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Kris Ritter
paradoxical embolism
Join date: 31 Oct 2003
Posts: 6,627
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03-02-2006 06:14
I just recently started using ArtRage2. Whilst the full version costs a massive 19.95USD, there is also a perfectly usable free version with a reduced tool set.
Put simply, it's digital painting in real time. It simulates the look and feel of working with paints incredibly well. I figure it would be useful for anyone wanting realistic painted textures etc, so thought I'd mention it. Clickie the image below for a high rez version - this is just me messing around with various painting tools to give you an idea. I blogged about it here if ya wanna read more waffle by me on it.  _____________________
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Siobhan Taylor
Nemesis
Join date: 13 Aug 2003
Posts: 5,476
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03-02-2006 06:23
You can always tell when da Kritter's bored, LOL...
Anyway, it looks like some cool stuff if you're into it... and if not... well, check out Kris's galleries anyways... (same site  ) ... Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go hide before she finds me..._____________________
http://siobhantaylor.wordpress.com/
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Kris Ritter
paradoxical embolism
Join date: 31 Oct 2003
Posts: 6,627
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03-02-2006 06:29
You can always tell when da Kritter's bored, LOL... Well I'm not bored now! I have ArtRage2!  Although as Fran probably quite rightly said when I showed her the above example (which as I said is a brush test, not friggin artwork, in my defence!) and mentioned I'd enjoyed using it so much I'd been inspired to buy a new graphic tablet to use with it; "Congratulations. You just spent over 200 bucks so you can paint like a 4 year old."  Da bitch. _____________________
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Willow Zander
Having Blahgasms
Join date: 22 May 2004
Posts: 9,935
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03-02-2006 06:37
I DID SOMETHING!!!!
You have to forgive me, I am at work on a fecking 386 (okok NOT quite) and a really shitty mouse. But... voila! Original  Mah copy  _____________________
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Siobhan Taylor
Nemesis
Join date: 13 Aug 2003
Posts: 5,476
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03-02-2006 06:39
Oops!
Looks like photobucket ate it! _____________________
http://siobhantaylor.wordpress.com/
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Ghoti Nyak
καλλιστι
Join date: 7 Aug 2004
Posts: 2,078
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03-02-2006 07:00
ArtRage rawks!
-Ghoti _____________________
"Sometimes I believe that this less material life is our truer life, and that our vain presence on the terraqueous globe is itself the secondary or merely virtual phenomenon." ~ H.P. Lovecraft
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Laukosargas Svarog
Angel ?
Join date: 18 Aug 2004
Posts: 1,304
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03-02-2006 07:07
Good Greif !!!! A Mac version too !!!
Thanks so much, this looks cool, even if I don't use it my daughter certainly will  ... 20 minutes later... i just paid for this ! I've been using Alias Sketchbook for ages, I think this is probably better ! What a gem ! _____________________
Geometry is music frozen...
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Jade Jensen
Giftedly Outspoken
Join date: 6 May 2004
Posts: 1,049
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03-02-2006 07:45
what a cool program! i'm always tryin new things but few ever live up to the hype lol this one is everything you said and more.....such a smooth and easy touch to work with on top of the realistic effects! thanks for the info! i can see myself buying the full version of this too lol hmm...maybe you should be gettin commission heehee
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Robin Sojourner
Registered User
Join date: 16 Sep 2004
Posts: 1,080
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03-02-2006 09:25
Very cool, thanks Kris!
And of course it's wonderful. Andy Bearsley, Matt Fox-Wilson, and a bunch of old Metacreations guys are behind this company. _____________________
Robin (Sojourner) Wood
www.robinwood.com "Second Life ... is an Internet-based virtual world ... and a libertarian anarchy..." Wikipedia |
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
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03-03-2006 17:44
OMG THIS IS JUST TOO FUN-LOOKING!
Thanx for thinkin' of me, Kritter. I haven't given this a spin yet... but WILL DO! _____________________
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Laukosargas Svarog
Angel ?
Join date: 18 Aug 2004
Posts: 1,304
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03-03-2006 18:37
Good Greif !!!! A Mac version too !!! Thanks so much, this looks cool, even if I don't use it my daughter certainly will ... 20 minutes later... i just paid for this ! I've been using Alias Sketchbook for ages, I think this is probably better ! What a gem ! My daughter is 9, and she told me today Sketchbook is "Better for colouring in", but ArtRage is "Better for painting". So there you have it I've run out of printer ink again, goddam children ! I think the pencil tool in Sketchbook is the best feeling, most realistic pencil of any software I've used, but I can see myself using Artrage more than Sketchbook now. _____________________
Geometry is music frozen...
