#especially for beginners

[44cowboycryptid44]

Popping into a space I don’t usually occupy on my blog to remind yall that tarot readings need PREPARATION. You need to focus inwards and connect with your energy before doing a reading. You can’t just whip out random cards and hope for the best. Especially if you’re doing a reading because you’re struggling. You’ll probably end up feeling worse. Getting overstimulated by a reading because “it doesn’t make sense” then panicking is very avoidable. It doesn’t make sense because YOU DIDN’T PREPARE AT ALL. It is meaningless.

[duckapus]

Thinking that, during Tulip's sword training, Sora mainly has her stick to the fundamentals, just the barebones basic textbook stances and moves. Partly because the fundamentals are Important and frankly he wishes he'd gotten to learn them (or had any formal training whatsoever rather than being almost entirely self-taught) when he was first starting out because a lot of the first game probably would've been a lot less stressful and had significantly fewer near-death experiences if he'd actually known how to fight instead of relying on natural talent and the Destiny Island Kids' play-fighting sessions.

And partly because if he lets her specialize there's a chance of her developing a unique style with her wooden training sword that her keyblade wouldn't be designed for and she'd have to unlearn all that muscle memory (very hard to do) and essentially start over almost from scratch. And he knows that's a possibility since it'd just be a less extreme version of Kairi's own situation of subconsciously adopting Sora's KH1 fighting style after she got her own Keyblade due to her heart being inside him for most of that game, despite the fact that said fighting style...doesn't really suit her all that well.

(Also not sure about this one but I had the idea that as the CCC Avatars' memory issues continue to progress (probably in the later stages where it is clear that this is Very Much an Actual Problem and not just an "Avatars Be Kinda Stupid" thing) Sora adds something to Tulip's phone that'll activate if her Keyblade manifests at a time where she can't contact (or remember) him. And by something I mean someone, namely the Data version of Alice (yes, "Alice in Wonderland" Alice) from Jiminy's Journal, with what's essentially a Keyblade User's Manual uploaded into her files.

...Look he's not great with technology this is as close as he can get to writing a training app. Anyway she volunteered for it, as she very understandably wanted to get away from Data Wonderland for a while. Sora then proceeded to forget to actually tell Tulip about this because Avatars Be Kinda Stupid. Not that it would matter if he'd told her given the memory thing but still.

Again, still not sure about whether or not to include this, but it would give Tulip an actual friend on the lonely broken roads she rides in Connected Cosmos.)

[milesofstars]

im finally getting out of my art slump so my style is getting a lil better/ more natural again

some doodles based on my gameplay of drv3 from last night,, im at the start of chapter 2 still (i already know all the trial outcomes but its fun anyways cuz i never watched/played it fully)

if you couldnt tell i am spending all my free time events with kokichi.. hes silly please.. i gave him a hammock and he was flabberghasted

[midnightrings]

MATT BOMER and JONATHAN BAILEY as HAWKINS FULLER and TIM LAUGHLIN

-> FELLOW TRAVELERS 1.02: 'Bulletproof'

[cursedhaglette]

so i've been fucking around in procreate for fun and personal reasons and came across this image from crimson peak again and it tore my mind open. i had to make it astarion. so here we go, please be kind i am NOT an artist and i barely know how to do anything but line art but anyway. them.

[chiropteracupola]

"Are you finished with my portrait yet? Show me!" "Cipacton, I can't draw you if you keep moving!"

[thegaydepressedone]

Is this anything?

[bixels]

I'm so in love with everything about your art!! I wanted to ask something about your MLP human designs in particular. all of them have really lovely and interesting face shapes/details. even though all the pony designs have the same head molds (save for eye shape), all the unique characteristics you gave them just... look RIGHT. is there a particular method or design principle you used? thanks for your time!! I can't wait to see more of your work!

It's all about shape language and how they inform a person's read on the character.

I talked about this before, but each of the Main 6 were paired together so I could design them in contrast with each other. For RD, I wanted her short hair to have a wind-swept look, as if she's constantly running. So bare forehead and hair spiking out at the bottom. She contains lots and lots of sharp lines and shapes to give her the look of a speeding arrow.

Felice, on the other hand, droops down a lot to reflect her solemn, shy disposition. I didn't want her hair to be perfectly straight though, as that'd suggest she spends a lot of time fretting over it and isn't outdoorsy, so I made it a bit of a tangled mess too.

In short, RD's features are sharp and point upwards, Felice's features are round and droop downwards. (Think Joshua tree vs. weeping willow.)

For these two, I specifically wanted to include non-Western facial features, as I found I haven't really included them in my character designs up until now.

Pinkie's bold and loud, so I gave her bold eyes, bold eyebrows, a bold nose, etc. I worked on Thea's nose for quite a bit and ended up abstracting the shape a bit to look more cartoony, borrowing from Pixar's Soul's character design notes. In cases like these, I recommend finding ways to simplify features and break them down into easily-recognizable shapes and forms (Cartoon Saloon are masters at this). The less visual noise, the easier their expressions are to read! And it's generally more fun to draw.

In short, diversify, exaggerate, and simplify. Figure out what works for you and get a little wacky with it. Character design is all about finding a balance between maintaining your voice and vision and creating something unique and lively.

