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Paper cutting artist Masayo Fukuda is making an Octopus.
She tells: "I liked drawing since I was a child. I started cutting paper 30 years ago and learned on the job, cutting and experimenting.
I always use just one sheet of paper and try to make my cutouts full of life."
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I have seen a young lady with her table loaded with volumes loaded of fictitious trash, poring day after day and night after night over highly wrought scenes and skillfully portrayed pictures of romance, until her cheeks grew pale, her eyes became wild and reckless, and her mind wandered and was lost — the light of intelligence passed behind a cloud, and her soul was forever benighted. She was insane, incurably insane from reading novels.
-- an anonymous pastor in 1864, on the greatest threat to young women
My Call of Cthulhu group will be playing Beyond the Mountains of Madness in the new year, and I’m listening to a Libravox recording of Apsley Cherry-Garrard (yes that is actually his name) memoir “The Worst Journey in the World” about Scott trying to get to Antarctica.
So far, my top contenders for character archetype are Norwegian ski expert or Penguin Scientist. Both were on that expedition.
I rolled stats, and have a character with size 85, strength a moderate 55, dex 75, con 75, San 45 and Int 80.
Norwegian skiing expert it is! With that San and Int combo, though, he isn’t going to last too long. Despite having sixteen entire hit points.
Tor Ingebretsen is down to low twenties san but hasn’t taken any physical damage…
And he’s been put in charge of leading a side expedition to try and rescue the actual expedition leader who was abducted by Elder Things. I do not know why my Keeper has placed this upon me, though to be fair Tor has done a lot of very practical arguing against dumbass choices the actual leadership have made in the past. He is a reliable fellow.
But I do not think he is making it off of that ice.
Um. I broke the plot. I convinced the rest of the group, including NPCs, to run away instead of continuing to explore a spooky tower. But um. Apparently very important plot happens at the top of that tower. Oops.
I guess if your module can’t handle PCs making an extremely reasonable decision to run away after technically completing their task, your module is badly written.
Do you and your sibling(s) have a matching set of first names?
yes, there is a distinct logic in how our parents named us
not specifically but our names have similar vibes
no, our names sound very different
multiple siblings with multiple cases
nuance / only child / see results
By that I mean if you and your sibling(s) are all named after the same fictional story or group of people, have alliterating names, named in alphabetical order—anything that intentionally indicates you are from the same family. I see it with fictional siblings all the time, but barely know anyone like this in real life.
Probably the silliest thing I drew for the dndads zine this year, sexy space marine neophytes from Dadhammer. Freddie described his character as having John Travolta’s hair from Battlefield Earth which is… A Choice.
I can’t believe that (a) four of five pieces I submitted to the DnDads Pride Zine were accepted and (b) this one in particular because it’s just so silly. But boy did I have fun!
It’s the Merrovore! A nasty lil guy in Dolmenwood. If you meet his gaze, you’re transformed into a writhing, bloody mass of tentacles. As the book states, this is fatal.
Elizabeth Opalenik
Oh that’s yummy. That’s delicious.
“He had been mad for days — but something cool and collected in his brain had driven him on eastward. . . .”
Lawrence Sterne Stevens (1884–1960), illustration to “The Eye of Balamok” by Victor Rousseau
Fantastic Novels Vol. 3 #1, May 1949 — source
Ughhh those lines. I’d travel eastward despite my madness if it meant I could control hatching like this damn.
Kane Parsons I think did a great job portraying the 90's through the furniture and styling, but the funniest thing he did to convey this took place in 1990 was putting one of the characters in a slutty crop top with "End Apartheid" on it
Haven’t seen the film yet, but the Production Designer is Danny Vermette, the set decorator is Trevor Johnston, and the costume designer is Mica Kayde. The Art Director is Alan Derksen.
If you enjoyed the set and costumes of a film that’s amazing! That’s great, and that’s also not something the director made happen in isolation. Mica Kayde put someone in a slutty crop top. Trevor Johnston found the good 90s furniture under the instruction and in collaboration with Danny Vermette. We designers work in the background for a reason, it’s where we are happy and comfortable and to be honest we’re thrilled when the overall effect is just right and people leave the theater (the live theater for me, I don’t work in film or tv) with a sense of the whole rather than specific focus on a particular design element. But that does have the side effect of people who don’t work in design kind of forgetting we exist.
If a film’s design or aesthetic is successful, it’s because a group of people collaborated together really well with a director who had both a strong vision and the trust and skill as an artist to incorporate other people’s ideas.
Delta Green session illustration. We managed to lose both a horrible ambulatory flesh lump and a young woman who seemed to be six months pregnant despite evidence we’d found indicating she couldn’t be more than a couple weeks along. Good times.
Went to the dentist today while suffering from a migraine, and bless him my dentist cares so much. He actually gave me a temple massage before adjusting my tmj splint (what I was there for) which helped in the moment and actually tempered the headache for a good ten minutes afterwards.
But he also mused on how hypnosis could maybe be a migraine treatment, I love my dentist so much he’s so bizarre.
Happy pride to SPECIFICALLY that one asexual FBI guard in episode 10 of the Quest campaign
Are you referring to Agent Schmegan, my favorite NPC from season 2? No mere guard, the head of the Final Boreanaz Initiative? Yes, let us shout him out.
auto immune disorders happen when the immune system ignores regulatory factors and begins attacking healthy bodily tissues, due to what scientists refer to as "sheer love of the game"
Pretty early on in my rheumatoid arthritis journey I found myself reframing my autoimmune disease as an immune system which loved me not wisely but too well. Sheer love of the game is such a good way to put that.
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"
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.
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.
Boosting as these free resources are how i learnt to draw. My GCSE art teacher told me i had no future in art and to stop 'wasting his time' with my imagination, which killed my passion for drawing for close to decade! I have NO art training, only what i have learnt from other artists online.
If i can learn you can too!
Fire Alpaca is a great program, I messed around in it a bit when a student was using it for her digital art.
Procreate is remarkably strong for a mobile program and extremely intuitive, and it’s got Kyle of Photoshop making brushes now! And boy are they tasty. Delicious delicious brushes.
like to charge, reblog to cast.
We will never escape the lure of chain letters, but that’s okay.
My Call of Cthulhu group will be playing Beyond the Mountains of Madness in the new year, and I’m listening to a Libravox recording of Apsley Cherry-Garrard (yes that is actually his name) memoir “The Worst Journey in the World” about Scott trying to get to Antarctica.
So far, my top contenders for character archetype are Norwegian ski expert or Penguin Scientist. Both were on that expedition.
I rolled stats, and have a character with size 85, strength a moderate 55, dex 75, con 75, San 45 and Int 80.
Norwegian skiing expert it is! With that San and Int combo, though, he isn’t going to last too long. Despite having sixteen entire hit points.
Tor Ingebretsen is down to low twenties san but hasn’t taken any physical damage…
And he’s been put in charge of leading a side expedition to try and rescue the actual expedition leader who was abducted by Elder Things. I do not know why my Keeper has placed this upon me, though to be fair Tor has done a lot of very practical arguing against dumbass choices the actual leadership have made in the past. He is a reliable fellow.
But I do not think he is making it off of that ice.
