Miramelinda @miramelindamusings - Tumblr Blog

This German art student, Benjamin Harff, decided, for his exam at the Academy of Arts, to do something only slightly ambitious — to hand-illuminate and bind a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Silmarillion. It took him six months of work. He hand-illuminated the text which had been printed on his home Canon inkjet printer. He worked with a binder to assemble the resulting book.

More pictures HERE

(Fact Source)

#silmarillion #tolkien #tolkein #jrr tolkien #incredible!#art #books

I finished Veilguard a while back but haven't been able to post anything about it. These are sketches for my Rook, Vian de Riva!

I imagined her as a former circle mage from Southern Thedas who sought refuge in Antiva after the Mage-Templar War. So, she distrusts the abomination on the team. But, you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar, and - in her mind - Spite's affinity for her will make him easier to wrangle. She then caught feelings for both Spite and Lucanis. It's hard not to when Lucanis is shining those big brown eyes at her.

#dragon age the veilguard #lucanis x rook #datv #lucanis dellamorte #I imagined her as someone who has this bitter kernel in her heart after everything she's experienced. There's grief and anger that she #covers with coldness. In my heart shes a lot meaner than the game would allow her to be #but she softens with Lucanis/Spite and with Jacobus since she sees herself in him #she had amazing chemistry with the Butcher - I wish he was in more of the game! I just really liked their conversation #i dunno since I was thinking that Vian isn't originallyfrom Antiva I think that conversation with the Butcher worked for me on another leve #I really want to draw that scene but I've been swamped :(#It's been interesting to play through the entire Dragon Age series for the first time!#Admittedly #I struggled with datv - there were things I just did not like but there were things that I did.#I'm mixed about it but maybe on a replay my opinions will soften.#It's been fun to read everyone's opinions though! I like seeing what people love about it and also reading through the criticisms #overall I am glad I played Dragon Age - it was a unique experience! and i've loved seeing all the amazing fanart and fanfic for this series #my fanart #my art #digital art #dragon age

starful-emporium

Massive list of free brush packs for Krita

Okay! I've been collecting brushes and testing them for a while now; it's time to make this list. I'm going to organize it by category as best I can.

Also, all these brushes are available for free but please tip these artists if you can!

Digital illustration:

Rakurri Brush Set V2 on gumroad (SO MANY BRUSHES. Some especially fun ones with hue jitter!)

SpaghetMeNot's Hard Brushes on gumroad

Baphiste's Krita Brushset on gumroad

Nylnook Krita Brushes on gumroad

Krita Custom Brush Pack on gumroad

Jackpack Legacy Brushes on krita-artists

Realistic sketching and inking:

Sketch V2 on krita-artists (The MOST realistic pencils I've found.)

Inktober 2023 Brushes on youtube (Third link in desc)

Wavenwater Concept Brushes on krita-artists

Neko's Free Liners on krita-artists

CSP G-Pen Copycats

Ink Pen (CSP like) on krita-artists (G-Pen Copycat!)

Small Changes to the G Pen on krita-artists

Painting:

Watercolor Brushes for Krita on gumroad

Crunchy Brushes on gumroad

Oil Brushes for Krita 5 on gumroad

Memileo Impasta Brushes on pling

Impressionism with Krita on krita-artists

Experimental RGBA on gumroad

Textures, stamps, and cheats:

FizzyFlower's Essential Brushes on gumroad (400+ brushes, but you can download one category at a time!)

InkkSUNA's Prismatic Brushes on gumroad

InkSUNA's Flora Brushes on gumroad

Afro Hair Brushes on gumroad

Baphiste's Body Hair Brushes on gumroad

Cityscape Brushes for Krita on gumroad

Not Brushes:

Rakurri Gradient Maps for Krita krita-artists

#krita #krita resources #ref #to look at later

beardedmrbean

theman

I GOT A FUCKING RAISE THE POTATO WORKED WTF

tattooedzombigirl

This potato works. Every. Fucking. Time.

secondlina

Reblogging because it’s a damn potato and I want to encourage people to assume potatoes are magical.

omegansamurai

Let’s do this.

