#artsmermaid

[artsmermaid]

Gotta get back in the drawing groove. #artsmermaid #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #sketch #digital #illustration #workinprogress #deadpool #mermaid #raven #teentitans https://www.instagram.com/p/B2uighnA45e/?igshid=10y4tu6qoknpf

[unidentifiedspoon]

You have any OC's?

DO I HAVE ANY OCS

HAHA

HAHAHAHHA

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA do i have ocs

they're mostly marvel tbh. jack is my main boy for the chatzyvengers, a mostly-oc grown up version of danielle cage my main girl. also miranda and nina but they have been less neurotically tended to

i count my champion of cyrodiil, kylara, and my 'canon' dragonborn fathi as ocs bc holy shIT I HAVE TAKEN ELDER SCROLLS LORE TO hEART

also my shepard, my me3 multiplayer characters, my da characters, my everything characters

ask me for backgrounds i fuckign dARE U

[solitomatonic]

artsmermaid replied to your post:hands why arent you drawing good someone asked you...

hands are the devil to draw

i mean my HANDS ARE NOT DOING THE ART THING

WHY CANT I DO THE ART THING

LEMME DO THE THING

[leiko-tomago]

under the sea?

Nope, sorry!

THIS GAME IS NOW OVER

[artsmermaid]

I’ve been holding back on this project all year. I’m so honored and excited to share the album art I did for my awesome friend @quynemaria and her up coming album. I’ve worked on another cover for her single “Stranger on a Train” and this was so much fun to work on. Not only does it speak to my immense love of Broadway, but I am so proud that I drew 10 SETS OF HANDS THAT CAME OUT LOOKING AMAZING!!!! Thank you so much Quynie for including me in your project. Love you girlie ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ ・・・ “Pretty sure this is what the backstage of my mind looks like. Put Me On Broadway! was drawn by the wonderful @artsmermaid who captured my vision perfectly in her comic book style 💚💜 You might recognize her work for my Stranger On a Train album art. Today is her birthday so be sure to give her some love! This Broadway cover album is projected to be finished mid-Fall. I hope you guys enjoy this passion project of mine that I created with an amazing group of singers 💚🎤🎭” #artsmermaid #quynemaria #art #drawing #digitalart #artistsoninstagram #artwork #albumart #broadway #musical #rent #rentmusical #maureen #chicago #chicagomusical #roxiehart #hairspray #hairspraymusical #amber #grease #greasemusical #marty #wicked #wickedthemusical #elphaba #musicman #musicmanmusical #marian #soundofmusic #maria #dearevanhansen #evan #waitress #waitressmusical #jenna #anastasia #anastasiabroadway #anya #putmeonbroadway https://www.instagram.com/p/B1otm7zjwLe/?igshid=1qqrz9re68kd5

[unidentifiedspoon]

What do you use as references for your animations like the water ballet? I'm making a fight sequence animation and I'm having trouble applying my references to my animation. Do you rotoscope a gesture at main points and then add form and tweens after? Any advice will help :)

that's about it, yup! honestly, though, by the third animation i was getting really lazy. the first one is almost all original, from skeleton to hair, save for a few frames that were giving me trouble that i stole some anatomy from. the third one tho...........goddamn i was hella lazy. i rotoscoped every third frame or so because i really just wanted to get to the water, which is the fun part. now i feel really guilty about it but wHATEVER I DO WHAT I WANT

few tips that i learned from my ~*~vast experience~*~ with animating:

HAIR.  HAIR IS HARD. it does not move before or at the same time as the head. movement always starts with the head--the hair should trail behind it. that being said, it also then swishes back and forth when the movement stops. really the only way you're going to figure it out is to watch gifs/videos of hair moving

ALSO, hair spreads and separates at the end of a movement! for instance, when you stop turning your head, if you have long hair it will swish out in a sheet, then settle back into its usual shape.

fuck it just dont have any hair EVERYONE IS AANG

if you move a single limb, the rest of the body is moving too. hell, if you're moving just your knee, the rest of the body is moving too. if you only move one thing at a time it looks really stiff and unnatural.

fabric is the bane of your existence never do it. make everyone naked. save yourself

jk dont do that but really. loose fabric can be just as annoying as hair. also something you're going to have to study 

movements dont usually have a cold start. for instance, in the water ballet gifs, whenever katara goes into a spin, she bounces a bit on her foot first. likewise, if someone is throwing a punch, they're probably going to lean back a little first.

HANDS ARE IMPORTANT. HANDS ARE SO SO SO SO SO IMPORTANT. not just in animation but in still drawing too. they have a disproportionately ginormous impact on the gesture and 'feel' of a pose. luckily for u they dont need to be super detailed in an animation, but make sure you're happy and consistent on your hands.

