so hey

potentialforart: xoves: Unified Color Palette Tutorial by...

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:13:54 -0500

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

Yes good, I need this.

reaill: cassandraemeraldsong: cons-science: effington: animat...

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 23:20:44 -0400

reaill:

cassandraemeraldsong:

cons-science:

effington:

animationtidbits:

How to Draw the Head from Any Angle

Wow this is good

reblogging for self-reference

This is really, really awesome

very good yes and it’s just generally entertaining to watch as well

Comprehensive Resource List for the Aspiring Artist V1.01

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 12:16:32 -0400

sixmilliondeadinternets:

A.K.A. “Pato is autistic and shows off his massive collection of saved links”

Have a seat, get a cup of coffee and sit through this. Hopefully you won’t regret it. This is mostly about illustration, by the way.

FREQUENTLY ASKED BULLSHIT

“WHICH TABLET SHOULD I BUY?”

Get the cheapest shit available. If you’re in America/Europe a Wacom Bamboowhatever apparently does the trick. If you’re anywhere else get the cheaper-end Genius ones because Wacom tablets are expensive in every place that’s not the first world. Getting a $600 tablet will not make you magically improve and it’s a goddamn waste of money. Too poor for tablets? Start with a damn pencil.

“POORFAG HERE, CAN’T AFFORD PHOTOSHOP/SAI, WHAT THE FUCK DO I DO?”

~~This is the Internet, pirate the shit out of them!~~ Here’s a list of freeware programs you could use, because pirating is bad, mkay.

For general illustration:

GIMP - Non-shitty, open-source Photoshop Clone.

Paint.NET - If you are somehow too dumb for Photoshop clones here’s something easy to use.

Flowpaint - Even simpler.

Inkscape - Apparently good for things like vector art.

Artweaver - Get the free version which kind of sucks but otherwise decent.

Chibipaint - ~~Sounds weeaboo as fuck~~ The best thing out there for oekaki, or so they say.

Will add more as I find them.

For 3D modelling and such:

Sculptris - 3D sculpting for dummies

More links coming SOON! (Soon: Duke Nukem Forever).

“I’M TOO MUCH OF A FAILURE I WILL NEVER IMPROVE”

Spoilers: Improvement will take a long time, specially more if you’re self-taught. Improvement requires dedication and consistenct in your learning. Don’t expect to get great if you’ve just started, and don’t expect greatness in the first year or so either. Save the shit you draw so in the future you can notice that progress has indeed been made.

If you still think you’ll never improve just look at this and realize how wrong you are. Now, if you think you’ll instantly be as cool as that guy, look at this and realize that you still have a long way to go.

“I HAVE ARTIST’S BLOCK WHAT DO”

Artist’s Block is a very complicated thing but the underlying reason is either lack of creativity, acedia or just a towering pile of bullshit. The best way to treat it is to take up theoretical drawing (anatomy studies, for example) and treat it as a chore. If you need ideas look for the Ideas Generators section below.

NOW, ONTO THE ACTUAL LIST THING.

All links taken without permission but I’m sure nobody minds a bit of publicity.

BOOKS

/ic/’s Recopilation - A 4.2GB books torrent. FUCKING GET IT. (The torrent description also has a list for more books, check those out too)

Another comprehensive torrent - This one is over 5GB. It’s literally considered the Holy Grail and you should also get this if you can.

Conceptart’s Recopilation - More art books.

Why can’t I, hold all these books? - ~75 more books yo.

LOOMIS LOOMIS LOOMIS LOOMIS

The New Drawing on The Right Side of the Brain - A must have in artsyfartsyfaggy circles. It’s also in the torrents.

Burne Hogarth’s Dynamic Anatomy - Pretty sure it’s in the torrents but I know somebody will ask for it separately.

Eliot Goldfinger’s Human Anatomy For Artists - Another well-known book about anatomy.

MORE BOOKS JESUS CHRIST WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM

OKAY THESE ARE THE LAST BOOKS I’LL LINK I SWEAR

This is actually more than enough to get you started when it comes to getting books. Saying that the amount of books here is FUCKING MASSIVE would be an understatement.

A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO GESTURE DRAWING

The Drawing Script - Selects from a database random images of animals, people, scenery, faces, etc.

Figure & Gesture Drawing Tool - Read above.

Posemaniacs - Poses IN ASTONISHING 3D MOFOS. Apparently criticized for not showing correct muscle movement, but otherwise okay for static stuff.

Keep this in mind while gesture drawing.

