United Kingdom

[Dirty C]

yeah, i always thought so too. evidently the feeling wasn't mutual.

i think i needed to toughen up the values.

[[void]]

Sorry yadam i suggested losing that one, the design was cool but i thought it was flat and there were other paintings that demonstrated an equaly original ability at character design but with better depth etc.

[lefran]

Chris: good luck! thats an awesome portfolio!
Naomi: the museum is on the way into cardiff, to walk it would take a little while so there isnt much point really i guess. unless we got a bus ( heaven forbid for londoners! :O no tube station!! nooooooo! :P)

Wheee im excited now, 2 more ( and a bit) days til i go to San Fran! my lips are aching now , playing constantly at rehersals for 2 days 10-4 tomorrow its 10-6 then a concert 7-8 i do believe. I really think the inside of my upper lip might start bleeding haha, its already kinda raw arrrggg . yay we can take on hand luggage now! just no liquids, so i can take a sketchbook =]

[yAdam]

No need to aplogise Adam :) and Fran, hope the trip goes well!

[DannySketch]

good luck dc, its a killer portfolio indeed.

[Hybridstar]

Good luck Christian. Time to kick back and wait for the good news.

Noticed a few collabs in various sketchbooks of late, thought it might be fun to maybe do a uk collab thingy. Pair up and go wild!!!

[Dirty C]

Collaborations you say...

I'm quite keen on that idea.

How about we get a list of interested names and draw them out of a hat to see who goes with who? Nothing too long, maybe even time limited, like one or two hours each.

[Hybridstar]

Yeah, good idea DC. Lets get the ball a rollin.:^^:

Oh and Koshime, tentative date for a 4 hour life session on the 23rd september. Model is a polish guy called Pavel Czuba, very articulate model and good character. Untutored session. £23 for the day which includes refreshments at break time. Going to be held in a really well equipped and spacious art room at a local girls grammer school.

[Kian]

Could do it in celebration of 5,000 posts in the UK, proving we're by far the most active CA.org local community.

[[void]]

I'm up for this collab idea although i would feel that im bringing someone more skilled down a notch, I like the idea of it being a short time period it should mean quicker results and cool piece.

[sleep]

i'd love to see some collaborations.. i don't think i'm quite the skill level to partake in such fun yet, though..

nobody answered my earlier question.. which of Hogarth's 2 dynamic figure drawing books should i get? there's a hardback and a paperback.. both seem to have different covers..

this one (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0823015777/202-1762639-8151016?v=glance&n=266239&s=gateway&v=glance)

and

this one (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0823015750/202-1762639-8151016?v=glance&n=266239&s=gateway&v=glance)

[Kian]

the paperback one. It was published in 1996, the other, (hardback) was 1974.

[Crane]

TIE I have the paperback one, and as kian mentioned, it was published in 96' and besides, that one is in amazon stores :D
I love my D figure drawing book, long live the spirit of hogarth!

[Quicksilver]

A collab would be cool. I wouldn't mind joining in so long as the other person doesn't mind me bringing them down, lol.

Anyone have any themes/subjects in mind? Something typically British would be fitting, I think. :)

[Dirty C]

Well, i've been wanting to do one with Kim for ages, I must say. If we pair people randomly, will as many people be interested?

[Dirty C]

Haha yeah something British. I think the only British thing we truly have in common here is immigration :) Hands up if both your parents were born in England haha

If it is going to be a fast one (one evening or whatever) then maybe we should stick to something not too taxing, or even just make it themeless so people can just have fun?

[cartoonfox]

*raises hand*

...

To the collab idea... ; ]

[Hybridstar]

I think we should go random, great things have come from the unlikeliest of pairings. And you never know you may get lucky and still draw kim.

[Dirty C]

Ok, well everyone that wants in send me a blank PM with 'I'm in' in the title. That way I don't have to read them all :)

Ok, I'm gonna go start a 'random collaborations' thread in the 3.0 lounge. I'll keep the list of participants in there and post the matches there when they're suitably randomised.

Here's the thread: RANDOM COLLABORATIONS THREAD ('http://community.conceptart.org/groups/?id=43&link=view_topic&topic_id=1071&group_id=43') - please don't use this to sign up, please PM me as requested. I'd like to only have one post there. Though it might be a good place to post the final images, come to think of it.

[sketchling]

huh... wozzup then?

what kinda painting thing jjam. have 0 time so will have to be quick :) Still... been wantin to do a coop with dc too. draw me man

[yAdam]

Collabs sound like a cool idea.. and I don't think there's any problem with random pairings....Would they be done in OC? I've never used it before, so i'll need some help sorting out the network or whatever you have to do...

[Dirty C]

Here's what I'm thinking for the format of the thing. Let me know if it doesn't suit.

Each party gets a series of one-hour turns. This ensures that one party won't swamp the other or go finishing the damn thing without thinking cause they held onto it too long.

We don't set a day for the whole thing, just the due date. Right now I'm thinking next Wednesday. That way the pairs can decide how much time they have, and they can stretch it over a number of days if they want. In this way, it needn't take over anybody's life.

At the end of each hour interval, we take a snapshot of what it looks like. Then, if time and will permit, people can post their process and some reasoning behind why they changed what the other was doing etc.

How's that sound?
DC

[Hybridstar]

Sounds good, and i like that we have a due date. It's going to be up to everyone to be honest i guess about the hour slot. Are you suggesting that we keep bandying it back and forth until the time is up, or should we have a pre-allotted amount of turns.

[[void]]

Yeah I liked the idea of saving work after the interval to show the work in progress, and i think having a topic would be cool but keep it pretty open.

How many turns each is it going to be, I think that 2, hour go's each is enough.

Oh and yes I am a true brit mongrel born and bred.

[sketchling]

hour slot? ill just use lunch as a timer :) fantastic

[koshime]

yes. but WHAT if you dont have net acess during the daylight hours of trying to eke an honest living..hehhe

[Quicksilver]

An hour?? I'm way too slow for that :S It would push me though.

Hey hey lookie, someone on the forums share's the same name as my dad, haha: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=978839#post978839 And he's a great artist: http://www.liquidbrush.com/

[MoP]

I'd be down with the collab idea!

[DannySketch]

hey guys and gals the collab looks like a great idea, im to wimpy to enter at the mo, but would love to see what u guys come out with,

ok london based students, somthing that might be handy or not i dunno, i think its just cai and adam whose studying full time in london?not sure. the princes drawing school is hosting free life drawing evening classes on monday here (http://www.princesdrawingschool.org/sec/courses/course149.asp) and free drawing classes at the national gallery on a wednesday evening here (http://www.princesdrawingschool.org/sec/courses/course194.asp) for full time art students
looks worth while, no?

and there also doing 3 hour life drawing sessions for just £2.50 for 12-18 year olds on saturdays here (http://www.princesdrawingschool.org/sec/courses/course139.asp) i think in london its only me and tie who are at the right age but what u think man? its an hour shorter but its a HELL of a lot cheaper than angel, the charcoal and papers free, plus my mates been there and she recons the tution is really good as well.

hell look around the whole site, sum of the courses their doing look kinda golden.

peace

[[void]]

Yeah dude we go to the monday sessions already when time allows but thanks for letting us know, i didnt know about the wed sesh though.

[cartoonfox]

It's such a trek though...

