Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Transions' Guest Post- How to draw your AJ animals

Hey, Jammers!  Today's guest post is by the talented Transions!  She's relatively new to the blogging community, author of The Shimmering Diamond, and a budding artist as well!  So here's her post- enjoy!  (P.S., hope you have a super snazzy Halloween, and stay safe if you plan on trick-or-treating!)  -Crazcatlover

How to draw your AJ animals (Arctic Wolf)



Hi, Guys! It's Transions today, and I'll be making a post as a guest author to help you draw your animals in both Animal Jam and your own style. Well, let's get into it!

First, you want to make a basic outline of the animal. It's a bit unnatural at first because most people just want to start drawing small details but trust me, your drawing will turn out much better overall. Make sure to make them very light pencil lines. I also have some friends that sketch in erasable red and blue colored pencil. In digital art, I like to make light gray lines but you can really use any color. In many drawing programs you can work in layers so that you don't have to worry about stray lines from the outline.

Now, go back and finish the outer layer of the animal. Also, go back and erase the light pencil lines.

Once you have the outline start to work on the face. What pops out to most people is the eyes. Most of the time I either do my style of eyes which look like this: 
Or the Animal Jam eyes which usually come out something like this:
Now, sometimes Animal Jam art pieces have hair on the characters. For me, it sort of depends on how the animal is coming along.


After you finish the actual body draw the patterns and items on the character. This part is pretty self explanatory.
Then, figure out how you want to ink the drawing. I usually use a combination of Prismacolor  markers and a black Sharpie pen. In digital art I usually outline in very dark gray.

Now, the final step is to color it in! When choosing a color scheme keep in mind what items the character is wearing and what their personality is like. Try to imagine yourself as character in the drawing. What colors would you want then? I think that these are the colors that I'm going to use.

Add shading in places such as the legs farthest back, under the stomach, and under the muzzle to give it more depth. And here's the final product!
Well, I hope that this helped you make some Animal Jam art! Have a great day!
-Transions


My Animal Jam username is Transions and my blog is The Shimmering Diamond. My G+ is also Transions!

Monday, October 30, 2017

Quick Update on My Computer Situation!

Hey Jammers, Arctic here!

So if you remember last week, as I was writing my post, the battery in my computer was mysteriously draining itself! Shortly after, my computer died and I haven't gotten it to work since.

As a result, I haven't been able to make any new art or edits recently. The bad news is, there's a solid chance that I will lose all of my files on the computer as it hasn't been backed up (I'm quite worried about this!)

As for posting, I'm still trying to work out a way to post like I typically do. I've been playing Animal Jam on my phone (using an app called Puffin) but blogging is a bit tougher. Blogger never seems to work on my phone, and I can't upload photos onto it on that device! *frustrated grunting*

Worry not though, the results for what's wrong with my computer are supposed to come in tomorrow- so we'll see what's really the issue, and if my computer is even fixable. Once we get those results I'll be able to better estimate when I'll be back to posting as usual!

See you soon Jammers!

- Arctic

(sorry this post isn't about art or edits - I really couldn't do anything this week after my computer broke down!)

Sunday, October 29, 2017

Halloween Drawing - Blooming

Heeeeeeeee-llo jammers! XD Purple here! I'm currently suffering from a really bad flu and so this post is gonna be really short. Sorry about that! D:

Anyways, you guys might not know this but I LOVE Halloween! Candy, costumes and all that good stuff. :P (Also because I think I'm edgy but um.) During Halloween, I also like to make a lot of themed drawings but this year, I haven't had much time to draw things. School was easy last week and so I thought about drawing something Halloween-related aaaaaaaaaaand I settled on drawing my wolf but in spook-mode (aka October mode).

