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Helllo! I am always truly amazed by your art and it never fails to put me in a trance with all the extra things in the backgrounds of them too! I do wonder how you went about studying anatomy and such, it always is such a tedious task for me to focus on and learn about each muscle if I want to draw some beautifully handsome military men, you know?!

ahh thank so much! I try to add some special stuff to each piece, so I'm glad it's appreciated 🥰

as for anatomy, I haven't done that much *actual* study (don't ask me where the latissumus dorsi is 😔) I'm more of a visual learner. This can be achieved through figure drawing exercises, or just learning how to *perceive* (by this I mean--what is it you're actually seeing as opposed to what you expect to see?) Understanding proportions and weight and pose are all very important, and these come more from analyzing real-life people as opposed to a medical diagrams.

I think getting a good idea of where various muscles are is a good start, but I often find that when drawing a figure 'less is best'

an example here:

Sometimes, *too much* anatomical detail makes a drawing look exaggerated and more like someone's peeled his skin off, lol

I lean towards a more subtle approach to musculature, choosing which areas to highlight and which to let fade into the rest of the form.

Biggest piece of advice--use references! ALWAYS! I don't care if I've been drawing for years, I almost always have a reference on hand that I constantly refer back to. It's necessary if you want to draw something realistic, or else you might just start inventing new body parts 😭

And if all else fails--just throw some hair all over it to hide the mistakes 💅

#asks #tutorials #sorry I tried to explain this as best as I could #I'm just not very good at teaching art 😔#still--the best thing you can do is draw A LOT #and you will get better at it 💪

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wombywoo · 1 day

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Hello!!

I wanted to ask if you would be willing to share how you go about finding the references for the injuries you depict in your work? Your pieces where the CoD boys are sporting injuries, fresh and old, are always so lifelike and to my untrained eye seem entirely medically correct.

I have been trying my hand at drawing the boys retired and resting as well, but I’m finding it difficult to decide what work injuries to add and how to find the respective references.

How do you decide what injuries to portray? And how do you go about finding the reference material?

Your huge fan, amustikas

Oooh ok ok! I'm gonna post my answer publically because I think others would find this interesting too!

To preface, I am definitely NOT a medical professional, and as such, a lot of the stuff I choose to depict in my art is not so much..ah, medically accurate as it is....aesthetically pleasing 🤭

I'll start with scars, as a lot of us enjoy slashing up Simon's face with them, lol. Generally, I'll do a cursory google image search for the type of scar I'm looking for (be warned, these can be graphic) with searches like 'burn scar' 'surgery scar' etc. But I find that for things like cuts and lacerations, real-life scars are a bit innocuous and lame 🤷‍♀️ Unfortunately not everyone's skin wants to retain that perfect slash look™️😔

So what I usually end up referencing are costume prosthetic scars ✨

As you can see, they're pretty gnarly:

And you definitely don't have to go this intense, but I find that the dramatic, carved-like appearance of these translate better to art than a realistically healed wound 🤙

The other thing to consider is the prevalence of injuries in the military. From what I've gathered, the most common will be back/shoulder/limb injuries, just a general fucking up of the whole musculoskeletal system in general due to constant overuse 🤕 Hearing loss, shrapnel/blast/burn injuries are also common, as well as all the negative psychological effects :') goooood times (not)

I think it's neat to look up real-life examples of these things, but it can get a bit intense if you're squeamish...

SafeSearch is OFF, the horrors are REal 😳

So yeah...I tend to tone things down, all things considered...😅

For this particular piece:

I researched broken humerus injuries and treatment 👍 Poor boy 🥺(Yes, I am aware that I consumed entire articles and did a shit ton of research about this just to go ahead and put a female's x-ray in this fucking picture sdfghjkl rip💀😭)

But here you can see the actual process for applying the brace for this particular injury:

Neat, eh?

When I draw Johnny with a knee brace, it's usually a real authentic one you can buy on amazon:

Product placement blast!!!💥✨ Bezos, where is my cut?? 🫰

As for ones like this:

I tend to just...scatter some wounds around and patch them up accordingly, lol. Bruising around the eyes is common with any head injury, and surgical stitching will offer a nice puckered skin effect mmm 👌 (I swear I'm normal abt this)

I'm sure the medical malpractice lawsuits are stacking up for me now, but again--it's usually more about the ✨visuals✨

My parting advice would be--go nuts! Feel free to maim and mutilate and mangle to your heart's content 🥰

Thank you for the question, Amustikas! I love your art as well 💗🫶

#asks #there's something...pleasing...about drawing wounds....#no I will not be reflecting on this 😤#tw injuries

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wombywoo · 1 day

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random aside but--have we lost the 'search google for image' function entirely?? I know google effed it over when they introduced the lens feature, but I used to have an extension that would allow me to still search for images, yet in the past two months or so the extension hasn't worked either!! 😩 this is a necessary tool for searching for the best quality/size of an image for references, and also for reverse-searching my own art to see if it's been reposted 😤 has this been happening to anyone else?? help

#yet another instance of 'why did they take this perfectly good feature and ruin it entirely'#story of my goddamn life 😔

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wombywoo · 1 day

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what are your thoughts on australia for No Reason At All

🌸🌸🌸x1000💥🤼💥🐊🦵💪🐊💥🇦🇺

no further comment 😔

#asks #for legal reasons this is a joke ✋#would love to visit someday #would love to pet a real life wombat etc etc...

