#the dynamic pose was super fun to draw

[thymeskip]

silly drawing of my sona wearing ink’s fit because i think it’s pretty :D

also for practice drawing humans since i don’t draw them very often-

[forgettable-au]

I am impatient about posting these so I'm just gonna show one as a sneak peek heheh

It's just some practice drawings but I looove how they turned out because I made them all with just the lasso fill tool :D

It was so fun,,, I have a BUNCH of them but I should post that some other day

[gible-love-nibles-archive]

Forever thinking about that moment in E.ternal D.iva where D.escole jus. Picks the girl up. So I did a redraw(?) of it the other day.

It looks like whoever it was, they've made a big mistake…

Also an extra tiny thing under the cut that is decidedly more cute than above

(Please reblog! I like reading tags :])

Also also what I was referring to

[rykundsz-art]

Partners 🥕🥗 (part 1-3)

So I keep forgetting to post here as well, but it means I get to post things as batches instead of separated parts like I do on twitter. Kinda handy!

I always loved doing parallels between GT/Xeno/SSJ4 Goku and Vegeta and their DBS counterparts. Especially when it comes to their dynamic lmao. So here's a silly thing

(Part 1):

[the other parts are actually based on quotes from GT & Heroes, but this one was initially just having fun] I think it's self-explanatory kek.

(Part 2): GT/Super

I was basically rewatching GT clips for fun and thought it was funny a lot of people don't realize that in the scene, that inspired this, Vegeta is actually grabbing Goku's -sides- and not his arms. Fulfilling my HC of "they're so involuntarily gay without even realizing it, it's so normal for them" LOL. And also the fact that while DBS Vegeta barely even wants to try fusion, GT Vegeta tries his hardest with the poses.

[Said scene from GT btw. He's *practically* almost touching his pecs even, too, haha.]

(Part 3): Xeno/CC

Self-explanatory again, I think! :)

You can clearly not see who my favorite version of this duo is. I love the differences between both a lot.

Source: SDBH - UGM: Vol.2 Chapter 12.

[Based on Heroes interactions (first page from the manga, second from my memories of the promo anime). I counted and CC Goku uses the family thing on Vegeta the two times they fused into Gogeta in SDBH haha. Not counting the DBS Broly one & in Z for the potaras too. He did that too ig.]

This series (?) is actually fun to draw, and people on twt liked it a lot so I thought I'd share it too.

Inb4 I disappear for months again 💫

[sanctus-ingenium]

Another one of these since i haven't done it in a while! Sketch -> finished illustration

Thoughts & process below the cut :>

Out of Bounds: i deleted the sketch of this off my ipad because i didn't like it, and for months it only existed as a screenshot on discord. finally in january of this year i was like Wait Actually and decided to keep working on it. I didn't achieve the look I was going for (kind of foggy and vague. It came out too sharp and high contrast) but it was fun to throw the kitchen sink at it for an afternoon and then call it done finally. I don't remember which horse this was originally supposed to be, I think Macha?

I reused the pose, you'll find the same one in my Pascal sketchbook from the section on gait studies. That's the cool thing about doing 30 sketches at once, you can finish them up any time you like for a different drawing

The Fool ft Islin: the original concept for this is from [takes a moment to decipher the american date system on discord] January 2022

It wasn't dynamic enough, but I've had this on the backburner for sooo long. I think I completed like 4 cards in between this sketch and the final version lol. But, for a bit of background, this is from my series of major arcana based in Inver, and in particular the events of the 1860s-era book series, Moth Viper Foal (a demo of the first book, Said The Black Horse, is available for free/pwyw in my shop). This scene is a companion to Said The Black Horse, depicting the aftermath of the traumatic fight that caused Islin to storm off. He had been working at the mill as a semiprofessional back alley surgeon when he received an offer to join the church and work as a trained surgeon in their hospital. But when he brought the good news back to his friends it was met with utter rejection, driving him to basically run away to join the church. while gay and trans. thus the card.

he didn't actually bring a bag with him when he ran out but for the sake of the card i drew him with one

Gryfon and Pantera: This is how 99% of holy beast drawings start out, even the super stylised ones. I struggle a lot to draw them in procreate so they start in sai and then i transfer them over. The story of this is already explained in the caption of the original post so I'll just talk about the process which was... honestly torturous. I actually don't like too much textures and effects on things (wild, I know) and this one and Out of Bounds are ones where I kind of preferred it pre-texturising.

