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Title: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Treefox on March 22, 2012, 01:43:05 PM
I thought it might be fun to share how and where are working creatively. So I'll post my desk which I use for drawing and my computer. As you can see, I tend to spread to everything within reach with my drawing materials and reference stuff.

(http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o161/Matschauge/DSCN3306.jpg)

As Nightfall has now made her appearance in the 2014 calendar, I can finally post this.  :D
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Startear on March 22, 2012, 02:24:27 PM
That is one nice workplace. I envy how you manage to keep it organized like that.

Is that the stabilo fineliners? Don't they run all over the place with copics? Speaking of that, I like that bag there. :D Good way to keep 'em organized when one has many.

I primarily sit at three different places... depending on what I'm doing and what place is available. Mostly prefer right beside my scanner. I would be my big tv room, but now I sleep next door, where the window is open 24/7 all year around. Hence it is often so cold that me hands goes numb. Tried drawing with gloves on, but... eh.
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: DestinysGift on March 22, 2012, 07:17:15 PM
Great idea, but my desk/drawing spot is... well.... Looks like a tornado pooped its contents out on my desk.  :lol

Okay, here's mine.


(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/082/1/c/my_work_station_by_kumi4eva-d4tqenz.jpg)
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Treefox on March 23, 2012, 03:27:45 AM
Love it, Destiny! I should add those little tags, too. Aw, your dog needs ear medicine?

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Is that the stabilo fineliners? Don't they run all over the place with copics? Speaking of that, I like that bag there. :D Good way to keep 'em organized when one has many.

Yep, those are stabilos! :D I usually put them on my pictures at a very late stage, after the copics. I think the copics do dissolve the stabilos indeed.
Why is the window open all the time? Sounds a bit harsh... Hope you can live with your other drawing places as well.

Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Startear on March 23, 2012, 05:47:26 AM
Destiny, it looks great! Clever to add tabs.

Hehe, because I'm one of the guys who needs it to be cold to sleep. Even as temperatures creep below -10, I am reluctant to close the window, usually just fetch a blanket or change my duvet. And when I call forfeit, I usually close it at night and have it open during the day.

And I never use the oven.

But yes, I am comfortable at my other places to sit. I even have af big mirror where i can pose for me self. XD
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: DestinysGift on March 23, 2012, 11:29:29 AM
Love it, Destiny! I should add those little tags, too. Aw, your dog needs ear medicine?
If he gets too much water in his ears, he gets an ear infection so I keep the ear cleaner nearby so I don't have to search for it when I give him a bath.

Anyone notice whats on my desk?  ;)
I recently pulled some my little ponies out of their packages and set them in front of me.
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: nilla on March 24, 2012, 03:40:47 PM
I think I can basically draw every where, but at home I use my gigantic black sofa.
 Excuse the lighting.
(http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1euhjYG0D1r98en8o1_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: DestinysGift on March 24, 2012, 05:15:14 PM
It looks so comfortable!  :D
I love those plush looking sofa's!
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Maggie on March 24, 2012, 05:36:18 PM
This is where the magic happens. ;D

(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/5665/deskxq.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/842/deskxq.jpg/)

I'd add tags for everything but it would probably take a month.

Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: nilla on March 24, 2012, 05:37:50 PM
Oh god, Maggie. It's so orderly.  :lol
It looks so comfortable!  :D
I love those plush looking sofa's!
:lol me too.
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: branchscamper on March 24, 2012, 05:56:35 PM
I'm kinda envious lol Everyone has super cool places. I'm closer to Nilla and draw almost any where. I normally sit on the floor w/my back against the wall and sketch XD Now that I've begun practicing photoshop colouring it's still the same position lol
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: DestinysGift on March 24, 2012, 06:33:49 PM
Maggie, I love your desk, I want that Matt Smith! Such a cool background on your computer! (Mine is the master right now)
I wish my desk was clean like that!
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Treefox on March 25, 2012, 01:24:16 PM
Haha, funny, when I was younger, I also used to draw everywhere. I even used water colors in my bed, no kidding. That sofa looks like a fine place to draw. Cuddly!
Maggie, your desk looks so tidy! I love all the little things like that raven. I want that sack boy!!
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Czarine on March 26, 2012, 08:00:50 AM
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u57/Czarine85/ei%20saa%20muuttaa/IMG_3965.jpg)

