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I was really not sure what to do for this one and eventually went with “Daniel putting on a glove while leering at the viewer” because that sounds like something he would do. Even went the extra mile to make the glove lubricated.

I still want to rub my face on his fluffy cheeks.

Please consider supporting my work on Patreon so I can keep making more of it and not need to drown in paid work and ruin my hand to stay afloat: https://www.patreon.com/ratte

ai-qa

I won’t really have much choice but to take a break for a week so I can take care of a commission for April and rest my hand. Given the pandemic I’m really not sure how next month will be but I’m hoping not terrible. I made this and a similar one of Daniel as a sort of “apology” for taking the break. I know it’s not the same but I hope you like these doodles in the meantime. WIPs will go up on wednesday and Daniel’s doodle will go up on thursday with the WIPs on friday.

Thank you for sticking with me. I don’t like taking breaks or letting people down, but I’m to a point where I have to.

Please consider supporting my work on Patreon so I can keep making more of it and not need to drown in paid work and ruin my hand to stay afloat: https://www.patreon.com/ratte

ai-qa

A Greater Society - Prologue ii

Chapter can be read here.

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This will be a very large project. My canon work would not be possible without patron support. If you enjoy the content, please consider supporting it on Patreon so I can continue to produce it: https://www.patreon.com/ratte Or please consider leaving a tip for my hard work: https://ko-fi.com/ratteart

Every little bit helps.

kanelfa

!!!!

ai-qa

Help, maybe?

Hi. It’s me. You know, the person who makes all the stuff you see here.

I’ve been running this story blog for a few years now. Back when I could manage it, it was a lot more active and I could make a lot more work. I used to be able to answer questions with sketches and in general make more content for your viewing. Well, maybe those who have been here longest have noticed that hasn’t really been the case for a while.

The reason is pretty simple: I am an adult with real bills and financial obligations, thus much of my time goes toward commission work.

I regularly work myself to the bone to balance making both paid commission work as well as making content suitable for this blog. This means that much of the time I could be putting toward something everyone can enjoy - what I really, really WANT to do - ends up going toward something only a single person really wants, because that’s what pays my bills and keeps the student loansharks out of my mail.

Due to real-world happenings going on over the past year and a half I’ve been trying to work that much harder so I can get myself to a better living situation/environment. It has been extremely slow-going and this balance between working on as much paid work as I can take while making occasionally some personal/story content is getting harder and harder to maintain.

Please, if you like the story, the image series, the characters involved, all the work I put into this, consider supporting my work on Patreon. As much as I wish I could just do all of this for free I can’t pay my bills or afford a better place with a better environment on likes and good vibes. I didn’t want to have to resort doing anything like this but this is how I get by, and it’s the only feasible way of getting by my situation allows me.

If you can’t actively contribute anything, please pass it around to people who might be able to. A little goes a long way.

This blog and the things it keeps isn’t going anywhere, but if you would like to see more content and general activity this is unfortunately the means by which to make that a possibility.

Thanks for reading. It really means a lot.

https://www.patreon.com/ratte

artistsaurio

Heads up PayPal is changing ToS again

And they are getting even more strict when it comes to not using invoices for charging for Digital Goods.

Whatever Invoices make you uncomfortable or not, you gotta start using them if you want to keep your PayPal and your money. Changes starting this October 19th.

Honestly I don’t get why so many artists are so overwhelmed by invoices, takes just a few clicks to set up.

And is not only “oh you have to use invoices because PayPal says so” if you don’t use invoices you’re putting yourself at risk of being scammed by an user abusing the buyer’s protection.

Since PayPal ain’t got no idea of what those $50 you received were for, but the buyer is saying they didn’t got anything for the money, PayPal will just side with the buyer.

I’m seriously begging ppl, start using invoices. I’m tired of seeing ppl complain their paypal was banned, or is under investigation, or worse, the $100 they got for a very complicated commission, 3 months later get a refund issue.

just

start

using

invoices

for your own sake.

Here is how you use invoices because I can’t keep playing devil’d advocate, yes I would love to help you get your PayPal restored but just this last month I had to help three persons, and they were MORE than aware of this issues.

Just protect yourself.