MAKE SURE YOU DEFINE YOUR 'FLOOR.' even in my animations, which are basically a figure in blank white space, i had sketch lines for the floor because if feet start sliding and jumping around, it looks hella awkward

last but not least, dont be afraid to rotoscope. i would never have learned all those things as thoroughly as i did if i hadnt literally gone over it twelve times. even a 100% rotoscoped animation is your art

hope these helped???? im not an animator at all lmao but gOOD LUCK

[kibadoglover45]

Manager find a mermaid in his office

[atropa--belladonna]

✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔✔

Sweetheart omfg

[leiko-tomago]

I wont say I'm in Love?

Nope, keep guessing!

Guess Which FIVE Disney Songs I'm Thinking Of!

HURRY, THIS ENDS AT 11 PM EST

A Girl Worth Fighting For (Mulan) [frankenkirschtein]

I Just Can't Wait to Be King (The Lion King) [natsu-kanashimi]

CLUES

2 of them are from the Disney Renaissance, 1 of them is from the Golden Age

All are sung by more than 1 person

2 are from Disney Princess movies

The one from the Golden Age was from a movie released between 1945 & 1962

One is sung by a team of girls

One is a duet

One is sung by a large group of characters

[magnusbibaby]

HUG VIA INTERWEBS

CYBERHUGS! But no need your gifs are amazing! :D

[artsmermaid]

We interrupt your normal ArtsMermaid posts to bring you this announcement: I would like to take the time to celebrate the fact that I DREW A “QUICK HAND” FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!! I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT IM ACTUALLY GETTING BETTER AT HANDS!!!!! Still learning and gotta practice more, BUT LOOK AT THIS!!!!!! ACTUAL PROGRESS!!!!! #artsmermaid #artsmermaiddraws #sketch #sketching #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #draw #drawing #hand #hands #drawinghands #artprogress #honestlyiamsoproudthatimactuallygettingbetter https://www.instagram.com/p/Byz7c-0A4Jb/?igshid=t8r8q3q1tow1

[butterfly-to-survive]

Arielle artsmermaid made this amazing animation of Fly Away Hero to their song City Run and I was lucky enough to have provided the characters.

Animation Buddiez for life! ^-^

[krilljay]

I promised myself I wouldn't get to squee about my demons/monster feels until I uploaded these so...

Here's the false puppet shoutouts!! Ok guys, I totally wrote out a list of everyone I wanted to do shoutouts for and I forgOT IT AT HOME AND WHEN I GOT THERE I FORGOT LIKE 10 PEOPLE AND I FEEL SO BAD OMG IM AWFUL PLEASE DON'T HATE ME I AM SO SORRY Specifically here on tumblr, Molly, Cait, Kylie and Andrea omg iGJKSDFKJGFGDSF ily kjnsdfkjndsfa sorry again. 

alsO SOME ARE SHORTER IM SORRY THEY JUST STOPPED TALKING I WAS JUST HOLDING THE CAMERA OK

Kalia - they had a hard time pronouncing your name l o l

Arielle 

Ashley

Valerie - omg brennan wanted to do this one. what a qt. 

Ria - LOL they got off topic and started talking about the movie rio haha

Line -  this ones just brennan bc I didn't know where the other guys were at the time I'm soorrrry

Jenny - This one's just brennan too ;-;

anyway guys I hope you like <3 

[artsmermaid]

That feeling when you finally figured out perspective and, at the same time, captured how dead your couch is XD. . Perspective and hands really get me. Thankfully, in @toonboomanimation storyboard pro, @tvpaint, and @clipstudioofficial, I can not only use guides for perspective grids, but in storyboard pro and CLIP Studio, I can place a 3D object to help my visual brain figure out layouts ❤️❤️❤️ . #artsmermaid #artsmermaiddraws #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #drawing #draw #sketch #sketching #makingcomics #perspective #perspectivedrawing https://www.instagram.com/p/BypsqLXARVp/?igshid=sh5zcxdio3ua

[artsmermaid]

Time to do minor technical fixing. #artsmermaid #artsmermaiddraws #sketch #storyboards #storyboardpro #art #artist #artistsoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/ByTJ4haAJ1w/?igshid=71tm8mkm5cbs

[artsmermaid]

I’m loving how much I have grown with this project for @quynemaria. I can’t wait to see how this turns out :3 #artsmermaid #artsmermaiddraws #sketch #drawing #digitalart #clipstudiopaint #artist #artistsoninstagram #commission #art #artcommission https://www.instagram.com/p/BwSW66GlUgj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1csyz5yljzuae