Simple practice method for the aimless artfag: Open any of the first two links, and choose a distinct category (For example, faces). Tell it to switch every 10 minutes if possible; else, get a timer. Fire it up and start drawing what you see. The idea is that you should stop after 10 minutes and move onto the next one, no matter how incomplete it is. Repeat until your art gets showcased in the Louvre.

COLOR THEORY AND MISCELLANEOUS COLORING FOR THE MASSES

Mandatory Conceptart.com link about Color Theory - These guys are so awesome I can’t even begin to explain.

The Dimensions of Colour - Light, shade, and COLORS explained in a non-horrible yet convoluted way.

Light and Color by Itchy Animation - Perhaps not as convoluted as the one above. Still decent.

How I see color - Not mine, obviously. A quite lengthy dA tutorial in Flash.

Example dA way on coloring - Needs some knowledge about Photoshop.

Coloring Tutorial@dA - Read above, this one is much more comprehensive and pretty.

Color is Value - Handy as a tips reference, not much else really.

Celshading for weeaboos by weeaboos - COMIC SAAAAAAAANS

And yet another Coloring Tutorial!

Color Scheme picker - If you’re too dumb to pick colors this does the job.

ANATOMY AND GENERAL HUMAN BODY STUFF

Drawing the Head - Ron Lemen at (obviously!) Conceptart.com.

HANDS HANDS HANDS at Posemaniac - FUCKING HANDS HOW DO THEY WORK

Dragon Paint Art Tutorials: Human Body - A quick, yet extremely incomplete nosedive into drawing the body.

The Big Guide into Drawing the Body - A technical kick in the balls, yet comprehensive enough.

Basic pose and construction in Figure Drawing - Conceptualizes the shape of the body from stickfigures to 3D shapes and then holy dongs it’s a human body.

Kitten-chan’s Body Tutorial - Don’t let the name fool you.

Understanding Anatomy - The “Anatomy for Dummies” of deviantArt. Must see.

I’ve got to Hand it to you - Great hand tutorial based on the concept of drawing organic figures out of 3D shapes.

Muscles!

How do I drawed hair lol - Hardly complete or good, but decent as a quick guide.

PERSPECTIVE

Why can’t I hold all these Conceptart.com threads - Great to test waters in the wonders of perspective.

Perspective and Composition - dA tutorials, dA tutorials errywhere.

Perspective by Sashas - THE TUTORIALS WILL NEVER STOP THE TUTORIALS WILL NEVER STOP

GENERAL REFERENCES

/hr/@4chan - High resolution images. We’re all grownups here, so you shouldn’t worry about tits.

Photo Reference for Comic Artists - Self-explanatory.

Senshistock@dA - A deviantArt account just for the sake of uploading references for the glorious proletariat.

Tasastock@dA - Pretty much the same as above.

Metlys@dA - Ditto.

Tursiart@dA - Ditto, more oriented at medieval stuff.

/ic/’s reference collection - Recopilaception.

Artsyposes - POSES POSES POSES

Lackadaisy’s Expressions - Cats or no cats, this is extremely handy.

Lockstock@dA - Nude references and shit.

Nude pics errwhere

LOOSE BUNCH OF VARIOUS CRAP

/ic/ Thread 1 - Collection of tutorial images.

/ic/ Thread 2 - Humongous thread with a crapload of links. A must-see.

Manga to Realistic (dA) - A Twelve-Part walkthrough that dips your toes into realistic illustrations aimed at people with a weeaboo background.

GENERAL ART WEBSITES AND TUTORIALS

/ic/’s Resource Site - To be honest most of the stuff in here was taken from this place, but there’s also a pile full of more useful things there so check it out too.

Iconnucrit’s Resources - Down at the time of this writing, but decent from what I remember.

How to Draw 123 - Too much information doesn’t hurt I guess.

Oh Conceptart you card - So many tutorials!

Improvement Center @ dA - Gallery of things that will help you… well, improve.

Tutorial House @ dA - Read above.

Stanislav Prokopenko’s Tutorials - Guy’s an instructor or something.

ILLUSTRATION TECHNIQUES

The Penciling Tutorial - A quite famous tutorial on “how do I penciled lol”

Lineart by Sashas - This guy is bloody famous or something.

How to Speedpaint - I don’t quite agree with this but it seems to work for others.

TEXTURES, BRUSHES AND ALL THAT JAZZ

CG Textures - Massive collection of free textures. Also tutorials.

IDEA GENERATORS

/r/sketchdaily@Reddit - A new idea to draw everyday.

Just go here and pick one of the links.

ART COMMUNITIES

Conceptart.com - These guys are fucking sweet.

DeviantArt - Well, think about it. It is an art community after all.

