Adam Van Wyk

I draw.

[midwinterhunt]

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

[narrettwist]

Homie gonna share this

[penny-anna]

Hi I have a question about Pacific Rim. Given that the sparring is just A way to test for drift compatibility and any activity that requires people to collaborate and anticipate each others moves works, including stuff like multi player video games

Can you test for drift compatibility via improv comedy

[penny-anna]

They are piloting a Jaeger together in my imagination

[penny-anna]

#hate this. im in the shatterdome trying to coordinate my jaegers in the field fighting for the fate of humanity #and these two chuckleheads over here won’t stop doing bits on the open channel #they keep defeating kaiju with slapstick routines and its INFURIATING

yeah the worst part is it's actually working for them

[quoms]

Webtoon's new age rating standards say that a comic can't be rated All Ages if it includes "Fully censored profanity (e.g., #$%^) in a few episodes". Literally more restrictive than 1950s newspaper funnies!

[shituationist]

There will come a point where it will make far more sense to just use your own website as a point of distribution rather than relying on algorithmic aggregators that censor and promote art that appeals to the lowest common denominator.

[shinesurge]

This is already true and was true way before webtoon showed up to profit off of the spaces independent creators built for ourselves! If you'd like to find some comics on their own websites OR some resources for how to go about hosting your own work I post about it at @readwebcomicsgdi ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ here's a small post i made with a helpful resource for getting your work the hell off of webtoon! here's a bigger post someone else made about this sort of thing! we do not have to live like this y'all i am BEGGING

[feathernotes]

I definitely want folks to advocate for their spaces in webcomics and luckily there are more resources out there for folks to do so!

Here is a link to a post from a webcomic resource blog I run with friends about where to host your webcomics, there are A LOT of options out there!

Questions:

Webcomic platforms can help get your comic published when you want something quick and easy to start out! They generally share a few qualiti

Here is another link to website hosts you can utilize if you're thinking of building your own site

https://www.tumblr.com/screentones-webcomicresources/754993885909057536/hostinger?source=share

I recommend following the blog and reaching out to other creators! Webcomics should be all over the net, not holed up on a platform that doesn't give a shit about it's creators.

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[adamvanwyk]

You like babies, right? My lovely wife and I created this book to support Count the Kicks, a non-profit focused on saving babies. Each page is an "Adam Van Wyk" original. If you would like to bid on this book, made with my own two hands, and support a good cause, please follow the link below.

https://www.biddingforgood.com/auction/item/item.action?id=339516169

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Soccer practice

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Star Wars the Next Generation

[straight-out-of-wakanda]

Girl by Guzz Soares

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Uhura?

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Capes Kafe Drink & Draw : New Year Edition January 14, 2016

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[brianmichaelbendis]

Dungeons And Dragons #8, June 2011, cover by Tyler Walpole

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Capes Kafe Drink & Draw: Star Wars Holiday Special - December 9, 2015

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Capes Kafe Drink & Draw: Halloween Edition October 14, 2015

[adamvanwyk]

Animation Basics: Thoughts on Walk Cycles

Let take a moment and talk a little bit about a basic piece of animation – the walk cycle.

The Ups and Downs of Animating a Walk Cycle

On one hand, walk cycles may seem boring… it may seem like a lot of work and a whole lot of steps (no pun intended) to get a character from one place to another.  It would be easier to have everybody on roller skates, right? On the other hand, the good thing about animating a nice walk is…it is a cycle.  That means once you have animated each leg, you can repeat your drawings over and over again. Let’s take a look at some great examples of recent walk cycles I’ve found and a classic sketch to talk more about animating this basic character movement.

Well, a walk cycle can tell you a lot about a character.  Look at the walk as an opportunity to tell your audience more about your character.  Each of us has our own walk, determined by out size, agility, age, etc.  Then, add onto that, each walk can tell you about what a character is thinking.  Are you walking quickly with determination?  Are you dragging your feet with reluctance?  Are you bouncing along in joy?

http://illustrationforanimation.tumblr.com/post/129930580905/different-kinds-of-walkscool-little-animations-by

  Walks Can Convey Emotion

Walks can be funny, sad, inspiring, cringe-worthy and so on.  When a character walks somewhere in a film, they usually have some kind of purpose.  What are they doing?  How do they feel about it?  A walk to meet your true love at the door will look a lot different than a walk to a prison cell.

  Walks are really, really hard to animate!  To animate a convincing walk, so many body parts have to work together.  If the character has a cape or long hair, that becomes an additional challenge.  Walking is such a simple thing to do, but such a complex thing to break down into 24 drawings per second.  Each step, we are falling forward, only to catch ourselves at the last moment…and then we do it again…and again. This applies whether the subject is human or animal…

    http://illustrationforanimation.tumblr.com/post/129433934290/katieomeara-ive-had-werewolves-on-the-mind

Have you ever animated a walk cycle? What were the hardest parts? What did you think was easy? Tell me in the comments, I’d love to continue the conversation.

http://adamvanwyk.com/adam-vs-art/links-and-resources/animation-basics-thoughts-on-walk-cycles/

[adamvanwyk]

Hello, sketchbook...it's been awhile...

[adamvanwyk]

Looking at Expressions in Animation from the Movie The Secret of Kells

To help with expressions…

http://livlily.blogspot.com/2011/12/secret-of-kells-2009-main-character_8443.html

I love the movie The Secret of Kells for many reasons, but the animation is one of the the things that makes it a stand-out film.

This is a link to a model sheet for a character in The Secret of Kells named Brendan. The movie has a very clean design and it is easy to see what the animators are doing to create different emotions.

Notice the different emotions you get from having the eyelids go up, down, touch the pupil, etc. Try drawing him in a few different expressions…what is happening to the shapes?

This whole site has many amazing model sheets from different animated movies. I would recommend exploring the contents to see if there is a style that appeals to you.

  http://adamvanwyk.com/adam-vs-art/looking-at-expressions-in-animation-from-the-movie-the-secret-of-kells/

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[iablmeanie]

DAMN I need to go buy some Doritos now!!

[adamvanwyk]

The man behind these awesome posts...”Doritos Troll” Mike Melgaard...

http://m.snopes.com/2015/09/23/doritos-troll/

[adamvanwyk]

Three Animated Trailers To Watch - Avril Et Le Monde Truque, Cuphead and Maze Runner Promo

AVRIL ET LE MONDE TRUQUE – 2015 Trailer (French)

Here’s the first trailer for animated feature film “Avril et le Monda Truqué” by comic-book artist Jacques Tardi and JeSuisBienContent studio (Persepolis). Directed by Christian Desmares & Franck Ekinci. This looks amazing! Just like the comic book…

  Cuphead Trailer E3 2015

This one is a preview trailer for a game called Cuphead with a fantastic Fleischer Studios feel to that made me go “Wow!”.

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials | The Flare Virus Explained

And finally, it’s not a trailer so much as a teaser video that helps flesh out some of the world behind the Maze Runner movie/book series, but it is cool animation and it’s also from the Iowa-local studio Grasshorse Studios. A very fun, stylized animation to promote the movies.

  http://adamvanwyk.com/adam-vs-art/links-and-resources/three-animated-trailers-to-watch-avril-et-le-monde-truque-cuphead-and-maze-runner-promo/