[sleep]

hey guys and gals the collab looks like a great idea, im to wimpy to enter at the mo, but would love to see what u guys come out with,

ok london based students, somthing that might be handy or not i dunno, i think its just cai and adam whose studying full time in london?not sure. the princes drawing school is hosting free life drawing evening classes on monday here (http://www.princesdrawingschool.org/sec/courses/course149.asp) and free drawing classes at the national gallery on a wednesday evening here (http://www.princesdrawingschool.org/sec/courses/course194.asp) for full time art students
looks worth while, no?

and there also doing 3 hour life drawing sessions for just £2.50 for 12-18 year olds on saturdays here (http://www.princesdrawingschool.org/sec/courses/course139.asp) i think in london its only me and tie who are at the right age but what u think man? its an hour shorter but its a HELL of a lot cheaper than angel, the charcoal and papers free, plus my mates been there and she recons the tution is really good as well.

hell look around the whole site, sum of the courses their doing look kinda golden.

peace
sounds awesome. there better not be any 12 year olds better than me.. that'll get right up my nose >:|

[Dirty C]

Where is it?

[DannySketch]

Adam and cai ah cool should have figured u guys have already heard about it

Tie cool man i'll txt u or summet closer to when it starts

DC like a 10 min walk from liverpool street, or 5 min walk from old street, directions here (http://www.princesdrawingschool.org/sec/where/index.asp?travel=tube)

peace:)

[Dirty C]

Why is fooxoo in our thread so much lately?

:)

Hello, feel free to say hi all you visitors :)

[Quicksilver]

Hehe, 'cause the UK thread rawks :P

Heya, Edite ^_^

Edit: Woo, page 85, people!! Getting closer to 100...

[Dirty C]

Didn't we lose a bunch of pagse on a couple occasions?

Ok, I'm setting the deadline for collaboration entrants at midnight tonight.

[yAdam]

I sent you a pm yesterday, but my name isnt on the list yet.....

[Dirty C]

yAdam, added you.

Guys, I'm just thinking that getting to Cardiff might not be that much fun on a Sunday morning from London.

But getting to Cardiff from Bristol mightn't be so bad...

Molly's party's next Friday, btw. Any fools coming?

[sleep]

thought the party was cancelled or something.. ..not that i was invited, lol. still.

good luck all you collaboraters. anybody got painting tips? i'm doing gouache. and i'm a bit shit! i tried to paint a whole fruit bowl before realising i haven't even tried painting one fruit individually.

'everything i do is wrong' :[

[lefran]

id like to join in the collab thingy but im not gonna be here for ages, plus my sketch would like ruin someone elses haha

Got my AS level results back!- 3 A's (welsh, art, english lit and lang) and a C (media) so pretty chuffed =]

wooo San Fran Tomorrow! so i wont be on again until the 26th or something!
byeeee

[cartoonfox]

Have fun state side you lucky so and so ; ]
And congrats on the A-levels. I got... Well, let's just say I didn't do as good as you ; ]

[DannySketch]

congrats fran, i didnt do to well i got a DDE but to be honest i was expecting to fail everything so im pretty dam happy!now...off to get drunk :)

[Quicksilver]

Guys, I'm just thinking that getting to Cardiff might not be that much fun on a Sunday morning from London.

But getting to Cardiff from Bristol mightn't be so bad...
.....So you're planning on stopping by Bristol on Sat?

I didn't do quite as well as Fran. That is all. :P

Have fun in San Fran, Fran (hehe)! And congrats with your AS Levels.
Safe journey. :)

So if the deadline for the collab is suddenly tonight, wouldn't it be a good idea to decide pairs?

[koshime]

i think he meant the deadline to say you want to collab....is tonite

[Quicksilver]

i think he meant the deadline to say you want to collab....is tonite
Riiiiiiighto :)

[[void]]

Where is it?

You're welcome to come next time we go, it is a bit inconvenient to go to old street but its free and they dont ask for any proof of studentosity. You can just say your at westminster doing illustration and no-one would give a fuck.

edit: Althought i wouldn't recommend going on your own, the first time we went we walked round old street for 4 hours and no-one had ever heard of the place, but we saw pole dancers so it was ok.

[cartoonfox]

but we saw pole dancers so it was ok.
Ah yeah, good times.

[Molly]

thought the party was cancelled or something.. ..not that i was invited, lol. still.... :[


Yeah it was ... kinda ... well the date moved but thats it...your more than welcome to come - you dont have to dress up as a monster but, if you DONT, you'll be re-fashioned when you get there!!!

I'm in two minds about going clubbing afterwards, I'd rrrreally like to, to get away from the other girlies at my school....

Anyhoo, Im trying to sort alcohol out from a barman at work, if all else fails, just bring your own drink, or narcotics of the day...


2nd Floor, The Art Academy, 201 Union Street, SE8 4RU - from 8 - till LATE!

Mx

[Dirty C]

I'm gonna have to split this between you and a farewell do at my work (a guy I know really well) but I'll make it x

Why are there three guests in here? The people who watch us are starting to grow more and more interesting :)

Eri - dude, I was hinting that I might wanna come out with you Brist holians on the sat night, but you failed to pick it up cause you're silly. Much chance?

[Quicksilver]

Awwww, has anyone else noticed the little welcoming messege when you log on?

"ConceptArt.Org loves you Quicksilver!! :)"

Now I feel all warm and fuzzy inside [hugs CA]

[cartoonfox]

Anyone up for a short meet tomorrow evening?
I have some freelance work down in southwark. I should finish around 6 ish. Anyone up for Nando's or whatever?

Peace

[Dirty C]

Hmph. Doesn't do it for me.

Im busy sorry dude. Haven't called the ollab thing yet caues the power supply on my mac's crapped out and I guess I need to replace it. Hopfully I'll get the chance to do it on Monday, anyhow. I'll try and do the draw tomorrow daytime and then we'll sort out the finish day as well.

[cartoonfox]

Ok well if you're free in the evening give me a call : ]

[[void]]

After having browse through that fav comics thread in the lounge i stopped by the shops yesterday and thought i might aswell see if theres any cool art books in there.

I ended up buying the halo graphic novel (which has some cool mullins stuff and phil hale did the cover), sandman endless nights and anatomy for the artist by sarah simblet. Now I wanna make some damn comics, I'm really jealous of being able to have an actual narrative.

I just wondered if anyone has any recommendations of books/artists or has similar influences...

[Quicksilver]

Adam: Weeeeell, I'm a bit of a manga fan :) Can't say I've read many 'cause I'm too skint to buy'em, but here's a list of good'uns:
- Naruto
- Samurai Champloo
- GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (dirty, but so damn funny)
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (MIYAZAKIIIII!!!)
- One Piece
- Akira

I really miss drawing comics - they're gerat fun - but I tend to sway into anime again, resulting in either getting hissed at by good artists or praised by noobs/otakus @_@;

[asoir]

Aww I saw this huge book of Akira but it was like £20...:(
I wanted it.

[Dirty C]

lucifer is amazing

i have nearly the whole thing - in storage, obviously :)

[Dirty C]

Ok guys, I've done the pairings for the collab. let me know if you're unhappy with them.

Random collaboration pairings here ('http://community.conceptart.org/groups/?id=43&link=view_topic&topic_id=1071&group_id=43&PID=1#2')

[cartoonfox]

Weeeeeeee Chi and me are partners : ]

[cartoonfox]

Dude get to bed!