Without further ado, here's the drawing!
Yes, I know the drawing looks off in some places but I drew this from scratch with a mouse, while SICK. What can you expect? XD But in all honesty, I think I'm pretty happy with how it looks overall especially since I was basically dying while drawing this. Please remember that when you feel really sick, you DON'T need to force yourself to draw or do anything like that. It'll only make you worse if you don't rest. I only did it because I'm really stupid. :')
I feel like the anatomy in this drawing is a bit better since I used a reference. I'll be drawing wolves in this style from now on. I always draw wolves with really long necks and by looking at a reference, I finally figured out where I was going wrong.
The drawing is really simple but I had no energy to add more stuff to it. The more detail, the better the drawing is but I think this is okay too. :)
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ART TIP: Try new things when you're drawing! It sounds super hard to jump out of your comfort zone but once you start drawing in new styles and such, you'll realize that it's really useful to be able to draw new things.
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Anyways, that's all for this post! Adios! XD

Saturday, October 28, 2017

Sarahkey8's Finished Art!

Hello hello everyone!
Okay, I gotta make this fast- I have limited time on the computer today!


Alright, so, after working for about an hour, I finally finished coloring Sarah's art today! If I had a large variety of blue colored pencils, I'd use them, but I don't... so I had to color the fur and the Ice Armor the exact same color. But hey, that's pretty much what it looks like in AJ, right?

So anyways, here's the finished art!



I'm actually pretty proud of this- even though the one side of the Ice Armor Helmet kinda sticks out a bit longer. I was too lazy to go and redo an entire side of the headpiece, so I just left it- I don't think it's too noticeable unless you stare really good at it, anyway! XD!


Anyways, I hope you like it, Sarah! :D


Next up, I may, just MAY, attempt to draw Kara's hyena! I'll probably have the most trouble on that one- I actually really haven't drawn an AJ hyena, or ANY hyena, before (unless you count the AJ ones from a few years ago that I kinda failed at and used no reference on)- but hopefully, I'll get it to look decent, XDD!


Sorry about this post being so short- like I said, I have to get off the computer soon!
So, until next Saturday, remember to PARTY HARD, BE KIND, and JAM ON! Hope you all have a great day! :D


Friday, October 27, 2017

Art talk; Beginning as an artist (Plus art for The Project!)

  Hey, Jammers!  Crazcatlover here with another post.  Since I barely play AJ anymore, I feel like my posts are going to become less about Animal Jam art in particular and more just art things in general.  I'll probably start just doing 'art talks' instead of showcasing my drawings of AJ avatars; however, I do have my drawing for The Project to share with you real quick before I get into today's art talk!

  I was illustrating Violet's chapter of The Project.  I couldn't include all of the bloggers involved in it, but I included Graciepopstar91, Swirlshine, and Transions, along with Violet.  So, hope you enjoy that!

  That aside, today I want to talk about beginning as an artist.  I'm guessing a lot of you readers are young; either new to drawing or someone who likes to look at art but haven't felt like trying it for yourself yet.  And today's post is aimed towards those readers.

  I have always loved art.  Specifically, drawing.  Drawings are a way to put your imagination on paper and share it with the world.  This was always something that amazed me, but for a long time, I didn't think I could draw like the artists I saw, so I didn't really try to.

  But the thing is, you can't get anywhere if you don't try.  A lot of people think that being an artist is all about talent.  But honestly, creating art (of any kind, really; not just drawings) takes a ton of practice, a lot of determination, a bit of creativity and just the smallest pinch of talent.  So if your drawings right now are nothing more than strange, lumpy stick-figures, don't give up!  No artist started out drawing Mona Lisas, I can assure you.  Everyone starts drawings strange, lumpy stick-figures.

  I personally didn't start taking drawing seriously until around 2014-2015.  That's when I started to seek out tutorials on how to draw, and began to draw nearly every day.  I found YouTube videos, apps, and books with tutorials on how to draw, and drew as often as I could.  So for those of you who want to draw, I recommend spending at least half an hour a day (if you can) using such tutorials, drawing along with them, and I promise your art will improve quickly and drastically.

  And remember- there are different skill levels of art.  If your skill level right now is at a 1, and you feel like all the artists you see are at a level 10, don't stress it.  These artists took years, possibly decades of their life working on their skills.  Your art will improve over time.  Some people improve faster, some not so fast, but I promise, if you try, you will improve.

 
  Let me know what kind of art talks you'd be interested in in the future- talks about art block, different mediums of art, doing art for others, etc.  I'd love to know what you want to hear about!  That's all for today's post; I hope you have a fabulous day full of autumn leaves and happy little trees.  Peace~




 

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Blogger Signature -- Transions!

