So I came up this idea of doing gender reversed Star Wars. Thought it'd be so much cooler to have Hanna Solo and Lucia Skywalker~

Here's the art, [link] so far only sketches, but I'll add more characters and I'll try to color some of them.

Here's the list of characters I'm going to do:
Anakin Skywalker - Annie Skywalker/Darth Vadra  
Padme Amidala - Padmic Amidalo
The Emperor Palpatine - The Empress Palpatina
Luke Skywalker - Lucia Skywalker
Han Solo - Hanna Solo
Princess Leia Organa - Prince Lian Organa
Master Yoda - Master Yoda
Obi-Wan Kenobi - Obi-Wynn Kenobi
Mace Windu - Manica Windu
Boba Fett

Characters I may or may not do:
Qui-Gon Jinn
Darth Maul
Count Dooku
Stormtroopers
C-3PO (there's female C-3PO type android in game)

Characters remain the same as female:
Chewbacca - female wookiee looks the same as male wookiee
Jabba the Hutt - Female Hutt looks the same as male Hutt
R2-D2

Characters I absolutely will NOT do:
Jar Jar Binks

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Note to self:

Let's do this challenge!

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This journal contains spoilers of the game Assassin's Creed III and the book Assassin's Creed: Forsaken. Read at your own risk, consider yourself warned.

For those who're thinking about reading Assassin's Creed: Forsaken, take my advice: DON'T READ IT.

I just finished the book yesterday, and I can tell you if you like Haythem, you won't like the book. You might end up finishing it simply because it's about Haytham, but eventually the book damage the character created in the game instead of contribute to the character development. The character didn't remain consistent, he sometimes do things without reason, other time totally out of character. Many dramatic opportunities aren't explored, plot is stupid, additional characters are forgettable, and the book spend about 1/4 retelling Sequence 1-3 and 9-11, which sadly enough turn out to be the best part of the book.

After finishing the game, I have some idea about what happened to Haytham, what's his tie with assassin and what might happened to make him turn to the Templars, based on little details given by the game. I feel that the author didn't play the game, didn't have enough support from Ubisoft writers, and he missed a lot of opportunity to create truly dramatic conflicts, which would make Haytham a more fuller character with more humanity. A lot of setting doesn't make much sense, and doesn't follow the game.

For example, Haytham's hidden blade has a broken Assassin sigil, he can use the hidden blade with grace and ease, that certainly implied he was once an Assassin, or at least extensively trained as an assassin with the hidden blade. But instead of explore this possibility, the book set up Haytham as a Templar from the get go, and snatched hidden blade from an Assassin he killed. As if he can just use the hidden blade without any training. It's such a waste of character and I was very disappointed. I feel that the Ubisoft writers set up Haytham to be the Darth Vader of the Assassin's Creed universe, that he's first an assassin, and then a Templar. But the book totally ruined this great setting, and make Haytham a boring one dimensional character. And whenever the book tried to give Haytham some depth, it only succeed of making him inconsistent. The best part of the book is actually the part when it retell the game event.

On top of that, the book doesn't really bridge any gaps between Sequence 3 and Sequence 9 (the time after Haytham break up with Ziio and before he met with adult Conner). Apparently instead of being a successful Grand Master of the Colonial Rite, Haytham end up buying some land and become a planter, managing his own estate. It just doesn't go with the Haytham portrayed in the game: the strong, determined, resourceful, and manipulative mastermind. The bond between Haytham and Charles Lee wasn't explored either, it doesn't make a lot of sense why Haytham would stay behind and let Charles leave.

Overall, it is a disappointing book, Haytham's character didn't get fuller, but more broken. If, after playing the game (and mostly Haytham missions) multiple times, You already have some idea about what happened to Haytham, chances are, your imagination would be better than the book. Either way, reading the book will not do you any good. You're probably better off writing your own fan fic.

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I rarely do self promotion.

I don't submit my paintings to groups unless I'm very happy with them. But it seems that I somehow pissed off some moderator or admin of Elite Artists group and they have been rejecting my works one after another. While, the group does has a relatively high standard, but considering the average level of their works, I feel that it's getting a bit outrageous.

The only reason I remain in the group is to look at good art works and get inspiration. But now I wonder how many other good artworks I don't get to see on my group updates because of some drama, and how many mediocre works I end up seeing because of favoritism.

