#tutorials by raven

[birdhism]

H A V E Y O U ?

[shelby-takai]

inspired by ronan lynch (the raven cycle)

[kasieli]

someone tell me to stop please

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jk don’t tell me to stop because we all know I won’t

[cordcorvid]

hi! i hope this doesnt come off as a bother or anything . but do you have any mask making tips or tutorials you could reccomend ?? (like for materials, jaw movement, and how to see out of there) im planning to do a raven named Goose :D

ive been finding some resources here and there, but i thought it wouldnt hurt to ask !!!

Absolutely not! I'd love to answer all your questions. :D I have not looked at that many tutorials, I mostly looked at pinterest pictures of raven costumes to see what I can come up with. One that really inspired me to get things going is actually another Tumblr user I found on there who has posted some helpful tips that I followed along with! They too have a raven costume and they got their resin base from the same manufacturer (Crystumes, they have a website where you can shop for their blanks) Since this post is awfully long, I'll do a read more from here on:

The tutorials I followed the most is this one by Rah-Bop:

Rah-Bop has some tips about adding feathers, making foam-feathers, adding claws to your gloves, making gloves or feet. In terms of material: I used the hinged resin base by Crystumes which by itself cost me +/- 200USD, they sent me a pair of customizeable glass eyes and a tongue.

Crystumes has some additional tutorials specifically regarding their masks on their website! Crystumes also lists some of the materials on their website that I used and where to get them (Like the apoxie clay to do the eyelids, the glass eyes etc.) I did mess the eyes up though the first time I did it so I had to order them from delviesplastics.com (As suggested by Crystumes) Since I ordered the base with hinges I'm not sure how to do them myself but I will have to figure it out for the second fursuit I'm cooking! In terms of other material I bought some long rooster feathers and hair jewelry off of Etsy. I bought a pair of long faux leather gloves from Ricardo (which is a swiss second hand online shop) but you can buy the gloves anywhere else or even sew them yourself by tracing your arm and hand on a piece of paper, then trace the pattern twice on any somewhat stretchy material like faux leather or spandex and sew those two together for one glove each. I bought black fur in another Swiss textile / sewing shop named Alja (not sure if it's actually Swiss) since it's cheaper (around 60$ for 4 yards) than to ship fur from America to Switzerland (Which amounts to 100-200 for the same amount). But if you can afford it: Take a look at Howl's Fabrics or Big Z Fabric. Both websites offer samples! I personally don't buy from them as the shipping costs for me are devastating. I suggest looking at general "furring" tutorials or "how to fur a fursuit head" tutorials on youtube. Most of them will tell you to make a duct tape pattern on your base, draw on the patterns then cut those patterns out on fur, sew the fur together then glue to the base. Crystumes once made a twitter post about it as well I think but I'm not sure I'll find it. When cutting fur in general just make sure you keep the scissors as close to the backing as possible to avoid cutting any fur fibers in the process, it will be visible otherwise. I made a fur top / shirt by tracing one of my long sleeve t-shirts onto the fur I bought and went with that. For the back of the head I used an 80s Mullet/Rockstar wig I bought from another Swiss online store. Other fursuit makers mostly sew fur even to the back of the head but my personal Raven fursuit is literally just a mask with a wig to cover the back. Which in turn makes the whole mask less hot. To keep the mask ON my face and to keep it from slipping down I used the adjusteable part of a biking helmet or climbing helmet. and attached it to the mask by using a lot of hot glue, I eventually had to use some stronger glue as it kept falling off. Since the mask was fairly big when I bought it and rather uncomfortable I used thick felt sheets and glued them inside the head as padding material! Foam works as well, whatever floats your boat. I went with felt since I could easily cut some feather patterns into them as a nice easter egg. Not sure anymore what exactly I used to cover the holes by the beak that I see out of, but it was some kind of very fine dark and flexible grid that I bought from the swiss equivalent of home depot. In terms of being able to see: The crystume base has holes between the beak and the eyes that you can look out of or you can even look through the mouth, both works pretty well and the mask allows for a lot of visibility from within- Out of all my fellow furry friends I'm the only one that doesn't necessarily need a spotter since I can see pretty well. In terms of clothing I pretty much sewed nothing by myself and only assembled a bunch of my own outfits that would fit the raven costume. Sometimes I did buy some costume specific stuff from online clothing stores or went into the thrift shop to buy some costume specific clothing pieces. In general, for your first raven costume just go with the flow and try to keep it budget friendly, as your first will unlikely be perfect. And that's about it! Not sure if I missed something but I tried to cover everything as much in detail as I could. Hope it helps!

[littleravenfiberarts]

The Hamster pattern just went live on Ribblr, and it’s ON SALE until April 24!

[imageingrunge]

figured out how to swap face textures in bg3 (◕‿◕✿)

[bluravenite]

HI BOO MY LITTLE DAMP IMP CAT THING KISSING YOU SO VIOLENTLY COLORING TIPS I BEG FOR THEM

I GOT ASKED HOW I DID THE LIGHTING ON MY MOUNTAIN PIECE AND WENT ON A RANT ABOUT HOW I USE COLOR SO IMA PUT THEM ALL HERE AND HOPE THEY HELP!!

a brief explanation of my coloring/lighting thought process below!!

