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Thing from a visual novel project I am working on.
I really need to draw some Suletta soon myself...
tfw u start crushing on ur fiance
To think she got double engaged too.
getting engaged faster than a disney princess
Two sides lol
Swimsuit Himiko Yumeno
Old art I did, I might do another one for Tenko or Hiyoko.
Someone drew Amongus in study hall, so I drew Hiyoko.
‘Xpress-on’ faceplates for the Nokia 5100 (1999)
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I’m coming back, bab-y
Shout outs to the lesser revered brother of Jack Frost.
Noppy from Kirby. The weird enemy that makes you sleep when you swallow it. It’s been a long while, I wonder if anyone still sees this stuff!
Good stuff!
Some doodles!
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Meg here for TUTOR TUESDAY! Today has been hectic so I apologize for it’s lateness. But let’s look at male bodies and body types. I cannot stress enough that this is meant to be provide a few base body types that can then be compounded on as there are a MILLION body types out there. I’ve made anatomy tutorials and muscle/fat distribution tutorials that may help understand this one. This was recommended by @flowerlion-today , send in your recs here or my personal! Keep practicing, have fun, and I’ll see you next week!
Note: This download is free! just add 0 to the price box but any donations will be most welcome ❤❤❤
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Hi guys! The first chapter of the Homework series is finally here! This first PDF will look into basic body proportions, tips on how to draw men and women, body landmarks, the simple skeleton and it will provide you with a homework assignment so you can practice what you’ve learned! Coming up next will be Head Proportions so don’t forget to follow to get notified when it comes out :) I really hope you enjoy this first chapter and thank you for your continued amazing support 🤗 This download contains:
6 Pages PDF
JPG Homework Grid for easy import in drawing programs and Printing
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I'm a spike, but I don't have much money. Should I consider giving up on being competive?
Being a Spike is about choosing something and proving you’re capable of doing it. Be a budget Spike and prove how well you can do within the limitations you set for yourself. Being a Spike isn’t just about winning, but doing so in a way that demonstrates what you are capable of.
Steps to Troubleshoot your goals and to get yourself on a path toward achieving them.
I’ve been asked a few times about how I’ve worked myself into a routine of consistently drawing and painting hours everyday, asking how I’ve developed the discipline to do such a thing. I figured I would consolidate my views into one post. This topic is in regards to drawing, but hopefully you may find this way of thinking to be applicable in whatever pursuit you value.
1. Make a list of things you enjoy doing, list anything and everything that is part of your routine or something you would like to do more but don’t do enough. literally write it down.
2. Now take that list , and we’re going to divide each activity into 3 categories: a. things that we *always* want to be *part of our life* and help us achieve our goals. b. Things that we enjoy doing but can get in the way of our goals. c. Things that we enjoy doing but do not help further our goals, and actively work against doing the things of a and b. 3. Define your primary goal. In my case I will define my goal as: developing the desire to devote the majority of my free time into making art.
Let me take examples from my own life: Relevant Informational tv/movies, with tangible artistic merit, “guilty pleasure” tv/movies, watching unproductive videos on youtube, watching productive videos on youtube, videogames with good artistic merit- low addictiveness, video games that are timesinks without any tangible benefit, exercising, camping, cycling, gardening, cooking, travelling, drawing, painting, hanging out with friends, drugs. Chatting on discord.
You may find it useful to do a time audit to get a better idea of your time spent.
At this point you should ask yourself, how much am i doing from each category and am I okay with this? What activities get in the way of our category A activities, am I okay with those things getting in the way? The activities that are never productive, make an attempt to cut them out of your life entirely, replace them with things that are more enjoyable.
But what if I don’t enjoy drawing?
Do you really not enjoy drawing? Are you certain?
Let’s do an exercise.
I want you to draw me a bird with a human head riding a unicycle ontop of a tight rope! You don’t know how? Even better! Do it. Spend 5 minutes on this.
After the 5 minutes are up, I want you to try to recall everything you felt and thought about while tackling this silly task, and write them down. Now answer me these questions.
