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coelasquid: Hello amazing animation reference library.

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:39:12 -0500

Hello amazing animation reference library.

kara-tails: Page out of the Animator’s Survival guide, by...

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 19:14:51 -0500

Page out of the Animator’s Survival guide, by Richard Williams

My teachers praise this heavy book to high heaven, and most of our exercises come from it.

This one is featuring a walk cycle. A normal animated walk cycle uses 4 distinct poses, with another 4 in-betweens.

If you are considering animation, you cant go wrong with this book

hclark70: braids!!!!!! SWEET

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:02:52 -0500

hclark70:

braids!!!!!! SWEET

abriendo-puertas: Arreau, Hautes-Pyrénées: Jean Pasarieu. By...

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 15:27:49 -0500

abriendo-puertas:

Arreau, Hautes-Pyrénées: Jean Pasarieu. By Marie Hélene Cingal

okamikyru: Hand Poses by Melyssah6 I stumbled upon these and...

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:40:45 -0500

okamikyru:

Hand Poses by Melyssah6

I stumbled upon these and love them! If you struggle with hands (like me) these are great for practice and referencing. Thought I’d share my finds with other artists~.

coelasquid: I don’t know if these weigh-ins correspond with...

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 18:27:20 -0500

coelasquid:

I don’t know if these weigh-ins correspond with these fights, but a google sweep for just about any professional fighter will give you similar results. Mr. Universe-esque comic book hero bodies for weigh-in photos, normal athletic human bodies in shots from actual fights. Obviously they’re in impeccable shape either way, but it goes to show that abdominal definition doesn’t really correlate with athletic ability.

A Bunch of Tutorials

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:49:41 -0500

artkink:

FIGURE DRAWING

Kids

Babies

Human Figures & Their Proportions

Arms & Hands

Backs & Shoulders

Clothing

Chests / Upper Body / Torso

Drapery & Folds

Legs & Feet

Necks

Figures in Action & Motion

Figures in Groups or Crowds

Figures in Landscape Drawings

HOW TO DRAW THE FACE

Capture People’s Likeness

Draw Portraits

Eyes

Eyebrows

Eyelashes

Caricatures

Facial Expressions

Female Eyes

Noses

Mouths

Teeth

Lips

Hair

Curly Hair

Straight Hair

Ears

Wrinkles

baconsavingcosplay: Circle Skirt Tutorial by Kapalaka Circle...

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:43:34 -0500

baconsavingcosplay:

Circle Skirt Tutorial by Kapalaka

Circle skirts are one of the handiest things you can learn to make for cosplay. As far as simple-to-make skirts go, there are two types: circle skirts and rectangle skirts. A rectangle skirts is where you cut out a large rectangle, and gather or pleat all of the excess material until it will fit your waist, giving you a nice full skirt (we explained it in a bit more detail on this over here).

Circle skirts, on the other hand, give you a lot of nice fullness, but with minimal bulk at the waist. For example, my Babs Bunny skirt:

It might not seem like it, but there are a ton of different things you can do with circle skirts. Long circle skirts (as outlined in the tutorial) are perfect for ball gowns. If you need less fullness, you can make a half circle skirt or a 3/4 circle skirt (just use a half circle or 3/4 of a circle, instead of the full circle). If you need more fullness, make several circle skirts (make sure you adjust the waist measurement accordingly, i.e. for 2 circle skirts, use half your waist measurement on both of them), and sew them all together. Here’s an example of that technique (with gathers and horse hair braid in the hem. Tutorial for how she made it here)

You can add pleats or scallops in the hem, layer a whole bunch on top of each other, or whatever else you want to do:

I’ve even known some people to make capes and cloaks and the like using a circle skirt as the basis of their pattern. So go forth! Go forth and use circles!

thegildedageofficer: foervraengd: foervraengd: Dacrophelia -...

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 14:42:36 -0500

thegildedageofficer:

foervraengd:

foervraengd:

Dacrophelia - Mastertouch by ~Niansa

I think it’s hard to find good photography of true emotions such as sadness and crying. This beautiful set of photos shows the progress of how the face change when crying. The photographer did not fake this; these are real tears and real emotions put into this artwork.

Reblogging old post because srsly, this is how a crying face looks like.

89% of the results I get when I search for “crying” on dA is just ppl with a blank stare with tears running down the cheeks. Sure that can look appealing in a artistic sense, but photos like this one is much more real.

{{-saves for refs-}}

EVREN DON’T U DARE REBLOG IT DON’T U DARE

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:03:02 -0500

EVREN DON’T U DARE REBLOG IT DON’T U DARE

peachskull: glimmeringmellow: hellophant: elijah120607: Josep...

