#please don't mind the weird anatomy and colors!!

[camo1000le]

The family on a holiday before the born of the second child... idk this is the special AU so that's Evan not Lizzie, sorry Liz I love you still

Close ups:

[works-of-heart]

hiiiiii ❤️ I love your art but i wanted to ask if you use AI or not? It’s getting harder to find who the real artists are and who keeps faking it I’d love to see how you start your drawing process and wips!

Hello Anon and thank you for the ask!

I understand the concern of not knowing whether any piece uses AI, but I assure you, none of my art work uses any form of AI. I use Clip Studio Paint to do all of my artwork and everything is sketched, inked, and colored by hand. I have shared many of my WIPs with a few friends of mine, but I'll share them with everyone now, as to put any suspicions to rest! =D

These are wip and sketches, so please don't mind the messy process I have lol! At some point I was thinking of streaming my process, so people can watch me work, if they are at all interested. I'm still working on setting it all up.

Below are my WIP for some of my popular Elucien art!

The Elucien kiss, this was just putting down some shading before I worked on the lighting and coloring over the sketch.

My 'anime' style lucien. I had just put down flats and brief shading on his skin. I used the CSP background of a sunset here, adjusting it later and adding some glow.

My Lucien in Illyrian leathers! I was trying out different brushes and mood painting. A lot of this was attempting some monochromatic base painting before adding colors on top.

The sketch and painting of my Elucien garden. I had the HARDEST time trying to get Elain's head to gently touch Lucien's!

I painted the colors down, and started to get into the flow of the tone I wanted, and bigger shapes of Elain's hair. Like AI, hands are the BANE of my existence! I need a lot more study and anatomy practice. Perhaps I can post some of that here too! (I'm just always embarassed of the messy looks and weirdness of the process)

The base colors for my Elucien mother's day painting! This one turned out so pretty, I LOVED How Elain's hair came out in the end, I was pretty shocked! The sky looked sunny too!

Lucien and his wet shirt! This was the first time I've ever tried to paint a wet shirt effect before. I had no idea what I was doing, and had to try and find many different references.

These are the sketches I had done for Lucien and Elain's Final Fantasy pictures I made. Again, I need more anatomy practice, but doing these were so much fun! I listened to Final Fantasy music too to really get me in the mood. ^-^

And this is Elain of that series, in her flat colors!

There ya have it Anon! Here are just some of the WIPs I could find from my painting/drawing process. A lot of it is messy, chaotic, and just ugly looking at the start, but as they say "trust the process!" I certainly hope this helps ease any thoughts or suspicions. I understand its hard to find good work out there that is done with legitimacy, but all my work has hours of blood sweat and tears in them. =D

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Is it just me or has the card illustrations (specifically the groovy) been kinda bad lately? Like don't get me wrong most of the pre groovy are absolute bangers, but the groovies? Not so much. But lately there has been an obvious decrease in quality with anatomy, and even 😐 a whitewashing problem.

Take Lilia's dorm groovy for example— the piece is gorgeous, but whenever I zoom into his face the way they draw his face looks so off.

As for the whitewashing issue, I've noticed that Leona's beastly garb groovy had him very ashy looking (but some may argue that it's just the lighting casted on him)

Right now though the one that's been bothering me the most is the obvious whitwashing on Kalim's tsum groovy. We really can't argue that it's a lighting issue there, cause Jamil's firework card had a similar setting and he didn't look that light.

Personally, I think TWST’s Groovy illustrations have always been hit or miss since the beginning. I have similar issues with the faces in Lilia and Leona’s Dorm Uniform Groovies, and the anatomy seemed slightly off in a few others. I can’t find the original post anymore (I think OP didn’t tag it??), but I clearly recall an artist having spoken about how the pose in Epel’s initial Dorm Uniform art looked weird; they included drawings of how Epel’s spine and limbs looked vs how they should look to illustrate what they meant. Those are just a few examples of then and now though, and we have to keep in mind that if we include ALL available cards then the funky faces and weird posing/proportions only make up a very small percentage of what’s out there.

The more important issue at the moment is the coloring choices that were made for a few recent SSR event Groovies: Beastly Garb Leona and Tsumsted Kalim. They are pictured below with a few other card illustrations I pulled that have similar lighting (or as similar as I could find). You’ll notice (especially for Tsumsted Kalim’s Groovy) that the characters’ skin colors are much lighter than they should be.

Now I’ll be honest here 💦 I actually can’t tell (even when eyedropping the colors to compare; I don't even know if eyedropping is an accurate way to compare colors since the lighting and environment in every illustration is never EXACTLY the same) if Leona’s Beastly Garb Groovy is just the strong sunlight or if it has been whitewashed. I don’t have enough knowledge and/or experience with color theory and in real life to know for certain. However, as the Anon has said, that same argument cannot be made for the Scarabia duo. It’s particularly bad for Tsumsted Kalim because Yasmina Silk Jamil also had fireworks in the background, and his skin color is fine there. Sometimes artists purposefully use an altered color palate to achieve a different feeling in their pieces (for example, pastel colors for a soft, soothing look). I don’t think that was the case for Tsumsted Kalim because everything else in the Groovy art looks pretty true to color for the lighting (but again, I'm not an expert in coloring so I could be wrong). When taken in conjunction with Leona’s Beastly Garb… it could indicate a troubling pattern.