The text on the side is the official in-universe report of the event, detailing the casualties, the valiant actions of Gryfon's knight before he died and so on. There's also spoilers in there :>

My main struggle with this art style is how it always ends up slightly TOO sharp and crisp in a way the just a blur filter never can correct. There's not a lot of immersion to break, to be fair, but I think this still does it a little. I need to get more comfortable doing the lines with larger and softer brushes, and allowing imperfections.

[yutaan]

Chibi commission of the client's characters, two best-friends-slash-lovers-slash-partners-in-crime - Isher, a mischievous changeling river spirit, and Labras, who hails from a mountain kingdom! Labras is deaf in his left ear and thus usually keeps people to his right, so I had fun figuring out a pose that a) showed their fun relationship dynamic, b) kept Isher to Labras's right, c) would work with tiny round chibi proportions (sometimes surprisingly difficult! Chibi limbs are so short!) and d) showed off their BEAUTIFUL LONG HAIR. Y'all know I love drawing super-long locks! :D

[diardri]

Dia's FFXIV Art Reference Notes, A possibly long post

Hello! I made this as a thread on my twitter but I might as well post a version of it here. For the record this will be a thread linking to the resources I use when drawing commissions or fanart, I have not made Any of these and whenever I can I will note the creators and link directly to their resources.

GPose Reference First and foremost, if you're drawing a WOL or ordering a commission of your WOL the most important thing is to take a proper reference GPOSE. I use the method in this post, to make sure I got all the angles. Clean refs are super important when drawing armor/intricate outfits so take care to take simple standing poses like the one in the tweet above. Cool dynamic poses might be fun but they're not really useful for referencing.

Gear/Weapon Reference

If you need good references for a weapon/outfit that you don't have a GPOSE for, I recommend using the attire website

This is a japanese website maintained by @/chiyo_asa on twitter and if you've ever looked up a piece of gear in the lodestone you've almost definitely come across their pictures.

This is a super rough translation in english of the menu of the website. While it is in Japanese it's very easy to navigate and all the pictures in the site are super high quality and very useful for referencing.

This is my number one source for gear references I haven't taken myself

The "mirapuri" button afaik is for glams they made themselves that they want to showcase.

An important note about this site specifically is that I believe it's currently undergoing an overhaul so Some weapons/gearsets might not be completely transferred in yet.

That being said, the majority of sets from dungeons/crafting/alliance raids/job gear sets etc are sorted like so, which makes it super easy to look for.

There IS also a search function but I'm pretty sure it works only for japanese input.

NPC reference sheets

@xivrefsheets Offers really detailed resources of npc models. They also occasionally accept requests on their ko-fi (closed at the time of writing this)

These are super useful and really high quality, especially for some of the boss refs they've done. As someone who doesn't use anamnesis I go back to their refs very often

Convocation of the Fourteen refs

Maintained by @/Igeyorhm on twitter this site has a nice list of Ascian refs per character in addition to some lore bits for each of them. Also some very useful closeups of the Ascian clothes.

Even more NPC and Boss Refs

I believe maintained by @/MlNRATHOUS on twitter, this site has a really nice array of major NPC and boss references in various angles and with colourpicks for skintone and hair which is super useful. I use them a Lot

Lalafell centric refs

Norirow Note is a super cute blog that showcases glam items/ weapons/ chocobo barding and more.

It is NOT meant to be an art reference, however if you play a lala like me, I find their showcases useful when drawing gear on lalas.

Even if you don't use it as an art ref it's a super cute blog that's just fun to go through AND fully translated in english so I recommend just having a fun time reading through it anyway.

Bonus- Au Ra Scales.

I literally found out about this today but @/saficchi on twitter has made a super detailed angled ref sheet for both male and female au ra scales and I love them for it

Bonus 2 electric boogaloo- TextTools

I use this to import 3d models of specific weapons into CSP if I'm drawing them.

