Stumpy's Art Ref Dump

Mostly for my use because I got tired of having to dig through my main blog for That One Post, but maybe you'll find it helpful too. My art blog is beefgnawpolis-art.

[ladyshinga]

[i-am-a-fish]

I hate when I open a drawing app and try drawing something and then it looks bad. to solve this issue instead of opening my drawing app I simply lay down, do nothing, and feel a combination of guilt/shame. this is a skill I am much more practiced at

[kaiseaya]

[i-am-a-fish]

wait, so it's like gambling?

[crazydoodlez]

it appears so!

[i-am-a-fish]

that's so awesome I really gotta make more art

[landsharkrawr]

literally just doing a lot of sketches without worrying about making them all polished will still help you learn. roughly shading them in will teach you how to lay shadows down and where they should lay which is more important than them having smooth edges or blending. youll get faster at sketching things out and not need to go over your lines s you build confidence that things will look right to you.

also youll find a point where you're "done" faster because you'll know you dont have to make everthing a big composed illustration.

[color-palettes]

Some weary clock strikes midnight - Submitted by: fastman27

#24060E #541D06 #8C6F0F #66A238 #136049 #141043 #200420

[cleolinda]

I always look forward to the unveiling of the Pantone Color of the Year because I'm a dork, but they keep making.... Choices.

Revolutionary.

[gothiccharmschool]

I can hear realtors across the land rubbing their hands together in anticipation of suggesting this color for repaints before someone sells a house.

[gallusrostromegalus]

You know Pantone, when you release the "Color Of The Year" it might be a good idea if you picked a color.

[holyshitartrefs]

Affinity got Enshittified :(

Serif has been hyping some Big Thing for a while. I use Designer and Publisher for my zines and whatnot, so I was pretty excited to see what they were going to do. Surely, I thought, given their previous anti-genAI stance, it would be something really cool! Maybe, I thought, they might even be introducing a new video editor! Or animation! Or 3D! Or even a DAW!

Well, today they had the big reveal and their New Big Thing is...

...a freemium Affinity-flavored Canva reskin. Complete with Canva's genAI bullshit, if for some reason you actually want to pay for that (lmao).

To say I was disappointed is an understatement. Needless to say, I can't recommend Affinity as an alternative to Adobe anymore.

v1 and v2, if you own them, will still work but per the v2 website (which is very very heavily trying to sell v2 owners on their new freemium AI-infested shit) will no longer be updated.

RIP, Affinity.

[mrbeefgnaw]

Hostile takeover of online craft communities is soul-destroying

A BOY of around eight stands glum-faced in front of the camera, eyes red from crying, holding in his arms the craft project that earned him

there is this facebook group that's basically one big ad for Tedooo--excuse me, tHe tEdOoO aPp that for some reason facebook does not give me the option to block or hide and there are well-intentioned people on my friends list sharing the fake pics and fake stories and if they scrolled back like two posts on that group they would see the exact! same! post! word! for! word! from a different bot account with a different AI slop pic and I am about to mcfuckin lose it

[kotori-mochi]

Can't afford art school?

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free, mostly teaches anatomy and how to draw people. But does have art talks and teaches the basics.)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard and teaches you everything)

Aaron Rutten (free, tips about art, talks about art programs and the best products for digital art)

BoroCG (free, teaches a verity of art mediums from 3D modeling to digital painting. As well as some tips that can be used across styles)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free, teaches digital painting and has classes in Spanish)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price. Mostly teaching character designs and simple backgrounds.)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney. Mostly nature art)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Sinix Design (has some tips on drawing people)

Winged canvas (art school for free on a verity of mediums)

Bob Ross (just a good time, learn how to paint, as well as how too relax when doing art. "there are no mistakes only happy accidents", this channel also provides tips from another artist)

Scott Christian Sava (Inspiration and provides tips and advice)

Pikat (art advice and critiques)

Drawbox (a suggested cheap online art school, made of a community of artist)

Skillshare (A cheap learning site that has art classes ranging from traditional to digital. As well as Animation and tutorials on art programs. All under one price, in the USA it's around $34 a month)

Human anatomy for artist (not a video or teacher but the site is full of awesome refs to practice and get better at anatomy)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

