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What kind of sketchbook have you got thats available in the UK? I hear canson and strathmores are good but are they available generally?

Who's going to Prague out of you guys?

[trev]

dirty c - ide love to but ive got to get alot of things done for the show :/

badger - good luck! Rember that sleep is overrated ;)

blog - I use Daler Rowney pads but the paper is very smooth so it depends if thats what you like, or if you prefer something with more of a tooth.

[Dirty C]

What's Eurocom?

Once again I'm viciously hung over.

[Dirty C]

Oh hey, in my pained stupor, I found a great sketchbook at borders for only a fiver! They're made in the states, black hardbound and pretty big. I've been paying stupid money (like £8 or something) for spiral bound ones from a proper art store, but this is better. It's got a big S on the cover, so maybe it is Strathmore..

[MarkDN]

I use A5 black cloth bound hardback books from Paper Chase. They're decently thick (must be 300 - 400 pages) so they tend to last about a year. They used to be a steal at a fiver, but the last time I got one it was eight quid. They're too cool to be without though. I've also got a nine inch square pad in the same style, but I think I got that in the UCL college shop.

[cartoonfox]

hey all, i havent been here in a while.

anyway, i have my last day in college tomorrow (except the end of year exibition thing) so after that im free to come down to london again.
looking forward to another meet up




peace :7up:

[Aly Fell]

What's Eurocom?
.
What is Eurocom? This question has been asked by the qreat philosophers since the dawn of thought. Some say it never really existed, like Atlantis or the great civilisations of Cimmeria. But others compare it to Brigadoon, and that mortals can only see it every hundred years, before it disappears into the mists of imagination once more. Others say it is a games company in Derby, but these people are dismissed as fools and usually end up gibbering in the corner of some asylum somewhere pawing their genitals.

[koshime]

well - we're into crappy british summer. Tis the best time to explore the continent/ UK before the autumnal weather sets in. Whats Eurocom? :)

[Dirty C]

any other 3d artists on here?

Depends what you call "art" hehe. I've just started playing with Maya again after a five-year hiatus. Man, it's easy to do things in a way that make sense and look ok until you have to render the damn things. Ugh.

Any way, I think there's a few Midlanders who are into it.

And I just took a quick look at your site - "art" is definitely what I'd say you do.

[Dirty C]

Hey Posh, that avatar went and got well evil..

[sketchling]

Hmmm... 'nice paintings'? have you SEEN the fine art world for the last 10 years? come to mention it, there havent been a lot of paintings recently in the fineart world and they are certainly ARTISTS (always in caps)... very often of the 'con' variety I think. But hey... if ya can get away with it...

The trick is to use 3d as a tool to bring interesting ideas to life rather than to see what cool stuff the program and renderer has in it... An artist should be able to make something interesting in any medium if he/she has to.
:blahblah:

Oh, and by the way... ya did know mullins uses 3d a lot didnt ya? its a very quick perspectiive tool.

[Aly Fell]

Hey Posh, that avatar went and got well evil..
You ain't seen nothing yet... oh yes, you have actually haven't you... :dur:

[Dirty C]

You ain't seen nothing yet... oh yes, you have actually haven't you... :dur:

I'll face it, if there's anything I have seen.. it's nothing.

[Badger]

wow my eurocom statement got noticed and questioned.... Sorry bout the confusion :S
blog I have recently converted to the HPX school of thought and hav spent a lot of time using shit paper and a bic biro!
When working with wet media and pastels i recommend seawhite A3, it's a beaut. Past few A4 personal ones have been daler-rowney (funny grey stone cover) does the job, prob find better. At my college shop the art supplies are subsidised and DIRT cheap. So i'm not complaining! Oh and harbound, the ability to just run from one page to the other is great and they get less damaged/rubbed.
trev Thankyou my friend!
cartoonfox You are finished? bee-hautch!! Good luck man!
blog again I'll hopefully be attending prague if i can scrape the money together.
Good laptop deal? (http://www.meshcomputers.com/updated/review_feb05_powerview34ghzpro.htm) planning on buying a 19in crt for my halls anyway.
-Badger-

[Summer Pudding]

Isn't it time we had another Battle Royale with the yanks? I'm bored with my pre-season training, and want a barney now! Who's up for a bit of bloodletting? I'll organise it all if you want.

Pud'

[Baaaah!]

Pud - Sounds like a lovely idea - summer time war >:D

[Dirty C]

Isn't it time we had another Battle Royale with the yanks? I'm bored with my pre-season training, and want a barney now! Who's up for a bit of bloodletting? I'll organise it all if you want.

Pud'

Yeah dammit, I'm in. I need the motivation right now.

[sketchling]

oh well. cant let ya have all the fun. Remind me to do it a bit sooner this time???!!?

:) Im in.

[Summer Pudding]

Nice one fellas. Right, I think it might be best to get a few more troops assembled on their border before we formally declare war.

I guess it'll be the Washington rabble again. Right, I'm off to goad them into senseless, internecine slaughter.

Pud'

[MarkDN]

there havent been a lot of paintings recently in the fineart world

Ach, it depends what world you're looking at, right? Check out the Mall galleries from time to time - I've been to a couple of exhibitions there recently, by the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Royal Society of Artists. There's a decent range of style, if not the most avant-garde range of content, and there are some fantastically skilled painters to be seen.

[Matt Dixon]

*Pulls on Union Jack y-fronts and string vest*

Count me in.

[duddlebug]

OooOooh!! A thunderdome!!? Against those yankees??

OooOoh.. yes please sir...

[Aly Fell]

Me too! Me too! :D

[Summer Pudding]

Right, I've just mooned in the face of their collective sense of nationhood. (?) Only time will tell. Good turn out so far lads. Just remember not to be the sap who shows their comrades a photo of their sweetheart back home. They're always the first to fall.

Pud'

[duddlebug]

where? where did you moon? what did you say? huh? huh?

[koshime]

oooh. definately up for a blood letting.
Why do we never do joint practise sessions? hehe

[Dirty C]

oooh. definately up for a blood letting.
Why do we never do joint practise sessions? hehe

Cause there's no Open Canvas for the Mac *sob*

[Hybridstar]

Im up for some whuppass!!!!! Count me in, just need to grab an adsl internet router so i can get my shiny new mac online. Be a nice way to break it in, oh and software to arrive in the next few days so i can start posting some o my shit!!!! Its been a nightmare trying to sort out drivers and plug ins for my scanner and printer and although ive just had to send my 23 inch cinema display back coz of a cm hairline of dead pixels, im dead impressed with the machine.

[Summer Pudding]

Well, so far, not a peep from the Washington lot. A mass sabre rattling might do the trick. Does anyone fancy heading over to their page and stirring them up a bit?

Pud'

[Badger]

I could be in, but i'm but a poor ametuer and i fear for my life...
I finish in next week, so i'll be a free badger then. It wont be due before then will it? theme?
Better get back to my painting.
-Badger-

[Matt Dixon]

Twats. They'll all be sitting around drinking coffee and watching Frasier, I expect. Stick a post in the lounge challenging the rest of the world - that should get some results.

[sketchling]

hmmm... I just stuck a porrige spoon in the collective american ribcage... lets see if anything stirs! :bashful:

[jetpack42]

Dumping a boatload of your tea into the Atlantic 300 years ago wasn't signal enough, eh?

Slow learners on that side of the pond.

This time we're dumpin the crumpets too.

[Summer Pudding]

Here's the TD call to arms page. No time to post details at the moment. I'll do that tommorow morning.

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=500810#post500810

Pud'

[Badger]

Dumping a boatload of your tea into the Atlantic 300 years ago wasn't signal enough, eh?

Slow learners on that side of the pond.

This time we're dumpin the crumpets too.
Nooo!! not the crumpets!! bastards heartless bastards.... shit it could be the ale next, in which case.... I'M IN :S :S :S :S :dead: :S :S
-Badger without reason-

[Midnight]

Oh, bollocks. I can't get in on this one, but I'll be cheering all the Brits on!

Go get 'em!

[koshime]

Any chance of a mid summer London CA meet?

[Molly]

hehehe - SummerPud - count me in too, I've replied to the thread, damn, its been a while since we had a good fight!

MarkDN - Welcome, glad you found it all ok - see ya Saturday?
Eriboss & Patrickb - Welcome!

Cas - will you be attending on Saturday too? Plus, what ya doing on Fri? I was thinking of popping into the Jerwood Space to have a peep...

Mx

[MarkDN]

Hey Molly. I'll try and be there on Saturday although the excuse, if needed, will be the same as last week (ailing granny). Sam wasn't about on monday evening but I'll let him know what I'm up to.

Now I'm about to start a painting with a ten day deadline... here goes something! :er:

[Alex Kaiser]

Hola how is everyone doing, it's been a while since posting but finally finished uni (for now, architecture part 1 done) woohooo, Molly you meantioned a meet on sat, where and what time be it happening?

