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dykefaggotry · 8 months

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can't do this one as a poll bc there's endless choices but if you're in college/university or went to college/university what's been the most fun/enriching class you've had?

#for me it wasn't fun but the most enriching one I've had was the history of racism #learned a ton in that class #I also really did enjoy my history of american religion course even though the professor was a tough grader #he shattered my ego a couple times lmfao

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dawnthefluffyduck · 3 months

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Gesture & Figure Studies

I mentioned in a previous post that a professor of mine gave me some resources that I find super helpful, and that once he fixed the links to those resources, I would share them here.

So, as promised, I'm making a post to compile the various online goodies I've been given/stumbled across on my own. All of these are super good resources to practice gesture drawing for free, and in a more comfortable environment than staring at a real person three feet away from you. Some of these are also good references to have for longer drawings, so feel free to use them in whatever way helps you! Links put below:

Before anything, I think it's important to explain what exactly gesture is. At its core, gesture is simply looking at some form of reference, and drawing what you see as quickly as possible. Gesture drawing isn't actually exclusive to drawing people; it's helpful with pretty much all subject matter, such as still-lifes or landscapes. This post focuses on figure studies, but the techniques found here can be used elsewhere too.

These exercises are typically done in increments of 30 seconds-5 minutes. That's not a lot of time, so it's very important to not get hung up on details while working. Instead, focus on whatever you're drawing in its entirety; the point is to capture the energy of whatever you're looking at, not each individual shape. These drawings tend to look a little goofy and that's perfectly fine! The important part is proportion and energy, not form.

Below are a couple of videos that I think best help introduce gesture drawing. Seeing it is action explains it better than words can, in my opinion:

A demo of figure gesture drawing (this is closest to how I was taught)

Short video that explains good things to watch out for while you work

And for the poses:

Playlist of timed poses (non-nude)

Playlist of timed poses (nude)

Pose image library (nude/non-nude/hands/more+)

Timed image library (nude/non-nude/hands/more+)

Another timed image library (nude/non-nude)

Pinterest board of hand/feet references (helpful even outside of gesture drawing)

HUGE pose reference library (very helpful even outside of gesture drawing)

DeviantArt page for the above (more poses I believe, but harder to navigate)

I'll update this post if I add anything else to this list, but this is all I have for now. Hopefully a couple of people can find this useful :D

#even if nobody uses these I would like to have them here so I don't loose them #but sharing is caring and I love these resources so maybe someone else might want them too #i will say:#if you're an artist/wanting to learn to draw people #and you ever get an opportunity to join a live model drawing session #definitely don't pass it up; they're not all nakey people #i've only seen one of these events held outside of my classes and I very much regret not being able to go #regardless learning it virtually is still a massive help and has been how i've learned for most of the past year #it's helped me a ton with my anatomy over the past year #but it's still a good way to warm up even if you don't need help with anatomy #gesture drawing #figure studies #art resources #drawing resources #non-art post

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deathtodickens · 8 months

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I am finally back in a sketching mood and getting my left-arm muscle-memory used to using my Cintiq and drawing in Photoshop. Am also still (still) working on the last bits of Ages because next year it will be TEN YEARS since I started that fic. And I intend to conclude it (part one, anyway) by (preferably before) 2024.

#bering and wells #i really need to get back into my doodle a week mood but #if there is one thing i have learned it is to not push myself beyond what i have the energy to do #hence why i haven't forced myself to draw in these past couple of months #my kitchen is still under construction lolll and i have been working a shit ton of overtime because COVID is still very much a thing #anywho my ideas are always more grand than my energy and one day they are going to align and All The Things ™ will be done #but that day is not today #animation class is going okay but it is exactly as burdensome as i thought it would be #oh have i not mentioned that i am turning 40 this year because that is also a thing #never mind that i am now the parent of a middle schooler #and a kindergartener lolll #goodnight

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god-of-this-new-blog · 1 year

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Death note characters draw themselves — inspired by @ponury-grajek and the extra bit in the manga about Misa drawing!

