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For the last year I've been getting hounded by artist friends to get on the NFT train but I just don't understand it. I've read several articles and it's still not making sense. Plus, I can barely get folks to buy a sticker pack... how the hell am I gonna get someone to spend money on an NFT?? I'm trying to get them to understand that my prime is past and this kinda stuff isn't going to work for a washed up has been.
Unless one of you can make me understand it, and understand why I should get in on it...
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On 5/2/2022 at 10:07 AM, lordkisami said:
L deff couldve been bigger..
That would be my only real bit of feedback - the vertical bar of your L could be slightly taller. Not too much, though.
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11 hours ago, Mercer said:
The Vietnam War hat is a participation trophy for a war that was lost, at least to me. That's not to say they didn't sacrifice, or that the war was fun for them, or that many participants weren't conscripted. What the meme is implying is that they lost, and still got participation trophies.
While comparing war, with any other sphere of human competition is generally apples and oranges on many levels, on the participation trophy level, it's almost identical. The humor (which is subjective) comes into play because the Vietnam Vet generation tends to complain about participation trophies for kids, while often times wearing one over their head. I find it humorous because I'm already 100% anti (non defensive) war to begin with, and like challenging the social norms surrounding it.
I should have led with: I get what the meme is saying, but I think it's a fairly big leap to compare the two, even for the sake of a laugh. On the surface the two are comparable and probably why the meme works. I did find it funny, but I couldn't stop analyzing it for some reason... obviously.
I'll go back to the toy thread where I cause less trouble.
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@lordkisami- forgive my sloppy sketch, but I agree with what others mentioned regarding your R. I've sketched out a quick option for an alternative way to lay down your letters. I think with this style an uppercase E might work better... or it could just be my preference.
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@EGGZ- those Gs are way better. And your letter composition and scale is better as well. Very nice...
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1 hour ago, mr.yuck said:
You went a little too deep. All memes should be accepted at face value with little to no extra contextualization.
Memes: good for a laugh for those with common sense, taken as truth for those without. Got it.
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On 4/24/2022 at 8:33 AM, Mercer said:
Millennials be like I just remote drone bombed a wedding & two hospitals, where TF my extra respect & discounts at?
Maybe I don't understand the meme (it's possible, I'm 54... a lot flies right over my head), but I think there's a big difference between giving a 10 year a participation trophy for being part of a soccer game they didn't win and giving someone a hat for being drafted into a war their country didn't win. One requires zero sacrifice other than time away from video games while the other requires a much bigger sacrifice.
If it's the same thing maybe someone can explain it to me.
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@nachodik- I agree with @LUGRthe arrow coming up through the C is kinda odd, but the piece overall has some solid bits happening. While I see what you were going for with the lowercase E on the end I don't think it's as strong as the uppercase E between the R and P. Speaking of... the R,E,P combo is nice! And I like the solid, straight bar at the base of your letters. The sketch below is my attempt to see how your piece felt by replacing the lowercase E with uppercase, and removing the arrow through the C. I personally don't like the solve I did with the arrows but I kept the strength of your R, E, P letters and tried to give some of that same love to the C and E. Not entirely successful but figured I'd share anyway.
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@EGGZ- you kept it simple, which is great. All your letters are readable, which is great. Color combo works fine... dark fill, light outline, bright outer. Nice job.
The E and Z are both the same size (Z might be slightly larger) while both Gs are visibly smaller. Your EGG all nestle/snuggle up to each other nicely, but your Z is being treated like it's got a cold sore on its lip. Where's the love?! Move that a little to the left so it feels part of the other letters.
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Sitting in a hotel in downtown Detroit hoping sleep takes me sooner than later.
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Also, tips for buff paint - not sure where you're located (you used meters as a form of measurement so I assume you're not in the states) but the Home Depots and Lowes of the world always have mis-tints by the paint mixing counter. Mis-tints are usually paints that someone has asked for and either the color didn't work out or the mix was off from the intended color. Mis-tints typically sell for pretty cheap but nine times out of ten the color choices aren't as cool as you'd wish them to be. Also, you can buy a gallon of white and then mix in an 8oz of color for $4. Or you could buy a quart of color to mix with a half gallon of white you already have.
