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pnfpn

“I have all these OCs! But no story…”

bruh

make a fighting game

k8katbloggity

But what if half your ocs are softys and not made for fighting?

combinecremator

dating sim

clonedroids

this post changed the game

luckycaricature

Hey btw if you don’t know how to program, you should check out [novelty], which is a free Visual Novel creation software. Absolutely no programming required, and it’s super easy to use, I played with it some when I was a teen but the only reason I didn’t do much with it is cuz I made my story complicated and had like 5000 different branching routes that kept spawning new routes and made myself confused LMAO

But yeah, it’s a WYSIWYG with a really straight-forward GUI, if I remember correctly.

It even comes with some free backgrounds and characters and stuff, and this is what it looks like:

Did I mention it’s super duper free? It hasn’t been updated since 2010, but it has basically all you’d need to make a simple visual novel.

Just make sure your DirectX runtime is updated, cuz it can act buggy if it’s outdated, but this program is so old that I doubt it’d even be an issue lol

pixel-cat-1

holy shit

becausedragonage

This is so cool? Can you imagine fanfic in this format?

scripturient-manipulator

shoothisisanemptyblog-deactivat

@becausedragonage @ashidoodle can I recommend Choice Script? It’s like a choose your own adventure coding program. The finished product looks like this, where every option sends you down a different path:

They are literally books you can play. You can even insert your own character’s name and pronouns and that would make writing reader inserts so much easier And as a writer who can not art, writing and making dating sims and games is more convenient.

The coding is also super simple and easy to learn and all it requires other than the program files is a text editor. And just like that you can start typing up like you would your own fanfics or stories. Plus it’s very versatile so you can make your game/book as simple or as complicated as you want, and even implement stats and inventory systems.

AND CHOICE SCRIPT IS ALSO SUPER DUPER FREE. THE COMPANY EVEN PUBLISHES YOUR FINISHED GAME FOR YOU AND GIVES YOU ROYALTIES IF YOU CHOOSE TO SELL IT. THE PROGRAM STILL GETS UPDATED AND THE COMPANY PUBLISHES BOOKS EVERY MONTH INCLUDING THE FANMADE ONES. THERE’S ALSO A FORUM FOR PEOPLE TO POST WIPS AND TALK ABOUT CHOICE SCRIPT AND GET HELP.

star-the-honeybun

And there’s Ren'py, also for visual novels!

theawesomeraccoon

@raimeyl @mexicanesecat 👀

theinvisiblespoon

Holy shit

tnerdbean

Know what I’m salty about?

In all my art classes, I was never taught HOW to use the various tools of art.

Like yes, form, and shape and space and color theory and figure drawing is important, but so is KNOWING what different tools do.

I’m 29 and I JUST learned this past month that India Ink is fucking waterproof when it dries. Why is this important? Because I can line something in India Ink and then go over it with watercolors. And that has CHANGED the ENTIRE way I art and the ease I can create with.

tldr: Art Teachers: teach your students what different tools do. PLEASE.

spookyscaryscouticus

WAIT INDIA INK JS WATERPROOF ONCE IT DRIES????? THE ENTIRE REASON IVE AVOIDED MARKERS MY ENTIRE LIFE IS BECAUSE JNK BLEEDS AND YOURE TELLING ME INDIA INK IS

F U C K I N G W A T E R P R O O F

theshitpostcalligrapher

yall calligraphers out there this is extremely fuckin important if u wanna get into illumination shenanigans because i swear to you there will b discoveries like these^

heres some of mine, pls take with a grain of salt im a total gotdamn amateur:

a lot of the time, the ability for colored ink to bleed will vary wildly WITHIN A SINGLE BRAND OF COLORED INKS. my cobalts bleed like fucking CRAZY compared to my reds, which, when u reference manuscripts that tend to put white ink ON TOP of either red or blue… you see where shit gets real and real annoying.

u can buy an aeresol, fully transparent workable sealant for like 5-10 dollars at your local art store. when i realize a piece ive been working on needs a color on TOP of a bleed happy ink, i give it a layer of this stuff. trouble is it CAN warp the paper so its important as soon as it dries to use heavy things (paperweights, books) to counteract the paper curling.

ink solvent, like koh i noor’s rapido-eeze, is only compatible with SOME inks, but will work on most acrylics. If you happen to be working with sturdy vellum that you have pre-sealed, it can be possible to literally use ink solvent to wipe away your calligraphy mistake like a goddamn bounty commercial

sarahlumweejee

Shit I Learned Working At Dick Blick:

WD40, found at your local hardware store, will remove Sharpie marker from almost any hard surface.