Step 1. You login and click here

Step 2. You click create new Invoice. YOU NEVER CLICK REQUEST MONEY, unless you want to risk yourself to get scamer by buyer’s protection exploit and not only lose your money but your paypal account, and any future paypal linked to your irl name.

Step 3 You follow this steps

1. Invoice for amount only

2. Ask your client for their PayPal email and put in that field

3. Add a vague description of what you’re doing, something like “Character Coloured with Background” is good enough, and if you need more than 1 character you can type in “2″ where it says amount, or just say “2 characters”.

Warning: don’t type in “Naruto rawing Sasuke”. That will get you banned.

4. Click send.

Optional steps. Create a template, doesn’t take more than 10 minutes and it will save you a lot of time for future invoices, you can even click on “items” right next to “create invoice” and add a list of services you offer such as “character sketch” “character flats” along with a price, so next time you invoice you just add to the invoice from your list of items and you saved yourself some more time.

More importantly, you protect yourself from buyer’s protection exploit because if PayPal knows you’re doing digital goods, then you will be allowed that you did in fact created a digital good.

Keep PayPal happy, as for right now there are no alternatives to this service, and this is the only source of income for many freelancers.

Stay safe.

awkwardtimezone

Heads up, all commissioning artists

bloriblomi

I’ll be doing this from now on!

bloriblomi

ADDING THIS BC I HATE PAYPALLLL OK so when you send/make invoices…it doesnt let you choose ‘digital good’ or differentiate between “goods (as in physical)” and “services” (as in doesnt need address) which is what you could do with micropayments…. SO WHEN U SEND INVOICE the buyer will be asked for their shipping address. ( I even had the options turned off for shipping?? I was pretty sure there USED TO be an option that you turned off and then it wouldn’t ask for shipping, but that doesnt seem to work anymore? I went to where the setting was and still had the boxes unchecked, and yet my buyer was still getting asked to put in shipping address, and when invoice was paid, i was being asked to provide shipping label by X date or Consequences.) SO APPARENTLY YOU HAVE TO DO THIS as the SELLER

SO go to the invoice (i think this can be done BEFORE the buyer pays?? Didnt try myself tho, i did it after it was paid), and click on VIEW DETAILS in that first box

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click ADD TRACKING INFO (YES COUNTER-INTUITIVE AS BALLLLLS.)

of course HERE IS WHERE YOU'RE GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS ON PROCESSING DIGITAL GOODS. HIDDEN BEHIND A BUTTON YOU WOULDNT PRESS IF YOU WERE, SAY, TRYING TO SELL DIGITAL GOODS. Select Order Processed/Service Rendered

YAY this stuff fills itself out and you can save and not have to worry about shipping your Digital Intangible Product to a very confused seller. I am so salt about this. excuse me while i go cry angrily.

shia-art

Think I’ll reblog this for my own use…

eymbeeart

Guess I gotta get used to sending invoices for all transactions soon then

sarspax

NO EXCUSES GUYS. PROTECT YOURSELF AND OTHER ARTISTS.

note-paddy

tumblr is stupid and removed the ability to view raw image files for unknown and probably ludicrous reasons so i guess i’ll start uploading the full res pictures to someplace else from here on out

thoughtfulcyclefire

Tumblr removed raw images

So, Tumblr removed access to raw images, forcing people to lower quality downsized pics and making script like “Use Tumblr Raw Image” useless. This decision annoys me a lot and I am sure I’m not the only one.

I’m not used to ask for help but please, reblog for asking Tumblr to stop denying access to raw images and let people have QUALITY for pics they like on a blog if they want it!

pudgeruffian-deactivated2019012

So... by 'trap' you mean trans woman, right? Would you rather I unfollow?

Following or unfollowing is up to you my friend, I couldn’t care less.

Though if you’re upset by something as trivial as a word, it’s probably best you leave. There are bound to be more scary words on this blog.

Before you go though, isn’t it rather presumptious to assume that a Trap must identify as trans? “Trap” simply refers to an effeminate man that could be mistaken for a woman. It doesn’t necessarily mean he wishes to be one.

Perhaps he simply enjoys the sexual “gender reversal” aspect of it but is still comfortable being cis?

For someone so concerned with using correct labels, you seem to be rather tactless when placing them on people in broad sweeping strokes.

