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Topic: Need help with highlights |
ToastyKen
Replies: 5
Views: 3316
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:55 am Subject: Need help with highlights |
Sorry it took me so long to respond. Thanks for the comments, everyone! Especially for the paintover, screenfx, and the tip about the background, jr! |
Topic: Need help with highlights |
ToastyKen
Replies: 5
Views: 3316
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Forum: Work in Progress Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:31 pm Subject: Need help with highlights |
I've visited this site for a while, but I've only just started playing with painting. I'm trying to draw this little plastic Kiwi I have, and I'm having a lot of trouble getting the highlights to loo ... |
Topic: The Speedpainting Thread (IV) |
ToastyKen
Replies: 40861
Views: 25840167
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:47 am Subject: The Speedpainting Thread (IV) |
I love your painting, Duracel. I like how it's so peaceful and relaxing, and then you're like, HOLY CRAP!  |
Topic: Minataur ready for BATTLE! |
ToastyKen
Replies: 7
Views: 2186
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Wed May 01, 2002 9:18 pm Subject: Minataur ready for BATTLE! |
I don't know how appropriate it is for a total novice to comment (since I couldn't paint anything remotely as good as this is), but I guess everyone can be a critic, eh? :P Anyway, it love the style, ... |
Topic: Where are you,Little Potato? |
ToastyKen
Replies: 16
Views: 6035
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2002 11:59 pm Subject: Where are you,Little Potato? |
I really like this, but I feel that the blurring/focus effect and the line art style don't go together. since the rest of the painting is done with simple lines, the blurring looks more like an accid ... |
Topic: lets give it another try |
ToastyKen
Replies: 4
Views: 1738
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:14 am Subject: lets give it another try |
Insider, my advice:
Be sure to first figure out how to make an image of yours viewable through the web from someone else's computer before you try posting again. You can't post an image here unless ... |
Topic: Loomis C.I. Project |
ToastyKen
Replies: 19
Views: 6898
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2002 10:21 am Subject: Loomis C.I. Project |
What are you using to make your PDFs? In Adobe's tools, there's an option, enabled by default, for reducing the resolution to screen resolution; you'll want to turn that off. Also, you can choose th ... |
Topic: Livin' it up final |
ToastyKen
Replies: 19
Views: 4545
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2002 1:10 am Subject: Livin' it up final |
I have to say.. that was a a fine editing job you did there, Shizo. Nice work! |
Topic: sex in the movies |
ToastyKen
Replies: 18
Views: 4976
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2001 8:29 pm Subject: sex in the movies |
***SPOILER WARNING!***
Travis, I agree that most of the sex/nudity in the movie was for shock value, but what you may have missed is that it's the CHARACTERS who are exploiting it for shock value. I ... |
Topic: Show us your X-wing |
ToastyKen
Replies: 27
Views: 6825
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2001 1:37 pm Subject: Show us your X-wing |
Here are a couple of stills for a little 6-minute video I made back in high school (1995). The X-Wing Toaster and the ToastIE Fighter..
http://web.mit.edu/kenlu/www/photos/toaster-poster.gif ht ... |
Topic: Anyone involved or has been involved in demo scene ? |
ToastyKen
Replies: 10
Views: 3773
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2001 12:32 am Subject: Anyone involved or has been involved in demo scene ? |
I'd like to briefly add (I'm certainly no expert) that part of the appeal is generally to use as few rasterized images and sounds as possible, and procedurally code in most of the graphics and music, ... |
Topic: scherbenhaufen |
ToastyKen
Replies: 20
Views: 3975
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2001 12:27 am Subject: scherbenhaufen |
I don't actually know German, but according to the [url=http://dict.leo.org/]LEO Dictionary, "scherben" is "shards", while "haufen" is "heap". So it seems like it means "heaps of shards" or "heaps of ... |
Topic: Best Game Ever |
ToastyKen
Replies: 64
Views: 21526
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2001 10:59 pm Subject: Best Game Ever |
[ October 11, 2001: Message edited by: ToastyKen ] |
Topic: Star Wars: Attack of the Clones??? |
ToastyKen
Replies: 22
Views: 6382
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2001 4:05 pm Subject: Star Wars: Attack of the Clones??? |
I really don't see why people complain about the title being too cheesy. Is "The Empire Strikes Back" or "Return of the Jedi" non-cheesy titles? Do they not evoke a sense of an old sci-fi serial?
