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@kieraoona-tutorial-collection
can we please get a drawing tutorial from the bloodymary master because I struggle with making them look that recognizable (thank you in advance)
Here is a (somewhat) tutorial i made, hopefully it can be of help to any of you
tbh idk what im doing 90% of the time this was really hard to make
Tut below!
Compiled some basic information I know about drawing fat characters for beginners since I've been seeing more talk about absence of really basic traits in a lot of art lately.
Morpho Fat and Skin Folds on Archive.org (for free!)
little template i made for myself & gonna share with yall. have fun, feel free to repost this one. im letting it out into the worl
transparent alts utc <3
How to draw Black characters. Because it's way too obvious when you drew a white person and gave them Black skin.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRg6YsKN/
-fae
If you're an artist please listen to her. PLEASE. 🙏🏾 I cannot stress these tips enough.
Compiled some basic information I know about drawing fat characters for beginners since I've been seeing more talk about absence of really basic traits in a lot of art lately.
Morpho Fat and Skin Folds on Archive.org (for free!)
draw more fabulous fat people.
Just putting it out there that I caught a few potential art scammers.
If you have 0 followers, and you're following maybe 5 accounts with zero posts, my answer will automatically be no.
I knew something was up when they sent me an image of a random tiktoker to paint, and didn't balk at 300$/piece.
Just as a heads up, and be vigilant out there
1977 Learning to use your Crayola crayons . . . booklet (via: archive.org)
oh my god, that booklet is everything??? click through. it should still come with every packet of crayons by law.
(forgive my quick shitty screencaps. seriously, click through. neat)
“Lighten Up” by Ronald Wimberly
Beautifuly written- and drawn.
Damn. Really powerful and beautifully drawn.
“small thread on drawing plus sized characters!”
Source: Ullaiin on Twitter
New Community - SuchArt
The community is for people who want to showcase screencaps of their art, or screenshots of the game SuchArt
Having fun in an overglorified paint program with a game sidequest
Also note anyone who enjoys art, and just wants to see what everyone else in game is painting, you are more than welcome to join The main stipulation is you have to be using the free creative space version of the game, or the game itself, when you're posting your artwork, and within the rules of the community
Pantone dropped their "color of the year" and I have thoughts about it, as would anyone who is into fashion, design, and art.I will also be
Date of Post: December 11 2025, but video so long as things go smoothly, will be up at all times to watch on Video on Demand on Youtube
I'll be going live tonight, at 9pm EST (Toronto/New York time) while doing some painting/designing in SuchArt, and we'll discuss what I know of fashion design from college, and what Pantone, Coloro, and WGSN is, and how it feeds into predicting what colors are going to be possibly hot when looking ahead...and giving the "Laverne" doll from my last stream a dress, based on colors in the palate - For anyone wondering, SuchArt is essentially just an overglorified paint program disguised as a game with a plot
So, if you're interested in Art, Fashion, Design, Pantone discourse, or just want to hang out and watch me paint stuff, come on down!
All I ask is that you be kind in the chat
Hope to see you there!
so. i was not happy with the 3D models of horses on offer in the CSP store or literally anywhere else i could find them, i needed one to use for my work, and i went ahead and made my own that is now available for the low low price of FREE in the CSP assets store.
textures included are greyscale basic shapes, multicolor basic shapes, and white with no shapes (but eyes, mouth, nostrils, and hooves emphasized for ease).
shape is ROUGHLY based off the silhouette of an Andalusian. size-wise, it by default stands at around 16 hands, but of course it can be resized to suit your needs. for that, I recommend sizing a human pose doll to the correct height (in centimeters), lining them up on the same plane, and resizing the horse to match the human doll's height. remember that a horse's height is measured at the shoulders!
it also comes with the following preset poses:
if you use CSP and wanna snag it, type 2204263 into the search bar in the CSP assets store. happy horsing!
@horsefigureoftheday digital horse figure ..
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Calligraphy Patching
one question i occasionally get but i'm reluctant to add it to the pinned FAQ (its SO long already) is how do i deal with smudging the ink when I'm really far into a piece, and there are one of two ways to go (third if you count a water rinsing spill in which case the whole thing has to be remade over but in my whole career its only happened like 3 times)
leave it completely alone. Sometimes the smudges are quite small, and many of folks who seek me out to commission value the human made-ness of a piece, especially a physical piece of art. They see it as like, fingerprints on a hand-thrown pot and would be disappointed if I chose to get rid of them. This is always why I ask patrons of custom art if they want me to do something about it, which leads to option 2 -
invisible underpatch! this is a thing that I learned back when I was a teenager and obsessed with drawing my own manga and learning manga making techniques, although it comes in clutch all the time now
First, get a cutting mat out and slide a blank page of the paper you were working on underneath the art you've made a mistake on.
