Welcome to my art blog! Sometimes I reblog art tips I see but mostly I post my own art. I'm the official artist for the Rolls of Fate podcast! My commissions page is a WIP (hopefully coming soon!)Â
Finally back again! This took... once again, longer than I expected, but my tablet doesn’t work all the time, and it’s been hard to work around. But I managed to get it done even with the obstacles, and... hopefully I’ll be posting this closer to when I finished it than I did the last one (image IDs are not easy to write though lol)
Now that I’m finished with this reference sheet for Evie I’ll be starting on Iris soon- I have most if not all my references down, just waiting for my tablet to decide to work again. Anyways, onto the image ID!
[Image ID: Image is a reference sheet for Evie Castle, a white trans girl vampire with very pale skin, freckles, orange eyes and red-brown hair. Her hair is short in the back with a longer swoop on the right side of her head in the front, also with a very small braid on that side. She always wears a black choker and two piercings on her right ear, she is usually wearing a skull-shaped necklace, and her nails are painted black. Overall there are four full-body poses of Evie on the left side of the canvas, and on the right side there are six busts of her
The first full-body pose of her has her standing leaning slightly to the left, she is smiling and one of her fangs is just barely poking out, and she is holding her sword over her shoulder with her right arm. Her sword is flame-bladed, and it has a blue gem on the bottom of its pommel. She is wearing a short/cropped brown jacket over a cream colored shirt, blue jeans and brown boots.
The second full-body pose is of her standing leaning very slightly to the right, her arms are crossed and she is smiling. She is wearing the same brown jacket as before over a dark red shirt with darker blue jeans and the same brown boots. She is still wearing her skull necklace but she is also wearing a black bandana.
The third full-body pose has her leaning to the right, her left arm is straight with her hand curled into a fist while her right hand is placed on her hip. She is wearing a black leather jacket over a dark blue shirt with a skull on it, dark grey ripped jeans over fishnets, and black platform boots. She is still wearing her skull necklace, and she has black lipstick and eyeshadow as well.
The fourth full-body pose has her leaning very slightly to the right, but only barely, and both her hands are on her hips. She is smiling with a fang sticking out slightly. She is wearing a white dress, it’s cold-shoulder with a frill at the top. She is wearing black flats. She is not wearing her skull necklace
The top left bust is of Evie looking excited, smiling widely showing off her fangs, and her hands up and balled into fists over her chest in excitement. She is wearing her white dress. She is not wearing her skull-necklace.
The top right bust is of Evie looking scared and upset, and she is crying. Her right arm is raised defensively in front of her. She is wearing her brown jacket over her cream shirt.
The middle left bust is of Evie looking confident and determined, leaning forward and to the left, once again grinning widely and showing off her fangs. She is wearing her black leather jacket over her dark blue shirt with a skull. She is wearing her skull-necklace, black lipstick and eye-shadow, and black aviator sunglasses are propped up on top of her head.
The middle right bust is of Evie looking annoyed or frustrated, and she is wearing her brown jacket over her dark red shirt with her black bandana and skull necklace.
The bottom left bust is of Evie in bear form, she only has her piercings and her skull necklace visible, her black choker is hidden by her fur. You can also see the gem and a bit of the pommel of her sword sticking out behind her, as if it is strapped to her back. Her bear form also still has the front of her hair but without the braid, and her fur is a slightly more dulled color than her hair.
The bottom right bust is of Evie in bat form, once again she is only wearing her piercings, choker and skull necklace, and she still has the front of her hair.
Neither the bear nor the bat are to scale, the bear is shown as much smaller than it would actually be and the bat is shown as much bigger than it would actually be (in reality, the bear should be at least a third bigger, and then the bat would be only slightly bigger than the bear’s nose as she is a bumblebee bat)
Behind the set of full body poses and the set of busts is each a square of pastel purple; above the orange rectangle of the full body poses is “Evie Castle” in orange lettering. In the bottom left corner is handwritten “TinyTieflingDM”, in the middle of the date “06/21/2022″ typed out, and under the bottom right corner of the orange rectangle of the full body poses is handwritten “@ArtisticAromantic”
There are two more images, but they are just the first one separated into just full body in the first and just busts in the second, though the date and watermarks were copied over to be shown under the busts as well for that one.