Yo, guys.

Karalee here. 😝



It is 5:26 AM at the time of this typing, and I have somehow managed to... not... sleep. At all tonight.

Yeah.

That's probably due to both a midnight snack (actually eaten at 2 AM, not midnight), and weird dreams that I wasn't actually asleep for but can't remember much of anyway. Also maybe the fact that I didn't watch videos under the covers for an hour or so before trying to sleep. (Messing up my routine was probably a mistake.)



ANYwhooooo, I figured I'd end up sleeping all day to make up for staying up all night, so I thought "Why not make my post now, so I won't forget about it or be late like I usually am?"

So -- SURPRISE!! 🎊🎉 *throws confetti* 🎉🎊 EARLY POST! AND I MEAN REALLY EARLY!




Here's a signature for the wonderful Transions! I hope you loaf it, T! 😉

I used only a few brushes for this signature, instead focusing on color, contrast, and image editing!

Spraypaint brushes make up the background of this piece, and I used Studio Pen to create the letters of her name! The music notes, the headphone piece dotting the "i", the Spiked Collar on the "n" and the Tutu bow on the "T" are all copied using the Select tool and edited into place. The collar required a bit more editing that I anticipated, and to be perfectly frank, I still think it looks a little funny. *squints at it*

I thought about putting some flames in at an early stage, but felt that it would clash with the speckled spraypaint motif. What about you, guys? Do you think it would look better with some flames painted in? Please tell me in the comments, and please leave a message requesting a Blogger Signature if you'd like one! 😁

Bye for now, peeps! *waves* See you around!



PEACE!
LOVE!
NINJAAAAAAAZZZZzz zzz zzz zzz zz zz z z  z  z    z      z         z  .   .   .   .



(DXplorergirl)

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Guest Post- Violet86271 'How I do my AJ Photography edits.'

  Hey, Jammers!  Here's today's featured guest post by Violet86271 from the Animal Jam Legendary Palooza.  If you want the chance to have a post by you featured on the blog, check out this post for details!  If I get more entries, I may feature 2 posts next Tuesday since there were no entries to feature last Tuesday and I said I'd feature 3.  Anyway, here's Vi's post!

How I do my AJ Photography edits


Hey jammers!
I am Violet86271 for those of you who don't know and today I am going to be doing a guest post for this blog since Craz recently just announced that you could enter to do a guest post. Now before I begin I thought I could say a tiny bit about myself. I have an animal jam blog, I like to draw and create things, for example drawings, I also like to do photography. Now to get on with the post...

Awhile back I did some photography edits. Which I actually recently did again on my blog which you can totally check out if you want. I do enjoy making edits so I thought I could share how I make those photography edits. Here is how to do it step by step.

Step 1- Take a screenshot of something in Jamaa that you think would look good as a photography shot. This could be jammers dancing, an alpha, a piece of nature, etc

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​For this picture I chose to take a picture of the beehive in coral canyons. Now I had originally planned for this to show bees but that did not happen as you can see.

Step 2- Editing on picmonkey (https://www.picmonkey.com/photo-editor)


When you arrive to picmonkey you can click the open new and then computer. From there on you can see how to upload your image to edit.

Step 3- Time to edit the image


On the side you will see the icons above. You want to click the wand with the stars which should be effects. You will then see all the effects you can do. There may be little errors to click. In the end you will want to find the focal soften. Then once you click that you can apply it to the photo however you like.

Step 4: Applying the focus filter

​Next all you want to do is basically apply the filter however you would like. It all depends on how you feel. Some sections might be blurrier than others while others more focused. Then once you are done you can apply it and then screenshot it! 

Voila! You have edited an AJ screenshot to be like photography!!


Above is the final product of my beehive.

I hope you guys enjoyed this post on how I do my AJ photography edits. 

See ya around.
- Violet

Monday, October 23, 2017

Farewell Jam!

Hey Jammers, Arctic here! How are you all doing today?

I'm trying to write this post as fast as I can because my computer is having weird battery problems. It's been charging all day long and its battery has been draining even though it should be charging! It's currently at 3 percent and I'm incredibly stressed out!