[Badger]

Anyone else worried bout numbers over at the TD?
Hey Alex hope it all went well. wondered where you'd gone too. Welcome back. Gonna join the thunderdome?
-Badger-

[Molly]

Just letting you guys know that my grad show is on the 10th to the 13th of June and your all more than welcome to come along =)

Its a newmedia and graphics show so there will be everything from illustrations to animation and some instalation peices...and did I mention the bar? ;)

Being held at F-block T1, Truman Galleries, Brick Lane

open from 11am - 7pm

Are people still up for this? Im sure a few of us can make tonight eh? eh?

Trev, post your mobile - anyone else popping along?????

@ Alex Kaiser, Hey long time no see. Im meeting Cas for a life drawing session on Sat at a place we both attend, its not an officail meet tho. We SHOULD all meet up soon, theres been a few additions here of late, and it would be nice for us all to remind ourselves of what we all look like. This is depending on where, when and whos up for it. Lotsa peeps got their end-of-year-thingies so post and let us know.

And if ya havent entered into Summer Puds TD with the Washington lot, please do, it would be nice for us all to enter the summer holidays with a win on our heads....

Mooody x

[Summer Pudding]

Sorry for the delay in getting the judges sorted. I've PMed a few of the big shots, and so far we've got three. I was aiming for five, but that's not looking likely now. I know most of them have recieved the PMs, cos I've seen them online. Fuck that lot.

Is three enough do you think?

Pud'

[koshime]

how abotu this weekend as a get together? swap out TD suggestions/build on it

[Summer Pudding]

Well I can't make this weekend, or any for that matter, so if you've got ideas, let's here them here and now please. What's to build on? Is it kinda lame at the moment?

Pud'

[Molly]

Sorry for the delay in getting the judges sorted. I've PMed a few of the big shots, and so far we've got three. I was aiming for five, but that's not looking likely now. I know most of them have recieved the PMs, cos I've seen them online. Fuck that lot.

Is three enough do you think?

Pud'


3 should be cool IMO. Last time, JoshuaTheJames was a judge. He took fo-ever to 'judge'...trust me, get the ones that YOU think wuold make the effort in a proper judge...I'm sure he rushed his...

BTW - you got DSIllustration? cool...:)

Mx

[Eriboss]

anyone hang about South West Bristol way ? I'm lonely :(

[Denart]

Last time, JoshuaTheJames was a judge. He took fo-ever to 'judge'...trust me, get the ones that YOU think wuold make the effort in a proper judge...I'm sure he rushed his...
Dont be go a-hatin' my buddy Josh! :O


:bashful:

[trev]

ok guys my mob is - 07951509765

hope to see some of ya there!

[Dirty C]

Anyone else worried bout numbers over at the TD?
Hey Alex hope it all went well. wondered where you'd gone too. Welcome back. Gonna join the thunderdome?
-Badger-

Nope. Why would we be? I'd rather have a small group of people who will finish them than the normaal huge group, half of who give up half way :)

[Molly]

Dont be go a-hatin' my buddy Josh! :O


:bashful:


hehe - awww - I dont hate Josh, not at all...
Hey!...what you doing in 'ere!?! - get him!

:D

Mx

[sixBlade]

whos in the nottingham-derby-leicester way? im movin up there in september! saw at least one person livin up there in derby maybe we can get a sketch group goin on up there!

[Dirty C]

anyone hang about South West Bristol way ? I'm lonely :(

Depends how "south east" you want. Cai's Welsh if your're not fussy :)

[sixBlade]

im in salisbury at the mo.. thats 45 mins from bristol on the train hehe

[blog]

cool to hear about the thunderdome, I hope those washingtoners get their...

Oh and how about A MEET UP IN MANCHESTER!... and not in London? I know theres about two people from huddersfield and Manchester, and well I'm from Leeds, West Yorkshire. So?

Another thing, two people travelling two prague costs about £169, anyone got any cost effective airlines, or sites? Cause I might go if the price is ok :bashful:

[sixBlade]

hmmm manchester could be doable when im up there! only a 10er from nottingham! (2.5 hour train journey though ;/)

[Badger]

anyone hang about South West Bristol way ? I'm lonely :(
September my friend, spetember. Then i'll be there for 3 years.

I'm up for a meet in a few weeks. Where ever. I'll just hop in my metro.

Sapphire seems to have dissapeared... GRR i need a TD dancing partner.
Plus after my chat with dirty_c i'm feeling much more confident
*echo of evil laugh*
-Badger-

[nupayntor]

hey, nice to see something for the brits....i`m from way down in devon.....didn`t see many from down here.....but anyway, hi :overhere:

eriboss: you`re lonely in bristol? imagine how lonely i must be down here in devon then lol.....

nu

[Summer Pudding]

Nope. Why would we be? I'd rather have a small group of people who will finish them than the normaal huge group, half of who give up half way :)

I don't know what constitutes huge in TD terms, but we've got 30 odd scribblers already.

PS: If you haven't seen already, Mons. Milligan will be donning the the ol' horsehair wig come 4th July. As if ozan, DSillustration and Dallas wasn't enough. For a while, my knuckles were white from crossing them that Mr Mullins might turn up to give his penny's worth. I PMed His Spoogieness over at Sijun, but so far, zip.

Four judges could turn in a hung verdict. Molly, you've rubbed shoulders with the CA glitterati. Is there a chance you could do the honours, and call in an old favour from one of them?

Pud'

[acuna_read]

I will be down in the Bath/Taunton area at the end of this year most likely. I just draw cars with square wheels and do life drawing though! :\

[Summer Pudding]

http://www.themonsterengine.com/art.html

You've gotta see this.

Pud'

[Denart]

hehe - awww - I dont hate Josh, not at all...
Hey!...what you doing in 'ere!?! - get him!

hahaah, I'm gone :confident
It was a fun stay here in the virtual UK land

[Eriboss]

September my friend, spetember. Then i'll be there for 3 years.

I'm up for a meet in a few weeks. Where ever. I'll just hop in my metro.

Sapphire seems to have dissapeared... GRR i need a TD dancing partner.
Plus after my chat with dirty_c i'm feeling much more confident
*echo of evil laugh*
-Badger-
baddger
cool man, you studyin here then ? We gots a kick ass Illustration course :)

tell you summit a bit mental tho.. There must be something about Badgers and Bristol.. because not only is it a tasty beverage around here - Badger Smoooth mmmm, anyone relating to \ insanely obsessed with them seems to end up here.

Its a badger MAGNET ??! AHhaha cool

but aye, if anyone fancies a meet this way round town then let it be known


dirty_c - Aye Wales is ok, I can see it from my window :)

nupayntor - hehe, Devons cool, not thatttt far away.. well, it is, but... yeah. :P

[Badger]

baddger
cool man, you studyin here then ? We gots a kick ass Illustration course :)

tell you summit a bit mental tho.. There must be something about Badgers and Bristol.. because not only is it a tasty beverage around here - Badger Smoooth mmmm, anyone relating to \ insanely obsessed with them seems to end up here.

I prefer badger tanglefoot myself if we are talking along the same lines. I am indeed studying illustration. Should be fun... I hope. They prob wont like my style.... but feck it!
-Badger-

[Eriboss]

I prefer badger tanglefoot myself if we are talking along the same lines. I am indeed studying illustration. Should be fun... I hope. They prob wont like my style.... but feck it!
-Badger-


Woooooooo Tannnglefoooot, good choice :D but yer, Badger best and Badger Smooth are the future to be honest !! We gots a local ickle pub that serves the lot wooohooo :D:D
and yeah, illustration - goooood choice, im sure they will dig your style man ;)

[sixBlade]

tanglefoot! now we're talkin! also theres some limited brew in the south called somethin like ferret or weasel (really cant remember the name only had it once) which is absolutely prime!

[duddlebug]

There's 'Fursty Ferret' which i think is a badger ale (great brewery!)... Golden Glory's an interesting drink too. And Matt Dixon was telling me about another of Badger's ales that's got ginger in it. He bought one for me when he was down in Cornwall, but drank it 'by accident' in his garden before he came back into the office. Hmmmm.

But not wanting to get back on a North vs. South discussion... you can't beat a nice thick gulp of 'Old Peculiar' and that's from yorkshire. :P

And someone left a couple of scottish beers at my girlfriend's birthday bbq on saturday that were just LOVELY. I think they were by Innis and Gunn and they were over 6%. Aged in Whiskey barrels and bloody tasty.

i'll stop thinking about beer now. It's 8 o'clock in the morning and i've got stuff to draw....

[Midnight]

Oh, come on! A good cider's better than a beer anytime!

[Summer Pudding]

I think it's the Shepherd Neame brewery who do Golden Promise organic ale, it's feckin' luvly. You can get it in Sainsbury's. Also, you've not lived until you've necked a cool glass of Oyster Stout. Heaven in a glass.

