My own version of the outfit meme. Send me an ask with a character(s) and an outfit, and I might draw them.
Don’t all go for the same outfit please.
I had a tumblr based dream, where there was a post that was made by Aliens. It was a forbidden post. To whoever looked upon it would know the meaning of life, but only to have the knowledge flushed away if you tried to reblog it.
Workout For Daily Life
Reblogging for the neck pain ones… whoa Nelly, do I ever get the most killer neck pains.
if youre hypermobile or have eds be careful with some of these
shading colour tips
hey yall its me the Art Mom™ to help you shade pretty
rule 1: DO NOT SHADE WITH BLACK. EVER. IT NEVER LOOKS GOOD.
- red- shade with a slightly darker shade of purple
- orange- slightly darker and more saturated shade of red
- yellow- i think like..a peach could work but make it a really light peach
- green- shade with darker and less saturated shade of blue or teal
- blue- shade with purple
- purple- a shade thats darker than the purple you’re using and maybe a little pink (MAYBE blue)
- pink- darker shade of red
- white- a really light lavender or blue..or i guess any really light colour??
- black- okay listen dont use pure black to colour anything unless you want to leave it with flat colours because you cant really shade black lol
- grey- a slightly darker shade of purple or blue (less saturated)
- brown- slightly darker and less saturated shade of purple or red
aaaaand thats all i got lol. let me know if there is anything i should add to this list!!
If you’re a visual learner…
I made some Balls of Colour to go with Art Mom™’s post:
This is lovely and helpful but WHY IN THE DEVILS NAME IS LENNY HIDING IN THE WHITE BALL
—Can the word “handsome” be used for Lolita girls?
—Definitely! >>> https://www.lolitawardrobe.com/c/ouji-lolita_0364
since I’ve drawing a lot of glowy magic/fire things lately,,,,here’s a tutorial with brush settings!! :0
Burn glowin’ :3
some of my friends told me they like how i drew gold so i decided to do a lil tutorial on it!!
This is a nice chart!
Lipsync is one of my not-so-secret passions. I also hate front mouths. They’re harder to inbetween, I find, and they’re not used nearly as frequently. Here’s some ¾ mouths I made.
These are the basic shapes I was taught, and I use. Standard lipsync shapes;;
You have your closed mouth to open, to clenched teeth, to oohs, and your (often optional) F, L, and TH mouths.
Tips!
- Your top teeth don’t move; I mean, stylistically it happens sometimes (Gravity falls does it fairly well, as much as I haaaaate that), but your lipsync will prolly look better if they don’t.
- My clenched teeth (SH) mouth is always a bit wider than my biggest AH mouth. It adds variation and helps your shapes blend more nicely. Conversely, my biggest AH mouth is narrower than my SH mouth and my closed (M) mouth.
- My L mouth is a tiny bit more closed than my biggest AH, and not as closed as my second biggest AH. It fits between them nicely so that if you have to go from an L to an AH mouth, like you would for the word “Like” or “Love”, it doesn’t pop or look weird.
- My R and oo mouths move forward on the face a bit, it adds dimension, and if you leave it all in the same place and have the mouth just shrink into a circle it miiiight look weird.
Aaaaand I think that’s it? Never go from a SH mouth to a TH mouth, it’ll pop and look weird…uhhh;
Also! It’s alright to skip some shapes;;
So below is a lipsync I made using the above shapes;
It’s clear what they’re saying, the mouth is moving nicely, but there’s only one problem. Veeeery rarely do they give you enough time to use all the mouths you want to make it move nice. Voice actors talk fast to fit everything in and holycrap do we hate love them for it.
So here’s a fast one.
Those two gifs should start at the same time, and notice that the second one stops while the first one is still saying “doing”.