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muckyschmuck · 16 days

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startded making a visual novel and this totally isn’t gonna be like that time i said i was making a new comic and scrapped it halfway through or the time i said i was making a video thing and scrapped it halfway through its real guys. it’s r

#IM ACTUALLY GAVING A TON OF FUCKING FUN #I FEEL LIKE IM MAKING UO FOR TGE CODING CLASS I GOT RIPPED OUT OF IN MIDDLE SCHOOL #AND IM GETTING ALL EXCITED ABOUT SPRITES AND BGS AND OTHER STUFF #ren’py doesn’t support gifs which is kind of disappointing but i can cut the frames up i think IDK #YAAAAY LEARNING #I GENUINELY GET SO EXCITED WHEN MY SCRIPT HAS AN ERROR BECAUSE IM LIKE YAAAAAY LEARNING #be honest will u download my shitty furry vn bae? …. wcould you ever love a man with a shitty furry v #Ñ #ok

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taylorswiftshipsbyler · 6 months

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I've been off school the past 2 days because I was sick, but I have to go back tomorrow and I have 3 big tests😭😭

#one is a playing assessment for band tho #but its a big part of my grade so if i mess up itll be really bad #and then i have a math test #which isnt that bad and its on stuff that o learned last year #but the scary one is history #theres like a ton of vocab words with it and i cant rely on extra credit from fhe packets we did because im missing two of them #cuz i wasnt in class

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versussashimi · 1 month

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Is this anything

#sashiposting.art #splatoon #agent 3 #agent 3 splatoon #rare art post that isnt absolutely shit woah #art classes my beloved i am learning #this is just a sketch with a fuck ton of shading thrown on top so its messy lol

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spyderdust · 23 days

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if angel were alive in present times, for fun he'd rollerblade and do gymnastics as well as dancing

#he loves dancing so much..........my son needs to sign up for classes where it's a ton of people in front of a mirror learning steps #he'd also be like that girl who rollerblades in skimpy outfits and gives advice #actually angel would love tiktok hold on--#i was busy all day and im so tired so have some loopy thoughts

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every-captain · 25 days

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I really have got to calm down and stop trying to live 5 years from now and just let myself live right now. I've built a little life and i'm not even LIVING in it because I'm drowning so deep in the idea that this isnt good enough.

I pay the bills I need to pay, I go to work and buy groceries. I make more than I ever have, I've got projects to work on, I've got my responsibilities in hand, so why cant I just let myself take a deep breath and calm down? Why cant this be good enough for now so that I can actually enjoy where I'm at?

I'm gonna look back and regret how I've treated the last few years because I'm so caught up in wanting to be somewhere else that I'm completely frozen and I'm incapable of appreciating how far I've come.

#Captain Speaking #i'm putting expectations on myself that I dont think are really possible and I think i need to learn to live where i'm at #If i took more hours at work i'd make more money and probably really be OK #It isnt a ton of money but people live on less all the time so maybe I should just be happy with what i have and calm down #especially since the “more” i'm looking for doesnt seem to be happening fo rme #even a “real” office job pays basically what I'm making now so who fucking cares that i'm a barista #anyway sometimes i get so frustrated with myself becasue i think my brain cannot be satisfied with anything less than middle class #and that is just NOT how i'm gonna live #probably ever

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girlscience · 2 months

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MEETING IS DONE. He said I am definitely moving forward. I have to have a meeting with the other grad students in the center, and they have right of refusal, so if they don't like me I will not be admitted to the program. That will probably be next week.

#he is concerned that I know nothing about fish. which is fair #he said if I get in he would want me to come before school started so I could start learning fish identification #I would be a TA. I would have to learn how to drive a trailer and a boat #I would get a TON of field work experience. The field work would mean missing weeks of class at a time #which I am worried about but I feel like I could keep up? maybe? hopefully #I would have to present at conferences which is terrifying #he said they expect all their students to get A's. which I had a 4.0 in undergrad but that was 4 years ago so I hope I didn't forget #how to do school #and he said they push the students really hard #he said they want you do get jobs and that there are students now who have gotten job offers and won't be finishing #their degrees because the offer is exactly what they want so they are leaving early #which sounds amazing #I am worried I won't be rigorous enough or won't be able to keep up #and I am worried that the other grad students won't like me #so I'm trying not to get my hopes up.... but I am excited

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opens-up-4-nobody · 10 months

