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All the torso animated studies.

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“Sneaker and ankle drawing techniques”

Source: Twitter at takuya_kakikata

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Compiled some basic information I know about drawing fat characters for beginners since I've been seeing more talk about absence of really basic traits in a lot of art lately.

Morpho Fat and Skin Folds on Archive.org (for free!)

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another old thing... technically already posted this for in a more complete format but i also have this real basic flat color one from early on that i like and am going to post anyway months later

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blue hair dirk...

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@duskyashe​ here is my Raven (eldritch Nightwing) design from Encryptid/Calling All The Monsters! Drawn in sketchbook & colored on the computer. Feat. colored sketch and concept of how it looks in the dark. Very long details below the cut.

Firstly, the pose and drawing style used on the left is inspired by Lilo & Stitch, because of the description "He held his ready stance for a count of eight, then started relaxing parts of his body opposite how one would normally relax their body, starting with his legs and working his way up to his shoulders." which reminded me of how character weight was drawn in the movie opposite of how it usually is, keeping the weight rooted low with gravity and pulled towards the ends of the limbs.

The coloration concept is based off of animals that have direction-dependent color, the most famous of which is the blue morpho butterfly, but one which most people have probably also seen is the super black bird of paradise. So the idea of how that works in the wild is that tilting movements or seeing it at the right angle causes a disorienting flash of color, which I hoped to use here for Raven!Nightwing's eldritch illusion.

His fingerstripes aren't strictly straight but more inspired by tree bark/veins/cirque du soleil costumes, where lines that curve across limbs make the poses look more twisted and fantastical rather than emphasizing the actual direction of the limb, which is what the straighter lines in most hero costumes are supposed to do.

His wingsuit structure as described is a snap-out style that he holds the ends of when he flies, which I've augmented with small electromagnets to seal the airspace between his arms and the wings, which can turn on and off with a current. The structure itself is similar to the draco lizard in nature, where the draco lizard has modified rib bones that hinge at the top of its wings and fold back down to its sides when not in use. The edges on the wingsuit have a soft tattered texture that helps silence the wings like owls' feathers, as well as obscure the outline a little.

I wanted to avoid showing human skin, so I used a full face mask and repurposed the Nightwing V into an abstract suggestion of a beak. His real eyes can either be disguised with colored lenses that match the stripe or can be white, but there are also decoy eyes scattered in different spots on the suit that have cameras. At first it was just the two on the sides of the head to increase peripheral vision, but I thought it would be super cool if Raven could just see in a bunch of directions and into small spaces like Emily Eyefinger just because he has several small working cameras in different locations on his body. Ravens and eldritch beings are both associated with eyes so it works? ^u^

Regarding the wing coloration, this was the last addition to the design. I considered eyespots, just as I considered larger wings, but I really wanted to avoid the design getting mistaken for Mothman from a distance. The premise of the AU relies on the power of belief, so people need to recognize Raven on sight and also believe he's an eldritch being, so I went with one big solid eye that no one expects just opening out of the darkness when you’ve done something wrong. Yikes. Raven knows where you sleep.

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Cleric vs Necromancer (plus bird) Freindship tropes Patreon

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INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF MALAYSIA NEEDS YOUR HELP

As Malaysia is still undergoing MCO, we see more news of Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia and the Indigenous people of Sarawak and Sabah losing their homes due to projects related to deforestation, logging, development and the like.

So, I decided to highlight a few organization/movement that would appreciate your swift support:

1. SAVE POS LANAI — a coalition pushing for the government to STOP the rare earth mining project that would not only harm our environment but also be stealing Orang Asli’s land. The forests and rivers of Pos Lanai are a life source for the Semai Orang Asli community, but over the years the forests and rivers have been repeatedly abused by agricultural activities in Cameron Highlands, Pahang. Now, the Semai Orang Asli are headed into a legal battle with the Pahang State Government. They are fighting for gazettement of their forests and home so that they have permanent protection.

PETITION: Save the Lanai Post Aborigines from Lanthanide Mining!

Share and spread this video on your social media (ie. Instagram story).

Other ways you can help

@saveposlanai

Save Pos Lanai Website

. . . 2. Kampung Berengoi vs The YP Olio Sdn Bhd Plantation Project — When the Orang Asli of Kampung Berengoi in Malaysia signed a contract to receive new homes, what the illiterate villagers didn’t realise they were consenting to was a major logging project that would see hectares of forest on land they claim as indigenous chopped down. If the villagers were able to read the letter, they would have seen it stated that they “have no objection to development project on YP Olio’s land”, the nature of which was left unspecified. This showed how the Pahang government took advantage of the community’s illiteracy. Concerned groups are criticising the project for destroying habitats of endangered wildlife and displacing indigenous people. At least eight Orang Asli families, including Omar's, live in two villages on the site.

Pahang Deforestation Adds to Decades of Indigenous Land Rights Struggle in Malaysia

How did Orang Asli who have been protesting a plantation project in Pahang end up signing consent letters? (includes a voice recording of one of the people affected, Omar Rani, answering questions on his consent letter for the logging project)

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3. Penang fishermen and marine biodiversity vs Penang South Reclamation project (PSR) — PSR is a massive reclamation project to create three islands off the southern coast of Penang island. This project would threaten a nesting ground of vulnerable Olive Ridley turtles and a marine biodiversity hotspot. This marine biodiversity hotspot would be destroyed by the PSR project to create three artificial islands for the development of condominiums. The project would also endanger the livelihoods of fishermen who have been fishing sustainably for generations. The project is expected to generate 3.2 million tons of carbon emissions annually.

PETITION: Save Penang! Reject the 3-Islands Reclamation!

PETITION: Save Malaysia's sea turtles!

Help donate to any Rainforest Rescue projects!

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will never forget when i worked in a fast food joint. some customer wrote like “86 cherries” on their mobile order, as like a pretentious way of say no cherries, but the store was run by a bunch of high schoolers who are working their first job so they collectively went “why the fuck does this guy want 86 fucking cherries” and like piled them onto his milkshake

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maybe one day i'll have an idea AND act on it within the same year

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Another fanart for Viridian: The Green Guide! Including two detail shots because tumblr won’t let me upload this at its full 36 mb glory. This took SO MUCH work and recording my own video references to get the poses right. I am so proud I stuck through it, if there’s anything I can be proud of it’s determination!

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fanart for Viridian:The Green Guide!

“We need to get out of here.”

 “But the exit has been lost in the mists of darkness.” Tokoyami observed.

 Inasa looked around at the fake city, his eyes locking onto a fake mailbox that had been bolted to the floor and he grinned as he formed a mini-tornado and ripped it from the cement, guiding it up towards the roof. The wind was so loud that they could hardly hear the crash as the ceiling shattered, but the brightness outside coming through the hole cut dramatically through the rain like a spotlight.

 Inasa grinned, “Then we’ll just have to make our own!”

the INSTANT I read this scene I knew I had to draw it. : D

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Another fic fanart! There was a time in the middle of drawing this that it wasn’t coming out okay, but I kept going. Each time I added a different brush or idea it got more exciting to make, and I let myself keep the scribble shading.

This is a scene from Obito-Sensei by Ser_Serendipity! A Kannabi!swap where Kakashi dies and Obito becomes Team 7′s sensei. I have no idea where it’s going, but it’s 31 chapters in right now and it’s been wild so far. Tons of amazing battle scenes, but my favorite shot has got to be this one where little Obito jumps onto Kakko’s crossed swords with chakra on his feet to punch him in the face.