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not even fuckin risking it at this stage
reblogging this again because it fucking works
I’m not taking any chances.
I HAVE 2 TESTS TOMORROW AND I NEED 9/10 IN EACH ONE PLEASE HELP ME
So easy! Ten 5-step drawing tutorials
“There’s a lot of tutorials that show you how to illustrate with each step but this time we’ve selected tutorials that only take 5 steps to explain! Hope that you can use them in your studies and art! ”
Another splendid fuck-ton of clothing references (per request).
Someone scanned this from a book called “Drawing Yaoi.”
have any tips to quickly and cleanly color art?
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Biggest tip: experiment and create your own technique!
THE FUTURE OF ART REF FOR ARTISTS! AAAHH SKETCHFAB IS FINALLY UP AND RUNNING!
the resource for rotating 3D models, everything from 3D scans of human beings, to eroche anatomy sculptures, 3D models anybody can use and move around to reference and learn from! this is how you’re REALLY supposed to learn, if you don’t have a model to observe in real life this is as good as you’ll get!
some of them are really high resolution, it’s fantastic! 3D scans of people is a good tag to start with but you can go check out anything!
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Yellowfacing
I’ve recently seen a lot of confusion regarding yellowface. People saying “what? I’m not yellowfacing!” or “It’s not racist, I really love X culture!” so I’ve decided to make this post on it.
"What is yellowface?”
Yellowfacing is any time a non-Asian person changes a physical aspect about themselves in order to try to look Asian*. It doesn’t have to involve literally painting your face yellow. Most of the time that’s not involved at all. It can be as simple as putting on a wig and colored contacts or doing full-blown “geisha makeup”. It’s literally anything done in an attempt to make yourself look Asian. There’s also internet yellowface where people pretend to be Asian online.
*Specifically East, South, and Southeast Asian. I see dressing up as Western Asian being put into the category of brownfacing. Please correct me if I’m wrong here.
"Why is yellowfacing bad?"
I really wish I didn’t have to be explaining this in 2015. Yellowfacing is racist as hell because it turns a real life group of people into a costume. It also reduces us to whatever key features someone decides is ~Asian~. If you’ve never had to face the hardships specific to the different groups of Asian people, and never will, why should you get to pretend to be us? You can take off the wig and wipe off the makeup. We can’t.
Yellowface has also been used historically to exclude Asians from acting roles while still being able to cash in on “exoticness”. Asian characters were more often than not played by white people in makeup and prosthetics. You can see this in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Conquerer, The Teahouse of the August Moon, and countless other films and plays. Seriously, there are so fucking many. Yellowface is still being used to this day to give white people Asian roles, notable examples being Cloud Atlas, Ushi Must Marry (a ridiculously racist film to begin with), and a performance of The Mikado in Seattle (also ridiculously racist).
These are all examples of yellowfacing:
(This fucker got surgery look like that)
They are all trying to “look Asian” in one way or another. Some examples are more extreme than others, but it is all harmful and gross.
"But I really love [insert Asian country] and this is how I want to show my respect for it!"
No. There’s nothing respectful about harming the people of the culture you supposedly love so much.
"I’m just taking ~inspiration~ from the traditional makeup of X culture!"
Why do you have to try to make everything yours somehow? Is it really that difficult to appreciate something you’re not part of from afar? Don’t fuck around with aspects of a culture that isn’t yours to fuck around with. You wouldn’t copy from someone else’s artwork without permission, would you?
"But my friend from [insert country] said it was okay and they don’t mind!"
But do they really think it’s okay or are they just trying to make you happy? Do they have issues with internalized racism? And when it comes to people who live and have grown up in countries where they are the ethnic majority they’re not going to recognize racism the same way as those who are diasporic will. A Japanese person born, raised, and living in Japan isn’t going to be as perceptive to racism as a Japanese-American, for example, because they don’t face racism in their everyday life. Also is this person your friend or your excuse to be racist?
