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allavolodinayork · 4 years ago

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Alla Volodina’s Pick Of The Week

Here is an interesting article that Alla Volodina suggests to take a look at as it walks through the impacts of handwriting on your ability to learn. How Handwriting Trains The Brain

GWENDOLYN BOUNDS

Ask preschooler Zane Pike to write his name or the alphabet, then watch this 4-year-old’s stubborn side kick in. He spurns practice at school and tosses aside workbooks at home. But Angie Pike, Zane’s mom, persists, believing that handwriting is a building block to learning.

She’s right. Using advanced tools such as magnetic resonance imaging, researchers are finding that writing by hand is more than just a way to communicate. The practice helps with learning letters and shapes, can improve idea composition and expression, and may aid fine motor-skill development.

It’s not just children who benefit. Adults studying new symbols, such as Chinese characters, might enhance recognition by writing the characters by hand, researchers say. Some physicians say handwriting could be a good cognitive exercise for baby boomers working to keep their minds sharp as they age.

Studies suggest there’s real value in learning and maintaining this ancient skill, even as we increasingly communicate electronically via keyboards big and small. Indeed, technology often gets blamed for handwriting’s demise. But in an interesting twist, new software for touch-screen devices, such as the iPad, is starting to reinvigorate the practice.

Most schools still include conventional handwriting instruction in their primary-grade curriculum, but today that amounts to just over an hour a week, according to Zaner-Bloser Inc., one of the nation’s largest handwriting-curriculum publishers. Even at institutions that make it a strong priority, such as the private Brearley School in New York City, “some parents say, ‘I can’t believe you are wasting a minute on this,'” says Linda Boldt, the school’s head of learning skills.

Recent research illustrates how writing by hand engages the brain in learning. During one study at Indiana University published this year, researchers invited children to man a “spaceship,” actually an MRI machine using a specialized scan called “functional” MRI that spots neural activity in the brain. The kids were shown letters before and after receiving different letter-learning instruction. In children who had practiced printing by hand, the neural activity was far more enhanced and “adult-like” than in those who had simply looked at letters.

“It seems there is something really important about manually manipulating and drawing out two-dimensional things we see all the time,” says Karin Harman James, assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience at Indiana University who led the study.

Adults may benefit similarly when learning a new graphically different language, such as Mandarin, or symbol systems for mathematics, music and chemistry, Dr. James says. For instance, in a 2008 study in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, adults were asked to distinguish between new characters and a mirror image of them after producing the characters using pen-and-paper writing and a computer keyboard. The result: For those writing by hand, there was stronger and longer-lasting recognition of the characters’ proper orientation, suggesting that the specific movements memorized when learning how to write aided the visual identification of graphic shapes.

Other research highlights the hand’s unique relationship with the brain when it comes to composing thoughts and ideas. Virginia Berninger, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Washington, says handwriting differs from typing because it requires executing sequential strokes to form a letter, whereas keyboarding involves selecting a whole letter by touching a key.

She says pictures of the brain have illustrated that sequential finger movements activated massive regions involved in thinking, language and working memory—the system for temporarily storing and managing information.

And one recent study of hers demonstrated that in grades two, four and six, children wrote more words, faster, and expressed more ideas when writing essays by hand versus with a keyboard.

Even in the digital age, people remain enthralled by handwriting for myriad reasons—the intimacy implied by a loved one’s script, or what the slant and shape of letters might reveal about personality. During actress Lindsay Lohan’s probation violation court appearance this summer, a swarm of handwriting experts proffered analysis of her blocky courtroom scribbling. “Projecting a false image” and “crossing boundaries,” concluded two on celebrity news and entertainment site hollywoodlife.com. Beyond identifying personality traits through handwriting, called graphology, some doctors treating neurological disorders say handwriting can be an early diagnostic tool.

“Some patients bring in journals from the years, and you can see dramatic change from when they were 55 and doing fine and now at 70,” says P. Murali Doraiswamy, a neuroscientist at Duke University. “As more people lose writing skills and migrate to the computer, retraining people in handwriting skills could be a useful cognitive exercise.”

In high schools, where laptops are increasingly used, handwriting still matters. In the essay section of SAT college-entrance exams, scorers unable to read a student’s writing can assign that portion an “illegible” score of 0.

Even legible handwriting that’s messy can have its own ramifications, says Steve Graham, professor of education at Vanderbilt University. He cites several studies indicating that good handwriting can take a generic classroom test score from the 50th percentile to the 84th percentile, while bad penmanship could tank it to the 16th. “There is a reader effect that is insidious,” Dr. Graham says. “People judge the quality of your ideas based on your handwriting.”

Handwriting-curriculum creators say they’re seeing renewed interest among parents looking to hone older children’s skills—or even their own penmanship. Nan Barchowsky, who developed the Barchowsky Fluent Handwriting method to ease transition from print-script to joined cursive letters, says she’s sold more than 1,500 copies of “Fix It … Write” in the past year.

