It's What You Told Yourself

40+ years of caffeine and questionable choices

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Guo Pei | Fall/Winter 2017 Couture

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[iguanamouth]

the unfortunate truth about drawing scales is that they never really get less annoying to do and getting better at them only means you get to draw more complicated ones

the way they generally work for me is i tend to follow a pattern of larger, flatter scales following the tops of arms and leg surrounded by smaller, rounded support scales - i try to use a lighter touch on the pen pressure while filling in the scales so the outlines end up more distinctive

this works basically the same for the head!

for the longer stretches of body i tend to use the interlocking u’s, starting with one row on the widest part of the body and building downwards

copying and pasting isnt a perfect shortcut, especially if you have a lot of curves, but it DOES save a chunk of time

they dont have to be perfect!! honestly the hardest part is getting them to be even, and that just takes a lot of practice. remember that theyll fold in a bit as they get closer to the edge of the body if you can manage it ( which is hard ) - the closer the thinner, which helps give the illusion of curving. uhhh hope this helps

[frommylimitedtravels]

More from Watershed Park - 1/21

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Poem Bangkok Timeless Collection Chapter V: “Sonnet Of The Moon”

[the-evil-clergyman]

Illustration from Queen Summer, or The Tourney of the Lily and the Rose by Walter Crane (1891)

[weltenwellen]

Joy Harjo, from “Becoming Seventy”

[requiem-on-water]

In the Heart of the Dark Night (1898) by George Shiras 

[met-islamic-art]

Tile Panel, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Islamic Art

Fletcher Fund, 1975 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Mosaic of polychrome-glazed cut tiles on stonepaste body; set into mortar

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/452791

[met-european-paintings]

Echo by Alexandre Cabanel, European Paintings

Gift of Mary Phelps Smith, in memory of her husband, Howard Caswell Smith, 1965 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Oil on canvas

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435829

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A Charm Bag for Protection from Curses, Evill Spirits, and Ill Luck

Witch Power Recipe (x)

Traditional Witchcraft:

A Cornish Book of Ways

—by Gemma Gary

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© | Jez Timms (Do not remove credits)

[yesterdaysprint]

Altoona Tribune, Pennsylvania, January 7, 1939

[met-american-decor]

Side Chair by John Finlay, American Decorative Arts

Purchase, Mrs. Paul Moore Gift, 1965 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Maple

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/1817

[met-american-decor]

Drapery Tieback, American Decorative Arts

Gift of Harvey Smith, 1983 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Opalescent glass

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/14247

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Venus in her Chariot - from The Tempest, Edmund Dulac

https://www.wikiart.org/en/edmund-dulac/venus-in-her-chariot-from-edmund-dulac-s-illustrations-to-the-tempest

[michaelmoonsbookshop]

Old King Cole’s Nursery Rhymes [1901]

illustrated by Byam Shaw 

[shiftythrifting]

Couldn’t find this listing again, but the seller was VERY indignant about “time wasters” not taking this dreadful moss-covered couch off his hands.