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:07:50 -0500

peachskull:

glimmeringmellow:

hellophant:

elijah120607:

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Daniel Radcliffe, Dominic Cooper, James Franco, Joe Manganiello, Jon Hamm, Sam Rockwell, and Ewan McGregor＠Yu Tsai.

hi lets hang out.

sexy mases

good faces good dudes

beloved-dlovely: sveltte: Oh boy I hope I did this right....

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:03:34 -0500

beloved-dlovely:

sveltte:

Oh boy I hope I did this right. Since Anon asked, here’s a hasty tutorial on how I do flat colors. This is also how I color pretty much everything in my webcomic. Now you know my secrets!

[[AHHHH PERFECT]]

amazinglyartisticadvice: There seem to be useful tips here...

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:55:30 -0400

amazinglyartisticadvice:

There seem to be useful tips here whether you’re doing things ‘Sander’s Style’ or not.

xoves: Unified Color Palette Tutorial by ~Cpresti IM SORRY...

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 17:02:01 -0400

xoves:

Unified Color Palette Tutorial by ~Cpresti

IM SORRY WHERE HAS THIS TUTORIAL BEEN ALL MY LIFE???

proceeds to stop melting all your eyes out oh lawd

carryalaser: WATERCOLOUR CHEAT CODES I made really quick...

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:50:18 -0400

carryalaser:

WATERCOLOUR CHEAT CODES

I made really quick tutorials full of swatches to send my mom who wants to take up watercolour painting for a hobby. I’ll share them here as I find time to type what I wrote her.

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The first two pictures illustrate discoveries in mixing skin-tones. I try to find paints that make it faster/easier to mix skin colours - even if you’re adept at making these tones out of other colours, the right combo of purple and yellow can cut out a lot of time and money. The one I have most success with is “violet gray”, then “permanent magenta” for darker and wider ranges, and “purple lake” when I was cheap and it was on sale.

Mix these (sparingly) with raw sienna. The darker the purple the less you’ll need to add to your yellow (yellow ochre works as well). Ultimately, watercolour is tricky to mix so if you’re not confident right away make sure to paint swatches before putting a loaded brush to paper, otherwise be ready to mix with water on the paper.

For a lighter, paler, redder skin tone, raw sienna + brown madder is what I prefer, although as you can see in the first image (about half-way down the page on the left), “cadmium yellow pale hue” and “cadmium red deep hue” work just as well, and might be cheaper on you. With that combo, however, it’s easier to get stuck mixing a ton of orange.

Back to permanent magenta, it’s great with browns to get darker tones, not just for darker skin but for shading. I keep three browns on my “skin” palette (last pic), “burnt umber”, “burnt sienna”, and “vandyke brown”. Mix it with some skin-tone, even just a little, to keep it from looking straight-out-of-the-tube.

So mix your skin tones, make a few test swatches to figure out how much water you need (every brush behaves differently), and lay down some washes.

In the middle of the first piece of paper is a gradation in a skin tone (violet gray + raw sienna) from really warm (“brown madder”) to really cool (“turquoise”). This was done wet in wet, to show what kinds of tones you get from adding warm and cool colours.

To the left on the bottom are a couple light washes of colours painted over a skin tone (same ol’ raw sienna + violet gray) to show how different colours look on this mix when applied dry on dry. Blue (I used turquoise again) is great for some shadows, implied stubble, and veins close to the skin, reds and most browns for warmer shading, yellow for jaundice or boogers… you get it.

On the bottom right is an example of really warm vs. really cool shading on the same skin tone mix (just guess). The initial skin tone wash is a bit warm for the cool side, but the contrast makes the shadows really evident. Different colours in shading will have different effects that way. The only surprise here is the use of dark blue “indigo” which is great for coming close to black when mixed with other colours.

On the second page are two more noses, different skin tones, and just three extra passes with skin tone washes - although difficult to tell because I was lazy and didn’t wait long enough for them to dry after the 2nd pass. The extra passes aren’t particularly warm or cold leaning, but simply draw off of the initial tone I placed.

IMPORTANT: These little quick studies serve to be as economical as possible, using few colours but still not looking just like an awkward mix of red and yellow or brown and yellow. For a more detailed or accurate representation of skin tones, a ton more colours might be added - for instance the darker skin tone on the right would have more pinks, and of course different parts of the body appear to be tinted differently. Also never forget no matter what colour or how dark skin is, skin is shiny. Be mindful of even diffused light. At the same time - perfect representation of skin is hardly necessary. More expressive colour treatment rules.

