My friend shared this video to warn other artists about how she was taken advantage of, and I believe this is a very important message that every artist should hear.
I've lost count of how many times someone, be it a big corporation or an individual, have asked me to illustrate for them for free. It will always go something like this "You draw this for us, and we will include your name in the credits. That's good publicity for you!" as if such a pathetic offer holds any merit.
There was one specific case where a guy wanted to use my drawing as a book cover but didn't want to pay. He said he might print up to 50,000 books, so that's like an
HELLO MY NAME IS KURLOZ MAKARA AND I POST THINGS I DRAW HERE BECAUSE MEULIN MANAGED TO GET ME INTO THIS MOTHERFUCKIN DRAWING THING EVEN THOUGH I'D MUCH RATHER BE WORSHIPPING THE MIRTHFUL MESSIAH AND HELPING TO CARRY OUT HIS SUPREME DEEDS.
APOLOGIES. DID I METAPHORICALLY "SAY" SOMETHING ABOUT A MIRTHFUL MESSIAH? I MEANT "EVEN THOUGH I'D MUCH RATHER BE DOING TROLL-ISH THINGS LIKE A NORMAL TROLL DOES. BECAUSE I'M A NORMAL TROLL, AFTER ALL. THERE IS NOTHING SUSPICIOUS OVER HERE."
after 7 months i finally got an actual working tablet and everything works great
apart from the pen pressure which doesn't work at all
this shouldn't be a massive hindrance except that my entire digital colouring technique utilises pen pressure so UM YEAH IT'S KIND OF A MASSIVE HINDRANCE ACTUALLY
i'm trying to look to see how i can actually get pen pressure to work (i've installed the drivers correctly and everything?? oh my god. this might take a while) but in the meantime i still can't actually draw things outside of shitty doodles without it probably
i have a huion 580 tablet, so if any of you know anything about how i can resolve this
sorry if i sound really childish but um
can i just say
i don't mind if you repost my drawings onto tumblr - in fact it's actually kind of a compliment to me that someone would want to repost any of my pictures at all!!! but if you do, could you please not link the picture back to your blog as if it is yours and instead it would be nice if you linked it back to the original post (using the source box) or just link it back in the caption (o: for me personally, permission to repost is not necessary, but at least don't link the picture back to your own blog. because, you know, you didn't draw it.
i've had this happen a couple of times now to m
I AM SORRY TO SAY THAT MY TRUSTWORTHY TABLET HAS OFFICIALLY PASSED AWAY AFTER DUTIFULLY SERVING ME FOR THREE LONG YEARS )o:
IT LED AN HONORABLE AND TRULY DIGNIFIED LIFE, ONE WHICH I SHALL REVERE WITH HIGH REGARD FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE UNTIMELY DEMISE OF MY MOST CHERISHED DRAWING UTENSIL HAS RESULTED IN ME BEING UNABLE TO DRAW FOR A WHILE; THAT IS, UNTIL I HAVE ACQUIRED A BEFITTING REPLACEMENT TABLET TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE PAIN THAT THE LOSS OF MY DEAR FRIEND HAS SADDLED UPON ME.
no but in all seriousness my tablet has actually died (it's been acting kind of mituna-ish for a while, so this wasn't totally unexpected, but....