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With regards to single color combos - for the most part you can't go wrong with your choices. Even a bright red fill with a maroon red outline is going to look solid. Of course, the obvious direction would be to go with two colors that are as opposite from each other as possible: white & black, red & black, yellow & blue, green & red, et al. If you're planning to do a drop shadow I would use the same color as your outline for the drop shadow. Shines or highlights - it's always a good practice to go with white but there's also the argument to go with a brighter version of your fill-in color. For example, if your fill-in is school bus yellow you could do a light yellow highlight. If you add a forcefield or outer-outline I would go with something that is opposite of your fill. Let's say your fill-in is school bus yellow, which is a warm color, I would go with a light yellow for highlights, a true blue for outline and drop shadow, and a light blue outer-outline... or even an apple green, or brighter, which are both cool colors (as in temperature).
With regards to color fade combos - if you ask me whom I think is the king of color fades I would say KEM is the out and out master at color combos for fade fill-ins. The guy kills it every single time. That said... I would take the advice others have already said. Keep your color combos simple for now - two, maybe three colors - and keep the colors similar. And by that I mean, like - orange to yellow to bright yellow - or dark green to bright green to light green - or red to pink - or teal blue to light turquoise. Keep your colors complimentary until you understand your colors. Kem knows colors, understands one color that shouldn't work with another indeed does work. He gets it because he's been doing it for years and has perfected it.
As for your GG - I'd be curious to know/understand how you see them as GG. This conversation is something I've brought up to you in the sketch thread as well. Maybe if I see how you see them as a letter G I can better help you?
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@nachodik- That's solid, for sure. The letters are good, and the work you've done to interlock them and nestle one into the next is really nice, too. How the C connects to the R and the E to the P is a nice detail as well. I'd find a CMU wall to paint this one. The CMU bricks create a built-in guide to help you get those straight lines.
Nicely done!
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Experimenting is the process of finding your own voice within this culture, so keep it up. That said, yes... simple-styles should be your focus to learn your letters well. Knowing their structure as a simple letter is key when it comes to distorting them, later. If your simple-style letters aren't recognizable then your wild-style letters are going to be even worse. If you look at the fidelity of the CREPE outlines above... those are at the perfect level for learning your letters. Learning how they nestle into each other, how they can connect, all that kind of stuff.
Glad you're focused on learning can control at the moment. When you're ready come back to sketching and I'll try to help best I can.
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@EGGZ- Below is what I see. The top sketch is better but it's still a stretch to understand those are GG, mostly because the bar coming down overlaps the cross bar of the G making the letter a little unreadable. I get it, style is important, "camouflage" your letters so they're harder to read is the name of the game, but at the end of the day your letters have to be somewhat recognizable as their origin - an A should look somewhat like an A, a B should look somewhat like a B, and so on.
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22 hours ago, nachodik said:
crtis plz (an thank you) @Joker
I like this one. Probably because my favorite color is green, but let's look past that for a sec. I think my only call-out here is I might have done the bottom bar of the E like you did for the C. It would balance out the piece from left to right. But the colors, the shines, all the letters... very nice.
22 hours ago, nachodik said:
Yeah, this is nice. I think the only thing I might do is bring the bar of the P down every so slightly, but that is a big might. This is pretty good. For extra credit you could make the bottom bar of the E connect to the curved bar of the P, but not necessary.
22 hours ago, nachodik said:
No criticism on this one. Nicely done!
22 hours ago, nachodik said:
Halftone fills win every time. I don't know why but I love 'em. Oddly enough, I never do them myself. Probably because it takes too much time and by the time I get to going into a piece with markers I'm already sick of looking at it. Yeah... I got issues. Anyway, this looks pretty good to me. The only thing I would do here is make the swooping bar of the E as big and chunky as the swooping loop of the A.