Pud'

[Matt Dixon]

'Blandford Fly' is Badger's gingery one. Stick it in the fridge ( shut up, ale snobs ) until it's just starting to get a chill on and drink it in the garden to enjoy at it's best.

Beers for poofs, though. Gin's where it's at for summer boozin'.

[duddlebug]

gin'n'tonic? lemon or lime?

Oyster Stout's a good one too!! And Golden Promise is a tasty pint. And I like a sturdy pint of Marstons Old Empire in the winter too. And then for the connoisseur, there's the weird but wonderful Banana Beer. Can't remember who brews it, and it just doesn't sound right... but it's feckin' lovely.

But if i was only allowed one alcoholic beverage it'd have to be red wine, methinks...

[Summer Pudding]

Hoegaarden's where it's at for hot summer refreshment. It looks odd, but goes down a reet tasty treat. I feel I'm letting the side down here, I'm a southerner. Shandy is the best.

Pud'

[OxCreative]

Hi people, been a while since i posted on this thread.

I might be going against Dougbot in the thunderdome!
Has anyone started there's yet?

[Molly]

I don't know what constitutes huge in TD terms, but we've got 30 odd scribblers already.
.......................
Four judges could turn in a hung verdict. Molly, you've rubbed shoulders with the CA glitterati. Is there a chance you could do the honours, and call in an old favour from one of them?

Pud'

I could give it a go - who'd you like as a final judge?
...I have someone in mind...give me a sec...
BTW - Hoegaarden I must agree, is a very nice pint, and anything fruity by St Peters Brewery up in Norfolk is a must...

Mx

[Badger]

Though i must say Badger is ok, it's nothing on a good pint of london pride. ESB is on tap at my local Fullers which is dangerous. Other favourites are old speckled hen.
Old Peculiar is lovely when well kept. It's also thick enough to keep you regular!
Shepherd Neame did a really nice christmas ale this year. See if you can pick some up, though at 6% not too many, theres a war on you know!
Matt Dixon- Blandford Fly is a crazy beer, i'm not a huge fan myself maybe its a grower.
Hoegaarden in the glass! the glass!!
gin'n'tonic- lemon i'm afraid.
Oh and i'm also within a few minutes drive of the hooknorton bewery DANGER.
I'm surprised Frankie hasn't replied! after the last time we went out i got home at 4.30.
This is possibly my longest post, and it's about ale.
Eriboss what do you do? may i ask?
-Badger-

[Midnight]

Argh! Anyone here ever had a life drawing model who *fidgeted*? Last night, for the whole of the first bloody hour *shift* *fidget* *stretch* *shift* *fidget*. Got a little better during the second period, but jeez!

The semi-regular couldn't make it, so this one was brought it last-minute, and was apparently an *experienced* model (how is this possible?).

Just thought I'd vent.

Mid.

[cas]

Anyone here ever had a life drawing model who *fidgeted*? Last night, for the whole of the first bloody hour *shift* *fidget* *stretch* *shift* *fidget*. Got a little better during the second period, but jeez!

By some strange coincidence was she Russian going by the name Illana?

[Midnight]

No, she was a Brummie.

This Illana was also not so good, I assume?

[Molly]

...fridged aint too bad, try life-model-walking-out-for-absolutely-no-reason.Thought Id chime in here. Thats what happend to us on Saturday. God only knows why. Pissed me right off..Maybe I shoulda done the 'girlie' thing, took her to one side and asked what was wrong? But alas, I didnt...so, we went to the pub and talked art shop.
Some models cant a strike a pose, and that pisses me off, you need variation. Maybe there should be some kinda course ya have to take to learn about being a life model, why you are needed, and what the artist expects from you. IMO, the model needs to understand art too in some way...

Mx

[acuna_read]

Class 1: Removal of clothes. :teeth:

Edit: Just remembered dont get a boss eyed model. It doesnt help.

[Dirty C]

"boss eyed"?

And heh - my worst experienced included a chubby geezer with a drippy knob. I'm serious, long threads of goo which reached the whole way to the floor over the course of ten minutes before falling off.

My theory is he 'cleaned the pipes' before the class avoid embarrassment. I can only assume he had no idea it was happening.

It's hard just to talk about it.

[Midnight]

That's... ugh.

IMO Mol's right, though - the model's got to have as almost much of an interest as the artists. At least one of the regulars is an artist herself, so that's pretty good.

Hang on, 'fridged'? Hands up who's ever been to a class with a refridgerated model (or perhaps a refridgerator model? Most astonishing one I ever saw had the word 'SMEG' emblazoned across the front. Must have been foreign. Hope nobody bought it. It was in a shop in Shrewsbury a few years back.)?

Mid.

[Dirty C]

Heh, Smeg is a popular Italian brand of homeware. They do good ovens :)

And Imery was at one recently where the 'model' turned up, and was actually a model. Not a life model. Unfortunately, she couldn't be persuaded to get her kit off haha. But the weirdo arrogant geezer in the class took his kit off, then got his gf to come and take photos of him being naked in public. *shudder*

[Eriboss]

hehehe, im chuckling my way down the last couple of posts...
oh the joys of life-drawing based comedic (and sometimes cringleworthy) stories.

anyway, yes Mr Badger What do I do? may you ask?
yes of course you may ask, I am an illustrator \ film maker \ animator.. i kinda run an freelance amalgimation of the three combined in a sperodicly financially secure type manner.
Basically I draw, paint, and film stuff and sometimes make some money :D

Can't praise the illustration course at Brissl enough, I havent done it but some of my illustrationy pals have \ are and "its alllll good".
anyway, what the hell am I doing.. I sooo have to email a moody designer with some frickign pictures, but I hateee illustrator.. STOOPID VECTORSSSS

annd by the way, randomly enough - I need a new nib for my "Trust" A4 tablet pen... where the fook can I get one !?! there were 3 in the box but i lost them and the one im usin now is almost totally worned out :|

anyway..
"runs off*

[Summer Pudding]

"boss eyed"?

And heh - my worst experienced included a chubby geezer with a drippy knob. I'm serious, long threads of goo which reached the whole way to the floor over the course of ten minutes before falling off.

My theory is he 'cleaned the pipes' before the class avoid embarrassment. I can only assume he had no idea it was happening.

It's hard just to talk about it.

Nah, the worst is when the model decides to go walkabout in the nip at the halftime break. It's hard to drink your tea with a pair of saggy knockers a few inches from your cheek.

"I like the chiarascuro you've achieved on the shoulder."

"Yeah, I like bathrobes too luv."

God, I'm such a Victorian Dad. I should lighten up.

Pud'

[acuna_read]

Nah, the worst is when the model decides to go walkabout in the nip at the halftime break. It's hard to drink your tea with a pair of saggy knockers a few inches from your cheek.

Now im only 19 and even I know its best to stand away from your drawing when it comes to bbreaks otehrwise they will lean over your shoulder. Infinately more disconcerting for me when it's men.

Why are they always Spanish as well? Maybe that's just my classes.

[Midnight]

Ah, well so far all the models have worn a dressing gown during the break.

I'm getting the impression that these classes don't always go smoothly...

What sort of music do you guys usually have playing where you do life drawing? I usually get some slow classical stuff. The one time they put on something with a bit of an edge, it was swiftly turned off because it put everyone else off! :nohope:

btw, how common are male models? Where I go, there are four regulars, and they're all women.

Mid.

[koshime]

Bring your trusty mp3 player/ E4 pod and stick on a good pair of noise reduction cans (so no one else can hear) and have a blast.

Personally, I vary between film soundtracks and 80s :)

It all about enjoying yourself and using the model/time at the studio to full effect....

[Badger]

btw, how common are male models? Where I go, there are four regulars, and they're all women.
Where i go to college the only models are keith (amazing model stays still for hours. When asked if he wants a break while in a crazy pose, he usually says no, like "the pose can't beat me!!")
And then colin who slowly moves, and his hands are alwayx fidgeting.
You can see if you move around the room, his gradual movement from where one person started to another.

Eriboss Oh right! a good man to know then it seems, i look forward to seeing some of your stuff as you graphically bludgeon prostate sunrise!
-Badger-

[Molly]

DC, SummerPud, Acuna - you poor things - ya know, you guys wanna talk about all this? kinda disturbing... we can sit down, drink herbal tea and discuss how we feel, paint emotional pictures and stuff...go on, let it all just pour out...

@Midnight - had to endure Gershwin for 3 weeks - nuthin wrong with Gershwin, I have nowt against him....but Rhapsody In Blue over and over??....you try singing it when it gets stuck in your head..not easy...

Mx

[Summer Pudding]

My A level art teacher played the Betty Blue and The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover soundtracks on a loop. She was a sick twist, and no mistake.

What subjects have you guys chosen for the TD btw? At a glance, the Roman one seems to be the most popular.