[cartoonfox]

Wait, Chi, do you have Painter? Or maybe we could go hardcore and paint over each other's jpg's... yeah I like that idea.

... And why am I bumping my post count?

[Quicksilver]

Hehe, silly fox :P

WooOooo me and Kim! O_O How do you wanna go about this, dude?

[Hybridstar]

Cool, good partner indeed. Looking forward to this. So adam, you want the first turn?

[sketchling]

Ah dunno :D
I havent been followin so... how is it supposed to be done? A random image? I recon that if you start with a wicked character I can paint it up :) how many back/forths are there supposed to be? I know nothing, I learned it .... from a book.

[Quicksilver]

Ah dunno :D
I havent been followin so... how is it supposed to be done? A random image? I recon that if you start with a wicked character I can paint it up :) how many back/forths are there supposed to be? I know nothing, I learned it .... from a book.
Sure! :D I think we have an hour each, so if you want, I could start it off for the first hour and you finish it off, or we do half an hour each, taking in turns. I think the latter would be a bit more involving :)

Btw, I'll be going to Cardiff later to finish off that church sketch ^_^

This one:
That's if it doesn't rain, anyway.

[Dirty C]

Each team is responsible for coming up with how they want to do it. You might want to limit or extend the one hour slightly to balance the pairings, but they're basically set up in a certain way as I figured those pairings might learn from each other the best, and hopefully enjoy themselves too :)

Remember, as many turns as you think is necessary, but try not to let one partner overwhelm the other by going too far. And try not to have too much ego either, this is more about learning and having fun than producing something earth shattering.

If I were to make specific recommendations, I'd say maybe Asgardian could kick off a character design and Hybrid follow through with some serious painting theory, as Adam has strong design ideas, and by all accounts Hybrid should have the traditional styles to bring it off.

I think maybe Cai and Chee need to both be involved in the design stage, cause you're both so strong on sketching. Or maybe Cai could do a critter and Chee could work out an environment for him, and you two could share the painting duties after that's finished.

Naomi could use some solid grounding in values and composition from Kim, who could probably learn a thing or two about interesting use of clothing on a character. Maybe the idea there is to do some sketchbook stuff first.

I think that with Jon and I, that Jon could use a little sexing up in the colour department, and weirdness of design ideas, whereas I have no idea how to polish anything I've done, so would love to learn how the hell he does it. The challenge there is for him not to get too worried about sticking on one particular track, and me not to just keep trainwrecking his hard work by changing everything every two seconds :P

yAdam and MoP - Adam, you seem like an all rounder, who could maybe use a bit more polish. MoP is all about the polish. I haven't looked at your work so much, you guys, but a brief look just now has staggered me slightly. Great work, I'll try and take a harder look when I get home.

As far as deadlines, shall we make it next Wednesday? That way there's no hurry, and people can finish early if they want. But do me a favour and send me the link of whatever you've done and I'll post them in the collaboration thread on the day, ok?

BTW, all recommendations earlier are merely my thinking, you might have different ideas - but if you were having trouble thinking of how to start, hopefully this will help.

[sketchling]

You are wise. It shall be so. Naomi :) Im going over to pm... to surprise em. (and actually come up wih something!!) :D

[Kian]

I think our matchup is ideal for both of us DC! I think you'll be best doing the first hour, as I've never done anything like this before :S

[sketchling]

Haha... just had a very funny idea. ill see what Naomi thinks (sent ya mail) but I think it could work... :D this is gonna be fun!

[Dirty C]

Guys, I've just had a thought. Recently, I've used a little more reference when painting. I think that in the latter stages of painting, it might be a good idea for people to do that. The reason is that the trad and polished painters will really have something to contribute there, which i'm sure a lot of the really design heavy guys will benefit from. This means the expertise will mostly be split in the painting process, with one taking the lead in the beginning, and the other diong the teaching later on.

Cai and Chee, I've no idea which one of you is which there hahaha - maybe Cai can dig in his back yard to find some reference :D

[yAdam]

Good pairings all round I rekon. MOP, i'm easy about how we approach this, I have a couple of ideas, but I dont mind which of us goes first. Let me know what you think...

btw cai, i'm sure you know this, but Painter does support psd files...I've heard it might be a bit unstable though (?)

[Dirty C]

Hahaha - ref for Cai and Chee:

http://shootagainamusements.com/itsatrap/akbar.jpg
http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/worms/Worm30.JPG

[Dirty C]

Painter's not unstable with .psd, it's the only file type I use!

[yAdam]

Is it better than saving as a RIFF then (Apart from being able to go into photoshop)? 'cause i've always used that.. The only reason why I thought it was unstable, is from something I read, on CGtalk maybe. Apparently people started getting corrupted files after painter randomly closed sometimes. They said it was because of saving a RIFF to a psd.. Something like that anway.

[Kian]

Its why i dont use painter as much as i should. I've lost many hours work on it.

[koshime]

Painter/photoshop are very decent bed partners with .psd files. (except you have to only use 8bit and not 16 or 32 bit unfortunately..but teh custome brushes make painter worth it...then over to photoshop for teh bulkwork!!!

[sketchling]

I think the older versions were rather shifty... thats what the concentrated on mostly. fixing the stuff and makin it faster. still not photoshop though.... :P haha

[Dirty C]

Painter 8 was unstable. Painter 9 is the shit and rock solid, in my experience.

[Dirty C]

YAAAY!! Conceptart.org loves me dirty_c!!

[cartoonfox]

Painter IX.1 is rock solid. Painter IX.5 ain't so good.
I'm hoping Painter X is like the super awesome version, Corel are so close to perfection.

Chi, you start it off, I'll finish. And NO CREATURES *Ugh I stoped ages ago and it's still a damn label to me : [ )

Peace

[Dirty C]

Chee and Cai, just be careful not to finish the drawing too much int he sketch - you're both prone to submitting complete designs, I reckon :)

[cartoonfox]

i dunno about Chi but I'm gonna just go digital, maybe he can start off the drawing and i can start the painting.

[Dirty C]

Cool. Up to you guys, but I reckon that's a really good idea.

Jon, you free tonight to talk on msn? I'm itching to start playing with this man :P

[Kian]

Im at the cinema at about half 6 man. But, we'll have a chat, throw some ideas around before then if ya want?

[Dirty C]

Doubt I'll be home before then. I'll catch you later on probably.

[Quicksilver]

Haha... just had a very funny idea. ill see what Naomi thinks (sent ya mail) but I think it could work... :D this is gonna be fun!
HAAAAHAhahaha, it's on!! :D

This should be fun~ ^.^

[Dirty C]

You're doing samurai champloo aren't you?

[[void]]

Chi, you start it off, I'll finish. And NO CREATURES *Ugh I stoped ages ago and it's still a damn label to me : [ )

Peace

Its true, now he is reborn as robofox.

I feel suprisingly under pressure in this situation because I don't wanna turn over a shit image for someone else to work on, I have trust in you hybridstar your skills will pull us through :)

Can i catch you on msn anytime to throw around ideas or just go right into the painting and follow my nose.

[Dirty C]

Adam, I think the great patr about this is that you can rely on your strengths, and sit back and watch what the other person does in order to learn. SO hopefully it won't be too hard.