Some high-tech allies also are giving the practice an unexpected boost through hand-held gadgets like smartphones and tablets. Dan Feather, a graphic designer and computer consultant in Nashville, Tenn., says he’s “never adapted well to the keypads on little devices.” Instead, he uses a $3.99 application called “WritePad” on his iPhone. It accepts handwriting input with a finger or stylus, then converts it to text for email, documents or Twitter updates.

And apps are helping Zane Pike—the 4-year-old who refused to practice his letters. The Cabot, Ark., boy won’t put down his mom’s iPhone, where she’s downloaded a $1.99 app called “abc PocketPhonics.” The program instructs Zane to draw letters with his finger or a stylus; correct movements earn him cheering pencils.

Indiana UniversityIn children who had practiced writing by hand, the scans showed heightened brain activity in a key area, circled on the image at right, indicating learning took place.

“He thinks it’s a game,” says Angie Pike.

Similarly, kindergartners at Harford Day School in Bel Air, Md., are taught to write on paper but recently also began tracing letter shapes on the screen of an iPad using a handwriting app.

“Children will be using technology unlike I did, and it’s important for teachers to be familiar with it,” says Kay Crocker, the school’s lead kindergarten teacher. Regardless of the input method, she says, “You still need to be able to write, and someone needs to be able to read it.”

Be sure to check back next week for Alla Volodina’s next article pick!

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yourgamemasterthewhiterabbit · 4 years ago

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**disclaimer** I am a digital artist but I have no stylus atm and used a free AI to make graphics for my blog for now [Less in a furry way and more in a shapeshifter cursed to only have an animal's head kind of way, what do you mean my eyes look out of place on a prey animal?]

I'm the blogger formerly known as 5c3r3y4h4. I had to change it a number of times due to a cyberstalking incident [not the one you think] and someone snatched up my old URL [for air conditioning??] Hence all the l337 and changing characters! [to avoid google searches for my blog]

I DO NOT vet donation posts, I am not the right person to send them to, I do not have the spoons.

I am the author of 'Animate'... I took a year off to write fic and then the pandemic hit and it's been almost four years of hiatus now. YES I still plan on finishing it. Eventually.

I may also do spontaneous prompts if they inspire something! And I don't mind people leaving prompts in my inbox [over 18 for anything adult in nature, thanks]. I may answer mail directed to characters I own or write for, or just like, if you ask. I would like to write more spontaneously and have a bit more social interaction and fun on here, so don't be afraid to 'ask' me things. It can be fun stuff, RP stuff... [Also if you use the word 'macho' at me in my mail box I might break down laughing and never answer you]. I deal with trolls by chewing on them for enrichment. Sometimes tumblr delays my messages... Sometimes I keep an ask or hate mail forever for emotional support reasons. Sorry!

Writing is also probably only 1/10th or less of what I do! I also do lots of art, draw, paint, build and make things, etc... And one of my main projects that's on pause atm is making a videogame. I stream sometimes, even! On twitch. And I have a youtube!

I do maintain a regular blog here about what goes on in my little gremlin life... I tend to make a post at least once a month.

I'd really like to find people I get along with who are also in their 30's and have similar interests, so don't be afraid to DM me to chat.

Animate [anəmət]

For anyone who wants to follow me for my original fiction, namely Animate at the moment, I’ve set up a side-blog to keep it all on one feed, since master posts keep breaking and I keep losing track of the chapters.

Here's the author feed:

https://www.tumblr.com/blog/animate-author-feed

I turned the asks back on for it, sorry.

I also have a game development blog that's currently mostly on hiatus: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/growthengine

Open for donations again. Please specify if it is a donation to help with living costs, a gift, a tip [which counts as income], or payment for a commission [also income], so I can claim things properly! [for my pension, taxes, etc!] Never feel pressured to give me money, and do not donate if you are under 18!

NEW RULE!

We don't sit here and only gender me as "he" and a "guy" the moment it suits your narrative to ignore that I am non-binary and afab [and have at least one intersex condition] to try to position me as representing the patriarchy. I am not suddenly a tantruming incel man, your oppressor, or some kind of predator, the moment it helps you paint a convenient image of yourself as the victim and of me as inherently the aggressor! That's called "malgendering" and is some terfy shit right there, and I'm not playing! Stop treating trans mascs this way! Please be aware that I 0% pass as anything but a GNC 'woman' offline, so -despite my identity- that is -largely- my lived experience! If we're disagreeing and you want to respect my gender identity, that'll be pronoun "daddy" to you, thanks ;)

My health is shit and I am almost always busy doing something or recovering and I am not really social at all sorry!

