#artwork
also: ##art, #art
After a productive day of patrolling his territory and keeping its inhabitants in check, the beast went to its lair, the perfect spot as the light hit it exactly when it was time to rest.
Not to sound mean, but I loathe it when someone says something along the lines of: "Use XYZ program! NOT ABC programs!"
... especially when programs in question are free and reputable open source software.
It begs the question of why some programs are acceptable while others are not. Only conclusion I can come up with is personal preference, which isn't wrong to have personal preference. What's wrong is when someone pushes their personal preferences onto other people.
Saw it recently when Adobe decided to pull more nonsense to make customers upset. Folks were praising programs like Krita, yet condemning programs like GIMP.
No, I am not kidding. People hate, hate, HATE GIMP for some reason! I've used GIMP for my own photography projects for photo manipulation, digital painting and enhancing visual effects. Only downside to GIMP is that it doesn't communicate with tablets well and a mouse is all that's needed for it. This obviously won't work for some, but it does get Photoshop jobs done. How do I know? I used it college when Photoshop was mandatory and at the time I worked as a tutor work study job that paid me $80 every two weeks. I used that money to get to and from home during breaks and cannot afford Photoshop. Yeah, I wasn't financially well off and pirating wasn't something I was going to attempt in case a virus would brick my one and only laptop.
I got a little off track there, but I did list 1 negative of GIMP, while others who speak adamantly against it make these vague criticisms that again, sound like personal preference. I've observed time and time again others suggesting against GIMP, basically saying it is just not good. Sounds to me that someone heard another person say it, so they're repeating it and didn't bother downloading and trying out the program.
Again, GIMP is free. The only cost it will have is space on the disk. ...and I guess reputation since so many people hate it for no reason.
When I asked around why someone wouldn't use GIMP along with their preferred programs, all I got were excuses on the basis of personal preference. Months later I would see the same people complain that Krita couldn't make a convincing lens flare effect. Mind you, GIMP can make all kinds of lighting effects that come prepackaged with the software. Such as lens flare effects, bump mapping, glowing effects and light sources.
So, what about me? Do I choose GIMP over Krita.
Well, I use both.
GASP! Whaaaa?!?! Both?!
Yeah, I use multiple art programs because I'm not basic and brand loyal. If the software is free, why not download and use it? Even just to give it a try. It can be uninstalled later.
If anything people who say only go for 1 program and nothing else are shutting others down from expanding upon their skills.
If I never tried making art in other programs, I'd still be making pixel art with MS Paint.
sorry i've been away for a while, got really unwell :p
I'm going to miss this place so much