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Riad Dar El Malaika in El Jadida, Morocco

calling all authors!!

i have just stumbled upon the most beautiful public document i have ever laid eyes on. this also goes for anyone whose pastimes include any sort of character creation. may i present, the HOLY GRAIL:

https://www.fbiic.gov/public/2008/nov/Naming_practice_guide_UK_2006.pdf

this wonderful 88-page piece has step by step breakdowns of how names work in different cultures! i needed to know how to name a Muslim character it has already helped me SO MUCH and i’ve known about it for all of 15 minutes!! i am thoroughly amazed and i just needed to share with you guys

theredscreech

Cultures include Yoruba, Sikh, Vietnamese, Polish, and dozens more!

conlangery

This could also be a good staring point for conlangers looking for inspiration for personal name conventions.

#ref #culture #name

knighthearts

i watched one (1) video on how to draw hands that changed my life forever. like. i can suddenly draw hands again

these were all drawn without reference btw. i can just. Understand Hands now (for the most part, im sure theres definitely inaccuracies). im a little baffled

knighthearts

for those of u asking for the vid!

#ref #tut #anat #hands #people

gayvampyr

i hate that every time i look for color studies and tips to improve my art and make it more dynamic and interesting all that comes up are rudimentary explanations of the color wheel that explain it to me like im in 1st grade and just now discovering my primary colors

gayvampyr

“red and green are opposites 🥰” cool now how do i paint a tree with pinks and blues without it looking like a child’s finger painting or incongruous blobs of rainbow vomit

gayvampyr

ok i can’t explain it very well but im looking for tips and techniques for rendering art like

with specifically the highlights and colors being hues that compliment each other, don’t distract from the scene, and make it more interesting/visually appealing

is it too much to ask

moreclaypigeons

gonna drop some sources I have saved on Pinterest! I don't know if these all link back to the original sources so apologies for that

cohesive but still contrasting

This kind of talks about color and composition

This is a bit about landscape specifically

Values & composition

Contrast in composition

Balance in colors & values

This one's more for palette building but I think it's useful and can be applied to the other ones

Cohesion within compositions/lighting

"Chromatic fringe" - I also see people using this with shading, they bring in a transition color that is a different hue than the base color or shadow, it makes it so that less vibrancy is lost and it doesn't get muddy!

This one specifically has a lot of process behind the style of painting you're looking for!

Also one of my favorite artists who makes bright and colorful art like this is Not Sorry Art on TikTok & YouTube, her website is here and it's<3 my fav. She has some videos where you can see her process

With the oranges painting you put as an example, I noticed they painted the lighter values more toward yellow - they also exaggerated the hues of the undertones of the photo, so I'm guessing they either did it in their head or bumped the saturation up to get a closer look! I really love these paintings you shared and I definitely share your desire to paint/draw like that :)

gayvampyr

thanks this is super helpful! /gen

aheeheemwhimper

idk if anyone else has mentioned her but i highly recommend checking out @alaiganuza! here's a tutorial she posted on instagram:

she also has resources available on her youtube channel and website :D

tombofnull

A little [free!] brush pack I made, made up of four brushes currently. Think of v.0 as a rough draft of sorts for these brushes. :]

Download here: www.tombofnull.art/gallery/archive/2023/stipple-beast.html

tombofnull

Also on my itch.io! https://tombofnull.itch.io/stipple-beast-brush-pack

tombofnull

So! Thanks to the folks who've been kind enough to tip, I was able to afford some time to refine this pack some more.

STIPPLE BEAST V.1's got some additional brushes for you to have fun with. Get them at the links above!

#resource #csp #digital #tool

mariacallous

Which of the Greek muses is the person you reblogged this from?

Calliope (epic poetry and eloquence)

Clio (history)

Erato (romance and romantic poetry)

Euterpe (music and lyric poetry)

Melpomene (tragedy and chorus)

Polyhymnia (sacred poetry and hymns)

Thalia (comedy and idyllic poetry)

Terpsichore (dancing)

Urania (astronomy and astrology)

I don't know/don't care

Voting ended onAug 7, 2023

bagofbonesmp3

“And HECTOR died like everyone else

He was in charge of the Trojans

But a spear found out the little patch of white

Between his collarbone and his throat

Just exactly where a man’s soul sits

Waiting for the mouth to open

He always knew it would happen

He who was so boastful and anxious

And used to nip home deafened by weapons

To stand in full armour in the doorway

Like a man rushing in leaving his motorbike running

All women loved him

His wife was Andromache

One day he looked at her quietly

He said I know what will happen

And an image stared at him of himself dead

And her in Argos weaving for some foreign woman

He blinked and went back to his work

Hector loved Andromache

But in the end he let her face slide from his mind

He came back to her sightless

Strengthless expressionless

Asking only to be washed and burned

And his bones wrapped in soft cloths

And returned to the ground.”

– Alice Oswald, Memorial

#insp

etheringtonbrothers

SPIRAL STAIRCASES from the How to THINK when you Draw ENCYCLOPEDIA - the world’s ONLY encyclopedia of drawing tutorials , all of which is FREE for EVERYONE, FOREVER - you can see EVERY TUTORIAL on OUR MASSIVE INSTAGRAM HERE and OUR GIANT TWITTER HERE!

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Lorenzo!

#ref #tut #building #stairs #arch

technicalgrimoire

I found a GEM for creators: 600+ pages from a printing set catalog!

It's like the biggest clip art collection you've ever seen. Typography, diagrams, floorplans, maps, sketches, zoology, architecture, plants, etc.

Download pages for free here. All public domain!

And if you needed some help cleaning up and using these images, I have a little guide here.

#ref #asset #art

only-tiktoks

bonnie-bug

very important safety tip: NEVER use a blender to make paper pulp that you also use for food. the chemicals used in commercial papermaking arent safe for consumption, and it’s very difficult to properly and fully clean out a blender to remove all the traces of ink and paper pulp

also, blending paper can wear out a blender faster since it’s thicker than it’s really meant to work with, so you might want to go for a cheaper blender u dont mind replacing in a handful of months to a year

nothorses

hot tip: if you remove the paper from the cloth while it's still wet (just make sure the moisture is pressed out) and use glue on any overlapping edges, you can make 3d paper sculptures:

kozo is honestly the best to work with for any kind of sculpture stuff, in my experience. the fibers are a lot longer than regular paper pulp, which makes the paper much stronger.

#paper making #paper pulp #craft #material #media #paper

foervraengd

My brush pack is finally done!

Download it via dropbox: Link

Download it via Clip studio assets: Link!

#digital #tool #csp #brushes

bunabi

It’s my last day at the library and I’m resting this weekend, so I’m dropping these into the world early!

Five new mid-month brushes. Two thank-you-for-keeping-me-afloat brushes. These are Clip Studio brushes. Use them with the ellipse ruler or free-draw em. See you again at the end of the month. Links to past brushes are below:

#digital #csp #tool

shoomlah

after eight years, I finally updated my huge Historical Fashion Reference & Resources Doc! Now in the form of a MUCH more easily updated Google Doc with better organization, refreshed links, and five more pages of books and online resources.

I know tumblr hates links, but it’s worth it for a doc that I can now update with far more regularity going forward! RIP to the original, you did your duty for far longer than you should have. 😔🙏🏼

#ref #history #fashion