Personally, I'd recommend you start by generating a bunch of black and whtie thumbnails in painter like you do in your sb, then pass the whole lot over to Hybrid. But that's just me bossing you round :)

[Hybridstar]

Yeah, i'll be on msn tonight if you want to chat dude. Say around 8 ish? Think christians idea is pretty neat, gestures are a great starting point just to arrive at some decent sillouettes and outlines. Liked the freshness of those sketches in your book, good place to start. Then i can put my slant on em and work a few up. Gonna be fun.

[koshime]

Fine..no creatures then . its robo enviros and weird enviroments then1 woo hoo!

[cartoonfox]

We should post the resulsts in the finished forum.

YES

[Kian]

damn right Cai. In celebration of 5,000 posts in the UK thread :D

[Dirty C]

Shit, I think we're all a bit excited about this ;)

Jon, let's PM some ideas.

[sketchling]

damn yer good... but I assure ya.... with a twist. haha. you wait and see.

[DannySketch]

cant wait to see what u guys come out with,

just to cut in i found this image really amusing, on a rather depressing results day i went to collect my sketchbooks and came across my year 11 book, in it was a SP i did in year 11, 2 FECKING years ago!!

i was 16, god knows what ever made me decide to take art as an alevel, but am glad i did :)

i did a recent SP beneath for comparison

[Kian]

uber cool comparison there danny! :D

[Dirty C]

Hahaha yeah it's funny, I'm willing to bet the things I drew right up until about three years ago weren't much better :) The leap you've made in your sb is amazing though, Danny. I was seriously impressed when I saw it last time.

In other praiseworthy news, I really loved the designs I saw in your gallery, Senor yAdam. Have you and MoP kicked off yet?

Oh, and to the other Adam - damn you, sir. I've even started trawling ALP from work. Damn it, it's impossible to stop!!

[yAdam]

Cheers DC :)

Haven't heard from MOP yet.... I'll send him a message right now.

and Danny, thats such a great improvement, well done :)

[Eriboss]

oh god

i have missed loads of awesome stuff in here.

gawwwd, yer power supply blows up and leaves you pooterless for 2 days, so you get drunk for 4, and come back and everyone is having a party without you :(

[Dirty C]

Me and Jon are half way through our collab Chris, and everyone's pretty excited about it, so I reckon it won't be too long before we do another one.

(on that note though, please don't anyone go jumping the gun too much on that once this is done. It's good to be measured in your approach so as not to kill things by doing them too soon :) )

[[void]]

I bring you alp or alien loves predator

http://alienlovespredator.com/index.php

It is what i became addicted to the other day and now christians addicted. Now i share it with you guys....

[sketchling]

bastard. There goes productivity.... love this one : http://alienlovespredator.com/index.php?id=14

[[void]]

Ahhh yeah, they are all brilliant. Too brilliant i think, when i saw it i was stuck on it for 2 hours solid and read 141 of them.

[sleep]

yeahh alp is awesome. i stopped reading it about a year back though.. got hooked on this (http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2006-07-31) half life comic {its brilliant}

[koshime]

Why does Conceptart love us??

[sketchling]

just cause

[Hybridstar]

Hey folks, how are all your collabs a goin? Bet youre bustin out some sweet stuff.

Adam- sent you a couple of pm's dude, give me a shout.

[Dirty C]

just waiting on jon to send it back to me after round 2 (or 4, depending on how you count)

how's everyone else going? i can't wait to see them all

[DannySketch]

when did u guys make the deadline?i really cant wait to see em

and cheers for the comments on my pic, hell this place is the reason ive made any improvment so its all ur own god dam fault ;)

[[void]]

Um well I havn't exactly started yet. I'm a deceptively busy man.

[MoP]

Crikey, my internet connection has been really dodgy recently and I've failed at checking this thread - totally forgot about the collab thing! Sorry!

I'm ready to go for it though, I've PM'ed yAdam my MSN so we can discuss.

I had a quick read of the last couple of thread pages and can't seem to find a deadline or maximum number of back'n'forths? Is it just 2 hours max, split half and half between the participants?

Edit: Dirty_c: Polish? Me? Hahahah. You must have me confused with someone else. My 2d/traditional/digital sketches are all a mess of wobbly lines and scribbly colours!

[Quicksilver]

I think the deadline for the collab is Wednesday? Dunno whether it's tomorrow or next week though.

And since we're sharing the love:
http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/archive/
Red Vs Blue ftw!

[Dirty C]

Nah dude, i checked your gallery, there's some pretty tight stuff there.

No max number. Deadline is currently next wednesday, but me and Jon finished a few hours ago, so I want all you slack arses to hurry up :D

[yAdam]

Hey MoP! Got your pm.. I'll speak to you tomorrow.

I've just got back from seeing a pretty funny band, called hayseed dixie. A friend had a random ticket and I wasnt sure what to expect :)... They do a load of random covers of motorhead, acdc and kiss, as well as there own stuff.. here's a link to a couple of their songs.. quite redneck :)

http://www.hayseed-dixie.com/pooplive.mp3

http://www.hayseed-dixie.com/ace.mov

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NAOMI WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?! I just watched red vs blue once and its awesome!

My first love is still alp though. Oh and tie that hlcomic is cool too although a little game centric.

[Hybridstar]

Adam- Good discussion last night mate, good talking to ya. If youve sent the image over i probably wont receive it. Had cranked my junk e mail filter up to max because i was getting tons of em. Sorted now so if you could send it again. Soz mate.

Dc and Kian- Whoa guys, youve finished up!? Art frenzy!!!! Cool.

[MoP]

Asgardian: IMHO the best webcomic hands down is the Perry Bible Fellowship - www.pbfcomics.com - you've probably seen it before, but if not... check it out now!

[sleep]

yadam, you saw hayseed dixie live..? aww. i like thier cover of outkast's 'caroline'

on another pimping note, i would appreciate any stops by my sketchbook. just updated upon my return from poland-- all comments are returned :yayca:

[sketchling]

still my favorite... : http://www.sinfest.net/

[Dirty C]

I'm bored. Are you all reading Alien Loves Predator? Working on your collaborations?

I might even be keen to do another collab now, if anyone's keen. Eri? Got some time?

[Eriboss]

lol i got not a lot of time man, but im totally up for a collab. gotta be trad tho ;) getcha ass on msn sometime and we shall talk about it, shit you are comin down pretty soon innit - may be the perfect oppotunity...

[Hybridstar]

Why not post up your collab dc. Even though there is a deadline for completion no reason to stick one on the unveiling if youve finished. Might even spur others on too.:}

[Dirty C]

Nope, you suckas gonna wait.

thuogh maybe if someone else is up for it, they can see it - give us something to better :P

[mrdigs]

Damn my 20mb for £30 web space...I've run out already ! hmph...

anyways, I'm quite excited about this collab thing...not QUITE excited enough to try and take part tho ! I'm still struggling with dsg's and stuff...

Lookin forward to seeing the end results tho - will the stages be posted somewhere so we can see the process as well ? be interesting to see how it developed.