So... I technically drew this 3 years ago but forgot to post it. I think I was going to clean up the end and make a nice recap, but I ran out of steam and then just left it as a wip for years. I got reminded of it because I was talking to a friend about how to draw wheelchairs today.
This covers most of what I view as the most common errors when it comes to drawing characters who use manual wheelchairs. I hope it helps you a lot.
Image description is in alt text, but there is a back up image description under the cut in case that does not work for some reason
[image description: a 4 picture long wheelchair tutorial. the background is white and the text, when it appears, is black and in calibri. each step will be labeled with "Step #" and a description of the drawing next to it, and "text" and then the text that is written to explain it to follow.
Step one text: So, you want to draw a character who uses a manual wheelchair? Awesome! I can't approve more. Drawing characters who use wheelchairs is a bit different than drawing standing characters, because of obvious posing differences. But to start, you need to know what parts of a wheelchair you will draw. So, without further ado, here are 3 wheelchairs!
Step one image: a simplified drawing of a chubby woman sitting in a quickie GPV manual wheelchair and resting her hand on the handrim of one of the wheels. this is labeled "the artist"
step two: next there is a lineart drawing of three wheelchairs. one is a tilite TR series 3. this is an ultralight wheelchair with a bucket seat (the back is lower than the front), a big cushion and a short backrest that kind of contours to the back of the person who would sit in it. the caster wheels (front wheels) are very small and the footrest is just two little metal bars. next image is a quickie GPV. this is also an ultralight wheelchair with a low back, but its caster wheels are slightly larger, the back has regular upholstery (it does not look like it was made to conform to the back of the person who sits there) and the frame is boxier -- there is no bar underneath the seat where the wheels would attach, rather each wheel is attached to the side of the chair. the next wheelchair is an invacare tracer. it is how most people imagine wheelchairs when they hear 'wheelchair'. it has no cushion and it has a high backrest with handles. it has high armrests that would be comfortable to rest your elbows on if you were just sitting. the wheels are not bicycle wheels like the previous two but are rather plastic. it has big footrests and big caster wheels.
text: the wheelchairs on the left are the ultralight, sporty kind. I have one of them (the quickie). the one on the right is a more standard one you might find in hospitals or as the public wheelchair in grocery stores or the mall.
step three: first is text to accompany the tilite. "This wheelchair has a really thick cushion - it's pressure relieving, which you need if you use your chair ufll tiem and especially if you have a spinal cord injury. This wc has the smallest caster (front) wheels. They are hte most handy for turning in small circles." next there is text to accompany the quickie gpv: "This one has the one I use -- it isn't pressure relieving, but is still useful." next is text to accompany the invacare: "this wheelchair has no cushion - you do not want to sit on it for long. This one has the biggest caster wheels - they are useful for not 'tripping' when your front wheel gets caught on an obstacle.”
step four text: like with all complex drawings, you want to break it into simple shapes first. I normally have a box underneath the seat, a rectangle for the backrest, and a trapezoidal thing for hte area from the box to the footrest. these are the most important shapes, because your character will rest on them and they will move with your character.
step four image: the lineart of each wheelchair has been put on reduced opacity, so we can see the square representing the backrest of each seat (the square is the smallest for the tilite and biggest for the invacare), the box for each seat and area underneath it, and the trapezoid for the footrests. the next step labels the images of these simplified shapes as the lineart is removed. "Note the proportions of each set of shapes is not the same - just like how you wouldn't draw all your characters with the same proportions on their faces!"
step 5: we see the same shapes to form the wheelchair, but now with blue circles drawn where the back wheels would be.
text: next shape is the wheels - two circles
step six: next we see the wheels and shapes have been reduced in opacity and the basic structure of everything about each wheelchair: footrests, caster wheels, upholstery details, axles has been drawn on in orange.
text: the next stage is everything else that's structure - front wheels, handlebars, cushions, footrests.
