For The Last Time, You CANNOT Pet The Sensory Management Companions. They Are Grown-ass Adults And Work

Instead of doing the work that I was supposed to do today, I decided to illustrate one of my biggest pet peeves.

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

WOWZA i am going to be struggling for a long time to improve my art i realize. literally every artist i look up to and try to learn from has super thin lineart and lots of detail but i keep falling into thick lineart. i have to fix that but its so hard. maybe i need to get my eyes checked out.

the gobbeldygook

Creature

as some of you who pay more attention may know, i have made quite a lot of dragons. so many. and now, i have FINALLY come up with a good name for their world. so now i can loredump without it being confused for the dragon fact blogs (love those guys btw)

any coming posts about my personal silly dragons will be tagged "#dragons of keppel" and/or "#keppel lore"

not sure if all art of them will be, but some will.

AHEEM HEEM can i show you horrors that will melt your bones? oh please please please??

the creature urges are strong tonight and yet alas i cannot go sprinting around a college campus on all fours or else someones gonna get security on me

kindred

thank you tumblr very cool