Battle station thread.
I'm thinking about getting a small desk to use instead of my shitty hand me down computer desk.
Here's mine. I have a larger table but it's not so good for storage.
>>2501701
looks real depressing m8 just sayin.
>>2501754
Wow..it looks incredible...well at least it does to me
>>2501867
his battlestation or his drawing
>>2501880
the station.. in a dark corner of the garage/basement... so sad
>>2502196
It's actually not in a garage or basement lmao. It's just my computer desk.
>>2502196
>>2502462
plebs
>>2502464
Is that... real? Are all d/ic/ks from third world countries or what?
>>2502464
This guy's gonna make it
I finally have a second screen and it's amazing.
>>2502474
are u a croat or something?
>>2502474
nice chair i have the same, ikea master race
>>2502475
Close. Slovenian, now living in Austria.
inb4 Slovakia and Australia
>>2502464
I hope your mattress is near main heat pipe. Also you have a spark.
>>2502474
Chair is nice bro
>>2502595
That's why it's nice.
Got a nice dark wood desk....wish I had a better chair, its a spare from the kitchen bar.
>>2502464
his legimeme was too heavy for the floor to handle
>>2502196
It's a good motivator
its not usually this clean, but i tidied up recently
I got a new house so I'm working on a room dedicated to working on my drawing and artwork. Just ordered this sweet sweet baby, can't wait for it to arrive.
>>2502471
Well, we have Malysia, Firez is from Honduras and there's a bunch of other third-world guys who want to make top bux from porn commissions.
regards, second-world
this room is my battle station.
>>2503325
Lol are you slavic?
>>2503346
dont think so lol if you mean genetically, definatly not locatiion wise. if you mean the interior decoration, its an old house that my grandma owned and just never changed much.
>>2503325
what a damn mess bruh
>>2503021
This guy right there has a real job.
>>2503325
I like the grandma curtains with the tounge girl.
It really adds to the room
>>2503325
what's with the shit splatter you hung on the wall?
why is your desk a keyboard ON TOP of an actual desk?
why does your house look like an old folks home?
Is that ANOTHER keyboard i see to the left?
nigga christmas was months ago take those lights down
is that a tub of hot sauce?
that duck is freaking me out
clean that fucking room and pick up that can up off of the floor you pig
>>2502464
this guy's gonna make it.
>>2503367
the table with all the pencil's and the duck is where i draw at, the 2 keyboards on top of the other goes to the computer to go to an organ synth (notice large keys on the floor under it) and yes its another keyboard 88 weighted key digital piano to be more specific (because sometimes 2 4 octave keyboards isnt enough room)
also the shit (and it is) on the wall is the first paintings i attempted a reminder that im getting better than that. i was confused about the hotsauce thing and then i noticed the crushed red pepper container. and i didnt even notice the can....u.u i mostly face the other direction and never sit over there . and i like the lights, and dont celebrate christmas. rarely use them though. too dark
>>2503325
the more I look the more weird shit I find
I honestly like those curtains though
>>2502471
PHILIPPINES HERE ٩(^‿^)۶
my battle station.
>>2503419
>>2503419
>mangastudio
>animu on sketchpad
>dem chairs
>٩(^‿^)۶
>>>/int/catalog
>>2503419
just moved into a new flat
>>2503475
Move out of your closet.
>>2502464
legit saved
>>2503440
Whats your job? Looks pricey
>>2503500
Pretty jelly man, enjoy it
>>2503423
Niiiiceee
>>2503440
this my goal
>>2501754
all dem smokes.
>>2503423
bold
Basic as fuck
>>2503419
babae ka ba at taga saan ka
>>2503325
I love it dude., + 100 points for duck figure.
- 1000 points for being a weeb thought.
So good to see many humble stations, makes me feel like i'm not alone.
>>2503469
fuck off traditionalist.
>>2503419
Oh god I'd kill myself if I were you. Meaning, kudos for not killing yourself, keep on working and you'll get out of the shithole.
>>2503469
Yeah, it's pretty interesting that in these threads there is always a distinct inverse relationship between the quality of the work station and the quality of the work of the artist. Of course there are always retards who work in retarded areas, and pros who can now afford nice stuff, but in general it seems like people who spoil themselves with nice setups basically sit there and create a bunch of bullshit.