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#let me express to u perhaps The frustration of my life #i like to learn. it is perhaps my favorite thing. new information. more more more constantly #but. my fucking brain is the fucking worst. because im not fucking stupid if i can focus and process the words being said i can understand #many things. i like to learn about math and physics and chemistry and biology and anatomy... ect concepts #but the focus and the processing of words is where we have problems. because i cannot focus for more than like 5min #i blink and suddenly ive been spaced out for a sec and need to reorient. i cant prioritize what to do 1st and im constantly bouncing betwee #tasks so nothing ever gets done and im too intimidated to start learning things. and when im trying to learn we habe the processing words #problem. like my reading comprehension is so fucking bad. like i will read a book on paper and maybe retain 25% of the info if im not #hardcore trying. for a class where i had to do a ton of paper reading. i had to read everything out loud to myself. highlight important #info. write myself a summary based on the highlights and then read the paper again before i could even begin to feel comfortable in #discussions. it was so fucking frustrating and miserable. ppl will give me physical books and im like thanks i cant fucking read sorry #too fucking dyslexic. read and listen they say. u have to read and listen at the same time bc i cant pay attention and i cant read #so if i do both then maybe the info gets in. thats y i have to read aloud but i hate it and still get distracted #i mean. i probably just have an attention problem. its also really annoying that my short term working memory is so awful #bc in order to make things make sense i have to draw or write them out. i cant judt go off the top of my head or i get stuck saying thr sam #thing over and over and over. its like my ability to think is extremely shallow. but thrn i read papers and recognize concepts from classes #i took years ago and im like. fucking y cant i know what i know? my head feels so empty but info is in there somewhere #its just so fucking frustrating that i love understanding systems so much. complex annoying little systems that fit together like a puzzle #and my fucking brain refuses to accept the information im trying to get in there. so i return to a remark left on my dyslexia assignment:#intelligent when not constrained by language or time. thanks. unfortunately language is how ppl communicate #also i freak out under time pressure lol. anyway ive just been reading papers for fun this weekend and remembering y i dont: bc its agony #but also i fucking love the concepts so much and i need a good understanding of photosynthesis before August when i join a photosynthesis #lab lmao. ugh. i love learning but my brain was not buildmt #built for it. if only if only someone could podcast about the obscure things im interested in while reading directly from the source #unrelated #also its like 105 degrees plus. its too fucking hot out #thats like 40 degrees C. the sun is like a death ray

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cepheusgalaxy · 2 months

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WHY, why all the times we're going to "work with" queer issues its always, "hompohobia" and a sugarcoated oversimplified explan. of the AIDS crisis??????

#we were introduced to the sociology teacher today #and one of the subjects on our textbook was like “prejudices in our society”#there were tons and tons of different details in racism and etnocentrism #and slavery #and it was prettt great #its probabably good stuff there to learn #then there was one page about the feminist movement #and then one paragraph. of queer issues.#and it was “homophobia is bad. gays have it though. its a really bad thing. and also aids crisis”#done #im so so so so mad #this teacher is kind of nice so ill see if i can get her to bring up more subjects to the class #the whole stuff surrounding the aids crisis and why the L comes first in the acronym. even if just a small citation #and then actual info on homophobia and how etnocentrism and queerphobia are related!#nd also about amatonormativity. cissexism.a bit of gender theory. and gender non comformity. since these are important parts of our society #coz the way society handles all of this is important #anyways #school tag #queer #just rambles

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dollopheadsandclotpoles · 1 year

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The funniest review I ever saw of one of my fics was someone being like "Ronan wouldn't hide being gay from Declan it's 2015" ghjdhfgk ah yes 2015, the year homophobia disappeared

#feel like I've made this post before but WHATEVER i just saw it again #my writing #new man #it still makes no sense to me #their other issue was that Ronan doesn't lie which I addressed in the fic #like ok don't read it?? there have been tons of fics I didn't read cause I didn't vibe with the characterisation #didn't go and bitch about them on twitter damn #esp when I clearly didn't read them???#anyway I sound mad but i'm not I just think it's so funny #from a writer pov you get all up in your head about getting criticism and most of the time it just doesn't make sense #but honestly writing class trained me so well for this #sometimes people misunderstand your work SO much #and you can't respond to them and you just have to sit and deal #(not just talking about this referring to writing stuff in general + my work stuff)#like I'm glad we weren't allowed to defend our work in writing class cause it's trained me well #to either learn from the feedback or sit back and be like ???? and then just move on

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the-fibre-stuff · 1 year

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Any tips for teaching a grade 5/6 class (ages 10-12) how to knit? Had a request from Thing Two to come & teach her class, and the teacher has said he thinks is a great idea.

The good news is that there is a document camera we’ll be able to use to show everyone what I’m doing.