Something to consider.

pudgeruffian-deactivated2019012

I’m sure some do.

And I’m some don’t.

If you go out of your way to make sure nothing you say ever offends anyone, eventually you’ll just stop talking.

Words only hold power over you if you let them.

If you as an individual choose to find the word “Trap” offensive, I’m sorry. But I’m not going to stop saying something so benign because some people don’t like it now. (hell I’m probably gonna say it more just cuz you told me not to)

I could choose to get offended when people call me a “cracka” or “cis garbage” or “white trash”. But I choose not to. Whether it’s hate speech or casual conversation. They’re words.

My thought process is simply: This person is not someone I want to invite to brunch…

“You are not invited to brunch.”

And then I leave, and go eat french toast and bacon.

think-critically

IMPORTANT! The EU is About to Destroy The Internet #DeleteArt13

Sources: http://ow.ly/HsGP10168R5

Sign the Petition: https://saveyourinternet.eu/

EDRI Article: http://ow.ly/VEpH101689Z Techdirt article: http://ow.ly/gs9b101689X

zjedzgoffra

Hope this will spread as much as save net neutrality posts

it’s way worse than that law actually, in US they “just” wanted your money, here the EU goverment wants to take our freedom without even giving a choice

roskii

SPREAD THIS

ar-ameth

I’m just speechless. Dudes, this is wayyyy worse then The Net Neutrality bullshit in the US. Spread this like a wildfire! I don’t wanna lose everything I have thanks to this law!

kulkum

AO3 and Me

It seems that most of my stories have been blocked for some violation of AO3′s terms of service. I’m not going to get into it until I understand exactly what they’re bitching about because I don’t want to start any fights, so until it is resolved you can simply find my works on my Fanfiction.net or my DeviantArt. Have no fear, I’m not going anywhere. ;) I’ll keep you posted once I find the culprit.

bonkalore

Trying to draw buildings

archive7481465

yo here’s a useful tip from your fellow art ho cynellis… use google sketchup to create a model of the room/building/town you’re trying to draw… then take a screenshot & use it as a reference! It’s simple & fun!

moorecolinart-deactivated201810

Sketchup is incredibly helpful. I can’t recommend it enough.

There’s a 3D model warehouse where you can download all kinds of stuff so you don’t have to build everything from scratch.

vanjestic-deactivated20160131

reblog to save a life

bludragongal

This is an incomplete tutorial, and it drives me crazy every time I see it come around.

We live in a pretty great digital age and we have access to a ton of amazing tools that artists in past generations couldn’t even dream of, but a lot of people look at a cool trick and only learn half of the process of using it.

Here’s the missing part of this tutorial:

How do you populate your backgrounds?

Well, here’s the answer:

If the focus is the environment, you must show a person in relation to that environment.

The examples above are great because they show how to use the software itself, but each one just kind of “plops” the character in front of their finished product with no regard of the person’s relation to their environment.

How do you fix this?

Well, here’s the simplest solution:

This is a popular trick used by professional storyboard and comic artists alike when they’re quickly planning compositions. It’s simple and it requires you to do some planning before you sit down to crank out that polished, final version of your work, but it will be the difference between a background and an environment.

From Blacksad (artist: Juanjo Guarnido)

From Hellboy (Mike Mignola)

Even if your draftsmanship isn’t that great (like mine), people can be more immersed in the story you tell if you just make it feel like there is a world that exists completely separate from the one in which they currently reside – not just making a backdrop the characters stand in front of.

Your creations live in a unique world, and it is as much a character as any other member of the cast. Make it as believable as they are.

shatterstag

Great comments and tutorials!

I’m a 3d artist and have been exploring the possibilities of using 3d as reference for 2d poses. I want to add a couple of tips and things!

Sketchup is very useful for environment references, and I assume it’s reasonably easy to learn. If you’re interested in going above and beyond, I highly recommend learning a proper 3d modeling program to help with art, especially because you can very easily populate a scene or location with characters!

Using 3ds Max I can pretty quickly construct an environment for reference. But going beyond that, I can also pose a pretty simple ‘CAT’ armature (known in 3d as a rig) straight into the scene, which can be totally customized, from various limbs, tails, wings, whatever, to proportions, and also can be modeled onto and expanded upon (for an example, you could 3d sculpt a head reference for your character and then attach it to the CAT rig, so you have a reference for complex face angles!)