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On 1/31/2022 at 2:38 AM, EGGZ said:
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You'll need to walk me through the GG on this one. The first one looks like a lowercase F to me, and the second one looks more like an E.
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I bought this jacket when it dropped (black and white version). I think I've worn it once. I wanted to support the artist but ultimately it's just not my style/thing so I never wear it. It's just been sitting in my closet for seven years. If anyone is interested in it hit me up in a DM. Size medium but fits like a large. Willing to trade.
https://hypebeast.com/2015/12/nawer-x-turbokolor-co-birch-camo
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@EGGZ- Yeah, I would keep your pieces fairly simple until you start to get comfortable with the tools. Can control takes a lot of practice so be patient with yourself. Oddly enough, tagging often helps with can control when it comes to pieces. Especially big tags. You gain confidence in hitting longer lines, curved lines, etc. when you're tagging. Even if you're just practicing on a sheet of wood or something, it'll help. Learn what your caps can do by testing them out - doing lines up close, lines from 6" away, a quick line, how slow can you go before it causes drips, all that kind of stuff.
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On 1/14/2022 at 8:21 AM, nachodik said:
@Joker or anyone else, id love some crits, dont hold bak
That halftone fade is great. I absolutely love that. Great colors and the playful highlights add to that look/feel. I like the purple 3D as well. Two things stand out for me : 1. Your R and P - those swooping bars make me think of Cameron Diaz' hair "gel" moment in Something About Mary. Those bars are really sticking out/up. I see what you're trying to do, keep some similarities in all letters, but I think if you raise up the little bar at the left of each letter, even just a little bit, it'll make a difference.
On 1/14/2022 at 8:21 AM, nachodik said:
The fill is a little busy for my tastes but that's just a personal preference. I prefer simple fills on simple pieces (like your halftone fill above) as they just look so damn good. My only feedback on this piece mirrors what I noted above about the bars trying to reach the moon. There's a continuous style you're trying to achieve (or achieved), and for the most part it looks good, but those extensions on each letter are what grab my eye... not the letters themselves (which are pretty good BTW).
On 1/14/2022 at 8:21 AM, nachodik said:
3D on this one is great. Nice job. And the background is pretty good, too. I have one note of feedback, though... can you guess what it is? The letters on this are pretty good, though. The C and Es are really nice.
On 1/14/2022 at 8:21 AM, nachodik said:
The fill, the colors, highlights, all look pretty good to me. I like how you tucked the last E into the open space underneath the P... perfect. Your connections from the C to the R and R to the P are simple but pretty good. Definitely a starting point, there. I don't mind the lowercase E in the middle but I might have chosen another color to better mix with the bright colors in your fill. Example,... look how bold that green is behind your piece. It compliments the piece really well. I might have used the green for the lowercase E and worked out another color set for the background. No complaints about the tops of your letters ;).
On 1/14/2022 at 8:21 AM, nachodik said:
This is coming along pretty nicely. The P looks a little short, and I would probably open up the E at the end just a little bit so it doesn't feel cramped compared to the C.
Final note: One thing I noticed on the first three is that there's room to push the letters together a little more and close up some of that dead space between each letter. For all I know you could have done that on purpose, and that would be fine, but I think the pieces overall would feel stronger if you nestled each letter into each other a little more.
Hope that helps.
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On 12/12/2021 at 5:31 AM, EGGZ said:
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Full marks for taking a leap with this one. The letters are there but I can tell you put some big efforts into trying something different. While it may not be something you continue to explore - these kinds of exercises can lead to moments of discovery that inspire the next piece. Love it.
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On 1/4/2022 at 2:43 AM, EGGZ said:
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Can you break down the two Gs in this for me? They look like two Fs. I think the weight of the bars on your Z could be a little heftier to better align with your other letters. Right now that lower bar looks malnourished compared to the others.
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Looks great @nachodik!
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