Uh, my desk isn't really a clean one...  ;D

I do almost everything here; eat, draw, watch videos, listen to music, play games (though I play more with PS3)... There's a bed for sleeping though, just behind my chair.  ;)

I'm hoping to get enough money to buy a desktop PC, because I don't like using my laptop's keyboard (my wrists start to hurt), and I don't like the screen being too close to my eyes.  :-\ That's why I have a cordless keyboard & mouse.
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Treefox on March 26, 2012, 11:40:05 AM
Haha! So nice! Love how stuffed it is and that you drink diet coke from a cup. :D
For longer work I actually prefer my totally out-dated desktop to my new work laptop any time. Just more comfortable for me. Man, that Wacom looks nice... maybe one day I'll get one,too...
But as long as my no-name tablet still works ok, I guess I will postpone again and again.
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: DestinysGift on March 26, 2012, 12:05:14 PM
Its interesting to see the different tablets everyone uses, for the most part everyone's is pretty small except for mine (15x14inches) but I guess it'd be more convenient for you guys.
Oh and I love the AC:B, Czarine, its one of my favorite games.
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Startear on March 28, 2012, 08:11:58 AM
Okay, so as said, I mainly sit at three different places. Since I sat by the kitchen table today, I took a photo of that place.

(http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz251/Yeha-Noha/Workspot.jpg)

My watercolor set is very cheap, of the kind you buy in the kid stores.

Oh, and the paper under my Ellie Poo (which is made of elephant dung) is the paper which i place under whatever I'm using my promarkers on, because they bleed like crazy.

Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Treefox on March 28, 2012, 08:21:49 AM
Yes, what is that called in English?
I think you drawing setup looks inviting. Makes me want to draw. You got quite a nice classic table there. And concerning cheap watercolors, I also mix the cheapest water colors, felt tip pens with expensive copics.  Poor lonely copic! *laughs*
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Afke on March 28, 2012, 10:28:43 AM
Pencil case?

I love these quick looks in people's homes btw, I'll take a picture of mine too, once it's presentable. ;P
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: branchscamper on March 28, 2012, 06:02:54 PM
They say a person's work place gives insight to their personality...idk lol but I too like seeing the little inside to people's life via their art set up. Mine is so minimum compared to everyone. I'll get a pic taken so everyone can laugh at it  :lol

Startear I drink coca cola when I draw...it just seems to be my art drink of choice.  ;D
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Miss Gillespie on March 29, 2012, 02:33:07 AM
This is where the magic happens. ;D

(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/5665/deskxq.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/842/deskxq.jpg/)

 :o feels like your desktop-wallpaper is trying to suck me into it :o very 3D
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Maggie on March 31, 2012, 12:10:53 PM
:o feels like your desktop-wallpaper is trying to suck me into it :o very 3D

Haha, well it's the inside of Dr. 11's TARDIS, getting sucked in would probably be a lot of fun. ;D
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: DestinysGift on March 31, 2012, 03:21:56 PM
Haha, well it's the inside of Dr. 11's TARDIS, getting sucked in would probably be a lot of fun. ;D

Getting sucked into the Tardis......
My mind would be blown if that were to happen. I think I would explode from the how much nerd is in me that would come to the surface  :lol
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Startear on April 01, 2012, 02:05:12 PM
Treefox: Hehe, yes, it it one of those really obnoxious long tables that should be in a mansion. Often I want to sit down at the oposite end, just because I could. XD

Branchscamper: Hehe, I'm adicted to it. XD The brown drink beckons from the fridge, where it keeps a cool coat. As it makes contact with a glass it bubbles in pleasure. But you cannot make it beg unless you drink from the flask, raw and wriggling.
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: branchscamper on April 01, 2012, 10:48:02 PM
Love it Startear :lol It is admittingly one of my addictions as well. I guess we all have to have our fave drink along the line :) But I go off topic and must remember to take a pic of my work space...
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Afke on April 09, 2012, 03:53:01 AM
Here's mine:
(http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/afke/260509/25659/25659_original.jpg)

When I lived at my parents I was used to draw everywhere too. But I always pictured myself a decent workplace in my own home for drawing and other creative stuff.
While looking for a home I had in my head I needed two bedrooms to accomplish this. I turned the smallest one into an actual bedroom, the biggest became my workroom. There's a lot of bookcases in this room as well.