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Sorry for the inactivity for the past couple of months. I was preparing my PMP exam and just passed it yesterday~~~ so yeah~~~ now I can finally go back to do some more painting and not feeling guilty about it.

While I was preparing my exam, I did a lot of doodling... I took this class, and doodling actually helps me think (or so I believe...) and I start to get back to the good old days of doodling on the edge of paper (sometimes end up occupying the entire page!LOL) I think I'll start drawing more with pencil and scan them in. That should give my work some variety and liveliness.

Anyways~~~ drawing!!! (after I finished Dishonored)

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It's about this double portrait:



You know I often lamented about how artists are depressing bunch, we're constantly tortured by the self doubt, and have to suffer other people trashing your work (or giving constructive critique). I got lucky that I don't do art as a profession, I don't need to force myself to do anything. But still... It's hard.

Then again, once in while, you have this little moments, when you look at your art and you're actually... genuinely happy about it, sometimes for the most trivial, ridiculous, irrelevant reasons. Sometimes, something neat just kind of sort of happen... It could be how good the hand end up, or how nice the color is... or in this case, how these two actually looking at each other.

I kind of planned it when I first started it, but I figure it's probably gonna be hard, and I didn't really focus in it too much. But when I lined them up together last night, and they actually... look at each other, in a way that I hope they would, I can see the trust and care between them... (well, maybe I'm imagining it because I love this Show too much). I planned it, in a way, I did think about how they would look at each other when I painted them, but it's more of an unconscious feeling than a well mapped out idea.

It's these moments makes me feel lucky that I can paint stuff.

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It's weird. I always feel that something got lost during the painting process. I always feel that my sketch has more style, and the more color I put on it, the less the feeling is there. Here's a progression shot of Jane, my friend said the second half finished one is better than the final one. It's like something is missing in the final...

Do you have the same feeling about your work?

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I finished The Book Thief during Memorial Weekend and I have to say, I really enjoy this book. The author is such a visual writer, who gave color and personality to "words". The power of words are anthropomorphized (what a big word...LOL), and they make sound, they change lives. And on top of everything, the book is not whiny. I've read so many books talking about human suffering and misery full of unbearable whines and anger. The narrator, death, is probably one of the best written characters in the book, he came out cynical and sarcastic, but in the end, you start to feel his heart, full of sympathy and humanity.

The book remind me of 2 books I stole over the years.

The first book I stole was called "Anthology of Modern Science Fictions". It's in Chinese, probably one of the first modern Sci-fi novels I've read. The book was broken when I borrowed from school library. The cover had been long gone, and was replaced by kraft paper and hand written title. Content pages are gone too, so I have no idea what collection of stories were in it when I first turned its pages. The first story is called "2001: A Space Odyssey". There're a good 12 pages missing from the first part of the novel, so I jumped from prehistoric apes to Moon base without anything in between. But missing 12 pages wasn't going to stop me from being completely shocked by this story. The concept of AI (an evil one), the star child, everything is so provocative. It wasn't until much later I realized what I have read is probably one of the most influential Sci-fi literature of the 20th century. I remember every story in that book, because I read it at least 5 times, maybe more. However, the last part of the final story was lost, so I never know how it end. The last story is called "The King and the Toyman" or at least that's how it would translate back from Chinese. I borrowed the book a couple of weeks before I graduate middle school, and I didn't return it.

I figure the school probably won't missed this almost broken book. But somehow I really like it, more than any other books I had over the years. It is one of the books I took with me when I moved to US. I often wonder why I kept this broken book around, with missing cover, missing pages,  missing ending of a story... But I kept it around.

The second book I stole was called Botticelli: Life and Work by Ronald Lightbown. I borrowed it from my college library. But for some reason this book was never on my record, as if I never borrowed it. It's a heavy expensive book, exquisite pictures painted on coated paper. I borrowed it while I was doing my term paper on Botticelli. And I never returned it. Botticelli is one of my favorite Renaissance painters, not only because his elegant style and pagan theme, but also because he's closely associated with the Medici family, which was also my focus of research in college.

My grandma and my parents has bought me many books, and after I got older, I bought even more for myself. I have quite a small collection of books (now sadly piled up in boxes in my parent's garage). Among them, two I have stolen. Nothing exciting really... But nonetheless interesting to me.

