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fucked up how colors look different depending on what screen you’re looking at them on. that should be illegal I think
art cheats
hello i am here today to not lose track of the art cheats i have discovered over the years. what i call art cheat is actually a cool filter/coloring style/way to shade/etc. that singlehandedly makes art like 20 times better
80’s anime style
glitch effect
glow effects
adding colors to grayscale paintings
foreshortening ( coil )
foreshortening ( perspective )
clipping group (lines)
clipping group (colors)
dramatic lighting ( GOOD )
shading metal
lighting faces
that is all for today, do stay tuned as i am always hunting for cool shit like this
people with bad taste are always like “yurr hurr The Beach is about zuko and mai and how they’re a great couple” while intellectuals know that Actually The Beach is about mining any and all of the untapped friendship potential of this striking exchange
as a bunch of new fans are getting into atla via netflix and there’s been a resurgence of fan content (as well as whitewashed fan content), i’m gonna say for artists looking to make fanart of atla:
google images is probably not the best place to pick your references, unless you’re going to be critical about which ones you use. a lot of the images are lightened. i see people defend themselves for whitewashing by showing they used a reference, but that reference was lightened too.
i’m going to use some pictures of katara i found on google images as examples:
[id: three images of katara from avatar: the last airbender. each image is a side by side comparison of the coloring of a scene. in the first image, she is from the waist up, smiling and looking at her friends who are off camera.
the second image is of katara sitting on a staircase, leaning down and putting her face in her left hand. she looks exhausted.
the third image is a closeup of katara’s face, with her looking up at someone off screen. the screenshots on the left of each image are picked from google images and significantly paler than the ones on the right, which were screenshotted directly from the show. end id.]
the ones on google images are paler than the show. this is also a problem i see with gif makers putting filters on katara and sokka. i would not use edited gifs as reference either.
this post is not saying you shouldn’t use google images at all for reference, or that all images found on it are bad. a lot of the katara images on google look just fine! i just wanted to bring awareness that people should not blindly trust their references and instead pick directly from the show if they can. if you do not have netflix or the atla dvds, avatarspirit has had an archive of screenshots from each episode of the show for a long time. i also advise choosing references that have a similar background and lighting you’re going for. colors will appear differently if you’re using them on red, or blue, or etc.
this post is not defending or giving excuses to artists who whitewash by saying they just picked bad references. this post is specifically to point out how to AVOID whitewashing by not picking bad references.
this post is also not arguing over if whitewashing is bad or not. if you comment about how whitewashing is not racist, i will delete your reply and/or block you.
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(6/2/2020)
HEY THIS IS IMPORTANT whats your favorite place to find drawing references?
Calling all artists!
If your commissions are open and you do draw OC’s, please reblog this post!
If you are not an artist but know of one, please reblog this and tag them or just mention their url in the tags!
And hey, even just reblogging helps! I will be keeping a comprehensive list of artists who can be commissioned to draw characters/OC’s on the blog!
Attention anyone who needs hairstyle references
I want to introduce all of you to this amazing place called the ukhairdressers style gallery.
It’s basically a massive database full of high-quality images of different hairstyles. I mean, look at all the options in that sidebar (and part of it’s cut off):
In total they have 976 pages of hairstyles with about 17 styles each, that’s about 16592 hairstyles to look at.
Look at all the stuff they’ve got! Long hair:
Short hair:
Straight hair:
Curly hair:
Afro hair:
Men’s hair:
Hair on older models:
Extra-fancy hair:
Even crazy avant-garde hair:
So if you need help with designing a character or you just want to practice drawing hair, this is a fantastic resource.
listen binch. no one has an original style. no one pulls a unique style of art out of their ass. we get to where we are through observing others and being influenced by them and that’s how art works
CALLING ALL ARTISTS
I’m organizing an upcoming Lapidot centric fanzine, along with @cottoncandyhorse based on one of the most popular ships in the fandom! As a hardcore shipper of the ancient water goddess and an angry little slice of pie, I’m very excited to be putting this project together!
Now I know some of you are thinking: Wait what’s a zine?
Well A Zine is a fan-illustrated & organized art/picture book, think something along the lines of a comic book or magazine but with colorful pictures! Sometimes zines are done completely by one person but this one will be a collaborative effort!
SO! What I need right now? Well to put it simply artist sign ups!