If you want me to add something, please notify me through my /ask. Be sure to check back often as I’ll be adding more things.

cygnahime: rebloggedcucumbers: ref-land: Feet. reblogging...

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:46:06 -0400

cygnahime:

rebloggedcucumbers:

ref-land:

Feet.

reblogging because jfc I cannot draw feet

God, feet are the worst. Maybe even worse than hands. It’s much harder to get a good look at your own feet mid-drawing.

cygnahime: mulattafury: Because tumblr will shrink it down to...

Sun, 20 May 2012 22:30:09 -0400

cygnahime:

mulattafury:

Because tumblr will shrink it down to unreadable size, CLICK HERE to view the full tutorial!

Part I is a comprehensive breakdown of different hair types and techniques I use when drawing them.

Wow, this is everything I was becoming aware I needed!

hospitalvespers: kelseyum asked you: On the topic of help...

Wed, 09 May 2012 23:15:29 -0400

hospitalvespers:

kelseyum asked you: On the topic of help posts, do you have any tips for drawing the head in profile? It’s something I struggle with pretty consistently; for some reason I just can’t understand it. Anything you could say on the subject would be extremely helpful for me! (sorry if this sends twice; tumblr is being super weird!)

Ok, I hope this is helpful! It helps to have a vague guideline/set of rules in mind, and this is what I generally thing of. When you’re drawing the skull in profile, you can basically draw it in a box and then divide it into four quadrants. The ear is located right in the middle; you can find other things from there. The eye generally lines up with the top of the ear, the nose usually comes from the middle of the eyes/pupil and goes down to about halfway through the quadrant it’s in. The edge of the jaw lines up with the ear. Obviously that’s a super rough guideline, but it can really help you out!

The biggest thing I think people have problems with is making sure you draw enough skull onto the back of the head. That’s why drawing a square helps - if you’re too far from the edge of the square, you don’t have enough skull for a brain, haha.

Once you have that in mind, you can build upon it! Not everyone will fall right into this pattern; some people might have really big ears or ears that are higher/lower, some people have big foreheads, some people have big noses. If you’re really stuck, Google some profiles and try and draw them with these guidelines; it’ll help you figure out what goes where!

*A* Hope that helps a bit!

glitchdoll: youngartist-city: (kinda creepy) This is like a...

Wed, 09 May 2012 12:10:35 -0400

glitchdoll:

youngartist-city:

(kinda creepy)

This is like a diagram of positions I can’t hold my mouth in for any length of time without considerable pain.

Photo

Tue, 08 May 2012 23:48:40 -0400

Notes on Dreadlocks!

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:31:26 -0400

eatoncrow:

mulattafury:

One of my followers asked me for some tips on drawing dreadlocks today. Since I figure dreads have kind of become my “thing” that I do, it couldn’t hurt to put together a little collection of notes and tips about dreadlocks and drawing them.

LOTS of reference images and process info behind the cut!

Read More

THIS IS REALLY GOOD AND HELPFUL, thank you. :D

Life hacks

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:10:21 -0400

lostandstumbling:

i love life hacks

minibinny: 102 Resources for Fiction Writers vulpesinculta: Are you still stuck for ideas...

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 02:34:57 -0400

minibinny:

102 Resources for Fiction Writers

vulpesinculta:

Are you still stuck for ideas for National Novel Writing Month? Or are you working on a novel at a more leisurely pace? Here are 102 resources on Character, Point of View, Dialogue, Plot, Conflict, Structure, Outlining, Setting, and World Building, plus some links to generate Ideas and Inspiration.

CHARACTER, POINT OF VIEW, DIALOGUE

10 Days of Character Building

Name Generators

Name Playground

The Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test

Priming the idea pump (A character checklist shamlessly lifted from acting)

How to Create a Character

Seven Common Character Types

Handling a Cast of Thousands – Part I: Getting to Know Your Characters

It’s Not What They Say …

Establishing the Right Point of View: How to Avoid “Stepping Out of Character”

How to Start Writing in the Third Person

Web Resources for Developing Characters

What are the Sixteen Master Archetypes?

Character: A compilation of guidance from classical and contemporary experts on creating great dramatic characters

Building Fictional Characters

Fiction Writer’s Character Chart

Character Building Workshop

Tips for Characterization

Fiction Writer’s Character Chart

Villains are People, Too, But …

Top 10 Tips for Writing Dialogue

Speaking of Dialogue

Dialogue Tips

Advantages, Disadvantages and Skills (character traits)

How to Write a Character Bible

Character Development Exercises

All Your Characters Sounds the Same — And They’re Not a Hivemind!

