Found a nice cache of materials for new artists.

http://www.mediafire.com/?jb5w47g14ovnk
http://www.mediafire.com/?5241h9d2pp3d2
http://www.mediafire.com/?i44dwzkf9j9n8

The first and last contain pdf books, while the middle one contains references. WARNING: may not be proper for underage kids, as it contains nudes.

Go ahead and prosper!

Nanotrasen is hiring staff for their stations.

Happy Birthday!

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@Emogotsaone, I LOVE IT.

Should be in Build 27

Yeah, Data. Need a new loading screen for CC.
Make one before I do. :U
Or use Emo's. I'M GETTING SICK OF LOOKING AT DIIRRRRRRRRRRRRT.

You can replace it yourself, easily.

I've noticed a distinct lack of copper ladle in this thread.



There we go, this thread now contains at least one copper ladle. I know the handle is pretty balls, wouldn't mind a few pointers there. It's supposed to be concave, dunno if that's clear enough.

Hey looks pretty good. Anyways if you're using MSPaint, the curve line tool is pretty good.

If you're using graphicsgale, the curvy line tool is even better.

If you're using paint you ground out from berries, there is no curved line tool, therefore it can't be better.

Well i'm using GraphicsGale, but i did consider fingerpainting it on the walls with ground berries. Would've made sense, right? :U
Anyways, that curve tool is a funny little thing. I'll have to ♥♥♥♥ around with it, making curves by hand is... Amazingly tedious.

Made in 3DS Max, 10 or so hours total work, 4 minutes to render.

I may upload the animation to youtube later...

Surely you don't need a real lighting model for that -> rendering should take ~3ms?

@Shook: with regards to curves it helps to do ~3 hours of studying them every few months and then just eyeballing them the rest of the time. Paint the handle initially with a thick brush, add light, add outline, then tweak. Flip often and you'll pick up on any derps pretty quick.