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thoughtportal · 2 years

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painting made easier

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katediparradesign · 2 months

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A great #resource for #artists at any level for today's #artoftheday post (: For more posts like this, follow me on TikTok here: https://www.tiktok.com/@katediparradesign

#digitalart #artoftheday #procreate #procreate artist #procreateart #artwork #artist #how to #art how to #ipad art #ipad artist

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littlemissartemisia · 2 months

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#how to #art #art how to

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minisqwish-draws-things · 2 years

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Made a shading tutorial for the hell of it.

I'll probably go a little more in depth and post the full version on my patreon

#art by minisqwish #art tutorial #drawing tutorials #shading tutorial #art how to

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izzyspussy · 1 year

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does anyone have any tips or tutorials on how to translate from a real reference into a stylized drawing?? i can't draw anything except EXACTLY what i see and i can't find any tutorials that aren't just "learn anatomy and practice" which really doesn't help me figure out how to get from realistic to 2D in the first place in order to practice it LOL!!!

#jack facts #art #art tips #art help #art how to #traditional art #i'm deeply frustrated if you can't tell askfks #i know anatomy generally pretty okay i've been drawing realistic portraits for years #tell me how to draw a f0cking cartoon!!! please!!!!!

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opulentdoorstop · 11 months

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#cats #cat #cartoon cat #digital drawing #cat drawing #drawing advice #art tips #art how to #funny #joke art #comic #how to draw #funny how to draw #how to draw cats

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scazrelet · 1 year

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Art Theory: The Torso is a Clawfoot Bathtub

This is a bit of an experiment. This is a mirror of my most popular Ko-Fi post, now in full form here on Tumblr (though it does look better there with all the images properly sized and the text centered and etc etc). If it gets enough eyeballs I’ll mirror the other ones too. Now, without further ado...

Due to the popular demand of like... a couple people, I will be going over how THE HUMAN TORSO IS LIKE A CLAWFOOT BATHTUB. But first, a story. When I was still just a wee babby artist I would wander into the local library and pick up art books and be confronted with all of the in-depth anatomy images and feel a bit, well... overwhelmed.

And it's not as if I'm a dumb person or anything. It just never really made any real sense, not in a way that was meaningful to me. I struggled to retain it, unlike with other subjects, which of course confused me even more.

In hindsight I see now that it was like trying to memorize the parts of a car engine, how they all looked visually, where they were placed spatially (in 3D nonetheless), without knowing how a car operates or how all the parts work together in motion.

Which is a bit ridiculous. In any case, since I didn't have much interest in drawing western style comic superheros with musculature that looks like it's been vacuum sealed by their skin I spent a good amount of time just ignoring it and sneaking by, using a lot of shorthand and doing practices drawing from life. And, to be fair, I did learn a lot like that.

(Thanks for your contribution to the arts, Rob Liefield. I don't like feet either.)

Which brings us back to torsos. So when you look at a torso you can visually see there are features, like pecs and belly buttons, but their relationship to the internal structure is not immediately apparent.

(Me drawing in high school, probably.) So what ends up happening there is you just end up sort of... putting stuff where you best guess it kind of belongs. And sure, sometimes it's a really educated guess, and can be hella convincing. I tend to notice this most with collarbones. I can tell when an artists has learned largely through shorthand and idioms when their collarbones are just sort of floating around doing their own thing, basically acting as decoration on the chest without suggesting any greater purpose.

So what changed? And what does this have to do with bathtubs?

Well, I had a few paradigm shifts. To put it more simply, I realized I am a very conceptual and relational thinker. Anatomy never stuck with me because it never "clicked." So my success came from starting with big concepts and adding increasing levels of complication as I became ready for them. Pieces falling into place bit by bit.

Like a car, for instance, is a vehicle that runs on a series of explosions. Which is kind of badass. These explosions, in turn, are caused by pistons which rotate in time, which is kept going by... weird shaped gears and belts and pulleys... sparks... compression... well that's about it for my knowledge of engines.

*I have since been informed that it is the spark plugs that make the explosions and the explosions that power the movement of the pistons. I think it was clear by my diagram of a car that I am not well versed in automobiles.

So what is the bathtub about? This is literally all I came here for.

Ok, ok... So the bathtub is a conceptual metaphor that helps an artist understand the structure of the torso. Cool. So, to break that down... It's easy to think of the body in terms of a column. A series of objects supported by the object below. That makes sense, right? At heart we are, essentially, the Michelin man.

(★ ☆ ☆) Except not at all. Unlike palm trees, pyramids, and economic class systems we are not, in fact, a series of parts dependent on the parts beneath them. And we knows this. I know this, you know this, we've all seen spooky skeletons before, but for some reason artists consistently fail to internalize it. The issue being that we are still just mammals, just mammals that walk around funny. And Mammals are basically flesh tents. But... less horrifying than that phrase suggests.

(Like this but skin.) Essentially your standard cat or dog is holding up its spine with its four legs and then its body is hanging from that support structure created by the spine. The body is not being held up from below by the legs. And that's a fairly crucial distinction as it turns out. The muscles of the legs connect to the spine(ish), and the ribcage hangs down from the spine, making a nice tidy sack to hold all the insides where they are supposed to be.

