Hi~

Reblogging art and writing references and resources for personal archiving purposes. :)

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How about some feet and shoes, Tumblr!

I always found shoes a bit of a mystery so I did a section just on them. It all gets down to that hump around the toes and then bending the toe-area and not any other part of the foot when adding heels. 

I’m going to work on the landscape of the back next and then we’ll see!

You can find all my other tutorials and stuff at dianekraus.com

[commander-ledi]

i feel bad for people who use sai but dont know about stabilizer, transparent brushes and clipping groups

[commander-ledi]

this is where you find stabilizer:

i personally prefer to use S-4 for default drawing and S-7 when i need to draw really long smooth lines. this is what it does:

this is where you find transparent brush:

when you enable it, you can use your currently selected brush as eraser. this is what it does:

this is where you find clipping group:

you have to have at least two layers, the base layer and the one for the colors. when you draw on the layer with little red bar on side, the stuff you put on the layer appears only on top of the things you have on the base layer. the effect is p much same as preserving opacity except you dont change anything about the base layer and you can still use layer textures and effects. this is what it does:

[yldenfrei]

5th Atelier Tutorial: No-Pattern Circle Dress 

Here we go again! With summer almost upon us, I figured it’d be nice to share this simple mini-dress for something refreshing our dolls can slip into. ^_^

As usual, it’s probably too wordy for its own good, so please excuse me if things get confusing. ~_~

Happy sewing, everyone! ♥

[swedishjazz]

If you're an artist looking to diversify your faces:

click this link

draw whomever you get

don’t worry about making it super-accurate, just focus on the characteristic parts of the face and have fun

the outcome might not look like the ref, but it will be different and more varied than faces you draw out of your head, an dprobably pretty rad on its own right!

feel free to reblog with your drawing, if you want!

[blue-ten]

Trakoclock asked:

Hey, if you don’t mind sharing, I’ve always wondered how you got that soft celling look on your characters in your comic. Any tips? I’m currently working on my own comic and I kind of want to go for a less harsh form of cell shading. Thanks!

A couple people have asked about the way I color things and I’ve been meaning to post a tutorial on it :]. I’ve never been too good at describing my process, but I hope this helps!

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[itzelsartstuff]

Hair palettes by StarshipSorceress (AKA TheSpaceGypsy) on deviantart

[ladycels]

If you liked this tutorial, pleas check out my Facebook page for more of my work!

http://www.facebook.com/LadyCels

Larger Size avaliable on my Deviantart 

[cancerously]

Just an addition: If you don’t have any beeswax around, a dryer sheet does the same job of stopping your thread from tangling so much! :) I have one stashed in my sewing box, you can use it over and over again!

[yldenfrei]

5th Atelier Tutorial: No-Pattern Half-Dolman Top

Right! Time to get out of my lazy rut. Do a tutorial! Yes, yes, another dolman, I know. But hey, this one’s only half-dolman! Someday we’ll be free from my dolman craze! XDDD

The idea here is to play on our previous technique. Reduce the body’s width (from wrist-to-wrist down to elbow-to-elbow), then extend the armhole trim’s width. As in reaaaaaally extend.

Hopefully this one won’t be too confusing! Have fun with it! ♥

NOTE: This works best on stretchy fabrics, so if you’re using other types, it’s best to give more allowance to the arms so the hands will fit. ^_^

[dolltutorials]

Thank you for another lovely tutorial!

[yldenfrei]

5th Atelier Tutorial: No-Pattern Dolman-Sleeved Cardigan

Haha! I don’t know what possessed me to sew tonight, or even document it. But I did anyway, so have a quick and dirty tutorial for a no-pattern dolman-sleeved cardigan (a.k.a. I just experimented and sewn randomly but it turned out better than expected so there XDDD)!

[dolltutorials]

So cute!

[taleclock]

Tree Tutorial v1

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Notes from the Rad How To Blogspot

His tumblr is here: http://radfordsechrist.tumblr.com/

[purmu]

the single greatest cloud brush I've worked with so far oh my god

just adjust opacity and size depending on how crisp lines you want

this shit took like 10 minutes

[grizandnorm]

Tuesday Tips - Hair There’s no hard rules to draw hair (or anything for that matter), but the one thing that I try to keep in my mind is that there’s AIR in hair. I can draw it as a shape because there’s hundreds of thousands of them, but I’m also considering the space between them. For example, the volume of dry hair and wet hair will be dramatically different. Also, the way it behaves will differ greatly from person to person. I mostly think about the “weight” of the hair. Longer hair will means that the mass of hair will be heavier and react accordingly. *As always, leave a message if there’s a topic you would like to see covered. Norm

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Not quite an OC scenario but hey artists! Try your hand at this fun art meme with your OCs!

[zombie-lady]

Nose Chart Reference by macawnivore

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Natural Eye Color Chart

[yldenfrei]

5th Atelier Tutorial: No-Pattern Square Drape Dress

Haaaa… haven’t been posting any doll spam lately, so here’s a tutorial to make up for that! ^_^

I’ve been thinking about this particular design the entire week, and wondered if it would work. Luckily, it does! So I’d like to share it, for anyone who doesn’t mind something a little ridiculous in their wardrobe. XDDD

[dolltutorials]

What a pretty dress, and such an easy tutorial! Thanks for sharing!