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Can't afford art school?

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard)

Aaron Rutten (free)

BoroCG (free)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates)

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, ect Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Libresprite (free, for pixel art)

Those are the ones I can recall.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

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Portrait 3: Turn and Face the Strange Changes

(A story of Draco Malfoy told in 4 portraits—see them all on Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/61425748/chapters/158218582 )

The Howler screamed at him at the god-awful hour of seven in the morning. Narcissa Malfoy gave no quarter.

“Draco!” Her enchanted voice yelled. The delivery owl ruffled his feathers in astonishment and scarpered. “How dare you insult your father like this! After everything he has been through for this family.” The red envelope crackled and shuddered. “Have we not loved you? Have we not cherished you? Have we not worshipped you as our own special Draco?” Golden sparks exploded from its edges, ricocheting across the floor and fizzling out one by one. “I can only assume you’ve lost your mind and forgotten who you are. Have your portrait and let it remind you, selfish boy. I can’t bear to look at you right now.”

Draco flinched as her words pierced him. His grip tightened on his teacup, his knuckles, like his face, going dead white.

A puff of smoke erupted from the Howler; then it drifted down, down, down to his table. Pinching its corner between his thumb and forefinger, Draco gingerly laid it on his little stack of books. He’d been expecting this since taking possession of the flat yesterday. At least it was only a Howler and the portrait.

It loomed, a large paper-wrapped block in the corner of the room. Shrunken for transport, the frame expanded to full size the moment the owl dropped it. It landed with a heavy thud, the carved and gilded wooden frame splintering with a sharp crack.

Sipping his tea, he walked to the wall and peeled back a corner of the paper to get a better look.

It had been two years since he’d laid eyes on it. Merlin, he was young, wasn’t he? Still was, in a way, he supposed. Twenty-one wasn’t much.

An eighth year at Hogwarts, probation in an assigned flat, mandatory continued education, and now, finally, his Gringotts account had been taken off its leash, and he was free to do what he liked. What he liked, it turned out, wasn’t much different than what he’d been doing.

The flat wasn’t far from Diagon. A short walk at most. The exchange rate from galleons to pounds worked out very much in his favor, so he found himself on a lovely tree-filled square, luckily enough.

Muggle fixtures, but still connected to the Floo. He eyed the recessed lighting and the clanking radiator with mild amusement. A foot in both worlds, indeed. They thought he was mad. Maybe he was a bit. But the university courses were illuminating and there was no going back now.

Returning to the table, he picked up his last quill and grimaced. Horrible scratching sound. And all of the ink flecks—gods. Couldn’t carry that into a Muggle lecture hall, anyway. The feather spiralled into the bin before landing silently against its fellows.

Sitting down, he took another sip of his tea, lifted his brass pen, and began to write. First, his hand gripped the pen too tightly, his forearm too stiff. He took another sip, pressing on. A word. A sentence. A breath in and a slow exhale.

And the words flowed.

They washed through him like a cleansing rain.

They poured onto the page in earnest.

They spoke of everything he had been and what he wished he hadn’t. They sang of those he had never thought of before but now couldn’t put from his mind. They rushed on in long sentences and stuttered in short ones.

A name he had once cursed took shape in ink. Memory of lithe hands and brown eyes caught in the grip of a cursed necklace lingered, rewritten into something he could almost accept.

A lifetime. A hundred lifetimes. The real and the imagined. The acts and the atonement.

His limbs loosened, his body leaning eagerly toward the page.

And words set him free.

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Drunk Words and Sober Thoughts 🚨Now Complete!🚨

Chapter 4: Cumquats, Cock Ups, and One Climactic Conclusion

16k words, Rated E. Fic Vibes: Fluff, Humour, Banter, Smut

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Drunk Words and Sober Thoughts

Chapter 3: A Chaotic Kale Calamity

Only one more chapter to go, which will be posted before the week is out!

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Drunk Words and Sober Thoughts

Chapter 2: Draco's Drunken Dilemma

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Draco & Hermione: snowy kisses with magic spiraling around — cropped for phone wall paper (feel free to use (personal use))

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Drunk Words and Sober Thoughts

First two chapters are now up on AO3 (short fic of ~15k words, only 4 chapters)

Summary:

After three years of shoving his feelings for Hermione Granger into a box marked ‘Dangerous Goods: Do NOT Open’, a night of drunken shenanigans with his colleague leaves Draco loose-lipped and exposed. Now, with his secret spilled and his heart on his sleeve, he must navigate the aftermath. Should Draco risk their hard-won friendship, and his perfect potions partnership, to pursue something more? Will Figsy, his health-obsessed house elf, ever stop force-feeding him leafy greens? And does Hermione ever learn to lock her bloody Floo? Friends, you’ll just have to read to find out.

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Cat in a (Santa) Hat

A fluffy little festive one-shot, to go along with my attempt at fan art.

Summary:

After Theodore Nott's Christmas gift sparks chaos in the Granger-Malfoy household, Draco finds himself locked in a battle of wits and wills with a none-too-pleased Crookshanks. With Hermione determined to capture the perfect holiday photo, and the grumpy feline’s demands growing ever more absurd, all Draco wants is a moment of peace and a relaxing bubble bath. But in a house where Theo’s mischievous influence lingers, Christmas was never destined to be easy.

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🎄🎄Crookshanks, utterly delighted with his Christmas costume.🎄🎄

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This version of Narcissa Malfoy slammed into my brain, and now I can't get it out... Or, potentially even better, imagine an AU where the two women actually meet?... Too many plot bunnies. #queens 👑👑

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Draco Malfoy and the Banality of Weddings

📖Just a quick little one-shot for your viewing pleasure.

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That feeling when you finally get to close the story doc you've had open and been chipping away at for months.

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Tug - Chapter 29: A Story's Close **NOW COMPLETE!**

Thank you so much to anyone who has given this little story a read. I hope you've enjoyed the ride. 💚

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Tug - Chapter 28: Tonight, Tomorrow, Always

This is the final chapter of the main story - only the epilogue to go now! 🥳🥳🥳🌶️

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Tug - Chapter 27: Out for Blood

Only two more chapters to go! 🥳🥳🥳 (to be posted this weekend)

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Tug - Chapter 26: Afternoon Delight