And humans? Well we're all evolved from previously four legged critters.

(We're really just some jumped up fancy rats.) Which means we follow a very similar diagram - but with alterations to account for a bipedal stance.

WHICH BRINGS US TO BATHTUBS.

So, take this weird upright mammal and break it down into very basic blocks.

(I can draw better but I refuse.) Got some hips, a spine, a ribcage, just like a cat but vertical. So, again, all the focus is on supporting the spine, specifically. Which is why our arm muscles still largely connect to our back (except, like, your pecs which are literally contracting and yanking your arm bones forward which is metal AF).

So, like an umbrella designed in hell, we are actually bags of meat hanging from our spines. And that "decorative" collarbone? Literally holding up a ton of meat draped over it so we can continue to move our arms.

Which 🎉🎉🎉 BRINGS US TO THE BATHTUB🎉 🎉🎉

( F***in told you. ) It's not a perfect metaphor since usually the curtain rod is held up by other supports besides just the shower head (it's literally called a head this is such a great metaphor) but give me a little slack. The ribcage is like the curtain, held up by the spine of the showerhead, and the hip bones are the bowl of the bathtub, within which are lovingly nestled... all the intestines. And stuff. This metaphor helps an artist conceptualize the human structure, so they can start applying further degrees of knowledge, like muscles and motion and afsGkljSAKjhgfajhs hands.

But I specifically said a clawfoot bathtub you say pedantically? Well...

I didn't stutter. It is a CLAWFOOT BATHTUB. Specifically.

And not just for some reason like "oh because it has feet." (OK like maybe a little but not only, alright?) So let's talk about hips.

Now muscles work by contracting, something I passingly mentioned before (didn't think that would be on the test, did ya?) so to create motion the better generally contracts a muscle that has ends tied to two bones.

(Hips. You might already see where I'm going here.) That's why we don't resemble ball jointed dolls. Due to *insert complicated mechanical reason based on leverage, pulleys, walking, flexibility, and so on* we, again, aren't just objects stacked on top of each other like dishes.

(I only chose this image because it sounds like a band name.) So, as it turns out, rather than balls and sticks and vague underwear shapes, there is another pretty stellar way to consider the leg hip connection area.

Excuse my atrocious rendition of it here, but I assume you get the jist. Two turkey drumsticks tagged onto Lego Bionicle pegs jammed into a pair of hipster undies, with some amorphous fleshy bits spackled in there.

( I am very serious right now. ) So, I'm sure you've figured it out by now, but this shape very much resembles...

And that, my dear friends is why the human torso is a clawfoot tub. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enjoyed this post? Find more tutorials and drop me a tip on my Ko-Fi Want art help with something else? Critiques and reviews? Just to chat and share? Join my discord. Hate this? Day ruined? ME TOO B

#art tutorial #how to draw #art breakdown #art theory #art education #artists on tumblr #art how to #art resource #my art #anatomy #anatomy for artists

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marmeegle · 1 year

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I made another tutorial, this time on trees <3

#tutorial #art tutorial #art advice #art reference #art how to #Youtube #art help

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thoughtportal · 6 months

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Victorian puzzle purse

What you need:

A square paper. Mine is 21 x 21cm cut from a A4 paper. Use a thicker paper if you are going to be using watercolours as you’re going to be painting double sided.

Your favourite decorating tools!

Below is the How-to. I’ve also uploaded a more detailed tutorial on my story for my origami beginners so that you can flick back and forth:

Fold along diagonally in both corners. You will have two creases forming four triangles.

Fold into three sections. Rotate 90 degrees and repeat this step folding inwards.

Flip it over!

Fold all bottom corners to meet the corners of the centre square.

Flip it over again so you’re back on the side you started with.

Fold four corners inwards and twist slightly until a pinwheel shape forms. This bit is a bit scary but trust your creases!

Form a purse by folding the arms inwards.

Tuck the last arm in! 💌

Decorating tips: Make it unique for the person receiving it! In my card I’ve included things that we both like: lemons and apples we like to bake desserts with, favourite flowers…. And lots of cliche stuff like love hearts, angels, love birds and poems because why not! I’ve placed these motives in mirroring positions to create symmetry – gives it that folky vibe

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emoweeb-the-simp · 2 years

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art tips time bcs i’m bored & it’s in drafts .3.

How to NOT Blackwash/Whitewash

(under the cut)

So, first off,

What is blackwashing/whitewashing?

Well, Blackwashinng is where you take a character who isn’t a PoC(Person of Color) and make them one. Whitewashing is the opposite where you take a PoC and make them white. This is deemed as racist in the art community.

I will teach you guys how to NOT do that by accident so you don’t get canceled.

If i’m drawing Fanart, how do I not BW/WW(Blackwash/Whitewash)?

First off, NEVER. I repeat. NEVER. EVER. USE AESTHETIC ICONS AS COLOR REFS!!!

now you might be wondering here:

“but why not Creator-Chan? It’s so perfect and aesthetic-”

NO

first off, the colors are going to be HIGHLY inaccurate since 100% of the time there is a COLOR FILTER. BIG NONO.