Did you find it fun?
Were you being self-deprecating because things did not come out as good as you hoped?
Next time you draw, I want you to try and keep track of negative thoughts that come your way, or when your mind wanders off and starts thinking about dinner, or an upcoming job interview etc. The important thing here is for you to learn what it is like to be in the moment, just simply focused on enjoying things without judgement. When you find your mind wandering, or being riddled with negative thoughts, try a common cognitive intervention such as mindfulness. If that doesn’t work, get up and stretch, maybe do dishes or clean for a bit, maybe go on a walk without your phone, or exercise. Then get back to it! My attempt D:
Process vs. Result focus
The concept of process versus result focus are talked about by successful artists such as Kim Jung Gi and Claire Wendling. Many of us aren’t drawing because of enjoyment, but because we’ve created some type of reward for finishing a drawing.
“I was about to die, so now I’m happy to be alive,” Claire confides. “I don’t care about anything. More people should be thinking about this: it’s nice to be alive, breathing, and drawing.” (https://trojan-unicorn.com/blog/articles/exclusive-interview-artist-claire-wendling)
If you place your value into the results, you will invariably be riddled with pain, because a well cultivated craft is the product of thousands of tiny failed results, learning as we go. 99% of our time with a drawing is spent making the drawing, so why do you care so much about the 1% that comes after?
“Work” vs Reward.
Think about your current routine of drawing. Many of us follow this specific routine of, doing dry things such as anatomy, perspective etc. we can look at our studies as “work”. What do people typically want to do when they finish work? They want to enjoy themselves, so they play video games or watch television. Instead, I am going to propose an alternative approach: Do your work, studies, client work etc. and reward yourself with drawing anything you want. Keep in mind we ultimately do work for ourselves, so think about what inspires you and draw that. Do not worry about the result, you can tear it up when you’re done, but allow yourself time to simply enjoy what you do without a critical eye. Draw a 3 headed goat riding a surfboard and laugh at how silly it came out, push paint around on a canvas for the sole purpose of seeing how colors lay ontop of eachother. Go outside and draw leaves, and lizards, birds and trees. Whatever makes you happy, you’re allowing yourself time to get lost in the craft the way a child would.
A child doesn’t care if their drawing is good, they simply have fun! They’re not stressed about homework, or cooking, or things they said weeks before. They’re simply here, existing in the present moment, getting lost in the sheer novelty of creating worlds with crayons.
Utilize techniques such as mindfulness to bring yourself into the present moment, and draw whatever you want, with no judgements.
The Path of Least Resistance.
This is my final point, and one that may sound more scary than the others. If i were to sit you in a waiting room, devoid of any stimuli, and put a pen and piece of paper in front of you. You will eventually draw, write, do origami etc. We as humans crave any stimulus. This youtube video here may demonstrate my point (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqKdEhx-dD4&t=5s Relevant points are from start of video until 6:05) We are always naturally choosing the path of least resistance for entertainment, and when deprived of easier forms of entertainment (ie TV, video games, chatrooms) we will naturally gravitate towards ones that may appear to be more difficult (exercise, drawing etc). You’re not avoiding drawing because it’s hard, you’re avoiding drawing because you’ve found easier ways to entertain yourself. If you are unable to do things such as tv and movies in moderation, then you need to abstain from them, or make them as inconvenient as possible. Uninstall your games, unsubscribe from netflix, unplug your internet, leave your phone behind. Always have your sketchbook on hand and nearby. It sounds extreme but think back to times in your life where you spent all week playing games or watching random stuff on tv purely to alleviate boredom. Do you feel good or bad about using your time this way? Some additional resources :
https://youtu.be/P-SqvtoRgsI
https://youtu.be/CBnYgcmSJG8 “Effortless Mastery” By Kenny Werner covers these topics and more with far better insights than I can hope to achieve. Wholeheartedly recommend picking it up!