I got the four matching tables from the library I work at (when they moved to a different place, these were marked as trash). I usually have one designated for my markers as you see in this photo, while the last one (bottom) varies a lot. All the way in the back (top) are my scanner and printer. I still want to add a memoboard to that wall on the right.
I put all the tables in a row in front of the windows, where I look out over my backyard and high trees in the back. I sometimes get distracted by squirrels. ;D

I also like having my computer screen next to a drawing spot. However I deliberately kept so much space round the screen I can also draw in front of it (really usefull when you google references). There's a cheap A4 tablet hidden underneath my keyboard, I sometimes use it for coloring.
I am righthanded though my mouse is on the left. I had RSI once while I still needed the computer for work, so I put it on the left to continue working. I got used to it so quickly I left it there to prevent it from happening again (keeping my drawing hand "clean").
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Treefox on April 09, 2012, 04:20:14 AM
Wonderful! Great way to get a lot of drawing tables for free. I miss not being able to look out of the window while drawing. Ah, well. Love the cases you use for the copics! Did you buy them especially for copics or just saw those and thought it would fit good for them?
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Afke on April 09, 2012, 05:53:36 AM
I had a friend of mine buy them in her city, 'cause I knew she had them as well for her markers (not copics) and knew what I meant. They turned out to be different though -- I wanted with elastics holding the markers, but they didn't have those anymore. It works well enough though, but now some years later I feel I'll mostly use them at my own place anyway in stead of carrying them around, and I'd like something that can just stand on my desk. Feels that could look a lot better organized.
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Treefox on April 09, 2012, 06:21:57 AM
Yep, those "stands" for copics do come in handy. Something like you have is much better for carrying around, though.
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Maggie on April 09, 2012, 06:35:46 AM
Wow, Afke you have so much work space. I wish I had that. ;D

My extra room is also my work room but there are so many shelves filled with books and craft items, all I have as far as work space is the desk in the picture I posted and sometimes it gets a little cramped.
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: DestinysGift on April 17, 2012, 07:16:02 PM
  ps   Where can I find the tutorial on downloading to a specfic place  ? ? ?
I just uploaded mine to deviant art scraps and went through the HTML codes to find the image link, then I just copied and clicked "Insert image" and pasted between the brackets.
You could also upload them to photobucket, if you want.
I don't know where else you could upload but these are the two I usually use.
I hope this was what you were asking, sorry if this isn't the right thing you were talking about...  :dunno
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Tah-Marien on April 23, 2012, 04:12:45 PM
Thank You Destiny !  I am just learning this site.  I went and got my Step-daughter to explain this to me and I understand That I must post elsewhere and then Link.  Good to Learn. 

Extra bonus for posting ; it made me clean up my Space !  My Art Studio looks all grown up.  Don't be fooled.  It will  be a wreck as soon as I drag everything back out to work on. 
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Tah-Marien on June 02, 2012, 07:12:16 PM

(http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2012/154/1/b/share_your_studio_by_tah_marien-d525z79.jpg)  Standing in one room to photograph another.

(http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2012/154/a/3/share_your_studio_2_by_tah_marien-d525zin.jpg)  To the right.  The computer center. Seldom Used.

(http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2012/154/d/a/share_your_studio_3_by_tah_marien-d52605u.jpg)  Close - up on the drawing table. Excessive Use.

(http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2012/154/7/a/share_your_studio_4_by_tah_marien-d5260sv.jpg)  Close up on the Work table, in  another room  (behind the computer wall), with a project layed out.
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Icebird on June 07, 2012, 12:49:59 PM
Funny to see how people set up their workspaces - jumping the bandwagon, here's mine :D

(http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/6056/dsc06513qj.jpg)

(http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/3500/dsc06514w.jpg)
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Treefox on June 11, 2012, 05:54:29 AM
Wow, nice big art room, Tah-Marien! Too bad the pictures are so small, but it looks pretty impressive.
Yours looks so tidy, Icebird! Love the bejeweled Newt! Can you post a bigger picture?
Your number of Copics is also quite impressive! And I wish I could have some double screen power, too... But I just don't have the space. 
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Foxeye on July 06, 2012, 01:26:28 PM
Wooo, finally settled into my new apartment enough to  have a workstation that I can share!

