The Sky Is In Her Eyes

Call me Les! This is a blog used to post my art, as well as repost any useful tutorials I find. Any questions about my art are welcome! Deviantart: lesworks.deviantart.com Instagram: shovelles

[npdkondraki]

femme trans men & masc trans women deserve all the good in the world & a gun & a license to kill people who are weird about their presentation & 4 billion dollars & really good soup & a hug & free hrt

[lorencethecat]

Polycule but it’s just two people in a romantic relationship with each other and their third who’s pretty obviously aroace but also somehow so deeply intertwined in their lives that it’d just be wrong to not count them as involved. Is this anything.

[cavegirlpoems]

[creatingblackcharacters]

So! In looking for more resources on Black hair, I found this amazing, simplified explanation for afros, locs, braids, and twists!! Everyone thank "Daisy E" for their contribution to diversity and inclusion within the art space!

How to Draw Natural, Textured, Afro Hairstyles (Afros, Locs, Braids, Twists) | Envato Tuts+

In this tutorial, we'll look at drawing multiple hairstyles that tend to be popular choices for natural, afro textured hair: afros, locs, b

It's far past time to draw our Black characters with our hairstyles and natural hair textures. Please take the time to look, and practice!

[kodasea]

Rendering step-by-step (2022)

[fabiansociety]

i really want people to stop writing scientists as awkward, stilted conversationalists who don't understand idioms or emotions and start writing them as depressed alcoholics who swear like sailors unless they're in a specifically academic situation

[knitmeapony]

Seriously the number of academics I have seen who look like gum on the bottom of someone's shoe but who can scrape themselves into a vaguely human position if you tell them there's grant money on the line is much higher than you would think

[lnfini-deactivated20230930]

disclaimer: I am east asian. if anyone who is not white sees anything wrong with my phrasing, inaccuracies, or insensitivity, or something I missed, please feel free to add on. I'm just one person with one perspective; none of what I say should be taken as The Singular way to draw an Asian character. if you havent done so already, please take the effort to expand your view of Asian culture outside this one tutorial.

if a white person reblogs this and adds something stupid I'm going to bite and kick you like a wild animal

[putmymusiconshuffleidareyou-dea]

Dumb question from beginner artist: how does one identify undertones? Does anyone know a good resource for learning this or can someone explain it? I see the term and think I have an idea of the meaning but I have no idea which resources for this are good

[reblogartistsalways]

Basically undertones refers to whether there’s a pinkish tint to the skin or a yellowish tint. These are charts you can find by googling “undertones chart” or whatever

Ultimately it’s kinda just up to practicing eyeballing colours. Keep a character’s undertone consistent between drawings and you should be good. And you can always google random faces and try some quick sketches for practice

[art-res]

It’s great to diversify and draw POC!

❤️

[axolotlmage47]

This is actually really helpful thanks! :D

[drawingden]

How to Paint Light by jonhuangart

[smiggles]

Wings anyone?

[crtastrophic]

they’re friends :)

[easily-evi]

On drawing plants (or any other thing to be honest): Build up your visual library, Don't be shy to collect images that you like and practice drawing from them!

Having images at hand while drawing lets you add details you'd gloss over otherwise.

For my preferred style, I end up focusing on shapes and contrasts using my inks.

You might not "get" it right away, and that's fine. Keep trying and practice makes perfect!

[blotomical]

handmade drawing references :)

I took these pictures mainly to analyze my hand structure. Feel free to use them for your art, if you'd like to!

[drawingden]

Sketch Notes by ben_eblen_design

Check out the artists Gumroad for more in-depth versions of the tutorials!

[toodrawtothink]

I remember posting this shot forever ago. Funny how time flies.

Just updated the drawings to fit her new model. She really needed it.

[goats-n-rides]

Goodbye Tumblr

Hello to the two people that are going to see this, but I have been thinking about this for a while. With the whole thing about Tumblr taking down some of my drawings for dumb reasons and the fact that I don't get very much traffic over here anyways, I'm gonna stop posting art here. I'm not deleting my blog because this is the only real place I can find some of my old art.

You can catch me over on instagram (@shovelles) on on deviantart (lesworks).

[goats-n-rides]

[goats-n-rides]

Arthur just wants to be a good boy

[goats-n-rides]

Pack yourself a toothbrush, dear

Pack yourself a favorite blouse

Take a withdrawal slip

Take all of your savings out

‘Cause if we don’t leave this town

We might never make it out