For anyone who wants a free pose-able human reference for drawing
The other day I came across this awesome program by accident (I don’t even remember what I was actually searching for, but on the several times I’ve looked for a program like this I’ve had no luck). It’s cool enough that I wanted to share it.
It’s called DesignDoll (website here) and it’s a program that lets you shape and pose a human figure pretty much however you want.
There’s a trial version with no expiration date that can be downloaded for free, as well as the “pro license” version priced at $79. I’ve only had the free version for two days so far, so I’m not an expert and I haven’t figured out all of the features yet, but I’ve got the basics down. The website’s tutorials are actually pretty helpful for the basics, as well.
Here’s the page for download, which has a list of the features available in both versions.
There are three features the free version doesn’t have:
Can’t save OBJ files for export
Can’t download models and poses from Doll Atelier (a sharing site for users; note that the site is in Japanese, though)
It can’t load saved files
The third one means that if you make a pose, save it, and close the program, you can’t load that pose/modified model later. You have to start with the default model. I found that out when I tried to load a file from the day before (this is why reading is important…). Whether saving your modifications (and downloading models and poses) is worth $80 is up to you.
But, the default model is pretty nice and honestly if all you’re looking for is a basic pose reference it should work fairly well as it is. Here’s what it looks like:
There’s a pose tag that lets you drag each joint into place and rotate body parts. The torso and waist can be twisted separately, and it seems like everything pretty much follows the range of movement it would have on an actual human.
Even the entire shoulder area is actually movable along with the joint! See, like how the scapular area of the back raises with the arm:
The morphing tag is one of the coolest features, in my opinion. It lets you pick and choose from a library of pre-set forms for the head, chest, arms, legs, etc. It has some more realistic body shapes in addition to more anime-like ones. Don’t like the options there? Mix a few to get what you want! Each option has a slider that lets you blend as much or as little as you want into the design.
So you, too, can create beautiful things like kawaii Muscle-chan!!
The scale tag lets you mess with the proportions and connection points of different joints. This feature combined with the morphing feature not only allows more body shape variations, but it also means that you can do things like make a more digitigrade model if you want. (The feet only have an ankle joint, but for regular human poses that’s all that you really need, so whatever.)
Or you can make a weird chubby alien-like thing with giant hands and balloon tiddies if that’s more your thing.
The ability to pose hands to the extent it allows is far more than I could have hoped for from a free program. Seriously, you can change the position of each finger joint individually, as well as how spread out the fingers are from each other. Each crease on the diagram below is a point of movement, and the circles are for spread between fingers.
And to make it a bit more convenient, there’s a library of pre-set hand poses you can pick from as well, and then change the pose from that if you like.
In both versions, you can also import OBJ files from other places for the model to hold, like if you wanted to have them hold a sword or something.
Basically, this program is awesome and free and you should totally check it out if you want a good program for creating pose references.
Some pointers I keep in mind while drawing difficult angles. Posted these on twitter last month.
Hey friends!
For this week’s TUTOR TUESDAY, I tried to go into a bit more detail on legs which I briefly have talked about in other tutorials. If you have any tutorial recommendations send ‘em in here or to my personal! Keep practicing, have fun, and I’ll see you next week!
Art Tutorial Preview
This one was interesting. I’ve seen a lot of tutorials on character expressions, but not really in relation to character’s personality. So I wanted to give it a shot. It’s easy to practice, take two of your characters and have them react to the same scene. Draw Draw Draw, you can do it!
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Hey friends!
Meg here for this week’s TUTOR TUESDAY! This week I go over just a little trick that I like to use when drawing and connecting arms/hands/legs/feet ect. This helps me with foreshortening as well. I hope it helps you folks as well! I have tutorials that talk more specifically about hand/foot/leg anatomy here. If you have any tutorial recommendations send ‘em in here or my personal. Now go forth and I’ll see you next week!
I got a lot of asks about this so I made a tutorial on how I was able to emulate the 80s aesthetic, please keep in mind I’m not an expert and what I put here is just what I personally did. I hope you guys like it and hope it helps
go crazy kids