Now I want to make this clear: Don’t make any pieces yet! We’re in the early stages and there’s still allot of work to be done! Such as finding a printer, calculating a price, etc. However, before all that we need artists to collaborate with!
The other thing you may be thinking is: Will the artists be compensated?
Of course the answer is yes! Artists will get their own copy of the finished zine with the expenses of shipping paid for of course!
When is the Zine coming out?
We’re not quite sure yet but we’re aiming for sometime this summer! It all depends on how well pre-orders go, and how soon artists are done their pieces. I will be releasing pre-orders when size and cost of the book is determined!
So how do you apply? Well it’s easy!
Just send an email to : mestarfreak@gmail.com
-With your tumblr url
-And a few examples of your work! Keep in mind that it doesn’t have to be artwork of Lapis OR Peridot, it can be anything you’ve drawn in the past!
Sign-ups will end March 28th
One last thing!
Participates in this zine you MUST follow this blog to be alerted of updates!
Please note that all content will be kept PG, so please no nudity, or heavy violence, this is a zine for everyone!
If you have any question’s, please don’t be afraid to ask!
I JUST NOW REALIZED that ko-fi donations are marked as business transactions in my paypal account, and that each of them comes with the person’s address and a little “ready to add shipping info” tag on them so i’m going through every time someone has kindly given me a couple dollars in the past. year? and marking them all as “order processed” so I don’t get in HUGE trouble for not putting shipping information on these “orders” WHY… ARE THEY PROCESSED THAT WAY… why aren’t they processed as DONATIONS?
An artist : Aw man! I saw my arts were reposted on Instagram. I’ve asked them to take my arts down but they ignored me.
Me : Say no more! Click this link, then click ‘fill out this form’. Fill the form and wait for about 1-2 days, the staffs will remove the image you were reporting from the reposter’s account :^)
IF YOUR ART GETS STOLEN
https://www.tumblr.com/dmca Go there, and do as the instructions say. When my art was stolen, I got the post reported, and it was taken down. Don’t worry, it doesn’t just take down the sources post, but it takes down all the reblogged posts too. Please give this a reblog, many artists out there may not know this is here. And remember, ask permission before sharing, or don’t post it.
when you don’t do a warm up and go straight into lineart and your hand does the thing
Bombus Press, an online literary and arts magazine, is looking for submissions of poetry, art, and prose, for our fifth issue, Untranslatable.
What is untranslatable?
Words that linger on your tongue that are too scared to slip off / Art that claws itself up from the earth to claim existence / The things that have made you call yourself more earthquake than person / Half-formed love songs / Something screeching and raw / Something blooming with infinite tenderness.
Poetry: Send up to 5 poems in a single file.
Fiction/CNF: Pieces should be no longer than 5,000 words.
Artwork: Any medium, (painting, illustration, photography, etc.)
Check out our submissions page on guidelines for what we’re looking for and send in your work to bombuspress@gmail.com
Deadline: February 20th
FANbruary 2018, the first FANbruary, will be here shortly!
In the meantime, here’s a little extra info to beef up on and maybe spread around? It’s a pretty loosey-goosey format compared to a lot of month-long art challenges, but I wanted it to be as inclusive as possible.
Since the topics are entirely up to the participant, a prompt list isn’t necessary, but if you want to make your own, here’s a Random Word Generator!
Hello! This is an upcoming fanzine or artbook centered about the works of Disney, from Snow white to Moana! Before setting up applications, I’d like to know how many people would be interested in participating / buying the zine!
Please take a look on the tumblr page for more info on the schedule, FAQ, and other informations!
If you’re interested, please reblog this post and follow the blog!
Update
Hi guys! Sorry for the lack of updates, I was a bit overwhelmed with school and homework ;o;
However, I’m pleased to announce you that applications will open on January 27th and close on February 19th!!
Don’t forget to reblog this post and follow the blog if you’re interested!
Hello everybody ! Hope you’re doing well !
Just a little word to give you some news about the mini artbook project I told you about few months ago. As a reminder, it will be a self-published book gathering a large part of the sketches I made in the last two years, mostly in Paris and french countryside. I’ll be able to give a release date in few weeks.
Doin’ a raffle cause you all are awesome!
Rules:
-Must be following for valid entry (this is to thank those that follow me after all!)
-1 like/reblog per person (total of 2 entries)
Winner receives a colored character artwork from me (Fanart, OC, icon, etc)