>>2503735
lol I hate to say "you're just jealous" but seriously, you are just jealous. If you have a normal amount of money you're not gonna live in shit and if you're saying that only poor people are "true" artists you're fucking delusional. I bet you work a minimum wage job and support Sanders because you want free stuff for being incompetent and lazy.
Its usually a bit more clean.
>>2503546
For some reason I get a very nordic feeling from this
>>2503786
Of course a soulless automaton would say this. Lacking a soul doesn't allow you to channel it through your body and transfer it into your work. You have to feel every line, every stroke. People like you are like human printers, they are unthinking, they just do.
>>2503936
Stop the shitposting and go back to liberal college
>>2503952
You asked a question and you got an answer. If you don't want an answer that makes you angry then don't ask.
>>2502477
I feel your pain as a "hungry hungarian" (heard this joke a thousand times) and people mixing up Budapest-Bucharest :c
>>2502477
vienna?
My desk usually isn't this messy
>>2504179
why;s the king card there?
>>2504201
That's a trompe l'oeil painting I did
>>2504201
more importantly why is there a hentai reaction face
>>2504179
working in the darkness by a tiny desk light.
take it from an older artfag dude, you will fucking ruin your eyes.
>>2503784
Jealous of what? All I care about are art skills, so why would I be jealous of people with shit skills who've spoiled themselves? I've seen enough of these threads over the past 5 years to make the generalization that I did. A lot of people DO include their work in these photos. You just get here?
>>2504032
Nah, Graz. I'd prefer living in Vienna though, I bet there's tons of art buddies there.
>>2504028
Lel you're hungry! I bet no one's ever told you this joke before and you're totally amused by my originality!
>>2503914
This one looks nice and mature. That green thing (pen?) looks like a dildo though.
Or cherry picked sketchbook page thread
>>2503914
Well I'm Finnish so you're not wrong. Kinda funny.
>>2504445
Battery eraser. I took a photo of it for you bby.
>>2504547
Onhan se aika hauskaa että tunnisti noin vähästä ainaki pohjoismaalaiseksi.
>>2502476
>ikea
>master race
pick one and only one
>>2504622
I don't think he means it's the highest quality stuff in the world, it's just cheap and looks decent.
>>2504486
Of course, gotta have a chance to brag indirectly.
My bedroom is my everything.
I bought this on that had wheels.
>>2503021
But it rocked so much that the welded joints broke.
Now I want to make my own drafting table from the leftover parts and 2x4's.
Not much drawing stuff right now, but I'll just sketch here and post stuff online.
>>2501701
I use my lap. Or a table. Tablet PC master race.
>>2505696
>Shitty photocopy
>Game Grumps
>0/10 aesthetics
I would say you are a poor 16 year old.
>>2505703
pretty close, its actually just the drafting table my dad lets me use in his studio. Also it was a school project for photo realism using a grid, depicting something famous. So if you hate people using a grid blame it on highschool art teachers
>>2505709
my dad's work if anyone was interested
Saved up for a while so I could get this desk, bought it just two weeks ago. It's helped me be super productive so far.
I wonder how long I can keep it this clean.
>>2505696
>toilet paper on desk
not going to assume things, but hopefully its for your art.
>>2505709
>Using a grid
>Still fucking this up
Goddamit dude, if you are going to use a grid then at least make sure you do it properly.
>>2505728
for a combination of cleaning turpentine off brushes and snot out of my nose
>>2505733
gotta start somewhere to improve from right?
I feel a bit less embarrassed about my battle bunker after going through this thread.
>>2505847
Oh it's you! I kinda wonder how you can work with oils in such a small space though? I suppose you do use turps? How do you keep from fumigating yourself in such a small space?
>>2505696
>game grumps
???
>>2503367
>what's with the shit splatter you hung on the wall?
>shit splatter
Apologize now. Morrowind is one of the best designed worlds in any video game.
Messy, but comfy as hell
>>2503914
I'm jelly anon
>>2506058
y phone y
>>2506002
lmao this guy plays video games and is probably inspired by them too. lmao
Tell me about chairs.
>gone digital
>>2503440
It looks like you read "Steal like an Artist".
Need a bigger desk.
>>2505851
I use odourless mineral spirits, which I keep in a small closed container and only open when I need it.
I live in a dark one room apartment with another person and pets, and I have asthma, so conditions for oil painting are far from ideal,
but I make do with what I have!
I didn't even know if working from a computer screen reference would work, with judging colour and such,
but it's worked remarkably well so far.