I am by no means a professional nor have a formal education in art (self-taught), this is just how I have observed and learned what works best for my style and works!!

I'll also list some of my favorite resources for color theory and lighting that I CONSTANTLY refer back to!!

The Futur Academy - Color theory for design and art (yt video)

Marco Bucci - color (yt video)

Marco Bucci - light/shadow (yt video)

Marco Bucci - ambient occlusion p.1 (yt video)

Marco Bucci - ambient occlusion p.2 (yt video)

Light Ponderings - light/color studies (yt video)

Marco Bucci - Value Distillation (yt video)

Moderndayjames - Digital Painting (yt playlist)

Sinix design - Value distillation (yt video)

Sinix Design - skin (yt video)

sinix Design - Shadows (yt video)

Cosmic Spectrum art - shading/lighting with layers (yt video)

Dan Hollick - easy guide to belnding modes (article)

I also really recommend watching other artists like Proko and Art comentary/paintovers because it helps you learn more and understand mistakes that you might be making and how they can be improved!

I didn't learn color in one day and used a lot of my favorite artists as inspiration to develop my own style!! (one of my forever favorites for illustration is Cranity (Roxy) and to just have fun and keep practicing, learning, and trying!!!

[elytrafemme]

i need to return to gooby (my pokémon mystery dungeon partner). i miss his dumb face and ineptitude in any group battle. but playing games so stressful...

[kikoeart]

Hi! This is the first episode for my paint over project - the admins of the group "Project Comment" on Deviantart have kindly agreed to let me ask different artists in their group if they would like to be part of these videos.

DM me if you are interested in being in the next one for January 2023

[shelby-takai]

inspired by noah czerny (the raven cycle)

[tonyraart]

Term 19 

[meanbossart]

You're art makes me feral in a seriously ravenous way, both in content, but also quality. A complement that is genuine, but undeniably self-serving. Let me explain...

Content: Your dynamic poses. You make it look effortless, like you have your own little puppets to play with as you see fit. Bodies make sense until I try to put them on paper and suddenly they have too many components. What does the early stages of your art look like? I wish to see their bones!

Quality: The simple hard lines that are fleshed out in shadows and tones, resulting in a true depth that has me constantly frothing at the mouth. I'm sure it's one of those, "trust the process," kind of methods, but pray tell...how?! How do you do it? Please, for us lowly peasants.

Aw thank you so much 😭 honestly this is a style I'm still figuring out the kinks for (I wasn't very familiar with color prior to starting this blog) but It's always nice to know that I'm able to get my vision through somewhat!

You can actually find some timelapses and tutorials here if you wish to see some of my procress. Coloring has indeed proven to be kind of a matter of trust for me so far, and, of course many years of drawing a lot.

I think I' 've somehow failed to mention this before in relation to the way I do light and depth, but I used to draw almost strictly with blacks, whites, and grays. I think that self-imposed restriction did a LOT to favor my understanding of light & shadow and how to use it effectively. So that would be my suggestion if you want to improve that aspect of your own work - try to do more with less!

[canon-in-too-deep]

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Merry Adventures of Robinhood by Howard Pyle (Illustrated)

Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie

Dracula by Bram Stoker

The Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated)

The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Illustrated)

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Illustrated)

The Odyssey by Homer

Tales of Space and Time by H. G. Wells

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (Illustrated)

The Book of Dragons by E. Nesbit (Illustrated)

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne (Illustrated)

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Illustrated)

Leave it to Psmith by P. G. Wodehouse

Lord Peter views the body by Dorothy L. Sayers

The Room in the Tower by E. F. Benson

Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse

The Time Machine by H. G. Wells

Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie

Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated)

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

The Blue Fairy Book (Font Sampler Edition) edited by Andrew Lang

A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott (Illustrated)

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

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[ravenncouture]

⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ ⋆ ˚｡⋆Ways to spend time with yourself ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ ⋆ ˚｡⋆ ⋆ ˚

𓆩♡𓆪 take a walk outside

𓆩♡𓆪 watch a tv show or start a new one

𓆩♡𓆪 cook something! find yummy recipes on pinterest!

𓆩♡𓆪 read a book or go to your local library

𓆩♡𓆪 go to the gym or do a workout from home

𓆩♡𓆪 paint your nails or even learn how to do arcrylics

𓆩♡𓆪 lake a long hot shower

𓆩♡𓆪 create a playlist of your favorite songs

𓆩♡𓆪 listen to a podcast

𓆩♡𓆪 make a vision board

𓆩♡𓆪 clean up or rearrange your room

𓆩♡𓆪 decorate your room

𓆩♡𓆪 follow a make up tutorial. lots on youtube!!