#trying to keep this shorter because I KNOW no one is reading all that #okay I know

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destiny-islanders · 7 years ago

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I absolutely love your artwork and I would like to know how you got into digital art and if the transition from pencil and paper to the artpad was hard, Im trying to get into digital art myself however nothing feels right and it's frustrating. So I'm curious if you had the same problem too. Also I thought your reaction to all of us telling you all the soras you forgot to draw was hilarious but still I'm sad over Anti form not being in it because it's one of my favs. It was just a prank bro

Thank you!

And yeah, the shift from drawing traditionally to drawing digitally has a bit of a learning curve! I’ve got some tips below, for anyone who’s interested:

It’s tricky at first to put the stylus down on the tablet and get it to go where you want it to.Your instinct is to look down to see what you’re drawing, but your focus needs to be on the screen of your computer! Hahahaha.

To anyone having trouble with that– be patient and give yourself time to adjust! Your tablet should come with software that helps you calibrate it, where you have to touch certain points of the tablet with your stylus so that it can be more responsive. Boot up your art program and run a calibration test of your own! Practice being able to place your lines and shapes more precisely. Soon, it’ll get to the point that you won’t even think about the fact that you’re using a tablet; you’ll be so focused on the screen that everything feels natural. It just takes time. You’ll get there!

(Another good habit to pick up with digital art is to make quick strokes with your pen instead of slowly drawing lines.

You can’t be quite as precise with your lines this way, but one of the best parts of digital drawing is the undo button! And you can always erase if you make a line too long.)

Once you’ve gotten the hang of using your tablet, the next step is to acquaint yourself with your art program. When you’re just getting started, I guarantee that there will be a bunch of features your program has that you don’t know about. (I’ve been using Photoshop for a year, and I learn new stuff about it all the time!) Look up a video on YouTube about your art program. The artist using it will be able to show you how to use basic functions and offer tips about other features you may not have noticed!

If you can, work with a resolution of 300 ppi

Otherwise, your art will look blurry online (thanks to websites’ formatting) or in print

Use and abuse layers!

You can sketch out a drawing as many times as you like, then draw the line-art on top, and then delete or hide the sketch lines as if they never happened!

For detailed doodles, I actually have multiple line-art layers. That way I can draw clean lines over each other and not have to worry about roughing those lines up when I erase them. This is especially useful when you’re drawing hair over faces or seams/patterns on clothing

When you color, add the color layers UNDERNEATH the line-art layer so that you can stay inside the lines.

Naming layers (e.g. “Line-Art,” “Red,” “Blue,” etc.) might want to be something you want to make a habit of

SAVE OFTEN! Omg I can’t tell you how many times my art program crashed and I lost hours of work. Please make saving often a habit or you will be like me and you will cry.

Basic short-cuts that will save your life:

Crtl + S (To save your work and your sanity.)

(Crtl + Shift + S is To Save As… I use this to duplicate doodles. It’s useful when I’m drawing comic strips, so I can have the characters already drawn and colored for reference)

Ctrl + Shift + Clicking a point on the canvas (To automatically jump to the layer that the point you clicked is on)

Ctrl + 0 (To zoom out so that your entire canvas fits inside the screen)

Ctrl + Z (To undo)

Ctrl + Y (To redo)

Ctrl + A (To select the entire LAYER THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON– either to erase, move, etc.)

Crtl + C (To copy)

Ctrl + V (To paste)

Ctrl + E (In Photoshop at least, this will let you merge a layer with the one beneath it so they’re on the same one)

Ctrl + - or + (To zoom in/out)

Most programs have their own unique short-cuts, too! Be sure to look them up. They’ll save you a bunch of time.

Play around with color!

These days, I hardly ever use black or gray. Instead, I use shades of purple, blue, or red

Not just with coloring, but with line-art! Try drawing something with purple lines! Or blue! You’ll probably like how it looks.

That’s not to say that using black and gray should be off-limits! I’ve seen some artists discourage people from using black, and I disagree with that. Nothing should be off-limits!

Explore your program’s blending modes

Once you’re done with a piece, try putting a soft light or overlay layer on top. The color you set this layer to will help balance out the piece and set a certain mood (e.g. warm lighting, cool lighting, etc.)

These blending modes can also help when you’re drawing a piece with “effects”– like things that glow

#Destiny Answers #long post #art stuff #fancycatven

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dragonmagicvape · 4 years ago

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Geekvape Aegis Pod

The Aegis Pod is the smallest of the Aegis family of mods from Geekvape. The Aegis Pod has the same IP-67 waterproof rating and the familiar stitched leather design. While many manufacturers are focusing on the pod mod sector, the Aegis pod may seem to be a step backwards compared to the more popular Boost and Boost Plus. But, this pod is surprisingly powerful thanks for Geekvape’s coil technology. Find out more here.

Specs and Features

All-in-One Pod System

0.08 Second Firing Speed

5 to 20W Output

Resistance Range 0.4 to 3.0 ohms

LED Light Indicating battery level

Made from Zinc Alloy, Leather and Silicone.

