3 am thoughts and art

Hi! I'm Ophélie. Here, it's mostly reblogs, but I rant about things sometimes. I'll be posting my art too, now. I'm a student in animation who do 2D animation, storyboarding and character design. I will be blocking anyone who tags me to trick me into donating money. Those fake accounts won't convince me of anything.

[ham-le-tii]

For my character design class, we were tasked with making designs for three characters of Sorcery of Thorns. I've never read the books and we were given a small description of the characters. We also had to choose a time and place for our designs, so I chose the Victorian Era.

I only went to check fanart of those characters once I had finished my designs and, well, the vibes are definitely different.

[13utko]

How to render hands

That was supposed to be an art study. But I learnt a lot. Sharing it with you, guys

[makesyouevil]

really good stuff happening in opla s2

[drawingden]

Skulls by Age Tutorial by paintable.cc

Support the artist and check out their online drawing courses!

[backfliips]

A lot of people on twitter wanted me to explain how I draw expressions, so here you go

Unless you're drawing explicit realism, in my opinion, expressions should be exaggerated to some degree. If you aren't doing a 1:1 recreation, the point is to get the FEELING across. Try making the expression you want to draw and feeling how your face pinches and stretches.

Skin doesn't just "disappear" when your face moves it around --- that's where wrinkles come from! Pay attention to where your skin creases when you emote, and use it to your benefit. It's a fine line between overdoing it and underdoing it -- find your own balance.

Ultimately, every expression has a little bit of push and pull, unless your face is completely neutral (and even then, there are still some wrinkles...). Learning to think of expressions as actions and reactions is VERY helpful in learning to draw them without needing a reference, and in learning how to stylize and push expressions based on references as well!

I think a lot of people end up with stiff or unexpressive emotions in their art because they're just trying to recreate a picture instead of understanding WHY and HOW the face is moving --- and it's a tough thing that takes a while to really pick up and learn. Hopefully is helpful in showing a way of thinking about it that can influence your process and approach to emotions!!!

Also, bonus: even without the lines, the planes alone still show a LOT of emotion.

[convelocity]

75 free to use hand refs for you! Use them however you want.

You can get all the high res files for free here ✨

[thecollectibles]

Art by Jeremy Paillotin

[ham-le-tii]

I had the honor today of having someone really love my fanfic and leaving a comment on it that had 1484 words. The comment on my fic was longer than some fics you can find.

It was for a Fairy Tail x One Piece crossover where Lucy is Sabo's cousin.

[ham-le-tii]

Anyone ever wondered what Tim Horton's would do in case of a rocket attack?

Now you know.

[izbnart]

Batman animation yayy 🙌👍

[hellothisisangle]

I draw this angle too often, here are my tips!

[unspeakablearchives]

[anyrava]

Saw my recent rock tutorial blow up a bit, wanted to also share this mountain painting tutorial I‘ve made!

You can find more tutorials on my Ko-Fi Shop if you've found this helpful and would like to support me in making more! 🫶🍃

[ham-le-tii]

The DCAU movies were so fun, I miss them, and wish there were more. They had some of my favorite Batman moments. Anyway, here's one:

Green Lantern : *being a dick* what, no body asked you to prom so now you dress as a bat and prowl around in your parents' basement?

Batman: *who just stole GL's ring* what's this do?

Then batman says something something about the ring working on concentration

Green Lantern: how'd you do that?

Batman: *smirking, you weren't concentrating.

Nah cuz that was such a funny line. Batman was so funny in those movies while still very much being Batman and not some kind of comedy of him.

[ham-le-tii]

So weird thing I found out today:

Damian Wayne's character was created before Tim Drake.

Damian was created in 1987, for the comic Batman: Son of the Demon. He then officially appeared in 2006 in Batman #655.

Tim Drake was created and introduced in 1989.

Maybe it's not that weird, but as Damian, in-universe, is younger than Tim, I always assumed he was created after Tim.

Apparently not.

I should go to sleep, it's 2 am...

[ham-le-tii]

I know a lot of people hate on Young Justice after season 1, but I'm rewatching the show and it's still so funny. I was at season 3, episode 4 and god damn, they just make me laugh so much:

Dick: you were right...

Will: 'course I am, I'm older and wiser

Dick: you're a clone, y-you're the youngest guy here

Will: hey, I'm older than Jim!

Jim: *out of view* and I'm prettier!

[ochibrochi]

bok bok bok bok baaawk 🐔