There’s been a lot of speculation going around for why this has happened, chief among that speculation being the TWST team has likely hired new staff and/or colorists (and Japan, being Japan, is pretty homogenous; it may be difficult to find artists with an understanding of how to color and shade darker skin tones). Again, these are just guesses circulating in the fandom. Nothing is confirmed, and nor does this excuse what has happened.

This has, very understandably, caused a lot of hurt and upset in the TWST fandom and community. So now the question is…

What can we do about it?

You can communicate your feelings to the TWST team! They have a form to collect thoughts and opinions from the playerbase, which can be accessed here.

PLEASE NOTE:

Be polite and professional. Nothing good comes out of anger, especially if the anger is directed at others; if you are rude and/or curse at the staff, they will be much less likely to hear you out.

Communicate in Japanese. The staff you are sending your complaint to are Japanese, and the game itself is Japanese (Beastly Garb Leona and Tsumsted Kalim are not yet out in the EN server, which is staffed by totally different people).

If you don’t know how to write in Japanese, this Twitter user has created polite templates to communicate our concerns with the whitewashing. (Their whole thread is great; please reference it if you need additional assistance!!) I would not recommend adding extra text, especially if you would be relying on a translation program to do so. Speaking in broken Japanese can be perceived as rude and will only detract from your message.

A similar situation to this occurred during the initial run of Fairy Gala; TWST had used “exotic” in its text, and after receiving an influx of feedback from the players, the devs went in and changed the dialogue to no longer use the term. It’s possible to make the change we want to see a reality if we respectfully make our thoughts known.

[adobe-outdesign]

could you review the Machop line for us please?

Basically the psychical counterpart to the Abra line, the Machop line does a pretty good job at being wrestling-themed muscle monsters. Machop here is a bit too small to really have any seriously muscles, but it looks bulky enough, and serves as a good starting point for the rest of the line.

One thing I do like about this line is that they're fairly humanoid monsters, but each stage throws in one weird non-humanoid trait; in this case, Machop's tail. It adds a bit of flavor and makes for a more interesting monster design. I also like those plated segments on their heads.

The one thing that drives me nuts about Machops design, however, is THOSE THREE LINES ON ITS CHEST. WHAT ARE THOSE?? I never hear anyone mention them, but its always portrayed with them. They almost seem like ribs, but it doesn't make sense to see the ribs on a creature so muscular. Thankfully they're easy to ignore, but once you notice them you'll never really un-notice them.

Machoke is probably my favorite of this line. While it looses the tail, it makes up for it with a more reptilian face, which I really like. I'm not entirely sure what the markings on its arms are or why it gains them and then looses them immediately, but they look cool—almost like exposed muscle—and they add some additional flavor to this stage so it stands out from the rest of the line.

However, my big beef(cake) with Machoke, and Machamp as well, is the belt. I don't mind the black markings, which fit into the wresting theme, but having a literal wresting belt there just feels so weird, and is very much one of those weird Gen 1 quirks that probably would've been handled differently in a later gen (see: Incineroar).

I don't always mind Pokemon holding objects, but I feel like there needs to be a degree of rationale behind it; like, it needs to be explained where they got the object from, why they carry it, and it needs to add something to the design.

The reason it has the belt is supposedly to hold back its power, but like... how??? Why???? These things and more will never be answered. It's never explained where the belt comes from either, and honestly, it doesn't add much to the design; the wrestling would've been obvious already due to the anatomy and the spandex-like markings. The design is otherwise fine as a whole, but that parts really distracting.

What's stronger than a big muscly guy? A big muscly guy with four arms, of course! The extra arms are honestly a pretty cool idea; they not only different Machamp from the rest of the line but just are a cool element for a monster in general, and work well with the theme.

However, while I like the new arms, the face is a bit of a downgrade. It's less that its flatter/more human-ish and more that it has those giant yellow markings; they match the color of the best at least, but they just look off. Also, the belt's still there. On the plus side, I do like the overall look, and its two-toed feet are an improvement; Machoke's felt a bit too humanoid.

And g-max Machamp is decent enough, nothing crazy but nothing terrible looking. I guess my main issue with it is that it doesn't really do anything new conceptually; its a little different visually, but it doesn't enhance the line in any way. Why not give it a third set of arms in the back or something? Granted, multiplying design elements is more of a mega thing, but that would've at least been something unique. Or heck, why not finally remove that belt? Its supposed to hold back its power, so wouldn't taking it off here make sense?

But that said, the design itself isn't bad. I do like the smaller head and the more prominent neck, which makes the chest look all the bigger by extension. I also enjoy the way the markings have extended to make it look like its now wearing full-on pants, and how it has the additional cowl around the neck. The arm markings also aren't bad in that they attract attention to the arms and match the yellow accents in the eyes, belt, and mouth; however, they also feel kind of arbitrary, like they felt like the design needed something else but they weren't sure what so they just tossed those on there.

Anyway, as a whole, the line's pretty solid; the theme is obvious, each stage is unique, and the designs are enjoyable if you enjoy more humanoid monsters (which I do). The only things that bog it down a bit are details like the belts and the fairly standard g-max design.

[sparklykat-hideoutenthusiast]

I've seen people doing an intro post so I suppose I should do the same right? I have no idea how to do this, I'm just winging it :3

INTRO POST TIME WOOO!!

