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How to Finish
I drew this poster for Jon Acuff and his FINISH book tour. Big thanks to Jon for this collaboration, his book has some great ideas about how to complete creative and life goals.
Love this, but reblogging it specifically for “Get rid of secret rules.” That’s one of the most amazing illustrations—and points—I’ve ever seen.
so important especially for perfectionists who procrastinate and never finish, or even start because they set such high standards for themselves.
I have changed my username to something I think is a little more personable to me. Gonna be slowly rebranding myself with this. Hope you guys like!
The lip sync tutorial they DON’T give you
I mentioned on twitter that I wanted to do a lip sync tutorial and immediately got some people who were interested so I put one together real quick!
I’m going to use a bit of unfinished lip sync from my taz animated part as reference. They’re just gifs so no sound, but you should still be able to tell that he’s saying “I’d say a solid B… Solid B minus.”
Anyone who’s looked up how to do lip sync has seen phoneme charts. Phonemes are just the shape your mouth makes when you make certain sounds.
When you do lip sync, you want some kind of reference to make sure it’s right
What’s easiest is to say it yourself and pay attention to the shapes your mouth is making. Since you’re going frame by frame, your audio is slow enough that you can make each shape slowly and distinctly and you can get each individual phoneme down in the animation.
Don’t do this.^
An easy way to tell if you’re animating lip sync wrong is if you run out of frames to make each shape. You don’t need them! Making each shape is unnatural. People talk quickly and the mouth doesn’t have the time to get into each shape. They blend together, sometimes to the point where the shape doesn’t change at all!
Not only does the 2nd gif take less frames and energy to make, it’s more relaxed, it looks less distracting, and his lips are much easier to read!
These are reference charts to show the differences more clearly
This is the difference between getting swallowed up in every last detail and paying attention to reality.
What matters more than hitting every syllable is making it look natural and flow with the acting. That’s why anime mouth flaps can work so well. A strong pose through the whole body matters more than one mouth shape.
Another good example: Glen Keane’s Pocahontas lip sync animation
Copic Blending Tutorial by Sakuems
Colors Used:
FEATHERING : B79 - B66 - B24 - BG11 - YG00
SWIRLING : BV02 - V01 - RV02 - R01 - Y00 - G00 - B01
DABBING : G43 - YG63 - YG67 - G28 - YG95 - E07 - YR27
NAIL POLISH REMOVER : B99 - BG49 - BG07 - BG45
NIB TO NIB : Y02 - Y15 - Y19 - E37
As 2019 peeks around the corner, here is my Christmas gift to all illustration freelancers, webcomic artists and comic artists. An invoice and accounting management tool in Google Sheets. Open the link then click File > Make a Copy to save your own copy to work with.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1amiimlkqXpEA6niD9XLW3lZIOP9iCaY17drAUIegUlg/edit?usp=sharing
So, I use this myself because I find programs like Quickbooks don’t really work as well for Freelancers/International artists (in part because Paypal refuses to work with it properly). This is very easy to use, the key is just to enter things in it regularly. The key to managing your money properly is to know where it is, and inputting things daily means short bursts of work where you can clearly see where your money goes instead of pure panic at the end of the year.
In this Sheet you have a monthly breakdown for all your expenses and income sources. Each month has a “month” grid where you can enter and view your expenses per week, and a “details” grid. In the “details” grid you basically enter everything with Descriptions and Categories, which allow you isolate deductible amounts. What can be deductible varies on your type of freelance work and location, but I, as a comic artists working from home in Canada, can deduct part of my rent, electricity, and all comic purchases.
The Categories have an integrated pre-build drop down that you can just copy over when you add a new line. Every day you receive an income or spend money, you should enter stuff IMMEDIATELY. Small daily work = less work at the end of the month.
At the end of each week, compile your totals from the “Details” tab in the monthly grid. Then, at the end of the month, compile those in your Annual tabs. Then, at the end of the year, you can literally just hand this to an accountant along side your other paperwork, it’s ready!
Right after the Annual Income & Expenses tabs I included a little invoice management tab so you can keep tabs on commissions and clients!
! hope you all find this useful, be sure to check with an accountant tied to your location for what qualifies as proper deductibles!
This item is free to use - but if you want to grace me with a donation for it, my Paypal is [email protected] (also that would be filed under the “gift” category).
FREE ART PROGRAMS
So recently I came across a fellow artist who was struggling to find a free art program, and considering dropping the large amount of money for a Photoshop license. I know not everyone can afford such an expensive program, so I’ve compiled a list of programs with no cost to download and use.
