Is buying my first dip pen off aliexpress a bad idea?

I live in israel and we dont have a lot of art stores, and usually shipping from anywhere beside The Big Websites (TM) is very expensive. It seems jetpens.com has a ~10$, 2-4 week shipping though, however if one of the Big Websites van work id prefer it

Also what nib and ink should i get for copics?

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u/theHumanoidPerson — 8 days ago

could you make a sort of whammy pedal for piano in order to add vibrato?

obviously it would need to be somewhat different, but if the una corda can shift the entire keboard to the left, mabe we could do something

*acoustic piano to be clear. im pretty sure theres already a digital piano where you can wiggle the keys to add vibrato, not to mention making a vibrato pedal on a digital piano is just a software deal

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u/theHumanoidPerson — 11 days ago
▲ 75 r/ani_bm

עליתי על הברקה ואני לא מכיר שום סברגיט יותר רלוונטי

(הטקסט רק נראה כאילו הוא הופיע בתמונה במקור)

u/theHumanoidPerson — 19 days ago

is this a good book?

"human anatomy for artists by xiao weichun"

also wondering if a i should go through this book or Design & invention

edit: for everyone commenting on the cover, its seemingly just the cover that is like this, you can look:

https://online.fliphtml5.com/whcke/iopm/#p=134

from a brief scroll through it deals with very reasonably proportioned, anatomically normal humans

u/theHumanoidPerson — 25 days ago

I have an AGGRESSIVE 3/4 view problem, any help?

Looked over my sketchbook and realised whenever i try to draw a "random" angle i default to 3/4 view. Ive considered using dice, what do you think?

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u/theHumanoidPerson — 26 days ago

How can i make pine turn orange faster naturally?

You know how old pine thats been left in the shop turns an orange color? I made a wooden cigarette with pine as the filter and i need it to turn that orange, much appreciated

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u/theHumanoidPerson — 29 days ago

Yo check this out

Cursed technique: hollow point push

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I messed up the hand a bit ._. does anyone know how to fix pen? Also the face is still in pencil, i cant get it quite right

u/theHumanoidPerson — 2 months ago

Can someone help me fix the body (mainly the arm) it feels glaringly wrong but i dont know how exactly. Also how low should the head cut off in the second drawing ty!

u/theHumanoidPerson — 2 months ago

Anyone got some sort portrait drawing practice method / roadmap or am i just supposed to repeat this?

+ critique wanted

u/theHumanoidPerson — 3 months ago
▲ 4 r/jpop

Its jist so inconvenient having to screenshot the namw and to look it up with image search just to be able to know how to find the song

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u/theHumanoidPerson — 4 months ago

I want to *try* learning a language, but online there seems to be a common sentiment that "if you dont have a solid reason for that specific languagw, like an adoration of the culture, or a plan to move to that country, you will give up". Is wanting to learn a language just to know a third language naive?

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u/theHumanoidPerson — 4 months ago