Step seven: we see the lineart on top of the lowered opacity sketch.
text: you can then do detailing like axles, spokes, upholstery, etc and lines
step eight: next we see three drawings of different characters. there is patience, a skinny white woman sitting in a blue invacare wheelchair. kelley, a slightly chubby black woman wearing a stripey dress sitting in a red quickie gpv wheelchair and doing a wheelie while smiling. then luke, a white man with short blond hair wearing khaki pants. he is sitting in a tilite chair.
text: once you get your wheelchair basics, you need to find out which kind your character uses. here are three characters who each use one of the example WCs. patience uses the invacare. she needs one with a better cushion, but circumstance prevents it. Notice the chair is a bit wider than her hips - it's not custom fitted. Also notice she has to turn her elbows out awkwardly to move. the high armrests prevent a smooth push. her wheelchair has big caster wheels and far-back back wheels. it is made for stability and difficult to turn,but also difficult to knock over. Her chair indicates a lack of resources or temporary injury, and is primarily a transport chair
kelley uses a wheelchair like mine - it is fairly sporty, but has a box-y frame underneath. this makes it heaver than if it didn't.she has a mediocre cushion - it protects her, but only some. her back wheels are further underneath her body than Patience's, which makes it possible to do the wheelie (demonstrated here). her wheelchair is supposed to look line one you'd use full time, but it is a little old.
luke has a spinal cord injury. he has a very thick pressure relieving cushion for medical reasons. his chair is also ultralight, with no boxyness under the frame. his chair is the newest and lightest - it indicates his wealth/resources, but also that he needs to use on full time.
step nine: just a drawing of me sitting in my wheelchair holding my hands up to show fingerless wheelchair gloves. we're looking at me from above.
text: when you're choosing what wheelchair to give your character, think of both their disability and their resources and go from there. questions to ask yourself: is it made specifically for them or is it mass-produced or a hand-me-down (if it's custom, the seat will not be too wide or narrow in comparison to their body and their feet will rest on the footplate naturally). do they want more stability (further back back wheels, big caster wheels) or maneuverability (the inverse). do they need a pressure relieving cushion? how long are they using their wheelchair per day? how long have they needed a wheelchair? Do they have health insurance? do they have access to a lot of spending money? How much can they spend on their wheelchair? are they athletic etc etc
posing steps:
step one: a sketch of two people standing up. one just shows the outline of a person's body, with legs that are ind of triangle shaped, the other shows a sketched pelvis and rib cage to go along with the bones of the legs and arm. text: step one: Most people have this sketch anatomy they put before drawing their characters for real. I kind of scribble around like on the left, but some people use skeletons on the right.
step two: there are now too sketched pictures of people in wheelchairs. one shows lightly traced human form (arms articulated, curve for a stomach, legs that are kind of triangle shaped and pointing down) sitting in a wheelchair that is just the sketch of footrests and wheels. the other sketch shows the sketch of a body with a circle for hips and an oval for a rib cage and the person doing a wheelie (lifting the front end of the wheelchair off the ground and leaning back). their wheelchair is also sketched out and defined by a circle for their wheels and 2 lines, 1 of the seat and 1 for the backrest. text: you need one of those for your wheelchair character. important: they should have both the person's main anatomy features (Usually upper body and at least hips) and the wheelchair's. for me, these are the back wheels, footrest, and seat. why simplify to just those features? Take a look at this incredibly quickly drawn wheelchair.
step three: there is a lineart drawing of a manual wheelchair with slightly cambered (angled towards the seat) wheels, a backrest, and a footrest. the frame is light and there are no handlebars. there are labels pointing to different parts of the wheelchair: Backrest, handrims, wheel, axle, seat, footrest, and caster wheels (the ones in front). text: there are a lot of parts, and not all of them are essential to your pose. trying to draw the whole thing straight out of the gate will frustrate you.'
step four text: take a character in heavy armor: if you draw her pose without taking her armor into account, her armor will clip through her body. if you draw a wheelchair using character without keeping her wheelchair in mind from the beginning, the pose won't make sense.