Here's a very unfinished book thief sketch

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Disclaimer: I got hit by another depression episode lately, so my writings might get a bit over the top sentimental and melancholy.

Have you ever painted something you really enjoy, something you're excited about from beginning to end, a painting that turns out not only as good as you hoped for but actually better and when you finished, you have to pat yourself on the shoulder and say: damn I'm good! Those moments are rare and far between. During my over 10 years of drawing and painting, I can probably count those occasions with one hand. These are happy moments for our artists, because most of us are never really satisfied with what we do. More than often, we end up finishing a painting feeling bad, something we did wrong, but don't have the heart to go back and change it, or got depressed when compare to others. So when something like this happens, I try to savor it.

After I finished, I posted this painting everywhere. On my facebook, on DA, hell I even submitted to some DA groups, which I rarely do. I guess I do want other people to appreciate my "masterpiece", even I know on a logical level, it's not so different from my other works. I thought after all these years, I'm above that, I out grow it, I don't need other people's praises to be happy, and most of the time, I don't care. Most of the time, I'm happy with getting the satisfaction out of the process of the painting. I know that's what should matter.

Apparently, I'm not above it (or I won't write a freaking journal entry about the whole damn thing). It still hurts me that my "masterpiece" doesn't received the recognition it deserves. The groups I submit to never replied, I get average amount of likes on comments on my facebook page, nothing out of ordinary. For me, it's a great piece of work, a painting I won't mind looking at it from time to time without feeling bad about myself; for others, it's nothing.

I admit I never put any effort in promoting my works on DA or any other site. Mostly because I'm not a professional artist, and I don't take commission. What's the point of some random people telling me "this is great work!" damn it I know if my works is good or not. Then why is it matter?! It bothers me to no end knowing that at least part of me still cares about how other people think of me, that my mood can still be influenced by how the world perceive me.

I HATE that.

I want to be happy, free of any kind of control. I want to be able to feel good or bad about myself, me, not anyone else, not how other people think of me. I'm not happy that no one appreciate my "Masterpiece", but more than that, probably 100 times more, I'm not happy that I actually care about if anyone cares. I know this is my depression talking, but that doesn't really help, I still feel bad.

I remember when I was a struggling artist, I used to have a little post-it on my wall, saying "Remember why you draw".  The answer is "I draw because 'I' want to draw". I guess I have to always remember that, and be content with it.

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As of today, my intuos 3 is officially broken.

I have been having problem with the tablet for a while now, part of the reason I don't draw much nowadays. The tablet will suddenly loose sensitive and give me thick ugly lines, between nice smooth lines. At first it's not a big deal, I can just press ctrl+Z or use the history function. But it gets worse and worse to the point 1 of every 3 lines are thick and ugly. At first I thought it's my photoshop problem, but I'm using a intuos 4 at work, it has been fine.

To be honest, I was in denial. I thought if I don't acknowledge it, the problem might just go away. Of course, things are never that easy.

I bought my intuos back in 08 so it's been 4 years. I guess it's time for me to upgrade.

I've been dying to buy a cintiq 12 since Thanksgiving. Guess I'll just have to cut down some expenses and save up. I remember when I first bought Intuos, I felt that I made the best investment for my art since I discovered pencil and paper when I was 3. I hope this new investment will prove to be equally rewarding.

If you're using cintiq 12, please let me know how you feel about the product. I read some bad review on Amazon, saying the screen is cheap, the cursor gets shaky when it comes to the edges of the screen, and the product is way over priced in general, is it true? Any suggestion is appreciate!

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It has been sometime since I post anything here. Well, summer is really not my most creative season, so it's not like I'm really trying to do something. But on top of me being lazy, I have been very busy since May. I got a new job at Palo Alto, had to move out of city in 2 weeks. So on top of all the transition, project hand-over and training new replacement, I actually made quite a few trips down to Palo Alto and surrounding area and checking houses. Public transportation out of SF downtown isn't nearly as good, so I end up walking from Bus/train station to the location, sometimes up to 5 miles.

But! All these hard walking finally paid off, I got a dream apartment, the one I wanted for so long with a reasonable price. Not only am I happy with my new job, which is the same position (project manager in a game development company), I am super happy with my new room! Now as I said on my facebook, I finally have an studio big enough to fit a table, some book shelves, maybe even a couch, there's no excuses for me not to pick up painting again.