#why not

liones-s

one of the biggest things I can advocate for (in academia, but also just in life) is to build credibility with yourself. It’s easy to fall into the habit of thinking of yourself as someone who does things last minute or who struggles to start tasks. people will tell you that you just need to build different habits, but I know for me at least the idea of ‘habit’ is sort of abstract and dehumanizing. Credibility is more like ‘I’ve done this before, so I know I can do it, and more importantly I trust myself to do it’. you set an assignment goal for the day and you meet it, and then you feel stronger setting one the next day. You establish a relationship with yourself that’s built on confidence and trust. That in turn starts to erode the barrier of insecurity and perfectionism and makes it easier to start and finish tasks. reframing the narrative as a process of building credibility makes it easier to celebrate each step and recognize how strong your relationship with yourself can become

#personal #ref #to remember

loveridden1999

doing things at the right age is literally a made up concept. you can start/pursue anything at any age. btw.

loveridden1999

remember remember

#personal #to remember

An art dump of me figuring out how to draw my Lavellan from DAI and trying different brushes :) My Inquisitor's name is Tanna (I got it from a Tolkien elvish dictionary), and she's quiet and observant. Prior to the events of DAI, she built her identity around her unobtrusive usefulness in the Lavellan Clan. So, it's her personal nightmare to be separated from her clan and be expected to lead when she has never had the desire to do so.

Tanna romanced Solas because I really liked their dynamic! They argued about a lot of things but it also felt like he encouraged her curiosity and to reflect on her long held beliefs. I loved how their conversations would reveal new sides to both of them. Tanna/Solas and Solavellan in general has just really touched me :)

#solavellan #solas x lavellan #dragon age #dai #dragon age inquisition #inquisitor lavellan #datv #dragon age the veilguard #solas dragon age #dorian pavus #varric tethras #my art #my fanart #digital art #The dictionary said Tanna means “thither” and also “sign/token”#I just think that suited her when I was in character creation and it ended up being so fitting :)#The sylaise vallaslin was chosen kinda randomly but it ended up helping me with her backstory!#Rather than get Andruil's she gets Sylaise in honor of the goddess who watched over her mother as she gave birth #Tanna was a difficult birth and she wanted a vallaslin that would honor her mother and the goddess who saved them #Her parents would later die when she was a child and so the rest of the clan raised her #I always imagined Tanna with these piercing green eyes that could be a little off putting when she's intensely staring at you #Before you get to know her you can't get a read on whether she likes you or not #she struggled with court intrigue and diplomacy but she buckled down and learned from Josephine and co #She may appear stoic but she's the epitome of “still waters run deep.”#all in all Tanna ended up being a solid leader and an open minded person #its her struggles with deception and court intrigue which also makes her an interesting match with Solas who seemed at home at court #she has no magical abilities either but their convos were so good and she had amazing chemistry with him so here I am deep in solavellan XD #Anyways loved DAI- the only thing I knew about Dragon Age was that Solas is Fen'Harel everything else was a complete surprise!#I loved seeing Samson again and how everything from the past games came together in Inquisition!

teomodo

art books on the internet archive for you

morpho books

figure drawing for all it's worth (+ creative illustration)

framed ink

will eisner comics and sequential art

will eisner graphic storytelling and visual narrative

understanding comics (+ making comics)

folder of various animation production art

burne hogarth drawing dynamic hands

perspective for comic book artists

michael mattesi force drawing

the animator's survival kit

color and light james gurney

be free

bedupolker

I've recommended this one before, but for all the non-human vertebrate likers out there... the art of animal drawing

#art #ref #personal #art ref

ilynpilled

#buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #spike #robin wood #buffy summers #oh my god I'm wheezing XD #funny

and-fishing-equipment

in 2026 DO NOT ask yourself whether your art is GOOD

instead ask:

is it SINCERE

was it CATHARTIC

was it FUN TO MAKE

is it MADE BY ME

and don't forget to stay silly

#art #ref #reminder to self #personal

rhera

BEWITCHED S01E02 - Be It Ever So Mortgaged / S03E30 - How to Fail in Business with All Kinds of Help

#bewitched #tv

absentfather

Five years ago today.