Follow my other blog where I reblog a bunch of stuff and things for the full experience of my personality and interests! @eckos-reblogs ! :3

I will continue to edit this, probably for the rest of time to get it right since I'm a slight perfectionist lol

Hello! I've been an artist for around 5 to 6 years, and I still kinda suck at it! I do traditional art normally but I've been branching out to digital art as well. I mostly draw animals, anthropomorphic creatures, creatures in general, and sometimes human faces!

My main Media for traditional art is, pens, pencil, gel pens, paint markers (posca) and normal markers! I hope to soon branch out to ink! (Maybe one day you'll get to see some watercolor stuff from me. It's not that good and I don't enjoy it too much tbh)

Anatomy You say? Don't know her 😔

My name is Ecko and it's my preferred name but you can refer to me as Melleona (my OC) or by a nickname as well if you'd like! (just please ask me first if you want to use a nickname as I'm bad with setting boundaries.)

My pronouns are She/Her but feel free to refer to me as "it" or "that" :3 (when I was a bit younger i was often referred to as "it," as a joke, I found it incredibly funny and don't mind being referred to as "it" now)

I'm a minor! Mind your words, don't send me gross/weird asks or messages. (I've already had a few people message me asking for my age, a picture of me, and my sexuality. No, I will not be sharing my real appearance on here. my age? Minor, that's all you need to know. My sexuality? I don't know and you don't need to know either, respectfully ^^❤️)

IDC if I post something slightly suggestive or that says I know about 18+ themes. I posted it, not someone saying something to me of those themes. Sure, I understand the stuff but It really doesn't matter now does it? It just means I understand enough to know you shouldn't be saying that stuff to me. (Boundaries ✨)

I support the lgbtq+ community! And I don't discriminate against race. I really shouldn't have to say this. (˘⁠･⁠_⁠･⁠˘)

I will respond to money asks with "!!" And that's it. I don't have money and even if I did I don't got any money to spare. I'm broke and struggling too. Not to mention, I'm a minor and can't just go out and get the stuff. I hope you understand and I wish you all the best!❤️❤️❤️

Some games and shows and stuff I like:

Shows and stuff: Rick and Morty, adventure time, lost in space, bsd (never watched it but I've seen enough of it on the Internet to know a bit about it. Very interesting :3), Some of the Life Minecraft series, and more!

Games/fandoms: Yonder(Yonder Cloud Catcher Chronicles.), Minecraft, the Stanley parable, tiny bit of South Park, cotl, MLP(childish I know but I don't care. I love them), creepypasta, SCPs, Trevor Henderson's creatures (mostly cartoon cat), and more!

Stuff and things: Art, apparently I make rhymes now too?? and more!

General facts about me! Yippee!

I live in a bus (not decked out like you see on social media though. We just live in a bus lol), I live with my ma (my dad is my step dad and he and my mom just broke up recently sooo ye), I blank out a lot and just stare at people for no reason (which freaks them out), I have greyish blue eyes (a long with some, I'm pretty sure permanent, eye bags lol), I get energy right before nighttime mostly (and then it disappears as soon as it reaches around 11 pm to 12 am), My favorite color is maroon (and any type of blue along with orange and yellow and forest green..mostly just comfy vibe colors tbh but maroon is a fixed piece), my favorite animal is a cat (although I have a dog. Muffin doesn't count as a dog, she's practically human. Apart of the family.), and more!

(I'll update this as I go)

Do not interact with my blog if: You're racist, you only or mostly have sexual themes on your own blog (I apologize but it makes me uncomfortable. Have some other interests and it might make me less uncomfortable ^^), if you in general just enjoy hating on people for no reason (I like to make my area a safe space for people) (more will be added later when I think of what to add)

(Added a specific part of that bc a moot felt they were making me uncomfortable by having such themes on their blog. I didn't really realize at first but yes that does make slightly uncomfortable but I don't really care as long as you have other interests. If s3x is your only interest, it weirds me out to have those types of people interact with me. Just know you're all good moot, you're not the type of person I was aiming it at. There are other people that just don't think about anything else but $ex and relationships that creep me out and you are not one of them. ^^❤️)

I appreciate any and all constructive criticism. IDC if it sounds rude and might hurt my feelings, TELL ME so I can help better myself and my blog! I'm dum and will most likely not notice I'm doing something weird or anything :P <3

•Send me asks! Want to hug one of my OCs? Send an ask!- Want to slap the sh1t out of one of em? Send an ask!- Want to introduce me to a new (or old) fandom I don't know of but you think I might be interested in? Send an ask!- Want to say hi? Send an ask!- Want to- ok- I'm sure you get the point now lol Send an ask!! I love interaction :3 (I'm friendly I promise 😭)

•Moots:

@theachskid @voidsweirdthoughts @burningbutter @rafrfr @rateater2000

@footlongdingledong @ender-the-insomniac @thistlebriar @rspoetry @virtualcroissantflapcolor

@jawdoesstuff @storythesilly @yourfavoritecuntist @chamber-of-voices @i-draw-things

@2oo7xddd

+any future moots/one's I might have forgotten (I hope I wouldn't forget anyone 🥲)

Tags and stuff! To help you find stuff in my blog better through search :)

#Ecko draws -exactly as is obvious, it will be for when I make art, digital or traditional.

#Echoes Ramble -For posts of mine that include no art or anything. Just me talking.

