sigh

[ratcreature]

The good news is that I actually have an idea for my Yuletart assignment. The bad news is that it's complicated to draw. Why can't they finally develop some gadget that lets you think of your drawing and it then appears in your computer where you put on some finishing touches? This manual idea-to-paper transfer method just sucks, and the results are never what you want either. *is glum*

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[petra]

I heard something on the AO3 about a brain-to-text interface back in April. Maybe if you put in a support request, they can start thinking about how to implement a brain-to-image downloading system when they roll out the fanart sections.

[ratcreature]

Such a killer feature would certainly make the AO3's popularity go way up.

[sholio]

Hee! You're not the only one. I have wanted this for years. Why bother with hard work and practice when you can just think your image directly onto the page? It would be awesome! And there would be tons more fanart to enjoy!

I finally got my Yuletart penciled yesterday. Now I just need to do the other 90% of the work ...

[ratcreature]

I have now pencil envy. For me pencils are the worst. I usually enjoy doing all the other stuff, inking and coloring or painting, and that goes usually smoothly (hope this doesn't jinx it in the future *knocks on wood*) but the pencils are always a pain, I procrastinate forever, often have failed attempts, and everything takes ages. :(

[sholio]

For me, the pencils are ... well, not easy, especially since there's the whole procrastination thing to overcome, but probably the easiest part. I'm really more of a draw-er than a painter, so that first rush of creativity, putting it all down on paper, is the fun part for me. This is why I tend to skimp on finishwork a lot more than I should ...

[ratcreature]

My pencils are fairly detailed, so that is most of the hard work and so much failure and frustration. For a picture with some work that's a bunch of thumbnails, and sketches, and trying to figure out detail, looking for reference, trying to take photos of my hands or body parts in odd positions because I can never find the right reference (and don't have a roommate to torture), making stupid models of stuff and failing at play-do sculpture, then bringing all that together, and copying and redrawing stuff... Once that is over, there are still color and light decisions, but that part is almost soothing, even if it takes many days.

[leyna]

Oh yeah. That brain interface/download painting method would be so useful *g*

Good luck with the drawing!

I started my assignment yesterday. I'm trying out some new (new to me) techniques from various tutorials, which might or might not work. eeep!

[ratcreature]

I'm unfortunately still in the procrastination phase. (Though maybe I should be more optimistic and call it "the internal visualization phase" or something like that... and I did collect some references.)