Maybe one of us creative lot could design a "Come to Kano.is - Block parties every week!" - signature banner.
All kano.is members can use this signature, since many of us also roam around many threads in Bitcointalk.org.
I certainly like that. It's a great idea! I am an artist but I wish I knew how to create a signature banner for use in these forums. My art is done with paint, charcoal, etc... I have never done art on a computer. I will be happy to use the signature here on bitcointalk.org if someone were to create one and provide it to others to use here in the forums.
EDIT: Here is a drawing I've worked on to practice with hair. Plenty of hair in this photo I'm drawing. Her name is Joan Osborne. It will look just like her when I'm finished with it.
http://imgur.com/l3qm8Y7What program can I use [Anyone] to create a signature banner for us to use? Are the tools for creating a signature banner built within bitcointalk.org or is it better to use a particular graphic design program to upload to bitcointalk? If so, what graphic design program does someone recommend for my Mac? I do have the 12.9 inch iPad Pro as well. I suppose I could buy the pen for it ($100.00 USD) to draw something on a graphic design program made for the iPad Pro. I would not use it without the approval of Kano and CK of course.Oh I didn't see the extra ...
For graphics work I always use The Gimp
Most people on windows use Photoshop and get it by pirating it coz it's very expensive
The Gimp is on linux and windows and mac and is (of course) free.
https://www.gimp.org/Also, The Gimp was better than Photoshop in it's early years when, you could say, they first competed, but Photoshop being a commercial program has got a lot more options for working with an image and got ahead in that regard.
That pic of yours is indeed extremely impressive.
... and the bit I look at the most is the hair and think how long that must have taken
CG drawing is a very different creature.
My ones are done by first doing the outline (vectoring) of the objects then colouring and shading and touching up and adding effects ... in graphic layers.
... and you can cheat ... undo
Though, that's not all that different in concept to how one would normally draw a picture, work out scales with basic curves and lines and then go into details.
But vectoring it on a computer is indeed very different.
I do have a graphics tablet but only once ever tried to use it.
The mouse wins for me.
But whatever you find easiest is of course best - vector drawing like I've done is so different that it takes quite a while to work out how to do it.
I did about one of those pics per week for a couple of years and got better as time went on.
Here's a simple one - this is where I 'extracted' the green eye from for the top left on the web site.
I liked drawing anime eyes
http://kano-kun.net/a/Aki-chanCh5Pg122.pngThe basics of how I start is like this:
http://kano-kun.net/a/Aki-chanCh5Pg122-Lines.jpgVectored over an original (usually crappy scan quality due to the low quality of some manga paper) B&W manga image.