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wombywoo · 2 days

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i want you to know that every once and a while i think of your 'he's just british, i'm sorry.' comment on the post defending yourself from someone accusing you of using ai and i mcfucking lose it. that was the funniest fucking comment i've ever seen about sam's looks. (i love sam. but he is just british.)

asdfgh thank you 🤣🤣artificial 'art' technologies have not yet achieved that perfect bland Mancunian look™️and they never will! 💅

#asks #still wondering what the person was implying with that one...🤔#I'm sorry his sad wet english genes don't facilitate photogenic beauty 😔

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wombywoo · 2 days

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There is nothing more perfect on earth than your version of Simon Riley. I am so not normal about his big ears. My god they’re perfect for him, I hope he never ever grows into them and I that Soap loves them as much as I do. 😂❤️❤️

I was gonna make this post to prove that yes, he does grow into them eventually, but now I just feel like an overbearing mother posting an update on facebook 😭

look at my YOUNG man, he is so handsum and brave!! I am so very PRoud and Blessed!!!...XOXO

#asks #they grow up so fast :'D

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wombywoo · 2 days

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I did promise to show my process of making backgrounds so here it is 🙆‍♀️✨

to start off--here's the line layer before I begin adding anything:

I still think this composition is a bit weird, but...eh 🤷‍♀️

next, I compile all of the references I've spent numerous hours foraging for:

these are all from basic google searches; for this piece, I looked for images relevant to the theme, so we have some vintage military manuals, illustrations, even a real army application form that I filled out in Johnny's name 😅 sources for these can vary, but I've had good luck perusing ebay listings for a lot of these scans 👍

next, I kind of just...scatter them around the page, seeing what fits where, keeping the figures as the focus but letting the background fill out around them:

I then start adjusting them more, utilizing various overlay options (hard light/ pin light/ multiply/ color burn are usually my go-to ones in PS) it takes some fiddling to see what looks best:

then I add a few more personal additions for flavor ✨

next, I adjust the colors a bit:

then I adjust the colors even more, bringing out the electric blue and pink to make it pop

here's the full bg without the figures:

and here's the completed piece:

as you can see, I did add a few more elements in the end, as well as adjusting the colors further with the addition of the fully rendered figures 🙆‍♀️

all in all--this is pretty much how I create all my backgrounds, like a fun little scrapbooking project~

#tutorials #this is not very in depth sorry #it's more about *vibes* than anything else 🤷‍♀️

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wombywoo · 2 days

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fresh blood 👶

#cod #call of duty #john soap mactavish #simon ghost riley #soapghost #my art #this is not an endorsement--children do NOT join the military !!#that being said... look how precious they are 🥺😩#almost forgot--there's a hidden price and gaz in the camo..🕵️‍♀️

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wombywoo · 2 days

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Overseas 🇺🇸

#so so sooo good!! bravo 👏#the needless research I've done for authenticity in this fandom means I can translate most of this 😌#good craic indeed 💅#cod

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wombywoo · 3 days

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favorite CoD character?

goodness gracious how could I possibly pick a favorite from the... *counts on fingers* four ½ characters in this franchise I care about??

(jk, it's Soap 🤫)

#asks #coming out as a Soap Girlie #as if this wasn't very obvious already #Ghost is my 2nd favorite child but he needs to do his chores more often

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wombywoo · 4 days

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opinions on cod fandom in general??

......no comment

#asks #this feels like a trap 🤐

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wombywoo · 5 days

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#unfortunately this young man and his cringefail haircut have bewitched me body and soul 😔

hands down one of my favourite tags on this site because you are sooooo correct

My (and Ghost's) reaction when the cute new sergeant takes his helmet off for the first time and we have to physically and emotionally grapple with the fact it looks like he glued a snickers bar to the middle his shaved head 💀😭

and yet....

#asks #shame us #we deserve it 😔

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wombywoo · 5 days

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hawk.

#call of duty #cod #john soap mactavish #my art #unfortunately this young man and his cringefail haircut have bewitched me body and soul 😔#kind of a companion to the ghost hound piece #in that they are both red and feature tasteful depictions of animal savagery in the bg~

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wombywoo · 5 days

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cropped sneak-peek of my latest patreon post, because I liked his face lol. here's a link, consider joining for the full view 🎂👌

#I hate advertising but love having income 🫰#come join the fun I'm committing acts of yaoi that will have me shunned from polite society 🥰#cod #call of duty #simon ghost riley #my art

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wombywoo · 7 days

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the vows all starting with "Johnny" has killed me (softly)

the little details you weave into the backgrounds of your art are so incredible and thank you for posting the high res versions as well so we can enjoy them even more <3

what can I say--he's a man of few words 🥺

#asks #the other easter egg here is that the crossed-out lines were taken from my own wedding vows 🙆‍♀️✨#clearly not good enough for simon though lol

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wombywoo · 7 days

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close-ups: bickering over weekend plans, simon's adventures in birdwatching, mam's recipe, and some....vows 🥺

more retirement doodles 💕

#since tumblr likes to make images so goddamn fuzzy #here's the high res versions of the text✨

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wombywoo · 7 days

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more retirement doodles 💕

#call of duty #cod #john soap mactavish #simon ghost riley #soapghost #ghostsoap #my art #local gay couple shows up to neighborhood potluck with a case of stella and some of the most horrific war stories ever told over appetizers

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