References for the soul

losthitsu: Body drawing review - translated version.

cutiekekegirl — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:01:39 -0400

losthitsu:

Body drawing review - translated version.

francis-bonerfoy: artist-refs: How I do - Skirts by *rika-dono

cutiekekegirl — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:16:12 -0400

francis-bonerfoy:

artist-refs:

How I do - Skirts by *rika-dono

qinni: More tips: The closest I could find on Amazon to the...

cutiekekegirl — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:21:00 -0400

qinni:

More tips:

The closest I could find on Amazon to the watercolour set I use is the Sakura brand of Koi Assorted WaterColours Field Set.

Just use any old toothbrush. I used to use the ones that my dentist would give me after a visit, just because those were kind of cheap and I wouldn’t actually use them anyways.

I use acrylic for flicking and highlights because watercolour-whites tend to fade when they dry.

Also, remember to keep your hands clean, because nothing’s worse than smudging graphite into your watercolours and then unable to get it out.

Try to avoid black and white when possible. They tend to dull the colours and it loses that watercolouring lustre.

Since I started watercolouring again for my daily sketches, I’ve gotten a lot of asks/dA notes on if I could give a tutorial on watercolouring and also more specific questions that overlapped each other, so I decided to do a semi guide/tips/answering thing.

I actually started watercolouring before I went into digital medium, so I have a bit of personal experience, but I am essentially self-taught when it comes to watercolouring since there weren’t a lot of watercolour tutorials online back then to begin with, so I cannot promise that these are the absolute correct way of doing things.

Hope it helps anyways :)

My Other Tutoria ls/Guides | My Daily Sketches

niftyncrafty: 25 Free Colourful Fonts! 1. Parish, by George...

cutiekekegirl — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:56:11 -0400

niftyncrafty:

25 Free Colourful Fonts!

1. Parish, by George Williams | 2. Intro, by FontFabric | 3. Always in My Heart, by ByTheButterfly | 4. Silverfake, by Alexey Frolov | 5. Archivo Narrow, by Omnibus Type | 6. Arsenale White, by zetafonts | 7. Trocchi, by New Typography | 8. DK Kusukusu, by David Kerkhoff | 9. Courier New, by Adrian Frutiger | 10. Fradley, by Roger White | 11. Impact | 12. Freebooter Script, by Apostrophic Labs | 13. Grand Hotel, by Astigmatic | 14. Arvil, by Ben Dalrymple | 15. Desyrel, by Apostrophic Labs | 16. Cac Champagne, by American Greetings | 17. Marmellata, by Fonts Cafe | 18. Myriad Pro, by Robert Slimbach | 19. Blanch, by Atipus | 20. Gabriela, by Eduardo Tunni | 21. Dubiel, by David Rakowski | 22. Weston, by ZKA | 23. English Essay, by Brittney Murphy | 24. Amatic, by Vernon Adams | 25. Freestyle Script, by Martin Wait

queenbean3: chantillyxlacey: tinyredbird: bbbbbbbbbbbbdgedget:...

cutiekekegirl — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:35:51 -0400

queenbean3:

chantillyxlacey:

tinyredbird:

bbbbbbbbbbbbdgedget:

November 17, 2003 - Disney has shut down production on the animated movie “A Few Good Ghosts” for creative reasons.
“A Few Good Ghosts,” which mixed traditional and computer-generated animation, had already gone through a number of title changes — including “My Peoples” and “Angel and Her No Good Sister” — and was being directed by Barry Cook, one of the directors of 1998’s “Mulan.” Set to a bluegrass score, it revolved around a group of ghosts inhabiting folk-art dolls. Its voice cast included Hal Holbrook, Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin.

:( oh no this looked cool, I wish I knew more

hoping against hope that this goes the way of The Little Mermaid or Beauty and the Beast and gets picked up again sometime down the road..

don’t step on my dreams okay :’)

What might have been.

foervraengd: savoto: satanic2chainz: mmanalysis: foervraengd:...

cutiekekegirl — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:09:44 -0400

foervraengd:

savoto:

satanic2chainz:

mmanalysis:

foervraengd:

Saying that people of color cannot show any visible blushing is a big fat myth that only proves how little people actually know about skin tones.

I have seen a lot of skin-tone palettes that includes dark skin, but it is very rarely put in use as examples. And many times I’ve found them to only appear monochrome, while darker skin tones are just as rich in tone variation as fair skin.

And just to be extra nice, I even added the basic colors I used in these two examples. A big protip is to start with the darkest tone as a base and then work to light tones. Use the highlights sparingly, they should not be large but more like small spots. Dark skin is more “reflective”, meaning small highlights pop out more than on lighter skin tones.

I made this set mainly for all the anime artists out there who probably would love to color more poc characters but don’t really know if it’d work out as kawaii as their usual stuff.

News flash: it’s drop-dead super kawaii in all skin tones<3

While I’ve never seen an actual black person blush, here’s some good info for artists.

yeah I was just thinking that too

in my entire life I’ve never seen a black person blush

To be honest I haven’t either. Even in very light-skinned people just one little drop of melanin makes it so their faces aren’t that vulnerable to changing color just because some blood is rushing up there.

