#or post the link to my pinterest board

[garden-bug]

Jay every bedtime idk

[eulaliasims]

Lately my gaming time has been spent on Stardew Valley (this run I'm finally gonna ask Krobus to be my platonic life partner/roommate 🥰), but also I started poking at this project again, which is a neighborhood that will theoretically become a vacation destination for Middleground.

inspo: one | two

[jusiri]

Too lazy to put in effort, have these Mike themed colleges

Part 2

[oatmilck]

spring stills.

📷: @//matildadjerf on ig

[kerosene-saint]

I love organizing meaningless digital things very much

[ghostbeam]

Hiiii okay here’s the Spotify playlist and the Pinterest board for oblivi_n.exe

[loverboy-havocboy]

im thinking about making an aliit au masterpost

[kierenwalkersbf]

posted on instagram but i think more ppl will see it on here :D

inspired by MLP Fever’s remake!! i really recommend watching

[starielluvsplay1ngdnd]

Laketown:

[curiosaga]

thinking i'm probably not going to actually rb any aesthetic pictures or anything on this blog? it's usually such a pain for me to find stuff to rb and honestly i'd rather just focus on the introspective stuff + writing instead

[garden-bug]

[honeyymistt]

What's your fav (healthy) recipes? 💓

so sorry for my late reply anon :( i’m still a beginner cook and don’t really have a collection of recipes built up yet 😭 my answer atm is avocado toast LOL 🥴🫠

[barbieidol]

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[sevlawless]

Hi! I was wondering if you had a pinterest? I love the aesthetic of arabella so I was wondering if she had a pinterest board. 👉👈

i do! here it is :)

[skycowboys]

Let’s Draw Wings

I’ve gotten the question/request of how I draw wings lots and lots so I’ve decided to make a dedicated post!

Now...I’m no master, but I have found a way that I like to draw wings that’s efficient for me. There three main points: 

References

Simplification

Texture Management

First of all - References

My favorite wing reference of all time is this post by Jenn on Twitter. I have both the images saved but I use the Wing Shapes one, below, alllllll the time. Like for real all the time!

I also keep pretty extensive collections of wing photo reference. When I’m having trouble, I’ll trace a few or do studies to get back into the swing of things. Here are links to my Pinterest boards:

Broadwing Reference (passive soaring and high-speed)

Longwing Reference (active soaring)

Shortwing Reference (elliptical and hovering)

Secondly - Simplification

When I sketch wings, I simplify Jenn’s diagram even further -

For me, the key to drawing wings is simplifying the wing down - from the structure to the feathers - the goal for me is to be able to draw them quickly and have the proper information conveyed. It needs to look like a wing in the base sketch. If it doesn’t, no amount of rendering and extra feathers will help. I like to break the wing into the three main moving parts. The orange is one part, then the purple contains two main chunks feathers that you can group together and move as their own parts. 

On top of that, I like to think of wings like a sheet of paper. They can bend and fold in on themselves, with the orange meaty bits anchoring everything together. 

Lastly - Texture

I like to call wings “texture monsters”. Feathers are hard to manage and can easily make wings look over-busy and muddy. Just like before, I break the wing into chunks so I can spend less time drawing the wing and it’s feathers:

Then you can put it all together and push things further -

So yeah this is how I throw wings together! The wings I draw aren’t super technical or detailed, but I what matters for me is that they look and feel like believable wings at a glance -

~ Larn

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[shirecorn]

Finding Beyond Nemo

I did a quick search around the internet and collected some blogs and websites to discover unusual fish species for mermay inspiration (and because fish are fun)

Doing a clownfish mermaid is great, but what about doing a fish you only discovered that day? Let's see what we can reel in with these sites.

Tumblr blogs!

@herpsandbirds offers amphibians, reptiles, birds, and a bunch of other unusual and awesome critters including fish!

herps and birds fish tag

for a truly random experience, browse @hellsitegenetics to see what aquatic wonders are hiding in our posts.

You could also browse the entire tag of #ichthyology, the study of fish

Creature Websites!

Now to sail off tumblr to some of the sites I've browsed in the past, designed to introduce you to new species across the planet. I've narrowed these links down to fish sorted entries, but please browse the rest of the sites for fun as well!

My favorite for many years, The Featured Creature! Make sure to open every article to see the fish in question, as the article previews don't always show that each post has many beautiful photos of beautiful fish

Another archive with dozens of pages of fish spotlights! Check out activewild and see what you can sea

A classic! Check out articles and species spotlights of National Geographic

There's also lots of smaller blogs with only a page or so of fish. Coffeeandcreatures, thewildlife.blog and many many many more!

Start a new bookmarks category, pinterest board, or image folder and just start throwing fish in there. Your ocean of ideas will never run dry.

Not an artist but desperately want to see an obscure mermaid? You can ask me to tackle it! Just make sure you've browsed my mermay tag to make sure I haven't done it in years prior.

Request a mermaid here!

If you're an artist and you used this list to discover a new species, let me know! I love seeing what other people find interesting.

Happy mermay!