Hiroshi-Tea

Yes, I have a tumblr now at hiroshi-tea.tumblr.com (nsfw)

You saw the Rarity one in my gallery.  I'll be doing the rest of the main 6 over time.

However I am working second shift so arting time will be very limited for me

Paint Tool Sai is giving some grief.  For some reason, the brush isn't doing pressure dependent density/opacity.  Size dependence for my brush works fine but opacity just refuses to work.  It's obviously something in the brush settings, but fiddling around with it hasn't helped at all.

Now I'm still drawing fine without that little capability, but it would make my life so much easier.

also, there are the lines to what i'm working on -


I also want an Intuos.  The pen of my Graphire is falling apart and the Graphire itself has been discontinued.  I'll probably throw some money Wacom's way soon.  Might not even wait until Christmas to get it.

I really do want to draw, but omg, been playing SupCom:FA and SupCom2 with buddehs.  Need to stop getting distracted

I personally take some pride in my knowledge of anatomy and such.  Being a biology major and an aspiring medical professional has had some benefits in that regard.

But how has that effected me artwise?

I guess it has made my art a little bit rigid.  I build everything on the scaffold of the skeleton and neglect to pay attention of the "bendiness" of the actual form leaving the drawing somewhat like a posed model with no life in it.  Also, sometimes I feel restricted, because I see other artists and art with much more freedom of movement than traditional anatomy would allow - I see that it looks good and works for the artist, but I personally am pained every time I make a knowing error in my drawings.

But everyone should learn anatomy.  Knowing how parts come together and how they function is vital, especially when drawing from the mind.  How can you create life without understanding the building blocks?

Anyways, I just purchased a very large and nice book on human anatomy for the artist.  I has some of the major muscle groups mapped out and a ton of stock pictures with poses and such.  great stuff, I'll probably be focusing on more human studies the rest of this month.

do expect some human ponies