This month I made my first set of pins that are based on an illustration from my upcoming coloring book. I picked one of the illustrations that I really liked and thought would translate easily as a pin. To create an enamel pin, there are a lot of rules you need to follow regarding prepping […]
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In March, both Google and Dwango announced they would free software collections by the end of the month. These industry giants decided to make their software free to use for everyone. Dwango even went one step further and is offering their award-winning animation software as open source for anyone to develop! Nik Collection Acquired by Google in
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Earlier this week, I purchased the Secrets of Krita, a new series of training videos available on the Krita site. Buying the DVD is a great way to learn the basics of how to use Krita for digital painting while also supporting their further development. Lead developer of Krita, Boudewijn Rempt, is proud to add Secrets to
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Over the past two years, Krita has become a force to be reckoned with in the digital painting arena. Their ambitious developers have launched two successful Kickstarter campaigns and delivered numerous new features, bug fixes, and enhancements. Currently, they’re busy at work optimizing Krita’s speed, making it a direct competitor to Photoshop. For October, I decided purchase Krita’s new
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Spring is in the air, taxes are done, and it’s time to focus on fun stuff—like digital painting! Krita is attempting a second stab at success with another Kickstarter that started earlier last week. For 2015, Krita has Photoshop in their crosshairs with the anticipation of making Krita as fast or faster than Photoshop. I was
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It seems that my heart belongs to Blender lately. Since this is the season of Valentines and heartfelt messages, I have to make Blender my February pick for Adobe Offsetting. Blender keeps proving from month-to-month that they’re serious about investing in making a quality product. I’ve just started learning how to model, but the amount
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For December, I thought it would better to hear directly from the source with an interview. Gustav González, the main developer for Tupi, has been making great strides with his software even though he’s had limited development time and monetary support. If you’re not familiar with Tupi, it’s 2D animation software that’s similar to Flash or Toon
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Yesterday I hopped out of bed with purpose. I was getting up early to test my new bike camera. In the past couple weeks, I’ve been learning to make and print in 3D using Blender and Blender Cloud. For my first project, I gave myself something easy to make so that I could focus on
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One of my previous blog posts helped set Yiynova on a path to create Linux drivers. As a “thank you,” they sent me their new premium stylus. Having Yiynova turn around Linux drivers in just a few weeks, was all the gift I needed. Now I’m able to use an affordable tablet monitor on all my favorite open-source software
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I was hoping it was still September somewhere in the world yesterday morning when I made my contribution to Adobe Offsetting. I wanted to give to a new project, but I couldn’t help but to give Krita more props for all their hard work over these past months. Instant tranformations Krita has been hard at
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