S ... |
Topic: the Girl with longs legs ! |
ToastyKen
Replies: 12
Views: 3112
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2001 7:47 am Subject: the Girl with longs legs ! |
Wolf, I'd say your best bet to regain credibility is, unfortunately, to drop this nickname and come back with a new account. |
Topic: A great forum for Photoshop users. |
ToastyKen
Replies: 12
Views: 2249
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2001 2:08 am Subject: A great forum for Photoshop users. |
Heehee.. Faust, I like how you said you wouldn't look, then looked within the next minute. images/smiles/icon_smile.gif |
Topic: Mac's suck? >:O |
ToastyKen
Replies: 22
Views: 6362
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2001 1:56 am Subject: Mac's suck? >:O |
Mmmm.. platform wars... images/smiles/icon_smile.gif
I'm a longtime Mac user, and I'm going to try to be as objective as possible here, but I'm sure I'll be somewhat biased :P
(Oh, first of all, ... |
Topic: I'm shopping for a SCANNER...need advice plz |
ToastyKen
Replies: 6
Views: 2465
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2001 12:51 pm Subject: I'm shopping for a SCANNER...need advice plz |
Try [url=http://www.epinions.com/]http://www.epinions.com/ . I recently got myself a Canon N650U for under a hundred bucks.. pretty good consumer scanner. |
Topic: this loomis book for download, where do I get it? |
ToastyKen
Replies: 2
Views: 1059
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2001 3:16 am Subject: this loomis book for download, where do I get it? |
Word came that the Loomis book would be reprinted some time in the next few months, so the person who did the scans pulled it in respect of the copyright, since it was no longer fully abandoned. |
Topic: ONI-the game |
ToastyKen
Replies: 5
Views: 1505
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2001 3:13 am Subject: ONI-the game |
The "Iron Demon" robots were punted because they couldn't get the interaction working properly.
As for the architecture, it seems to be a love it or hate it thing.. I personally loved the architectur ... |
Topic: Other forums? |
ToastyKen
Replies: 3
Views: 1336
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2001 9:23 am Subject: Other forums? |
Thanks! |
Topic: Setup for tablet painting in PS |
ToastyKen
Replies: 13
Views: 2849
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2001 9:03 am Subject: Setup for tablet painting in PS |
Yeah.. wet edges is Photoshop's Poor Man's Watercolor Effect, basically. |
Topic: Other forums? |
ToastyKen
Replies: 3
Views: 1336
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2001 9:02 am Subject: Other forums? |
Given the recent near-death of Sijun, I was wondering what other similar forums people frequent?
Thanks! |
Topic: question on comics |
ToastyKen
Replies: 5
Views: 1041
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2001 8:58 am Subject: question on comics |
I'd like to add that your best bet for a book on the details of the comic form (and a little bit of ahistory) is Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. It's written in the form of a comic itself, as ... |
Topic: question on comics |
ToastyKen
Replies: 5
Views: 1041
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2001 8:54 am Subject: question on comics |
I just started getting into graphic novels myself, and I don't know much about the mainstream comics scene...
Anything by Will Eisner, take A Contract with God for a start.. it's considered to be the ... |
Topic: My wife has an interesting idea as to the nature of matter.. |
ToastyKen
Replies: 27
Views: 5991
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2001 1:14 pm Subject: My wife has an interesting idea as to the nature of matter.. |
To be accurate, photons have zero rest mass. The energy they have translates to another kind of mass, but I forget what it's called... at least, that's what I remember.. I may be wrong.
One intere ... |
Topic: My wife has an interesting idea as to the nature of matter.. |
ToastyKen
Replies: 27
Views: 5991
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Forum: Random Musings Posted: Wed May 30, 2001 10:40 pm Subject: My wife has an interesting idea as to the nature of matter.. |
I was really into this stuff around early high school and read up on a lot of laymen's physics books.
You shouldn't think of matter as being "made of light". Firstly, I'm guessing by "light" you mea ... |
Topic: Sijun.com server stolen.....returned |
ToastyKen
Replies: 21
Views: 4461
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Wed May 30, 2001 10:05 pm Subject: Sijun.com server stolen.....returned |
Wow.. it's absolutely amazing that you got it back. A friend of mine had a serious hard drive crash the day after we were talking about backup solutions.. He ended up paying a bundle to get his data ... |
Topic: Good price on Wacom Intuos 6x8 |
ToastyKen
Replies: 4
Views: 1405
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Forum: Digital Art Discussion Posted: Sun May 20, 2001 10:56 am Subject: Good price on Wacom Intuos 6x8 |
I'm not sure what the exchange rate is, but a brand new one costs $300 US, so unless $330 CDN is significantly less, I'd suggest you might as well buy a new one. And get the special edition.. it's pu ... |
Topic: Girl with Tortoise (my first work post) |
ToastyKen
Replies: 0
Views: 726
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Forum: Gallery/Finished Work Posted: Sun May 20, 2001 10:42 am Subject: Girl with Tortoise (my first work post) |
This is my first post of my work to this list..
This was for my friend Jenny, who has a pet tortoise about hte size of your hand.. She's going to Peace Corps for a couple of years, and her friend Lam ... |
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