Hm.

Rune | They/he/she |🎵 If Comical Nonsense Be Somethin You Wish 🎵 very isat focused rn :]

[waterloggedsoliloquy]

Litany of the Webcomic Artist:

-KEEP MOVING -DON'T REDRAW THAT PAGE UNLESS YOU'RE GETTING PAID TO -FIND OUT WHAT CORNER-CUTTING MEASURES YOU CAN LIVE WITH AND USE THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE -DO NOT USE HOMESTUCK AS A METRIC OF SUCCESS OR FAILURE

[spiribia]

why does sequential art require you to make multiple images? does anybody understand this?

[atmosphere-af]

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[fallout-lou-begas]

do you have any advice on character design?

watch The Sopranos

[fallout-lou-begas]

i actually wanted to elaborate on this and say that i think it’s a really bad habit of a lot of artists, influenced by current media casting practices, to unconsciously or consciously make every single character they create super pretty, like everyone is just hot in that very boring, homogenous way, and this also comes as a result of people using actors and celebrities as character references or faceclaims and AI facial generation programs like Artbreeder being trained on people who are generally very pretty-looking. it results in alienating, uncanny worlds and drawings completely devoid of people who just look like regular people. it results worlds populated by mannequins fresh off the CW. I feel like whether a character is attractive or not should actually matter, be part of their character, because that kind of thing absolutely affects the way you move through the world and the way the world treats you.

so i wanted to throw in some suggestions that, whenever I’m trying to find a character reference or otherwise draw very interesting-looking yet regular-looking people, which i usually have to do for bit characters in @ikroah​ or something, I tend to look for references in the following places. these are far from the only reliable way to get inspiration, this is just a non-exhaustive list of places i’ve looked before for visual inspiration when needing to create a character, whether starring characters or background ones:

pre-2000s television (The Sopranos and Twin Peaks especially having incredible character design)

extras in comedy sketch shows

esports players

real photos (not staged stock photos) of line cooks

70s baseball players

athletes from more obscure olympic sports like the javelin toss or greco-roman wrestling, especially if you’re looking for a specific body type

ska, jazz, and blues musicians

firefighters

improv troupes

for teenagers, searching “high school english class project” on youtube and sorting by Upload Date

state senators, small-town mayors, and generally obscure local government positions like comptroller or treasurer (yes i know politicians can be bad sometimes but smaller elections especially don’t really depend on looks)

people who walk by your window (if you live in a city like I do)

and again these are just, in my opinion, deep and easy wells to dive in if you want to get a good idea of what regular people look like. these suggestions aren’t the limits on where you can possibly find inspiration for character design

[roganaut]

Fellini’s movies have remarkably interesting and unique looking actors

[fallout-lou-begas]

Yes!!! There’s an entire book called Fellini’s Faces that’s nothing but portraits of his actors that’s phenomenal for this kind of thing, though it’s fairly rare to get a hold of today.

[sartorialadventure]

(Since I know a lot of writers/artists follow me for costume/character design ideas!)

[dontblamethewitches]

look at this photo i took of my cat its really important

[cadathecat]

these need to be together

[humanwheatleymikubinder]

anime is good actually

[loufofbread]

kitten

[loufofbread]

man. what on earth.

[loufofbread]

ok i flipped it. sorry

[oganneb]

Emil is my "yup this is real wool" detector. It's only real wool that he goes this nuts over

[unicornery]

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[chilewithcarnage]

[ten-and-donna]

the utter ecstasy of “is that lavENDER?” is what sells it for me

[pulling-aggro]

a level of appreciation for charcuterie the likes of which has never been seen before

[heartwarminganimals]

Source on twitter

[tillytoppazh]

How to get a small cylinder out of

[ambertea]

I did that job once.

[pepsimayo]

What are your pronouns and would you like to join my union

[strayknight]

im going to be honest i have been so focused with work and playing tomodachi life this week that i just sort of collapse into bed and fall asleep instantly to repeat the process the next day so i havent really been aware of my surroundings at bedtime. anyways all this is to say that i forgot about the fucking AM bodypillow that ive been sleeping next to all week

[strayknight]

imagine you are me and you are finally ready to go to sleep and enjoy your day off tomorrow after a week of work, household chores, pet care, personal projects and hobbies that have left you throughly exhausted and you lie down in bed and turn on your side to see this

[girlnephew]

[env0]

[ratcoffin69]

[moringmark]

[runcibility]

I liked this post, scrolled for like another minute before I went “SHIT FUCK SHIT” and scrolled back to reblog it

[quadriviummuse]

I always reblog this one when I see it on my dash. When someone posts their own art, writing, or music here they are really hoping you will share it.

[unyieldingsilence]

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[jazze-bee]

sans undertale plays fetch with annoying dog (heartwarming) ((not clickbait))

[bungleart]

surely this is not safe for tv