Then using a sharp craft/xacto knife, cut out the mistake so that you cut both the error and the bottom blank paper in the same size
Flip the art around, take the blank chip of paper and fit it into the hole. Then you're gonna roll on some whiteout along the edges to help close up any gaps. Secure the patch and whiteout with some clear tape
Flip it back around and you're good to go!
You can still see the edges of where the patch was cut in if you're looking for it, but a 2cm patch on an 8.5x11 piece viewed from a wall? No way you could tell
Okay, someone said they'd like me to infodump more advanced paper repair techniques, so I'll give the people what they want. I don't have pictures of my own ATM but I'll link a video at the end.
Disclaimer: you are not a professional art conserver (unless you are) so don't try anything here on art that isn't your own and you own the consequences of your actions. I'm explaining these techniques for personal use fixing your own mistakes, not repairing fine art for museums. Not responsible for bad outcomes. Practice this shit before using it on something important.
Okay!
The main trick is, you want to use torn edges on the original and the patch instead of cut edges when possible. Since the subject here is making corrections to your own art, you have the luxury of creating your own edges and don't have to work with what you've got with art conservation. Torn edges blend together and the fibers overlap, which creates a bond that is both stronger and less visible.
Creating a precise, controlled tear is the trick. In thin paper you can just do this carefully with your fingers. On thicker paper, you'll have to use assistance to get it done.
Use a small brush and clean water (or if you've got it, reloadable soft tip pen that you have loaded with water) to trace the outline of where you want to make the tear. Then, try pulling it apart. You want to keep the paper as flat as you can and pull the edges directly away from each other to leave lots of loose fibers.
If this doesn't work (very tough paper) you can instead use a sharp needle to tear it. Manually perforate along where you want the tear, then use the needle dragging sideways (perpendicular to the tear) to pull the edges apart little by little. As always, the goal is an edge with lots of loose fibers.
To make a patch/fill that's the same shape as the hole, lay a sheet of plastic or mylar over the original to protect it, then place your fill paper over that and trace the outline of the shape you need. A lightbox is very helpful here, or hold things against a window if they are small enough to manage. Use the same tearing technique to create a patch with fuzzy edges (I'm assuming, since this is your own art, you have more of the original paper to make the fill and don't need to find or make something that matches).
To attach the patch, you want to use paste. Either old-fashioned starch paste, or methylcellulose. There are lots of tutorials online how to make this so I won't go into it here. Starch paste won't hurt the paper, and you can unglue it using plain water if you need to make corrections. You absolutely don't want to use self-adhesive tape of any description, which can't be removed and guaranteed will damage the paper over time.
Apply paste to the torn edges of the fill with a brush, by placing it on a flat nonporous surface like plastic or glass, brushing outwards to draw out the fibers. Then peel it up and put the fill in place on the backside of the art (tweezers may help). Use a brush to smooth the loose fibers outwards and bridge the join. A bone/teflon folder is also helpful to smooth things down.
Place a sheet of spun nonwoven nylon cloth over the fill (brand names Reemay, Hollytex), then some scrap blotter paper, and finally a flat weight. Let the paste dry under weight so it stays flat. Regular nylon or other synthetic fabric might also work, but I never tried it.
If necessary, reinforce the join with torn straps of Japanese tissue paper. This may especially be necessary if your paper was very short-fibered to begin with and couldn't make a lot of overlap. Ideally You want the expensive handmade stuff made of kozo or gampi, as thin as you can get it (I'm talking 5 gsm tops). It's quite pricy but a little goes a long way. Attach strips along the edges using the techniques above. With the really thin stuff you can apply it to the front as well, it's so thin you can see through it once glued down. You can also do this to repair simple tears.
Videos of these sorts of techniques in action:
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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.
MapCrunch. Environment artists rejoice. Random locations, filter by indoor or outdoor, rural or urban, specific country. Great for realistic/authentic building ref.
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So I posted a silly doodle yesterday on twitter and now people think it was a tutorial. So I got upset and made an actual tutorial so noone says I halfassed the yesterday's one 😡😡😡
Here you go: ~How I draw braids~ 🩷🙏
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.
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Ambiant lighting coloration and tone. Or at least as far as I know
