messiness is an art

Blondie // Slytherin // Aquarius // Writer Instagram: blondeslytherine Commissions are open! Commission Info AO3 Kofi Holiday Fic Contest!

[mcapriglioneart]

how to draw arms ? ? 

[swagginsloths]

holy fuck

[shoutsofthunder]

holy fuck is right… but… does it work with legs???

[mcapriglioneart]

yes !!

[empresspinto]

but how much extend

[thunar]

^^^^^^^^^^

[kvothe-kingkiller]

[gabbyzvolt25]

I NEARLY CHOKED

[lifeofcynch]

ENJFDFNFATFVFDF

[deactivated-blog]

finally. i can be accurate

[shiny-charming]

This is too fucking great to not reblog

[wishem]

I give it MASCLES

BIG MACHO

[keithislactoseintolerant-deacti]

🤣🤣

[urhella-gaychloe]

LMAOOOOOO

[fernacular]

Okay but for anyone who legit wants to know how to calculate it correctly:

The elbow joint on average rests a couple inches higher than the navel, so if you measure how long the distance is from the middle of the shoulder to that point then you have the length of the upper and fore arms!

[fernacular]

So if anyone’s wondering about legs too, the simplest rule of thumb is that the length from the top of the leg to the knee is equal to the distance between the top of the leg and the bottom of the pectorals:

And I wanna stress that when i say “top of the leg” i’m not talking about the crotch (please don’t flag me tumblr it’s an anatomical term) i’m talking about the point where the femur connects to the pelvis, which is higher up on the hips:

It’s easier to see what I’m talking about in this photo of a man squatting: 

So yeah if you use that measurement when using this technique you should get fairly realistically proportioned legs:

But remember! messing with proportions is an important and fun part of character design! Know the rules first so you can then break them however you please!

[im-a-hyperion-vault-hunter-deac]

HOW THE HELL DID I FIND THIS POST OMG

[erasaure]

[i-am-corbin-dallas]

Licherally in the midst of drawing a guy and crying at how bad the arms are. Thanks Tumbles

[drrockbell]

I only ever saw the part where people started drawing the limbs outrageously long and genuinely wanted to know how to fix that, so I’m really thankful to see the rest.

[midnight-spectrum-again]

Love this

[fotobilog]

[iwillreadyourbooks]

STOP! Let the little penguin cross your dash he has places to go.

[rebelmeg]

I just sat here and waited for a pixel penguin to waddle across my screen, AND I WOULD DO IT AGAIN

[ikimaru]

he’s.. distracted

[wilwheaton]

(via 6ljbjnnssv551.jpg (750×879))

[lil-red-apple]

It's not too soon right ?

[ikimaru]

“Ah yes. Me. My boyfriend. And his six foot tall space wolf”

(based on this tweet fjksd)

[nora-holleran-archive]

i bet finnpoe's canon in the rwrb timeline

[ikimaru]

part 3!

weird stuff’s happening dun dun duun 👀

first | part 2 | to be continued!

[softblockwashere-deactivated202]

Would also be really annoying if they wore heat resistant gloves to throw back the hot tear gas canisters and if this got shared to all those protesting…

[honestmerchantsailor]

Would be a further shame if people started covering cameras (as seen in Hong Kong, with protestors using poles and rakes to lift cardboard boxes over security cameras), blinding drone optics with laser pointers, and flooding police-run reporting apps with junk data.

It would be a shame if the protesters noted that plainclothes cops can be identified a number of ways, such as wearing steel-toed boots; an armband or wristband of a particular color; driving white, black, or dark blue cars with concealed lights; or having the outline of cuffs visible in the back pocket or the bumps of an armor vest’s shoulder straps under their shirt.

It would be a shame if the protesters began making their signs out of inch-thick plywood to stop rubber bullets, forming a tight shield wall to prevent police from singling out and mobbing individual protesters. It would be a shame if the people behind the shield wall held up umbrellas so that tear gas canisters fired over the heads of the front line will be bounced away. It would be a shame if protesters began constructing improvised armor vests out of duct tape, hardback books, and ceramic tiles.

It would be a shame if protesters started wearing safety glasses, hard hats, respirators, and gardening gloves, all of which can be found at the same hardware stores as the plywood. It would be a shame if they started using traffic cones (the kind without the hole in the top) upside-down buckets, or other improvised lids to contain tear gas by placing them over the canisters.

It would be a shame if protesters learned that police scanners are legal to own in the US, allowing them to learn where police are moving and what routes they intend to take. It would be a shame if they discovered that these scanners can be used to send as well as receive, allowing them to flood the scanner frequencies with noise.

All this would be a terrible, terrible shame.

[wendell-or-something]

a word of caution about the plywood though… I just reblogged a post earlier today saying that if a rubber bullet hits that and shatters it, the splinters can put you in more danger. depending on how you’re holding it up, it can also damage your arm if you’ve strapped it on somehow, and carrying a shield can make you a target for them to shoot things at, so it might actually be safer on the whole if you don’t try to construct a shield, counter intuitive though that may seem.

[caitas-cooing]

It’d be a shame if I reblogged this and people read it

[solaredarisen]

It would be very annoying to share a former LARPer telling how to make a better shield than using plywood

[ikimaru]

“what are you?”

local mermaid is confused by cute human

[sizvideos]

[iamjacofalltrades]

gdirtydime19:

Damn I REBLOGGED This so FAST… and will keep doing it…

So real! And the public and media ignored this fact for the longest!

[ikimaru]

hERE just have this

(based on this post and I’m sorry lmaoo)

[ikimaru]

first encounter? 8′)

[saphore]

your last words before you die are the 3rd line of the last song you listened to. what are we saying ladies?

[blondeslytherin]

Are you really going to close commissions at the end of the month regardless?

Answered 5/19/20

It’s very dependent on my workload this fall semester. I’ve been able to have commissions open during my school year before because I’ve had an easier class load, but I’m anticipating the need to adjust (at least for a little while).

That being said, there’s no guarantee I’ll close commissions at all. It’s all based on what I can handle at a given point in my life, and I’ve always been able to handle commissions atop school.

Thank you for the question! And just a reminder, I know everyone is struggling right now, so I’m absolutely open to talking about prices (and will most certainly have lowered prices if you talk to me about it). If my writing can help someone at this time, then price/money isn’t a factor for me.

[blondeslytherin]

Until when will commissions be open?

Answering this on: 5/14/2020 for reference!

Honestly they’ll stay open probably til around August so long as I go to my fall semester on time. If I don’t, well, they’ll stay open longer. I’ve got a lot of free time on my hands right now so commissions are absolutely open and welcome!

I also know people are really hard hit during this crisis, and that literature and art is what folks often turn to. I’m 100% open to talking about prices for commissions since I know everyone is struggling and doesn’t have the income they were used to relying on. If my writing happens to brighten your day and make life easier right now, I’m more than willing to talk things over with you to make it work!

Overall, they’ll be open for awhile. I’ve got nothing but time right now

[sleepy-time-tea-bear]