But ultimately - colour in skin - who cares! Just play around with colours you like, build a base that’s easy for you to mix quickly for wet on wet or however you prefer to work. Play with colours on different planes or surfaces of the body, with light, and take everything I say as a tips - not rules - ‘cause watercolour is really unpredictable and that is often the best part.

Another note: I use pencil tins for palettes, it keeps things portable, easy to mix, minimal paint waste, and I can rearrange paints easily to make mixing easier. I usually have three but you could get away with one or two. If you try it out, keep the paints and empty space clean with jut a bit of water and the wipe of a cloth/kleenex.

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The third picture shows a really quick, easy, natural black mix I make. It’s simply “Hooker’s Green, Dark” and “Dioxazine Violet” at almost equal quantities. You can mix it with a blue or red or yellow for a warmer or cooler black, depending on which you need. I included some gradation and overlapping swatches. Just keep in mind black can be very powerful in watercolour, or any opaque application of the paint, so use it sparingly and with a plan in mind.

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Despite my shitty watercolour sketches up here, I spent a huge amount of being a child working at a cooperative gallery with some contemporary and purist watercolour painters alike so I picked up a lot. If anyone wants me to be more specific about something, or maybe produce a more specific guide or sketch for a problem you have, let me know and I can try to help out.

These were things my mum asked for and that I produced with her knowledge of the medium in mind, so if it really did interest you but you’re stuck on something, or found something I said vague and confusing, let me know.

paperseverywhere: kalidraws: Today I gave my students a quick...

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:31:41 -0400

paperseverywhere:

kalidraws:

Today I gave my students a quick presentation on some of the basic considerations for composition, which I am now sharing with you! I’ve given them separate talks about color and tonal value/contrast, which are also super important compositional concerns. (I’ll be sharing those presentations too once I properly format them)

I personally love learning about different compositional techniques. It’s fun to think about the ways that the brain views & sorts images, and how we can trick it into feeling a certain way or looking at certain aspects of an image first! It’s easy to fall into compositional ruts (which I am also guilty of) because a lot of art gets by with mediocre, though serviceable, compositions. If you can generally understand what’s happening in an image then it’s generally fine. However, it’s the truly great compositions, where everything in the whole image has been considered and ‘clicks’ together, that bump up an illustration to a visual slam dunk. NC Wyeth is one of my favorite artists for this reason: his compositions are rock solid, varied based on the image’s intent, and always enhance the mood or action he is depicting.

For extra reading, some online compositional resources that I’ve found helpful or interesting include:
Creative Illustration by Andrew Loomis (download it for FREE. Such a great book all-around.)
Gurney Journey (check out the “Composition” tag, but really everything he posts is great)
The Schweitzer guide to spotting tangents
Cinemosaic (a blog by Lou Romano with some truly WONDERFUL compositions captured from various films)
Where to Put the Cow by Anita Griffin

Happy composition-ing!

We’ve all seen the rule of thirds, but these have additional tips that are extremely helpful.

paperseverywhere: okamikyru: Hand Poses by Melyssah6 I...

Sat, 13 Oct 2012 15:20:52 -0400

paperseverywhere:

okamikyru:

Hand Poses by Melyssah6

I stumbled upon these and love them! If you struggle with hands (like me) these are great for practice and referencing. Thought I’d share my finds with other artists~.

*O*

maid-en-china: Work progress gif for Leave it Broken :D I...

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 15:49:51 -0400

maid-en-china:

Work progress gif for Leave it Broken :D

I forgot to mention in the gif, but the character, layer overlay, and paint over was done in Paint tool SAI and then edited in Photoshop.

I made a tutorial a while back on how to integrate 3D backgrounds to help speed up the drawing process for comic artists. Check it out if you’re interested. :D

reapergrellsutcliff: ‘Kiss Scene rough sketches - Drawing for...

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:25:31 -0400

reapergrellsutcliff:

‘Kiss Scene rough sketches - Drawing for Boys Love (Yaoi)‘ A 103 page book/CD rom with male/male kissing scenes, from many different angles, for artist drawing references.

elkian: pokemallow: smoothmafiaguy: daphnerunning: tennyboo: ...

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:51:21 -0400

elkian:

pokemallow:

smoothmafiaguy:

daphnerunning:

tennyboo:

oh shit how do i hold all these references

OH REFERENCES

FUCK REFERENCES LOOK AT THOSE DEUDLY FIREARMS……

I. I DUDE I JUST NEEDED THIS YESTERDAY

maybe I’ll now be able to draw someone holding a gun without them looking like their arm is broken