[Badger]

20mb storage? or transfer?
I've got 350mb storage for £26 a year, just renewed it, so i'm good for another year, i don't know how i justified the money though, thats almost 2 weeks food.
I'll be up for a colab with any of you kids i know, shout at me over msn, the girl is away all week so i guess that means i can do more art and more drinking. But i should do more art. Though I just got given my summer project from UNI, WTF it's like 3 weeks till i go back, they couldn't have given this earlier? So yeah, i might have the time, gimme a shout.
Right, i'm gonna get back to drawing and not playing BF2.
Love you all, even you Asgardian.
-B-

[mrdigs]

i was paying £30 a year for 20mb and everyone posted saying £5 a month gets you about 400mb !...plus i just ran out of space...gah....so i'm gonna switch.

badger - what course you doin at uni ? i'm just about to start foundation, two days a week so I can work at the same time, means it's two years instead of one but hey it'll be worth it...gonna be wierd goin back to college but at least it'll be for the right thing this time round !

[Badger]

mrdigs - I do Illustration in Bristol, badly. Heh.
Foundation rocks man, best school year of my life, where you doing yours?
-B-

[Dirty C]

Funny you should say that Badger, cause I kind of think of Adam as the London Badger. Though he doesn't have your flair for accessorising.

God, I just had a sneaky Grolsch cause a mate's leaving, and I've realised that my not-drinking-every-day has left me with a markedly reduced tolerance. Well, probably not, I probably just never really sobered up before.

So Badge, it looks like I'm gonna come to Bristol for the night on the 2nd. You up for it? I'll buy you a wee badger-sized nip of sherry if you like :)

[Badger]

2nd of sept? wont be back till 16-17th time, dammit!! i miss you guys.
I might come down to london soon with mi mothe to see an exhib, any recommendations? Be cool to meet you guys for a drink the evening of, need to find out more on dates.
It's true DC, my flair for accessorising makes me a danger to many claire's accessories across the country.
-B-

[Alcian]

The Natural World shop is selling 'skeletons', wish i could afford one of these things. Link (http://www.thenaturalworld.com/NaturalWorldSite/product/back_to_school/6115076.htm)

[Kian]

ok, anyone else feel nervous as f**k when posting in the FF?

Heres ma new one:
_M a n | 2 . 0_ (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=75550)

[Hybridstar]

Thats a sweet image Kian, some utterly lovely touches in it. One of your best pieces so far.:teeth:

[mrdigs]

badger - I'm going to brighton, start in two or three weeks time, wanna do illustration in the long term i think...we'll see !

I came up and checked out the bp portrait award at the national portrait gallery a few weeks back and that's well worth a look...

Kian - that's mad nice, love the lighting on his face.

[Dirty C]

christ, i'm drunk. msn me IF YOU DARE.

[frumpy_bunyin]

Managed to make it to Candid Arts last night. It was pretty good, thanks for the pointers. I think I'll force myself to go once a fortnight if not once a week.
Good thing was I went straight from work with nothing on me, and grabbed paper and charcoal there. Pencil and gum eraser would not have gone astray, but hey pretty chuffed being able to show up and draw.

Thanks again,

-FB

[cartoonfox]

Oh Noes He's Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack...

[yAdam]

CA is great, it just gave me a kick up the arse....:)

Are you working hard enough to reach your goals?

[RES]

Are you working hard enough to reach your goals?......no I’m not i spending to much time looking on the forums...Dang

[frumpy_bunyin]

He is?

[koshime]

cai - work on the piece...gdammut! and pm me back the image :)

[cartoonfox]

sorry dude, i've been lazing around, i'll get it done tomorrow : ]

[Dirty C]

That skellington is SWEET. Wish I had a house to put one in :(

[Dirty C]

PS My head hurts.

PPS Was nobody up for another collab?

[koshime]

I'm up for one if you want to start off...

[Eriboss]

PS My head hurts.

PPS Was nobody up for another collab?

hehe im sure I said I was, but oh well. ;)

[Dirty C]

Hm, can't tonight. Have leaving drinks. And Molly's is tomorrow (yike! I have no costume! where do i find a costume??)

[Dirty C]

Eri, I thought you were too busy? If you're not, then we'll defo do one :)

[cartoonfox]

(yike! I have no costume! where do i find a costume??)
Just don't wear any make up.

[[void]]

Just don't wear any make up.

WEAR LOTS OF MAKE UP!

On another note I am no longer the adam you know and.....well know. My size in hats has gone down, as a result of getting the mop chopped. Its scary i dont look like adam any more. :tihi:

[Kian]

*cough* photo *cough*

[cartoonfox]

He's a wimp he'll never take photos of himself.
I put money on it!

[Quicksilver]

Phooooootoooos!! I wanna see monster cossies and Adam's new 'do :)

[sleep]

hey... maybe some of you are already aware of this, but i found a neat way to get cheap lifedrawing sessions.. london underground

at most of the central london stations, theres carling sponsored spots where buskers play. just throw 'em 50p or so and sit/stand there and draw them. as long as you dont mind the person looking at you.. or the occassional person giving you a look... its really good. i tried it a few times, none of them are bothered, in fact most of them seem to enjoy it.

one of the results from today.. if you dont recognise the lyrics.. stairway to heaven by led zeppelin. that's what he was playing

[koshime]

cai - get to work already..you .. :)

[DannySketch]

hey... maybe some of you are already aware of this, but i found a neat way to get cheap lifedrawing sessions.. london underground

at most of the central london stations, theres carling sponsored spots where buskers play. just throw 'em 50p or so and sit/stand there and draw them. as long as you dont mind the person looking at you.. or the occassional person giving you a look... its really good. i tried it a few times, none of them are bothered, in fact most of them seem to enjoy it.

one of the results from today.. if you dont recognise the lyrics.. stairway to heaven by led zeppelin. that's what he was playing

ha dude we're SO trying this on monday!what u recon?i get of work at 3, can get into london by 4, go round draw shit for a bit and then finish up at angel?lemmi know.

[Molly]

Hey Folks,

BTW - Who's coming tonight? All are welcome, if you cant find a costume dont worry 'bout it..
We also have a 'Drawing Wall' on which - as it says on the tin - you can draw large monsters on it and wot not!

DC - if ya cant find a cossie, no worries man, no worries, you can laugh at me in my costume! Im going as a devil bitch (what else?) I gots an all red outfit, whip, horns and wings! Spent all last night decorating, Im looking forward to getting trashed....(DC - you still got ur key? If I dont here ya call or wotever, just make your own way in..)

Address again:
2nd Floor
The Art Academy
201 Union Street London SE1 0LN
Southwark jubilee line nearest stn

[Dirty C]

I think I put all my excess keys somewhere else, with all the traveling between couches, so nope. I'll call you when I get there.

Drawing wall?? Jesus, it's like a gigantic magnet, I can get away with drawing when I'm pissed!!!

[Hazamataz]

Hope you have an awesome party molly and all who go, get some good pics!

And best of luck DirtyC with the application. Your portfolio is lookin really solid and confident, very impressive.

[Dirty C]

it's 6,40am. just got home. me and kim spent a lot of the night drawing on the wall - most pleased.

not looking forwad to whenever it is i get woken up by the people whose couch i'm on. sigh.

[sleep]

hope you had a nice party molly!

anybody here ever done any ca.org 'recruiting'? i just bought hogarth's dynamic anatomy from the tate modern bookstore, and outside there was a chick drawing. she goes to uni.. does theology.. anyway, we got talking, swapped msns and i invited her to CA and the next london meet.. so we might be seeing her sometime..

[cartoonfox]

Pimpin' style.

[Dirty C]

Yeah I've done it loads. Yawn.

