Long gone but not forgotten

[balaa]

Sooo I havent written in my lj in some time and since Im bored out of my gored, I suppose I shall be a monkey puppet and entertain my royal court.

Ive been working a lot on realism in my digital works, right now my major focus is snow leopards. I have finished the pair of snow leopards but now I am stuck for a descent idea for a bg. Humm I do wish Id start planning my works better. I tend to do this a lot. I get inspired about the central subject and get to working on it. USUALLY by the time I finish the central subject I have a pretty good idea for a bg..as while I worked on the main part I brainstormed out the bg. Lately however..its been quite the opposite. The subject turns out nice but no idea for a bg. Humpf...and the harder I try to plan the worse it seems to backfire. Gotta love the half assed inspiration gene I inherited..thanks dad >_>.

Also Ive been wondering on getting a DA print account but I know absolutely nothing about 1. how to do it...and two just how good of quality are the prints that folks order. I dont want people buying my art and being dissapointed because either A. the colors are way off from what they see on the screen or B. the picture is grainy and pixelated because of the picture I submit to deviant being too small for a larger sized print. Fweh...that and I really dont want to post a BIG picture on deviant only to have it stolen and printed by other jerks. So Ive been wondering if itd be better to offer my own prints. IE announce limited edition print series of my more popular pictures. IE numbered and signed prints. Say allow only 20 prints at 4x5 inches or what have you and each person buying one would get a certificate certifying the print they have is genuine and numbered say 1/20 or what have you. However, this makes me wonder if there would even be an interest in this O.o...so if anyone has any input, shout at me..I need outside ideas/opinions.

ALSO..does anyone here work in CMYK? How does that affect quality in prints..in other words are the color closer to what you see on screen or?

Im yammering..too much coffee..and a donut not enough.

One more thing, since im stuck on digital realism..any other animals folks would like to see me do? Ie outside the feline family perhaps. Any ideas are welcome :).

Comments

[ciggypiggy.livejournal.com]

Nr. 1. About the bg, stop planning. Planning almost never works for me X3 Try just thinking of a main theme ie forest, mountainous area, whatever. Then plant some 'props' like you can do with a sticker album X3 It always works for me.

I don't.. really have anything to say about the print thingie but YOUR REALISM ROCKS MY SOCKS! HAVE MY BABIES!

And yes, I do have ideas for you n_n Like, bears (duh!) Wildebeest, horses, buffalo, wolfes of all shapes and kinds. Rodents? Fieldmice, snowshoe hares, and so on. Armadillos, tapirs, okapi, pandas, elephants and the list goes on and on and on X3

*smothers* Luff!

[whiskerwing.livejournal.com]

Apparantly the DA prints are REALLY nice quality. From hearsay, not experience.

And...I'm tired, so I'll be amusing later. *hugs* OFFER PRINTS. And draw...umm....Wildebeest. Sexy wildebeest.

Or a penguin with some icecream.

[dapplet.livejournal.com]

OMG I luff snow leopards! They are one of the most beautiful animals... I can't wait to see your works^^

As for ideas of things to draw... hrm... what about an iguana? That'd be a challenge... or perhaps an eagle, or a whale of some sort... I think your realism style would work really well with these three, and maybe offer a challenge for ya^^

[cathicks.livejournal.com]

CMYK is printer colors. Printers print different colors than we see on screen. Work in whatever mode you want but if you want to print something convert it to CMYK so the colors will look like they were made to look like.

[xxbalaaxx.livejournal.com]

aye..but the difference when converting it seems to be immense. Most likely I will just start working in RGB. Also from what Ive heard some printers actually convert cmyk images to rgb and then back to cmyk again O.o..odd and illogical but what can you do?

*snooogs* :)

[fyregryphoness.livejournal.com]

I've never bought any DA prints before, so I am unsure of the quality. With as popular as a site as DA is, I'm sure they'd turn out well though. :) Maybe Devart will allow you to submit a larger file only for the printing progress? Hmm.

I'm now considering my hand at digital realism. :) I don't think I'd do too well though. ^^" I'm so used to cartoony/anime stuff. Ah well, always a first time for everything. =)

As for a new subject, I would really love to see you try something like dolphins or whales. Maybe orcas? :D Whatever you do, I'm sure it would turn out great. ^^

[vekke.livejournal.com]

Well. :3 Within the feline family I think a Serval or Caracal would be awesome. Outside of it it'd be cool to see a borzoi dog or a moose. XD An orca would be awesome too. XD

I think CMYK colors do end up being a bit closer. If you want to see what colors the printer will have trouble with (in RGB, I think) try View(I thing)>Gamut warning. On that menu you can also preview it in CMYK without converting it completely. :)