Official Off-Topic Thread 2015

[PixelPiledriver]

Do you artists actually see images in your head before you draw them?

Sure.
I can visualize things.
It can be slightly useful for inspiration.
But it's of no use to think of an image for extended periods of time if you have drawing tools nearby.
It's best to get things on paper and work with them from there.

Is it absurd to have a passion to learn to draw if I don't see mental pictures?

Nope.
It's not really necessary.
And maybe you'll develop it.

[surt]

Not really, best I can manage is a dim blurry pinhole where I may crudely structure small parts, but I have had a couple of anomalous neurological events which have demonstrated to me what the brain is capable of in this regard such that I have an informed envy of those who can.

I need the feedback mechanism of putting something to screen/paper and refining it until it is an actual thing.

[Friend]

At Ai, ppd and surt,

Oh! I thought I was heavily handicapped since I assumed the typical artist can see mental images with comparable clarity to how I can hear. But I guess it is humanly normal to have much more aural imagination.

surt, I experience this too... It's usually in a situation where my mind is very relaxed and my eyes have been closed..I can start to see highly imaginative images then...often times with spontaneous and ceaseless animation and extremely original images.

The same about my dreams. They are always impossibly creative and inaginative "worlds".  In good moments Ive been able to write down these details before I forget them.  And when I now read the details, the images come back in a blurry form.

But in my normal consciousness I can't even visualize a cube

[Cyangmou]

Doublefine Released their KS-Documentation free to watch for everyone.
Thought some of you might be interested in watching it as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdXvZgIV1Q0&list=PLIhLvue17Sd7F6pU2ByRRb0igiI-WKk3D&index=1

Rock Paper SHotgun Article:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/03/04/double-fine-documentary/#more-274203

[Friend]

drawing cubes is beginning to click ^_^  I know it seems like a trivial thing to be happy about, but I can do something I couldn't do  this morning

[Ai]

HUSL is a rather interesting colorspace. It's like a more sRGB-friendly version of Lch, intended as a fairly direct upgrade on HSV/HSL/HCY. It maps the part of LCH space that contains the sRGB colorspace to/from normalized H/'S'/'L' coordinates, so that all valid coordinates in HSL space are valid colors in sRGB. I quote 'S' and 'L' because these are not the same S and L used in HSL.

Seems to be quite useful for calculating color ramps. The page includes Javascript, Python, and Lua implementations of RGB <-> HUSL conversion, as well as an interactive color selector.

I am a little puzzled as to why they are using Lch(uv) as a basis when Lch(ab) is generally more consistent. Still, it's  rather clearly a step up from HSL.

A snip from the page, which gives a simplified comparison of HSL/LCH/HUSL characteristics:

[PixelPiledriver]

This came in handy while talking about some code with Probo today.
Try it out.

http://www.codeshare.io/

[Alex Sinigaglia]

Have you seen this?

[CelioHogane]

Have you seen this?
*Video of crosscode*

plenty of times, actually im one of the people that watch every single stream they do and i keep searching ways to get this guys funded.

[Alex Sinigaglia]

I see.

Hey, guys, what about the "Good Reads" childboard? It disappeared.
Hopefully Cyangmou can tell us what happened.