[cartoonfox]

We all can't be as pimp as you christian : [

[Quicksilver]

We all can't be as pimp as you christian : [
So those photos of you from Montreal were Photoshopped? :rolleyes:

[[void]]

Molly hope the party went well, wanna see some photos soon. On which note
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=995730&postcount=4435

I did the unthinkable and posted photos for the people that wanted to see.

[[void]]

Wait a minute does this mean cai owes me money?! .......more money.

[cartoonfox]

Nope. Nuh hu, not me. No way. What makes you think that?
Hmm?

[sketchling]

hehe... yeah. It was a mad evening :)... I took some photos, but all where a bit grainy :P

here goes:


Tekura goes to carve the roast. (http://www.sketchling.com/photos/Tekura_monster_ball/DSC00588.JPG)

Vampires love a good blood sausage. (http://www.sketchling.com/photos/Tekura_monster_ball/DSC00564.JPG)

The Vampire textress. (http://www.sketchling.com/photos/Tekura_monster_ball/DSC00559.JPG)

We came as victims... I think DC put on the better show (http://www.sketchling.com/photos/Tekura_monster_ball/DSC00577.JPG)

And Finally the finished product. Kinda looses something without the wine and the music. :) biut it was BIG. And we were happy with it :D (http://www.sketchling.com/photos/Tekura_monster_ball/DSC00593smally.jpg)

And finally the photo I took of my favotite bit... but using my finger to red-out the flash on my phone cam (http://www.sketchling.com/photos/Tekura_monster_ball/Abili.JPG)

[Quicksilver]

Looked like it was mad fun!! :D The last one's awesome. Who/how many people worked their magic on the wall altogether?

Man, I'm just having a BBQ/slumber party for my birthday party 'cause the boring sods at the Leisure Centre wouldn't let us use their soft play room. :( [sigh]

Kim: What happened to the collab?!?

[[void]]

Actually yeah i almost forgot about the collabs. Where's sean gone anyway?!


The party looked damn cool. Did christian lick tekura's face?!

http://www.sketchling.com/photos/Tekura_monster_ball/DSC00577.JPG

[Hybridstar]

I am here peeps, well down in dorchester. Decided to make the most of the wedding and stay down on the coast for the bank holiday. Back tonight and will send you the pic tomorrow ad. Hopefully we can get one more punt in each before wed. Happy birthday Mol's, look like a good one.

[[void]]

That's cool man. It's a bank holiday tommorow so it shouldn't be a problem.

WOOO 3 day weekend.

[sketchling]

:) I havent forgotten... just havent started due to solid feelings of burnt-out-ness :( sorry. im a bit of a sucker for last minute. Ill try to get a shot at it tomorrow. :) But rest assured, im lookin foreward to doin it! :D

[lefran]

Hello all, im back from San Fran
-Blog link-
http://lefransanfran.blogspot.com/

Arg theres like a million new pages - anyone care to summarise anything about the cardiff meet please?

[Kian]

Hey Fran!! Welcome home. Top pics. theres friggin loads!

[lefran]

thanks jon- aha yeah !
oh also theres clips of us playing on here-
http://web.mac.com/paulhornsby/iweb/GGYSW/The%20GGYSW/The%20GGYSW.html
most arent from this tour but still, theyre making a dvd of the whole tour too, so if i can record clips of us playing i will- i had all the oboe solos this time eep!

[lefran]

scratch that heres a better link

http://web.mac.com/paulhornsby/iweb/GGYSW/Godzilla%20Eats%20Las%20Vegas/Godzilla%20Eats%20Las%20Vegas.html

[koshime]

err yeah , cai . u collab ing?

[cartoonfox]

sorry dude not much arting going on right now.
I'll try and get the hour done tonight

[Quicksilver]

:) I havent forgotten... just havent started due to solid feelings of burnt-out-ness :( sorry. im a bit of a sucker for last minute. Ill try to get a shot at it tomorrow. :) But rest assured, im lookin foreward to doin it! :D
Wheee, that's okay :3

Fran: Welcome back!! Looks like you all have an awesome time. Joe looks really funny, hehe. Go dolphin dance. ^_^

Wow this week has flown by. I've got 4 days off work this week - yay~

[MoP]

Me and yAdam have been bouncing an image backwards and forwards like crazy. Very interesting to see how we each work, and the directions we choose to take an image. We're gonna assemble a process pic at the end to show all the steps and the evolution of the piece, it's pretty cool!

But it's my turn at painting it at the moment, better get back on it :)

[Dirty C]

Bah! You slack arses!!! I've already finished two collaborations and half of you have forgotten to do ANYTHING. I think I need to organise some sort of prize for the next person to say theirs is finished. Hm.. suggestions welcome.

Oh, and in true *edit* style (not edite, she just lurks) I have to say that me and kim were the two main ones, though we accepted help from an almost-relative of Molly's who was most lovely (and asked to be invited to ca types of things - molly, up to you if you extend the offer) and a few other drunkards with smiley faces to contribute. We had so much fun it was scary, and I can't believe just how god damn wall we covered. Too too much fun.

[cartoonfox]

A trip to Disney land.
Florida, not that fake Paris crap.

Anyway where were you? I wanted to chat, I have some weby stuff to show you.
Too late now, I want to talk on Skype it's easier. Catch me tomorrow sometime.

[frumpy_bunyin]

Man, I'm just having a BBQ/slumber party for my birthday party 'cause the boring sods at the Leisure Centre wouldn't let us use their soft play room. :( [sigh]


Hire a bouncy castle!

[WARHEAD]

Hey Guys long time no speak - Just got back from Sweden having broken my 1 week old £2,000 camera........*sob* :sadcheerleader: *sob*

ps happy birthday mollybabe


*sob*

[Quicksilver]

Hire a bouncy castle!
Yeah, was thinkin' that...might be too late now :S

Sunil: Oooouuucchh :S;; Have you got insurance on it?

WooOoo, Cardiff meet is a-comin'! Are you guys catching trains or coaches? 'Cause they stop at different places...

[cartoonfox]

How the hell did you afford a £2000 camera?

... Oh, wait... architect,,, right...

[cartoonfox]

Are you guys catching trains or coaches? 'Cause they stop at different places...
Dunno if me and Adam are going yet, it's pretty much up to him (he's moving house day before).
But the coaches and Trains arrive in the same place. Just the coaches are lower down in the bus depot.

[Dirty C]

Yeah! Don't question Cai's knowledge of the Wayells!!

I'm coming, will be going to Bristol to hang out with Eri for a night first :D

[Eriboss]

yer cool man. looks like cardiff is off for me though. Im going to be filming by the looks of things. update yall tomorrow but aint lookin too peachy :\

[Quicksilver]

Dunno if me and Adam are going yet, it's pretty much up to him (he's moving house day before).
But the coaches and Trains arrive in the same place. Just the coaches are lower down in the bus depot.
Yah, I know that, but if anyone's travelling via Megabus then they'd be dropped off by Cardiff Castle, which is down the other end, hehe.

BTW I'm gonna get my hair cut this week and have been pestering loadsa people about it on MSN with paint-overs and whatnot, haha (sorry!!), but then found this: http://www.cheeb.co.uk/forum/hair4.jpg
<3
Whaddya think?

[cartoonfox]

Oh right, well it's only a 10 minute walk. Got any plans where we're gonna draw? Depending on the weather the park is nice. Does Cardiff even have a Starbucks?

