Hikaru & Mallixisme café with a slow crawling Turtle

[blueramen]

AND FANFICTION

AURA-CHAN!! HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?? DO YOU WRITE FANFICS?? *hypermorning* DDD

[Predalian5]

Yeaahh but this is the first time I actually experienced only getting two hours of sleep to prepare for a presentation...auaagh. Though, on the plus side, this means I'm actually making effort! So it's an accomplishment for me, ahahah. And ooh yeah, Akame ga Kill is in one of my "watchlists" or "readlists" or whatever. xD But when I first saw that title I thought it was related to Kill la Kill. Have you watched that anime, Nii-sama? It's awesome~!

Well on the plus side, you got something done. I still need to finish over due assignments. It's just sad really... I hope I don't fail more than half of my classes. If I do then I don't know what the Fudge I'm going to do. Akame Ga kill isn't actually related to Kill la Kill. XD But I loved both. Hmm... well, one more than the other. Kill la kill's writing is awesome, despite the weirdness that goes on.

[weiq]

still surviving? how's everyone? lol!!

for me as usual pretty darn tied to school and getting worn out by the end of every week
tat i just wanna stay in bed for the weekends and do nothing but sleep

but, such is (school)life

quick update:
instead of western painting, as original intended when i enrol myself to art school,
i decide to take the leap and major in Chinese ink painting.

[Predalian5]

^I don't really see any... "Major" point in going into Art classes. I mean, you will learn a sh!t ton of things. But for me, I personally feel art is more "Self taught" because when you "learn" something, you most likely feel you HAVE to use that. But really, it's up to you.

Edit: Not saying it's useless. Some people learn differently. But for my learning process in art, I view it as self taught

Edit: example: I "self taught" what I call "BS Lining"

Take a look at this:

One of my friends drawings


Pretty simple right? if the lining was more smooth this would look awesome. BUT! Even with that added, something would look off... it doesn't "feel" detailed. Even though it very well could be.

Now, take a look at this



There really is no reason for those lines. But it "feels" detailed because there's more lining on the screen

So, I recreated my friends drawing with my character, add the BS lines and-



(Rough draft btw) there you have it. There's really no purpose for those lines, but it's more visually enticing for the eye because it "looks" detailed.

[weiq]

^I don't really see any... "Major" point in going into Art classes. I mean, you will learn a sh!t ton of things. But for me, I personally feel art is more "Self taught" because when you "learn" something, you most likely feel you HAVE to use that. But really, it's up to you.

Edit: Not saying it's useless. Some people learn differently. But for my learning process in art, I view it as self taught

Edit: example: I "self taught" what I call "BS Lining"

There's really no purpose for those lines, but it's more visually enticing for the eye because it "looks" detailed.

haha ok to some it's "BS lining" and as u said, no purpose but to b more visually enticing for the eye because it "looks" detailed.

but to some, it tells a lot more of wat the creator is trying to achieve, or tell of that certain subject

let's take the example u attached, Cooler's final form, as example

we would understand that the white parts are exoskeleton-ish parts
but what happens if the BS lines weren't added?
the lines added is to illustrate not only the hard- and dryness of the exoskeleton
but also give a hint of the weathering it receive from combat

i mean, sure the one who design the character could just do away with the lines
and use solely shades to tell those
but he didn't

actually this doesn't boils down to art education
it simply base of the creator's style.
for example in Takashi Murakami's works, rarely u will find BS linings
cos that's his style - Superflat, which he founded.. and which ironically is a self-proclaimed art movement
which is influenced by anime and manga and the exploration of pop(-sub)culture, consumerism and sexual fetishism.

of cos one can don do with formal art education,
and many professionals had mentioned that one do not need it
and especially so if u had found what u like
but, from what i had gone thru (and heard from seniors) so far is because
simply there's so much they are squeezing into each student
and those aren't even the complete package
at the end of day (or each semester lol),
one would ask wtf the school's trying to teach us?
or
wtf must i take this or that module?

indeed im feeling this way as in my (and fellow schoolmate) case
the lesson/lecture time we have for our major specialism is shorter compared to other modules
in return, had less time to understand and digest what we'd learned.
definitely it would be retard to think most of us can acheive good results for all modules

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ok i think i'd digress lol

but yeah, one can choose to or not to take up formal ar education
especially in these day and age one can google for answers
and get to find good pointers from pros who selflessly give them for free.

although i like to point out that,
a formal art education isn't merely about learning how to make art,
but also the discourse of what is art, when is art "art", can this or that be art, and the usual whole shebangzz of art history and theory... etc.