Medieval Names Archive

Sympathy Without Saintliness

Writing the Other: Bridging Cultural Difference for Successful Fiction

Family Echo (family tree website)

Interviewing Characters: Follow the Energy

100 Character Development Questions for Writers

Behind the Name

Lineage Chart Layout Generator

PLOT, CONFLICT, STRUCTURE, OUTLINE

How to Write a Novel: The Snowflake Method

Effectively Outlining Your Plot

Conflict and Character within Story Structure

Outlining Your Plot

Ideas, Plots & Using the Premise Sheets

How to Write a Novel

Creating Conflict and Sustaining Suspense

Plunge Right In … Into Your Story, That Is!

Fiction Writing Tips: Story Grid

Tips for Creating a Compelling Plot

Writer’s “Cheat Sheets”

The Thirty-six (plus one) Dramatic Situations

The Evil Overlord Devises a Plot: Excerpt from Stupid Plotting Tricks

Conflict Test

What is Conflict?

Monomyth

The Hero’s Journey: Summary of the Steps

Outline Your Novel in Thirty Minutes

Plotting Without Fears

Novel Outlining 101

Writing the Perfect Scene

Fight Scenes 101

Basic Plots in Literature

One-Page Plotting

The Great Swampy Middle

SETTING, WORLD BUILDING

Magical World Builder’s Guide

I Love the End of the World

World Building 101

The Art of Description: Eight Tips to Help You Bring Your Settings to Life

Creating the Perfect Setting – Part I

Creating a Believable World

An Impatient Writer’s Approach to Worldbuilding

Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions

Setting

Character and Setting Interactions

Creating Fantasy and Science Fiction Worlds

Creating Fantasy Worlds

Questions About Worldbuilding

Maps Workshop — Developing the Fictional World Through Mapping

World Builder Projects

IDEAS, INSPIRATION

Quick Story Idea Generator

Solve Your Problems Simply by Saying Them Out Loud

Busting Your Writing Rut

Writing Inspiration, or Sex on a Bicycle

Creative Acceleration: 11 Tips to Engineer a Productive Flow

The Seven Major Beginner Mistakes

Complete Your First Book with these 9 Simple Writing Habits

Free Association, Active Imagination, Twilight Imaging

Random Book Title Generator

Finishing Your Novel

Story Starters and Idea Generators

REVISION

How to Rewrite

One-Pass Manuscript Revision: From First Draft to Last in One Cycle

Editing Recipe

Cliche Finder

Revising Your Novel: Read What You’ve Written

Writing 101: So You Want to Write a Novel Part 3: Revising a Novel

TOOLS and SOFTWARE

My Writing Nook (online text editor; free)

Bubbl.us (online mind map application; free)

Freemind (mind map application; free; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable)

XMind (mind map application; free; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable)

Liquid Story Binder (novel organization and writing software; free trial, $45.95; Windows, portable)

Scrivener (novel organization and writing software; free trial, $39.95; Mac)

SuperNotecard (novel organization and writing software; free trial, $29; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable)

yWriter (novel organization and writing software; free; Windows, Linux, portable)

JDarkRoom (minimalist text editor; free; Windows, Mac, Linux, portable)

AutoRealm (map creation software; free; Windows, Linux with Wine)

human-proportions: From: pachurz: Some building block...

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:20:30 -0400

human-proportions:

From: pachurz:

Some building block references my Life Drawing teacher drew up for us for our Figure Drawing class. Thought I would impart the wisdom.

Photo

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 17:29:30 -0400

cygnahime: ceruleancynic: jumpingjacktrash: failuretoland: ju...

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:43:19 -0400

cygnahime:

ceruleancynic:

jumpingjacktrash:

failuretoland:

just gonna reblog this and add it to my ref bookmarks

handy! (ahaha i’m so funny.)

thank you srsly I SUCK AT drawing hands, this is moft useful

Hands: everyone’s archnemesis.

outwitha-bang: ibelievepracticemakesperfect: Knees by...

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:08:19 -0400

outwitha-bang:

ibelievepracticemakesperfect:

Knees by Salacia-of-Vanadiel

I’m glad this is here, I really kneed this

archaicmodernist: katoyuu: 風で髪なびきアニメ下書き　風になびく旗や布、髪はこんな風にして丸にそって...

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:31:15 -0400

archaicmodernist:

katoyuu:

風で髪なびきアニメ下書き　風になびく旗や布、髪はこんな風にして丸にそって動かすといいそうです… on Twitpic

Wow, this makes folds and wind blown things a lot more clear!

burdge: greytaliesin: A super quick trick for drawing draped...

