ubuuu:

garrys-butt:

qinni:

Semi-realistic Eye tutorial. Hope you guys find it useful ^^

oh my god

this is literally saving my life

salivating

hso-announce:

[image: banner for the Homestuck Shipping Olympics, featuring Nepeta carrying a HSO 2012 pennant]

Sign-ups are now open for the second annual Homestuck Shipping Olympics! (Make sure to read the Wank Policy before signing up.)

The HSO is an event that brings fans together to create awesome stuff and hang out with new people. You can find out more by reading the Info Post and FAQ.  Please only sign up if you can be polite and respectful about other ships; we enforce the Wank Policy very strictly. Sign-ups will be open from now until June 2, 2012.

Furthermore, if you reblog this post AND leave a comment on the Dreamwidth pregaming promotional post with the link, you can earn 5 points for your team!

human-proportions:

From: pachurz:

Some building block references my Life Drawing teacher drew up for us for our Figure Drawing class. Thought I would impart the wisdom.

burdge:

greytaliesin:

A super quick trick for drawing draped fabric that my art teacher taught me in high school.

grapeyguts:

sprite37:

robscorner:

Girly Anatomy Tips 

- WARNING! BIG FILE ON MY DA PAGE TO DOWNLOAD AND ENJOY!

I decided to draw up some tips for drawing girls, since I _think_ I know what I’m doing with them. A lot of peeps have asked for them, so here’s a bit. Will have a male one when I get really confident with the dudes (which i’m progressing nicely in that area), but for now, this will suffice. 

Let me know if there are any questions you have or anything else you’d like me to show you that’s reasonable. But just remember that you have to learn and study for yourself to get the idea. 

REMEMBER, PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE STUDY RESEARCH PRACTICE!

Other Tips:

- Using shapes for your gestures beats stick figure methods! Read this: [link] 
- Draw constantly. Don’t look at what you’re working on, and study it! Learn why certain things connect the way they do, what muscles get tense in a position and relaxed, etc. Don’t just draw what you see.
- Come up with your own visual cues to help you “see” how a form works, like the McDonald’s Arches and Megaman Boot. You’d be surprised how easy it is for you to remember how something looks!
- With women, remember, dainty and curvy lines beats hard edgy lines! No matter the size of woman’s breasts or hips or proportions, these things always apply best: Hands with less lines, thinner fingers and smaller feet. Using line minimally also bumps femininity up if you’re not confident with what you’re doing yet. And curves always! Even on the straightest line, make it a bit curvy.

Hey guys! Save this! It’s crazy useful =D

Oh damn this is excellent. Female bodies are SO NICE TO DRAW weh

inhellsdespair:

greytaliesin:

okay guys someone the other day asked for a bow tutorial so here it is! :> I hope it is helpful.

It’s not exactly the most precise archery information but I included what was relevant in terms of actually drawing—and remember as always, references are great in addition to looking through tutorials

am I even qualified enough to make a tutorial? oh well it was fun

Tumblr made them weeny but the magnifying glass will take you to full view

OY EMILY!

synnesai:

majyyk:

matrixdigivolution:

blackscarves:

dragonsroar:

Since i know i wouldn’t even have the patience to do this unless i made something fancy like this. I’m in an art slump and it’s time to get over it, and if you want, you can do this thing with me.

The point of this isn’t to make a fantastic piece of art every day, it’s to experiment in areas you are uncomfortable with and try out new things.

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Art reference masterposts: X X (trust me, that will be more than enough)

Great art reference tumblrs: X X X X X

Inspiration: Animeclay | fyeahmonochromeart  | theartofanimation | conceptartworld | creativeuncut | fuckyeahillustrativeart

Other fun/helpful things for ideas/my favorites: color-palettes | strike a pose | pixel art tutorials | colorshipping | monster boy/girl generator | art reference wiki | links of inspiration and advice

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Phew! Anyway I hope this little project will help. You don’t have to do it for 30 days or anything, you dont even have to do it at all, I just hope it’ll give you a little inspiration to improve!

Lily, OUT.

oh god yes

i am doing this starting tomorrow so i can finish up my current stuff

im wondering if i should do this and see what happens

oh god yes this sounds like a great thing, i am doing this

hmmm i have the time for this…

otomemachine:

akumyo:

mokoudraws:

mokou:

someting for a friend

i just want to say, for people reblogging this, that this is called the “rule of thirds” and the tips i wrote here by no means are things that you HAVE to do! these are just tips i use for myself, i kind of made up the bubble rule and i dont even know if im using the rule right haha so there theres that! i just like to use it so i know my bubbles have a place to go

examples of me using rule of thirds to separate elements in “Rachael and Penny”

i got the information a long time ago from a thread on penciljack called Storytelling 101, specifically this image

there is tons of information on rule of thirds available, i know eyecager has a post that dips into it …. 

Making note of this. I really need to work on my word-bubble placement. 

pay attention because this shit helps

typette:

doctorscience:

loracora:

My favorite stock artists on deviantArt, for my own reference, but also in case anyone wants some pretty sweet stock images (though most of these people are fairly well-known).

• ahrum-stock has the most insane poses. Seriously HQ dude.
• mjranum-stock has an incredible range of poses, costumes, models, lighting, and angles. Also verrryyyy HQ.
• senshistock has so many stock photos available it blows my mind. Not many different setups, but she always has unique poses and props.
• fairiegoodmother I just think the female model is really pretty.
• yellow-stock more pretty ladies, I’m sensing a pattern.
• felixdeon this dude has some of the weirdest gay fetish stock ever (that’s not true) but he also has an extensive gallery of male nude stock photos which is pretty hard to come by (heh heh come by).

Probably will add to this later as I rediscover photos. Enjoy if anyone is so inclined.

this is very useful

rebloobin, this is awesome and I’ve had a few of these people on my DA watch list for a while now. LIFE DRAWING, PEOPLE.