[neteyammeowmeow]

PLEASE is anyone going to hear me out on this au

(all platonic btw)

[doodledatkittykat]

Your art is super cool and inspiring to me be an art person. Can you show how to draw a cat please? If that is okay?

Thank you oh so much <3 it’s honestly shocking! It’s kind of nice to know im repeating the lineage of giving people cat brainworms. It’s more than okay!!!

I don’t know if this is entirely what you mean, but!!! I’m gonna be honest, a lot of it is making basic shapes and silhouettes. Usually I do more semi realistic cats. And a lot of it is your sense of shape language!!!!! But, I’ll take you through the steps. (Keep in mind that a lot of this is better said than done, as this is from years of being a self taught artist.) this may end up being a thread? There’s also plenty of artists who do cat tutorials WAY better than me. None of this is really defined!

1) CIRCLES AND SQUARES.

Twilight ended up with a circle shape, but as you’ll notice she actually ended up with a more triangle shape! Circles and squares are a best friend.

2) Basic shaping

Anytime you draw, you probably already have a pose in mind. I usually like to shape it out and mold it kind of like clay!!! But the real refinery comes later. Again, keep it basic. You iron out the details later and if you get stressed too fast due to detailing it’ll put you off from the drawing in general.

3) Minor detailing

Since Twilight was sitting, this is just kind of outlining a placement and shape for the limbs and chest I liked. This also includes tail placement!

4) Rough Flats!!!

This is the moment where you of course do the flat base color! As you can see this is usually pretty rough. Again, clay! You’re doing a basic cookie cut shape and smoothing it into the shapes you want come later. As you’ll notice I leave the tail for later since it’s usually BEHIND them and it’s less headache.

5) Put the sketch layer on top and lower the opacity !

This is where more detailing comes in. Like placement of the eyes and patterns. As you’ll notice I’ve ironed out the shaping!!!

6) Mapping

This is pelt mapping!!! Of course, it’s mapping out the patterns and shapes of a cats fur to a place im content with. Again, this kind of plays into your understanding of shapes.

7) Color!!!!

I’ll end it here, but this is for playing around on a clipping layer once you figure out a placement and color you like!!!! Airbrushing, stippling, the pattern and detail is up to play with!!!

8) And you have yourself a pretty decent cat!

Remember, shapes and exaggeration of features are your best friend!

a repeat but a more standard show of anatomy: my snow leopard study! But as you can see even in the character design I give them poof and exaggeration to make expression. Even in the final product I think I will mess around with the shapes to give off whatever vibe I want! Even as you can see for the full body I referenced I blocked out the character instead of really following the shapes.

[aurosoulart]

The Treachery of Holograms

there was a recent update to hand tracking, so I made a video of me just... playing.... with a bunch of stuff. that doesn't exist? but that I also hand-sculpted into existence out of thin air?? and that my brain kind of thinks is real?????

I don't talk a lot about this, but working with realistic virtual objects nearly every day for a year has fundamentally changed my mind. all this stuff actually FEELS as real as it looks in this video - including (and this is the part I don't talk about) occasional phantom sensation filling in a sense that SHOULD be there (touch!!) - but isn't.

like..... none of this is real....!!!! this is a video of me waving my hands over an empty desk!!!! HOWEVER.... my brain apparently doesn't care about the typical definition of 'real' anymore. 😅

[zoya-nazyalenskys]

this might sound insensitive but taash is currently my biggest disappointment of the companions because there is literally nothing to their story other than the gender identity

[21stc3nturyd1gitalb0y]

evolution of my misfits patches

[yo-yo-yoshiko]

Yet another ink drawing to add to my collection waaahah! Fought for my life on this one... Everything just kept going wrong!! His helmet is still so hard to draw but each time I get closer and closer!

Juuru looking much more simple in comparison...

Not bad though!!

[uncanny-tranny]

If you have no idea what fiber art to start with - as in, you aren't sure what you'll like, and don't have much of a clue - you should honestly start with a mixture of whatever piques your interest. Knitting needles and crochet hooks, at the least, are often very cheap per set brand-new, or you can look at secondhand stores if you want them cheaper (other fiber arts tools like looms may be more pricey, depending on what you want). If you can, look for classes such as a crafts class - a library might have something akin to this, some will have craft spaces with a variety of little crafters things.

There's sometimes this idea floating around that you are only permitted to do one craft at once - this isn't true. You are a multifaceted, complex person. It only makes sense, then, that your art is the same. Fiber art is an expression of one's humanity in its rawest form, no matter what you pick up. This goes for all art beyond the fiber arts, too! Art is an expression of your humanity. Let it express that 💛

[funishment-time]

last night i saw this complaint on YouTube about how DR is constantly contradicting itself, citing a particular example: Maki pretty much telling you in her FTs she had a bestie she cared about more than anything in the world, then later acting like Kaito is the only person she's ever given a shit about. this was cited as a reason DR is "mid" or whatever snide thing the kids say these days to dismiss being Genuine.

and, okay, DR's far from perfect, i'm not saying it's A Work Of High Genius, but sometimes i feel like the Art of Filling In The Gaps Yourself™ has been lost on people young and old. there's like a thousand reasons you can make up that would slot in fine there and bring the narrative into balance. maybe Kodaka was lazy, i don't know, but maybe it's just more fun and interesting to decide yourself why that contradiction happened, and that doesn't make DR (or any piece of media) bad necessarily