Agree 100% – One nice feature is each tutorial is broken up into small steps, so if you need a bit of JITT, you can usually dive in directly to the bit you need.
Here’s a link to a 10-day free trial: https://www.lynda.com
Agree 100% – One nice feature is each tutorial is broken up into small steps, so if you need a bit of JITT, you can usually dive in directly to the bit you need.
Here’s a link to a 10-day free trial: https://www.lynda.com
And, as I have mentioned here before, check your local library to see if it offers Lynda.com access. Mine does, so I can access all Lynda.com content for free, from home, including the exercise files. That and the genealogy database access are the best deals at the library!
Great tip! The King County public library does offer online access to lynda.com! I just signed up for my library card!
Just checked my library system one county south of Glowforge HQ (Pierce County.) They’ve got Lynda and more. Thanks for bringing this up again! I didn’t see your original post. Now, how to fit the courses into my schedule?
Great! And also, there is a Roku app for Lynda.com, so you can watch the training on tv while following along with the software on your laptop!
Been on Lynda.com on my Roku, my Android phone, and my computer. I’m not educated in this stuff at all and had to translate to Inkscape, but here’s the result of following the creating a graphics avatar illustration from the Drawing Vector Graphics Laboratory in Design Techniques:
Close enough? Either way, highly recommended.
edit: slimmed it up after input from the boss/wife
Fantastic job! I’m going to have to look up that lesson.
Nice job!
Thanks, @cynd11 and @johnwills! Sincerely appreciated. Also, I hope this is the kind of place that can provide constructive criticism as well. Let loose with plain ol’ criticism if you have to even. We can figure out how to make it constructive together.
Alright, massive criticism, you asked for it…
Your moustache curves down and then curves to point at 90* on both the top and the bottom, while the bottom of the avatar’s moustache is flat then curves up to point at 45*.
That is all.
Well, the avatar does seem to have far more hair.
Quit messin’ with him guys…it looks just like him.
Hmmm… how to accept that constructively? From this day forth, I promise to style my moustache like the avatar. (winkey-eyed emoji)
@jamesdhatch It’s there! It’s just the lighting! The quality of the picture file is pretty horrible, too. Should have used a different lens. I think when I edited it the editing program messed up the uh… color… tones… and stuff.
I actually did try to play with gradients to lighten things up closer to the part, but I’m still learning. My wife picks me out of a crowd by spotting the male-pattern beacon on the crown of my head.
Hahaha, I usually sport a hat in public to mitigate the glare.
No no no, I was only kidding, I like the curled moustache.
here, I drawered one on the wacom in AI for you as a 'pology.
May I ask which Wacom you use, and your assessment of it?
Okay, here’s the real winkey emoji. I took no offense.
Love the drawing! Just the right amount of hair!
I used to hate emoji for some reason, but now that I am participating in online conversation I see how they have a place.
I have a Cintiq 27QHD (non-touch). It is incredible… and totally overkill.
I love it, but it is not for everyone.
a few thoughts:
Before that I was using an Intuos3 for many years, and i loved it. I still use it for travel or at home.
edit- wacom have done a great job with the “tooth” of the screen/tablet to make it feel more like a pen on paper, not the slippery “marker on glass” or the sticky “rubber on glass” feel i experienced when using the surface3 and -4 pens that I have messed with. (limited)
I have not used an iPadPro/Pencil combo.
We got one (touch version) for my son last Christmas and when I saw the box I thought it was a mistaken big screen TV delivery. Then I had to wrap it
thank you for such a detailed response!
I used an early Wacom instead of a mouse, so working looking at the screen with the tablet in my lap is natural to me. I almost wore a hole in the surface![quote=“jbv, post:20, topic:3015”]
I have a Cintiq 27QHD
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Man, that thing is massive! With a price to match.
Thanks again for your time man, gratitude.
BTW, I get a lot of comments and laughter on the Warning sign!