Vgen

Ko-fi

#happy november 5th #destiel #spn #supernatural #fanart #not my art #this is lovely

sabertoothwalrus

I made yeto’s pumpkin/goat cheese/salmon soup and it’s changing my life a little bit, like holy SHIT this yeti knows what he’s doing

sabertoothwalrus

heyyyyy it’s october again which means it’s time for

✨Yeto’s Superb Soup✨

I had posted a recipe in the comments last year, but I decided to make a better version

Ingredients:

one 2lb kabocha (you can use an equal-sized pie pumpkin, but in my opinion kabocha has a much butterier texture and nuttier flavor. Also the yeti uses kabocha in the game so it gets points for accuracy)

1-3 carrots (last year the store had the fattest carrot I had ever seen. This year I needed 3 carrots to match that volume. Listen to your heart)

2-3 celery stalks (equal to the amount of carrot)

1/2 white onion

6 garlic cloves

(optional) 2 habanero peppers

mirin/cooking wine

1 box of fish stock (if you want it vegetarian, use kelp dashi stock)

1 box of vegetable stock

4oz goat cheese. I’ve tried making this with cream cheese and feta, but the flavor really doesn’t land right without the goat cheese.

1 cup? (<- it was eyeballed) heavy cream

.7lb filet of salmon

??tbsp olive oil

6 tbsp butter

a few pinches of flour

thyme, paprika, nutmeg, red pepper flakes salt & pepper

(optional) gronions to garnish

Step 1) Preheat oven to 400°F/204°C. Slice and deseed kabocha

Step 2) coat the pumpkin in a thin layer of olive oil. Season with thyme (I like dried thyme but fresh is better!), ground nutmeg, paprika, red pepper flakes, salt & pepper.

Bake for 30-50 minutes until it’s soft enough to scoop off the rind with a spoon. Thinner kabocha might only take 30 minutes, and thicker kabocha (like below) or a cake pumpkin may take 40+ minutes.

note: if your kabocha/pumpkin is especially thick, your soup may end up tasting sweeter. If you want it more umami, use less of your chosen gourd or maybe add a splash of soy sauce to the broth? Haven’t tried that but it’d probably work

Step 3) Prep all your other veggies while you’re waiting for the pumpkin to bake. Dice the onion and set it aside. Chop the celery & carrots into Chunks and mince the garlique

Step 4) Wait until the timer for the pumpkin has 20 minutes or less left. Heat up your pot/dutch oven on high/med-high heat, melt 2 tbsp of butter, and add the onions. After about 6 minutes, add the garlic. After another few minutes, sprinkle flour and stir, and keep frying until it browns.

Step 5) Add the rest of the butter, the rest of the veggies, and stir. Deglaze the pan with a splash of mirin/cooking wine.

If you timed it right, the pumpkin should be about done. Using a spoon, scoop the rind off the pumpkin. While you do that, periodically check on the veggies, adding another sprinkle of flour and a some of the fish stock as it gets dry. It’ll create a sort of paste and the onions will be pretty browned at this point.

Step 6) Chop the pumpkin & add it to the pot. Add the rest of the stock. If you’re using habanero, slice it and add it now. Add any other seasonings (it may need more salt) to taste. Once the soup boils, turn the heat to low and cover.

Personally, I prefer soups with Chunks in them + I think it’s more authentic to what the yeti made, but if you REALLY feel compelled to blend your soup, do it now.

Step 7) While the soup is heating up, get out a frying pan and add a tablespoon or two of some olive oil/butter on med-high heat. Add the salmon filet to the pan (scale side down) and just let it sit there. Don’t touch it. When it turns opaque halfway up, flip it until it’s fully cooked.

Once it’s cooked, remove it from the pan, remove the skin, and shred it into bite size pieces. If your salmon was really thick like mine was, and some parts of it are still pink, then toss the pink parts back in the pan to let them cook a little longer.

Add the salmon to the soup.

Step 8) Once the soup has been simmering for a few minutes and you’re too impatient to keep waiting, remove it from heat, add the goat cheese & heavy cream, garnish with gronions or whatever herb of choice, and enjoy!

In the game, this soup restores eight hearts, and it truly does feel that replenishing. This soup could cure any disease.

#loz #soup #food #recipe #ref #legend of zelda

scutesketch

YOUR ART ON TUMBLR IS BEING USED TO TRAIN AI!

The setting that prevents your work being used to train AI models is turned off by default! I had no idea about this until now! Artists, go to your settings, click “visibility”, and turn on this setting! Protect your work!