48: Sophie Jantak on pet portraits and Blender's Grease Pencil

June 30, 2022Explicit

Show Notes

<a href="https://dustycloud.org/gfx/goodies/sophie-jantak-anniversary-cats-big.png"><img src="/static/images/blog/sophie-final2-scaled.png" alt="Sophie Jantak's fabulous portrait of our cats" /></a>The amazing <a href="https://www.sophiejantak.com/">Sophie Jantak</a> joins us to talk about how she makes pet portraits (including one she made for us!) using <a href="https://www.blender.org/">Blender's</a> <a href="https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/grease_pencil/index.html">Grease Pencil</a>. Hear about Sophie's process, why Grease Pencil is the right tool for her, and what her collalboration process is like on pet portrait commissions! (And yes, you can <a href="https://www.sophiejantak.com/pet-commissions">commission Sophie tool</a>!)BONUS FREE CULTURAL SOURCE CONTENT! We've collectively decided to release this artwork's source code as a free cultural work! <a href="https://dustycloud.org/gfx/goodies/sophie-jantak-anniversary-cats.blend">Get the .blend</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>)!HACK AND CRAFT SCHEME TUTORIALS! Also a reminder, we'll be hosting two versions of a "Intro to Scheme" tutorial during the two <a href="https://fossandcrafts.org/hack-and-craft/">Hack & Craft</a> meetings this month!<ul><li>July 2nd, 8pm-10pm ET (12am-2am UTC): First trial run of Scheme tutorial!</li><li>July 16, 2pm-4pm ET (6pm-8pm UTC): Second version, we're planning to record this one!</li></ul>Links:<ul><li><a href="https://www.sophiejantak.com/">Sophie Jantak</a>!<ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SophieJantak">YouTube channel</a> (lots of great grease pencil tutorials!)</li><li><a href="https://www.sophiejantak.com/pet-commissions">Pet commissions</a></li><li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/sophiejantak">Patreon</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA3wZBC1Nvw">Sophie's beginner grease pencil tutorial: 3d bonsai painting</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="https://www.blender.org/">Blender</a> and <a href="https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/grease_pencil/index.html">Grease Pencil</a> (<a href="https://www.blender.org/features/story-artist/">hybrid 2d and 3d artwork</a>)</li><li>Christine's cat comix (these were made for Morgan when she was finishing her dissertation, but maybe you'll enjoy them):<ul><li><a href="https://dustycloud.org/gfx/goodies/cat-comic-1-deadlines.png">1: Deadlines</a></li><li><a href="https://dustycloud.org/gfx/goodies/cat-comic-2-anxiety-cloud.png">2: The Anxiety Cloud</a></li><li><a href="https://dustycloud.org/gfx/goodies/cat-comic-3-video-games.png">3: Missy's Adventures in Video Gaming</a></li><li><a href="https://dustycloud.org/gfx/goodies/cat-comic-4-nes-cart.png">4: Missy's NES cart</a></li><li><a href="https://dustycloud.org/gfx/goodies/cat-comic-5-kelsey-ghost.png">5: Enter Kelsey the Queen</a></li><li><a href="https://dustycloud.org/gfx/goodies/cat-comic-6-kelsey-claims-the-house.png">6: Kelsey Claims the House for Herself</a></li><li><a href="https://dustycloud.org/gfx/goodies/cat-comic-7-missys-revenge.png">7: Missy's Revenge</a></li><li><a href="https://dustycloud.org/gfx/goodies/cat-comic-8-kelseys-demand.png">8: Kelsey's Demand</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKmSdY56VtY">HERO</a>, a Blender Grease Pencil Showcase</li><li>There are a lot of good Grease Pencil tutorials online... we'll let you find them, but this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkOovs_90V8&list=PLvashLL2utJGz0yuPBU7gGn-smNT8A3JM">Grease Pencil Random Tips and Tricks</a> is a nice thing to know about!</li><li><a href="https://fossandcrafts.org/episodes/16-bassam-kurdali-blender-open-movies-education.html">FOSS & Crafts Episode 16: Bassam Kurdali on using Blender for open movie productions and education</a></li></ul>

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