So what do you use?

I recommend using official art that has little to no lighting or is mostly flats. why? because

A/it’s official art, so of course it’s accurate

B/the MOST accurate colors if it’s mostly flat.

the reason why the reference shouldn’t have much shading/lighting is because it’ll mess you up a bit. if your only ref IS something like that, that’s ok, just find a spot somewhere in the middle and we’ll be good.

Now I don’t recommend something too realistic, but if you have no other option, go ahead. imo, anything TOO realistic(live action, CGI, etc) should be a last resort. But lets say it’s Disney, a company known for its CGI & Live Action movies(but also animated shows), then you would have to use something realistic, but it’s not so much of a bad thing because well, it’s Disney, so stuff like CGI/Live Action gets a pass.

What if the character isn’t human? (e.g. object heads)

oh & real quick

THIS IS FOR YOU TOO, COOKIE RUN FANDOM! SINCE EVERYONE IN THAT CURSED FANDOM ARGUES ABOUT IT.

Lets use hm..the announcer from BFDI(throwback, huh?), now seeing as everyone in BFDI are objects, they have no canon skin color, so go ham. The only time it is BW/WW is if the creator of this said series has a canonical human form for said character.

Bonus:

Which fandom(s) BW/WW the most/doesn’t tell the difference?

Now I’d definitely have to say..

it’s a tie between

Enchanto & Miraculous Lady Bug(MLB, not to get confused with MLB[Major League Baseball])!

Specifically, with the Gacha Club Videos.

DISCLAIMER! CREATOR-CHAN HAS NOTHING AGAINST GACHA CLUB/LUNIME, SHE ACTUALLY USES IT. THEY JUST HATES THE TOXIC GACHAS/GACHA HEATS.

so I seen A LOT of WW specifically in that fandom, but i’m still counting it here.

Now the fandom that doesn't know how it works, drumroll please:

THE COOKIE RUN FANDOM!! :D

Now how do you exactly BW/WW a cookie??? It only works with humans so they have no canon skin color unless devsisters(which, fuck them btw bcs they do NFTs)said so.

Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk

#art tips #art #art how to #how to art #blackwashing #whitewashing #how not to get cancelled 101 by me #how to not make twitter hate you #let alone the art community the art community & tumblr #oh & ps devsisters should add a radioactive cookie for all of the toxic players out there /j

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spaceintruderdetector · 2 years

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https://archive.org/details/Will_Eisner_Theory_of_Comics_and_Sequential_Art

#will eisner #sequential art #comics art #art how to #comics theory

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lucidloving · 7 months

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@roach-works // Melissa Broder, "Problem Area" // Mary Oliver, "The Return" // @annavonsyfert // Koyoharu Gotouge, Demon Slayer // Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance // David Levithan, How They Met and Other Stories // Tennessee Williams, Notebooks

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sylvies-kablooie · 3 months

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i do unironically think the best artists of our generation are posting to get 20 notes and 3 reblogs btw. that fanfic with like 45 kudos is some of the best stuff ever written. those OCs you carry around have some of the richest backstories and worldbuilding someone has ever seen. please do not think that reaching only a few people when you post means your art isn't worth celebrating.

#i often wonder about how many things would be considered classic or high art had they only received the marketing #how many short films that were made for class could have been the most powerful thing you'd ever seen? if you'd seen them?#“you know the greatest films of all time were never made” etc etc #but like. these works of art ARE being made. it's just enjoyed by a smaller audience with equal impact though #i think about this one furry i used to follow on insta who had the coolest worldbuilding ever. it's been years.#thought prompted by that sketch of nimona from ten years ago that was just for a character design #posted to the creator's tumblr and now it's nominated for best animated feature film at the oscars #and by the genuine emotional reaction a fan comic made me feel. how much work had gone into it. how beautiful it was to me.#idk what to tag this but i hope whoever needs to hear it does #writing #writer #fandom #fandom culture #artist

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l-a-l-o-u · 1 year

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sending your friends terrible tumblr posts is a love language

#i dont get to see their reactions but imagining them is fulfilling enough #comic #idk how to tag this. its not a text post but it doesnt fit in my art tag #o well

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dat-soldier · 7 months

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Research

#deltarune #undertale #kris #susie #frisk #my art #kris is also searching how to fight jevil

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scazrelet · 1 year

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New Post: Art Theory: Every How-To-Draw Guide Gets Gender Differences WRONG

ll of my art guides, step-by-steps, tutorials, and artist resources are free, and will always be free forever, on my Ko-Fi page. You’ll never need to pay me to access my educational material (though tips are welcome!) I also have an artist assistance hotline of sorts on my Discord server, which you can access here. You can also just drop in and share your work, in any media! My latest art guide is: Art Theory: Every How-To-Draw Guide Gets Gender Differences WRONG

Some other recent posts:

#art guide #art resource #art tutorial #tutorial #tutorials #how to #art how to #art tip #art tips #art education #art resources #Artist resources #Resources #artists on tumblr

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