Yippee!! That's all for now folks ❤️

#Echo answers - For when I answer asks!! :D

I'll update this whole thing as I go, any questions, just send an ask and I'll update this with the answer as well as you know- replying in general lol :3

[dawncry]

Commissions

Note for everyone; even if you can't order a commission, I understand, but promoting this would mean the world to me. I'm struggling with finances due to issues I won't delve into, and I'm trying to afford the payments for my Cheer team + school fees. I already have a job to begin payment for it, but it's limited times and I'd prefer more help on it.

RULES

No Nsfw themes.

Try not to barter, please, I don't like wavering on prices.

Keep in mind that I may struggle with other people's styles (this applies to shows, I'm not doing it to a singular artist until I've gotten permission)

Feel free to remind me, but don't harass me over it. (You will get your money back in 2 months time after payment if I am unable to finish it.)

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I will have 15 slots open at a time and will make a reminder post when 2 are open.

(If you'd like to be @ ed or dmed when one is open, just let me know.)

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Examples of my work

(fairly recent or good examples of my skillset)

These are just a few

Sorry for the weird setup.

To summarize, I experiment with shading, posing, and backgrounds quite often.

I am willing to do

Furry art (I learned the anatomy and I'm fine with it as long as I have references and it is kept SFW, If you do not have a reference but have ideas and are willing to keep constant communication with me, then I am willing as well.)

DnD art (I can learn the anatomy of any creature and do any details you want)

Perspective backgrounds (I am fine with it)

Lyric art2

Complicated poses, if I cannot do it I will let you know and we can come up with something else.

Strange anatomy, as long as you have a reference I can do it

Design commissions

Fanwork of characters from a fandom

Feral characters

Humans

Anthro

I am less likely to do

Ship art (I can't draw kissing, but if it's not that then it's probably fine)

Demonic imagery

Insanely complicated designs (I can do it, just unsure if it'll be accurate enough to your liking.)

Geometric designs, they are very difficult for me but I can do it with some talking back and forth.

Art of real people (If you are fine with it being stylized, then I am willing)

There will be more added, this is still a WIP

Keep in mind I am a minor, so I cannot do this as a full time job. A piece can take anywhere from a day to a couple weeks to get done. I will keep you updated on the progress as I go along, I just may be slow to respond.

Sketch

I will provide cleaned-up sketches if you prefer, let me know.

Bust - 3$

HalfBody- 5$

Fullbody- 9$

Colored Sketch

Messy/Sketchy lines, and (usually) flat colors.

Bust - 5$ ( +1$ for colored sketching lines)

(+2$ for basic shading)

OR

(+3$ for atmospheric shading)

HalfBody- 9$ ( +2$ for colored sketching lines)

(+5$ for basic shading)

OR

(+7$ for atmospheric shading)

Fullbody- 17$ ( +3$ for colored sketching lines)

(+7$ for basic shading)

OR

(+10$ for atmospheric shading)

Lineart

This is clean line art, no colors. Just line art.

Bust - 7$

HalfBody- 13$

Fullbody- 25$

Flat color

This is clean line art with colors, no shading without the added cost.

Bust - 9$

(+ 2.50$ for colored lines)

(+ 2.50$ for basic shading)

HalfBody- 17$

(+ 5$ for colored lines)

(+ 5$ for basic shading)

Fullbody- 30$

(+10$ for colored lines)

(+ 10$ for basic shading)

Atmospheric Shading

This is clean line, and colored shading.

Bust - 17$

HalfBody- 30$

Fullbody- 54$

Lineless

No lines(Or minimal lines, depends on how you'd like it) on the art, can also be a painting

Bust - 15$

(+5$ for basic shading)

OR

(+7$ for atmospheric shading)

HalfBody- 25$

(+6$ for basic shading)

OR

(+8$ for atmospheric shading)

Fullbody- 45$

(12$ for basic shading)

OR

(+15$ for atmospheric shading)

Backgrounds

This all depends on the complexity, but it will usually be around this range. I will keep you updated as it goes

Simple pattern, blank color, or a design - 0-1$

(EX: Image = 0$, Pokka dots = 0$, Gradiants - 0$, Stripes/Checkers(That I have to draw) - 0.25$, Blurry background - 1$) (Feel free to ask questions!)

Simple background (Like eyes, something I have to draw) - 3$

Nature background - (Depends on complexity) 10-50$

City background - 10-100$

Inside a room - 10-80$

These are examples, they will vary. References for what you'd like are preferred.

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Extra information

An additional character will be 75% of the cost added back to the drawing. (If it is a fullbody and you are adding a halfbody, it will be 3/4 the price of the halfbody).

If you do or don't want me to post the drawing, let me know. Otherwise, I may or may not.

Let me know if you want the Krita file.

If you don't want to DM me on Tumblr, Deviantart works too.

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Payment

I do have a Paypal that I will DM you if we get through the basic process.

I'll have half the price upfront, and the rest when the piece is finished.

Refunds are applied when

- I do not finish it.

- I have taken more than 2 months to work on it without stating that it would take that long, or letting you know of a pause beforehand.

If you back out, I will charge you according to how much has been done. If I have a sketch at that time, you will be charged 50% of the price of a normal sketch. I get slow payments, but I can't afford to spend time on things I won't get paid for. Again, you know this as you go into the process, I will let you know when I start it, and as I get through each phase of it.

Your satisfaction is entirely dependent on you, as I will be updating you throughout the process, and you can tell me to change whatever you want me to. You are hiring me for this work, and I intend to do it well and efficiently.

I will take breaks between taking commissions, as I am, again, a student in high school. I am in the midst of competitive sports and several studies so I understand if I am taking too long for you.

