Csp - Blog Posts

smile! (blood cw)

oc is mine

@loveution

wake up babe mocha's new persona just dropped !

Trying to figure out how animation works bc I got CSP EX

When I do figure it out imma be the baddest bitch ever

sketchy birb creature :DDD

first art in csp woohoo

my shoulder and spine hurts a little ouch

Made a twitter thread of the brushes and textures I use!! Wanted to share them here too

Links for everything can be found here

I've played a bunch of new games recently! My favourite was this game called Tavern Talk and I've been thinking about what my innkeeper would look like almost non-stop, I wanted to give them a dragon tail but that idea was discarded pretty quickly lol

I'm not super sure if the colours are even any good to be honest... Opinions?

*New Hyperfixation Unlocked*

More OC art of Hino! I drew him a lot

I used a base as a reference but now I can't find it :/

There's one with and without coloured lineart! I think I like the coloured lineart better and maybe the mouth is a little too exaggerated but overall I'm very happy :DD

Click for better quality idk

I've got a bunch of OC art that I've finally worked up the courage to actually post lol

Probably going to post them all at different times

Can you believe that I only used a reference for Hino's fiery hand??? I mean probably but whatever

Click for better quality <3

"He's demanding to know how I keep winning, little does he know I sabotaged his controller beforehand!" -Jaxon probably

Heyy, heres a no reference, done from memory sketch of 15!Soukoku~

Sorry that Chuuya kinda doesn't look like Chuuya :/

“Emptiness is all, it raised me as I am” - Zoltán Böszörményi, from “The Dust of My Existence,” The Conscience of Trees

hi tumblr oh my gosh i literally post here every 6 months but i hope to change that soon(because my gf likes tumblr)(Shoutout to canary)

Also a bonus slide

Since school is almost over, I can finally draw some more

Some oc stuff finally

DTIYS

This Trashgod’s DTIYS on Instagram and their OC’s are awesome!!

A fun DTIYS!

This is @ghostofanangel142​ ‘s dtiys on Instagram!! Just wanted to say happy 100 followers!!!

I didn’t finish this right away because I tried a few techniques with how I should render the face, hair, etc., but I ended up kind of combining them.

Overall, this was fun experience that I got to do!

Blood for Blood

Another concept piece for a new OC named Al. Not entirely sure what I might do with them (probably nothing if I’m going to be honest.)

Still, it was fun and I got to try out a bunch of new stuff including some new software for recording, so check out the video if you would like to

https://youtu.be/uSa8X_o-9mQ

Anyways, tarot cards.

I thought they were called tarot cards not taro cards.

This one is called the Fool.

Beating Brush Lag in Manga Studio

Booooooooo… what is this, Photoshop?!

Lagging brushes are an occasional problem in any illustration software. Here’s a troubleshooting guide for Manga Studio if your tools are acting like molasses. (Some settings may be different on Windows or if you’re running the Clip Studio Paint branding of the software. For what it’s worth, I’m running Manga Studio 5.0.3 on Mac OS 10.7.5. Yup, I’m behind the times.) 

There are a few options to beat the lag: 

1. Quit Stuff Bye bye, YouTube. See ya, Skype. Later, Tumblr.

Save your computer’s processor by quitting RAM-hogging apps and tasks while painting. Streaming audio/video will drastically reduce performance, but even leaving browsers open can slow things down, so best to just close it up. Guess that rules out Spotify, but then there’s always ye olde Zune. Gotta love cringing through those high school playlists while working.

2. Change Preferences Easier than changing your mind, and quicker too.

Check under the hood of Manga Studio’s Preferences for a few speed boosts. Do the following in these sub menus:

Preferences/Tablet/Tablet Settings: Change from 1 to 6 (I believe this option is Mac only).

Preferences/Performance/Undo: Lower the Undo count. Try taking it down 10-15 notches from default. You could also turn up that long-titled setting (“Delay before recognizing new object…”) by 100 ms, but I haven’t figured out what that does exactly…

Preferences/Cursor/Display Position of Reversed Cursor: Make sure to check “No Delay”.

After changing preferences, it’s a good idea to close and reopen Manga Studio.

3. Modify Brush Tool Settings Your brushes may take it personally, but remember you’re in charge here.

The Tool Settings window is a wealth of options for customizing brushes. Some are more processor-intensive than others. Here are a few of the best ones to modify: (Note: the look and behavior of brushes may be affected. You may want to duplicate and/or export a brush before changing its settings.)

