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MaKo85 In reply to rachaelm5 [2017-10-31 22:01:05 +0000 UTC]

Hmmmm, almost reminds me OF SOMEONE I KNOW!! 😂
He does have very unique facial features though!

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MaKo85 In reply to TFomegastar [2017-10-31 21:59:37 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Glad you like him

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MaKo85 In reply to SoundBluster [2017-10-31 21:08:31 +0000 UTC]

I like to use Pennelli 8x10 sketchpads (aka item#E5501 -6). They tend to be grainy when scanned but easily cleaned in photoshop CS.

As for pens, my personal favorites are cheap office pens and donation/gift pens. I know it sounds weird but I got all these expensive Faber-Castell, ultramegadeluxe pens but I NEVER use them. Instead my muse/skills shine through with these silly dollar-store pens, lol. Honestly it was found out through trial and error, I just ended up going with what felt the best. I’ve used Sakura microns before (very good pens) but my art lacked soul/rhythm/panache. So yah, donation/office pen ftw!

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BananerFarts In reply to MaKo85 [2018-10-12 04:51:57 +0000 UTC]

where did you get the sketchpad? I can't find it no where online

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MaKo85 In reply to BananerFarts [2018-10-12 14:11:22 +0000 UTC]

Michael's, sometimes Ross or Marshall's has them also.
I rarely shop online.

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BananerFarts In reply to MaKo85 [2018-11-11 02:05:54 +0000 UTC]

dang ok

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SoundBluster In reply to MaKo85 [2017-10-31 23:02:34 +0000 UTC]

Neat Thanks so much! I was curious how you did all the textures
Yeh, It's weird how cheaper art stuff tends to be just as good as the expensive things.

"Ultramegadeluxe" that's a word I need to sneak into conversation sometime!

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MaKo85 In reply to SoundBluster [2017-10-31 23:08:37 +0000 UTC]

I also like to say MEGAULTRADELUXE! For emphasis, lol.

My style tends to be mostly cross-hatch style for shading, basically I follow a lot of the 70s, 80s and 90s traditional inking comic-strip/books tutorials. They were also used in ‘weekly’ comic strips for backgrounds and such. I memorized a lot of them when I was in high school, a book that really helped me when I was younger was ‘Pen and Ink’ by Carl Glassford.

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SoundBluster In reply to MaKo85 [2017-10-31 23:23:07 +0000 UTC]

lol!
Oh nice, my traditional stuff tends to look too flat.

I'll have to look him up for ideas, thanks.

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MaKo85 In reply to SoundBluster [2017-10-31 23:31:09 +0000 UTC]

No problem! I also recommend studying Light/shadow play and light-sources

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SoundBluster In reply to MaKo85 [2017-10-31 23:36:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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MaKo85 In reply to ErinMcDarin [2017-10-31 20:35:32 +0000 UTC]

*laughs* I'm glad he makes you happy Erin
(boy he sure was a pain to get right though, whew)

Also I swear I'll get better at robot hands, augh...bane of my life...how does Milne do it? What sorcery? HOW DO??!

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ErinMcDarin In reply to MaKo85 [2017-11-01 04:06:01 +0000 UTC]

Hands are hard enough to draw much less mecha ones! Someone had to of sold their soul to the devil...

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MaKo85 In reply to ErinMcDarin [2017-11-01 21:21:31 +0000 UTC]

*squints* Or maybe there's a ritual to Primus...

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