Anywho, let's get on with the post!

A few weeks ago, my great friend Jamaalidayrocks123 quit AJA (Animal Jam Amino). This was very sad news! It's always sad to see a friend go, so this time was no different. Jam was the leader and founder of the AJIS (a group I'm in on the AJA), and was a kind, optimistic, and friendly jammer. She was an excellent team member and friend, and I miss her very much!

The rest of the AJIS and I got together to make some art and edits for Jam as a farewell gift.

I decided I wanted to make Jam some art! I made this piece in the AJ art style!

Here it is:


*UPDATE, MY BATTERY JUST DROPPED DOWN TO 2% NOW, THE STRESS IS REAL*

Anywho, I'm quite happy about this art! I feel like I'm really improving on working in this style. My only complaint about this one is that the eyes seem a bit off to me. I tried and tried, and I could never seem to get them exactly how I wanted. Oh well- practice makes perfect!

I used the same process on this piece as I did with my last AJ art (my tiger). First I drew a rough sketch using only shapes, then built on from there. Then I drew the lineart on the computer, coloured, shaded, and was done!

SCREE I don't know when my computer is going to call it quits, so I'd better go!

Sorry about how short the post is Jammers - I just need to get this done before my computer blacks out!

See you next week!

WHATSWRONGWITHMYCOMPUTER

Saturday, October 21, 2017

Reacting To My Old Art + New Art For Sarahkey8!

HEY GUYS!
MAN, I am super happy right now! I've been practicing for a month or so to audition for region choir- which is basically a choir made up of the best singers from a bunch of different schools. 
Today, I finally went to the auditions, and I was pretty sure I did well. Apparently I did, because my choir teacher texted me and said I made it into the region choir! YAY! :D
The whole process was VERY nerve-wracking though, XD!


Okay, anyways, ON WITH THE POST! XD!

Today, I'm going to be looking at some of my old art? If you read my blog, you may remember me doing posts like this a while back. Well, I'll be doing that, but with completely different art!
The art I'm going to be looking at is from a few years ago. It's not nearly as bad as some of the artwork I've made, but I still find it funny to see how much of a amatuer I was at art back in 6th grade, XDD!
Anyways, let's get started!

Oh goodness.
This is probably the cringiest one of the batch.
There are SO MANY THINGS I wish I could fix about this drawing! Like the ears... the eyes... the paws... the legs on the phantoms (don't ask me why I added phantoms, I have no idea)... 
Haha, yeah, it's obvious I didn't exactly know how to draw Peck at the time. XD!

OOHHH!!
YOU GUYS!
LOOK!
IT'S MY WOLF, FLORA DAISYPRIDE, WITH AN EARLY VERSION OF HER MAIN LOOK!!!
Ah, memories! XD!
Hm... what do I have to compliment my younger self on in this picture?
...
Um...
The Wind Tail Armor looks cool.
And...
Yeah, that's about it.
XD! Anyways, I obviously tried to make that odd back-shape of the AJ wolves, and it, uh, didn't turn out too well. I also thought I knew how to draw AJ wolf noses so well that I made them huge compared to the face. XD!

OH MY GOSH
LOOK AT ITS LIL' NUB LEGGIES!
XDD!!!
This was my old fox's look for a period of time, so I decided to try and draw it. 
Yeah, I, uh, wasn't very good at fox heads, either...
I GUESS the rest is meh? I dunno... I personally hate it, but whatever! XD!

OH
WHOOPS
I FORGOT ABOUT THIS ONE GUYS
THIS ONE IS THE CRINGIEST!
I think this was one of my first ever legitimate attempts at drawing a sitting cat. 
Or is is supposed to be standing?
Er... I really dunno what I was trying to do here.
It was supposed to be of a Warrior cat character I made up... Wildsong, I think her name was... but it didn't really work out, at ALL, and I even kinda knew at the time that it wasn't good, XD!
I used a picture of Leopardstar and tried to copy her fur pattern, but it kinda just turned out weird.

Okay, I have to be honest here- if it weren't for those TINY legs, I would probably like this picture a lot more.
However...
THOSE
LEGS.
XD! Yeah, you may have noticed by now that 6th-Grade Swirl needed to work on proportion!
This one was supposed to be of Tigerstar, another Warrior cat (but a real one this time, not an OC) in the Dark Forest, by the way!

