I Sat Through A Full Hour Of A Guy Doing Art Improvement Over Many Many Days And I Am At The End Of My

the gobbeldygook

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Might try this actually, i've got a fair few characters with pretty vibrant color schemes (exhibit a: profile picture

Art Challenge: Draw your OC in Black Light!

Made this colour reference for my server! It isn't EXACTLY right like how it is in real life, but I did my best anyways! free to use for everyone!

haha whoops its past 10 pm so im turning all sappy again

man it really would be nice to do one big long trauma dump ✨lore post✨ because i think its important that i am able to talk about my story and it definitely does have a lot to do with my art journey. however i also dont feel like doing a vent-post style post of any kind is a good idea. all i know is that i want to tell it somewhere. now that its finally over.

if i try to write it into a short story i just know im gonna both dance around it with depersonalized metaphorical garbage and change the truth to fit whatever "chapter format" i will inevitably latch onto.

i know i like to bond with people and see how they became who they are, but honestly tumblr isn't the place for that kind of sharing from me, at least not right now. we'll see in a few years, maybe.

simple little ref sheet guide with some tips relevant for any amount of detail! With Art Fight season around the corner they're some good things to keep in mind :)

other miscellaneous tips

if your character has detailed markings that need to be accurate (like tattoos), place the reference for it on a rectangular transparent section so it can be selected easily for copy/paste!

if your reference is for art purposes, try to keep it relevant to art! lore can help, but a lot of backstory text can make it difficult to tell what's important when drawing them

important things to include as written details are heights, weights / body types, pointing out any intentionally unusual proportions, and other things that may be interpreted as an art style (or that your reference may not accurately convey)!

if you can't draw something the way you want others to draw it, you can just insert other photos / screencaps for others to reference!

always have a SFW version. not one with censor blocks over the bits, I mean one that doesn't have the bits out at all. put some underwear on that beast. it's common courtesy.

ADD ALT TEXT. write a description of your character! bullet point lists of succinct traits are clearest for artists to work with when commissioned. having both a written and visual reference makes it possible to verify things

I always open up an older drawing of a character when I start drawing them again. Not as reference, I have all the design things in my head (usually). It's so i can pick the exact colors. Does anyone else do this?

actually, let's do a poll, since I can now.

notice how there are only the lights on the ceiling. the ring of lights.

the night scenes are ALWAYS drawn this way. I don't know how they messed it up this bad. It's an incredible part of the atmosphere and worldbuilding and giving even what could be called an illusion of a night sky breaks that. It makes the world feel so much more generic. Also coming off of episode 9 of season 2 the animation is frighteningly stiff. I'm only in it for the soundtrack at this point. just read it on webtoon if you want to get into the series, please.

tower of god season 2 is the most glaringly terrible adaptation ive seen in a while for one reason. have you taken a look at the night scenes? do you see them in the background? the MOON and STARS???

i guess Rachel didn't need to climb anywhere past floor 20 after all because you can see the stars RIGHT THERE. in fact they're also on floor 3 in the scenes with Khun. It might seem like a minor detail in other stories but that's her whole motivation for the inciting incident of the series.

i don't particularly care about the other things people have been ragging on, but they're valid criticisms too. I'm just unreasonably irritated about this detail because it is central to the entire story. It would have taken LESS effort to not put the moon and stars in the background. Do better.

You are never safe from electrocution. Maelstrom dragons can only really GET YOU if it's wet, so you might think to escape to the deserts, but watch out

Electrum dragons can more easily GET YOU with their static buildup the drier it is, with water being their counter. The safer you are from one, the more the other can attack

makes you wonder if theres ever been team rocket like duos of these guys

Heather I’m so sorry your owner hasn’t logged on in forever I love you Heather you’re the most popular girl ever

hey dont cry. one million dragons in the world, ok?

Feathercry

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