Got the new Cintiq which can orient from fully-upright (so it can act as the only monitor) to completely flat, and everything in between. I don't show it as flat as it can become in the second picture...I like to keep access to my keyboard underneath.

That said, most of my art right now is practice exercises in my journal (drawing the same pose for multiple characters with varying anatomy is my favorite exercise). :P I fear that years of sharing my artwork online has led to an addiction to feedback/reactions, and I want to remember how to be reliant on my own internal voice. Sadly this means I won't have much art to share for a while.

(http://cdn.junglefire.com/misc/workstation.jpg)
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Maggie on July 07, 2012, 05:49:14 AM
You can sit on that stool to work?  :o
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Treefox on July 07, 2012, 08:55:07 AM
Oh! That Cintiq is pretty awesome! As are the sketches I see. Very inviting and ergonomic  somehow.
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I fear that years of sharing my artwork online has led to an addiction to feedback/reactions, and I want to remember how to be reliant on my own internal voice. Sadly this means I won't have much art to share for a while.

Interesting, I was thinking along the same lines when I was riding home on my bicycle yesterday. Well, I don't want to stop posting art here, but I was thinking how most of my life I was just drawing for my own pleasure and actually showed my art to almost no one. But I so enjoy sharing getting feedback and C/C. I think it helped me improve and hopefully will make me try harder in the future as well. But I understand that you might like to rely on your own eye, but still I will miss your art! Still hope for new Jungle Fire stuff!
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Foxeye on July 07, 2012, 10:59:32 AM
You can sit on that stool to work?  :o

Yeah ^_^ It's bouncy too!  Tons of fun to chair-dance in when you have lively music going.  It's like using a exercise/medicine ball for a chair, except you can adjust the height and I've never fallen off of the stool.

most of my life I was just drawing for my own pleasure and actually showed my art to almost no one. But I so enjoy sharing getting feedback and C/C. I think it helped me improve and hopefully will make me try harder in the future as well.

Aye, I think it's good to go back and forth between the two. :)
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Tah-Marien on July 08, 2012, 04:04:54 PM
Very Nice FOXEYE.    It took me two years to unpack - and whooo I don't want to move again for a while.  !   You and Afke are very lucky to have such wonderful light.

 I miss the Squirrels from my oldest House.  I see them here but only when I walk the dog or go to the Many parks in my area.

Sorry for the small pictures  of the Studio TREEFOX, I am still learning to Post and Download.  You can see them really big on my Deviant  site.  It shows the tools better.  Especially the many color  pencils and Crayons, and pens it took to Color  the one of Tyleet.
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Kojiyumi on June 05, 2013, 02:07:13 AM
My art area has.... issues.

Viserion likes to think he's more helpful than he actually is.... 

Shhh...! nobody tell him he's not a scary guard-dragon...

(http://www.elfquest.com/social/file/pic/photo/2013/01/9ebb83b451e4d46faf4f7bd664df2333_500.jpg)
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Treefox on June 05, 2013, 04:03:17 AM
Haha! Great! Dragon-guarded indeed!
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Foxeye on October 15, 2013, 12:26:28 PM
Lifemate got a large-format printer, so the office/studio in our new house now has a wall o' elfquest ^_^ There's gonna be a wall o' junglefire, a wall o' photography, and a corner o' RPG characters.

I thought it would be weird to have my own artwork on the walls, but for a studio it works...sort of like a kick in the pants to keep doing art.

(And a kick in the pants to work at high res, because that printer shows every flaw *wince*  That's not even the biggest that monster printer can do... )

(http://cdn.junglefire.com/misc/wall-o-elfquest.jpg)
Title: Re: Share Your Desks/Drawing Spots
Post by: Afke on October 16, 2013, 01:48:58 AM
Looks like it does an awesome print-job! :o