But there's the lazy thing... And the "I don't wanna..." thing... and the "maybe I should buy a kinect, now that I have enough room" thing.

Like I said, summer is not my most creative season. I'd rather just be lazy and be happy with what I have right now. And who knows, out of blue I might go back and paint stuff.

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Hi Guys,

It's been sometime since I last posted. I was in Shanghai and Beijing for 3 weeks, and has been busy with work and games.

Anyway, get to the point, the company I work for, Concept Art House, is hiring for art intern. There're several position open at this point:

2D artist. mostly for sketch, art work fixes, need to be able to work quick and style match.

Vector artist. proficient with Illustrator and Flash, needs to be able to make vector art, flash animation, and work out technical issue with art director.

These positions are unpaid interns with possibility to get hired in the future. However, if you're really good, we might actually hire you for the job. The process is simple, send me your resume and portfolio link, if my art director like your art work, we'll schedule an on site interview with a couple of test for you to take. and we'll go from there.

If you're in the SF bay area and want to get some gaming industry experience, this might be a good opportunity.

Check out our website: www.conceptarthouse.com

this is an old website, we're working on a new one.

Anyways, give me a note if you're interested.

[Update] Forget to attach my email: for all job inquiries please email me at faye@conceptarthouse.com

Thanks

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The title translate into: Trip to the City of Demons.
Some of the famous Chinese cities recently get new nick names:

Beijing: the City of Emperors（帝都）

Beijing has been the capital city of China for more than 500 years. The city has always been the culture and political center of China. It also contains the biggest and most famous Royal palace in China: the forbidden city. It is natural to be called The City of Emperors 帝都.

Shanghai: The City of Demons （魔都）

Shanghai was one of the first city forced to open to foreigners during the foreign invasion in late 19th century. As a result, Shanghai has always been the leading city of the newest fashion, the richest people, and the best night life. It is a city of neon lights, unimaginable luxuries and best entertainment. Best and worst things happens in this city with endless temptation and corruption. And it is indeed the City of Demons of desire and vice.

Guangzhou: The City of Flowers （花都）

This nick name is a lot less famous and dramatic as the previous two. Mostly because Guangzhou is the south most major city of China. The temperature is always present, winter or summer, the city is filled with exotic tropical flora, hence the name: City of Flowers.

Oh, and... I'm currently on a business trip to Shanghai, the demon city. It is indeed very flashy, the huge skyscrapers, neon signs, great restaurant and night clubs. Although, having to work 12 hours a day, I never have the time to visit any of the night clubs (can't really afford it either). But I was told it is extravagant scene to behold.

I, being a secret yaoi fan, actually want to visit the so called Maids/Butlers Cafe. I heard there's one very close to my office, but was recently closed down for renovation. Other places are far away, and I won't have time to visit. oh well...

After Shanghai, I'll go to Beijing and visit family and friends. I haven't been back to Beijing for 5 years. I've always say Beijing is my city, but other than being born and raised there, I probably won't know where is where, who is who, and what is what nowadays. I probably would get lost in the city... So much has changed since I left.

Still, Beijing is always my city.

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So I was hanging out with bunch of friends, and one of them asked "what's your favorite job (doesn't count the current one)"? What's the one job you want to go back to? At first I couldn't think of any, but then realize, I really want to go back to be a blackjack dealer.

Surprise~~~ I got laid off a couple of years back, and on the 5th months on government Unemployment Insurance, I decided to go to dealer school and learn how to deal Blackjack and other popular casino card games. I was never worked for a Casino, but I did end up working in parties and corporate events and such.

When I first started, it's purely out of desperation, but then I found myself actually enjoy dealing cards. Because you get to observe lots of different kind of people, and you can really see people's true face on the gambling table, especially when there's real money involved.

Anyways, then I realize, as much as I was trained to be an artist, I have never been a professional artist. By "Professional" I mean I was paid for creating art on an on going bases. Sure I had taken freelance jobs, but those opportunities are rare and far between, and purely for fun, none of my freelance work actually paid for anything. I was a professional designer for several years, but most of my daily tasks involves layout design, typography and such, not really drawing or painting. And my current job is a management position. My company create art assets for games and movies, but other than occasionally step in as art director, I rarely get to paint anything.

So after 4 art degrees, 10 years of struggle of being an professional career artist, after all the desperate tears and sleepless nights, I get paid for being organized, multi tasking, detail orientated with an eye on the bigger picture, and adequate skill of Excel spreadsheets.

