Any artists out there?

[Sapphire Sebright]

FireAlpaca

... Isn't an alpaca a relative of the llama?
Flaming alpacas?
You just have to love some names.

 

[lilmillefleur]

... Isn't an alpaca a relative of the llama?
Flaming alpacas?
You just have to love some names.

Yeah...people come up with crazy names sometimes.
...Like my username. It sounds like an actual turd.

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

Yeah...people come up with crazy names sometimes.
...Like my username. It sounds like an actual turd.

That one has confused me a bit in the past, I'll admit.
Odd mental images of puffy paint and turds.
No, I don't know why the puffy paint.

 

[Amer]

That one has confused me a bit in the past, I'll admit.
Odd mental images of puffy paint and turds.
No, I don't know why the puffy paint.

Same

 

[KenjiQuacker]

I LOVE DRAWING! Ive been drawing basically my whole life, and I'm not great at it but it's so fun. My sisters a professional artist (if that exists haha), and she takes art classes in college as her major I think.

I draw animals a lot, particularly wolves, but I can't find any of my wolf ones to share besides my tattoo one. I also do creepypasta and marble hornets art a lot, but they're usually violent so I don't really show them to people lol. But I love drawing lots of different things!

Here's two of my favorite past drawings, the second one is a temporary tattoo I did.

 

[lilmillefleur]

That one has confused me a bit in the past, I'll admit.
Odd mental images of puffy paint and turds.
No, I don't know why the puffy paint.

Cut me some slack. I was pretty young.

 

[Amer]

I LOVE DRAWING! Ive been drawing basically my whole life, and I'm not great at it but it's so fun. My sisters a professional artist (if that exists haha), and she takes art classes in college as her major I think.

I draw animals a lot, particularly wolves, but I can't find any of my wolf ones to share besides my tattoo one. I also do creepypasta and marble hornets art a lot, but they're usually violent so I don't really show them to people lol. But I love drawing lots of different things!

Here's two of my favorite past drawings, the second one is a temporary tattoo I did.

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Wow, that dragon is so cool!

 

[KenjiQuacker]

Wow, that dragon is so cool!

thank you!

 

[azurbanclucker]

I hate when that happens. I use FireAlpaca which is free and it's pretty good, but I really want to start using photoshop because that's what more professionals use

@puffypoo If you are a student (13 or over in any kind of accredited school) and have a school issued email address or a valid photo ID, Adobe Creative cloud is 20 bucks a month for the entire suite. If not, it's 60/month. (technically $52.99/mo but rounding up) you can also do individual apps (like photoshop cloud) a la carte for $21/month. So for illustrator and photoshop, you could get them individually and go to town. There's also a 20/mo photography bundle which has photoshop and liughtroom bundled and is what I use constantly. You can also do free trials of the software and see if you even like it as well. I think it's 30 days or 3 finished files or something like that.

If it isn't something you'd use constantly, it may not be worth the investment at any price. Just depends on your budget, and your return on investment. I rely on their photography bundle heavily for my photography workflow, and my wife's a graphic designer. For us, the tools are critical to our success and we budget for them in our usual expenses. I know that isn't the case for everyone and we all have to choose where we spend our pennies (especially now), but if it's something that would allow you to have more success enjoyment in your digital work, I'd definitely urge you to give it a try.

 

[lilmillefleur]

@puffypoo If you are a student (13 or over in any kind of accredited school) and have a school issued email address or a valid photo ID, Adobe Creative cloud is 20 bucks a month for the entire suite. If not, it's 60/month. (technically $52.99/mo but rounding up) you can also do individual apps (like photoshop cloud) a la carte for $21/month. So for illustrator and photoshop, you could get them individually and go to town. There's also a 20/mo photography bundle which has photoshop and liughtroom bundled and is what I use constantly. You can also do free trials of the software and see if you even like it as well. I think it's 30 days or 3 finished files or something like that.

If it isn't something you'd use constantly, it may not be worth the investment at any price. Just depends on your budget, and your return on investment. I rely on their photography bundle heavily for my photography workflow, and my wife's a graphic designer. For us, the tools are critical to our success and we budget for them in our usual expenses. I know that isn't the case for everyone and we all have to choose where we spend our pennies (especially now), but if it's something that would allow you to have more success enjoyment in your digital work, I'd definitely urge you to give it a try.

That's really helpful, thank you!