Acrylic inks will show brush strokes in large areas but are waterproof and quick-drying.

Acrylic gouache is vivid, fluid, dried matte, is UTTERLY opaque on black paper, handles exactly like watercolor, and is waterproof.

Putting an oil painting in the sun will turn the yellowed portions back to their original white and wont hurt the painting.

Cheap acrylic paintings will bleach out if left in the sun - get UV protectant spray or varnish. Nicer acrylic paints are less prone to sun bleaching, but they still do. Plan accordingly. Oil paints are much less prone to this.

Solvent-based markers blend together MUSH MORE SMOOTHLY than alcohol-based markers.

There is an acrylic paint medium for literally every effect you can conceivably think of (fabric paint medium, gloss medium, fluid medium, sand medium, fast-dying/slow-drying medium, etc.).

If you’re going to buy student-grade paint to save cash, buy earth-tones (burnt sienna, ochre, etc.); they are made with cheap pigments already, and you wont tell a difference. You WILL tell a difference between student-grade and artist-grade bright colors (all yellows, blues, and reds).

If you’re working with markers but aren’t using marker paper, you need to switch. Markers don’t blend on printer paper, they just layer (even expensive markers).

If you want a glass palette for paint mixing but don’t want to shell out the cash, buy a giant picture frame at Goodwill, take the glass out, and electrical tape it to a piece of foam board the same size for stability.

Hog bristle brushes are for oil paint, sable brushes are for watercolor, and synthetic brushes are for acrylic and oil (but not watercolor because synthetic bristles can’t absorb water).

If you’re going to splurge on any aspect of your creation, splurge on the paper. Get the good stuff - crappy markers/paint/pencils look good on good paper, but not the other way around. (There is more, but these are the big ticket items)

revisionlightning

Watercolors can be lightfast (always check their lightfastness level) but are never light proof. If you want your work to last in a sunny setting, invest in UV reducing glass for your frames.

Test everything together before you use it together on an important project.

Some watercolors made with honey will repel those made with other binding agents when used wet into wet. This can be used to make really cool effects.

Heat tools and hair dryers are great for removing artist tape cleanly from watercolor paper.

Stick your artist tape to cloth and pull it up before using on delicate papers. It makes it a bit less adhesive and means it won’t be as likely to tear paper.

Masking fluids all behave differently from brand to brand so it may take time to get one or two to fit your needs.

Speaking of, masking fluid or frisket is a liquid that can be put in paper and dries to a rubbery substance that can be pulled off. Like masking tape, it is used to make a masked layer on a watercolor or ink piece (though some writing inks might still get under the edges).

Walnut ink is amazing. It acts very much like watercolor and can be used to get amazing sepia scale pieces with watercolor techniques. It is, however, very easy to reactivate.

Some watercolors reactivate and lift more than others. Check each new color you get as this can vary within brands. Most expensive watercolors will have a staining rating on them.

Likewise, some are more transparent than others. This, too, is often listed and is extra important if you’re painting over inked lines.

baqki

OK to make a font out of your own writing

go here

http://www.myscriptfont.com/

instead of printing it off just use this blank thing that way you dont have to scan it or anything

so fill that out by pasting it in any art program and whatnot

then save it and upload it to that site

and itll give you an option to download it

so do that and then install it BAM

dustandhalos

kittenmogu

pickle-inspect0r

ilikedaisiesinthespringtime

I JUST GOT THIS ON MY TABLET IT’S SO COOL OH MY GOD

nakadoo

jupiter24jay

movedtosaucymcfuzzy

zeekist

for some reason it refused to recognize the third page of my letters but they were all pretty unnecessary mathematic things anyway so I’m not too worried. still something to keep in mind though, I hope it doesn’t happen for you!

januarycomicsmonth

paintfont.com would be a good place to go to quickly make a custom font for your comic!

weavingmemories

timon-the-tomato-deactivated201

ehh

It looks just as horrible in real life..even worse with the letter attached…

frickmyrick-deactivated20170811

trveroman

I’ll try this later.

roachpatrol

you can also use alternative alphabets

authorloremipsum

cobalt-draws

Welp. Guess I know what font I’m gonna be using for comics from now on. B)

io-ooc

Welp. Looks like I have to do this now. So I can use this for Tengri’s asks.

keelime-art

For some reason there is no apostrophe in my set, but it still looks cool.