As for hair... umm you're asking the wrong guy! Maybe cut out the face and put yours in to see if it suits you. I'm sure it'll look lush ; p

[Quicksilver]

As for hair... umm you're asking the wrong guy! Maybe cut out the face and put yours in to see if it suits you. I'm sure it'll look lush ; p
Lol, done!

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/forum/digihair6.jpg

Thankoos :3

And yeah, there's a Starbucks but it's teeeeny!! There's a Coffee #1 just round the corner of the station though.

[lefran]

yep theres ..3
one at the bottom end by capital, one half way up by queens arcade and another one at the very top end towards where david morgans was, the entrance to st davids arcade by where primark was.

if not theres a walkabout

one by capital is big, middle one is small end one is pretty small too

[sleep]

all you londoners that are going to cardiff {i'm looking at you, dc}, how/when do you intend to get there & back?

[Hybridstar]

Howdy folks. How many turns have each of you had so far on the collabs? Me and Adam have yet to have our second due to a hectic week!. I was away all weekend and am working on site today and tomorrow and running classes both evenings. Cant we agree on a set amount of one hour turns as opposed to a date?. That way we should all end up with something worked up to around the same level of completion?

[[void]]

Actually i was thinking that next time if we do one it would be nice to only take one turn each but maybe a bit longer duration like 2 hours each. That way theres not so much transfering of files and its suprising how little you get done in one hour. I felt i was just getting into my stride last time then youve got to stop.

[cartoonfox]

Lol, done!

http://www.cheeb.co.uk/forum/digihair6.jpg

I was nosy, and I reckon either 1 (http://www.cheeb.co.uk/forum/digihair1.jpg) or 2 (http://www.cheeb.co.uk/forum/digihair2.jpg) suits you best.

Sorry for being nosy... : ]

[Hybridstar]

Nice idea ad, we could go even longer and do a day each next time. The only thing with that is the person who takes the second turn will be the only one who responds to the others work. That aside, i'm asking for an extension till thursday night, that way we both get at least two turns each. There is no way i can get any time in before then. You finished your second turn ad? if so i'll be on msn when i get back from class tonight around 9 30. If you upload it again i can just right click and save.

[Dirty C]

Ok, personally I think that it's good to respond to what someone's done, so I think at least two goes each, 3 tops.

Having said that, I'm really keen to do some 3-way collaborations. But they're more fun if it's not a strict topic - ie: people can go totally freestyle and change stuff as much as they like. This is like what they did in Montreal. But a strict time limit has to exist so someone doesn't render something so heavily that it can't be changed enough to fit the overall composition, and they don't get too precious about it.

Finding one hour isn't that hard, guys. Remember that tv program you watched last night that, frankly, wasn't that great? Yeah. And you could be doing analogue turns as well, like sketchbook stuff.

[sketchling]

eeep... im not giving naomi much of a chance to do that im araid... :( Im having at mine tonight for the first time.... had it for ages. Was feelin too burned out. (certainly had the time :P) anyways, if wed eve is deadline she might get a chance later tomorrow or this eve... sorry Naomi :(

[koshime]

Am still waiting on cai....although..prob will not be hoping for much now....

[Quicksilver]

eeep... im not giving naomi much of a chance to do that im araid... :( Im having at mine tonight for the first time.... had it for ages. Was feelin too burned out. (certainly had the time :P) anyways, if wed eve is deadline she might get a chance later tomorrow or this eve... sorry Naomi :(
Eerrrrr k, I haven't got work tomorrow so I could paint something tonight, or tomorrow daytime.

BTW guys, I've changed my mind again with the hairstyles, lol.

Which one??
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/forum/hair2.jpg or http://www.cheeb.co.uk/forum/hair5.jpg

This is how me and my hair looks atm:
http://www.cheeb.co.uk/forum/hair_aug06.jpg

[koshime]

no HAIR! hairless..bald is the way to go! *grin*

[lefran]

haha pantsa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nj3Yisy1D4
sorry for the randomness but watch it!!

[frumpy_bunyin]

Shave your hair all off, it's much less work.
Do you guys have any of your past collaborative efforts posted up here somewhere?
I still can't find much stuff on CA, I stuble across things, but have no real idea of the structure here.

-FB

[Dirty C]

we haven't done any in the past :)

[Hybridstar]

Hope i get my second and final pop at the collab, but thursday is the only day i have free. Hear what youre saying dc but this past week i have been uber busy, out from 9-9 at the moment with a corporate art project and classes.

[[void]]

Your gonna love this my computer has decieded to go explodeypop, it boots and i get a black screen i can access some data so i might be able to save some work.

But rejoice friends for there is a silver lining. I may take this opportunity to ditch the infernal machines forever and buy myself on brand spanking intel imac. I will (if all goes well) get it on the saturday in london the day after i move in.

But im afraid that i wont be taking my next turn any time before then sorry.

[Hybridstar]

No worries ad, sorry to hear about your machine. Wanna put it on ice until then? Would love to finish it up with ya. Oh and good choice with the mac. Which one you going for, i've got my eye on the new 3 gig mac pro. Maybe after this current comission.:wink:

[Quicksilver]

Sorry to hear about your compy, Ad'.....I now love the word "explodeypop" :D xD

Are people still comin' to the Cardiff meet? Looks like it's dying out :( I'll be going anyway.

[koshime]

ah. the joys of youth and days off without applying for leave...

[lefran]

hopefully they dont put me down to work this sunday
i did tell him iwanted it off a month ago
ill check this thursday i think you all have the idea what my boss is like by now even if they do ill tell him theres no way i can come in
theye idiots anyway

[[void]]

I was gonna go for the 20" imac, as much as i would love a mac pro they are way too much money. Plus you can't buy one without a 30" display on principle.

Yeah it would be cool to take a raincheck untill i get back up n running. This means i wont be online (appart from tommorow, its my last day at work) until we get our net connection established in the new house which might take a week or 2.

Oh and any mac savvy people i have some questions about drive partitions and pc software compatibility with the new intel macs. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Dirty C]

Don't partition it, use Parallels, which is like VMWare. You just allocate the hard disk size within that, and it's all handled. Also, you can run both windows and mac os x at the same time then, both at native hardware speeds. ie: no problems with rebooting to do stuff. Can even run Linux in another window if you want.

The guy who sits opposite me says there's been no problems with software compatibility that he knows of, and he runs loadsa shit on his windows within parallels.

It's shit hot btw, I've played with it a bit.


**edit:
Regarding Cardiff, is it really just me that's going out there now?? Come on you lot, it's barely further than Bristol and nobody had any problem with that last time! Well sod it, I'm still up to catch up with Eri and the Welsh twiglets, so I'm going. And I think the next meet might have to be outside London as well. At least if I have anything to say about it.... *looks mean at you all*

**edit edit: for those of you who seem to be a bit demotivated just now, I have to say that I've always found it one of the most motivating things I can do to get me going again. Now I just have to think of fun things we can do while we're out there..

[sketchling]

..Im still going... I said I was. Ill be working sat, but sun ill be free. Havent got a ticket yet though...gonna be hexpensive... baka.

Oh, and Naomi... post post post that collab thang... I got 1hr 20 in after work yesterday....Naomi was gonna play with it again today :) I learned a lot about drawing cloth. really nice drawing I got to colour too.

[Quicksilver]

..Im still going... I said I was. Ill be working sat, but sun ill be free. Havent got a ticket yet though...gonna be hexpensive... baka.

