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Uncommon Questions for OCs and their creators:

Send me a # (questions for OCs) or a letter (questions for creators) and I’ll answer

QUESTIONS FOR YOUR OCs

What’s the maximum amount of time your character can sit still with nothing to do?

How easy is it for your character to laugh?

How do they put themselves to bed at night (reading, singing, thinking?)

How easy is it to earn their trust?

How easy is it to earn their mistrust?

Do they consider laws flexible, or immovable?

What triggers nostalgia for them, most often? Do they enjoy that feeling?

What were they told to stop/start doing most often as a child

Do they swear? Do they remember their first swear word?

What lie do they most frequently remember telling? Does it haunt them?

How do they cope with confusion (seek clarification, pretend they understand, etc)?

How do they deal with an itch found in a place they can’t quite reach?

What color do they think they look best in? Do they actually look best in that color?

What animal do they fear most?

How do they speak? Is what they say usually thought of on the spot, or do they rehearse it in their mind first?

What makes their stomach turn?

Are they easily embarrassed?

What embarrasses them?

What is their favorite number?

If they were asked to explain the difference between romantic and platonic or familial love, how would they do so?

Why do they get up in the morning? 

How does jealousy manifest itself in them (they become possessive, they become aloof, etc)? 

How does envy manifest itself in them (they take what they want, they become resentful, etc)? 

 Is sex something that they’re comfortable speaking about? To whom? 

 What are their thoughts on marriage? 

 What is their preferred mode of transportation? 

 What causes them to feel dread? 

 Would they prefer a lie over an unpleasant truth? 

 Do they usually live up to their own ideals? 

 Who do they most regret meeting? 

 Who are they the most glad to have met? 

 Do they have a go-to story in conversation? Or a joke? 

 Could they be considered lazy? 

 How hard is it for them to shake a sense of guilt? 

 How do they treat the things their friends come to them excited about? Are they supportive? 

Do they actively seek romance, or do they wait for it to fall into their lap? 

Do they have a system for remembering names, long lists of numbers, things that need to go in a certain order (like anagrams, putting things to melodies, etc)? 

What memory do they revisit the most often? 

How easy is it for them to ignore flaws in other people? 

How sensitive are they to their own flaws?

How do they feel about children? 

How badly do they want to reach their end goal? 

If someone asked them to explain their sexuality, how would they do so? 

QUESTIONS FOR CREATORS

A) Why are you excited about this character? B) What inspired you to create them? C) Did you have trouble figuring out where they fit in their own story? D) Have they always had the same physical appearance, or have you had to edit how they look? E) Are they someone you would get along with? Would they get along with you? F) What do you feel when you think of your OC (pride, excitement, frustration, etc)? G) What trait of theirs bothers you the most? H) What trait do you admire most? I) Do you prefer to keep them in their canon universe? J) Did you have to manipulate or exclude canon factors to allow them to create their character?

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what fonts do you use? they are beautiful!! do you recommend any?

the fonts I usually use are…

Didot

Times

Perpetua

Thonburi

Chaparral Pro

Palatino

Telugu Sanga MN

Plantagenet Cherokee

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background practice! 

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Hello, friends!

Meg here for another TUTOR TUESDAY! Today let’s look at noses! They can be quite pesky, I know. If you have any tutorial’s you’d like to see just shoot me a message here or on my personal blog! Seriously guys, send me requests! Keep practicing, have fun, and I’ll see you next week!

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Some nice references for drawing various styles of window treatments

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A compilation of stuff I know about drawing Asian faces and Asian culture! I feel like many “How-To-Draw” tutorials often default to European faces and are not really helpful when drawing people of other races. So I thought I’d put this together in case anyone is interested! Feel free to share this guide and shoot me questions if you have any! I’m by no means an expert, I just know a few things from drawing experience and from my own cultural background. 

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A Classic Houndtails Guide on How to Leg

For @foxy-mirage, a very rough guide on how I draw legs! Obviously there is no correct way of drawing them, and the way I draw them is quite stylised. But I thought I’d post it here in case anyone else wanted some help/a guide on how to draw them! edit: fixed a panel

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so i made a tutorial for the first time ever ! thought it’d be fun to actually try to record my drawing for once ;; this was based on a comment i got on a lapis painting from a while ago. didn’t wanna push it too far since my laptop is kinda old, so this is about 18 min condensed (^: hope you guys like it ! 

and here’s the steven universe piece referenced in the tutorial<<

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• Suit. Date: 1892 Culture: North American Medium: Wool, cotton

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gr8 free google chrome extensions mini masterpost

Honey - automatically searches and applies coupon/discount codes in checkout for all online stores ummm????amazing????

Tumtaster - download any audio post on tumblr

Ears - EQ any audio online (soundcloud, youtube, spotify,ect)

Whatfont - identifies any font just by hovering over it

Readism - get reading time estimates for articles ect. (this ones cool)

Peek - lets you preview and interact with documents/links before you download (great for dropbox, mediafire/music links you dont trust)

Speakit! - converts text to speech, in any language, so u dont have to read (great for homework)

MindTheWord - great language immersion tool, in every webpage visited it randomly translates a few words into the target language specified by you (must register an account)

Night Mode Pro - switch from day to night mode for an ease to ur eyes and also a cool look

Lagom - really cute minimalistic customizable new tab page (really cool)

Palette Creator - creates a color palette for any image just right click

Hola! - access websites/videos blocked in your country, school ect.