FAQ:

None yet, adding more as we go.

[blackstarchanx3new]

How do you draw up your comics so quickly? I've been wanting to get into making comics myself, but it seems so daunting lol

Was hoping to get some tips on how you draw them so well and so quickly /pos /nf

Omf that's a tough one. My honest first response is "All I do is draw all day" so please don't hold yourself to my standards I don't have anything better to be doing.

Basically it's a mix of stuff:

My art style is simple/character designs are simple. Backgrounds are simple, overall.

STUFF BE SIMPLE.

"Gets the point across" tends to be the idea.

Anatomy isn't perfect, gradients are used a lot, shading isn't always present, I try to limit my color pallets to be pretty small.

I have a bunch saved onto the side bar in Clip Studio. And I have presets like the borders of the panels as a pre-set so I don't gotta make a new one over and over again.

Short cuts are NOICE.

Art wise:

I start with a thumbnail. Just getting the idea/facial expressions of the character down.

Sketching is 2nd step but I have no examples because I delete those pretty quickly.

More similar to this so line art is WAY easier.

I change the sketch's opacity to like 20 ish and a light blue to see it better.

Then I do line art and add a neutral color under it to make coloring easy. I change this to black after ward to fill any gaps.

Add color and ba-bam

I use "Color burn" "linear burn" and Multiply in the layer settings for shading. Just depends on the circumstance.

I guess smth else I do is go by "Chapter" or scenes.

Smth that's helpful for some is writing a script and then drawing your stuff based on that.

Often what I end up doing is writing a script but using it as a guide rather than a beat by beat thing.

Referencing manga for inspiration is smth I do a lot.

Smth I'd recommend doing is making a one shot or a comic you purposely make to be short.

Longer comics are daunting but the best way to deal with that is to complete parts of em. XD It's like going through a video game. Beating each mini boss gets you closer to the final. Like instead of one big project, see it as a bunch of smaller ones.

Smth I do to let off steam from bigger projects is making stupid shit like this:

Like there's no point to it other than to be dumb and funny.

Keeping the story entertaining or fun even while doing a part you don't want too.

Sometimes you will just have to chug through a portion you dislike but is necessary. But staying strong really helps.

Pop on a freakin' YT video and zone the hell out is what I do.

Your art doesn't have to be perfect every single time, my comics at least, are free so anyone who complains is a little bitch.

Just do what makes you happy.

Huge thing to consider: Your art doesn't have to be held to any specific standard.

You don't even have to COLOR that shit if you don't want too lmao. There's no rules. You can color a sketch and post it. It literally doesn't matter.

A specific standard of what every webcomic should be held to is a lie. It doesn't exist. Go feral.

Draw backgrounds. Even if you suck at em. It helps give the world dimension hah.

That's what I've been trying to do.

Use your comics as a way to experiment.

Ghost Soulmate I wanted to try out this weird painter style for the shading/lighting.

In FSR it was trying out a more anime style

Falling Cards is weird character designs + A FAR too ambitious story hah.

Bunny and Kitty was to see if I could do a shorter form story.

Biggest advice would be: Just try smth. You got no obligation to finish smth either. Just try it and see how it goes.

I'd recommend having an idea where your story is going before you start, but just starting ANYWHERE helps.

I tend to doodle my characters before I jump into their comic. Doodle them doing fun stuff before I go into the meat and potatoes of what I want them to do. I often have an ending in mind too before I start. You can fill in the gaps later.

Anyways that's all I got Idk if this was useful or helpful. X'D

[starstruckxstray]

Ooc: Please don't mind the rough anatomy and coloring

Been thinking about a more Sonic-centered OC. This is Mako, a dingo/koolie mix inspired by the black opal gem. She's just a weird hippie/surfer wannabe looking for her place in the world.

Anyone interested in a RP blog for her?

[tastytoastz]

Hello again! My tablet pen is dead, but I still have a sketch book, and mer desgins/anatomy has all but consumed my thoughts at this point.

Profile designs of the mers we've seen so far (- Spreen)

Sorry it's a bit messy, my eraser wasn't that good ;-;

I gave Bagi a weird shirt thing(?) It has two loops for her arms and ties behind her neck so she can still move her sail if she needs to. Otherwise it stays on by magic(?). I don't know I just wanted to give her a shirt thing. If there's another idea you have for that let me know, I can understand why that wouldn't come up in the fic.

And two questions- First: What color(s) is/are Bagi's tail? Also do you have a color in mind for the belly pack?

Second question: Do all mer's have face scales or just ones with scaled tails? Or some other third thing? I know Ramon has face scales and a scaled tail, but I don't remember any other mers descriptions specifically referencing face scales like Ramon.

Sorry for all the questions, I really like drawing mers and this fic is scratching an itch for mers + character design that I love. If there are any adjustments or if they looked a bit different in your head please let me know!!

THIS IS SO NICE ART!!!💖

face scales are mostly for merfolk with scales on the tail as well but how much they have vary between mers. Ramon has especially noticeable ones.

I like to think the bellypack is green (similar to the color green she has on her skins pants)

I haven’t considered Bagi and by extension Cellbits colors a lot, I try to think about how their skins looks and take inspiration from that but I think Bagi would have a pretty even split with white and brown (similar to how her hair is). Like White belly and brown back while Cellbit is mostly white with like one brown stripe, so like the opposite of his hair(I’m also taking inspiration from his federation outfit,).