I don't know how useful this is for other art software but it's saved my ass from freehanding titania weapons so in the thread it goes

That's the full list of refs I personally use, if there's more that people want to add please feel free to do so in the comments. I hope it helps people out in their creative endeavors!

[habken]

I hope you don't mind this question and you probably been asked this before.

Who is a character that you have fun drawing but didn't expect to before?

Aoyama ! A friend asked me if I could draw him for his sister’s birthday and I didn’t really have any opinions on the character before, but I got super attached as I drew him :’) his hair is really fun! He’s one of those characters that’s so easy to put into silly dynamic poses, so I always love drawing him <3

[destructo-range]

HAHHSHDSHHSDH im so happy with how this turned out :DDDD this dtiys got me out of art block and even though it took me decades it was super fun! ! !

also the textures and the pose for this were rly challenging but in a good way :D

@bananahkim thank you sm for organising this lol (the og drawing was so amazing as well??? like it was so dynamic jsdhshdsh)

image ID under cut

[Image ID: A drawing of Luz and Amity from the Owl House, Amity wearing her clothes from the epilogue and Luz wearing her Titan outfit. Luz is giving her a piggy back ride and Amity has her arms wrapped around her shoulders with her face next to Luz's. Amity is wearing Luz's hat and Ghost is sitting on top of it. Stringbean is floating next to Luz. There are a few stars dotted around and a rainbow in the background. They are both smiling. w/.End ID]

[6okuto]

hai everypony. used some of u and ur ocs as my muses for a little (big) (rough) spread :3 So u know u r perceived and enjoyed.

if ur surprised because we don't talk um. i recognize ur user and or did some tag lurking so. hey... um. Hey...... tags and notes under the cut!

@khalixvitae - KHALIX ! do not know this guy At All but i decided to mix things up and use him!! if u have any thoughts to share abt vil i'm all ears! >__<

@sweet-milky-tea705 - JAYCE! yasenia. smoking duck gif. is anything else needed 2 say... i didn't forget her ears i just. upside down. hair. and. giuspelazpe

@koyukiki - Leon Kennedy. LMAO he's literally the most random guy on here. "why hoseok da bus driver" vibe LIKEHEEBFHSB but u know. hiii koyuki!!

@shobvrry - wehehehe... hiii friend,, little shoto for u!! :3 do u like the placement of frozen joke bear. get it. bc. because. he. and. get it

@dira333 - kENMA!! this is evidently Not the thing i wanted to give u but. this has taken a while and i actually want 2 redo the other thing so. haii dira!! \o/

@satorisoup - tHe Only self ship other than me on here. based it on ur existing self ship comms and picrews.. R ur eyes green. like. ..IMCRYING . ROCK ON LENE!

@last0bread - !! azalea has SUCH a cool + unique design!! she's also quite satisfying to draw?? LOL. i also like doodling flowers so thanks for letting me do that :3 🩷 /silly

@mustddart - oh my god i didn't know u changed users and just got so scared. I rock w these guys. i don't know their dynamic i based it solely on this post (& it being percy) but I ROCK W THEM!!! U r one of the people i recognize by user btw. Hiiii stay awesome!!!! 🩷🩷

@luv-indigo - SOOO lovely!! loved reading about nadine and seeing her in each step ^__^ !! i recognize u by user too. Haiii all ur art and ocs r super nice and cool!!! 🙆🏻‍♀️🩷

@vaultureculture - bro i am rocking w this design so hard. elvia is stunning like okkk???!! leander i see u. i get u 🙂‍↕️🔥 phlomis is also Awesome i love the dynamics and story going on IM ROCKING SO HEAVY!!

@kandy-katz - omg. i did the chibi first and by the time i got to the last empty space i realized sol was the only one who was a sole (haha) chibi and !! 😭 i felt so bad bc his full design is SO SO cool so he's here twice. HE'S AWESOME!! 🩷🙆🏻‍♀️

@dreamtydraw - smoking duck gif. apple bag trio.. lOVE THEM!! 🩷💌 wasn't originally gonna do all 3 but i saw this pose and thought it was silly and fun.. yeagh. all ur ocs are always so lovely and unique!!! everypony reading this go check dreamty on itch.io and play all 5 games NOW!!!

