Drawing Lesson Information
Why am I doing this?
Simple enough I like to help people and a lot of people want to learn how to draw properly. I admit I'm not a perfect artist as much as I want to be but I do have a basic grasp of anatomy and other tricks that I think would help anyone grow into a better artist, be it in Digital or Traditional Media.
Will this cost me anything?
No to put it bluntly. These lessons are completely free, however if you feel that you wish to tip me then you can donate as much as you want using the Paypal donate button on the homepage.
How do I apply for a Lesson?
Closer to the time I will be submitting a form to be filled out and sent to me via email. I will be posting it in my blog and Journal on Fur Affinity.
When will these lessons take place?
These lessons are most likely to take place on Friday and Saturday evenings or during the holidays where I can stay up longer during the night. (Starting 7-9pm UK GMT Time, 1-3pm Central American Time.)
What you will you need?
A graphics (drawing) tablet is advised greatly.
The program I intend on using for these lessons is Opencanvas 1.1 because of it's network properties allowing four people to connect together over a network to draw on the same canvas. This will be useful to both me and the participants as it allows them to see what I draw, but also I can see what they are drawing as well in real time.
However connectivity can be annoying without the use of Logmein Hamachi, in sense it allows (on a free account) five people to connect together over a created network (Hosted by myself.) and every user will be generated a custom IP address within Hamachi. The only one that will be important will be my Hamachi IP address. I will note or email you the IP address before the lesson for you to connect to me in OpenCanvas.
Details on how to acquire both Hamachi and Opencanvas 1.1 are below as well as a set up guide.
The program I intend on using for these lessons is Opencanvas 1.1 because of it's network properties allowing four people to connect together over a network to draw on the same canvas. This will be useful to both me and the participants as it allows them to see what I draw, but also I can see what they are drawing as well in real time.
However connectivity can be annoying without the use of Logmein Hamachi, in sense it allows (on a free account) five people to connect together over a created network (Hosted by myself.) and every user will be generated a custom IP address within Hamachi. The only one that will be important will be my Hamachi IP address. I will note or email you the IP address before the lesson for you to connect to me in OpenCanvas.
Details on how to acquire both Hamachi and Opencanvas 1.1 are below as well as a set up guide.
Logmein HamachiUnder the network tab on the bar at the top all you need to do is Join to Existing network.
Network ID: This will be the name of the server I will email to you before the lesson begins.
Password: Along with the Network ID and IP address I will email the password before the lesson begins. This password will be the same password that you'll need when connecting to me in Opencanvas 1.1
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OpenCanvas 1.1
Download and Install Opencanvas 1.1 to your computer. Once installed I recommend that you rename the shortcut to Opencanvas 1.1 as the file name is a mix match of roman letters most likely due to Japanese text being viewed on a Western computer.
*Note: Opencanvas 1.1 is a Japanese program but it does come installed with an English Translation. Normally when you open it up it will automatically switch to English, if it doesn't click on the last tab on the tool bar and it should come down showing you the option for English.* A chat window and Network window should open up. Selecting the Client tab in the network window you'll be given three options.
Connect IP: This is where you'll place the IP address I'll give you from Hamachi.
User name: This is where you'll add your user name.
Password: this is where you'll add the password, that will be the same one that you used to connect to the Hamachi network.
Clicking the button that failed to translate to connect, a new canvas will open up to the preferences I select and there you go, you'll be connected to my network.
Only four people can be in a session at one time (Including myself) So only three people can be in a lesson at once, however I will be streaming the lessons so if you can watch, and still learn.
Chat wise we'll be using the chat in the stream rather than the chat in Opencanvas. Internet Speed Test:I'm positive that internet speed and such won't effect connectivity but it's good to check.
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Getting Opencanvas 1.1 to work on a Mac
How to open "Open Canvas Version 1.1" with a MAC computer:
1. go to the following website: http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/ and click on the wine box in the middle of the screen.
*Note this will redirect you to a screen that says something along the lines of "downloading now..."
2. Go to the top right hand corner there you should see your downloading panel operating. Go ahead and click on that. You should see it say something like this: WineBottlerCombo_1.2.5.dmg then wait for that to fully download.
*Note this will take up 73.3 MB of data so make sure you have enough storage area.
3. Once that is downloaded simply click on "Finder" and then search for "WineBottler" in the search box. Once you find it on your MAC simply click on it. It will ask you to drag it into your applications folder: do so.
4. Once its in your application folder go ahead and click on it. A screen will appear titled "WineBottler - Manage Prefixes. Go to the left hand menu and click on the third choice down called "Create Custom Prefixes"
5. Once that is clicked on you go to the top of the menu there you will see a box and a title called "Install File" over to the right hand side there will be a button labeled "select file..." click on that. There you will have to search the file you wish to download.
*In this case if you wish to download Open Canvas 1.1 simply go to the link provided and click on it. There it will download a file that looks something like this: oC11b72rv1-1.exe - remember that file name because you will need it in a moment. I suggest writing it down.
6. Type in the file name in the search bar at the upper right hand corner. Once you find that file go ahead and download it.
*Note this will download and open automatically but it may not download completely. DON'T WORRY as long as you don't close the downloading bar it won't effect anything.
1. go to the following website: http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/ and click on the wine box in the middle of the screen.
*Note this will redirect you to a screen that says something along the lines of "downloading now..."
2. Go to the top right hand corner there you should see your downloading panel operating. Go ahead and click on that. You should see it say something like this: WineBottlerCombo_1.2.5.dmg then wait for that to fully download.
*Note this will take up 73.3 MB of data so make sure you have enough storage area.
3. Once that is downloaded simply click on "Finder" and then search for "WineBottler" in the search box. Once you find it on your MAC simply click on it. It will ask you to drag it into your applications folder: do so.
4. Once its in your application folder go ahead and click on it. A screen will appear titled "WineBottler - Manage Prefixes. Go to the left hand menu and click on the third choice down called "Create Custom Prefixes"
5. Once that is clicked on you go to the top of the menu there you will see a box and a title called "Install File" over to the right hand side there will be a button labeled "select file..." click on that. There you will have to search the file you wish to download.
*In this case if you wish to download Open Canvas 1.1 simply go to the link provided and click on it. There it will download a file that looks something like this: oC11b72rv1-1.exe - remember that file name because you will need it in a moment. I suggest writing it down.
6. Type in the file name in the search bar at the upper right hand corner. Once you find that file go ahead and download it.
*Note this will download and open automatically but it may not download completely. DON'T WORRY as long as you don't close the downloading bar it won't effect anything.