Also I don’t mind the questions at all! I love your art and I also love talking about fics and ideas I have!! So feel free to ask as much as you want! :D

[madaraservingcunt]

Are there some artists on YouTube or tutorials you would recommend ?

I will put some links below that helped me💛

This artist can help people at any level of art. For people just starting out or who have had some self-taught practice, or maybe they're picking up the pencil again after a few years of not drawing.

All-time favorite YouTuber right here!

His voice is soothing, but he also has videos where he doesn't talk at all if you aren't a fan of that type. The videos are pleasing to just watch if you dont feel like following along. He breaks anatomy down by shapes, which helped me understand it all a lot more.

If you are looking to draw humans, this is your guy. I recommend starting with understanding the basics of anatomy before you jump into any stylized art like manga or anime stuff.

He has tutorials for traditional pencil sketching and digital art. I think it's best for beginners to start out traditionally and work their way into digital art.

It's cheaper than a tablet, for one, and it's way easier to learn the basics on a sketchbook! Chommang teaches better in his traditional sketching videos.

Also, I'd recommend focusing on the body more than anything as a beginner. Drawing a face is hard, especially if you have a specific style in mind, and you might get stuck trying to get the face to look right.

Drawing and mastering body parts will build your technique and confidence in working up to small details in the face.

The coloring book specifically was super helpful to understand muscles and why things may look weird or normal in some drawings.

A personal favorite:

I was having a rough time a majority last year and feeling down on myself. Eventually I lost the energy to do any hobby.

This video really helped me flip my perspective. He pretty much says don't be too hard on yourself and compare your drawings to other people. He spent years of his life doing that and hated drawing because of it.

Also... it may sound annoying or obvious... but practice every day. I fell off for a while and stopped my daily practice, but I'm starting up again. It really makes all the difference in the world.

Good luck anon! I hope you have a good weekend. With enough patience we can learn to draw Madara in any situation.

[littleguy-request]

Request an animal to perhaps get a nice drawing of said little guy!! I'll do almost any animal that exists or has existed (given references are available), but I'm mostly familiar with mammals.

Send an ask with the animal + whatever detail you feel is necessary, such as pelt color and age or send a reference! Example below! Colors to emphasize what i mean.

Hi, can you draw me a white and yellow golden retriever mutt puppy? He has huge paws, a cute round face, a pink nose and eyes! Thanks in advance!!! 😄

Basic rules:

I'll draw what seems more fun in my free time!! Please keep that in mind! I'm a very busy full time student.

I won't draw fur anthros. I will, however, draw ferals if it strikes my fancy.

Feel free to send as many requests as you want.

Feel free to use the images drawn, but credit this blog so other people can get a chance at it too and i get to draw more little guys!

As a rule of thumb I'll do a new drawing every single time because i like drawing animals, but sometimes I'm in the mood for coloring, so I'll color in a drawing I've already done if i feel like it.

Don't insist too much if your request doesn't get drawn, I'm doing this for free and for fun.

Kin and therian friendly!! Y'all can send requests of your kintypes to use as reference too!

OCs allowed.

Pelt colors not found in nature are allowed and cherished.

Don't be rude.

More info on the mun under the read more if you feel like knowing more about the thing that runs this blog.

This blog is inspired by those "daily-[insert thing here]" blogs. I can't draw a thing every single day though. So this is eventual little guys, not daily.

Hi. I'm a 22 year old artist from Brazil. I'm a He/she sort of queer. I'm autistic! Animals have been my special interest since i was 7 and I love learning more about animals. I'm a weird nerd that's super into anatomy and behavior and physiology of all sorts of little creatures!!! Its really cool to me. My favorite animals are dogs, hyenas, bunnies, deer and sharks.

The main is @bnnuy-wabbit

[nightmarist]

For the artist questions, 6, 21 and 30 if you dont mind

6. What’s your least favorite thing to draw?

Ironically what people tell me to draw.

It's my love-hate with commissions, where I can need the money but dread what people are going to pay me to draw. However, I do like requests, there's a semantic difference in my brain for a request bc usually requests are framed in ways that people want me to draw something they think would match my art or think I the artist would enjoy drawing vs commissions where people want something I just couldnt care less about but Have to do it.

Since I've gotten more established professionally IRL I get to be more choosy about what I take on as commission, so I might just endup doing a whole "I'll only do commissions if I actually like your idea" since I do want to be paid for my work and I do think people have really cool ideas I would love to pry out of their tangled brains and put to paper or canvas or whatever. But even then, If I do really love someone's idea, I mean. Fuck it. I'd love to do it. I love making things for people and giving them away. The fleeting aspects of art can be art too.

21. Do you like to challenge yourself?

Yes !!! I constantly do shitty little sketches and go to drawing tutorials, ask my art instructor and professor friends for tips, tricks, ideas etc. I do a lot of exercises and recently I've become much less afraid of creating backgrounds now that I have a better grasp how to make them. Similarly I'm trying to figure out painting more, which is both fun and challenging.

I don't want to do Just realism, I would love to experiment with other styles. Now that I have actual income, I can "waste" resources (paint, canvases, etc) practicing. Usually the issue is, if I make something, I can't buy back the things I used to make it, and therefore can't continue making. One of the big reasons I've been doing so much more art lately than the past decade.