"Is it okay to cosplay as an Asian character?"
Yeah, that’s totally fine to dress up as a fictional character as long as you aren’t trying to make yourself “look Asian” while doing it. If you want to use makeup to give yourself big, anime-looking eyes though, go right on ahead.
"What about gyaru and ulzzang?"
This one really depends. It’s not bad in and of itself, in my opinion. I see people doing gyaru and ulzzang makeup without being problematic, but I also see a hell of a lot of people doing it as yellowface because their intention is to “look Asian”. I’m usually pretty suspicious of non-Asians who do this kind of makeup because it’s often indicative of them being weeaboos/koreaboos.
So in conclusion, don’t fucking yellowface. Don’t do it. If you’re not Asian, you don’t get to pretend to be. It upholds a long history of racism and makes a mockery of our struggles, cultures, and identities by turning us into a costume. If you’re someone who has done this don’t get all stubborn and defensive. Instead: stop, apologize, and learn from your mistake. It’s not going to magically redeem you of your actions but you can still make yourself a better person.
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FOR ARTISTS AND WRITERS WHO NEED IT IT’S AMAZING
I know some of you need this! (you don’t need to have giant or tiny characters either. it’s a great ref for everyone!)
Holy shit
Male Body Types Tutorial.
Full Size on deviantART:
http://phobos-romulus.deviantart.com/art/Male-Body-Types-Tutorial-500949383
I love your art style!! Can I ask you a few questions about it? How many years have you been drawing? Is it just a hobby or is it something you do for a living (Because, honestly, you totally could.)? Also could you maybe do a tutorial on how you color your lineart? It's not plain black and I don't know which colors I should use. Or maybe link some tutorials? Also the last eye tutorial you reblogged was amazing, but do you know any in English? I know this is a lot, and I'm sorry to bother you.
Hey hey! It’s okay to ask me anything and always remember you’re not a bother in any for doing so! To answer your question, I started drawing in 6th grade? So about…10+ years? I used to draw a lot back when I started but I stopped after I became so busy with relationships and schoolwork that I hardly drew. I also had health problems to worry about so that added to my long hiatuses too;;;Honestly speaking, drawing is more like a hobby for me probably because I don’t see myself pursuing a career in the arts (since I’m more inclined towards studying medicine) (˘・ᴗ・˘)Coloring the lineart is quite simple! Here’s how I do it usually (bear in mind I use Paint Tool SAI!) :
(I just realized Tumblr shrunk this image but what you should click on is the checkbox that says, “Perserve Opacity”. Then choose a color and a drawing tool like the Pen Tool (on 100% opacity) and go over the lines with the desired color.)If you want to be more creative, you can use the AirBrush tool + Blur tool and different colors for a gradient effect:
Depending on whether you’re coloring your drawing or not, if it’s colored, this is what I do (cause I dunno how to explain it in words):
As for the eye tutorials, the ones I reblogged were from pixiv so I doubt you’ll find much English-based ones there. What you can do is also look “eye coloring tutorials” on Deviantart. There are a lot of artists who provide a variety of tutorials based on different art programs!I hope this helps you in a way! If you’re a little more confused, you can ask me and I’ll do my best to help ya (cause I’m kinda terrible with explanations and such but if you can understand all of that, bless you) ~ ✌(-‿-)✌
Gender posters 1/2
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Was too fun to make.
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Holy shit this is seriously fantastic!!!
At long last, the hip tutorial appears!
Poor neglected hips, such an awesome part of the body but so difficult to do *right*. It really just takes a few plotted landmarks and they’ll draw themselves, promise.
More tutorials and stuff at dianekraus.com
Roses tutorial - translation
Tutorial from here, full size here. Also a reference for Mt. Fuji.
250 ways to say ‘went’
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Some awesome leg tutorials done by n3m0s1s.
Because legs are the hardest thing to draw for me. Seriously, I’ll have a character with an awesome upper torso, then spaghetti legs.