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  Why sleep when you can sketchSep 14, 2013 6:31 AM PDT | url
 
Added 1 new A* page:I meant to have something actually interesting to post, but agonizing over whether to render this page out as a jpg, 32 or 256-color dither, or the 32-color flat I've been using took way too long. In the end I stuck the the flat 32 because it gives some shape to the central event, which was sort of the point of the layout. Also because dithering (the scattering of contrasting colored pixels among each other to create the illusion of intermediate colors, I mean, not the agonizing over whether or not to do it) or going with more colors would almost certainly be a short slippery slope to just doing full fledged color, which...I dunno I think it would be hard to keep that abstract and weird, like I'm almost forced to be with just 32 un-dithered colors. But I also wish I could have pages that look as smooth and natural as page 6, but it seems like that can only happen if there's like no really visible lines at all, and then how could I do, say, faces? Except to meticulously draw the outlines of the colored areas that would define the highlights of the face, in pencil, and then use that as a guide for the digital color...oh dear. Oh dear I wish I hadn't thought of that because that would be hard. Maybe I'll manage to forget it by Monday.
 
Bleh well have some frustration sketches (why go to bed grumpy when you can stay up and sketch? :"P), digital and pen:
 
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I've been wanting to make myself do more sketching, pen in particular. Haven't really been managing it. Maybe I'll get some done this weekend. The pen is a Pentel Rolling Writer--they have a big, fat, grungy, liquid ink roller ball line that I've been using since high school (which was a loooong time ago). Since I started doing A* traditionally I've tried all kinds of fancy schmancy art pens but you know, none of them have been quite as satisfying as a plain ol' Rolling Writer.
 
 
 
 
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