30. What inspires you to not just make art, but to be a better artist?

How do you define it? Is it what's the most realistic? I can do realism. I have. Ive been doing it since I was a young teenager, I had galleries and awards and was paid hundreds to nearly a thousand dollars for pieces. My parents kept all the money. Now that I'm an adult, no one gives a shit that some thirty year old man can paint a realistic portrait of a celebrity. It only mattered when I was 13 and 14 using a program no one ever heard of (paint tool sai) or didnt think photoshop could be anything but a photo editor. Realism isnt fun, anyway, at least not anymore for me.

I do think that things like "the basics" - anatomy and realism, still life, color theory, perspective, all should be learned to learn how to make compelling art. But they dont have to be used in polished, aesthetically pleasing ways. Once you learn how and why "oh these colors clash and make people turn away from how jarring they are" you can use that. "These perspective lines are weird" can be just as compelling when you have the knowledge to fuck around with it.

I think the thing for me is, after having collaborated with so many other artists IRL and seeing their work, art is so much more than being "good" or "better" or "best" — it's expression. What you express, how you express it, those are each personal things.

Art isn't just painting. Or embroidery. Or convention. Its this lady in town who makes full body puppet costumes out of scrap blankets and broken ceramics. Is this old woman in the country side who makes masks out of paper and crayons. Its a local punk who learned to silk screen their own T shirts with weird shit.

I guess more or less being a "better" artist for me is coming to understand that there's no actual such thing. You can have your own personal goals, set them, and make them.

In addition, "every artwork is practice for the next"

It's a perpetual cultivated skill that, when you look back, there will always be something you could have done "better"

[flame-shadow]

8. What do you like most about your own work?

10. What’s that one thing that inspired you to make drawing your consistant hobby?

8. What do you like most about your own work?

Hmmm. I like a decent amount of things about my art, but probably what I like most is that I can draw quickly and generally capture or quickly discover what I'm intending to draw. The sooner I can get an idea or the impression of a shape out of my head, the sooner I am freed from the burden of trying to remember something I can't visualize.

I think I've mentioned it before, but I don't have a strong ability to visualize things in my head (aphantasia), so when I have something in mind that I want to draw, it manifests as an impression - usually the abstract feeling of an expression or the flow of a pose - that I have to translate onto the paper. And when I don't get what I'm after the first time, then I can usually quickly figure it out with some sketchy lines and a few adjustments.

I've figured out a way to describe the experience of 'seeing' what's in my head, but it's kinda irrelevant here. Anyway, drawing quickly and ridding myself of intangible idea-demons.

10. What’s that one thing that inspired you to make drawing your consistent hobby?

I don't think there's a single identifiable thing. I have always been drawing; I'm one of those "since I could hold a crayon and push it around on a paper" people. I think it's more that.. there are some things which helped me out, and there are some things which were less fun but which ensured that I didn't actually STOP drawing as a hobby.

Before I list the factors, I want to set the stage. I was Not Good At Drawing Things for a long time. I have always been slow at developing my artistic skills and figuring out how to do things. Among my artistically inclined peers, I was almost always on the lower skilled, less creative end of the spectrum of artists, especially before my early-to-mid-twenties (this is a very subjective spectrum and it's not that great to compare yourself to others in this way, but tolerate my usage of it here please). I don't say this to put myself down, but I want to emphasize that not only was I not one of the ~ooh wow you're so talented~ artists, but I used to accept the quiet fact that I'd probably never be Great at art, that I'd mostly just be someone who had decent skills and could entertain people with my doodles. (And to be clear, I filled this niche for many years and was happy doing it! But I wanted to keep getting better, so I did.)

Things which helped me continue drawing: - support/encouragement from my family and friends, especially my mom who would buy me art supplies and paid for me to attend some after-school art classes during my elementary school years. those classes taught me some foundational techniques that I still think about and use today. - related, that art teacher from those classes. seriously, she was the one art teacher i have had who i actually genuinely always enjoyed interacting with (the other art teachers were a mixed bag, but what can you expect when they had to deal with middle and high schoolers all the damn time) - joy! i enjoyed and still enjoy the physical experience of drawing and expressing myself in a different way. there is a tactile pleasure to drawing on paper that cannot be experienced from drawing on a screen, and i think that helped engage me, and i often return to it when i need to feel more from drawing - spite. yeah, cycling back to those unfun art teachers, i absolutely have been motivated by spite to keep drawing. sometimes i think about going up to my middle school art teacher and giving evidence for the fact that i can paint now and i know how to draw contours and my dragons don't look like weird dog-lizards. and i think about going up to my high school art teacher and shoving so many pieces in her face and saying that i can too compose a drawing and use color well and my anatomy is loads better and also just because you don't understand the appeal of dragons doesn't mean i'll ever stop drawing them also fuck you for making me cry when i was trying my best for those entire two years i had your class im better now and also ive stolen what you taught me about critiques and turned it into something that people actually come to me for help with because unlike you, I can give a critique without making the artist shrivel up inside -dragons. dragons are super fun to draw and they have often been the only thing i had any desire to draw

That got long, whoops. I don't have simple answers for questions like these XD

Artist question list

[lillys-fan-arts]

So yes... this was supposed to be my piece for the RK1700 Blooming event.. 😂 I just finished it so I thought I'd share anyway. I just thought them making flower crowns for each other would be adorable

Also, bonus doodle - Amanda caught them ruining her garden 😭

[childofaura]

How about Maiponpon? <3

Oh I adore Maiponpon's Corrin artwork!