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Amber Stonecutter
Bruxing Babe
Join date: 13 Sep 2005
Posts: 296
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03-04-2006 23:51
 Very fun! This needs bumping! _____________________
And like the old adage goes, "Like water under the bridge", implying what passes—this moment—will never come again.  Amber Stonecutter |
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
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03-05-2006 01:50
That's SUCH a cute art. Amber, you sure do post gems when you make something creative (the Infohub thing was so beautiful)!
I think what is particularly kewl about ArtPad is how USEABLE the interface is... if you're drawing on a big canvas and your cursor (brush) runs over one of the palettes, it autohides until the next stroke you make. You can also rotate VERY flexibly, and zoom by holding the Z key--ultra-nifty! There are so many intuitive little touches. I just got some time to play with this, so I'm making some textures for my next pack to hand out free in SL! =^_^= _____________________
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
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03-05-2006 01:51
Infact... MORE PEEPS SHOULD MAKE TEXTURES FOR SL WITH THIS!
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
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03-05-2006 04:19
I recently whipped this up. Yes, it's seamless!
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Torley Linden
Enlightenment!
Join date: 15 Sep 2004
Posts: 16,530
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03-05-2006 04:22
ArtPad 2's paintbrush tool excels at giving things depth.
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Kitten Lulu
Registered User
Join date: 8 Jul 2005
Posts: 114
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03-05-2006 05:19
Oh Yes! Art thread... jump on, folks
Here's my contribution:  _____________________
I've got a blog!
My products are available on SLExchange or in-world in my shops: Kitten Lulu's Emporium and Kitten&Co. |
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Sinatra Cartier
From Beta to Zeta!
Join date: 8 Jan 2003
Posts: 533
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03-05-2006 07:30
 art rage is cool _____________________
 ...and I think to myself, what a wonderful world.  Sinatra's Spook House Ride: Noyo (100, 150, 25) |
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Amber Stonecutter
Bruxing Babe
Join date: 13 Sep 2005
Posts: 296
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03-05-2006 08:52
Awe, thank you Torley.
Gah, I need to look through the help file. The only shortcut I've found was the color picker, and that was by pressing random buttons on my tablet.  Just like in real life, I'm having a heck of a time getting paint to work!  _____________________
And like the old adage goes, "Like water under the bridge", implying what passes—this moment—will never come again. Amber Stonecutter |
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Jackal Ennui
does not compute.
Join date: 25 May 2005
Posts: 548
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03-05-2006 09:14
What a fun program!
 Hm, looks like the girl on the canvas doesn't share my opinion... _____________________
Lassitude & Ennui - Fine prim jewelry & footwear, Nouveau(60,60)
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Sitearm Madonna
Registered User
Join date: 6 Oct 2005
Posts: 535
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03-05-2006 09:32
ack!... such beauty... such enthusiastic posts... such an easy-to-use free-product website !... I downloaded it... maybe THIS will make me an artist
 ... seriously, cool beans ty ty ty !_____________________
... software packages, acting in society... life creating, and accepted, and widely... spread throughout the world... freeing, liberating... allow... each person individual control and decision making... to create living structure... wherever they are. / Christopher Alexander, 1996
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Miriel Enfield
Prim Junkie
Join date: 12 Dec 2005
Posts: 389
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03-05-2006 10:12
Wow, Amber, what an elegant rat!
Much better than my bit of half-traced scribbly silliness.  _____________________
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Adorna Childs
Registered User
Join date: 10 Feb 2006
Posts: 22
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03-05-2006 23:34
This is my first post but I downloaded this tonight and I can't wait to play with it. I LOVE how the Oil feature actually acts like REAL oils... they MIX! How fun!
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Blueman Steele
Registered User
Join date: 28 Dec 2004
Posts: 1,038
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Painter sucks
03-06-2006 02:04
I'd been using painter since 3.0 and by 6.0 it got bloated as heck. It often didn't work with wacom drivers and changed companies like 3 times.
I missed painter classic but it was oddly hard to get.... BTW painter was VERY expensive. Now this comes along and WOW... and cross platform! I just may have to take up digital painting again. Here is my old work (mind you this page is several years old so no, that address and the one it's links to, plus the phone number, is not correct) http://www.citycafe.com/resume/art/ |
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Candide LeMay
Registered User
Join date: 30 Dec 2004
Posts: 538
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03-06-2006 02:57
The program is indeed fun to use and worth the 7K lindens (yeah, stupid VAT
 ) for the full version. Now I can draw like a 4 years old too! _____________________
"If Mel Gibson and other cyberspace writers are right, one day the entire internet will be like Second Life." -- geldonyetich
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