EDIT: Molly, do you think there'd be a big influx of patients for a saggytitsanddrippynobsaphobe's support group? Post a mail in the Lounge.

Pud'

[koshime]

Incidentally,
A lil bird has kindly let me knwo that there is a small painter demo down at the Large Mac store on regent street, 7pm this evening. I will be attending...

[Eriboss]

uggh, im goin to chessington World of adventures tomorrow, for my girlfriends friends birthday. Im going to take my sketchbook and some ink because I will get very bored, veryyyy quickly, anyone want to come?!!?

[acuna_read]

Theme parks can get quite droll. Not as fun as traffic weaving/dodging on a motorbike!

Anyway there's some medium sized/big cat's in chessington and some little monkeys and other animal type creatures. Sit down for the day.

Edit: I can sit down and talk about it if theres some JD and cokes going (double's!) Molly! It's hard though :nohope:

[Midnight]

I'm having a day off from any real work today (heh, such as it is), and I was wondering - do any of you have any real bugbears when it comes to art? Things you can't, or believe you can't, do justice to?

Also, do any of you feel slightly deflated when you look at a piece by Bouguereau? :jawdrop:

[Midnight]

I've finally got a sketchbook up, if anybody would like to take a look... the link's in my sig.

Also, I'd appreciate hearing your opinions on my latest piece:
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=46486

Thanks!

[sketchling]

Hmmm... to anyone who felt bad at not being able to go to the painter demo the other night at the mac store...Ugh. DONT! What a moron. Not only did he dance at one point and do the splits in front of a picture of elvis, but his paintings were horrible coloured...except for some startlingly accurate ones...which it turns out were photo paint-overs. good old clone-colour setting. He'd a been ripped on these forums big time.

Oh, and did I mention he loved himself? urg. :yawn:

About the life drawing... Iv never had anything too odd with the model except the walk-around looking over your shoulder hippy droopy types, but I have seen some funny students... we had some VERY conservative people in my class in south africa! Our first life drawing class was quite a shock to a few such girls... one even screamed rushing from the room, hands firmly over both mouth and eyes. HAHAHAHA. It was a golden moment. :nohope:

[Molly]

- @ Sketchling - who was doing the demo btw????
- @ Pud' & everyone else - I will post a thread in the lounge for those who wish to share their disturbing experience with life models, we listen, you have friends, we are here to help you...;)

As Pud has said - anyone started on their TD piece? Yup, my opponant and I too have chosen the Roman Empire theme, got some references etc, just-dont-know-where-to-start...

Mx

[Badger]

My thunderdome entry has beem delayed (http://www.gilly.org.uk/badgertracks/tangle.jpg)

[Summer Pudding]

yeah, me and flaptraps are doing the Roman theme too. Mine's a hugely populated environment piece.

Pud'

[Dirty C]

Nice one, Badger :)

I haven't started mine, and I'm off to Glastonbury for a week from tomorrow morning. So I guess I'll have to think about it down there.

I've gone for the Rome one, and to be honest, am regretting it somewhat. Everyone seems to have gone for it, and while that should push people to greater lateral thinking and creativity, I think we've seen in the past that often the more obvious entry ends up winning. It's a pity we don't include space for the explanation of the concept, as I worry that people just end up looking for the obvious visual clues they're expecting to be there. ie: if there's no gladiators and no marble columns, it's going to be quite difficult convincing people it's anything to do with Rome (especially when a lot of judges take roughly seven seconds to judge the entire contest..)

What do people think about this?

[Baaaah!]

I - personally :) - don't have an issue if people want to include things like that. In some respects I'd suggest that it's one of the reasons why that particular topic is so popular in-fact. If you were making a film that involved a Rome of the future, then your audience would be expecting, to an extent, features that provided some form of visual connection with Rome's past. So it looked, well, Roman I suppose, but in an updated form perhaps. You wouldn't have the oppotunity to explain why this Rome of the future looked the way it did, and even if you did, your audience still wouldn't really identify with it if it didn't establish some degree of visual relationship with what had gone before.
If you can meet that expectation whilst avoiding what you describe as the obvious visual clues, then I'll be mightly impressed and of course I'll be eating my own words :teeth: It's a bit like saying design a dragon, but it hasn't got to look like a dragon.

I take your point though and I've a feeling I sound a bit consevative, still that's my thought for today. I'm doing Rome as well - I bet you can't guess what that's probably going to look like :D

[Summer Pudding]

I wanted this subject to be as open to interpretation as possible, and saw it as a chance for people to don their architectural history/evolution head. Which iconic images would endure, which would not stand the test of time. Would they all still be wearing togas, or would they only be wheeled out for sombre, ancient ceremonies, in the manner of the state opening of parliament, or high court judges. I'll hazard a guess Black Rod doesn't wear that ridiculous clobber when he nips down the shops for a pint of semi-skimmed.

If I gave a more specific brief, wouldn't that stifle creativity?

Pud'

[Midnight]

Hehe, so who's going to do a reincarnation of Hannibal slaughtering the imperialistic legionaries? Perhaps Rome has split once more between East and West, or maybe it's finally re-united on its 3000th anniversary? Maybe someone'll do a caricature of a US president assuming the mantle of the glorious Caligula (complete with Senatorial steed)...

Another life drawing class, another new model. Male, this time (first one we've had since I've been going). Not bad, held his poses pretty well, but his poses were so *boring!* He only did one standing pose, because he didn't think he could hold one for more than about 10 min. Geez, I can do Qigong for 20+ min, so I'm sure a model can hold *at least* two 10 min poses, can't he? Apparently not.

Ah well, next week's the last before the summer break (which doesn't end until some time in September), so we're all be off to the pub for a quick drink afterwards!

btw, anyone else notice it's Summer Solstice today? Hope you all had a good one!

Mid.

[Dirty C]

Hey Pud,
You've got me the wrong way round. I'm good with the open concept, I was just suggesting that maybe if we actually did allow people some space to explain the subject, it'd allow for a bit more creativity and lateral thinking.

[sketchling]

Funnily enough, I always find that when the brief is tightest, you have to be the most creative... it takes more thinking to be origional. That said though, sometimes though its hard to paint an interesting image when ya think about it too much. It could be an idea next time to have a global theme like we have here, but each pair of contestants has to narrow down the brief as they choose.

Molly : You'll have to check the mac site... iv purged his name from my brain. I think the sms you sent me was the right name though.

Edit: I just read dirty-c's post and I get the feeling I said the same thing... but with all new shiny words. hmmmm.

[Matt Dixon]

'Sup homies?

Do you know a normal map from the A-Z of Scunthorpe? Can you spot the difference between a subdivision surface and the muddy pitch of Bell End Athletic FC, top of the 'Stagg Chilli' Thursday afternoon football league? Yes? Then there's a slim chance you might be interested to know that Eurocom are hiring (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=46654).

If you're a 3D bod, why not join the family? Cousin Duddlebug hasn't thumped anyone for their dinner money in months, and dear Auntie Poshspice almost never does the thing any more...

[MoP]

Ohh, don't tempt me, Matt... sounds like it'd be great. Unfortunately I still have at least 1 year of uni left before I get the piece of paper that says I can officially do everything I do anyway.
You'd have to fight with Rockstar North over me anyway ;)

[Aly Fell]

and dear Auntie Poshspice almost never does the thing any more...

What thing's that? Do you mean... oh yeah... never again... not anymore! *Shivers*

[DavidCousens]

Do you have to know 3D Matt?

[duddlebug]

Cousin Duddlebug hasn't thumped anyone for their dinner money in months

Wotchit Dixon... GrrRrR....

[Matt Dixon]

Duddlebug - Gerroff! Or I'll get Auntie on you...

Dave - Yep. All the positions available are in the environment or character teams working on next-gen stuff, so you'd need a pretty thorough understanding of high polygon realtime 3D modelling / texturing. I suppose the least technical role would be texture painting, but you'd still need to be proficient with unwrapping and laying out complex UV's and have good knowledge of material creation - normal and specular mapping and so on...

[DavidCousens]

Ne'ermind then. Cheers Matt :)

[Raziel]

just catching up on the old posts as i've been really busy of late you guy make me chuckle about life models, its so true!

molly would the saying be laugh and i wuld laff with you but cry and molly will let you walk outta that studio with no mercy :bashful:

[Molly]

@ Raziel - I-have-absolutely-no-idea what you are talking about, please refraise in English...and type slowly, i am slightly incoherent atm...

mOOOOOO......

[Summer Pudding]

duddlebug: wtf's a bulter?

Molly: rePHrase, fool. D minus.

dirty_c: do you mean let them submit some brief explainatory notes with the painting or what?

confused of Guildford

[Raziel]

just commenting on the lass that walked out on your life drawing class it made me chuckle, sorry if i didn't make sense at first.