@evanox - SARA RAAAHHHH!!!! saraahhhhh!!.???? haha get it. ...just looks like i spelt ur name wrong. Let's carry on. MAEHWA!!! 😭🩷🩷 worked off jayce's art I hope she looks ok. sage is drunk and saying something stupid /affectionate Idk what.. hehe she's lovely!!

@anonymous-eggy - Big Fan of masks and i love this one. HIS DESIGN IS SO FUN!! i finished drawing them the fastest fr fr i want that shirt so bAD and their hair is so nice yeahh i rock w az HEAVY!! 🩷🩷

@someiicecube - cannot overstate how heavy i rock w esther. u hooked me at an awesome stunning design and reeled me in w reading too many romance books and wishing it was him. so me. SO COOL!!! 🩷🩷

da process........

yeahgh. 👍 i wud like to draw some for real in the future but actually if i draw anything in the next few days my brain will explodeo.

[moonpie016]

Announcement about the Heart squad. :D

Sooooooo, I wanted to say that I kinda wanted to actually organize and structure this ask blog into what I initially thought.

What does that mean? Well! I didn't plan for it to be about Mind, or a Mind hurt blog. No.

I thought about the joke of Heart ORIGINALLY making it a Mind hate club. But, he changed it last minute in the request of Mind. As seen in this panel.

(Where Heart changes the name for his other half.)

Now I know it still says the Mind hate club on the sign. But I kinda don't want it to ONLY be about Mind being hurt or anything. Cause it's becoming less motivating, and two, I can't draw some requests. So, that doesn't mean I'm throwing this in the trash. Nah, I still love this idea. But I want it to be about Heart. Because it's also called Heart's social event. Y'know, for socializing with other Hearts.

(Like a get together or introduction sorta speak. :3)

Participation, rules, and other info here ⬇️

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Participation to join the Heart squad/Heart's social event:

Because I see many wanting to join this, I should say how to. Because that's kinda a blank point. To join the Heart squad, these are the requirements:

•Submit your Heart, your own version of Heart with reference (or if you don't have a reference, a description) into the question for them to join.

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Rules considering requests:

•This is a wacky place, but some requests are not of my skill to draw. Like dynamic poses, fighting or fighting moves. So no SUPER big intricate things. Yeah, seeing characters in funny situations is cool, but I can only draw what I'm able to.

•Please be patient if I don't fulfill a question super duper fast, I know that is probably not a worry. But just stating that in case.

•This isn't only about Mind, as I've stated. But I don't mind if you request anything with Mind, or Soul in anything. Just don't only make it about pain. And make it suitable.

•I'm doing this for fun. This is a silly fun idea I wanted to do.

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If there's anything else that needs to be said, I'll add it. But that's all for now!

I hope this is all understood, I just felt demotivated with how it was going. That's why some things haven't been done. But I appreciate everyone who has participated in this.

Ok imma skedaddle.

[cappycodeart]

FINALLY... MY FULL PAGE FOR THE MASSIVE AND SUPER COOL @conanredraw PROJECT!! I got to do a page of the fight scene in chapter 4, WHICH WAS REALLY FUN BECAUSE OF ALL THE DYNAMIC POSES I GOT TO DRAW, HEHE!! Seeing it all come together like this with everyone's unique styles is really satisfying. I hope you can give it a look!

DOWNLOAD THE FULL PROJECT HERE!!

[lightspringrain]

Some Drawing Resources

I saw @freesia-writes asks for some drawing resources and I thought I would share some that help me along the way. List is below.

Some drawing programs (prices may vary):

Autodesk sketchbook (free)

Krita (Free)

Adobe Photoshop ($11 USD A month)

Clip Studio Paint (80 USD a year)

Procrate ($10 USD) For tablet

3D Programs:

Blender (free) - great for learning anatomy and 3D space of a figure.

Maya ($300 USD for 100 days) - used to be a lot cheaper but not anymore.