>>2503735
Yea you right, but kinda hate full in the way you said it. Most of us with a nicer set up do it as a hobby and have much less time to practice because of other obligations. My art is pretty shitty, but that disposable income though.
My tablet is cheap, but it gets the job done.
>>2505862
I like listening to game grumps while I paint
>>2506544
Man, I am still in a crappy situation with tablets. I was too eager and got the intuos art medium and even though it is blowing my mind(coming straight from a Graphire 4) I still wonder about the other tablets. I dunno. Gonna stick with it for now, like you said. Gets the job done.
Your desk is very simplified. Really would have liked to see if you were working on something on the screen though.
>>2506570
I wasn't working on anything, I have projects at the moment, but I really just had it on the desktop screen.
Got a new setup last year and I am loving it.
The desk is made by a company that has a bit of a reputation for bad manufacturing, but it was 50% off and I couldn't pass up the opportunity. The drafting surface folds down into a flat desk so it's great for work and gaming.
The pic is old and doesn't show the nice back support office chair I got, but you get the idea. It's so much better than my old setup, sitting on a sofa with the laptop on a chair in front of it and the tablet on my lap. My old setup gave me bad problems, elbow in particular, with back issues thrown in. I'm glad I spent the money on this setup, I can actually work without pain now.
>>2506612
im not a girl m8 im GUY!!!
works well
Nothing exciting.
>>2506674
nice moomin picture senpai
>>2506657
Dude do you know what RemoveWAT is? get it.
>>2506610
This is pretty fucking sexy, famalia. I'm new to art stuff and had no idea something like this existed..
Any brand recommendations? Current desk is a joke and I'm looking to upgrade..
>>2506739
>>2506934
And I have hattifatteners on my monitor. >>2505847
Spooky.
>>2506952
That's certainly spooky. Most people don't know the moomins anymore so I'm glad there's more fans out there.
>>2506902
The one that I got was the Safco Split-Level Adjustable Drafting Table. I needed the right side for my laptop and I wanted the top part for my speakers and second monitor.
Again, the company has a bit of a reputation for there being manufacturing defects, and being unhelpful if you receive a table with the defect. However, with the priced reduced down from $400 to $200, I figured it was worth a shot. I haven't regretted it.
http://www.amazon.com/Safco-Products-3965MO-Drafting-Height-Adjustable/dp/B003L20P2M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1462118858&sr=8-1&keywords=safco+drafting+table
What is your personal artistic situation? What is your medium? Do you need space for a laptop? Do you need that back section? What is your price range?
Figure out your work station needs and then you can figure out how to make it happen. For example, if you have a desktop and don't plan on ever using laptops, and your workstation is next to a wall, you can get a regular table and have the computer tower next to it and mount a shelf for the monitor.
>>2507056
what you have seems perfect for my needs. I have a tower, but it's a small itx tower so it'd fit nicely on the fixed platform, with the monitor on the hutch. The adjustable portion would be for pen and paper, or putting my MS tablet on/laying it flat for regular computer use. I'm gonna start looking into drafting tables again, as I thought they were only meant for standing height and one surface.
>>2507149
I'm not gonna lie, it was a pain in the ass to find a drafting table that accommodated a computer. Most drafting tables are single surfaces. I was scouring the internet and was even considering getting a custom one.
There was one other thing I found that was a glassw corner desk with one side being drafting surface and the other being flat, but that took up way too much space in my tiny house.
>>2507153
Yea, I had just concluded the same thing after searching around...up to and including making on myself. Whelp, I've got all the power tools to make it happen and it's been a while since I've flexed my /diy/ so maybe this'll be a good project.
>>2506960
> Most people don't know the moomins anymore so I'm glad there's more fans out there.
You haven't clearly ever been to Finland mate.
>>2507161
I have not, but in central Europe no one I know knows them.
>>2507156
Definitely see if you can find the thing that locks the drafting surface at an angle first. I don't see those around much. But diy drafting table is a good idea.
>>2507172
Really? I'm surprised. Moomin is hot as shit in northern Europe and Japan. I'd have thought it had spread by now, considering the massive amount of merchandise they're cranking out.
>>2507225
well if you want, take a pic of the part itself. I was just planning on making some notches in a couple rails for the 'leg' of the stand to rest in to adjust the angles. Other than that, I could go the rod with a section drilled out at the end and a bolt with a knob on both ends to manually tighten to down once in position, but that's a little questionable.
