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Drafting Desk set-up stuff.
7 years ago
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I feel like gushing about the fun things I am up to. It might appeal to artists most. I did lots of planning and decided to buy a drafting desk. I have it now and have been setting up my room for the last 2-3 days.
The reasoning behind it is I realized that there are two markets I can sell to with the same image! Regular commissioners, and high-rollers.
The idea is I draw as much commissions as possible in a sketchbook. Sell the scanned version only to my regular customers (helping keep commission prices low). Then when I fill up a sketchbook, I sell the entire sketchbook to high-rollers on a bidding website. The drafting desk also allows me to draw with real mediums without being all hunched over, which helps keep my back healthy long-term.
Do you draw? Got good ideas on bidding websites? For furry and anime art.
The streaming portion is not ready yet. I need a fast way to display references and chat with customers.
Two different ways to display references.
Go oldschool and buy some reference books for human/animal anatomy and art of popular series, remove the pages, then affix them to a tack board. Benefits: 700DPI magazine/book quality images. Cons: Having to buy art references and waiting for it to be delivered.
Go newschool buy a desk mount to swivel a color accurate monitor, then affix a monitor hood over it. Then go crazy and use speech recognition ask google for references. (probably overkill, i could mount a keyboard onto my desk above the art, then slide the desks together so i can use the mouse) Benefits: VAST materials and fast. Cons: extremely hit or miss on resolution.
Do you use a drafting desk, got any tips on how to set it up?
The reasoning behind it is I realized that there are two markets I can sell to with the same image! Regular commissioners, and high-rollers.
The idea is I draw as much commissions as possible in a sketchbook. Sell the scanned version only to my regular customers (helping keep commission prices low). Then when I fill up a sketchbook, I sell the entire sketchbook to high-rollers on a bidding website. The drafting desk also allows me to draw with real mediums without being all hunched over, which helps keep my back healthy long-term.
Do you draw? Got good ideas on bidding websites? For furry and anime art.
The streaming portion is not ready yet. I need a fast way to display references and chat with customers.
Two different ways to display references.
Go oldschool and buy some reference books for human/animal anatomy and art of popular series, remove the pages, then affix them to a tack board. Benefits: 700DPI magazine/book quality images. Cons: Having to buy art references and waiting for it to be delivered.
Go newschool buy a desk mount to swivel a color accurate monitor, then affix a monitor hood over it. Then go crazy and use speech recognition ask google for references. (probably overkill, i could mount a keyboard onto my desk above the art, then slide the desks together so i can use the mouse) Benefits: VAST materials and fast. Cons: extremely hit or miss on resolution.
Do you use a drafting desk, got any tips on how to set it up?
otherwise, the most important thing is not having distractions. nothing is more destructive to the creative process than distractions.
if you can get reference immediately that's better... since... one can fall into the trap of collecting hoardes of reference in folders that NEVER get used. Then... one has too many choices and spend a HUGE amount of time and effort on just that.
And not caring about imperfect situations. like pencil and paper type. But a desk that's comfortable... smooths most of that out. with supplies ready at hand. I hope we can see some great work in the coming weeks.
Also, tat from the past is also kept because we feel our identity is tied to it, and upon losing them, we fear we'd lose our existence. what people fear the most is being forgotten, and items are little pockets of memory.
i still have an incomplete set of Crux fursuit partials with a pay wall i doubt i'll ever be able to overcome.
Things like that. but i guess RPGs teach us to hold onto odd things that may not have any use at all. So, if you're headed for a bright new future, you won't be needing much of it