Books:

1. *** Human Anatomy for Artist: The Elements of Form - by Eliot Goldfinger *** (Must have)

2. Anatomy for Sculptors: Understanding Human Figure - by Uldis Zarins (fan fave)

3. Figure Drawing: Design and Invention - by Michael Hampton

4. Classic Human Anatomy: The Artist's Guide to form, function and movement - by Valerie L. Winslow

5. Classic Human Anatomy in motion: The Artist's Guide to the Dynamics of Figure Drawing - by Valerie L. Winslow

6. Dynamic Human Anatomy: An artist's Guide to Structure, Gesture, and the Figure in Motion - by Roberto Osti

7. Anatomy: A complete Guide for Artists - by Joseph Sheppard.

Online Art Pose References (where to find):

Artstation Marketplace (not free)

Deviantart (mostly free)

Pose Space (pricey)

Gumaroad (not free)

Background:

I actually have a degree in 3D and 2D animation from on the the top art schools in the USA. However, I really didn't learn much about drawing in school. I learn more about 3D/2D programs and how the 3D animation industry works. I learned how to draw/paint mostly on my own.

I started out as a digital artist and still am a digital artist. It not so much the medium in which one draws on but what one is learning how to draw. Much like music - doesn't matter which instrument one is learning how to play, one needs to learn their scales. In art those "scales" are learning anatomy (which nobody learns), color theory (which is my pride and joy), perspective (super hard), gesture and form (super fun once you get it).

Remember, everyone learns differently and at their own speed. Find what makes you want to learn and a fun way to learn for you. Hope this helps! Best of luck on your art journey.

[captainmera]

Uhhhhhhhh

Do you happen to have a tut on how you draw your little poses? Like when you draw you? This is like a very weird question but I am in dire need of help with poses and I absolutely adore all the ways you draw them (and just in general)

Totally fine if not though,😭🫶

STEP.1: draw head.

STEP.2: choose an expression and then draw what you want the hands to be doing/gesturing. (think body language and emotion)

STEP.3: draw body as quick and flimsily as you can using lines in the shape of only C's S's and I's.

if you look at most of my quick sketches or doodles, a lot of the lines are just wonky CSI's, it's called the CSI-method. As a comic artist you just wanna communicate a pose as best as possible without lingering too much. At least if you do full colour + background + character designs + camera work + storytelling + and + and + lots of things... You don't have the time, you just wanna get to next page, tell the story.

And, like...... Allow yourself to draw crappy once in awhile and post it anyway. Idk if you've read my webcomic but there are very obvious pages where it's like WOAH MAMA THAT'S EFFORT and then there are pages where they all look like muppets. But it also makes the cool pages look even more BAMF thanks to it, it gives everything a nice melody and bounce from page to page.

I am inconsistent and I use that to my benefit by leaning into it and letting it punch emotion home more.

it's about communicating a feeling, I think, rather than always being accurate.

I am actually-- really, really, bad at dynamic poses and camera work. Like, legit super bad at it. I bullshit everything, lmao;;; I encourage anyone to also bullshit, and use references if you want! Like go! Whatever makes it fun and less stressful.

see? it's all nonsense but it looked nice anyway haha!

I didn't really consider perspective or anything, I'm trying to teach myself to draw from different angles and it's hard because I like my face-forward-camera lol. But I was focusing more on framing:

so that colours and shadows highlight the scene, so I can say more with one panel than I could with words. It's about the CINEMA~~!

Or, if you close your eyes and then open them. Where does your eyes go? That's the flow of your art. Sometimes it goes in different directions, but there will be key areas your eyes are drawn to. In this image, Hunter will most likely be first, Good! And then secondly Camila, also good! ... Sometimes it's the pizza as second, less good but it still works.

MY POINT IS

THE POINT IIISSSSSS---!!

As long as you have fun playing around with it, you'll learn from it. Don't hate the process, learn from it. If you just relax it'll definitely look better anyway.

My fanart looks better than my serious stuff sometimes lmao, because I put too much pressure on a perfect finish and that just works against the grain of what I'm actually, like, good at doing.

I AM JUST SAYING WHAT WORKS FOR ME.

You should absolutely study backgrounds and perspective and anatomy!

