D'aw, I made myself a cup of Cola to keep myself refreshed so I could've watched a lot of your stream, but I wouldn't want you to feel uncomfortable while streaming, I hope you get better soon! Although I probably won't be able to catch a lot of it tomorrow since I need to go pre-order Smash Bros in-store tomorrow (Wednesday for me)
But ayy, glad you told me before I wondered what the heck was going on!
Sorry about that. I thought I was feeling a little better, but then it hit me with another wave and I decided that streaming would be a really bad idea in that case. I don't want to sniffle constantly during my stream and generally sound gross. Thanks, though. It's nothing serious. This tends to happen whenever the weather fluctuates heavily and suddenly, or sometimes just from allergies. Have fun pre-ordering! I'd put it off another day or two, but I'm never really that comfortable streaming on nights when I have work the next day, so I aim for my days off if I can.
I figured I ought to let you know. I don't like to just leave people hanging, especially if I knew they were going to check it out/waiting for it. Likewise, I posted on twitter, too. Kind of sucks, since it looks like a lot of people were available to play tonight, but I just can't push it when I'm not feeling so great.
Really? Then again, I'm also picky as hell as to which artist I'd like to draw my stuff. Some people aren't picky, so if they can get art from anyone, they're happy. I know some people who have those threads have gotten pics, but a bunch were IRL commissions offsite (like through tumblr and DeviantArt). Most people who get art, from what I see are hunting for it and just post it on their request thread.
It's understandable. I know with my mayor, I try to get a lil creative with her outfits and pic ideas so people have a better time drawing her. I admit I'm a bit of an art hoarder, but I like seeing how they draw her in their styles. Of course, some people don't draw commissions for fun, they just do it because it's business.
Funny enough, when I stream, I use my 2nd monitor, which is actually my old HDTV. It's gotten a 2nd life as a monitor since I barely used it anymore as I prefer my larger flat screen for console gaming. :3 I know you can adjust the resolution separately if you're using more than one monitor to adjust it.
This usually helps me since the resolution is different on my laptop than on my TV. I dunno if your tablet monitor has various outputs, like VGA, component, DVI, or HDMI. Because my TV is an older HDTV, there is also VGA output on it, which is great as my laptop only has that. I haven't had any issues streaming since I started using my TV as a 2nd monitor. Not sure if what I'm saying helps or anything... XD
It could also be how you're streaming too, that could be a factor perhaps. I've used both join.me and Livestream and both work fine. I prefer join.me only because it doesn't eat up as many resources as the Livestream procaster does.
Really. In fact, I've barely seen any of them NOT get multiple responses and pictures from different artists. And even after that, they keep bumping their threads for more. There's a few right on the first two or three pages right now. I kind of assumed it has always been like that, hence why those threads keep popping up every time the same people want new art.
I understand why people do it, but from my viewpoint as an artist, it just kills any real desire for me to draw them. I don't feel like I'm making something special or unique that the person wants, but just being added to that page of people who have drawn the same person/character in a different style. Heck, someone I did art for apparently even asked another artist to draw
the exact same thing. It deflated me completely.
I sort of know what you're talking about, but my tablet monitor doesn't have those options. I have a VGA port to connect to my computer and that's it. My TV doesn't have a VGA port, and even if it did, the tablet monitor's cord is so short that it can barely reach my computer, much less my TV, which is on the other side of the room.
Anyway, as far as livestreaming goes, I've tried a couple of them. Namely, Livestream and XSplit. XSplit is vaguely better, but Livestream Procaster has been nothing but trash for me. It takes my comp up over 80% over little more than nothing and just makes the stream jump. I had to stop streaming games and stuff altogether before because of that crap. I have to use "mobile quality" to even vaguely get it to stay in the 70% range instead of 80%+, and mobile is
terrible quality. And as for fixing the resolutions, I don't really have a choice. My computer gives me limited options. If I use "extend" to keep both with their normal resolutions, I can't use Photoshop. It absolutely will NOT let me put it in the tablet monitor's window/screen, no matter what I do. Duplicate screen is the only thing I found that works. I tried so many things after I bought it. I must have spent 8 hours, at least, frustratingly figuring out what I could do to make things work better. But that's what I get for buying a tablet monitor that isn't widely used/known. There was no way I was paying $1200 for a tiny Cintiq when this thing is like 18x12 for less than half that price. I'll just make do as is. I appreciate the pointers, though. I'd try it out if there was any way to get it to work with my set-up, but that just isn't an option.