Since the tutorial seems to be for the anime artist crowd then having a way to show blushing on various skin-tones is good to know. Blushing is a big trope in that genre.

“I haven’t seen a thing IRL so that means it doesn’t exist”

Excuse you but this post was actually made for ppl like you. But I guess I’ll have to show you some better examples:

(source)

(The picture above is of the Turkana tribe in Africa, one of the people with the darkest skin in the world. And as you can see, they clearly have some blush on their faces)

(source)

Using your personal experience as an argument doesn’t really work in all cases, especially if you maybe are white (like me, Swedish and all).

Some people blush more than others, some people rarely blush at all - both for white and black people. (and let’s not forget how makeup can affect this)

Before assuming things about people, do some research next time. trust me it’s always worth it.

My illustration might be in kawaii anime style, but it’s based on research and studies I’ve done on darker skin tones from the resources I’ve found.

Have a nice day.

chrissources: lighthouse Hemmet Lauren Areolite Fely Sweet...

cutiekekegirl — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:41:22 -0400

chrissources:

lighthouse

Hemmet

Lauren

Areolite

Fely

Sweet Lady

bunnyshadeow: people asked for butts/crotches/hips/etc so here...

cutiekekegirl — Sun, 19 May 2013 22:34:14 -0400

bunnyshadeow:

people asked for butts/crotches/hips/etc so here are they

foervraengd: Okay so I followed this video about foreshortening and… Sycra. I love you so...

cutiekekegirl — Sun, 19 May 2013 20:53:00 -0400

foervraengd:

Okay so I followed this video about foreshortening and…

Sycra. I love you so much for making this video.

laaura-f: Just a few basic tips for drawing fabric and...

cutiekekegirl — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:30:49 -0400

laaura-f:

Just a few basic tips for drawing fabric and clothing.

peachymints: Long story short, I would just draw boys everyday....

cutiekekegirl — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:11:44 -0400

peachymints:

Long story short, I would just draw boys everyday. Practice makes boys.

pscs5: stereksextape: I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE HDR EFFECT WAS...

cutiekekegirl — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:05:53 -0400

pscs5:

stereksextape:

I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE HDR EFFECT WAS HARD BUT IT’S ACTUALLY LIKE A 5 STEP THING BESIDES DUPLICATING AND FLATTENING SHIT HOLY FUCK I CAN DO IT. I’M SO EXCITED WOW THAT’S LOVELY and I have to share because no one every taught me this.

Open your picture.

Duplicate layer (Ctrl+J)

Overlay that shit 50%

Flatten image (Ctrl+E)

Duplicate that one layer that you have now (Ctrl+J)

Desaturate (Shift+Ctrl+U)

Invert (Ctrl+I)

Gaussian Blur it to 40

Now overlay that B&W Blurred image

Duplicate and sharpen if necessary

AMAZEMENT WOW HOLY SHIT

gaysealapproves: I found this nice tutorial/anatomy advice...

cutiekekegirl — Sat, 18 May 2013 21:22:27 -0400

gaysealapproves:

I found this nice tutorial/anatomy advice spread created by meghanhetrickof deviant art.

She gave me permission to post it up here to share so go make sure to visit her and look at her other creations of goodness!

Developing your Characters and Making Them Interesting

nikkiscribbles — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:22:20 -0400

writeworld:

referenceforwriters:

Recently I got a message about a person struggling on how to develop their characters, as they normally wrote about already created characters—also about how to make them interesting and make the people reading your story actually want to continue reading it.

I’d say this is one of the main differences between fanfiction and original work. Writing fanfiction you already rely on the fact people know the characters—how they look (or are supposed to look), personalities, and backgrounds… unless you’re writing an AU. There’s people that already like the characters and would (probably) be willing to read your story. Now, you focus on a good plot to interest them.

But then we are back on our original stories, our novels, anything we write. We have to create our characters from scratch—interesting characters that can fit and make our story flow. Because good characters can handle a poor plot, yet a good plot can’t handle poor characters. I guess this is all we do here, right? this is the bane of our existence as writers.

Truth is, there’s no right way to write a story. And there’s no right way to develop a character! I tested this by asking you guys how you do to create and flesh out your characters. Every response was personal and different.

Sometimes it starts with the spark of an word, an archetype, a color, a trait, a flaw, a song lyric, a painting, someone you know in real life—then you go from there.

Here are some basic steps on developing a character, yet, you can do it as you see fit:

You start with the personality. Once that’s done it’s relatively easier to know how they look like. You sculpt and pick virtues and vices, flaws and qualities—perfect characters are not interesting. When it comes to protagonists and antagonists, they’re neither 100% good nor 100% bad, because there is not fully good or bad people. Get what I’m saying? Round characters are the thing we’re going for. Take details from people in real life, if you want: funny habits, mannerisms, what makes people human.

Work on the appearance of your character. What’s their body type, their eye color, skin color, hair color, shape of their face/nose, if they have birthmarks or scars somewhere…

Pick a name as you see fit. This can be the first step depending on how you work. Is there a meaning behind it? does it show somehow their character’s personality? remember sometimes they are relevant to the setting/genre.

