Piñata of the party

 • i draw stuff • 

[shrylia]

art resource masterpost! (2019)

A list of links to all the art resources I’ve compiled since I was thirteen, from Tumblr/Twitter/googling around. They’re not all specifically drawing-related but I’ve personally found them helpful to my art + actively used or learned from each of them. Links marked with a star (★) are ones I use often, or find the most helpful!

compare heights of human figures

textures

hairstyle photos, search by colour/style/etc.

★ pinterest of tons of character design & anatomy ref boards

models.com: just modelling news/photography but nice for portrait reference + diverse faces

★ tons of tips on drawing: @grizandnorm​ and also @etheringtonbrothers​ (also on twitter and instagram)

tips for drawing backgrounds (layout & perspective) - thomas romain

selective colour tool in photoshop (helps balance out colours) - @genicecream

going from B&W to colour using photoshop curves - @genicecream

quickposes: pose library for figure & gesture drawing practice, timed drawing

wetcanvas: forum for object/still life photo references

tons of varied human poses, can sort by pose type/age/body type/etc. (warning for nudity)

★ lookbook.nu: fashion lookbook, can sort outfits by style, occasion, etc.

timed and randomized photo references for figure drawing (warning: nudity)

easy lineart in photoshop - @okolnir

guide for facial expressions - @lackadaisy

tons of pose photography, categorized by pose - senshistock (deviantart)

more timed photo references: figure drawing, animal drawing, hands and feet, faces

★ PDF of the animator’s survival kit by richard williams: comprehensive book on animation fundamentals

adobe kuler: adjustable colour wheel, creates cohesive 5-colour palettes

★ perspective grid in photoshop - @chuwenjie​

interactive 3d models: human models & wooden figurine

youtube playlist of various art tutorials/speedpaints/etc. - @erinye

integrating lineart into flat colours - @dinduarte

twitter thread of general art resources (technical/fundamental skills) - @jovaline​

tips on drawing backgrounds - @jovaline​

simple nighttime lighting - @japhers​

tips for drawing kissing - @mud-muffin

★ mapcrunch: randomized (or editable) google street view, great for environment photo reference

catalogue of theater costumes sorted by clothing item/time period, great for historical clothing reference

google’s we wear culture: information about & catalogue of fashion/design/art collections

one perfect shot database: film screencaps, can organize by shot 

typefilmgrab: more movie shots

stretches to stop artist back pain (more important than half this list)

dynamic clouds - @amiamihan​

avoiding empty/“dead” spaces in comic panels - @hammpix​ 

tips on simplifying drawings for clarity - @hammpix

guide on making webcomics - @velinxi

twitter thread of storyboard/comic art resources - @nilaffle​

creating depth and distance in backgrounds - @mathiaszamecki​

★ croquiscafe: youtube channel that simulates figure drawing sessions (warning: nudity)

★ large PDF of storyboarding tips - @jimmortensen

another colour picker for harmonious colours

★ google drive folder of art book PDFs (anatomy & figure drawing) - @jijidraws

designdoll (free program for download): adjustable 3d human figures, better quality than online sites

[egoofmrblue]

"Now and forever

I'm the king"

[egoofmrblue]

before:

after:

(didn't make it to the blue period challenge tho)

"eien ni tte"

[etiennelux]

the queen of Oz is a trans lesbian and she’s dating Dorothy

[etiennelux]

reminder that Ozma and Dorothy were Special Good Bedroom Friends

[tikkunolamorgtfo]

You mean she was a… friend of Dorothy?

[space-feminist]

this illustration from The Road To Oz has already shown up in the notes but i dug out my copy to take this photo and i feel like i have to share that yes this is in a physical book i owned and read as a child:

(dorothy left, ozma right)

[onvochn]

Apparently, she’s also a socialist queen

[breadrolling-in-gravy]

love her even more now

[egoofmrblue]

please feel free to download and color these. will upload more coloring pages (hopefully)

tag me if you colored it, okay? <3

[egoofmrblue]

i've got my mind on you

just a personal project of mine (and a study at the same time)

sadly this isn't portfolio worthy

(comms still open)

[egoofmrblue]

You found me, little red

from

to

little red cap & big bad wolf

speedpaint is here :)

[thecollectibles]

 Art by Davood Moghaddami

[thecollectibles]

San-greal Quest by lei lawliet

[asmeesh]

The wildfires have been turning the sun red where I live.