[Molly]

duddlebug: wtf's a bulter?

Molly: rePHrase, fool. D minus.
dirty_c: do you mean let them submit some brief explainatory notes with the painting or what?
confused of Guildford

Mr Pudding, any chance of a re-take on my esaay? pretty please???;)

- the last TD we had, when it was USA vs The World, the subject matter was one thing, but anything else, was between the opponants, we just PM whoever and they'd put the blurrb in for us.
I personally dont mind the subject matters as we have it for this TD, open and as broad as you like...come to think of it, wouldnt we all be conversing with our opponants anyway, on any extras?

Mx

[Molly]

BTW -

I'll be attending 'Art In Action' a 4 day showcase or artists and sculpturist
Date: 14th - 17th July
Where: Waterperry House, Waterperry, Nr Wheatly, Oxon, OX33 1JZ
Opening times: 10.30am - to 5.30pm

Please click here for more info:
Art In Action (http://www.artinaction.org.uk/Public/main/2005)

I will be attending with the Art Academy (http://www.artacademy.org.uk/) and will be in the Education Tent, giving information about the Diploma courses we run. Also, there will be demonstrations from all areas of art and crafts, so If anyone is free, make your way down.

Molly

[total_art_zero]

hey im from uk london wats this forum/group all about im new on this ...erm i have no clue what to do on this site sum1 help me ?? :bashful:

[Summer Pudding]

hey im from uk london wats this forum/group all about im new on this ...erm i have no clue what to do on this site sum1 help me ??


This is the place for peeps to share art techniques, show work in progress, shoot the breeze, arrange meets and bitch.

Molly'll be round in a bit with the sweet trolley. She might be able to offer a less vague answer.

Pud'

[Eriboss]

ellooelloelleoello

how is everyone?
got back from little holiday in london avec Chessington.. not enough time to do much sketching, but thereee we go.

whass happenin?

Eri :evilmustache:

[Badger]

4 nights out in a row, i think i'm gonna sleep now!
Back in the country!
@Molly - Sure i'll pop along considering its LITERALLY ROUND THE CORNER.
@Pud - My challenge is going crap, need to do work!!

Anyone going to see coldplay at crystal palace on tuesday?
-Badger-

[Dirty C]

dirty_c: do you mean let them submit some brief explainatory notes with the painting or what?


Spud: Yes.

I'm back from Glastonbury, and vewy sad :(

[Alex Jenyon]

Hello, erm, people...

Finally got around to registering with CA.org yesterday, and thought I'd randomly introduce myself on the UK forum.

I'm a freelance concept/previs artist, though the contract I was working on got prematurely ended a few weeks ago, so I guess I'm technically unemployed.

My profile says 'London', but that's really wishful thinking - I'm actually in the piece of concrete home-counties awfulness that is Farnborough until I get some more work and manage to move back.

You can catch some of my older work at

www.aj-concepts.net

Unfortunately, the film I was just working on gave me the most annoying confidentiality agreement of all time - I'm allowed to show 'originals' of the work I did there to people in person (though how a printout of digital art is 'original' I'll never know), but I'm not allowed to 'copy' them, which apparently means no postings on the web. Most of the work on my site is therefore over a year old, which is a bit frustrating.

Anyway, introduction done. Look forward to talking to you all.

Take care

AJ

[koshime]

just a quick hello from my holidays in Malaysia. managed to find a intuos3 A5 for £160. still cant figure out the slider bars on the left and right. anyone know how to work em?

\KiM > the protoge M200s are said to have support bein pulled by the manufacturer, and didnt seem to have good support for paintings.....
there were the intel tablets that were around, so have to look around more....

[Prehistoric]

hope you guys are sketchin' like crazy.

we had a sketch night the other night and i can tell you that the seattle boys and girls are bringing their a-game to the thunderdome.

:painting:

[OxCreative]

Hey Koshime, the slider bars are scrolls or zoom tools, you simply run your finger (or the pen) up the slider and it should zoom or scroll (in painter they will zoom in and out).

Hope this helps!

[koshime]

I was wondering if u needed to install the software for the sliders to work...havent tried s maybe i should.,,,heh

[OxCreative]

@Koshime - I just installed the drivers and it was fine. They are quite helpful, make things a little quicker.

@EVERYONE - has everyone started their thunderdome entries yet? I have a mega case of mental block and really cannot think of anything for the roman 3000 anniversary :$

[sketchling]

how about a picture of ceasar ressurected in a suspension tank. Viva progress!!!

[OxCreative]

Thanks sketchling. dunno if we are allowed to use other peoples ideas though.
:rolleyes:

Has everyone been working hard on their pieces? :yayca: Representing the UK CA.org-ian's!

[sketchling]

um... 'rome's 3000th year anniversary' is someone elses idea... and its what you do with it thats important. Besides, I hereby give all rights to that idea into your capable hands. :) use if ya wish.

K ;)

[Molly]

Welcome Alex Genyon!

Sketchling, Koshime - it wasnt Jeremy Sutton who did the Painter Demo huh? Cos if so, then then I totally agree. He came here and did a demo - I caught a glimpse, and...er...well... I am going to pursuade my fellow colleague not to get him in again......

Anyhoo, back to work!

Mollyx

[sketchling]

thats the 'guy' Anyone who does the splits and sings elvis during a painter demo deserves stabbing with his own wacom. And im not sure id use the pen either....

[Nature Boy]

Hello everybody, just joined this amazing forum the kind Mr. Badger showed me.
Ummm Yeah ill try and post sum work as soon as I can...

Nature Boy.

[sketchling]

Yo all. If anyone is looking for a very easy way of putting your work on display in a well designed gallery... check this. Free till 2006 and it will be like a dollar a month after that I think. Pretty cool. They also do domain names and stuff

http://www.creativespot.org/post/

[Schlo-mo]

Hey,

Just popped in to say that Im back in London for a 2 week holiday, so if you lot go sketching etc Im down for some of that. Also I just started a thread in the Daily Sketch Book section, thought some of you may be interested in checking it out: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=520843#post520843

[Dirty C]

thats the 'guy' Anyone who does the splits and sings elvis during a painter demo deserves stabbing with his own wacom. And im not sure id use the pen either....


Hahahaha - so what 'weapon' are you going to 'stab' him with then?

[sketchling]

The corner of the tablet. Might be hard work, but im sure it would be worth it. >:D

[koshime]

i was thinking of hacking off his leg when he does the splits and hitting him with the wet end....

[IllustriousHarry]

Hello nature boy, nature is pretty cool, especially for references oh big storms and stuff, looking forward to seeing you work.

And hello everyone else, exams stole 3/4 of my soul, and i've come to earn it back in arting.

Good luck with the thunderdome, i'll be chearing you all on.

:happypatriot::uzi2::P

[Badger]

nature boy - howdy monty, welcome to the glorious forum, but your location has uncovered the real place we reside, i think i'll stay hiding behind oxford though.

Now that the thunderdome is out the way... How about a meet? Go on... go on, go on, go on. Continues in Mrs Doyal fashion.

-B-

[duddlebug]

duddlebug: wtf's a bulter?

I haven't got a soddin' clue...

I think Davi wrote it in when i won the COW. Wondering if he meant 'butler'.... but then that's still confusing. I might PM him to see what it's all about!!

And Koshime... You can set the sliders up to do whatever you want (when you've installed the software!). I've got one on zoom and one on brush size. Brush size can be pretty useful if you have your cursor set to brush size, so you can see what you're doing. Quicker than CTRL+]... although i find my left hand's hovering over the keyboard for short cuts most of the time anyway. The only problem with the sliders is they're quite sensitive... and sometimes you set 'em off by accident. I disable them sometime's when they're pissing me off. It's noticable on the A5 (which i use at work). I was using the 21" Cintiq for a couple of weeks and the sliders were great. But then so was the Cintiq. *sigh*....

[OxCreative]

Hey Duddlebug, that happens to me too. If your arm goes over thew slider slightly it starts zooming >:{

didn't know you can disable them, thanks!

[koshime]

yeah - but what if you have a intuous 2 A3 on the left, and an Intuous 3 A5 on yoru right. Whats the best setup.

Was thinking of getting a viewsonic 19 inch LCD as my second dual monitor. anyoen have experience setting/purchasing a dual monitor setup with CRt/LCD combo?

[sketchling]

I got that at work... jusrt like any dual monitor combo I think...? Dunno. Sounds like a beautiful screen you got in mind though. just the word 'viewsonic' is music to my ears. and eyes.

:P
K

[Eriboss]

i... want... one... of .... these *Drools*

Wacom's Cintiq 21UX Interactive Pen Display (http://www.wacom.com/lcdtablets/index_21UX.cfm)

mmmm, its one of the prizes in an animation competition a couple of my films are in... I soooooooo want to win :D

[RES]

Don’t know if some hasn’t already said this but congratulations to Matt D for being :star: 1st runner :star: up in the master and servant competition over at cgnetworks, Top work squire.