#I'm going to be loaning out needles #and giving the kids yarn #I have tons of yarn of the correct weight #and a 30g or so ball will be plenty to learn with #I'm just hoping #that there's more than one kid in the class #who knows at least a little bit about how to knit #the big question right now #is do I teach how to cast on #like I was expected to do for the CYC classes #or do I just teach the knit cast on #Like I always used to do when there wasn't much time #because it ends up being one fewer thing to learn

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lesbianfakir · 8 months

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do you have any thots or hcs about the ptutu protags’ fav dances/moves. i have a personal hc that although ahiru is generally a clumsy person she’d probs do better with fast but rhythmic/almost percussive footwork n moves than she does with the control required for long and sweeping movements in ballet. like if you put that girl in tap or some kind of kpop choreography or hip hop she might have a lot more fun doing it

Yesssssss I love this ask. So fair warning I love dance but I don’t know a ton about it

I’ve never thought about Duck doing some more contemporary dance styles but holy fuck you have a big brain she has the energy!! I’m loving the vision of her in tap. I don’t know why but I feel like Duck would have a lot of fun with swing dancing. I don’t necessarily think she’d be good at it but she seems to really enjoy partnered dances and the more easygoing fun atmosphere would click with her.

With fakir I think he’d be best in roles that requiere a lot of physical strength and focus on stamina, mainly in the jumps. Boy needs a way to get all his energy out. I saw a swan lake production where there was this jester guy doing these INSANE leaps and spins and I was sitting there like fakir could do that. Imagine. Imagine it. Fakir in a stupid jingly doing the most physically demanding jumps you ever did see. Also let’s be real he does not smile when he dances which could be a real problem if you tried to cast him in a leading non villain role

I see rue as very controlled very graceful but with a lot of power behind her dancing. I think she could be very versatile, able to play all sorts of characters. Like come on rue would be a great choice to play both odette/odile she can do the tragic doomed princess and she can do powerful scheming girlboss. Rue would be such a huge fan of waltzes too girl would love a good waltz. She’d be all about any chance to show off and look perfect and graceful with someone she cares about.

Mytho is honestly perfect for ballet he fits the vibe so well. It’s sad that the sport is so divided by gender because I think he would be GREAT en pointe. He’s very graceful and pretty in a way that I think translates well into a lot of typically women dominated ballet roles. As is, he works perfectly in any sort of traditional prince or love interest ballet role

#lea talks #asks #sorry this is more focused on broad roles rather than specific styles of dance #i don’t know ton of dance terminiology #i went to two sessions of a ballet class and I had to quit because of my knee #fakir has really great spotting <—p much the only dance term I learned I can recognize in tutu #anyways yayyyy thank you for the ask this was super fun!!!

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astrxealis · 4 months

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fun story i got the dlc of 'a date with death' at school LMFAO ..... i have cash but not gcash (it's a filipino thing) so i was talking w my friend in class who also played the game (and she calls me a nerd /pos a lot lol) and i was like i want the dlc but i have no gcash... and she was like ok i'll give you gcash..... enabler ....... but also she wants me to tell her abt it so. ^_^ ecks dee

#⋯ ꒰ა starry thoughts ໒꒱ *·˚#super duper fun day at school again! wow. idk. love my friends.#i am severely cramming on my yearbook stuff tho haha... oops.....#hope you all had a wonderful day too !!! :3 <3 #currently insane btw uh sm is going on (/pos & /neg) but i am. calm rn i think. yeah.#also finally played omori again ^__^ and i've been playingg ddlc myself for the first time despite knowing it since middle school/release #and i had fun being silly w my classmates and friends who know me well by now for the little hyper 'tism thing i am #...and today my two friends in class have said i seem autistic. or maybe also adhd.#!!!!! which is a Lot coming from them like i've said b4 bcs one is literally going into psych and was tested as a young kid #and the other i learned today has been asked often by diagnosed friends if they have adhd #and my diagnosed friend (hi bestie if you see this) thinks i'm adhd w a bit of the tism. so...!!!!#actually the more i realize how diff i am from the normal person the more i start to truly wonder again. hm.#also i'm writing a ton... but like in my notebook :3 gna write in gdocs some more + for school & self-indulgent & content !!!!! yay #gna do more game dev and design too and read. aaahhh and exercise and take care of myself and sleep better.....#will take care of myself!!! will do my best!!! and make it a habit!!! i am happy rn can you tell

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