Ella-May

I give myself very good advice. But I very seldom follow it.

[poinsciuri]

when u dont like ur art take a deep breath and remember u created it from nothing, like a god

[alienas]

period costumes ❧ poldark (s01e08)

[briannacherrygarcia]

So here it is, my Mad T Party art book. This sucker is 94 pages of art I’ve drawn over the past four years, and it’s up now new Blurb shop! 

Hardcover Edition

I also made a Softcover for anyone interested

I did what I could to make these books as affordable as possible (this was made for the fandom, so profit was never the goal). Mad T has inspired me so much over the years, as well as the other artists and fanfic writers out there. I really hope the fandom keeps going for as long as possible. <3

[meabhd]

Hoping for this scene in ACOWAR!

[vickisigh]

A woman, a queen, a mother.

Twitter + Patreon + Store

[lagonegirl]

We don’t even need a disney remake of Mulan. Look at this.

I would totally watch more Disney reboots if children from the actual ethnicities were cast in those movies.

[may12324]

Goth Lapis inspired by this super awesome artwork of her here. And featuring a goofy looking Peridot.

I seldom work with green and blue colour palettes, so it was interesting trying to figure out how to make it not a huge eyesore, I’ll need more practice. Drawn traditionally and coloured digitally.

[atalienart]

Just Harry :)

[charliebowater]

Help! I have been trying really hard to improve my drawing skills, practicing almost everyday. I have been watching tutorials and studying anatomy but I can't get my characters to look natural.. They look extremely stiff and blocky... Any advice?? Oh! I almost forgot, I LOVE YOUR ART SO MUCH!!!

GESTURES. GESTURES. GESTURES!

Studying anatomy is fantastic. Whatever you do, don’t stop! I’m going to suggest gestures but that is by no means a suggestion to swap. Just start implementing gestures as well. 

Okay. So. Look at this.

This is a still from Glean Keane animating Tarzan - and it exactly nails what a gesture is. Just a few simple lines that are full of movement and you can tell exactly what the heck is going on. All with a few simple lines. 

Learning anatomy is great - but learning how to implement it is another thing. If I focus too much on nailing anatomy - the drawing starts to feel stiff, exactly as you’ve stated. 

Gestures are all about forgetting what you think you know about muscles and structure and instead drawing what movement in a body FEELS like. That might sound cooky but that’s kind of how I approach it in my head. It’s all about those lines of movement and contrast and CURVES. 

I think loosening up and forgetting about how technically correct a drawing is and instead embracing something rough and full of movement, and looking at how the lines in the human body contrast themselves will do you wonders. Keep learning anatomy, but look at how we move and look the weird shapes we can make with our bodies. Look at the way we slouch and stand tall. The way we dance, the way we run. Sit in a coffee shop and try to draw the heart of someone’s pose in like 30 seconds. 

Observe MOVEMENT AND RHYTHM AND MY GOD THE HUMAN BODY IS POETRY *GESTICULATES WILDLY*

Even just grabbing a photograph from the net and looking at it objectively - how would this pose break down into a few simple lines? It’s so damn simple to look at something this way. You can endlessly improve your knowledge of anatomy and your technical abilities - but I think so many of us (myself included) stumble at the simplest foundations. 

My last suggestion is a wonderful book (videos are floating around on youtube as well) from Mike Mattesi in which he talks about Force. It’s fascinating stuff! I love this example of a simple gesture being built up on. 

I hope at least some of that was useful! Just start small okay. Think about learning the chords before you try and master Stairway to Heaven. 

[cinnamart]

UUH are selkies considered mermaids ??

[cinnamart]

i’ve only made one tutorial (under my tutorial tag)

thank you !! i usually start w/ a reddish color and do the steps above and i keep playing with sliders until the color looks good with the skin :)

[lila-jelly]

my senior capstone is gonna be designing a deck of tarot cards exploring the complications, vulnerabilities, and strength of women-identifying people. super excited about it, here’s the first four :))))) 

[your-perfect-opposite-deactivat]

Proud to be a woman. Today and always.

[meabhd]

Hardcore manorian shipper here. Just felt the need to thank you for the absolutely perfect artwork you did recently. If I could like it more than once I would. Since I can't I'll just stare at it for a while whenever I see it reblogged. 🤤

You are so nice thank you, nice break from people reblogging it and just talking about how they don’t ship them :) (if you don’t like them, don’t reblog it?) In fairness though those people do genuinely counter it by saying they like the art which is lovely but still, I don’t like reading negativity on drawings I do for fun

But I genuinely appreciate this thank you!

[sunshineonacl0udyday]

Rowan Blanchard Speaks at Women’s March LA

January 21, 2017

[meabhd]

WIP WOP

I have two Manon pieces on the go and I’m not sure either are working, but at least her face was in this so I’m going to try and finish but no promises

[assyrianjalebi]