>>2506647
weird beauty products, pink tiger pattern, mug, pink phone
What are you a PHEEEEEEEEEG?
ye i know 2 macs , lets move on from that part
>>2507797
>root beer
>monster
>bananas and apple
How's the diabetes treating you
>>2507893
that fzd life anon but still holding up , need all the caffeine i can get
>>2507895
that's you? I'm /ic/ + /fit/ master race too.
>>2507897
mah nigganon
>>2507897
its a good combination since they both require discepline
>>2507999
Doesn't your back hurt?
>>2503440
Nice. Where do you live?
>>2506165
secondary monitor in portrait mode master race
>>2505847
just started working with oils to learn about color, how do I make a lighter value? with water it doesn't blend, and with just a little oil on the brush I run out of color too fast
>>2504179
source?
>>2503440
hope some day I will have your kind of space
super comfy
i like my set up pretty ok
Humble but comfy. It's also where I sleep.
>>2502464
Those with the greatest potential are those that are on the bottom
>>2510835
Shit mang how the fuck are not famous yet? It kinda makes me hopeless seeing you getting 2 notes on tumblr
>>2510872
Oh, thanks for thinking I could be famous, that's flattering. I don't know, I'm a real shut-in and I'm really shy so I can never promote myself. I'm really stupid with social medias, I guess I should try to get better at that.
>>2510737
Water? I assume you're using water soluble oils or you done fucked up. No, what you do to get lighter values is mix in some white paint.
Titanium white is potent and a little goes a long way, zinc white is more transparent and harder to 'overdose', but shouldn't be used excessively since it dries more brittle.
Thinning agents such as turpentine, mineral spirits, linseed/walnut/poppy/safflower oil and alkyds should be used primarily to alter the consistency, flow and drying time of the paint, not so much the transparency, unless you're doing glazes.
Oil painting is as much about chemistry as it is about colour, I'm learning as I go but there's -a lot- to learn. I'd actually recommend acrylics if you're just learning about colour. That's what I did. But I never did like painting with acrylics.
(Damn son, that's some tight budget IKEA furnishing you got going on there. But I'm in no position to judge.)
>>2501701
Desk for traditional watercolour, pencil,ink. 1/2
>>2501701
Desk for digital I normally move the keyboard to the left and slide the huion forward. That's a huion gt 220 with the standard pen it comes with.
Desks are important as fuck currently working towards getting a desk as wide as this without the drawers so I can have traditional and digital side by side, it really effects how you work if your space can't accommodate you and your equipment comfortably. For a good month I wasn't excites to draw because my shoulder hurt a lot with the huion tilted up more in another configuration.
Really great thread though op I'm loving seeing everyone else's work stations
2/2
I usually use this for gaming threads. But I draw here too. Just tuck the keyboard behind the monitor and bam!
>>2511213
ty bro, white is it
was reading Eichard Schmid's Everything I know about painting to learn about edge and value, and got into color too, since, eh, why not? I was postponing that for some time now. but he doesn't talk about this kind of stuff
>(Damn son, that's some tight budget IKEA furnishing you got going on there. But I'm in no position to judge.)
from where I come ikea is considered far-from-cheat furniture, (and the chair is from jysk)
>>2510908
Tip: make fan art. At least until you build a fan base. You deserve more.
>>2507895
L O N D O N
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>>2511480
What country?
>>2511480
You should really read up on painting before doing anything with it if you don't even know that you can mix a colour with white to make it lighter or that you can't mix oils with water. Oils is pretty serious stuff if you don't know wtf you are doing, they're toxic and turp is very nasty to your health if you don't take precautions using it. Srsly bro google and read up on the medium for a bit. I think you should work with acrylics a little and get a feeling for painting before getting into oils.
>>2511480
Oh my god no
How do you not know such a beginner thing? Sorry, but it would take a second to google such things, but instead you take wrong information on 4chan.
Don't make colors lighter with white, unless you also want to mute them and make them more pastel-like.
There's lots of different ways to lighten different colors and there's not one trick that will suddenly make you good. Read some books perhaps (alla prima?) and then start color mixing on cheap small surfaces.
You can't lighten the values without affecting the chroma/saturation.
>>2508025
I draw after work for about 1-1.5 hours, so no.
