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

FOSS and Crafts

The amazing Sophie Jantak joins us to talk about how she makes pet portraits (including one she made for us!) using Blender's Grease Pencil. 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 commission Sophie tool!)

BONUS FREE CULTURAL SOURCE CONTENT! We've collectively decided to release this artwork's source code as a free cultural work! Get the .blend (CC BY-SA 4.0)!

HACK AND CRAFT SCHEME TUTORIALS! Also a reminder, we'll be hosting two versions of a "Intro to Scheme" tutorial during the two Hack & Craft meetings this month!

• July 2nd, 8pm-10pm ET (12am-2am UTC): First trial run of Scheme tutorial!
• July 16, 2pm-4pm ET (6pm-8pm UTC): Second version, we're planning to record this one!

Links:

• Sophie Jantak!

  • YouTube channel (lots of great grease pencil tutorials!)

  • Pet commissions

  • Patreon

  • Sophie's beginner grease pencil tutorial: 3d bonsai painting

• Blender and Grease Pencil (hybrid 2d and 3d artwork)

• Christine's cat comix (these were made for Morgan when she was finishing her dissertation, but maybe you'll enjoy them):

  • 1: Deadlines

  • 2: The Anxiety Cloud

  • 3: Missy's Adventures in Video Gaming

  • 4: Missy's NES cart

  • 5: Enter Kelsey the Queen

  • 6: Kelsey Claims the House for Herself

  • 7: Missy's Revenge

  • 8: Kelsey's Demand

• HERO, a Blender Grease Pencil Showcase

• There are a lot of good Grease Pencil tutorials online... we'll let you find them, but this Grease Pencil Random Tips and Tricks is a nice thing to know about!

• FOSS & Crafts Episode 16: Bassam Kurdali on using Blender for open movie productions and education