Jolly's posts

Yeah, that sounds about like the level of trolling in 2008 MMOs
I always think about trying to play runescape again but with no friends to play with and it restricts free players a lot, I usually change my mind before I bother.

Oh but for cute games, if money isn't a big concern there's also dofus or wakfu. I CANT remember if they have a browser version but they aren't heavy on computers at all. They are technically free to play, but just like runescape, there are restrictions. One of them is more of a free demo.
... or both of them are, I cant remember now

runescape
I haven't played any browser games in a long time. there used to be one on facebook that was actually legitimately fun, where you explore different countries (but there's a hint of fantasy, with monsters to fight or catch) and gather materials to cook or craft things for your land.
It shut down several years ago T^T

Need more simple games like that. But most of the time they become big money grabs..

@lilykin:
Hahaha hopefully! I always have a hard time fitting into groups or club-like things where I live. People get really cliquey, even older folk.
But the artists here tend to be much more open minded and pleasant so it might be just what I need <3

@eruca:
Yes, I empathize with that in a sense! Most tutorials and classes require photoshop. But I know that Clip Studio can do many of the things that photoshop can, I just might have to do a little tweaking of brushes and settings. Regardless I gotta learn how to color well in the first place XD

@priestess of pie:
Yeah and you're very right about that. Even the course I'm taking right now has a bunch of numbskulls in it, and I paid 20 grand for them lol
Streams sometimes help me a lot, but more often I just get overwhelmed by them. I've been trying this for 10 years already lmao But if there is no other option that works, I have no choice but to stick to my own devices and maybe when I'm 80 I'll finally get it down

@kitalpha hart:
Oh I love those <3
Thanks for showing me!

@lilykin:
Bob ross videos would be difficult for my brain to translate into digital art. I know the concepts are similar enough but... I think that's just where my mind doesn't work very well with tutorials in general. I learn best when I have an instructor that I can speak with and ask questions, or to guide me in person.

Thanks for those suggestions <3 I'll definitely look into them! I finish my current college stuff in 4 months so it'd be nice to see if I can do this while I save up to move.

@kitalpha hart:
Hahaha I kind of want to see them <3
I rely on lineart a lot. Which isn't a bad thing, but I haven't found a good style for backdrops to make them not look really flat and boring.
I would like to learn more for texturing and shading

*edits post 5 billion times to fix typos*
wtf, me

I always wanted to learn how to paint backdrops and landscapes.
But every time I try following a tutorial by myself or using photo refs, I get so lost lmao
I keep trying but then I notice I don't really know how to use most of my brushes strategically, and that becomes something I wanna learn. For CSP

I would
LOVE
to take a class that teaches digital painting. In the future, that is, not right now.
Something where I can have an instructor in person to explain to me things, since learning things online conflicts with my nonverbal learning disorder. Not impossible but very hard for me.

Even though I'm in college I never understood how college works :vanora_xd: My college works differently anyways.
Can you simply select a single class to take to learn a skill for yourself (not for any credit or degree), or would you HAVE to go through a whole course or sets of classes?
This is probably a stupid idea and I should just keep trying on my own or settle for my perpetually unfinished looking backdrops

Oh boy, I fell off this thread once my breakup happened
sorry bout that
I am Jolly, person of threads that only die by mine own hand :'D

@shark:
Agreed~
My room is upstairs, so it gets very hot even in the snowy winter times. Now its summer and I'm dying ;;
thank god for rain

It makes me feel so happy :vanora_icon:
working on homework has never been so peaceful

Annnnd page 3. Two more left xAx
I still have so much other homework to finish too, hope I can find time to tune these up and make them look a little better before monday evening

Also noting that Faerus' name is a play on word pronunciations
for the arabic word for virus. Random language choice cause I've been chatting with a friend from algeria for a few days now lmao little nod to them

Page 2 done
not as happy with it but I had to be quick ;v;''''''

At last, here is the first page complete! This is where the virus is entering the body. Enzymes attempt to stop her but fail, and so the infection continues.
The atmosphere is dark and red, because I wanted to imply that the body is ALREADY infected by this virus (like, there are multiple characters of this same virus type that arrived before her) so the body/aka the land is going through a major heat wave and fires (inflammation and fever)


*edit*
I'll place the rest of the comics in this post, as suggested! <3

The beasts~



Ah I do worry that I might've taken too much freedom when designing all of this and that my instructor might hate it and I'll get all embarrassed... but the assignment's example talked about dwarves and shit that didn't even resemble the immune system, so I didn't have a lot to go off of