I not only cut out the mouth between the biggest AH and the clenched teeth, but I combined the word “Are you” into, like, 3 shapes. I also trimmed some inbetweens overall. The lipsync still reads, though! You can still tell what they’re saying even without audio (which would help it a bit, haha~)
Cutting out that stuff ended the lipsync a whole 14 frames sooner (more than half a second!). It doesn’t sound like much, but with 24 frames per second and dialogue moving at the speed of light, you don’t have time to dilly dally. This isn’t a preschool show;;
Aaaaaand I think that’s it. Liiiipsyyyyyync~~~
Now to go back to actual work and stop talking about things most ppl don’t care about;
I AM CRYING TEARS OF RELIEF BECAUSE I NEED THESE REFERENCES FOR MY SENIOR FILM’S DIALOGUE~
Reblogging this again because I’ve been using this reference for the last 2 months to help with my lip-synch in my film, and I’ve just tested one scene where I used the reference…And my mouth-drawings have improved tenfold ever since.
To the OP who made this chart…I wish I could hug you right now because you helped make my film look much better. c8
This post makes its rounds every so often;; I’m glad people are getting use out of me not wanting to do the actual work I had!
(October 2017)
When you really want to see centaur body language and interaction in motion.
It’s tricky because how much adjustment and fluttering ought to be allowed due to the differently thinking brain? There’s definitely the opportunity for more complicated footwork and a great variety of movement you may not see in the typical carry of a horse. But it still has to look horse.
Anyway, just a quick slap down I considered polishing up and finishing (thus hanging onto it so long) but yeah, have not yet found the same muse that got it this far. Rough sketches are usually as far as playing around gets, hah. May continue it yet, who knows.
when you don’t do a warm up and go straight into lineart and your hand does the thing
Thats a sign of inflammation of the wrist called carpel tunnel . I had surgery because it got so bad I couldn’t draw anymore.
Yikes D8.
That’s why it’s so important to do stretches and draw with your whole arm (ok, arguably hard with a tablet versus a big gorgeous easel) and etc but I forgot today bc I am a moron and it was great
?????
people warm up to draw? like… how?
not an artists but climbing hand and lower arm exercises;
Adding this important video for all the artists out there, take care of your hands ♥
I’ve been dealing with CTS for over a decade (and drawing for over 2 decades), here are some tips I’ve picked-up on over the years to help relieve pain and decrease risk of making your CTS symptoms worse:
1) Support your arm, do not rest your arm weight on your hand/wrist. Use a pillow for your elbow if need be.
2) Avoid putting pressure on your hand/wrist, this includes while drawing. Pushing on the wrist can cause symptoms to flare-up. Don’t push on anything if you can avoid it.
2.5) If you like to press-down hard on your drawing utensils, train yourself to be more light-handed, or try different methods that require less pressure on your hand. For example: a digital artist can adjust the pressure sensitivity on their tablet so that it requires less pressure to create a thicker brush stroke; a traditional artist can work more with markers instead of colored pencils; etc.
3) Wear a wrist brace while you sleep if symptoms are present. This can often relieve pain overnight.
4) Take frequent breaks while working to avoid a build-up of stress on the wrist.
5) Avoid keeping your wrist bent for prolonged periods of time. This includes while you sleep- a reason why wearing a brace at night can help relieve pain and symptoms.
In short, be kind to your wrists. If you can afford the surgery, go for it. CTS sucks and there’s no real cure for it. It’s far more common in women than in men, and there are a few factors that can increase your risk. I hope this helps!
Reblogging cuz my older brother has wrist problems,
Also we do the first two steps at work every day
Remembering to take frequent breaks can be tough, especially if you’re feeling inspired. Literally just standing up and sitting back down every 20 minutes or so helps (stretching the muscles helps more). A great tip an animation teacher gave me once is “always work with a small glass of water neer by, and the refill bottle far away.” why?
1) it keeps you hydrated (good for the body and mind).
2) every time you run out of water, get up and walk to fill it up again. This gets them muscles moving. Maybe do a few stretches on the way.
3) Reminds you to take a break also every time you need to pee. Not to mention, it helps clear out some of those toxins. Do a few stretches furing these short breaks.
There’s only one thing worse than coming up with names for your ocs ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,it’s coming up with their surnames
I don’t know how these are being generated but they are so, so good
—Can the word “handsome” be used for Lolita girls?
—Definitely! >>> https://www.lolitawardrobe.com/c/ouji-lolita_0364