[Aly Fell]

Don’t know if some hasn’t already said this but congratulations to Matt D for being :star: 1st runner :star: up in the master and servant competition over at cgnetworks, Top work squire.
Absolutely! And may I add what a true gentleman he is as well. The epitomy of polite helpfulness and suave sophistication. Almost the idealisation of perfection, if such a thing were possible. Watch the skies Mr Dixon... the eclairs are coming...

[trev]

Congrats to Mr Dixon :)

Koshime - I Havent much experience with setting up dual screen displays but what i do know is that viewsonic have a new monitor out called the v191 which is a 19' lcd with an 8ms response time (you need to check the specs though as viewsonic update products without changing thier name). Its suposed to be very good all round so itll be fine for graphics and games (i think there is a review on tomshardware.com). Be wary of other monitors with a response time of 16ms or less, they often sacrifice colou accuracy for the fast response time. You could also try finding out about Eizo mointors wich are suposed to be great for graphics work.

[Summer Pudding]

Yay!! The wine gums are on Dixon. I saw the winner. Technically brilliant, but not my cup of tea.

Pud'

[duddlebug]

And no one mentioned that Matt actually won one of the aforementioned Cintiq 21UX's.... lucky blighter. But he's quite good at drawing, so i'll let him off.

I wouldn't quite put him on the posh's pedestal though. "The epitomy of polite helpfulness and suave sophistication"?? Posh doesn't have to share his 'bodily air' all day.

[Matt Dixon]

That. Is the wind of knowledge, Jonny.

Unless it's a fart.

[Matt Dixon]

( ...oh, and thanks for the congrats, chaps. )

[duddlebug]

You, Sir, are almost as creative with your flatulence as you are with your wacom.

[OxCreative]

Congrats Matt, amazing work! I again wasn't a fan of the 1st places style, it seems like it should create some emotion and it just doesn't.

Did anyone see the first place 3d one? Did that mutant kangaroo remind anyone of Tank Girl or Warriors of Virtue?

[Rebecca]

Aaah, I'm back in the UK thread. Now I need to catch up with what everyone's talkin about. :dur:

[Splatt]

Congrats Matt!

Hey guys, will there be another meetup anytime soon? :)

[Molly]

hey im from uk london wats this forum/group all about im new on this ...erm i have no clue what to do on this site sum1 help me ?? :bashful:

Welcome total_art_zero!
As Spud says, I got some sweets...but if ya want some, you have to show me your work first hehehe - have you had a good look round? Best thing to do first, get familiar with the various forums here theres nuff info for to help you grow as an artist....

Well done MattD ;)

Mollyx....

[Midnight]

Well done Matt Dixon!

Mol, can I have a sweet?

[Dirty C]

There's been a bomb on a bus on euston road, and something going on in liverpool st and aldgate east. I could have been on that bus this morning, if I wasn't off work.

Is everyone ok??

[Dirty C]

Shit, three buses and four tube stations. And the earlier reports of power surges have been discounted.

It was at 8.50, rush hour. Holy shit.

[Baaaah!]

Is it on the T.V, the BBC page still reckons it was a power surge?

[Dirty C]

Yeah it's on tv. It's no power surge, there's multiple explosions reported - some on buses, and a bbc person is saying via email that everyone on the bus is dead.

[Dirty C]

At lest 90 people dead at Aldgate, according to Reuters.

Government's confirming 20.

[Schlo-mo]

I cant believe this man, this is so surreal..
I was paranoid of this sort of thing happening when I lived in London, now that I'm here on holiday it all goes off.

[Baaaah!]

It's friggin insane.

[Badger]

Brighton and Swindon closed after security incidents
All badgers ok my end. Lucky.
-B-

[Summer Pudding]

Pudding reporting for duty. Can't get through to my London chums on my mobile tho.

[sketchling]

Sketchlin reporting in!

they using the mobile networks for emergency services. I had to walk from earls court to soho this morning... why'd I even get out of bed? no idea. Its mad.

[Dirty C]

Wow, just saw Matt's thing - congrats, man. That tablet must be well nice. Gotta get me some o that action.

[Splatt]

Is everyone who lives in Central London alright? Molly?

[sketchling]

And a Belated Congrtats to Matt D. I love yer peice on the TD as well ;) Lover yer style. And the sence of humour!!!

[Molly]

Hello UKers / Londoners

I'm ok, got to London Bridge round 10.30am, Ipod in ear, had no idea what was going on. 7 bombs now, gruesome news. My boyfriend and his boss are in the City taking pics, dunno how they are getting on, but they too are ok. Mobile networks screwed at present, so post if your all ok!

Mollyx

[OxCreative]

Hey, i just got back frfom work and heard the news - hope everyones ok.

[Steph Laberis]

Just woke up to the news. My first thought was to check up on the UK crew... I'm glad to hear that people are ok so far, I hope none of you have any friends or famliy who were caught in these attacks.

I wish I could do something...

[bRyaN]

Keep checking in guys...

Tekura and Chris i tried callin you guys this morning...
Glad you are ok...

wow...this is the first news i wake up too this morning...surreal indeed...

[Dirty C]

oh, it turns out they did turn off the phone system - sounds like it's kinda cool, too.


cheers bry - y'all are so nice!

[Dirty C]

Holy shit, I just found out it was a number 30 bus. That's my bus. Seriously, if I didn't have a visitor here, there's about a one in four chance that I would have been on that bus if I was working today.

[Marie]

I really hate to hear about this happening. I hope that everyone over there is ok :(

Its hard to think of what to say when something like this happens, lots of emotions and no way to put them into words. I just really hope all of you are ok and your family and friends too.

[Crane]

good god....

I've just woke up at 3, checking out CA and come along this thread saying said 7 explosions rock london (i honestly read it say 7 rock explosions in london, don't ask me how, thought there was some awesome bands or something playing... how stupid)
and then BAM bombings in london..shit shit shit!
Is anyone not acounted for? wat about acuna?
damn my heart goes out to everyone who died and their familys. makes me angery at this goddamn assholes who actually would do this..
and i'm never coming up for a london meet again........ :nohope:

PS congrats matt!

[look]

just saw another news saying al queda claims responsibility for the attacks. :(
its like World Trade Tower all over again, so hard to believe!

[MoP]

Holy crap. This is terrible... glad to hear at least most of you guys are alright... I feel so sorry for those who were in the vicinity of the attacks... such a tragedy.

dirty_c: Will you be walking to work from now on? I know I'd be kinda loathe to step on that bus again any time soon... :S

[Rebecca]

just saw another news saying al queda claims responsibility for the attacks. :(
its like World Trade Tower all over again, so hard to believe!

Oh my God! :S I am shit scared of stuff like this, man, hope everyones OK! My aunt lives in london, I think she is okay, my mum phoned her this morning, she was at work so she couldn't get through :nohope:

[asoir]

Dirty_c, that must be terrible man, i'd hate that feeling...
Central London is only a few minutes away, I missed most of music watching it on the news. Horrible stuff.

[DavidCousens]

Glad to hear everyone is okay. I'm VERY glad to hear you didn't take the bus today Chris!

We had a bomb scare during my lunch just after they locked down the trains here, I'm guessing teenagers phoned it in (they could've at least waited until my lunch was over!)

Belated well done to Matt as well.

[koshime]

I actually took the early picadily tube line to work today aroudn 6am....when i checked into hospital, we were halfway through our open heart syrgery when our hospital was put on major incident alert (a plan for all NHS hospitals to deal with potential war or future terroris threats which we updated about a few months ago)

Kinda still sinking in, that if i did a regular 9-5 job and took a later tube at 8.45.....would have been stuck in that tragedy.

At least for me, I'll be driving my car to work from now on, But will probably have to camp in hospital over the next few days till i can hitch a safe ride home, up north from hammersmith

[Dirty C]

Thanks everyone! I'm glad I'm not dead too! And yeah, I might start riding my bike..

[RES]

This has been one Surreal day. glade to hear people are ok

[blog]

f****d up! Damn, also glad to hear everyone is ok!

[Midnight]

Glad to hear everybody's okay.

[Molly]

Damn - me too - glad all you peeps are ok

@DC - yeah man, looks like biking it is the way
@Koshime!?! - you must be snowed under with work. A shuddered when ya said you were on the Picadilly line - did you know that that is the deepest underground line? man - so good the CA ppl are ok....

Utter shock - but not surprising - they didnt get what they wanted, and we Brits are gonna carryon regardless...funny thing too seeing pubs full to the brim at 11am - well, we are English...

Mx

[Aly Fell]

Thoughts and love to all of you in London. Take good care of each other.

[trev]

Glad to see everyone is alright.

I got woken this morning by my housemate at around 10 to tell me what was going on. One of her friends has a sister who actually got on to one of the trains that had a bomb on board and then got off again because it was too crowded! That is one of the scaryest (and luckiest) things Ive ever heard!