IP67 Rated – Corrosion, Shock and Water Resistant

3.5ml E-Liquid Capacity

Proprietary Drip Tip

G-Coil 0.6 ohm Resistance Single Mesh Coil

Plug and Play Connection

Gold Plated Contacts

800 mAh Built in Battery

USB Type-C Charging

Size 88.1mm by 40.3mm by 18mm

Weight 73g

What's in the box

One Aegis Pod Device

One Aegis Pod

Two Aegis 0.6 ohm Coils

One Coil Pry Tool

One User Manual

One USB Type-C Charging Cable

Box

Geekvape Aegis Pod Product Packaging

Front

Side

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Design

The overall look and feel of the Aegis Pod is similar to the other mods in the Aegis line but this one is much smaller with a unique shape. A friend who recently purchased one says the shape reminds her of a scarab beetle, it is thicker and wider across the middle. The power button is located front and centre with a small LED indicator light in the middle of the button. The familiar stitched leather design is also present in the Aegis Pod making it a good fit for your Aegis collection.

Another design feature that is unique to the Aegis pod is the new leak proof technology included in the refillable 3.5ml pod. Unlike the Boost and Boost Plus, filling is done via the bottom of the pod cartridge. Usually bottom fill pods will suffer some leaking or residue, but the Aegis pod battery remains dry even after sitting for a few days. The pod also features a wider airflow than other comparable mesh coil pods, giving you a pod style direct lung hit.

Aegis Pod

Airflow

Button

USB Type-C

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Features

The Aegis pod is charged via USB Type-C located on the bottom, the first USB Type-C IP67 waterproof device. Unlike the other Aegis mods, the charge port does not have a plastic seal thanks to the new design technology. Geekvape claims that the Aegis is their toughest pod yet with features such as anti-fracturing, anti-deforming, and anti-propagation.

The Aegis Pod is light on features, there is no wattage control or adjustable levels. You simply insert the press fit coil, fill the tank, and away you go. This makes the Aegis Pod a very simple device to use, while also providing adequate power and cloud production for those looking for something a bit more powerful than a traditional pod.

The built in battery has a capacity of 800mAh, which really doesn’t seem much by today’s standards, but this is a pod and not a pod mod. Battery technology has come a long way in the last couple of years, and the 800mAh at 15W with the included coil has a good balance of power and battery longevity. The fast USB Type-C charging with passthrough means you can quickly charge the pod while still being able to use it.

Refillable Pod

Pod

Bottom Filling

Replaceable Coils

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Flavour and Clouds

With the new G Coil Hybrid replaceable coils you can get some really decent clouds at only 15-20W. Unfortunately you can’t use the GV Boost coils in the pod as they are a larger size. But, Geekvape promises that the pod coils will be cross compatible with future product releases such as the newer Wenax Stylus. As these coils are only rated for 5-15W we may see more low wattage pods from Geekvape in the near future.

Comparing the G Coil pod, to the GV Boost coils I’m getting more flavour from the latter. That may be due to the slightly larger surface area and the fact they are designed to be used with freebase juices. The G Coils have a resistance of 0.6 ohms, which seems like a low resistance for using nicotine salts, especially with that wider airflow. The coils should have consistently good flavour for at least four refills.

I decided to try some freebase juice in the Aegis pod and was pleasantly surprised by the amount of vapour from such a low wattage. With the less restrictive airflow the Aegis pod to me is more direct lung than mouth to lung. If you’re looking for a low wattage device for using with nicotine salts, that still manages to produce abundant clouds, then the Aegis pod will suit your needs.

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Geekvape Aegis Pod

Product Name: Aegis Pod

Brand: Geekvape

Offer price: $34.82

Currency: AUD

Availability: InStock

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Design - 90

Features - 70

Flavour - 80

Clouds - 85

Bottom Line

The pod craze doesn’t seem to be slowing down, if anything more and more companies are continuing to make these low wattage pods. I think it’s an interesting move for Geekvape who have mostly focused on sub ohm setups, and more recently pod mods. In saying that, the Aegis pod really isn’t bad. It may have a lower wattage than the Boost but it is much more suited for use with nicotine salts.

To me the main advantage of the Aegis pod is the less restrictive airflow. It really does feel more like a direct lung draw. Some people may appreciate more than the usual restrictive mouth to lung that you get from most low wattage pods. If you’ve enjoyed the other Aegis devices from Geekvape then this definitely will fit in with the rest of your collection. The new coil technology is able to create more cloud at lower wattages, if this is something you’re looking for the Aegis pod can deliver.

Overall

Pros

even under heavy use the battery contacts were completely dry.

Being a low wattage you can get a decent amount of time between charges. It should be enough to get your through a full day of vaping. And you can still use the pod as it charges.

The 3.5ml capacity is generous, while using nic salts I’m only filling every 2-3 days.