Maiponpon's artwork is solid in general, though. Their color work is vivid and very defined, and their anatomy is still great even while maintaining motion. They're SUPER talented at giving a sense of dynamic and motion even in their neutral portrait artwork.

Like Dream Corrin:

So nice and floaty, it really is a beautiful design.

Also a cool thing to note about their color skill is Sothis:

Aside from how awesome it is that Maiponpon even drew her sitting on her throne, look at the coloring on her attack portrait:

It's still dark and dramatic, like Sothis still being in the mind of Byleth. But that's not the case in her Christmas portrait:

Isn't that such a neat attention to detail?

And their posework is so great, I love Corrin's attack pose, he looks like he's dancing gracefully, and the flow of his outfit really lends that motion:

Also I think it's unfair that they got rid of Maiponpon as M!Corrin's artist but they decided to keep Sencha for F!Corrin. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Argon's Corrin and I love Hanamura Mai's Ninja Corrin. But a part of me has a weird conspiracy theory that they're fine with Sencha making F!Corrin lewd and horny whereas the moment Maiponpon gave us true equality:

Suddenly they're no longer M!Corrin's artist. Either get rid of Sencha too or keep Sencha AND Maiponpon, IS. Actually, just get rid of Sencha for F!Corrin please.

Anyways, criticisms? I'd say that maybe the only criticism I can think of is that they haven't really had a wide variety of characters to draw. They've been shown to draw both male (Corrin) and female (Lucina, Sothis) characters, but that's about it. So it's hard to see if they really have a grasp on drawing other types of characters too (rugged, mature, or old). But at least with the three they've drawn, they can draw men (with muscles), women, and children.

Maiponpon's a 9.99999/10 and so help me, if IS doesn't hire them again to draw another character I WILL cry.

[egglands-worst]

Ok, I've been having this doubt for a long time now and I think you can answer it: how do you learn colours and anatony? Like, where do you search? I know I have to learn the name of bones and shit, but WHERE do I find this information?

Sincerely, a really confused novice artist

(anon you are so sweet??????)

NOOOOOOOO. I'm SO sorry i had this whole entire big huge post talking about this stuff and then! tumblr glitched and gave me an entirely blank screen! ruining all my progress!!!!!

so here it is again but in slightly less detail as i mourn the loss of my words. under the readmore!

y'all wanna know the honest truth? the Biggest thing that has gotten my anatomy to where it is? (not that i've practiced all too much lol)

Tracing.

yeah, i said tracing. The thing is, you're not supposed to trace other people's art (please Do Not do that btw. not only is it Not Cool but also people aren't perfect and they will make mistakes so you're not gonna actually learn that much.), but you ARE supposed to trace Real Life Photos.

yeah!!! you are supposed to! as in, you are supposed to trace photos in Actual Art School! they encourage it!

as you trace, you acquaint yourself with the shapes and form of a subject Much more intimately than just looking at a picture.

and as you trace, you DO want to keep in mind how the form is working. its shapes, its flow, its shadows, et cetera. Not just tracing Because. you do need to have a purpose. think about why you're tracing this anatomy and Observe. think about how those muscles connect to each other and to the bone.

also try to visualize these shapes three-dimensionally. it's hard at first, but eventually you'll get the hang of it.

(and yes, you Do also want to look at a few diagrams of skeletons and muscle anatomy. That you can just search on the internet for)

and now for Colors!

colors are fun :)

let's start with basic stuff!

when you have a color, never ever ever do you want to use colors that are completely saturated and bright!!!!!

which of these two looks more natural and easier on the eyes? (the answer should be the one on the left)

they're the exact same hue, but one is slightly desaturated and darker while the other is complete saturation and complete brightness.

you just don't find those colors in real life unless you have something reflective neon

another thing!

shadows :)

say you just happen to have a mysterious purple orb. doesn't matter how you got it, everyone comes across one eventually

but wait! that's not an orb, that's just flat!

alright, so it needs a shadow. for these purposes, it is floating

just take the color and make it darker, right?

eh, you could i guess, but it still looks flat and lifeless.

instead, why not try nudging the hue in a different direction and making it a little more saturated?

wow! the base color is exactly the same, yet somehow it looks much more lively and vibrant!

colors also tend to behave.... oddly, when you change their brightness and saturation.

which of these do you think I changed the hue as it got darker?

if you thought it was the top one, that's actually incorrect!??!?! isn't that weird?? i honestly don't know why it does this.

to combat this weirdness, every time i took it a step darker, i shifted the hue slightly more and more blue.

uhhh,,, as for some basics of lighting, i talked about it in that other post.

though if you want, i'd encourage you to take a picture of something outside at right before dawn, midday, and sunset! compare how the lighting looks and changes the colors.

(note: some cameras, especially phone cameras, may automatically adjust to the lighting. you might have to figure out how to turn that off.)

also again! research how light Itself works. i dunno if i'm weird or if it'll actually help others but! doesn't hurt to try!

and one more thing, blending modes! "what is a blending mode??", you may ask.

they are different modes for layers in digital art that changes how those layers interact with the layers below them

i'd show some examples, but tumblr is starting to glitch with this post so i think it's time to stop haha. i highly encourage you to try messing around with different types and see how they affect the colors!

the last thing i wanna say is that, i am not a professional artist!!! this is all stuff i have learned mostly by myself, and art is only my hobby. (the art school thing is because i Know people)