changephase

NEAT THING ALERT

kingloptr

mahouwl

The site is now called https://www.calligraphr.com/en/ but it’s basically the same!

seventeenangrybees

I DID IT!!!

bunnsandbutts

Not sure if I've asked this, butt in regards to your last picture you uploaded and all of your drawings, how do you know where to line up the head/cranium with the rest of the spine in cases where the head is turned or posed?

well that is simple, the head ideally sits in the middle of the spine…

positioning the head is not the difficult part, in most cases ‘artists’ don’t need to make things ‘look’ right but make it ‘feel’ right. specially when drawing idealized and/or from imagination altering proportions and poses is rather common ⁽ˢᵘᵖᵉʳʰᵉʳᵒ ᶜᵒᵐᶦᶜ ᵃʳᵗᶦˢᵗˢ ᶠᵒʳ ᵉˣᵃᵐᵖᶫᵉ⁾

the easiest way⁽ᶦᶰ ᵐʸ ᵒᵖᶦᶰᶦᵒᶰ⁾ is to use the shoulders. Most of the time when drawing poses i will actually place the shoulders first and then draw the head. Maybe try ‘gesture drawing’ as exercise.

salmonmutt

Hey all you artists out there

This website lets you put in measurements (like weight and height) and shows you what a person with those measurements might look like!

Here is the link: http://www.bodyvisualizer.com/

officialposadist-blog

thank u

p3-archive

how do you make ur art look grainy? it has cool textures !

i edit my drawings in Photoscape and i usually go between these “filters”

catsdelightful-deactivated20240

Hey artists, C. Spike Trotman, founder of Iron Circus Comics, just posted an invaluable thread on depicting different types of black hair. I’d do the thing where you screencap the whole thread and post it but it’s just too long (which is great because it’s a whole lot of useful information!) Give her a follow while you’re there.

Anyway, go check it out. I just wanted to save it and share it because I didn’t know how much I didn’t know!

color-palettes

Silent Gold - Submitted by sealofwovenyears

#d47997 #e396a3 #efbba8 #ffdfba #fff3d1

clyde-anti

skin color ref because some of yall non-black poc and whites keep fucking up as if yall don’t know there’s other shades of brown when u racebend for woke points or something

(non-black artists please reblog)

thekao

Sketching Tips

art-res

Wonderful tips on sketching.

Helps you avoid some of the common pitfalls.

nevidimochka

watercolor tips and tricks

some tips and tricks that have seriously helped me in excelling at watercolour

1. PAPER WEIGHT. for the love of god do not use any paper under 110-120 lbs to paint with watercolour, a very VERY wet medium that will soak clean through the paper if it’s not thick enough (most paper pads sold at craft stores have the weight listed on them. printer paper is around 20 lbs, sketch pads will be about 60 lbs, IDEAL watercolour paper 140 lbs+). i use only 140 lb paper for my serious watercolour works. canson and strathmore are my favourite brands

2. there’s no need to have very expensive watercolour paints, but it is important to use something better than crayola. my dad gave me a 24-pan windsor&newton watercolour set when i was 8 and these are still the paints i use today (i was a very careful child, but i never even had to replace my paint pans after almost 10 years either, so this brand, while super expensive, lasts and earns my gold star.) some other cheaper options are: x and x

3. if you’re going to be using watercolours, prepare to use WATER. so many people forget this, but it’s so important to realise this media is meant to look translucent, so you should see the paper through the paint. if you can’t see it, then you’re using the paints as if they’re gouache or acrylics, so try using more water and work with lighter colours.

OKAY NOW FOR THE ACTUAL TRICKS

4. SALT

quite overused in watercolour but it’s so freaking cool it can be pardoned. *remember for all of these effects, you have to use lots of water with the paint for it to work!

5. ALCOHOL/VODKA/HAND SANITIZER IF YOU’RE LAZY LIKE ME

you have to be very careful here because the second image can turn into the first if you use too much alcohol and it soaks through the water and paint gets in the spot, so be sure to experiment plenty before using this!!

but yeah you can use whatever clear alcohol you can find and it does p much the same thing

6. LIGHT SKIN TONES

okay while the darker skin tones are more easily achievable with browns and additional yellows/blues/reds to bring out the undertone, light skintones are hard as hell to make with watercolour because it’s hard to even think of what to mix. think no more!

YELLOW OCHRE + ANY PURPLE = perfect skintone you can play around with. adding more of yellow or purple will give you either cool or warm skin tones you can build up on and layer until they’re the proper value. remember to use purple/cool shadows with skin in compositions with normal lighting!