I prefer the bottom filling of this pod to the top filling on the Boost, I find it easier to fil without making a mess. Top filling you can sometimes be fighting the trapped air bubbles which means the juice flows back out of the fill hole.

The Aegis pods aren’t as opaque as others so it’s very easy to see your juice level.

Cons

The airflow is slightly confusing, even though this is a nicotine salt pod the airflow is more direct lung than mouth to lung.

While you can comfortably use freebase juice in this pod you aren’t going to get the full flavour experience.

The coils are kanthal, which is fine. But with so many other material options that provide better flavour, it would be good to see an Ni80 option or SS316L.

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When writing was first invented in ancient Sumer, the written word had a mystical quality to it. The Sumerians understood writing was a gift from the gods. The permanence of writing gave writers a kind of immortality. Their bodies might die, but their words would live on.

Granted, this quasi-divine power emerged from more humble origins. The cuneiform writing system came from an earlier pictographic system that, in turn, developed from a tool created for accounting purposes: clay tokens. People used these clay tokens to record information about their agricultural goods; over time, the Sumerians elaborated on these early signs to invent a written system capable of expressing the complexities of oral communication.

The quest for immutability spans millennia. People have been trying to make their work permanent for thousands of years.

Cuneiform writing wasn't immutable in the same way blockchains are, but the medium lent itself to permanence. To write in cuneiform, scribes would take a wedge-shaped stylus and press it into wet clay that was then dried or baked until it was hard. This made the text durable, unlike later writing that used ink on papyrus, which was much more susceptible to decay. Cuneiform tablets could be broken, but many of them have survived over thousands of years because attempts to destroy cuneiform have to be very deliberate. If a city was sacked and burned, the fire did little to damage the library of cuneiform tablets because the clay had already been kiln-fired. And, as with any writing in the pre-printing press and pre-digital age, replication of a text could only take place by hand.

In writing, the Sumerians saw the power of immortality: You could say something without your body being physically present. People could send messages over long distances (including time), with the text as intermediary.

Writing is thought externalized, the body walking away from itself.

In an ironic twist, however, the oldest known texts in the world remained in obscurity until the nineteenth century when archaeologists started to dig for evidence of ancient civilizations. Unlike Greek myths, which have been passed on since antiquity because the Greek language spread and continued to function as a spoken language, stories like the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh died along with the civilizations that birthed them. For millennia, no one knew these quasi-immutable blocks of text existed, and even when they were unearthed, it took some time to decipher the unknown languages written in cuneiform script.

So much for immortality. Even immutability needs an audience. The power of text is not just in the writers, but in the readers. Words draw their power from the act of communication. You can't achieve immortality without flesh-and-blood humans to use what you've invented. Like cuneiform, blockchains lose their power apart from communal use. We may be able to separate text from the individual physical body, but without human bodies on the other side of the text, the text is dead.

Plato saw a danger in this separation between words and body. In the Phaedrus, Plato presents an imaginary dialogue between the Egyptian god Thoth and Egyptian king Thamus. Thoth tells the king that the invention of writing is an "elixir of memory" that will make the people wise.

But Thamus disagrees. He says that writing will not be an elixir of memory but will, instead, produce forgetfulness because people will not practice their memory.

Externalizing thought by writing creates the danger that the mind will forget. The exterior thought becomes permanent, safely on paper, while our minds let the words go. The power of the text is simultaneously forgotten and magnified. The text remains, while the speakers turn their minds elsewhere.

This doesn't mean we will forget, only that it is extremely easy to forget if we don't cultivate the habit of memory. And it's easy not only to forget our thoughts, but to forget the flesh-and-blood people who are reading them. Technology – whether it's blockchains, cuneiform, or the internet – is about human communities, about individual bodies in the context of the ecosystem as a whole.

Today, we can type our thoughts and have them seen on social media instantaneously. I can't help thinking that in this world where text abounds, we've forgotten that our words have power.

Writing and swift delivery of those words around the world are what make global communities possible. At the same time, we might be more careful with our words if we remembered their permanence. Do we think about the impact our words will have before we post a thought on Twitter or reddit? Do we think about how we phrase our criticisms and queries? Do we remember that words have power?

Words shape worlds. We have the power to create and the power to destroy. What we write on social media may not be immortalized on a blockchain, but it's worth remembering just how powerful our words are.

Rebekah is a copy editor for ETHNews. She holds an M.Litt in Theology, Imagination, and the Arts from the University of St Andrews and an M.A. in Biblical Exegesis from Wheaton College. Her interests include Mesopotamian history, James Baldwin, and the study of how food intersects with memory, identity, and meaning-making.

