sejic, Dan Luvisi, Richard Estes
Favorite movies: Team America
Favorite bands / musical artists: William Hung
Favorite writers: OJ Simpson
Favorite games: Hello Kitty: Island Adventure
Favorite gaming platform: Gamecast
Tools of the Trade: PCS, and pancakes!
Other Interests: Krabby Patties

# About me

Current Residence: Arizona
deviantWEAR sizing preference: Med
Print preference: Offset Indigo
Favourite genre of music: Hip Hop
Favourite photographer: Peter Parker
Favourite style of art: I hate Art. I'm not interested in it at all.
Operating System: Mad Cat Mk II
MP3 player of choice: KIX
Shell of choice: Native American
Wallpaper of choice: Hello Kitty
Skin of choice: Sexy
Favourite cartoon character: Jim Carey
Personal Quote: Good, I hate cats.

# Comments

Comments: 178

badillafloyd [2012-12-03 04:22:28 +0000 UTC]

hey! gran galeria, te invito a pasar po la mia, saludos

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CreativeError [2012-11-08 06:13:08 +0000 UTC]

what up?

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PJP2006 [2012-01-01 20:40:38 +0000 UTC]

Hello, are you still here?

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Shimmering-Sword [2010-12-01 10:05:40 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for watching man, great work yorself.

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jktaylor844 In reply to Shimmering-Sword [2010-12-02 05:29:27 +0000 UTC]

I'm in love with your armor designs My pleasure, and thank you.

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Skarloc [2010-11-30 01:56:38 +0000 UTC]

you are awesome dud good skills i wanna learn xD

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amoraleite [2010-11-20 23:18:52 +0000 UTC]

Hello! Thank you very much for the fav! Really nice works here!

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slippyninja [2010-10-29 18:38:55 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the fav!

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walejte [2010-10-19 16:45:16 +0000 UTC]

your paintings are awesome!
why do you not use some digital art groups to promote your art?

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jktaylor844 In reply to walejte [2010-10-23 16:01:52 +0000 UTC]

Haha, thanks! I didn't think of doing that. I will do it!

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walejte In reply to jktaylor844 [2010-10-23 18:38:26 +0000 UTC]

no problem

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fLieRz [2010-10-17 05:51:11 +0000 UTC]

hey,[link] < i just found out this sim has been released.think you're interested?

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jktaylor844 In reply to fLieRz [2010-10-18 18:03:35 +0000 UTC]

I have never heard of dcs. But I have Arma2, have you played that one?

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fLieRz In reply to jktaylor844 [2010-10-19 02:48:04 +0000 UTC]

[link] _part12,more exciting......

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fLieRz In reply to jktaylor844 [2010-10-19 02:24:56 +0000 UTC]

-[link] < Medal of Honor,check out the Apache mission after 7.05 mins

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fLieRz In reply to jktaylor844 [2010-10-19 02:11:14 +0000 UTC]

-yeah,i played ARMA1 and 2 before,but already uninstalled 2 couple of months ago.coz it's a time consuming game,you need to spend quite some times to finish a mission,and also the loading time in multiplayer,so i decided to uninstall it to put more time in my painting ^_^
but it's still the best FPS game for me.
-there's just one game left in my PC,Battlefield Bad Company 2.coz i can just spend not more than half hour to finish a game in multiplayer,so i play it sometimes when i really free and don't feel like drawing.
-and i just ordered my copy of Medal Of Honor,thought i'm not going to play game anymore,but after watched some videos in youtube,i decided to buy the game......

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jktaylor844 In reply to fLieRz [2010-10-20 03:26:10 +0000 UTC]

That looks really cool I like to be able to control the helicopter though. I used to play BF 1942, and I always piloted the hind. I got really good at flying that thing! It's the coolest looking helicopter.

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fLieRz In reply to jktaylor844 [2010-10-23 15:45:20 +0000 UTC]

-yeah,the game looks great.i hope i can pilot the Apache too,but you can just be the weapon officer in the front seat.i just got my copy this morning,and almost finish the campaign.......i love Russian's hind to,it looks unique.but i still prefer fighter jet more than gunship.
-[link]
-[link]
-check out those two videos,the software is amazing.........

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jktaylor844 In reply to fLieRz [2010-10-23 15:55:51 +0000 UTC]

WOAH! That is so cool! So much for Z Brush, that looks really easy.

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fLieRz In reply to jktaylor844 [2010-10-24 05:06:46 +0000 UTC]

yeah,it'd be so much fun drawing with it

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F0rgiven [2010-10-06 19:27:16 +0000 UTC]

Dude your stuff is improving by leaps and bounds. It's ridiculous! Oh btw let me know if/when you want your intuos tablet back. I don't want you to feel like i'm trying to be sneaky with it or something.

Good stuff though man. seriously.

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TedKimArt [2010-09-12 02:25:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the fave

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Sylvain-Klein [2010-09-10 08:12:07 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the

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DaMaupin [2010-08-29 15:10:42 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the fav

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SantosArt [2010-08-16 13:27:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the fav !

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fLieRz [2010-08-14 13:41:04 +0000 UTC]

-[link] < just wanna share this to you
-[link] < this is the artist's website

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jktaylor844 In reply to fLieRz [2010-08-15 02:45:39 +0000 UTC]

Wow! Unbelievable!