I'm just saying that, like...... It's okay if it isn't perfect. You wont die, people will like it, you'll like it. It's OKAY.

idk if this is what you asked for but I hope it helped.

[suddencolds]

Who are your favorite artists/writers in the community?

THIS IS SO HARD, anon 😭 (but it's a question I'm curious about others' answers to too!) I have some time before work, so I'll attempt to answer somewhat coherently:

i've always admired @hachiibun, in particular for his ability to draw such a variety of poses and pre snz expressions (his somewhat recent post of h/sr snzcanons comes to mind)!! i'm continually amazed by the way he's able to capture nuances in characterization through the little visual details he chooses to highlight. i think he particularly excels at capturing like, the misery/harshness of a snz, and the all-consuming ticklishness of the build-up 😭

@mochindayo has super lovely ocs! i look forward to seeing their snz art and non-snz art alike. i love the way they draw hair in particular—it looks sooo soft and fluffy and i can tell there's a lot of care put into arranging the strands. the characters they draw genuinely look so pretty (even ruined with a cold or allergies, there's always something beautiful to them)??

i need to mention @6pmsoup bc their sketches literally always eat!! i feel like they always have such a tasteful way of like narrowing down which elements to give more dimension/detail/shading to. their art looks simultaneously so clean and engaging 😭 (cheating a bit here and i hope it's okay to say this, but i am also continually impressed by their musical ear and their compositional ability)

i really love @whiskey-tango-matcha's ocs so, so much! she has such an impressive handle on character voices and humor; when i read her fics, i really love how easy it is to get lost in the conversational flow. in particular, elijah and greyson have a super fun dynamic of like, simultaneous prickliness and concern?? it's not something i see a lot, but i feel like i could never get tired of the way they play off of each other 😭

one of the first snzfics i read which like blew me away was actually something @ithadtobesneezing posted to ao3 (i am embarrassed to say how long ago, haha). she has a very good handle on emotional depth 😭 like i feel like she writes with a certain clarity of character; her works carry like this sort of emotional intimacy and sensitivity to them, which always stands out

recently i have been head over heels in love w @vllergy's oc series. i honestly cannot remember the last time i fell for two characters so quickly 🥹 jin and vesen and their dynamic set me on fire; i have not enough words to describe how fun it is to read from jin's headspace. his character voice really shines through in the narration (and some of it is really funny too???); seriously check it out if you haven't already!

[dragoncxv360]

@cosmicfleurs I was your dca secret santa!!!

(Remaking this ‘cause when I edited the original it posted instead of just saving for the scheduled time tomorrow??? 😭 Thankfully I privated the og post before it got reblogged)

I had so much fun drawing your Runaway Royalty Au! I wanted to do a book cover/movie poster style drawing for this ‘cause it felt perfect for your designs. It was def difficult to draw some parts but overall it was really fun

Checked and apparently I spent 28 hours on this lol that’s now the second time I’ve spent that long on a drawing (that wasn’t multiple drawings on one canvas). It def didn’t feel like it took that long. Checked my battery usage and most of it was done in 2-3 hour chunks over the past week or so XD, yesterday (the 23rd, I’m scheduling this post for tomorrow so it’ll be 2 days ago by the time this is posted) was 5 hours tho.

Anyways, I really love your character designs and am super happy you were assigned to me. I had so much fun making the dynamic poses and the background and shading everything. I even actually had fun with the lineart which doesn’t happen super often for me as I tend to find lineart very tedious and tiring to do (I love how it looks tho so I do it anyways). (Also I hope it was ok to add some weapons and magic and that it’s not like conflicting with what’s canon in the au). I was def inspired by like the Voc Machina tv show cover art for this, The Dragon Prince too probably since they have sorta similar artstyles?

(Also I’m glad I was able to get this done ‘cause I got hit with pretty bad seasonal depression at the beginning half of the month and had to make some med adjustments to get outta that rut)

Progress stuff and timelapse under the cut

Also here’s a 30 second timelapse (the full version is like 15-20 minutes long and I almost fell asleep watching it so I ain’t putting y’all through that lmao)

WARNING FOR FLASHING/FLICKERING