Tool Settings/Anti-Aliasing: Turn down to “Little” or “None”

Tool Settings/Brush Tip: Reduce the number of materials on your brush.

Tool Settings/Stroke/Space: Increase spacing, but not too much. Brushes are essentially a string of material stamps. A low space setting means a smoother brush, but more work for your computer. Picture it frantically scrubbing a rubber stamp across your canvas. On that note, also make sure Continuous Spraying is not on.

Tool Settings/Watercolor Border: If your brush uses this setting, turn on the “Process After Drag” option. This renders the effect after each brush stroke and saves computing power.

Tool Settings/Correction: Turn off (or decrease) Stabilization, Post Correction, and Brush Stroke.

Tool Settings/Starting and Ending: Turn off all this stuff. Pfffft, who needs it, right?

Here’s a speed test after fiddling with some settings:

 Woooooooo! We’re getting faster! Still a bit laggy, which leads to one last tip:

4. Rework The Canvas Might as well rework my life goals too.

Okay, disclosure: The two gifs in this post were recorded on a 4500x3000 canvas at 300dpi with a size 500 brush to emphasize lag. This third one is recorded on a 1080x720 canvas at 72dpi with a size 100 brush:

Yes! We’re cruising now! 

Canvas sizing and resolution has a big affect on brush performance. It’s a bit of a conundrum. Getting the best image quality means working at a minimum resolution of 300dpi, which can be taxing for brushes on large canvases. So what to do? Just like traditional paintings start with thumbnail sketches, digital work can start on a low-resolution canvas. Here’s the method:

Set up your canvas normally at the full target resolution. But before drawing anything on the canvas, use the handy tool under Edit/Change Image Resolution. Reduce Resolution to 72dpi. Use this smaller canvas for rough sketching, background filling, blocking in large areas of color, etc. Then increase resolution to 144dpi for building up the body of the painting, still keeping it loose. (I’d recommend switching Interpolate to Hard Outline when increasing resolution.) Finally, blow it up to full resolution and get into the nitty gritty of rendering. This is where you’ll do the crisp line work, highlights, details, etc.

The idea here is to work big to small. This will keep away brush lag by using large brushes on small canvases. As the canvas resolution increases, decrease brush size and work smaller, tightening things up in the process. NOTE: Increasing canvas resolution causes pixilation. Don’t worry about it. This can be cleaned up in the final stages of painting.

Hope this guide is helpful! If lagging persists, remember to check drivers and tablet settings as well. If all else fails, Google’s a good friend ;)

-Armin

commission for squigqutts (11/24/2023)

heres a doodle page i made for a client  only took me 14 hours to do 😊 my commissions are open BTW commission me for a high five and a hug :3 ( https://pantsowl.carrd.co/ )

issbrokie furry - Aug. 2023

heres some fanart i made for issbrokie a while backkkk.. u can see their music here!

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Chaos - July 2023

HEY EVERYONE!!! planning to check this site more now cause i discovered the magic of postybird. for now im gonna be reuploading a few of my older artworks while i work on some new ones. this one was for Cheitora during artfight 2023 >_<

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WIP doodle page commission!

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hey gang. im ##back

🫧 | sceptrewing mini event

we got the

bio to adopt

draw to adopt

raffle

charity auction (ocean)

auction

charity auction (ca fires)

link for info : https://toyhou.se/31070132.sceptre-exam-batch

aphmau art hand appreciation post … if you see this on both accs no you didn’t

recent wof art and wips!!

some recent art dumps again!! beginning w a dnd art gift and a comm <3

this probably won’t do well but i’ll start to try and post up again!!

sneak peeks for some cloudwing collab adopts !!

more wof art 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

✦ portrait of a cardinal ✦

hello!!! long time no see. today i bring my second piece of fan art for @canisalbus !!

i just got back from a 9-day trip in italy, and all i could think about was our favourite tragic catholic gay dogs. especially in churches or near the vatican. as someone with my roots from sicily, it was an incredible trip to go on. i throughly enjoyed looking at the architecture and art all around me.

machete is not in his full-red cardinal attire here (which makes the title of this essentially a lie), but shhh. that can be our little secret.

looking to start posting again since school’s over now!! huzzah.

recent doodles .. ap exam season has been kicking my ass

late to the party but villian by fujita (+ the song by teniwoha) has consumed my whole brain. the art in both is literally gorgeous