For those of you who have never seen his art, his website is HERE
Anyhow,
It's sort of Oekaki like, only more like "Chat Oekaki" (for lack of a better explanation) where everyone is live and working at the same time.
Now I've never dabbled in oekaki art, but wanted to learn. So after about an hour and a half of
It was the very first time I broke away from non-traditional art (paper and pen) and went straight to digital only.
And I had a wonderful time. I learned a lot by watching
And we ended up torturing my BAD piccy of Wufei, and made him into this Geisha looking thing by the end of our session when we started adding make-up!
('cause I had the red color up and his lips were BEGGING for it, it went down hill from there.)
LOL
And I guess I inadvertently gave him a few hair tips in the process. All in all it was a great learning experience. And I encourage ANYONE and EVERYONE who uses a drawing tablet to come join bishart because
His collaboration with
I vow to practice my Oekaki skills in Adobe PhotoShop and Procreate Painter to steady my eye / hand coordination so I can be a better contributor to the project, but first experience is VERY promising!
I didn't do too badly. But I'm still getting used to my new tablet. I went from a 4x6 surface area Aiptek to a 12 x12 Wacom.
The difference is staggering, you can do so much more with better tools.
Okay, enough rambling from me, I just wanted to share a unique experience and extend the invitation to join bishart to all the artists out there to come and play.
It's so nice to get instant tips from the peers you admire.
Being able to give back in the areas I'm decent in, was an unexpected bonus thrill.
You can download the OpenCanvas program HERE
Come play with us!