Aaaand finally, a scene inspired by Warriors: The Last Hope! From left to right, I drew Mousefur, Firestar (the one who's larger because he's closer), Ferncloud, and Hollyleaf. I, uh, failed at the legs again... and I don't know why the heck Hollyleaf's front paws are just kinda floating in midair like that... but I GUESS it's a decent drawing? 
I honestly hate it- I should remake it sometime!



Alright! Well guys, I suppose that's all for now! Please remember to PARTY HARD, BE KIND, and JAM ON, and I'll see you all soon! :D







































































HA! Admit it, I got you! XD!
Before I go, I have something to show!
I was bored at school the other day, so I decided to FINALLY attempt to draw... Sarah's main animal!
I kinda put it off for a long time, because the Ice Armor is SUPER difficult to make, but I thought, "Hey, why not give it a shot?"
This is how it looked yesterday, when I didn't use a reference picture for anything except the headpiece...
 And here's how it looks now!
Now, I'm not done with it yet- I still have to erase some lines and color it- but I'm rather proud of this! Do you guys like how I did the Ice Wings? I didn't like how they turned out on my first attempt, and plus, I was rushing, so I erased them and tried again, and I think these look much better!

Anyways, once I'm finished, I'll post a picture of it! I hope you like it so far, Sarah! :D




Alright... I suppose it's time for me to end the post here! For REAL, this time! As always guys, remember to Party Hard, Be Kind, and Jam On! I'll see you all soon!




Friday, October 20, 2017

Sketches for THE PROJECT!

  Hey, folks, Crazcatlover here! (I don't know why I feel like I have to clarify that every time but... meh XD)  SO.  First, I'd like to share some sketches for my illustration for THE PROJECT (a huge AJ blogger collaborative writing/illustrating/creative stuff project, click HERE if you'd like some more information!).

(I'm aware that this is a bit awkward...  When sketching poses, it's best to focus solely on the pose and getting proportions right, and add details like outfits and hair afterwards.  It makes everything work a LOT smoother in the end!  But it sometimes ends up a bit awkward if anybody sees you drawing the sketch....)
  This was my first sketch attempt.  It, uh.... didn't turn out too well.  I'm illustrating for Violet's chapter of the project, and I was trying to draw the scene where Vi reunites with the others.  In case you don't know, I struggle greatly with drawing multiple characters interacting with each other.  Composition is HUGE for pieces with multiple characters; but that's something that I'm still trying to learn.  After much attempt and much fail, I decided to give up on drawing the characters as humans, and seeing as Vi had accidentally written her chapter as the characters being their AJ animals since her chapter was set in Jamaa anyway, I decided, 'Why try to mess with drawing them as humans if it's not even accurate?', soooo...

  ... at 3'o'clock this morning, I loosely sketched this.  And somehow, I managed to draw something I liked better at 3 in the morning, sleep-deprived and half-awake, than something that I'd tried drawing previously at a normal, decent hour.  Honestly, sometimes, it's good to stop focusing on the little details of a drawing and just sketch very loosely.  This is an issue that I personally face- I want to make all the little details of a drawing 100% perfect, and while I focus on things like making sure the eyes and hairstyle look good, that I lose a lot in terms of composition.  

  So, yeah!  My illustration is due tomorrow but so far all I have is these sketches... heh...  I promise, I'll work on it later today/tomorrow morning!  Keep in mind, it's going to probably end up being a more loose and sketch-y drawing.  I personally like drawings that are a bit of a sketch; it feels like it captures emotion that is really difficult to get with a finished drawing.  Anyways, I'll post that on G+ when it's done, and I'll show ya'll in next week's post as well!

   I had some other subjects that I wanted to talk about, but this post is already getting a bit long, and taking a long time to write, so I'll talk about that some other time.  Before I go, I'd like to remind you that we are hosting a GUEST AUTHOR SEARCH here on the AJAC!  Nobody's entered it yet, so chances are likely that if you send in your entry by this Tuesday, I'll feature it (because I have nothing to feature heh).  So definitely check that out if you'd like to write posts for the AJAC as a guest author.  You wouldn't have to write full-time, just whenever the assigned author for a day simply can't make a post, so if you have a busy schedule, don't worry; we can make this fit your schedule.