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I first came across Erin, when BBC America shared a piece of art that Erin did on their official instagram. It was a picture she created of Bill Potts from the television series Doctor Who. But I didn’t really start to pay attention to Erin, who is better known by her handle @butternut_gouache, until the news broke about who was cast as the 13th Doctor. I was writing an article on the fan’s reactions to the news. I shared a piece of art work that she made in tribute to the first woman to be cast as The Doctor. At that point I took the time to really check out her page. I fell in love. Her art work included so many of the fandoms that I loved. From Star Wars, Guardians of the Galaxy to Doctor Who. She even seemed to share my love for Taylor Swift and great fashion. I have shared her art as part of several different Fan Art Friday posts, that we host weekly on our blog. And since we had featured her art so often, I figured it was time to get to know her a little better and share her story as well as her art with our audience.

Tell us about yourself. Hi there! My name is Erin Lefler, and I’m a New York based freelance character designer and illustrator. I’m an all around nerd, so a lot of the times when I’m not doing illustration and character design work, you can usually find me doing fan art or cosplay!

How long have you been making art and how did you get started?

Oh that’s a tough one! I can’t put my finger exactly when I started making art, but I’ve been drawing for pretty much as long as I remember. As soon as I was able to pick up a pencil, I just doodled in pretty much anything I could. But I started really taking it seriously when I met a Disney fine artist by the name of Greg McCoullgh, and he encouraged me to keep drawing. I was really thinking of giving up at that point with my art, so if it wasn’t for his encouragement I don’t think I’d be where I am today with art.

What tools do you use to create your art?

Well I do most of my art digitally, but when I do paintings I use gouache paint! It’s by far one of my favorite mediums. I also have been getting into doing ink drawings, in preparation for inktober which I’m so excited to participate in again this year. When I’m out and about I use my iPad and Wacom stylus as well, which allows me to do digital art as well!

What is it that inspires a design?

Oh just about anything I lay my eyes on! I find life so inspiring! There’s so many beautiful things in life, that it’s hard not to find inspiration from it! A lot of the times I’ll just type the words ‘people’ or ‘fashion’ on Pinterest or google and I typically will combine some photos I find to make a piece. Or sometimes I’ll just draw people I see out and about as practice. Cosplay is also a very huge inspiration for me. I love finding different cosplayers and drawing them. Also music is VERY key for inspiring me. More often then not when I’m working, you’ll find me with over the ear headphones or my laptop playing playlists that I create for each piece. It really really helps me get inspired for sure.

How long does it take to make one of your creations?

That typically depends on how many things I’m drawing in the piece. But normally, it takes me around 3-5 hours to do one piece.

What has been the reaction to your designs been like?

Oh the reactions have been the best! I just love getting to see and hear how happy my art has made people. I’ve had people tell me that my art has made them so happy that they’ve made it their phone screens, that they were so touched by a piece I’ve done that they’ve started crying, and it’s things like that that really make my work worth it.

You have a website that showcases your art and where people can purchase your art, what lead you to put up your website?

I always wanted to have a place where I could keep my art organized, like a bit of a portfolio. So that led me to sitting down and completely coding my own website. And I always get asked about owning a piece I’ve done, so that led me to adding a shop where people could get their own print of whatever piece I’ve done.

What are your hopes for your art and yourself in the future?

Well first, I hope I get to keep doing this for as long as I can. It’s been one thing that’s brought me great joy, and I hope I never stop getting to do it.

Do you have any highlights from your artistic career so far?

Oh I have several! One of my very favorites, is getting to do sketch cards for topps Star Wars Episode VIII Sets. I grew up watching Star Wars so it’s been a childhood dream to get to do something like this. And now that it’s happening, it feels so unreal! Another thing that’s been a real highlight for me is having some of my favorite actors and actresses reposting my art on their social media accounts, and even getting to give some of my art to them in person. I never ever expect that my art will get reposted by an actor or actress, but when It does, I kinda fangirl! I mean it’s really really cool, and I just feel so honored that they actually took the time to look at it!

Are you interested in other types of art?

Oh their are so many different types of art that peak my interest, but the one that REALLY interests me is paper cutting art! I’m trying to do some paper cutting pieces, and it really requires a TON of patience. So hopefully I’ll be able to share some paper cutting pieces with you all soon!

Are there other makers who inspire you?

Oh there’s so many, it’s hard for me to list them!!! But if I had to name a few, I’d definitely say that Brittany Lee, Mary Blair, Liana Hee, and Lorelay Bove have been HUGE inspirations for me. I absolutely adore their work, and they all are such lovely ladies who have helped pioneered girls being in the animation and art industry. Another favorite of mine, I’d say is Glen Keene. He just is an absolute Wonder with concept art (and art in general!) and he has got to be one of my all time favorite artists.

What would you say to someone who is first starting out as an artist? What advice do you have from them?