(There's a story that goes with this. Read it here.)

[l-ouroboros]

Tigers, tigers!

[chirmartir]

Ch💓

[headspace-hotel]

i have a weird appreciation for Baroque artists, in particular Francois Boucher and Peter Paul Rubens, for depicting the human body in lush detail at a time that predates the standards for bodies to be thin and airbrushed with no wrinkles or cellulite

it’s just really interesting to me

so many the things women are taught to hate about their bodies—pudgy bellies, fat rolls, double chins, and cellulite—used to be ideals of beauty shown in depictions of goddesses

[mindblowingfactz]

There is a method of growing rhubarb known as “forcing” where the plant grows in complete darkness and is tended to in candlelight. It grows so quickly during this process that you can hear it grow. [1, 2]

[silent-calling]

Thanks! I hate it.

[dannysphototherapy]

What kind of horror movie shit is this?

[yourladyindank]

P l a n t

[selkramazed]

I didn’t think it was possible to make a torture chamber for plants and yet

[zeedikay]

Anyways, here’s a soundcloud link of forced rhubarb:

https://soundcloud.com/rhubarb-rhubarb-rhubarb/a-mass-of-popping-rhubarb

[association-of-free-people]

[glass-galleons-anchored]

Who tf figured that out though?!?

[uncle-beanbag]

The British.

They ran out of ways to torture people so they invented ways to torture plants.

[nightbringer24]

I’m trying to look up the history, since bean said it was the British, and he’s right since it was first done in 1817 in the Chelsea Physic Garden, originally named the Apothecaries Garden in 1673 by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries for plants for medicinal uses, which rhubarb was used for as well.

As for the why… I think it was just one of those old things of “why not?”.

[nightbringer24]

I found a website that describes it, and it is interesting.

Especially this part:

Specifically, it’s noted that rhubarb thrives in cold, wet weather which, jokey stereotypes aside, is pretty much what the weather is like in Britain for several months of the year. In addition, it’s noted that rhubarb grows especially well in nitrogen rich soil which is also quite handily found in abundance in Britain.

This all brings us to the whole candlelit harvesting thing. At some point, farmers realised that rhubarb’s trademark tartness could be eliminated if the plant was grown in the dark at a certain stage, and that the act of doing this actually made the stalks of the plant taste sweet, negating the need for sugar to be added to dishes containing it.

With this information in hand, farmers quickly developed and subsequently refined the process of growing rhubarb in the dark. For example, it was eventually realised that rhubarb could be “forced” to grow by subjecting an immature plant to frost, which nobody had ever really tried before since frost is normally a death sentence for many plants. However, with rhubarb, this merely, as one rhubarb expert notes, “makes the rhubarb crown break its winter dormancy and stimulate the conversion of starch stored in the rhubarb crown to glucose”.

Normally this glucose is used by the entire plant during growth. However, by putting the rhubarb in total darkness at a certain stage, the leaves of plant will be anaemic and wilted, resulting in all of that delicious glucose being left in the plant’s stalk, hence why rhubarb grown in this manner is so much sweeter than rhubarb grown via more traditional means.

Naturally, once this was discovered, farmers began growing rhubarb in specially constructed “forcing sheds” which were kept in total darkness and kept warm by whatever means they had available. Prior to this, the rhubarb was and still is simply left in a field for around two years to allow the roots to grow while periodically being covered in nitrogen rich fertiliser.  In the 18th century, the fertiliser used was mostly manure and something known as shoddy (essentially discarded woolen fibres) sourced from wool manufacturers. Today, however, farmers mostly use manure which in addition to being cheap and plentiful, stops thieves stealing the rhubarb.

[dapenguinninja]

oh fuck that soundcloud link. imagine hearing this in the dead of night

[conspiring-limabean]

some of my favorite soundcloud comments

[egoofmrblue]

Pink

((comms open))

i'm on twitter :")

[egoofmrblue]

Taiga Kagami - August 02 birthdayboi

youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8xBFly_Seg

[egoofmrblue]

forest throne for plant hoes

you're all kings and queens

(commissions open btw, i was hospitalized in April and used a huge amount of money. would love if i can do commissions for you to get back my hospital expenses heh)