step four image: next we see two lineart drawings of different characters. one is a bulky woman wearing plate armor. her hand is on her hip and she is trying to scratch her back with the other hand. there is the label "shoudlerpad clips through face" and "thumb clips through chestplate." the next drawing shows a woman in a wheelchair with one foot rested on her knee and her arms rested back, such that they would be rested on the back of a regular chair, but the back of her wheelchair is not wide enough for them to actually be resting on anything. the text here reads "elbows not resting on anything" and "foot not on footplate"
step five: there are two images, one is lineart on top of a 3d modelled apartment with sketchup, the other is a colored in version of that lineart with the background also colored in and no longer a 3d modelled screencap two characters, one old woman wearing a green jacket and one younger woman wearing a white shirt and blue undershirt, are sitting on a couch. the old woman is leaning forward and the young woman is resting her arm on the couch. behind the young woman is a bookshelf.
step five text: you may say you'll just draw the chair first and then the person, but while that works for regular furniture, it doesn't work as well for most manual wcs. take this comic panel with characters on a couch for example - I 3d modeled the room and then drew the characters on the furniture. it works because you don't move furniture in most poses - you rest on it. but your wheelchair needs to move with you, especially if it's an ultralight one.
step six image: there is a flat color drawing of barbara gordon in her wheelchair. she is wearing a black sportsbra and black shorts. in the first image we see she is doing tricks in her chair, zooming through the air (as if she has just launched herself off the ground in a skater park or somethign) while her left hand is resting on a structure and her right hand is heading towards the right handrim. the next image shows her right hand planted on the ground and her chair and body above her, such that she is briefly doing a one-handed handstand, but the motion line indicates that she is moving and this will not last. her left arm is near the handrim of her left wheel.
text: take exercise Oracle - she is doing tricks. Her WC is an extension of her body. That is crucial to getting natural looking manual wheelchair users after posing.
step seven: we see a lineart drawing of paula from young justice. she is sitting in a standard manual wheelchair with high armrests (goes up to the bottom of her ribs probably) and a high backrest (goes up to just below her shoulderblades). she is setting her hand on the armrest, leaning forward, and holding her other hand out.
text: of course, there are exceptions - if you have a clunky WC, it is harder to move with your body. Take Paula from young Justice - here, i drew her resting her hand on her armrest, because she has a clunker wheelchair. her pose is already mostly static - she's sitting down - and she poses around that.
So happy to finally be back! I’ve been working on this for a while, but it’s finally here... my reference sheet for Briar! I’ve been really trying to work on and improve my art style and i’m really happy with and proud of how far I’ve come.
As of posting this (which you can tell i procrastinated on doing, because i finished it on the 2nd and now it’s the 10th... whoops lol), I am currently working on a reference sheet for Evie, so if you’re a fan of the Rolls of Fate podcast and enjoy her as a character, keep your eyes peeled for that! I’m hoping to get it out a lot faster than the time this one took lol
[Image ID: Image is a reference sheet for Briar Valentine, an individual that has brown skin with freckles, curly black hair, and purple eyes. He has multiple scars; one across his face going from under his right eye across his nose and then up his face, one on the right side of his neck, one on his right shoulder, a small round scar in the middle of his right hand, multiple scars on both arms, as well as a scar on his right leg. Overall there are four full-body poses of Briar on the left side of the canvas, and on the right side there are six busts of him.
The first full body pose is of him in his standard outfit, which is a torn and patched-up brown trench coat worn closed over a dark reddish brown sweater, grey pants, and black boots. He is also wearing his teardrop shaped lapis pendant, several silver piercings, a black ring on the ring finger of his right hand, and round glasses with red lenses. His hair is up in a ponytail. In his left hand he is holding a take recorder, and he is holding it up in such a way that he might speak into it. In his right hand is a gun, his arm is down and the gun is almost tucked behind him, as if to attempt to obscure the view of it.
The second full body pose is of him standing in a slightly more casual pose, his legs farther apart and his hands tucked into his coat pockets. His coat is open here, and under it he is wearing a grey sweater and dark brown pants, along with the same black boots. He is still wearing his pendant, piercings, and glasses. His hair is still up in a ponytail. He is looking off towards his right (so to the left).
The third full body pose shows Briar from behind. His coat is the main focus here, and you can see that it has patches on the back as well as the front to help hold it together. He is wearing the same black boots and glasses with red lenses, with his hair still up in a ponytail, and he is once again looking to the left of the screen, though he is facing more directly that way this time.