The armature can also be posed incredibly easily. I know programs exist for stuff like this - Manga Studio, Design Doll - but posing characters in these programs is always an exercise in frustration and very fiddly imo. A simple 3d rig is impossibly easy to pose.

By creating an environment and dropping my character rig into it, I have an excellent point of reference when it comes to drawing the scene!

Not only that, but I can also view the scene from whatever angle I could ever want or need, including the character and their pose/position relative to the environment.

We can even quickly and easily expand this scene to include more characters!

Proper 3d modeling software is immensely powerful, and if you wanted to, you could model a complex environment that occurs regularly in your comic or illustration work (say, a castle interior, or an outdoor forest environment) and populate the scene with as many perspective-grounded characters as you need!

askoursquad

reblogging to save a life

bludragongal

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Look at this amazing addition! This is fantastic!

xxtc-96xx

man I haven’t used sketchup in yeeeeeaaaars….

fanartiguess

I’ll have to try this out!

ceeberoni

to anyone who buys into the “calarts style” bullshit i have a game 4 u

out of the characters mentioned in this image

which of these silhouettes is who???

if you can’t tell, then it’s bad character design. but hopefully you can, and that’s the point

this coloring book activity shit is basically here to tell you that it doesnt matter that all of these characters still manage to have the same GENERAL head shape (which their heads are still pretty varied) or that they… smile similarly…?????, they’re still extremely distinct in their silhouettes, which is what actually fucking counts

please learn about character design. i will teach you about character design if i have to. just stop spreading this absolute 300% bullshit ‘calarts style’ crap, i beg you

(also only like half of the creators of these things even went to calarts so uh)

flatlanders-remade-deactivated2

why is?? sans even on that post??? sans is a video game character he isnt even animated

ceeberoni

b cos he smile and smiles were invented by calarts in order to further the evil millennial agenda

zodiacwitchart

:/ guys seriously the designs are all so much the same you clearly missed that they put Dipper in here TWICE

thesnadger

Excuse me these are all clearly Dipper.

visiti-deactivated20181216

*ahem* Located in the heart of Zootopia’s Savannah Central is the ever popular Savannah Plaza: a multi-level, all mammal-friendly shopping mall hosting over 200 different storefronts. Nestled next to a variety of other fashion and clothing retailers is Change Your Spots, a cosmetics store ta...

I wrote about some new OCs I made over the past couple weeks

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vincentvanleggo-deactivated2018

i didnt wanna be this woke today

17mul

Hmm 💭

sophies-sideshow-deactivated201

I’ve always assumed it was called the “master” bedroom because it’s the bedroom typically owned by the master of the house…as in, the guy who owns the house and is in charge…and that it had nothing to do with slaves or slavery at all. So a little sexist, maybe…but not in any way “racist”. After all, the “man of the house” was often called the Master of the Household in years past, whether he owned slaves or not. It was just sort of a “I’m in charge here” title in general.

Then again, maybe I’m just naive.

kulkum

No, @sophies-sideshow , you’re not naive. You’re intelligent. The fact that everyone is currently in a state of extreme racial and sexual hypersensitivity does not change the fact that Master Bedroom is a term for the main bedroom in the home. It has nothing to do with slavery and the fact that Washingon contractors are phasing out the term is just a sign of how completely insane Political Correctness is making people. They also call the primary power switch on many electrical systems the Master Switch. Link’s primary weapon in the Zelda games is the Master Sword. Are they suddenly going to be racist as well? Seriously, people. Stop being gullible and grow some thicker skin.

dirtydonatello-deactivated20171

Just putting it out there to anyone on the 2012 crew: My script-doctor’ing schedule is open if you need me to stop by and patch up any future episodes like this one. Goodness knows you’ll need me.

frerin-shixiong

I hurt myself laughing.

My ribs hurt.

inkyturtle

Y’know I wasn’t even going to reblog this until I saw Danny Devito. Now I’m losing my god damn shit.

But yeah it pretty much summed up a lot of my problems with Mona in 2K12 to a T.

setheverman

music genre: video game 2

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