Hats off to the emergency services, I think they did a fantastic job!

[IllustriousHarry]

Very relieved to here your all ok. When I heard about it my thoughts went straight to you guys and hope you can return to some level or normality soon.

[Splatt]

Glad to hear you are all okay, I think when I move to London soon I will bring my bike.

You never know, they might put like a bomb on the back of your bike or something...bloody cheeky people.. :D

[Dished]

Just heard the news around school today. Glad you guys are all okay!

[acuna_read]

BOLLOCKS do I go up London Tony LOL! Too much feckin hassle.

You guys sure you want to ride pushbikes around London? Ive been around London on Pushbikes and motorbikes and I have near misses every single time, some my fault many not. The tube is ALOT safer, even after this thing. Just walk if you can.

I just read something that some guy got taken down by armed police near Canary Wharf, dont know whether that's true or not. And there were shit loads of military helicopters going around the Woolwich (SE London) army barracks the weekend just gone, probably for that live 8 stuff but still alot of green choppers.

ho-hum, the world keeps on spinning!

Edit: Thought id reitterate the cycling thing if you are seriously considering it. It is EXTREMELY dangerous! Exhillirating, but you put your life into the hands of otehr people everytime you go out, you have no control over anything. It is just constant avoidance, do a cycle course or something.

[koshime]

make sure we you wear military padded motorcycle padding if you goign to cycle. its a siege and its dangerous out in london har har :)

[xia]

Just wanna update you guys after YOU beat our arasses!

It's World at War now!


T-Dome: The Last Man Standing (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=526891#post526891)

Peace out!

[Badger]

Can we seta date for a summer meet? Would people be up for one?
@Molly, if you need transport help for the art thing in waterperry, shout.
-B-

[Molly]

Can we seta date for a summer meet? Would people be up for one?
@Molly, if you need transport help for the art thing in waterperry, shout.
-B-

What kinda transport you offering? I should be goin up on Weds mid-morning to set up etc...and I think, I'm getting a lift back on Sunday night....I am camping out all week there hehe - You visiting would be cool? I'll be with the Art Academy in the Education tent..I'm looking forward to the whole event...I've never been before. Pop along, and bring some friends...

maybe some of you UK'ers could drop by?

Josh, you got my mobile huh? I'll PM it to you...


Mollyx

[Badger]

What kinda transport you offering? I should be goin up on Weds mid-morning to set up etc...and I think, I'm getting a lift back on Sunday night....I am camping out all week there hehe - You visiting would be cool? I'll be with the Art Academy in the Education tent..I'm looking forward to the whole event...I've never been before. Pop along, and bring some friends...

maybe some of you UK'ers could drop by?

Josh, you got my mobile huh? I'll PM it to you...


Mollyx

Yarr! i had you mobile anyway, from the last London meet.
I can offer badger mobile transport for anyone wanting to come if they can get to "princes risboro station" or "haddenham & thame parkway" Both lines run from marylebone through to Birmingham. I live in chinnor, here on this handy map (http://www.gilly.org.uk/badgertracks/map.jpg) MMMMmmmmm rural!
Do you know which day is good for illustration?
I'll get nature boy to come along too, i'll see bout my fine art crew'age.
Josh/badger

[Dirty C]

Um, guys, what *is* the thing in Waterperry?

[MarkDN]

Um, guys, what *is* the thing in Waterperry?

Art in Action. It's large arts festival in Oxfordshire in the grounds of Waterperry house. There are loads of tents and marquees set up with exhibitions and artists actually working and demonstrating while they chat to the visitors. There are also practical classes, concerts, lectures, food, Pimms and wine (although the food is great it can be a little pricey so a picnic might be a good plan). There are painters, sculptors, glass blowers and blacksmiths. There are tents for Calligraphy, ceramics, Eastern Arts, Raku (eh?), Story telling, Textiles, Woodwork, Music, Performing arts, clock makers and a dozen other things. The lawn in front of the house is covered with tables and chairs for people to chill out and drink Pimms on. Or Wine, Beer and strawberries and raspberries and cream. The location itself is stunning; the gardens are absolutely magical and the fields with the tents are surrounded by trees and orchards.

It lasts for four days, from Thursday the 14th to Sunday the 17th. It tends to pull twenty five to thirty thousand people over the four days.

Entry charges; Adults £13.50, Pensioners £10.00, Students (bring yer card) £8.00, 9-17 year olds £6.50, Under 9s Free.

There's a big field to park in.

Come.

The website ( http://www.artinaction.org.uk/) doesn’t begin to do justice to it, but it’ll probably give you more details.

[Eriboss]

gahhhhh
that sounds uuber :(
*wishes car wasnt in the Garage and didn't live quite so far away*

[Dirty C]

Damn, knew I should have kept my mouth shut. Would be something I want to do the weekend I'm going away with the gf..

[MarkDN]

Damn, knew I should have kept my mouth shut. Would be something I want to do the weekend I'm going away with the gf..
Just change the venue to Art in Action then - it's poific'. ;)

[elhombreyelbasilisco]

Hi, does anyone know of an atelier in London?
Haven't been able to find anything.

Thnaks!!

[Molly]

Hi elhombreyelbasilisco,

No, no Ateliers in London, or the UK in fact - honestly, I have looked. What ya looking to do? life drawing, Fine art? blah blah!?!

Mollyx

[trev]

Work from my exhibition if anyones interested

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?p=529407#post529407

[Midnight]

So, have you all sized up your Last Man Standing opponents yet?

Good luck to all Brits involved (but especially me...)!

Mid.

[Dirty C]

Stokes. Aaaaah fuck.

Think I'll be needing some help this time round, O Midland Brothers.

[Badger]

I got Pupil, who lives.... 10 minutes away, ha ha ha!!
He's gonna hang me out to dry me thinks...
DC Good luck man! That'll keep you on your toes.
-B-

[OxCreative]

I got Cyrus, don't quite know if thats good or bad.....oh well rather him than android (hyver has android :S) or stokes :[

[trev]

I got Burning Eyes, time to pull my thumb out methinks.

[Eriboss]

Ive got a young chap called Luxun, wooo im all excited, good luck uk thunderdomers, lets show the world whatfor *does a morris dance and drinks some cider.. naked*

[Summer Pudding]

I tell ya, these TDs aren't helping my social leprosy any. Must get out more! Sometime next year maybe.

Aren't the eggheads at Wacom developing a portable, beer proof tablet?

Pud'

[Midnight]

It's about this time I realise I'm crap. Always when I'm involved in a challenge... the colours are always all wrong!

Time to go (very, very rapidly) back to basics... refresh my mind on colour theory, try to absorb as much cool imagery as possible, then get to work.

\w/ /m\ <- what the hell are these?

Mid.

[Dirty C]

Haha, scorpion and wasp. Classic san francisco humour gone over the top.

Gotta WIP for us midnight? Might be able to help you with colour a bit. Helps if you've got painter.

[Midnight]

No, I know what to do, but my eyes and brain frequently rebel. I think it's just a matter of practicing until I collapse from exhaustion. Thanks, anyway.

[cartoonfox]

woo, havent been here in a while.

im working on skethces for my thunderdome against profil. i (think) i've got a cool concept, and he has legs and arms and stuff too ^-^

btw, to all the london'ers, im moving to london second week of september (12 ish) just so you know. cant wait to be able to meet up and not have to leave at 10 to catch the damn train ^-^
oh and if anyone see's any nice apartment/flats in london, let me know ^-^





peace :7up:

[koshime]

that really depends where school is.

a nice place to live can be eitehr chessick/ealing...angle/.islington...depends on what kidn of crowd/atmospehre you want

[Midnight]

Heh, that was a helpful reply...

Well, I've re-started several times now... finally think I've got something good, and even a colour-scheme for it (again, it took several attempts and may yet take several more, but - woo!).

I'm probably hideously wrong, though :[

Mid.

edit: yeah, I was right. New palette. Aye.

Anyone looking forward to any particular matches? Personally, I want to see what Marko, DSillustration and Jason Chan come up with (although I can only remember someone called MrVisions is against Chan).

[WARHEAD]

Hi guys, I'm new to CA, but I have been lurking around for a few months, checking out all the cool stuff people produce here. So I thought I had better get off my lazy arse and start posting stuff. I look forward to your critiques, advice etc since I want to join to produce better work.....

I am fairly new to this forum malarky and I don't know what I'm doing - especially posting images, but I've seen a thread explaining it all. I should have a sketchbook and stuff up soon.

Thanks,

WARHEAD :^^;:

ps I thought I would put my first ever post here, because I am in London

[MoP]

Hmm, I got pitted against Sinix in the Last Man Standing TDome... I'm gonna try to make this as close as I can, because I'm pretty sure the guy is a better artist than me, but maybe if I get lucky, I can make it through to round 2...