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:22:39 -0400

burdge:

greytaliesin:

A super quick trick for drawing draped fabric that my art teacher taught me in high school.

HEY WANNA LEARN TO DRAW HANDS?! LEARN TO DRAW THE FUCKING THUMB RIGHT FIRST OF ALL.

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:54:11 -0400

foervraengd:

No really.

I’ve seen many many artists, including myself, being able to draw “okay” hands - but the thumb always ends up weird like this:

In many MANY examples of hands, the thumb is drawn like it was this big lump of “something” lacking one or any joints at all.

Hands in general, are more or less a big bunch of joints, so if you don’t keep that in mind when drawing, you might end up with weird fingers. SO PAY ATTENTION TO THE GODDANG JOINTS OKAY?!

NOW THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE:

(to get the book as pdf: JUST GOOGLE “BRIDGMAN CONSTRUCTIVE ANATOMY” and you’ll find the website with the download link)

In order to easier draw the thumb (and the rest of the hand as well) is to exaggerate the shapes and features. That is the “key” to understand how anatomy can vary so much but still follow the same basic construction:

Aaaaand here’s some more examples of DELICIOUS THUMBS:

THERE.

NOW GO AND DRAW THUMBS!

~~(with boobies)~~

DISCLAIMER: Baby-hands and hands on more overweight people tend to not be as “bony” as in my examples shown here. But they are still divided in the same pattern, but slightly rounder.

HS Shirts: the Heat-n-Bond Method

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:39:09 -0400

peppermintbee:

Want to put an quality looking Homestuck icon on your shirt, but you don’t have much money or time? Well a lot of people have been asking how I made my shirts, so here’s a nice tutorial for you guys. :B

First, a sample so you know what you’ll be getting in the end:

Now, click “read more” to view the full walkthrough!

Read More

owlturtle: scarfmouse: insightglass: starboardabbey: FOR...

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:54:02 -0500

owlturtle:

scarfmouse:

insightglass:

starboardabbey:

FOR FULL RES GO HERE ==> !!!LINK!!!

okay so I am finally finished!! woooooo. ALL of homestuck’s canon classes and aspects, made into a convenient table with all the gaps filled in and all the current characters marked at their class + aspect!

like it says in the image, i drew the page, sylph, rogue, witch, mage, and bard, but feel free to use them, add your/your character’s face in there, recolor them for a made up aspect, whatever, all i ask is that you give a link back to my tumblr here at starboardabbey. otherwise, enjoy!! :3

omg

What if I put Harper in the Sylph of Light outfit……………………

AHHH REALLY GOOD

I WANT TO BE THE ROGUE OF DOOM

WOULDNT THAT BE AWESOME ON ME

IT WOULD BE SOOOO AWESOME ON ME.

ETA: OR THE PAGE OF HOPE. THOSE ARE THE TWO ONES I LIKE BEST. *__*

eta #2: OR SLYPH OF HEART…….

(extremely sad that the bard doesnt have an enormous codpiece but what can you do I guess)

i am either the MAGE OF LIFE or the THIEF OF LIFE 8)

so hey

potentialforart: xoves: Unified Color Palette Tutorial by...

reaill: cassandraemeraldsong: cons-science: effington: animat...

Comprehensive Resource List for the Aspiring Artist V1.01

cygnahime: rebloggedcucumbers: ref-land: Feet. reblogging...

cygnahime: mulattafury: Because tumblr will shrink it down to...

hospitalvespers: kelseyum asked you: On the topic of help...

glitchdoll: youngartist-city: (kinda creepy) This is like a...

Photo

Notes on Dreadlocks!

Life hacks

minibinny: 102 Resources for Fiction Writers vulpesinculta: Are you still stuck for ideas...

human-proportions: From: pachurz: Some building block...

Photo

cygnahime: ceruleancynic: jumpingjacktrash: failuretoland: ju...

outwitha-bang: ibelievepracticemakesperfect: Knees by...

archaicmodernist: katoyuu: 風で髪なびきアニメ下書き 風になびく旗や布、髪はこんな風にして丸にそって...

burdge: greytaliesin: A super quick trick for drawing draped...

HEY WANNA LEARN TO DRAW HANDS?! LEARN TO DRAW THE FUCKING THUMB RIGHT FIRST OF ALL.

HS Shirts: the Heat-n-Bond Method

owlturtle: scarfmouse: insightglass: starboardabbey: FOR...

archaicmodernist: katoyuu: 風で髪なびきアニメ下書き　風になびく旗や布、髪はこんな風にして丸にそって...