 
Feel free to share this graphic to spread the news!
  And that's all for today's post!  May your day be filled with love and peaceful ninjas!  Bye~


Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Blogger Signature -- Violet86271!

HELLO, PPLZ! 😋

KARALEE HERE!



It's that time again! Thaaaaaaat's right, WEDNESDAY! (This post almost didn't happen on Wednesday, due to the time-blurring effects of watching massive amounts of Doctor Who.)

But it is indeed Wednesay! 😁 And the recipient of this week's Blogger Signature is.... 

*cue drumroll*



VIOLET86271!






Violet's Goat is mostly white, but I took the colors from her teal Raccoon Hat and Ribbon Scarf. I also added smaller strands of dots using the robin's-egg blue of her pattern.

The brushes I used were *deeeeep breath* Studio Pen for the lettering and concentric curves in the corners (there's alliteration for you), Lightleak combined with Nebula for the background, and Bokeh Lights for the... little... dot... things. 

They need a name.

I guess they're called Bokeh Lights...? 

What are Bokeh Lights? Hang on. *Googles it* 



"In photography, bokeh (originally /ˈboʊkɛ/, /ˈboʊkeɪ/ BOH-kay — also sometimes pronounced as /ˈboʊkə/ BOH-kə, Japanese: [boke]) is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens. Bokeh has been defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light"."

-- Wikipedia



...Huh. Learned a new term today.



Well, that's all for this week! Be sure to comment down below if you'd like a Blogger Signature of your own! See you around, Jammers!



PEACE!
LOVE!
NINJAAAAAAAS!



(DXplorergirl)

Monday, October 16, 2017

A Masterpiece Work-In-Progress!

Hey Jammers, Arctic here! I hope you're all doing well!

I haven't had a lot of time to work on art or edits recently (much to my sadness)! Agh, that's school life for you, I suppose!

Today I thought I'd show you a masterpiece I've been working on! I haven't done anything with it in quite a while (due to me being so busy) but now that I've renewed my membership I hope to work on it a lot more and perhaps even complete it!

This masterpiece is based on a shot from a movie. I really wanted to capture its essence with my art, so I've been working really hard to get it close (even though it's far from being completed)


And here is my reference:


As you can see, there's still a long way to go on this (and a lot of it is pretty off). I don't have an art tablet (I use a mouse) so it can be pretty tough to get things completely accurate. I'm feeling pretty good about it so far though!

Agh, humans are so tough to draw. The raised arm took me absolutely forever to do (and it still isn't quite right!!) *frustrated grumbling*

Anywho, I plan to work on this some more in the future, so you'll probably hearing more about this masterpiece in future posts!

Any suggestions? I'd really appreciate some constructive criticism for this piece so I can improve it!

For those who were expecting something more AJ-related or complete this week, I apologize! I'll try to have a longer and more interesting post next Monday!

Until then, Jam on!

See you around!

Sunday, October 15, 2017

Art Programs I Use

Hello there, Jammers! It's Purple here. :D I've been stuck on what to post here for a long time (like I always am) and I thought that it might be good if I tell you guys about the programs I use for drawing digitally.

Now, I'm aware that I'm not really the best at digital art as I always have to draw with a mouse. I also like to start from scratch (without any sketch drawn on paper) and so that's another bad habit of mine. :P Despite this, I think that digital art is really cool! It gives you a lot of different options. The only downside is that it takes quite a long time to learn about all these options. But, fortunately, there are MANY tutorials out there.