[cartoonfox]

that really depends where school is.

a nice place to live can be eitehr chessick/ealing...angle/.islington...depends on what kidn of crowd/atmospehre you want

well, im going to westminster, my campus is in harrow, right next to northwick park.
im looking for somewhere quiet and calm, not the usual student location ^-^
i've found a nice apartment in battersea park. i dont know about the area but the apartment seems very nice. im going to visit it in august some time

cant wait to move. any of you guys meet up on a regualr basis?

oh, and welcome warhead, nice stuff in your sketchbook, we can meet up when i move ^-^





peace :7up:

[WARHEAD]

Cheers cartoonfox ! I see you comin' down to good old London to study....should be great for your studies.

I managed to sort out a sketchbook as well....

Thanks,

[trev]

ello warhead, welcome to the forum :)

back to packing... :yawn:

[Badger]

Hmm, I got pitted against Sinix in the Last Man Standing TDome... I'm gonna try to make this as close as I can, because I'm pretty sure the guy is a better artist than me, but maybe if I get lucky, I can make it through to round 2...
Oooh MoP, Sinix?? Tough draw, good luck!

Wellcome WARHEAD you crazy capital using fiend! Nice enviro's i tut sketchbook, i really like you rodents too, i like most small furry mammals.

I'm gonna go sleep and work on being inspired for the thunderdome... *Gulp*
Still no word from pupil, but i've seen his oils, that guy can paint...

-B-

[Midnight]

Welcome, WARHEAD.

Badger, MoP - I hope you guys can pull through.

[elhombreyelbasilisco]

for anyone interested, there is an atelier in london:

www.lavenderhillstudios.com

Check it out!!

[Shinryu]

hi all, thought i would come into the uk thread and say hello, most people seem to live down below, it would be great to have some sketch time with you all some time in the future.

good luck to everyone in the LMSTD

i got mr chris j anderson.............:nohope:


-shin

[Badger]

Hey Shinryu and welcome! there are many Scotish members of this thread, MoP and Rebecca off the top of my head, though i have little doubt MoP spends more time on Polycount with my friend from across the road Bronco.
Midnight Cheerz man, but i'm a gonner, i have no inspiration for this one... anyone got any tips?
elhombreyelbasilisco Good find! though i think for most people it's come a little too late, atleast we can help future people asking about this.
Things quiet these days? Posts seem more sober!
-B-

[Midnight]

Badger - Im assuming you and your opponent didn't choose to further define the topic. What comes into your mind when someone says Demon Prince? What would he do?

I just mucked around with ideas on a piece of paper until I had an idea I liked. I sketched out several different concepts for what he might look like, and then arranged the scene (tacking things down with blu-tack! Class...).

I'm sure you'll find an idea somewhere (Google, films, books, nightmares, trips to the supermarket, all the usual).

You know, I just realised something. I never got that sweet :nohope:

Mid.

[Molly]

for anyone interested, there is an atelier in london:

www.lavenderhillstudios.com

Check it out!!

No-f-ing way! Nice find! :)
I also found another place ideal for drawing only - the Princess School of Drawing, and Heatherleys...but be warned, theses are independantly run and may cost some...

Welcome Warhead

BTW - Art In Action was awesome - I had so much fun camping out in! met nuff people from all areas of the Arts and craft world - glass blowers/scluptors; textiles, calligraphy, woodwork, clock-makers, painting you name it, it was there. Made me appreciate the other areas of art and craft that you never get to see - best bit for me was the Japanese drum group, Haiko drummers I think I forget - anyway, they are in London at the Royal Albert Hall, I recommend seeing them, very uplifting and entertaining, they got a good crowd and the most applause. The Glass blowing was so cool, and the only campers who dared to start a bonfire...the clock makers made a big ass clock from scratch over the 4 days, then put it up in a raffle...inspiring to say the least...I am art-ed out - I need sleep....

So, a meet...its summer and we need one...

-whos up for it?
-whos free?
-Is there something specific that people want to do?
-Do you want a meet over the 2 days of a weekend?
-1 day during the week perhaps?
-Do you want to do some life drawing? I can get the space if its planned properly and people are willing to pay for the space and model???

How would one of you pro-digital artist feel about giving a demo of how you work? We could life-draw-it during the day, and have a digi-demo in the afternoon/evening?

I'd like us all to have a good meet up where its not just us lot sitting in a pub trying too damn hard to communicate with-one another...

please, let me know your thoughts!

Mollyx

[cartoonfox]

yeah i want a meet, but i wont be able to untill after i move to london, which is around 12th september. its a long way still so i guess i'll have to miss the next meet if its like in a few weeks.

btw, still looking for a place to stay ^-^ if anyone sees any small flats/apartments or anyone looking for a room mate, let me know





peace :7up:

[Dirty C]

Yeah, I'm up for that kinda action. It'd be good if we could get a projector for the digital art stuff. I should be able to borrow one, I think.

Steph mentioned you were looking, Cai - but somehow I think our temperaments are a little different :)

[Dirty C]

And how's everyone's TDome entries coming, btw?

[Midnight]

Reasonably. Still toying around with several ideas, tweaking, re-balancing, etc.

Still a huge amount to do, but then there's still a lot of time in which to do it!

Mid.

[Dirty C]

Reasonably. Still toying around with several ideas, tweaking, re-balancing, etc.

Still a huge amount to do, but then there's still a lot of time in which to do it!

Mid.

Yeah, know what you mean - I've got two completely different pics on the go, and they're both just about done, I reckon. Obviously I have a lot of time on my hands just now..

Damn this no-posting-WIPs bollocks.

[trev]

Shinryu - welcome to the forums :)

Molly - I can make it to any meets untill mid/late August since Im back in NI for a few weeks and then ive gota go house hunting for a place in london!

Dirty C - Mins coming along ok...well I believe Ive got a funny and original idea but I need to start the final image so time to get cracking!

[Molly]

mmm...cool...another TD? rarr - that came round fast....I'll have a lookey in the Challenges Forum....

Cartoon - hope you find a place real soon. I may be in need of a place in the near future, but I cant make any promises as yet ;)

As for the meet, my preferences are for an all-day-Saturday-thang, with life drawing in the morning/afternoomn; digi-demo in the evening finishing round 9-10pm. A projector i can get too from a friend - but as much help with equipment etc would be cool...

waddya guys think?

Mx

[Dirty C]

Sounds perfect.

What about the venue for the evening bit? Depending on the date, we may be able to use mine if we need to.

[Molly]

Sounds perfect.

What about the venue for the evening bit? Depending on the date, we may be able to use mine if we need to.

I'm hoping work can provide that - but there will be a charge for using the space and hire of the model. I'd need to negotiate with my Principle, as the meet is not an official Academy course; they are a charity, and well, you get the gist.....

If its not possible, then we can arrange for just life drawing, then, yaa - off to DC's for an evening of digi-demos, and fun...

As far as dates go, during the week or weekend would need to be negotiated. We have our summer school on atm, so we'll need to work around that. Im hoping to get a few of the resident artists along, as some have shown interest in digital art. I think it would be a good way for the Academy to see digital/conceptual art in all its glory and the processes we all take to get to a finished piece.

Ideally, I'd like some of you Pro's to pop down and contribute by showing us how YOU do it - characters, environments, vehicles, etc etc, using digital, marker pens, pencils - whatever - you ALL get the gist....(hhmmmm...this is beginning to sound like a workshop...I dont want it to get to that point too much) but I think a healthy meet-up is necassary for us all to learn offa eachother and connect....

Mollyx;)

[Midnight]

Ah... London hasn't got any closer. Bollocks.

I can see now I'm not going to get that sweet. No meetup, no sweet, no decent colours for my LMS entry yet...

Who else is really hoping for some major upsets in the first round?

Cackling evilly,
Mid.

[WARHEAD]

Thanks for the welcome guys :D !!

Badger : he he I have a penchant for upper case type, don't ask me why, I would write this in capitals if it wasn't considered unpolite.....

Cartoonfox : where is your campus going to be ?

[Midnight]

Remember I said I had no idea about colour? Anyone else ever had to completely re-start the painting becaues the sky, ground and figures are all using palettes that don't work together (and, hey, when they're all taking different light sources as well - bang-up job so far, this one...).

Crying into my tea,
Mid.

[Badger]

Mid - Its all about the blocking in at the beggining in my experience. See which colours work. I just have to remember the pallete i use when ever painting traditionally *prussian blue, lemon, magenta, sometimes a bit of burnt umber* I find i get confused by the choice in digital programs.
Molly Sounds wonderful, i'll be sure to call in sick for work whenever you have it arranged. Target on numbers?
Maybe we should use the field of dreams approach "if you build it they will come" or possibly just waft the smell of beer and tea, and apple and pork sausages. Who could resist?
-B-