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[astrangebird]

Tldr, I'm taking an indefinite hiatus from patreon and will be posting here less. You can read more here - - >

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[astrangebird]

Unimportant post but I finally deleted my weebly hosted website. But I haven't designed my new portfolio site yet lol so if you liked going to my actual domain it's fucking gone and you get a goofy holding screen for now. If you want to see my kinda ugly personal site where I've been sloppily throwing together bad html featuring a few fav pieces, a blog, and a few weird shrines, I'm at thebirdzone.neocities.org

[scryforstars]

god i hate to do this but i am desperate. i lost my job and don’t qualify for unemployment. my bank account is overdrawn and i have bills due with no way to pay them. most of them are overdue and i have until the 28th to get my balance back to a positive number or else it will be closed out.

if you have anything you can spare, even just $5, it would be a huge relief for me and greatly appreciated. and if you can’t help financially, if you could reblog this post it would be a major help.

my venmo is scryforstars

thank you for even reading this 🩵

$0/$827

[scryforstars]

thank you so much to everyone who’s helped out so far!! it truly means the world. i have enough to get my bank account into the positive, but still need some more to pay my bills, so please keep sharing!!

$270/$827

[scryforstars]

over halfway there!! thank you to everyone who’s helping and sharing! i have a initial interest call with a potential employer today so fingers crossed 🤞

$470/$827

[scryforstars]

won’t hear back until after july 4th so i’m still at a loss for how i’m going to pay the rest of my bills or rent. hoping some local charities can help with the rent part but there aren’t much options for the rest.

if you don’t have/aren’t able to use venmo, i do have a ko-fi as well! i really do appreciate all the help.

$470/$827

[scryforstars]

god i hate to do this but i am desperate. i lost my job and don’t qualify for unemployment. my bank account is overdrawn and i have bills due with no way to pay them. most of them are overdue and i have until the 28th to get my balance back to a positive number or else it will be closed out.

if you have anything you can spare, even just $5, it would be a huge relief for me and greatly appreciated. and if you can’t help financially, if you could reblog this post it would be a major help.

my venmo is scryforstars

thank you for even reading this 🩵

$0/$827

[scryforstars]

thank you so much to everyone who’s helped out so far!! it truly means the world. i have enough to get my bank account into the positive, but still need some more to pay my bills, so please keep sharing!!

$270/$827

[kotori-mochi]

Can't afford art school?

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free, mostly teaches anatomy and how to draw people. But does have art talks and teaches the basics.)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard and teaches you everything)

Aaron Rutten (free, tips about art, talks about art programs and the best products for digital art)

BoroCG (free, teaches a verity of art mediums from 3D modeling to digital painting. As well as some tips that can be used across styles)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free, teaches digital painting and has classes in Spanish)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price. Mostly teaching character designs and simple backgrounds.)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney. Mostly nature art)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Sinix Design (has some tips on drawing people)

Winged canvas (art school for free on a verity of mediums)

Bob Ross (just a good time, learn how to paint, as well as how too relax when doing art. "there are no mistakes only happy accidents", this channel also provides tips from another artist)

Scott Christian Sava (Inspiration and provides tips and advice)

Pikat (art advice and critiques)

Drawbox (a suggested cheap online art school, made of a community of artist)

Skillshare (A cheap learning site that has art classes ranging from traditional to digital. As well as Animation and tutorials on art programs. All under one price, in the USA it's around $34 a month)

Human anatomy for artist (not a video or teacher but the site is full of awesome refs to practice and get better at anatomy)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

📝As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. If you want to go fancy Michaels is always a good place for traditional supplies. They also get in some good sales and discounts. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are usually more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates. Galaxy, Windows, macOS, iPad, iPhone, Android, or Chromebook device. )

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99 usd, IPAD & IPHONE ONLY)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, animation and more. Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Aseprite ($19.99 usd but has a free trail, for pixel art Windows & macOS)

Drawpile (free and for if you want to draw with others)

IbisPaint (free, phone app ONLY)

Medibang (free, IPAD, Android and PC)

NOTE: Some of these can work on almost any computer like Clip and Sai but others will require a bit stronger computer like Blender. Please check their sites for if your computer is compatible.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

"also apologies for any spelling or grammar errors, I have Dyslexia and it makes my brain go XP when it comes to speech or writing"

[animalphotorefs]

Boosting this in case any of the programs and books suggested are useful.