Talking about the irony.

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That means all painting/drawing related stuff is currently on hold until I get over with my DA fever.

The new Anders is so much better than he was in Awakening!!! He used to be the light hearted sarcastic group clown, now he has some serious identity issue, and yeah... His Justice/torture look is super cool! LOL... Too bad Ser Pounce-a-lot didn't make it to DAII.

And Mirrell is just so cute!!!

Too bad I'm playing as  Mage (I always play female Mage during first run), if it's up to me, I'd take Anders and Mirrell everywhere, but I just can't have a 3 Mage team... I remember in the old Baldur's Gate II, I once end up having a 3 mage team, although BG allows 6 people team, so it's not that bad...

I'm desperately in need of a damager rouge with lock picking skill, damn Varric can't even pick a standard lock! When do I get to pick up that lyrium infested elf?

Anyways.......... I'm just so happy I get to play this game!

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Can't paint anything.

I think a lot of artists experienced the circle of creativity. One week, there's no stoppting me from my pen, the next week, nothing come out of paper. It's not like I don't have stuff to draw, I have a lot of ideas to paint out, but every time I try to paint something, it just doesn't come out right.

I used to get pretty upset about this, I used to get scared, afraid that this is the end of me.

Now, I'm at peace with it. I kind of know it's coming, and I just kind of wait it out. Eventually, my hand will guide me back to more painting, and I'd be happy.

I guess that's why I can't be a professional artist. The way I work my artists...LOL There's no "creativity down time" for them. I don't care, client don't care,  there's deadline to meet, and this background needs to be finished by the EOD.

Anyways, I'll try draw something and see if it's over for me ... Either do a commission, or do my OC which I've been dragging for almost a month now.

I'd love to hear your creativity down time, and how you deal with it. Waiting it out is just me being lazy, LOL, I know. There's more pro-active way to get through it and come out a better artist. I just don't have the ambition for it. Still, I want to hear about it.

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Just out of blue, I really want to learn how to do cel-shading Manga/Anime style drawings using photoshop.

Like this one:
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I don't know what program this artist (or other anime artists) are using. I heard one artist using photoshop vector.... I totally don't have the patience to organize all those layers. But I'm sure these are not made by illustrator.

I only know the oil painting rendering style in photoshop. But I think I should do some anime style, because that's where I came from, before I got brainwashed by art schools.

Anyone knows a good tutorial?

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What the hell is all this Hetalia hype?!

And what exactly is aru means?! I've never heard a Chinese say "aru" in my life.

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Hi guys,

I'm taking commission again!

Flat rate $15 for every piece.

PayPal Only~

I know it's cheap, so I get to be picky.

1, I only draw people. I don't draw animals, creatures/monsters, still life, environment or prop. People Only! (Elves, Dwarves, vampires, mermaids and other fantasy/sci-fi humanoid are considered people; Elites, Hanars, Turians are not human...sorry Garrus).  

2, All final will be colored, but it's up to me how much I'll draw, and at what quality, with how much detail. It can be a detailed portrait bust like this



or something simpler, like this:



If I really like your idea, I might draw more, like this:



If I really really like your idea, I'll draw full body like this



(but because I'm lazy, this almost never happen, so don't keep your hope up).

3, I have a day job, and I work average 10-12 hours everyday. So I can't guarantee turnaround time. I have enough deadline to deal with at work, so no deadlines for commission. Sorry. I finish most piece with in 2-3 days, a week at most, so it won't take that long.

4, I reserve the right to turn down request without explanation. Please don't take it personal. It might be as simple as "I'm too tired, can't do it".

5, I do fan art, but I can't do style match. I figure you come to me because you like my style, so if you have a character you want to draw out in "fluorine" style, I'd be happy to do. But if you want me to draw Sebastian in Black Butler style...well, they're tons of other people who can do just that.

6, I don't do Yaoi/Yuri, unless........... You have a super sexy idea that's super hot without showing penis/vagina or nipple or tongue or saliva. talking about ambiguous.

7, I charge extra for explicit sexual stuff. Human anatomy is very hard to draw accurately when you leave nothing to expectation. And I'm risking getting virus searching for reference pictures on porn sites.