Good question! I think the best advice I could give is never give up, draw everyday, love what you do, and do it for the right reason. So many people today just do what they do for the likes or the comments, and if they don’t get what their hoping they give up on it. Or when people put them down about doing what they love, they give up. DON’T!!! One of my favorite artists is Vincent Van Gogh. And one of the reasons is because Vincent Van Gogh was hated when he was alive. People mocked him, and yelled at him, just because of what he painted. They said his paintings were rubbish. But he kept on painting because it was what he loved. He never gave up, despite the hate and the anger thrown his way. And now, Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most widely known artists! His work is featured in museums such as the Louvre, the Guggenheim, and he even has his own museum! If he had given up, so many beloved paintings would disappear from these museums. The people who mocked him, well they aren’t even known by name today. So yeah, people will always have something to say about what you do. But DO NOT give up on your art. If you love what you’re drawing, that’s all that matters! If others like it too that’s just an added bonus! And do it for the right reason. Don’t do it for the likes. It’ll just get you discouraged if you do it for that reason. And finally, draw everyday. It’ll give you great practice and will help you to improve little by little. And don’t think it has to be perfect. That’s the great thing about art, each persons art is their own perfect. So don’t compare yourself to others. Practice everyday. Don’t do it for the likes. And love what you do! I think that is the best advice I can give to anyone just starting out as an artist. That advice was given to me when I first started and I think it’s what’s kept my focus in the right place with my art.

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benwilkinsonfutureworks-blog · 8 years ago

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Western and Japanese Art

Are there common theme, approaches and ideas?

Initially it would be that Japanese and Western gaming art have no common theme, approaches and ideas but looking back through the history of art there are some fundamental likenesses to the both.

French Impressionist were influenced by the traditional Japanese artist and also visa versa. Early 20th century Japanese artists studied French painting and also it is said had European artists taught at the Tokyo School of art. The artwork is in the style of post Impressionism with references to Matisse and Van Gogh. Western artists such as Whistler, Toulouse Lautec, and Edgar Degas studied the Japanese woodblock prints and adopted similar approaches to their own work using colour and even imagery borrowed directly from the Japanese. Toulouse Lautec was said to be fascinated by the Japanese artwork and Ukiyo-e. He liked the way they used large areas of flat solid colour and showed everyday common people doing everyday activities something that was not common in that era.

The influence in Toulouse Lautrec paintings and the Japanese paintings is obvious in these examples. The block colour of the clothes and the body language in these paintings show how Lautrec has applied these features to his own images.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=OdsGWe7i&id=0216944653FB8096D5F27DB54B163DA2DAB54216&q=tOULOUSE+lAUTREC+JAPANESE+INFLUENCE+PAINTING&simid=608003650669314840&selectedIndex=0&ajaxhist=0

With the Claude Monet painting again the Japanese techniques have come through. In this case more pastel shades have been used and the Japanese whispery reeds have been interpretated as trees in the Monet paintin g.

Artist: Claude MONET Birth/Death: 1840–1926 Title: Meadow at Giverny Date Made: 1894

Artist: Utagawa HIROSHIGE Birth/Death: 1797–1858 Title: Horikiri Iris Garden Date Made: 1856-8

http://nga.gov.au/MonetJapan/Detail.cfm?WorkID=W1368

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In Henri Riviere Hokusai Thirty Six Views of Eiffel Tower 1902, alot later than the other images but again the Japanese influence clearly having an effect on more modern artists. This picture shows that the same perspective has been used.

https://img1.etsystatic.com/133/2/7423915/il_340x270.1110504705_64nc.jpg

https://www.wikiart.org/en/james-mcneill-whistler/caprice-in-purple-and-gold-the-golden-screen-1864

Whistlers golden screen

Toulouse Lautec Reine de Joie 1892 poster advertising the novel by Victor Joze

http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-reine-de-joie-1892-art-nouveau-poster-by-henri-de-toulouse-lautrec-16501215.html

During the 1868 Meiji restoration Japanese artist began to study western arm. Wight Gallery Director Edith Tonelli said “What’s interesting is that in some ways, the Japanese artists are looking at the learning from Western paintings that already show the influences of Japanese culture”

Looking at the other side of the equation the Japanese became alittle more adventurous when taking on the western influences such as with Manet in 1938. An exhibition called Nude with Fans by Umehara Ryuzaburo resembled many pieces by Manet.

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http://www.slideshare.net/kmblair/art-history-presentation-1106714

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Nowadays the Japanese still seem to use the flat colours and emphasize their objects rather than using the illusion of depth whereas the western art use the illusion of 3D space on a 2D surface. Many of the traditional Japanese artwork will read from right to left and are more conceptual than realistic as in western art for example. The size of the buildings are not always to scale and less important as to what the artist is trying to convey.

However, looking at these facts the underlaying factor is that the theory behind Japanese and Western art is the same but portrayed differently. For example nowadays in the gaming world and the comic industry artwork is very cleanly drawn virtually a line drawing. Games such as Red Dead Redemption show images that have takne on the Japanese technique of simple clear lines using block colour.