📝As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. If you want to go fancy Michaels is always a good place for traditional supplies. They also get in some good sales and discounts. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are usually more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates. Galaxy, Windows, macOS, iPad, iPhone, Android, or Chromebook device. )

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99 usd, IPAD & IPHONE ONLY)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, animation and more. Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Aseprite ($19.99 usd but has a free trail, for pixel art Windows & macOS)

Drawpile (free and for if you want to draw with others)

IbisPaint (free, phone app ONLY)

Medibang (free, IPAD, Android and PC)

NOTE: Some of these can work on almost any computer like Clip and Sai but others will require a bit stronger computer like Blender. Please check their sites for if your computer is compatible.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

"also apologies for any spelling or grammar errors, I have Dyslexia and it makes my brain go XP when it comes to speech or writing"

[animalphotorefs]

Boosting this in case any of the programs and books suggested are useful.

All the photos on this tumblr ad the animal photo reference site I run is another resource available for artists to use!

As long as you’re not using AI to create your art, you can reference / trace / draw / recombine / make any sort of art you want, with any of the photos, for free.

[reo-speeddragon]

There's also MORPHO, a really good book series on anatomy by Michel Lauricella, with very clear explanations and sketches!

And for pose references, there's @adorkastock who shares a ton of them for free, with different models and props, and her website is amazing <3 you can also buy pose packs from her.

[color-palettes]

24-hour Cinderella - Submitted by: fastman27

#FAA2FF #8134C1 #20195E #6F1031 #D7623B #FFF6A3

[radiofreederry]

[stare-into-the-abyss]

Trust the process

Trust the process

Trust the process

Trust the process

Trust the process

Trust the... Oh.

[holyshitartrefs]

I have no old tablets to try this with but if you have an old tablet you can't get drivers for anymore, maybe give this a shot.

[color-palettes]

The Expiration Date of Witches’ Brew- Submitted by necrotic-nightshade

#1C1241 #2A234E #443960 #615A6B #95958A #B5BB92

[holyshitartrefs]

Online conversion of colour gradients

Hey, are you a former Photoshop user switching over to Krita? Do you want to bring all your gradients with you? GOOD NEWS, SOMEONE REALLY COOL NAMED J. J. GREEN MADE A TOOL FOR THAT

You upload your Photoshop .grd file, select "Photoshop Gradient" for the input format, select "GIMP Gradient" for the output format, check "convert all gradients in input," and click the "convert" button, then you can download a .zip containing your cool Photoshop gradients in a form Krita will be able to import!

"Hey Beefgnaw," you say, "this is great but actually I jumped ship to Affinity instead and that converter doesn't offer .afpalette as an option, wat do?"

Well, then you use this one instead.

[hesitationss]

anyone can make a zine, regardless of skill level or access to materials or design programs. all you need is paper, scissors and drawing utensils (although many people enjoy collaging!) web search "8 page 1 sheet zine how to".

everyone SHOULD make a zine too, you will feel so good about it 🫶🏼 it's about putting the power of production into the hands of the people! also you don't have to sell it or anything, you can just make one for yourself or trade/give some to friends!

i really love julia grofrer's guide to analogue self publishing aka making zines on 8.5x11 paper

and jaydragon/jdragsky's thread on staple's self serve print centres (if you're area does not have a local print shop, they probably have a staples or fedex print centre)

if you can't draw, here is twitter thread for public domain art and also a mini summary of when thing enter creative commons (generally 70 years after artist death in the US and CAD)

i also have a DIY zine page on my art blog that i am dedicated to updating as i find more resources! (not accessible through tumblr mobile app, mobile friendly, just open the link in a browser)

go make some zines!!!

[holyshitartrefs]

Customer: I sent you the logo in .png format, is that ok?

Me: yeah sure I can probably work with that *click*

The Logo:

[midwinterhunt]

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

[narrettwist]

Homie gonna share this

[etheringtonbrothers]

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Lorenzo!

[darrencalvert]

People often say to me: “You draw like some kind of inhuman machine.  If I eat your brain, will I gain your power?”  The answer is yes, but there is another way. The key to precise drawing is building up muscle memory so that your arm/hand/fingers do the things you want them to do when you want them to do them.  Teaching yourself to draw a straight line or to make sweet curves is just a matter of practice and there are some exercises you can do to help improve. If you’re going to be doodling in class or during meetings anyway, why not put that time to good use?