Oh, and Naomi... post post post that collab thang... I got 1hr 20 in after work yesterday....Naomi was gonna play with it again today :) I learned a lot about drawing cloth. really nice drawing I got to colour too.
Thanks~!! :D And fook, I'm having second thoughts on the painting style I opted for it automatically. Bugger...

Anyone actually gonna post theirs tonight?? It's been rather quiet in here...:P

[koshime]

mine's a lost cause....i need a new lab partner :)

[cartoonfox]

Lol, sorry dude. I'm hopeless at this stuff : [

[koshime]

on the plus side..I've produced 6 speedpaints....

[Dirty C]

i'm gonna extend the deadline to friday in the hopes that tekura can upload the photos of me and kim's wall of death.

[koshime]

can i get a new partner? up for a collab anyone?

[MoP]

Well, I kinda called it a day on this one - I think it was winding down and we were both losing interest anyway, so I'll just post it now.

While the final piece may not be so great, I definitely learned a lot and I imagine yAdam probably did too... while I like the outcome, I think the most interesting part is the progression it went through, so I've made an animated GIF which you can find here (1Mb) (http://greveson.co.uk/collab-progress.gif).

Adam, hope you don't mind me posting this here.
Final pic is here - Enjoy! (?)

[Dirty C]

Wow, that's really nice guys! MoP, the plan was to post them all at once when they were ready, but given the way things have gone, yeah, it's probably better to post them now. so what the hell.

[Dirty C]

And the crowd went... silent. For a day. My word.

Tie, since Kim's giong to Cardiff on the day, are you ok to travel with him?

[sketchling]

yeah, on that note.
Iv been to busy to get a ticket... how doe I get there? there was something mentioned but I cant remember what and I couldnt find it. Anyone got any ideas? Im working sat :P How long is the trip? Im wavering on fading at the mo. :P ug. I hate organising. even if it IS only myself!!!

[lefran]

it didnt take us very long to get to london by train ( so will be the same back obviously hehe)- naomi is your best bet to ask. it took about 3 hours by bus though arg
so get the train much much less time just get off at cardiff central ( not that theres another stop) and i guess if naomi and i are already there we can come meet you so you dont get lost hehe

[mrdigs]

the collabs are lookin good, been lookin forward to seeing 'em...

good to see the process on yours Mop/yAdam, was interesting to see how the two of you changed it along the way - amazing how different the finished piece is from the starting point.

lookin forward to seeing more of these, if it's gonna be a regular thing mebbe those of us who are a bit less confident skills wise could hook up and do some too ?

[yAdam]

Paul, thats cool! Turned out well I think. The step by step is really valuable... makes me see the crappy choices I made at certain points. Really up for doing more of these. I think the main problem with this one, being my first collab, is that sometimes I felt kind of stuck in certain places, dont know why it was. Not having a solid direction until a few hours in could have had something to do with it.

DC, Jon, yours looks great. Wasnt sure what it was at first... It looks like a bio-mechanical octopus/crab or something.:)

Still not sure about cardiff yet.. My prepre grading is apparently quite hardcore, so I wont know until its over.

[sleep]

dc: its cool
kim: bus looks good.. only 3hrs, not that much considering it's another country, and it's dirt cheap apparently.. its just the time we'd have to leave that gets me.

[lefran]

well its cheap if you book it well in advance
our return was 12 i do believe, it might cost more now www.megabus.com

[sleep]

hmm.. kim, if we want it cheap, we have to book it tomorrow.. i can go to victoria coach station and check out the stuff there.. if you're still not decided that is, i can txt you when i get there n maybe buy a ticket for you, pay me back on sunday..

whatever works :)

[Quicksilver]

Great collabs, guys!! Sorry I haven't posted ours yet. I'm kinda thinking of re-doing the paint job. My painting style didn't really mix well, imo.

Haircut!! :D:D:D (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1002941&postcount=4493)

[Dirty C]

Kim, wake up. Booking takes five minutes, and alleviates days of stressing over when to book it and saves money too.

Naomi - SEXAY!

[sketchling]

iv gone 4 minutes into that booking like 5 times. Ill get there.

[Dirty C]

Guys, I'm taking the 19.25 train back from Cardiff on Sunday. Maybe try booknig that same one so we end up getting home together. That gets into paddington at like 10.25pm. The next one is five minutes later but gets you there at 11.

[lefran]

how is the train taking that long :S

[koshime]

maybe they have to carry the train halfway when they enter welsh rain....:)

[lefran]

hahaha possibly

[sketchling]

train journey is 2 hours 50... Tie is getting the tickets cause I was so not gettin my stuff together. :( We leaving dawn arriving back 11:20. any earlier and the tickets were stupid. over a hundred quid for some!!! hahaha.

Its cheaper and faster to go to paris. This country's train transport is screwed I tell you.

[Dirty C]

WTF?? Seriously?? I paid less twenty quid.

[Summer Pudding]

Hello poppets. Hopefully seeyiz in Cardiff on Sunday. 50/50 at the mo', and I'd probably arrive later than most of y'all.

Pete

[lefran]

chris- you probably booked yours a while ago right? yeah the later you leave it the more expensive it is, the first london meet naomi and i went to , we got a train at like 5:30am if it was any later it would have been about a hundred

[lefran]

in case you havent seen it-
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=76255

[Quicksilver]

Thank you Fran!!! xxx I just replied to it a moment ago. :)

Yeah, train fares vary so much, it's a bit silly really. Hope you can all get here and back alright. ^_^;

Pete: Let's hope so!!

[sleep]

yeah..kim i booked the tickets... £22 for a return... pls try bring the money on sunday, i'll be using it as my spending money for the day.. i opted for the 'insert credit card into machine at paddington to retrieve tickets' option as the next day delivery is too risky + costs like a tenner..?

anyway..

Journey 1 : LONDON PADDINGTON to CARDIFF CENTRAL @ GBP 22.00
Original Adult Full Fare GBP 22.00 (2 @ GBP 11.00)
departs paddington @ 8:07.. arrives cdiff @ 10:55..

Journey 2 : CARDIFF CENTRAL to LONDON PADDINGTON @ GBP 22.00
Original Adult Full Fare GBP 22.00 (2 @ GBP 11.00)
departs cdiff @ 21:30.. arrives paddington @ 00:23..


ok. thats the tickets, no bitching if i messed it up cause i had to book the tickets in a hurry.. i had to go somewhere

hb mi-aneki :) bring that bonny bobbets snack or whatever... and dont forget the pencilcase... you pencilcase

[lefran]

ok its raining quite heavy today, im guessing it is with you too naomi ( who is closer to cardiff)so the idea of sitting outside in the park is a no go as field will still be muddy. i have a feeling its not gonna be too nice tomorrow so pubs etc if it is ( i know there wont be any complaints there haha) if it is raining shall we arrange an indoor meeting point?

just checked bbc weather website and its supposed to be raining tomorrow too grrr

arg i have to go into work today so i can come tomorrow, still dont feel well, but my mam was like - dont be a cheat , you should have ethics blah blah

edit: damn theres no sunday service on the bus i want (which would have taken 2 hours anyway), ill have to blag a lift which means i definately have to go into work =[

[koshime]

all of wales annual rainfall is this weekend fran. guess my joke about those guys having to carry the train halfway through...might be true afterall...

have a happy blizzard cardiff meet :)