7. PAYNE’S GREY

and finally to repeat my previous post, use PAYNE’S GREY instead of black for a richer, darker colour in your painting. don’t use black unless your entire composition has warm colours, but even then, try to use a very dark brown instead of black.

8. WHITE

finally, it’s very important to mention this: never use the white watercolour they sometimes give you. EVER. EVER. dilute your paint with water instead to get a lighter value, or else you’re not using watercolour to its full extent (which is something you might struggle with if you’re used to using acrylics or oil)

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that’s all i can think of at the top of my head, but if you have any questions or need further brand recommendations etc, feel free to message me!

mcapriglioneart

how to draw arms ? ?

swagginsloths

holy fuck

shoutsofthunder

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

yes !!

but how much extend

^^^^^^^^^^

gabbyzvolt25

I NEARLY CHOKED

lifeofcynch

ENJFDFNFATFVFDF

linda-belcher

boingmann

A quick coloring practice tip I made for Patreon

Comic | Patreon | Tip

oltasisaman-deactivated20250420

2D-3D Animating / Animation tutorials

MAİNLY 2D right now but i am gonna add 3D stuff in near future

UNDERSTANDİNG OF 2D ANİMATİNG - TUTORİAL SERİES By NookDaemon Films

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxcJez9Ge1Y

2D ANİMATİNG BASİCS

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/92362143526/once-yurumeyi-ogrenmek-learning-to-walk-first

2D ANİMATİNG STRONGLY BASİC AND DEEP BOTH

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/91853863571/animators-survival-kit-just-most-delicious-ones

HOW TO 2D ANİMATE - HANDS ON ANİM FİLM

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/85458229091/heffydoodle-mbt1991-mrcontro-qinni-the

Toonboom Animate Pro 2 - Number 1 2d animating software

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/80913995287/toon-boom-animation-introductory-tutorial-part-1

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/80874920719/toonboom-animate-video-tutorials

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/78885703754/toon-boom-animate-pro-2-video-tutorials-01

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/78885519197/toon-boom-animate-demo-reel

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/78885424784/toon-boom-animate-demo-video-part-1

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/78885121079/toon-boom-animate-pro-quick-demo-video

ToonBoom Storyboard Pro 2

http://tutorials.toonboom.com/storyboarding-tutorials/

Adobe Flash

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76905830420/the-basics-animating-in-adobe-flash-youtube

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76906252914/how-to-make-an-animation-in-adobe-flash-youtube

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76904908268/adobe-flash-the-basics-interfaces-tools-and-tips

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76904736212/animating-a-character-start-to-finish-in-flash

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76982924377/facial-animation-in-flash-lip-syncing-youtube

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76982581373/how-to-make-an-animation-in-adobe-flash-youtube

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76982523064/how-to-make-a-background-for-your-flash-cartoon

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76982394936/how-to-make-a-basic-flash-animation-in-adobe-flash-cs6

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76982324624/flash-tutorial-character-animation-using-symbols

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76982181036/part-1-character-design-in-adobe-flash-cs6-youtube

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76981813005/how-to-animate-walk-cycle-tweened-youtube

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76981612218/symbol-types-movie-clip-or-graphic-youtube

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76981506390/bone-tool-animation-adobe-flash-tutorial-youtube

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76906927553/body-pose-and-motion-animation-in-flash-youtube

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76906801691/rigging-characters-ready-to-animate-in-flash-youtube

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76906716399/adobe-flash-cs5-tutorial-super-mario-animation-hd

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76906622698/how-to-make-a-platform-game-in-flash-cs5-youtube

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76905194048/sound-audio-in-flash-youtube

TV PAİNT - That one dont have tricks much but its fine indeed, especially on “frame by frame” animating

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/80873300036/tv-paint-tutorials

http://www.dailymotion.com/TVPaint http://tvpaint.tumblr.com http://vimeo.com/m/57043308 http://m.youtube.com/user/TVPaint http://www.tvpaint.com/v2/content/article/support/tutorial.php

Synfig Studio - Free 2D animation software

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/77570339430/synfig-studio-home

Educative Digital-Traditional 2D animation video series

https://vimeo.com/87902876

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76884399109/principles-of-animation

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76884351518/animation-principle-1-squash-and-stretch

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76880750374/the-12-principles-of-animation-part1

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76884583612/12-principles-of-animation-explained-with-rayman

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76884449171/12-rules-of-animation