[Predalian5]

^...

Well with that being said I'd say an education course wouldn't be so bad lol.

I hadn't taken "art style" into consideration. I guess "BS Lining" is a thing some artists use. Like shading. I see some use lining for shading. But I also see just, regular shading.

I do feel a have a problem with making my art style more manga. I should focus more on my style

[weiq]

I do feel a have a problem with making my art style more manga. I should focus more on my style

nowadays there's simply too much info/data bombarding us

while there's always new and shiny stuffs (drawings/paintings) posted online or printed
i would say just focus on a few things at a time

[Predalian5]

Wow, I haven't been here in a while. I won't let this die. But here's some progress on art because... why not. This is an anime related forum lol

[Predalian5]

Oh and happy new year lol

[KagamineLen]

wow, people still come here?!

[Predalian5]

^...
Yes. Not that there's anything wrong with that

[Predalian5]

One last update here for awhile from me lol

I still talk to len from this thread. Sometimes Aura-chan. Even more sometimes Prescilla lol. I think that's about it lol. Everyone else drifted off into their own thing. That's fair tho... that's life

Since my last post here I have become an Air Craft Mechanic. Hard work. A lot of overtime and doing labor intensive stuff. Still struggling to start to make my own manga online lol. But still working on it. I decided to do a fan manga for Luka on her song "Angel Bullet" still character designing and everything. I won't need to go super indepth with the world but I still think it will be fun. I do have the general story down

My problem is the whole thing is assuming I get 50pages per month out... It would take me 5 years to get the whole thing done lol. I have so many stories and ideas to tell but I feel like I might waste my time with this... but idk. I'll figure something out... I hope anyway lol


I loved this place a lot. I made cool friends here. But I've made one horrible friend here... but we don't talk anymore thankfully... I should have ignored her skype add when it happened. But I will remember this place. I will update every now and then lol. Just because "why not?"

Be safe and enjoy yourselves people. Life is too short to waste on stupid shit

[weiq]

One last update here for awhile from me lol

I still talk to len from this thread. Sometimes Aura-chan. Even more sometimes Prescilla lol. I think that's about it lol. Everyone else drifted off into their own thing. That's fair tho... that's life

woah hey nice to see u're alive and well haaha

My problem is the whole thing is assuming I get 50pages per month out... It would take me 5 years to get the whole thing done lol. I have so many stories and ideas to tell but I feel like I might waste my time with this... but idk. I'll figure something out... I hope anyway lol

take it slow. maybe do a chart or something to first layout all the things u wanna do, then see which r the ones take priority.
maybe as days goes by u'll find that some things aren't neccessary or extra or simply don fit in anymore.

But I will remember this place. I will update every now and then lol. Just because "why not?"

yeah pls do LOL
all lot of netizens i'd encounter do say this forum is dead (even the cosplay section is barely alive)
but i guess there'll be still some of us lurking

[Predalian5]

The Aircraft Mechanic thing is really starting to take off (See what I did there?) I haven't had time to draw for a bit. But I will get to it eventually! EVENTUALLY! also. I now don't talk to anyone from this thread anymore... I'll be the first to admit since I'm a loser. I confessed my feelings to someone from this thread. But didn't turn out well lol. Understandable tho. I mean... who am I? no one. I kinda miss being apart of a forum. The other ones that wasn't this one have all been shut down so I'm happy this place is still up. I hope everyone's doing well!

[weiq]

The Aircraft Mechanic thing is really starting to take off (See what I did there?) I haven't had time to draw for a bit. But I will get to it eventually! EVENTUALLY! also. I now don't talk to anyone from this thread anymore... I'll be the first to admit since I'm a loser. I confessed my feelings to someone from this thread. But didn't turn out well lol. Understandable tho. I mean... who am I? no one. I kinda miss being apart of a forum. The other ones that wasn't this one have all been shut down so I'm happy this place is still up. I hope everyone's doing well!

i see. haha.
anyway don't take it too hard, as in life there're always gain and lost.

indeed, still missed the times where even in the wee hours you'll see people active on various threads. But i guess text-based forums aren't as popular now (except private ones...). Currently i'm lurking more in reddit now, as i don't really like how the state of FB communities are now (though i myself don't really participate in FB groups in the first place lol). other platforms like Discord or Telegram... nah..