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aodhan-art · 3 days

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Join me as I dress the entirety of the Tuatha dé in the most obnoxious color palettes and outfits known to man

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aodhan-art · 3 days

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This is how I like to imagine this conversation going

(From: Fate of the Children of Lir)

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aodhan-art · 3 days

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THIS IS A GREAT IDEA AND I WILL DO THAT

My relationship with art has been turbulent lately. Yes, it's something I've been yearning to do all my life (how I ended up in folklore studies and then in political science, that's a wholly other story, not that I'm complaining, but), but I guess not having any formal degree or training in art has undermined my own idea of myself as an artist over the years. I still love doing commissions and helping others' ideas come alive, I have some ideas from local folklore that I'd like to do something with, but for some weird reason, words are flowing more freely than lines for me these days, and that is something that hasn't been happening for a very long time.

The question is, have I overestimated myself as an artist? Or have I been underestimating myself as a writer? Or maybe writing is just another form of visual art for me? Like when I'm taking photographs, I'm painting with frames and concepts. Can I, in the same manner, just be painting with words?

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aodhan-art · 4 days

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Aaaaand now I itch for drawing again so everything’s back to normal 😅

I’m thinking either Suibhne Geilt or something queer and mythology-inspired for the upcoming Beltane.

My relationship with art has been turbulent lately. Yes, it's something I've been yearning to do all my life (how I ended up in folklore studies and then in political science, that's a wholly other story, not that I'm complaining, but), but I guess not having any formal degree or training in art has undermined my own idea of myself as an artist over the years. I still love doing commissions and helping others' ideas come alive, I have some ideas from local folklore that I'd like to do something with, but for some weird reason, words are flowing more freely than lines for me these days, and that is something that hasn't been happening for a very long time.

The question is, have I overestimated myself as an artist? Or have I been underestimating myself as a writer? Or maybe writing is just another form of visual art for me? Like when I'm taking photographs, I'm painting with frames and concepts. Can I, in the same manner, just be painting with words?

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aodhan-art · 4 days

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Some Oengus Ógses

#THIS #IS #PERFECT #he has these vibes of a debauched Roman emperor #and the swan #oh my gods the SWAN

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aodhan-art · 7 days

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Can't afford art school?

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard)

Aaron Rutten (free)

BoroCG (free)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates)

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, ect Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Libresprite (free, for pixel art)

Those are the ones I can recall.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

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aodhan-art · 12 days

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“Fearless and full of joy; his eyes were bright and keen, and his voice like music; on his brow sat wisdom, and in his hand was strength”

Glorfindel

#I dunno why but he looks like Lugh to me on this one #like that GRIN omg

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aodhan-art · 12 days

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My relationship with art has been turbulent lately. Yes, it's something I've been yearning to do all my life (how I ended up in folklore studies and then in political science, that's a wholly other story, not that I'm complaining, but), but I guess not having any formal degree or training in art has undermined my own idea of myself as an artist over the years. I still love doing commissions and helping others' ideas come alive, I have some ideas from local folklore that I'd like to do something with, but for some weird reason, words are flowing more freely than lines for me these days, and that is something that hasn't been happening for a very long time.

The question is, have I overestimated myself as an artist? Or have I been underestimating myself as a writer? Or maybe writing is just another form of visual art for me? Like when I'm taking photographs, I'm painting with frames and concepts. Can I, in the same manner, just be painting with words?

#this is a personal post that maybe gets deleted later #or maybe not #maybe I just need some sort of a 'dear diary' blog as well #but it must still be a blog where I can fanboy over Orbsen mac Allot to my heart's content

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aodhan-art · 12 days

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Stage one: I realise that lesbian trans women and gay trans men, especially those who don't realise they're trans and don't come out until they are 30+, are severely underrepresented in fiction

Stage two: I'm writing that book

#also it's a dark fantasy book #it's a dark fantasy book based on Irish mythology #I guess it's a writing tumblr as well now #queer representation #queer fantasy #transgender #trans fantasy

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aodhan-art · 13 days

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#14. Oranges. Dry pastels, pastel pencils, chalk.

Even if I want to draw something simple and joyful, it always looks like a 17th century vanitas. Love my style :)

#memento mori #traditional art #dry pastels #academic drawing #academic painting #artists on tumblr

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aodhan-art · 20 days

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Cahercastle

Co.Galway, Ireland, 2024

#original photographers #photography on tumblr #polaroid go #castle #ireland #medieval #Celtic #dark #gothic photography #gothic #ethereal

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aodhan-art · 26 days

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The Ghosts of Craughwell: The Daffodil Girl

This one here has a backstory. I live in a small, quiet Irish village steeped in history (which small quiet place isn't?), and while we were on a photo walk around the neighbourhood in hope to get closer to the local castle, my husband spotted a patch of daffodils under a tree in a field, the length approximately of a not very tall human. Now, I've had some forensics training during my BA, and I've been to a lot of destroyed and forgotten graveyards in my time, and this did look like a very old unmarked grave by the roadside.

I could not shake this image off me, so here it is. There are also the Gaelic Confederate guy from Killora graveyard, and someone whom I've heard singing on the road in the dead of night on the night of the Winter Solstice, and many others mentioned in the Folklore Commission's database, so I hope to continue this series and sketch them as well - as I imagine them.

#artists on tumblr #sketch #ghost #dark art #ireland #spirit #gothic #digital art #dark illustration #daffodil #Irish history #Irish folklore #witchblr #witch aesthetics #aodhan morris #Irish mythology

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aodhan-art · 1 month

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Green and grey on St. Patrick's Day.

#moss #ireland #nature photography #photographers on tumblr #moss photography #eire #st patricks day #goblincore #mosscore #forest aesthetic #springtime #spring is coming

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aodhan-art · 1 month

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This Saint Patrick's Day, don't forget the reason for the season. Celebrate like St. Patrick would have wanted:

Speak Welsh.

Turn your enemies into foxes

Call out your local politicians

Set a bonfire, piss off the cops

Curse your enemies' fields to become barren marshes, unfit for farmland.

Cause an earthquake

Write all your letters in Latin

Despite this, claim that your Latin is bad.

Become a key part of Uí Néill propaganda.

Yeet your enemies into the sky so that they freeze to death.

Adopt a child who refuses to leave you alone.

Bargain with an angel to be allowed to judge the souls of the Irish on Judgement Day

Remind your local surviving members of the Fianna that all their friends are dead and in Hell.

Have two oxen decide your burial place

Develop a long and complex relationship with St. Brigit in the folk tradition, despite neither of you being contemporaries.

Refuse to suck the nipples of the pirates who you are trying to convince to take you back to Britain.

Disguise yourself as a deer

Fight against manmade climate change

Be accused by your former friend of unspecified charges that might or might not have involved gay sex and write a long self-justifying letter about your tragic backstory.

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aodhan-art · 2 months

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#12. Fly amanita. Dry pastels, pastel pencils, chalk.

#artists on tumblr #botanical illustration #beginner artist #mycology #nature #fungi #fungi art #mushroom #dry pastels #dark mori #dark goblincore #witch aesthetics #pagan aesthetics #traditional art

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aodhan-art · 2 months

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#11. Red anemone. Dry pastels, pastel pencils, chalk, sepia.

#it looks like a sentient alien being who'll eat you #that's a compliment #that's a good thing #flowers #pastels #beginner artist #artists on tumblr #botanic illustration #botanic art

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aodhan-art · 2 months

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Funguary - Stinkhorn

#funguary #funguary2024 #stinkhorn #artists on tumblr #illustration #fungi #mushroom #drawing #digital art #procreate

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