The fourth full body pose is a much more shy pose, with his legs partially crossed and his arms in front of him, hands clasped together. Unlike the other three full body poses, he is now wearing a red dress with cold shoulder sleeves and a long ruffly skirt that is slightly longer in the back than in the front. He is wearing what appears to be the belt from his coat over the dress as an accessory, as well as his lapis pendant, glasses with red lenses, black boots, black ring and his usual piercings. His hair is also down, instead of being up in a ponytail. He is wearing slightly more noticeable makeup, with his lipstick and eyeshadow both being red now. He is smiling shyly and looking towards the ground.
The top left bust is of Briar in his outfit with the red dress. He looks distressed or concerned, and he is gently holding his right shoulder with his left hand.
The top right bust is of Briar in his outfit with his coat and brown sweater, he is facing towards the left and looking very frustrated as he has his eyes closed and is pinching the bridge of his nose between his fingers.
The middle left bust is of Briar without his coat, but in his grey sweater and with his hair up in a ponytail. He looks frustrated or even angry, his expression is a mix of a scowl and a grimace, and he has his hands out in front of him in some sort of hand motioning gesture.
The middle right bust is of Briar once again in his dress outfit, he is looking to the right in a shy or flustered manner and has his left arm folded up as he is holding his face in his left hand, though it is mostly obscured by his hair.
The bottom left bust is of Briar still in his dress outfit, though this time without the glasses so you can actually see his eyes which are purple. He is looking mildly shy or nervous. His arms and hands are not in view.
The bottom right bust, the last of the sheet, is of Briar without his coat but in his brown sweater with his hair up, he has his glasses back on, and he has a very unimpressed facial expression. Both of his hands are up, with the middle fingers raised in a flipping off motion.
Behind the set of full body poses and the set of busts is each a square of pastel purple; above the purple rectangle of the full body poses is “Briar Valentine” in purple lettering. In the bottom left corner is handwritten “TinyTieflingDM”, in the middle of the date “05/02/2022″ typed out, and under the bottom right corner of the purple rectangle of the full body poses is handwritten “@ArtisticAromantic”
There are two more images, but they are just the first one separated into just full body in the first and just busts in the second, though the date and watermarks were copied over to be shown under the busts as well for that one.
Soooo... i haven’t been drawing much recently. partially (mostly) because the podcast I’ve been doing all my art for is still on hiatus, but also... I just haven’t been happy with my style recently.
And, you know, I’d been so scared about changing it, but I kinda realized today... why? Your style is supposed to change and grow as you keep drawing- ESPECIALLY if you aren’t happy with a certain aspect of it! Even if that aspect had originally been something you did intentionally and used to like!
So uh... yeah. Hopefully, with any luck, this revelation will be able to kick me into gear to work on stuff again, and I’ll be able to start posting stuff again!
When I do, it’ll probably be updated art/designs for the Evergrove Hunters, as they are, you know, the main characters in the podcast, and the ones you actually see art of in the podcast’s youtube videos.
(Speaking of those... as both the official artist and first editor of those episodes, the format of how the videos look is probably going to change once I settle into my new art style! But, we’ll see)
I have expanded the traditional 4 types; Highspeed, Elliptical, Low Aspect and High Aspect ratio, because they were very narrow and vague categories for the most part, adding High Energy, Thermal Soaring, Night Glider, and Passerine wings. I feel that these extra types make it easier to understand and visualize the differences and similarities between wing shapes.
I’ve renamed Low Aspect to Powered Soaring, and High Aspect to Dynamic Soaring for the purposes of the fact that names made it hard to understand purpose and were easily confusable.Â
A lot of these wing types are also affected by tailfeather shape and size, and that will change their agility and energy expenditure as the tail also generates lift.
Disclaimer: This is in no way intended to be an academic dissertation or proposal, do not treat it as such. It is purely for art and writing references for others, to aid description and inspiration.