Keep in mind all computers are different, so not all will work for everyone. Also, I’ve only ever used Windows, so for the most part, I’m not sure if everything will work for Mac. if in doubt check the website linked.
Photoshop CS2 - (Windows, not sure about Mac.)
FireAlpaca - (Windows and Mac)
Sketchbook Copic Edition - (Windows and Mac)
GIMP - (Windows) (Mac)
Paint tool SAI [cracked] - (Windows) (Mac)
Paint tool SAI 2 beta - (tumblr post on said program)
iPaint - (Mac)
Paintbrush - (Mac)
Pencil - (Windows, Mac)
Paint.NET - (Windows)
Seashore [still in development, ver 0.5] - (Mac)
ChocoFlop - (Mac)
Inkscape - (Mac and Windows)
ArtRage [Demo] - (Mac and Windows)
OpenCanvas 1.1[must pay for 2.0] - (Windows, not sure about Mac.)
MyPaint - (Windows)
Krita - (Windows)
Vectorian [Supports Animation] - (Windows)
Pixia[Japanese, some English versions] - (Windows)
Asperite - (Windows)
Chasys Draw IES - (Windows)
SmoothDraw - (Windows)
TwistedBrush Open Studio - (Windows)
BOUNS - CTRL+Paint [Great for teaching all kinds of stuff, like how to use digital programs.]
If you know more free programs, please add onto this!
OpenToonz has made many improvements since it’s initial release! (Windows & Mac)
Medibang Paint is a comic drawing software forked from FireAlpaca mentioned earlier in this post, and is available for mobile devices as well! (Windows, Mac, iOS, Android)
This post is gold! Share it to inform those who cannot afford a costy program.
Canine Paws Study by Chickenbusiness
A quick installation I’ve done on sectioning patterns.
Working on a Cornrows idea gallery and more in-depth info on Cornrows.
See Works In Progress and close-ups at my Patreon!
Also see:
Drawing Afro-Textured Hair Dreadlocks Braids Cornrows
Cornrows, Part One!
Coming soon is more details on extensions, variations on cornrows, and a style/idea gallery.
Also see my tutorial on Dreadlocks, Braid Basics, and Introduction To Black Hair.
How to draw Dreadlocs!
See Part One: Rendering Natural Black Hair Coming Up Next: VOTE by sending to my Ask box! (Until March 1st). Feel free to suggest any style or subject matter within drawing natural hair!
Questions? Comments? Tell me all about it!
Please help me concentrate more on this awesome tutorial series by subscribing to my Patreon!
Natural Black Hair Tutorial! Usually Black hair is excluded in the hair tutorials which I have seen so I have gone through it in depth because it’s really not enough to tell someone simply, “Black hair is really curly, draw it really curly."
The next part of Black Hair In Depth will feature styles and ideas for designing characters and I will release it around February. If you would like to see certain styles, please shoot me a message!
[Patreon]
After a long hiatus (sorry, RL ate me), I am doing braids! Here are the first two pages.
On my list of braids to go in depth into are cornrows, micro braids, box braids, ghana braids, and tree braids. Stay tuned in the next couple of weeks and I will release them one by one, and then put them together in one big compilation.
More Black Hair In Depth:
Drawing Natural Hair
Dreadlocks
Menő
WebGL Water is a great water simulator, with a sphere that can interact with the water’s surface. It can be paused which means you can then use it as a reference for lighting, reflections, refractions, etc.
Painting Tutorials:
Water in Motion
Ocean Waves
Water Bubbles
Water Surface
Stormy Sea Waves
Condensation
Water Droplets
More Various Tutorials
Sooooo…. I know its still a month away but the Inktober prompts for this year are up and I’ve not seen a post going around with them yet. I think this would be something you guys are interested in :P
Inktober Information
Inktober is a yearly art challenge intended to encourage artists to practice and improve their skills.
The ‘rules’ are simple: Draw something each day, using whatever medium you like, then post it with the tags #inktober and #inktober2018
Don’t like the official prompts?
Don’t worry! You can draw whatever you want for each day, but if you want some prompts there are plenty of alternative prompt lists out there.
Also, here on @art-and-drawing-prompts I post a new art prompt every single day, in October and through the rest of the year too!
This is a good opportunity to practice and exercise skills that you’ve never tried before! Even for amateurs or professionals, it’s cool to see yourself improving each day with a new drawing ^^
a pal asked me how i drew teeth so i made this quick lil mini tutorial on how i do it!! this is by no means a professional tutorial and im still learning but i hope this might b helpful to some!
artists on tumblr stop fukcing lying to yourselves you never draw those sticks and circles when you sketch stuff out you just die and you know it
artists tag yourselves