All the photos on this tumblr ad the animal photo reference site I run is another resource available for artists to use!

As long as you’re not using AI to create your art, you can reference / trace / draw / recombine / make any sort of art you want, with any of the photos, for free.

[reo-speeddragon]

There's also MORPHO, a really good book series on anatomy by Michel Lauricella, with very clear explanations and sketches!

And for pose references, there's @adorkastock who shares a ton of them for free, with different models and props, and her website is amazing <3 you can also buy pose packs from her.

[haysey-draws]

Boosting as these free resources are how i learnt to draw. My GCSE art teacher told me i had no future in art and to stop 'wasting his time' with my imagination, which killed my passion for drawing for close to decade! I have NO art training, only what i have learnt from other artists online.

If i can learn you can too!

[astrangebird]

Tldr, I'm taking an indefinite hiatus from patreon and will be posting here less. You can read more here - - >

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[astrangebird]

Just posted the last art there for a while. What’s meant to go public will over the next month but I’m not promising any more art for now. All requests and commissions are closed until further notice. <3

[astrangebird]

Sleepy

[astrangebird]

Pretend that's a mirror in front of them

[astrangebird]

Had fun drawing the hands in this.

Also reminder I'm pausing patreon at the end of this month, I think you can still sign up/pay to see after I'm paused but no new stuff on there after may

[astrangebird]

I love boba the beekeeper your honor

[astrangebird]

He's kinda babygirl ngl

[astrangebird]

My patrons love me (so says the magical thylacine)

[astrangebird]

Hold

[lazysmirk]

Just in case you forget this exists.

It exists.

[dragonofdarknesschaos]

With those “when you want to design a character but you don’t know color theory” posts flying around I thought this would be relevant again.

[secretsivekept]

SLAMs THE REBLOG BUTTON

[niyarest]

there’s also Coolors website that gives you randomized palettes!

[tf2humbug]

Don’t forget ColourLovers, either! It’s a social media-esque site where you can browse tons of palettes and share your own.

You can browse the most popular ones or search for certain colors, themes, and even specific hex codes!

When you find one you like, you can download a wallpaper swatch of it and also select the specific colors it uses to look at more palettes that use those same ones.

ColourLovers is my go-to for when I’m having trouble coming up with a color scheme! It’s also been around for over a decade, so there’s plenty to browse through.

[naamahdarling]

@color-palettes also has a lovely curated collection of palettes to work from!

[astrangebird]

yeehaw boys

doing a new monthly thing with the patrons elegantly called "character in an au" where, you guessed it, they suggest and vote on some characters in a randomly selected au. the first was them hollanov boys as cowboys :)

[astrangebird]

a happy tdov to the quiet ones. to the ones who know it so clearly in their hearts and say it only in whispers. to those who can't be loud. to those who don't want to be. to those who feel like they aren't loud enough but don't know how to be. to the wallflowers, I'm right there with you 💛🤍💜🖤

[astrangebird]

Since there's more Harry Potter nonsense happening, unfriendly reminder to not engage with my work, unfollow me, block me, and then log off and engage with something new if you're an active Harry Potter enjoyer in this big year of 2026.

Thoughts are not crimes, I can not control the workings of your mind or the feelings in your heart, but I can and will remove you from my space and disallow you from engaging with my work if you talk about Harry fucking Potter still.

I've done the stupid thing of going into the comments of posts about the new release recently and seen people begging for absolution, begging for their honest and pure enjoyment of and engagement with the material or fan works without endorsing the creator to be good and allowed to continue without judgment. Let me be absolutely crystal clear; there is no condition of public consumption and engagement that is free from judgment. There is no secret combination of just the right kind of open engagement that won't be judged by someone. This is not unique to the situation but is very important to remember here. If you must engage because you simply can't be bothered to try something new and the knowledge of your support actively doing harm doesn't wilt your spirit enough; shutting up and not posting about it is free and easy and the one way to avoid judgment. Remember that no one can read your mind, but they can read your posts.

I know I don't have nearly the clout or engagement to get hoards of messages like other posters, but know ahead of time that if you come to me seeking absolution you will not find it, even for that, or that, or yes even that. There is nothing you can say to me that wont make me believe that you care more about validation of your interests over the lives and safety of trans people. Period.