𓆩♡𓆪 meditate or pray

𓆩♡𓆪 have a bath!! try a new bath bomb

𓆩♡𓆪 write a letter to somebody. decorate it and make it cute

𓆩♡𓆪 try a new hairstyle

𓆩♡𓆪 create new outfits

𓆩♡𓆪 watch a movie

𓆩♡𓆪 spend time outside

𓆩♡𓆪 walk the dog if you have one

𓆩♡𓆪 make a list of all the things you like about yourself!! make a list of what you can improve on also

𓆩♡𓆪 Stretch or do yoga

𓆩♡𓆪 say positive affirmations

𓆩♡𓆪 bake something you like

𓆩♡𓆪 do breathing exercises

𓆩♡𓆪 karaoke! sing your heart out!!

𓆩♡𓆪 dance in your room alone with loud music

𓆩♡𓆪 do a face mask or self care

𓆩♡𓆪 take a nap

𓆩♡𓆪 reorganize your closet. get rid of old clothes

𓆩♡𓆪 visit a new place! go thrifting or try a new restaurant.

𓆩♡𓆪 play with your cat/dog/pet. they’d love the attention!

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that’s the end!

thank you for reading! remember to take care of yourself!! you deserve good things, and good things are coming.

xoxo,

raven

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[lif3lessb0dy]

Hihi!!! If you’re comfortable doing it, could I get some hcs of the love and deepspace men with a black reader? (KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK‼️👑💕🫶 😆

hello dear!!! that's good w me and i hope you would enjoy reading it ;3 have a nice day honey! also I apologize that u needed to wait so long

₊˚⊹ ೀ lads boys

╰┈➤ . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ headcanon; black&gn!reader x lads men

cw; kinda first meeting stuff, friendship & relationship w them, not described but bad comment abt u in Xavier's part, cursing in sylus part

╰┈➤ RAFAYEL!

you two met accidentally near the bookshop where u work

he looked at you like you were some kind of work of art and immediately entered the store

„hi, can I help you?” you smiled so warmly and he was mesmerized

„hi, I didn't know that there's such a pretty bookstore” he placed his fingers on nearest book

„actually... I opened it just a few days ago”

he adores your hair and he’s pretty good at doing it too. (thomas thinks he stays up watching tutorials just for you)

also if u speak another language he would learn it (if he doesn't know it already) just to be able to say something in it to u

kinda love at first sight trope

╰┈➤ XAVIER!

you just moved to Linkon City and wanted to start your job in the near cafè

one day two hunters entered and pretty woman ordered two coffees, she was really friendly and you immediately wanted to befriend her cuz tbh u were new here

but her coworker also caught your interest

when you looked into his eyes, you felt a wave of warmth and quickly turn away

suddenly some guy was really dissatisfied with the "long" waiting time for his order and started to loudly complain about it

you were so stressed because you really wanted to keep this job and you were trying to do your best

when this rude man referred to your appearance, you were speechless and almost dropped the cups of coffee

xavier quickly appeared behind him and 'gently' taught how to speak more nicely. the man apologized ashamed of himself

„you are new here?” he asked ���and don't listen to some jerks because you're really beautiful”

that's how your friendship started

if you ever feel not sure about some of your features he would be surprised cuz in his eyes you're so perfect. he probably would search on the internet what to say to reassure you without sounding bad

totally friends to lovers

╰┈➤ SYLUS!

you met through your interest in Mephisto

one day you were walking near the forest and saw a strange raven and you came closer. after this you saw this animal more and more often

your friend invited you to the auctions at N109 Zone and there you finally met Sylus

at first you were as sarcastic as he but when you found out it was his raven you were playing with you felt embarrassed

one day the twins found you and said that his boss wants to talk with u

you were scared asf cuz it's was a fucking leader of a fucking Onychinus

but everything was alright, he wanted to talk about the purchases that your friend made

or maybe it was just an excuse to talk with you?

if you have brown/dark eyes he would say something like „sweetie, you know that red goes along with dark colours” with his characteristic smirk

you can feel 100% safe being in N109 Zone because no one will dare to say anything bad about you

if you had your hair braided I have a feeling that Sylus would like to play with them

„you look so good with braids”

„what did u say?”

„he said he loves you!” one of the twins yelled and started to run away

yup, they started to bet who would be more brave to say something like that

sylus wants to kill them but you always defend your favorite twins

„oh, come on sylus, they're like silly kids!”

„that doesn't mean that they shouldn't have respect towards me”

you can be compared to the boss x employee trope since u started working for him

╰┈➤ ZAYNE!

you started working at his hospital as a nurse

at first he was annoyed by your childish jokes but when you went on sick leave for the first time he started to miss it

„you're not going to say some of your weird jokes?” he asked as soon as he saw u after your absence

you laughed nervously and said „since I know that you don't like them I'll try not to-”

he kinda interrupt you by saying „honestly, i don't mind it”

YOU COULD BET THAT HE SMILED A LITTLE

but after that sentence he quickly left for another patient

he likes your accent, probably would admit it only after long time cuz he's a SeRiOuS doctor Zayne

sometimes he startes at you when he's sure that u won't notice that because he adores your facial features