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fLieRz In reply to jktaylor844 [2010-08-15 04:21:37 +0000 UTC]

yeah,learned alot from the posts!

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fesbra [2010-08-10 21:02:52 +0000 UTC]

thx for the fav

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Kaikumach [2010-08-04 00:13:03 +0000 UTC]

Hey John, you said you've done 3D stuff before right? What did you think of it?

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jktaylor844 In reply to Kaikumach [2010-08-04 03:01:58 +0000 UTC]

The only 3-D I've done really is Z-Brush. I love Z Brush, but I didn't have the processing power to really run it at the time, and the 30 day trial ran out. It's by far the easiest to learn; at least for me it was. It's just like sculpting with clay, only digital.

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Kaikumach In reply to jktaylor844 [2010-08-04 03:16:29 +0000 UTC]

OMGOMG ZBRUSH!!! I should really try it out some day. They have a 13 month renewable student version of Mudbox. It's Autodesk's rip off of Zbrush. Anyway, the reason I was asking was 'cause I was wondering how many 3D artists suck at drawing like me :S

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jktaylor844 In reply to Kaikumach [2010-08-04 04:56:20 +0000 UTC]

Well, everyone "sucks" at drawing. I mean, you never perfect it, and you never stop learning. It's all relative buddy.

Here's an excellent study. Grab a detailed anatomy book, and construct an anatomically correct human body from scratch (start with bone, then add muscle, then add skin etc...)in Z Brush, or a similar program. I've never done it... But as a sculptor, I would assume you'd be able to draw incredibly accurate pictures, because you begin to think in a 3 dimensional space. I think that working in 3d will exponentially improve your drawing ability

When I do my gray scale drawings, It's like 2d sculpting. You can pull and push based on value, then you can just slap on color if you feel like it.

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Kaikumach In reply to jktaylor844 [2010-08-04 05:05:59 +0000 UTC]

I concur! I've been meaning to buy this anatomy book by Eliot Goldfinger. Ever heard of it?

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jktaylor844 In reply to Kaikumach [2010-08-04 15:05:16 +0000 UTC]

Never heard of it... The one I use, and would recommend is: "Atlas of Human Anatomy for the Artist" by Stephen Rogers Peck. It's like $15, and it's very detailed. Lots of good pictures. I don't think you can go wrong though, as long as you like the pictures in the book. I don't read them, I just draw all the pictures.

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Kaikumach In reply to jktaylor844 [2010-08-04 17:36:51 +0000 UTC]

That's sounds better than paying $50, I'll investigate, thanks bro!

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slippyninja [2010-08-03 23:35:04 +0000 UTC]

thanks go to you now

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greensandsguy [2010-08-01 22:24:22 +0000 UTC]

dude, just wanted to let you know that your pic [link]
inspired me to my last little speedpaint...
i hope you are ok with it, i did give you credit, but still i thought it to be better to let you know. hope you're fine with it...
keep up the great work!

you find my feeble attempt here:

[link]

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jktaylor844 In reply to greensandsguy [2010-08-03 04:38:04 +0000 UTC]

Lol. Thanks man. I'm so honored! You don't have to downplay your own work though As long as you're always doing the best you can, that's all I ask! Keep it up! It's looking good. Don't stop doing art!

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greensandsguy In reply to jktaylor844 [2010-08-03 16:31:16 +0000 UTC]

my pleasure! i couldn't get the scene out of my head, and finally decided to spent an hour on it, just getting it off my mind...
don't worry, i'm not downplaying myself, just trying to be modest. regarding the fact what kick-ass artists are out there (including you my friend ), i just don't want to appear arrogant..... there is still a damn lot to learn...

that said, lets continue to do art!

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narrated [2010-07-16 20:08:42 +0000 UTC]

Maaaaan. It is red dead rediculous how good you've gotten. Tip of the cap.

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jktaylor844 In reply to narrated [2010-07-19 18:06:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks buddy

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Level20Artist [2010-07-05 08:18:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for the fav.

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Briscott [2010-06-22 18:23:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the fav

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jktaylor844 In reply to Briscott [2010-06-22 18:24:04 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure.

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Kaikumach [2010-05-30 03:32:07 +0000 UTC]

Hey John, could you give me some pointers on how to proceed with my latest drawing? I'm having trouble with lighting. Thanks!

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jktaylor844 In reply to Kaikumach [2010-05-30 05:29:29 +0000 UTC]

oh wait. You mean the one on DA?

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Kaikumach In reply to jktaylor844 [2010-05-30 06:17:29 +0000 UTC]

Affirmative.

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jktaylor844 In reply to Kaikumach [2010-05-30 07:31:04 +0000 UTC]

A few easy ways to test out different lighting scenarios is to drop the painting down to one layer, duplicate it, and then set the layer on top to multiply. Then you can erase away where there is light. Or if you'd prefer to paint. Make a new Hard Light layer on top of where you're working, and paint your shadows with a dark blue... Like a 2 on the value scale. Hope this helps buddy

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Kaikumach In reply to jktaylor844 [2010-05-30 17:29:54 +0000 UTC]

Cool, I'll give it a try, thanks!

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