Flesh. ‘Em. Out. Think of hobbies and background. How’s the relationship with their family and friends, how they act around authority, what kinds of clothes they like to wear…

Always remember: character development is an ongoing thing. You never “finish” developing your character, just like we, as people, don’t stay the same.

That being said, be creative with it! Don’t imitate the way your favorite authors develop their characters- create your own way! your characters are all yours! Make playlists about songs that remind you of your characters, keep a journal for them- sky’s the limit.

Good links for you:

Fuckyeahcharacterdevelopment: a blog just about character development. Seriously, if you are not following this blog, you are in nothing.

Our character descriptions and characters tags, along with body and mind and personality.

Create fictional characters from scratch

13 ways to create compelling characters

Moral Alignments and Jung Personality Theory: both good resources by the same person. They’re a different way to add dimension and understand better your characters. Even if you aren’t using them, they’re still a pretty good read.

Get to know your characters interesting questions require interesting answers.

-Alex

WriteWorld’s resources on character can be found in our Toolbox. we also tag all of our posts related to character.

-C

kyoukaraa: Second part of my Tutorial, have fun~

nikkiscribbles — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:17:13 -0400

kyoukaraa:

Second part of my Tutorial, have fun~

kyoukaraa: Part 1 of 3 of my hair tutorial, the other ones will...

nikkiscribbles — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:11:44 -0400

kyoukaraa:

Part 1 of 3 of my hair tutorial, the other ones will be much better T^T

notmusa: hello yes i do get this question often but my method...

cutiekekegirl — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:05:51 -0400

notmusa:

hello yes i do get this question often but my method has changed since last time i posted anything about it, by which i mean i don’t really have a method beyond “draw a shape for the body of the hand and then add stuff”

sometimes it is a circle and sometimes it is a square, it is not very enthralling

i drew the reference above a few months ago, it’s a few things i try to keep in mind, maybe it will help someone

also i just now drew this in like 30 seconds, my drawings are messy & i knew i was gonna be posting this so i had drawing-related performance anxiety while it was happening, but maybe it also will help someone

wait can i take a second to mention gesture and body language? you can have the most immaculately drawn hands in the world and they can still look dead and useless unless you really think about what your figure is doing/trying to convey

check out this thing i drew like a long dang time ago: the hands, they are not well drawn. they are sort of claw-like doodle hand wannabes, it’s nasty. but shit who cares, they are adding to the story, not just hanging there like weird turnips taped to wrists. i just want to say that gesture is sort of more important than cool stylish style ok good night

battasenpai: some nice programs to draw mtPaint: free source tool designed to make pixel art. for...

nikkiscribbles — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:34:38 -0400

battasenpai:

some nice programs to draw

mtPaint: free source tool designed to make pixel art. for Linux or Windows.

character maker: it’s to make charsets for rpgmaker but you can use it for whatever you want. it’s in both english and spanish.

scribblertoo: really nice website to draw with.

sekka: free source tool to draw things like these:

Character Design References (characterdesigh)

nikkiscribbles — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:22:17 -0400

Character Design References (characterdesigh):

briannacherrygarcia:

crispy-ghee:

Character Design is using Pinterest, an online pinboard to collect and share what inspires you.

DEAR TIM I HAVE CONCEPTS TO COMPLETE DUE IN AN HOUR WHY DID YOU LINK THIS THIS IS THE MOST DISTRACTING THING YOU COULD’VE LINKED

CLICK IT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CLICK IT.

anthonyholden: What are studios looking for? How can I get into...

cutiekekegirl — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:43:14 -0400

anthonyholden:

What are studios looking for? How can I get into a good animation school? What should I be studying?

I get a lot of these types of questions now and again, and I never know how to answer them. I can’t be sure of what studios are looking for, I don’t control admissions policies to schools, and I have little idea what makes for a current and relevant curriculum. There are a lot of variables in your bid for a career in animation, and it’s kind of impossible to control most of them. You must be crazy to want this job!

I find it helpful to focus on the things I can control. Among those things are your study habits and how you spend your personal time. It’s good to work hard and have goals—without them we would get nowhere. Study hard and make decisive strides towards achieving your art goals. But in the heat of that pursuit, don’t forget to go out and live your life!

If you spend any amount of time looking at artists online, you’ve probably figured out by now that there are about a million dudes and dudettes in internetville who draw better than you (I relive this realization daily). Once your have done your best to rise to their level, the only tool you have to compete with these crazy talents is your background, your personal character—is you!

Consider developing your whole self with the same raw focus and intensity that you develop a particular skill set. Get focused. Go out, have adventures. Run, jump, skin your knee, fall in love, root loudly for the away team at a baseball game, barely escape a crash of stampeding rhinos, live to see another day. Experience things big and small. Go for a walk. The world is full of wonders.

I know this advice is not particularly animation-specific, but maybe that’s for the best. At any rate, it is something I feel strongly about. Animation is great, and there are few things that I enjoy doing more than drawing and storytelling. But in order to have stories to tell, first you have to live them.

Be good, and see you soon!

PS, if you were looking for advice on draftsmanship you should probably be reading this.