Posted by Kim on June 6, 2022, 1:30pm
It's time for the official RPR summer art trade, and sign-ups are open now until June 19th.In this art trade, artists post information about a character (or characters, if they want to give the other person a choice of things to draw) they would like to receive gift art of. At a specified cut off date, submissions stop and each artist is randomly assigned someone else in the exchange. Then each artist draws the thing they got, and on a certain day, everyone exchanges what they drew. So you do art for someone else, and someone else gives you art. It's like secret Santa, but with art!
This art trade is open to artists of all skill levels!
We are no longer dividing artists into "dabbler" and "devotee" categories. We do ask that this not be your first or second attempt at drawing, but if you've been drawing for roughly a year or more and are willing to do your very best, you're welcome here. Participants should go in with the expectation that the art they receive will be in an unknown style and completed by someone with an unknown skill level, and be excited to get a nice surprise whatever it turns out to be. If you think you may be upset if your gift art turns out to come from an artist who is not as experienced as yourself, or who uses a style of art that is not to your taste, this is not the art trade for you.
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@Kim in this case, it's tracing blank 3D mannequins specifically designed to be traced. I dunno where that fits into things.
Looking at reference images and models is usually fine, so long as you are not tracing them, or recreating someone else's artwork exactly.
I'm on the fence about participating this year... there are still some areas that I'm kinda scared about drawing (frilly dresses, for example), even though I've worked out how to use a number of Clip Studio Paint's drawing aids to cover a lot of my weaknesses.
I do have one question about the tracing thing... does that include drawing aids such as poseable 3D mannequins? CSP includes a 3D model feature that includes reference mannequins, and almost certainly, the only way I'm going to be able to draw women without them looking like a total mess is through the use of such a tool.
I do have one question about the tracing thing... does that include drawing aids such as poseable 3D mannequins? CSP includes a 3D model feature that includes reference mannequins, and almost certainly, the only way I'm going to be able to draw women without them looking like a total mess is through the use of such a tool.
Kim
June 6, 2022
6:51pm