8, Reference pictures and detailed description are always appreciated. You can give me short descriptions, I'll assume you give me freedom to play around. If it's an OC, one thing you could help me is to think of an actor/actress you'd pick to portray your OC. It'd give me a good starting point.

9, No, I can't reduce price for you. Damn I can't go lower than 15 bucks! What are you thinking? I earn a lot more than that in an hour at work! And I spend average 10-12 hours on each piece!

10, This is for fun, and I don't rely on this to pay the rent. So everything is negotiable. Just let me know your idea and we can cook up something cool.

Sent me a note if you're interested.

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I like DA.

I've been to many art sites and DA is the one I stick with the longest. I heard a lot of people considering DA an armature site, or use phases like "this is DA stuff" on artworks they look down upon. Granted, DA has a heavy presents of anime art, but consider "anime" armature is simply ignorant and obnoxious.

DA is very supportive. I mean, really supportive. It's "make you feel good" supportive, instead of "your art work sucks, but you can do better if you do exactly what I did for the next 100 years then you might be half as good as me" kind of supportive.

DA has variety. Before I get to DA, I look at one kind of art and thought it is what art supposed to be. Now everyday I look at all kinds of different art, paintings, cel-shading, sketches, 3D works, sculpture, anime, photography, photo manipulation, crafts, animations, pixel art, icons... I'm more open minded and learn to appreciate all kinds of beautiful things.

DA is more fun than other sites. It's really about express your art, and you get a lot of support regardless of your level. Art shouldn't be painful, creating art shouldn't be "you need to paint 80 per week to be as good as who and who". And I feel that most people at DA do art because it is fun, you kind of feel it. while on other sites..... it's more about "you need to work hard to improve".

And there's a lot of stuff you can do with other people, without being competitive. Yeah sure, we all do art competitions, we all say "we're here to learn". but in the end, every competition has more losers than winners. And when DA has contest, there's usually a real reward.

A lot of people hate meme, I actually quite like it. I didn't do much, but I had fun with every single one. So they're completely useless doodling, so what? Andy Warhol used to say:" an artist is somebody produces things that people don't have to have." Art, by its nature, is useless. Who are you to say this is pointless, that is timeless?

There're show offs, but it's not "in your face suckers!" kind of show off, but rather "peacock in a zoo" kind of show off.

What I hate about DA.... well, not necessary DA, but art sites in general...

1, "This is my first 3D/Oil/Digital/.... work" and it looks awesome.

I absolutely... Hate it. OK, I confess, I did it when I was young and stupid. I like to flash around my "first blah blah blah" and feel how talented I was, how I did at the first try someone spend  years to achieve. That's just lie. From beginning to intermediate level, how much effort you put in it carry a lot more weight than how much talent you think you have. I used to have this art professor, who said: I've been teaching art for 30 years and every student of mine is talented, it is the effort that separate the best from the rest.

So next time when you show off your "first blah blah", try to be proud for what it is: your first, and you have many more left to do.

2, Photo paint over.

Find a high res picture, throw some filters on top, paint over it, add a background and call it yours... whatever you're telling yourself, doesn't matter if someone use it on magazine cover, it is what it is. It is a photo paint over.

I can tell, so can many others. That eerie feeling of "realism", that strange mushy blending...something you can't quite put your finger on.... Yeah... You know what I'm talking about. We don't normally point out because it doesn't really matter to us, and it's very difficult to prove unless we just happen to have the exactly reference picture you're using (actually for once, I did have that exact photograph someone is using, and I pointed it out). But trust me when I say it, I can tell. It's lazy and cheap and cheating.

It's OK to use photo reference, in fact, I rarely paint without photo reference. It's OK to use part of a photograph if you not sure how to paint muscle or hand, or use photographs for inspiration when creating weapons and accessories... There's all kinds of better way to make the most out of your reference pictures. It is not OK to paint on top of a photograph.

3, "farewell DA" Drama

Man I hate Drama! I just hate it. And for all the internet Drama, the one thing I hated most is "farewell" drama. Normally happens when someone consider himself a victim of an online community, this said person will post something like "because of DA sucks, I'm leaving for good!" As if people give a damn.

On the same line, there's "my friend really hate DA", or "none of us will join DA", or "I have all these money and I'll subscribe another site" drama. Every time I saw something like this, I want to laugh and slap this person at the same time.

Well, that's all the random whining I have for today.

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