Here are the art programs I use! If you're allowed to download programs on your computer by your parents, I highly recommend you to download them if they catch your eye. ^.^

1. Medibang Paint
Image result for medibang paint pro

Medibang is such a great art program! It's available on phones, ipads and PCs. I have it installed on my Ipad and PC since I just love it so much. XD It has plenty of tools but I think they're pretty easy to understand. It's used a lot by manga artists since you CAN make comics on this program. It comes with a lot of comic-making tools. I think that's a nice little addition. ^.^
Almost forgot to add, it's free! It's awesome that it has so many tools and options while being a free program.
One thing I wish that this app had is an Onion-Skin mode. It's a tool used for animating and it's really fun. But it's totally fine since not all drawing programs need an animating feature, right?
Here are some drawings I've made with this:


2. Firealpaca

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You've probably heard of this one before. It's really popular. This was the first actual art program I downloaded on my PC and it was so, so easy to use! I understood the layers super easily. It also has that onion-skin mode that I was talking about and so you can make animated gifs! Isn't that cool? :D
I really like this program but I don't use it as often as Medibang Paint so I don't know a lot about it yet, but it's really nice. :)
(P.s: This one's free too. XDD)
A drawing I've made on FA:

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Both these programs are really great but I'd definitely recommend Medibang Paint for beginners, it's easier to use in my opinion.

Anyways, those were the programs that I use for art (and also editing, sometimes! XD) Let me know what art program you use, I'll definitely check them out.

Another important thing, if you're not allowed to download programs on your computer, don't worry! A true artist can work with anything and everything. You don't need fancy programs for creating awesome works of art. I just really like experimenting with different art programs and so I have different ones downloaded. It's possible to make awesome pieces with ANY program. (even MS Paint! Have you seen the anime speedpaints on Youtube?) 

Well, that was all I have for this post! Bye! See you all in my next post. ^.^

Saturday, October 14, 2017

Epic Art From Across Jamaa!

Hello hello everyone! How are you all doing?
*Fiddles with headphones cord*
Oh... hehe, sorry. My headphones keep messing up, and I NEED MY OWL CITY MUSICC!
*A certain part of the song suddenly comes on, and starts singing*
GET ME OUT OF THIS CAVERN OR I'LL CAVE IN!
Oh. Uh, okay... I'll just start the post now...


 First, this ADORABLE... er...
*Looks up the breed of cat*
OH, right, a Scottish Fold!
Anyways, this is a SUPER detailed piece of art! AH, I WANT THIS KITTY SO BAD! XD! Petpetjam is an epic artist- I'm surprised I haven't seen more art by this person before!

 A cute fennec fox (which reminds me of Kraft, XD), made by Icydragon553!
I want this fox too, XD! And OH MAN, that background is so cool!
 How on earth can people make such smooth lines in the AJ art program!? If I try to smear lines, it just makes them... well... smeary! This is amazing, Shadowblox!
 A beautiful, and magical, dragon against the night sky, made by Spiritpaw05! My favorite part of this would have to be value-stuff around the- it's so SMOOTH, and really calming to me for some reason, XD!
 Oh man! This one is one-
*Stops to mess with headphones cord again* STOP ITTTT...
Okay, there we go. Sorry, XD!
Anyways, this one is one of my favorites! That fur looks so FLUFFY, and the way the fox (it may be a wolf, I don't really know, eheheh...) is holding up its paw all powerful like that... AHH, I LOVE IT!
Foxiine is obviously an AMAZING artist!
 I found this artist in Coral Canyons the other day, and MAN, they need more recognition, because their art is STUNNING! Just LOOK at the detail on that desk! If you can, go check out Xxninjaxx333's other Masterpieces, and leave a like- I can't believe this piece only has 45 likes!
 The newest piece made by none other than Glowcloud9! This has got to be one of my favorites Masterpieces of all- the texture on the trees, and the way the beautiful deer stands out... so beautiful!
 (This one reminds me of the line "candy-coated clouds" in Strawberry Avalanche by Owl City, XD! Admit it, it looks like cotton candy!)
I just found this piece yesterday, made by... um...
Lots-of-m's 987.
Yeah, not counting those right now. XD!
Anyways, this one's super calming to me- I wish I could just look out the window and see that!
And last, but not least, a bald eagle in front of a flaming background, made by Josy7! Honestly, everything about this is awesome-- I especially love the wings of the eagle!
The bald eagle reminds me of my old elementary school's mascot, XD!



Well, that's all I have for now, everyone! Hope you all have a great day! And, as always, remember to...

PARTY
    HARD

BE
 KIND

AND
  JAM
       ON!