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You work from the lightest ink to the darkest I recall, so: YMCK.

ya, i guess that makes sense.

yeah, key last/on top.

Although looking at a print book I have, it claims CMYK is the most common order. We need someone with more experience on the print side of things for clarity

joygoat, that is awesome!

Thanks everyone.

Yeah, the black is on top and the yellow is on the bottom, don't remember where C and M are - I tested it on scrap pieces first and put them in different orders and went with the one that I thought looked better.

I know you could do this on transparencies too, I've seen four color images on acetate or mylar but don't remember what they get used for - I know very little about commercial printing. I wanted some distance between the layers so it looks more 3-D and floaty looking.

I started off pouring layers of resin, letting it dry, printing a layer, pouring more resin, etc. But it took ages for it to cure solidly enough to be printed on. I might do a simpler two-color version this way, so it's color floating in a solid block of plastic.

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/Chass3ur/P3280169_pshop4x6.jpg

messing around with painter x

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I3eKqGiWLz8/TREz2_IjM6I/AAAAAAAAADE/BIqChYy8d4o/s1600/rocky%2Bthe%2Bfifth.jpg

and the ink brush is cool

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_I3eKqGiWLz8/TREzuWB6T-I/AAAAAAAAAC8/ys1U0-IsIJ4/s1600/blackinktest.gif

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h1qaPzFJKQI/TXkCEnFKoNI/AAAAAAAAADk/8LDP3k8LJ1M/s1600/screensprites.png
some scenery sprites i made on my sick day off today

bah, always forget to in link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h1qaPzFJKQI/TXkCEnFKoNI/AAAAAAAAADk/8LDP3k8LJ1M/s1600/screensprites.png

Damn, I want this threat to keep going, it's awesome. Well, I might as well put some kind of shit up to help it out...

I'm no artist, but I do doodle weird stuff in notebooks sometimes just for the heck of it, usually during classes. Recently I'm working on basic concept ideas for various critters in a series of novels.

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd103/Dancing_Fungus/b002.jpg

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd103/Dancing_Fungus/b001.jpg

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd103/Dancing_Fungus/a002.jpg

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd103/Dancing_Fungus/a001-1.jpg

If I had any real ability, I'd really go nuts with drawing.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b16dh0YHv0E/TZpG7Bb2-5I/AAAAAAAAAEM/kiIsjOmk828/s1600/2011-04-04%2B19.16.27.jpg

something i did on canvas last weekend

wow! amazing imo

Very nice indeed.

i think it's great, like mytholigical shel silversteem

great stuff ste. & Anomalocarid, i love those, you should "go nuts"!

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltlgl9rmdU1qeov3do1_400.jpg

"likes"

awesome!

Ignore the crappy face part haha

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2BhxljhCDIA/T3F6pWYHhpI/AAAAAAAAALw/Py59FFk6nbw/s1600/2012-03-27%2B09.15.01.jpg

and another alien.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EXiOXLjM8Ig/T24BUT9gY3I/AAAAAAAAALY/VBgjlAmNwJA/s1600/DSC_0089.JPG

Nice work, really liked yr pencil alien too. Is that acrylic?

yeah acrylic, I've used them for years but still struggle with them. I think it pays to buy decent quality ones tbh.

starting an oil painting course meself soon. no previous experience. getting better with charcoal though:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7036/6966488605_9cb27ac446_c.jpg

whoa that's neat. Nice and bold. Reminds me i need more dark in my pencil stuff.

i tried oils once, but i was pretty young and didn't know how the hell to use them. just got a mess everywhere and put me off, went back to watercolours.
But loving acrylics now, when i'm not pencilling.

Don't be feared of the messiness of oils, get stuck in with them.

Reminds me i need more dark in my pencil stuff.

yeah, maybe it's the photo but yr sketches look very H. get in there with the high Bs!

the alien on the other thread is very H, but that one above is a lot darker than the crappy galaxy camera is showing.

i go to bed with high Bs! and sketch till i get tired.

I really gotta do more Snail comix.

skullz!

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-y7C2CPvvcC0/T79FVO9g2DI/AAAAAAAAANs/rhhs5cuf3do/s1600/2012-05-05%2B18.51.25.jpg

hulk!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0OdcnaQIn90/UA0EBljNeeI/AAAAAAAAAP4/xoNPpt6oCMk/s1600/2012-07-22+13.23.50.jpg

(its quite big btw)

wow!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bj5-78vCQAA5eN2.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LNPiVhPfSXU/Uznprnw4YJI/AAAAAAAAAYA/ksjd6zw9vqc/s1600/2014-03-29+13.02.40.jpg

v Fan v

Great stuff, Ste.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BlRpI98CEAAAMbk.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Blam8bsCQAAx8Dt.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BlandIHCYAEbiMV.jpg

an older one

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BlapxcaCQAEMj6m.jpg

those remind me of: http://filesmelt.com/dl/Ballantine_Books_-_Star_Wars_-_The_Empire_Strikes_Back_Sketchbook.pdf

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Blfy_t1CQAAO2OJ.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10614118_874547285890405_242127680949943253_n.jpg?oh=dd199990803b203ddde66dfaabba8778&oe=54ECF76B&__gda__=1424861526_f4bdc293026a9eaaffe26a9db6cb1e32

https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10801569_874547312557069_1985154068204859859_n.jpg?oh=184a164b56ff155f95dd780c8256b547&oe=54F6C8B0

https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/1381802_871089826236151_7344142826485966463_n.jpg?oh=3feea1984be8aaf0a82fc5a6442030d0&oe=54E42E85

(Have to admit that last one, the levels were auto corrected and colours have gone ever so slightly more 'colourful', but it's not far off)

Yowza! Was that last one painted (or initially sketched) on location?

It's painted from a photo I found online, unfortunately.

Never mind! Drawing or painting from life is great if you get the chance but nothing wrong with using photos.

How did the oil painting go?

Ah the course two years ago? Went ok but stalled afterwards, doing another portrait course now and getting into it more, hopefully will keep it up after the course finishes. Here's my piece from the last session:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7473/15522143749_5005786d2c_b.jpg

And a couple of watercolour sketches of Venice, one on location and one from a photo after I got back. More illustrative, I didn't pluck up the courage to throw away the pen and just rely on tone & colour.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3942/15698795131_20315caf98_b.jpg

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5601/15702290732_e44401dee6_b.jpg