It took a long time to complete, but... here’s Chaos! I’m genuinely super happy with how the whole piece came out. (Note to self: When getting back into drawing in general, don’t start off with something super large... like a literal dragon... lol)
As always check out @rollsoffate to find links to the podcast (Episodes release every other Saturday at 2pm PST)
[Image ID: the image is a drawing of Chaos, a large bright blue dragon with green eyes and dark blue horns and spikes. She is sitting on a large rock in a cave with light shining down on her from above, and she is holding a large book in one of her hands. The book has writing in it, but it appears as illegible scribbles. She is looking forward and towards the right where there is the silhouette of a cliff face and two figures. The two silhouetted figures are of Briar Valentine and Martin Field. Briar is standing to the left of Martin on the cliff, he is shorter, and looking up at Chaos very startled. Martin is standing next to Briar, seemingly very calm. There is a small amount of light in front of him coming from his phone’s flashlight. In the top right of the image is the artist’s two watermarks, TinyTieflingDM and @ArtisticAromantic. End ID]
The creator of the original, the animal reference tool, made their own human reference tool which allows you to search based on different body parts and poses!
While I don’t have any more art to post today (though hopefully I will in a couple of days!) I do have a pretty big announcement:
I’m going to be opening up a commissions page soon so I can start taking commissions!
I had originally wanted to wait for a while, as my paypal is under my deadname (as it is still my legal name), but my roommate has offered to let me use zir paypal to take commission payments, so hopefully that will be a thing relatively soon.
It’s been a long while, but with the release of Episode 12, I can finally post some more character art- starting today with this illustration of Damian Glass!
As always check out @rollsoffate to find links to the podcast (Episodes release every other Saturday at 2pm PST)
[Image ID: the image is of Damian Glass, a very pale skinned man with dark brown eyes and bright red hair with an undercut. He is wearing a black suit jacket and pants, with a dark red vest over a lighter red dress shirt, along with black dress shoes. He is standing, posing in front of his light blue car, it’s parked on a gravelly dirt road and there are pine trees in the background. He is looking off to the right and smirking. End ID]
I’ve been getting some requests to make a tutorial on how to draw fabric. It’s really not that complicated when you break it down, but it’s still something people get stuck on and over complicate. Here’s my “bare bones” simple explanation as to how to draw fabric!
How do you draw the alien & dragony feet so well?? I can never get the toes right, any advice?
Sure do! I usually start with a human-ish shape then extend the toes into a dragony shape. Knowing the basics helps when you want to make something new:
A lot of times you can get away with just drawing the basic shape and some nonsense lines to mimic muscles/tendons and it’ll look good!
If you want to know more about how legs work on the inside I’d suggest looking at the legs of emu, ostrich, big cats, deer, and horses. Emu and ostrich legs will give you a look at that scalie/fleshy toe texture. The tendons in big cat paws are very dramatic and have that perfect little M shape to their toes because of their retractable claws. Looking at the leg bones of horses and deer, especially the hind legs, will help you better understand how digitigrade(”backwards” bending) legs work.
Do you ever have something you need to draw but it just takes you forever to actually get around to?... Yeah uh so here’s Doug Barryson.
As always check out @rollsoffate to find links to the podcast (Episodes release every other Saturday at 2pm PST)
[Image ID: the image is of Doug Barryson, a white man with ginger hair, a ginger beard, and green eyes. He is wearing a jean jacket over a dark brown shirt, and he is pointing a shotgun out of a broken window that is in the foreground. The glass that isn’t broken away is dirty and fogged up.]
Had a bit of a slower week last week, as I was struggling with a certain piece that ended up getting pushed to being worked on this week, so I only ended up drawing Evie in her Bumblebee Bat and Brown Bear forms. Pretty happy with how they turned out though!
As always check out @rollsoffate to find links to the podcast (Episodes release every other Saturday at 2pm PST)
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The first image is of Evie as a bat. The bat, which is supposed to resemble a bumblebee bat, has some things to show that it is actually Evie. It has her hair, choker and necklace, and the skin of her wings matches her hair. Her eyes are also orange. She is being held in a large pale hand that belongs to Martin Field, and in the background you can see grass.
The second image is of Evie as a bear. Like the bat, the bear has Evie’s hair, choker and necklace. The bear’s eyes are orange. Unlike the bat, the bear also has Evie’s piercings, and eyebrows that match her hair. The bear is leaning up against a tree, the ground is grass and there are more trees farther in the background]
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