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These large flat areas of colours can be represented in games such as GTA and even Marvel comics. Looking at the concept art for Metal Gears by Yoji Shinkawa there is also a definite western art feel to the characters. These would be seen perfectly acceptable in a western style comic. So in hindsight I feel that the common approaches, themes and ideas between Japanese and western art are more complicated than a yes or no. We do seem very different in the overall effect but on delving alittle deeper I think there is a strong link between the two.

www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/j/japanese-art-and-design-themes

http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/s/style-guide-influence-of-japan/

Is Japanese game art uniquely Japanese?

Looking at some of the Japanese games art that is available today there is definitely a style that makes their games particularly uniquely Japanese. It has been suggested that the first Manga by Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy) was heavily influenced by Disney and Max Fleisher but I think we will all agree that the stylised features of the huge hair and large eyes are proximately Japanese. The Japanese people seemed to have grown up with Manga and its not just for the children as it can be related to at any age unlike the western market.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=Yz%2bdWQtI&id=04B83DF342909E3125AD65913F8A1C8B676692CB&q=astro+boy+1963&simid=607990903203104079&selectedIndex=6&qpvt=astro+boy+1963&ajaxhist=0

Looking at the work of Shigenori Soejima, art director at Atlus who classed as being responsible for the cartoonish lines such as the manga styled figures, his use of vibrant colours which give that distinctive look to the Japanese games art market. Whether you are a fan of Japanese games is irrelevant as his drawings are one of a kind. He is best known for his work on Persona 3 and Persona 4http://www.atlus.com/devilsummoner2/

http://kotaku.com/persona-the-art-of-shigenori-soejima-477580840

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http://www.zerochan.net/422070

On e main difference in the way the art may differ is that the Japanese culture and way of life is so different to the western style. In the game art industry a single artist is at the top overseeing all the work that is to be done on the game or series. Whereas in the western art games industry a team of artists and contractors working on a game.

Kotaku.com personal-the-art-of-shigeno

That is why each game has its unique style for instance it is also said that Metal Gear would not be Metal Gear without Japanese artist Yoji Shinkawa.

http://kotaku.com/5933168/metal-gear-aint-metal-gear-without-yoji-shinkawas-iconic-art

Yoji Shinkawa has designed everything from the characters, uniforms, scenery and the cover art. Shinkawa started work at the age of 22 on the video game Policenauts and his accurate detail for mechanical and structural design earn him some well earned recognition. He says he found his own art style by imitating other artists such as Yoshitaka Amano of Final Fantasy. Other British artists that he has been influenced by are Willy Pogany and Aubrey Beardsley as well as Frank Miller. Amongst these are inspiration from comic book styles such as Hellboy and American Jim Leeks Wildcats. He likes to keep his work fresh and prefers to draw by hand but will draw with a stylus and computer.

Again the answer is not a yes or no as both the Japanese and Western art overlap into each other gaining influences from each other over the years. Japanese art has always been more simplistic than the western world even way back in the 16th century when Caravaggio was painting realistic paintings. But I do feel in some aspects particularly Yoji Shinkawa their style has become more detailed.

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How does it differ from Western game art?

Games Developer and journalist James Mielke put the decline in video games in Japan down to the consoles and software’s that are now available in the gaming world. Japan once the biggest and top of the market in video gaming has over time been struggling to keep up with the new technologies. Japan was at its best when the consoles included Sega, PSP, DS and Nintendo systems and when portable game consoles were at their height with games such as Capcom’s Monster Hunter franchise.

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Since the explosion of the Xbox 360 and the Play station 3 Japanese game developers have found it difficult to compete with the western games developers who are much more “comfortable with the environment”. With FPS games coming into its own with the newer consoles and thus realism taking a lead the Japanese market have seemed to flounder.

Japanese artwork for the gaming world is very much left to the imagination and realism is not one of their styles. Highly coloured cartoon characters with Anime and Manga style taking the frontline in their artwork. It is undoubtedly famous for games such as Pokemon, Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest . Japanese developer Keiji Inafune suggested that the Japanese grew up with the Aanime and Manga style and have found it difficult to change and adapt to the western style. Their games also include the same type of hero which takes them on the adventure that we all can predict the ending when the hero saves the world. Games such as The Tales series, Ni No Kuni and Final Fantasy games are good examples of these. It could also be more of a cultural difference than first realised and the Japanese find it difficult to compete with the developers outside Japan.

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Dragon Quest

Western games have become more realistic and using dark mysterious colours have a totally different feel to them than Japanese games. Games such as The Witcher, Halo, Fallout and Call of Duty have taken over the lead in the games markets with its FPS games, games which have story lines to capture the imagination of the player and this in my opinion means both the Japanese and Western market are miles apart. The hero in the western games are usually middle aged men with a muscular physic strong and rugged. The storylines are far more personnel and can involve a love story or revenge such as Middle Earth:Shadow of Mordor or The Witcher 3.

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The Witcher 3

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