>>2511542
romania, and not the capital, where things are a little different
>>2511546
>>2511554
welp, I bough just one tube of oils so far, so I guess I'll just go back to pen, pencils and brush pens and leave the colors for digital
and it's because I read alla prima that I wanted to try it out
>was reading Eichard Schmid's Everything I know about painting
>>2511554
What
Have you actually ever painted before?
U guys are so neat
>>2501701
I really need to get some pictures up on that wall...
>>2511744
And yes, that is an old 4:3 screen. I really should get a new one... There's a lot of things I really should do, apparently! At least it's tidy.
>>2511642
HAVE YOU?
>>2504179
thdark?
>>2511756
as a matter of fact i have and do at least a few hours every week
>>2511779
>he made it
>>2511793
Are you illustrat? Because if mix every color with white to achieve to a lighter color, I can guarantee you that you're an absolute terrible artist, regardless of how much time you put into it. Illustrat is one of those people.
>>2507895
Kik?
>>2506025
Argentina?
>>2502464
>At my left you can see the wall where I let my frustration out
i have a standing desk
>it's always this messy
>>2511703
HOLY FUCK I WAS JUST THINKING THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOUR STUFF WOULD LOOK LIKE, I LOOKed AT THE NAME AND THEN PRESSed CAPS LOCK TO WRITE THIS COMMENT.
where I draw digitally, tablet is surely 8 years old
>>2514760
And where I draw in my sketchbook, so where I draw most of the time. Usually surrounded by food on the couch while listening to TV or podcasts.
My desk is a bit of a mess.
>>2507764
i have an older sister ..
>>2514760
If only that windowsill were white.
One from earlier today
>>2514903
Then I'd have to buy different plant pots
:(
I have very limited space, but I'd rather spend on a new/better/bigger tablet than a bigger desktop.
>>2511779
how do you work whit all that shit around you?
>>2505726
got a question about that tablet you have there... what is the active size on there for pen and tablet?
>>2511315
Nice mask of terror.
mine - shitty animator
>>2515035
Eyy, I'm a Shitty modeler. Got any models you want done.
Pretty strange, right?
>>2503546
only sane person in this thread
enjoy your peaceful creativity, anon
>>2506674
gonna need sauce for that foot ruins pape there friendo
can i have one for my background :( ?
What do you folks use for lighting? I have been trying to get back into art for a while, but I am plagued by shadows(mostly of my hand and body).
I feel really dumb for not having found a real solution in all this time.
When you are a kid in school they have those big open windows and bright fluorescent lights, you don't have to think twice.
NOW I am trying to figure out how to draw in my dark apartment...
>>2515256
Adjustable architect's lamp, just like the one in Pixar films. It's pretty easy to put it right next to your head, above your work, or wherever you need it to be so your hand isn't casting a shadow on your work.
>>2514907
>this is what it's like to be a rich fag
Also
>painting directly on your table
Lord help you.
>>2515256
Halogen light.
Light always coming from the left side.
>>2515306
Halogen is only necessary if you're working with color. Otherwise you might as well use an LED lamp, which is more comfortable because it's not so hot.
>>2515312
gonna get both as soon as I start my job. thanks
>>2514877
h-hot.
You should sell her panties on ebay if your art career fails.
>>2515014
Thanks mayne.
>>2515050
Probably should have clarified, Shitty 2D animator.
>>2515084
It's a daily painting so it's not very polished, but here you go, full res just for you.
It's more of a game station, but im getting tired of videogames, so we draw now.
>>2510810
nice I'd feel very comfy there
>>2505847
True artist only drink coke in a wine glass
>mfw I just draw where I sleep, which is in the living room
I can't even have fun with all the good stuff, like paints and such because I'll make a mess + there's no space for that. Can't wait till I move out in two months and actually get my own room where I can do whatever I want
There's also the fact that my roommate is making love with his gf every second night and I can hear it all very clearly cause the apartment is the size of a corner shop
And it's still overpriced
For fucks sake
>>2517938
haha aww cheer up
>>2517938
What you need is a good coffee shop or library to hide out in.
(And some headphones.)
>>2515474
haahhahahhahahah
>>2514994
the whole silver bit is
and the tablet is the medium size one of the intuos pro
>>2517938
>There's also the fact that my roommate is making love with his gf every second night and I can hear it all very clearly cause the apartment is the size of a corner shop
you should see if your room mate will let you draw him banging his gf.