Cite This For Me - super easy way to create website citations in APA, MLA, Chicago, or Harvard referencing styles just by one click

Aliexpress tool - reliable way to check sellers on aliexpress by rating, checking price changes and any video reviews that exist

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Using Color Palettes Part 1

With the unlimited possibilities of color selection in Photoshop, it’s really easy to get lost.  I start with only about 3-4 colors (I personally mix colors directly on whatever I’m working on). I limit the colors for two reasons:

 It keeps me from going too color-crazy.

When done right, it forms a subtle sense of unity between the colors. 

Unless it’s a black and white or 2-color image, I use a variation of each primary color. The specific choices come down to the mood I want to communicate. 

  Here’s an example palette. Feel free to use! 

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I bring my brush opacity down, usually anywhere between 12% and 56%. Using my base colors, I go over one color with another.

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I then go over these new colors with each other and the original colors, varying in brush opacity. 

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 Eventually, I have a palette like this.

It’s an interesting and diverse range of colors without fumbling around the color picker. 

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As an example, in How Cats Find Their Way Home, you can see the amount of base colors compared to a selection of all of the colors. 

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• Dress. Date: 1892-93

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Just in case you forget this exists.

It exists.

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Hi! do you have any tips on anatomy? i struggle so much at it. your art is so cute btw!!!

hi anon!! thank u so much!! im gonna try my best to offer some tips to u!!!! im still learning with anatomy as well (& im not so good with tutorials…) so bare with me:

SIMPLIFY AND BREAK DOWN EVERYTHING IS MY #1 PIECE OF ADVICE. for example lets start small with a hand. instead of looking at a reference or ur own hand and trying to perfectly capture every detail, look at the basic shape!! its p much a square for ur palm, 4 sticks of varying sizes, and as i have described here the little pouring part of a teapot (idk what its called) for a thumb.

u can apply this anywhere!!! just like the hand, other parts of the body like legs and arms have basic shapes too!! ive seen many artists explain it this way so i picked it up as well, but they have this rhythm where one side is curved and the other is straight (its more subtle in realistic art, but if ur going for cartoony u can exaggerate this too). depending on the drawing or sometimes if my drawing is small i’ll just make straight rectangles for arms or legs but rly it will make things more interesting and technically correct if u show these variations in the appendage shapes.

really the best thing in art ever for me is to simplify simplify simplify, im not great @ anatomy but learning to break things down and represent them in the most minimalistic ways has rly helped me a lot and made my anatomy look better too. to be honest i have not done figure drawings in ages and i rarely use real life references when drawing (IM NOT ADVOCATING FOR DOING SO, I KNOW IT HELPS MANY PEOPLE A LOT BUT I JUST CANT EVER GET INTO IT). whenever i use real life reference, i feel like my art becomes stiff since i tend to replicate the image too closely thus making a cartoony style have the proportion and anatomy of a real person which doesnt really fit the style.. i prefer to study the work of other artists especially animators since they have a great grasp on appealing simplification and stylized anatomy (bc u know its hard to have an animated show thats super detailed). craig mccracken and genndy tartakovsky both have really cool simplistic cartoon styles so i draw a lot of inspiration from their art (and i hope to use varying shapes and exaggerate my anatomy more like theirs as well). 

(one little other important thing i didnt rly mention but ill keep it short since everyone says this. of course u have to practice too. i know it sucks to hear “just keep doing it” from everyone when ur frustrated with ur abilities and dont want to keep doing it, but continuing to draw bodies will boost ur abilities so much. u can look at art and read a million tutorials, but actually drawing will continuously build up ur muscle memory for drawing arms, legs, etc and after a while it comes naturally!!)

tldr practice & study not just from real life but look at how other artists break down and simplify shapes of the body. also remember art doesnt have to have flawless realistic anatomy to look good! there are so many incredible artists who bend the rules of anatomy whether its as a stylistic choice or to exaggerate emotion or perspective, etc.

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NETFLIX POSTER TEMPLATE

As requested by anonymous, this is the netflix poster template I made for this edit. I’ve only included the logo and the dateline at the bottom, as the photos and textures that I used in the edit do not belong to me, so I don’t feel comfortable releasing them with this template. However, if you’re interested in the textures, they are here and here.

features

1080x1400 px. it’s optimized for tumblr’s image display size for posts on your dash.

fonts are Montserrat and Gotham Bold (but they can be substituted with other fonts such as Moon Typeface, Code Bold, etc.) feel free to go through my font tag.

comes with left and right aligned datelines

as this is a psd, you’ll need Photoshop to be able to use it !

guidelines

please do not redistribute or claim this template as your own. 

like/reblog if you save or use this, please! 

i would love to be tagged in any edits made with these, just so i can see them ♥

DOWNLOAD HERE

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Photoshop Plant Brush Set #2

Hey! I know a lot of you have messaged me about getting those photoshop plant brushes I made, so I decided to make them available again along with a brand new set!  

This time you can get them directly on my website here.  Hope you like them!