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/78885947417/animation-tutorial-1-drawing-clean-up

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/78881103776/2d-animation-compositing-in-adobe-after-effects

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/78595261580/animation-tutorial-youtube

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76983035015/animating-characters-for-games-youtube

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76982254207/making-of-digital-cartoons-youtube

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76906370569/getting-started-in-art-animation-youtube

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76756732492/everything-youve-learned-in-animation-school-in-song

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/76547109789/pixars-22-rules-of-storytelling

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/71892757469/animdesk-animation-studios

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/64376096817/making-of-tooth-fairy-dreamworks-animation-rise-of

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/64516289666/top-tips-for-budding-animators-animation-creative

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/64517027127/animating-the-incredibles-andrew-gordon-on-15-years-at

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/70991588663/making-digiital-cartoons

FOR STOP-MOTİON ANİMATİON ARTİSTS

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/91853749896/complete-clay-stop-motion-tutorials-by-micheal-parks

http://oltasisaman.tumblr.com/post/91853467741/clay-animation-stop-motion-animation-searching-for

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Lists of Open Source ( free use ) 2D animation Softwares

http://www.the-flying-animator.com/2d-animation-software.html

http://blogtimenow.com/free-lists/best-free-2d-animation-softwares-cartoon-creator/

PLASTİC ANİMATİON PAPER

http://animationpaper.com/

http://animationpaper.com/old-pap-free-download/

PAP Tutorials

http://animationpaper.com/tutorials/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-OOO47ftPg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq6B4wM8dyY

PENCİL ( Alternative to Toonboom )

http://www.pencil-animation.org/

Tutorials

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dli27nJsSM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBpRUgPd5e4

http://pencil-animation.org/wiki/doku.php?id=en:users:manual:0.4.3b:index

SYNFİG STUDİO

http://www.synfig.org/cms/

Tutorials

http://wiki.synfig.org/wiki/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYA4gYho5vo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CggO49WyGwo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Mf9hbft8E

urua

Thank you!!

#ref #animation

chamiryokuroi

so let me show you all this one page i found out while doing homework. i had to do a floor plan for school and then found this

you can get an account for free. even if it only lets you make one plan, you can edit it as much as you want.

you should have no problem making different stuff.

okay so you can do stuff like this one that is what I was looking for

now you must be thinking “chami what the fuck? what can i do with that?”

well if you click one little button that says 3d you get this!

motherfucking 3d view!! but wait! you obviously want to see the insides more right?

idk for painting or editing or reference or whatever, well you can do it and then you get this!

i don’t know if you get why i am so excited but think about the endless possibilities!

ok I know there’s stuff like google sketch up and yeah it is cool but I find it kind of difficult and this… this took me 30 minutes to finish!

And there are so many things!! look at what i did for school

this is just so cool sorry i’ll shut up now.

readableposts

[caps removed and spaces added for accessibility]

chamiryokuroi

This is it, my most popular post ever. Once every third moon I see it gaining notes and I feel as if someone had gone on a heroic quest to bring it back from the darkest parts of my blog history.

severalsunlitmornings

the link above is broken, but the site is called floorplanner.com!!!!

edgebugsrefs

fellow artists,

if you have an ipod or iphone or ipad or whatever then Please download the app “Make a Pose”

it gives you a lil figure like this

and you can make them do whatever you want!! Like

Took me about 1.4 minutes to make this sad little guy it’s Really easy to get the hang of

they Happy

you can change the camera angle so easy too so you can get perspective + foreshortening reference

THIS IS ALL FREE TOO but if you pay $2 you unlock the ability to have two figures onscreen at the same time so you can make COUPLE POSES

AND YOU CAN CHANGE THE LIGHTING,

you can also make rooms and place some objects or characters like so:

YOU WANT A CHARACTER W/ A BIGGER CHEST? HERE THEY ARE

YOU WANT A FRICKIN HORSE?

NEIGH NEIGH MOTHER FUCKER

ANYWAY YOU CAN PAY ABSOLUTELY $0 TO GET THE APP WITH THE ABILITY TO POSE ONE FIGURE AT A TIME AND IF YOU PAY $2 YOU GET TO PUT UP TO 6 CHARACTERS ON THE SCREEN AT ONCE AND YOU ALSO GET A GOTDAMN HORSE. again it is called “Make a Pose” and it’s for iphone or ipod touch or ipad and i cannot recommend it enough

kiwikandy-deactivated20191222

they also added it onto the google play store!!!!

#ref #poses

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