stray dogs & stray gods

yet another small backwater art blog. welcome to my bog.

[mongrel-eyes]

Does any part of you still look at the sky and hurt?

This is my submission for Maggie’s cdth art contest. I know there’s a lot of amazing fanart already out there, but here’s my attempt based upon one of my own dreams (would you believe that I saw Chainsaw there and knew her name before I read any part of The Raven Cycle?). Sometimes you read a book or a poem or a paragraph or even just a sentence and you feel seen. On page 19 of Call Down the Hawk, I felt that - I felt seen.

(no reuploads, pls and thanks)

[mongrel-eyes]

Testing out the CSP timelapse function after 4 months absent (featuring questionable anatomy at best) … Here’s to the new year and maybe completing more than 3.5 pieces.

[sadcypher]

Why do you like science + math?

because i like feeling stupid

[rotmance-deactivated20210324]

—reasons to keep a diary/written record of existence.

credits: 1. anais nin; 2. sophocles; 3. fanny howe; 4. @pigmenting ; 5. louise erdrich; 6. tristine rainer; 7. clarice lispector; 8. sei shonagon; 9. elaine feinstein; 10. susan goldsmith wooldridge.

[mongrel-eyes]

some days you just have to chill out in an interdimensional void with a cat. is the cat yours? are you the cat's? is the cat an interdimensional embodiment of the void? who knows...

[pygmeys]

i had insomnia last night and couldnt stop thinking about this

[mongrel-eyes]

I have been looking for this post for SO LONG and I have a question: what about bed with headrest up against the closet door? And I'm talking right next to the void with no escape. Does the door count as a wall?

[mongrel-eyes]

For the sake of consistency and just to get myself making more often, I’ve been challenging myself to doodle/draw/make a thing every day this month. I realized I made it to a week today! I don’t think I’ll be posting all the things I draw every day, but here’s one of today’s small drawings.

[mcapriglioneart]

how to draw arms ? ? 

[swagginsloths]

holy fuck

[shoutsofthunder]

holy fuck is right… but… does it work with legs???

[mcapriglioneart]

yes !!

[empresspinto]

but how much extend

[thunar]

^^^^^^^^^^

[kvothe-kingkiller]

[gabbyzvolt25]

I NEARLY CHOKED

[lifeofcynch]

ENJFDFNFATFVFDF

[deactivated-blog]

finally. i can be accurate

[shiny-charming]

This is too fucking great to not reblog

[wishem]

I give it MASCLES

BIG MACHO

[keithislactoseintolerant-deacti]

🤣🤣

[urhella-gaychloe]

LMAOOOOOO

[fernacular]

Okay but for anyone who legit wants to know how to calculate it correctly:

The elbow joint on average rests a couple inches higher than the navel, so if you measure how long the distance is from the middle of the shoulder to that point then you have the length of the upper and fore arms!

[fernacular]

So if anyone’s wondering about legs too, the simplest rule of thumb is that the length from the top of the leg to the knee is equal to the distance between the top of the leg and the bottom of the pectorals:

And I wanna stress that when i say “top of the leg” i’m not talking about the crotch (please don’t flag me tumblr it’s an anatomical term) i’m talking about the point where the femur connects to the pelvis, which is higher up on the hips:

It’s easier to see what I’m talking about in this photo of a man squatting: 

So yeah if you use that measurement when using this technique you should get fairly realistically proportioned legs:

But remember! messing with proportions is an important and fun part of character design! Know the rules first so you can then break them however you please!

[im-a-hyperion-vault-hunter-deac]

HOW THE HELL DID I FIND THIS POST OMG

[erasaure]

[i-am-corbin-dallas]

Licherally in the midst of drawing a guy and crying at how bad the arms are. Thanks Tumbles

[drrockbell]

I only ever saw the part where people started drawing the limbs outrageously long and genuinely wanted to know how to fix that, so I’m really thankful to see the rest.

[midnight-spectrum-again]

Love this

[mongrel-eyes]

there is a small ghost at the top of the rocket. this pleases me.

[mongrel-eyes]

consider: turtle beetles (click for better but still shitty quality!)

[mongrel-eyes]

hello there

[mongrel-eyes]

Been under pressure lately. Here’s a hollow knight I doodled to destress. I’d like to learn to draw the characters consistently (especially the mantis lords, they’re my favourite). There is so much amazing fanart for this game, and drawing stabby bugs is just so relaxing. Also the OSTs are beautiful.

[mongrel-eyes]

Does any part of you still look at the sky and hurt?

This is my submission for Maggie’s cdth art contest. I know there’s a lot of amazing fanart already out there, but here’s my attempt based upon one of my own dreams (would you believe that I saw Chainsaw there and knew her name before I read any part of The Raven Cycle?). Sometimes you read a book or a poem or a paragraph or even just a sentence and you feel seen. On page 19 of Call Down the Hawk, I felt that - I felt seen.

(no reuploads, pls and thanks)

[willfully]

Hey @poetpertuitan do you have a non-animated version of this where I could see all the details you put into it? They look amazing but they’re gone so quick I can’t really tell what’s going on.

[mongrel-eyes]

Yeah, of course! Here’s a still of one of the middle frames:

It’s not really supposed to be anything specific - just a conglomeration of various things from dreams (plus lots of trees, bc Lindenmere).

[willfully]

OMG thank you so much!!!! this is gorgeous 😍

[mongrel-eyes]

This is super late bc I am dumb but aaa thank YOU!!

[mongrel-eyes]

made a lil comic about what i like to call being ‘culturally confused’

[mongrel-eyes]

‘song for the night’ // stanfour

lyrics to one of my favourite songs because no one can get it right... really though, i find another set of lyrics all over the internet and i just don’t hear those at all? so i made this.

[mongrel-eyes]

canceled side project

[mongrel-eyes]

friend code: 9213 0793 626

some shots of the upper floor of my camper. after 3+ years of playing on and off, i think i've finally found a layout/design i'm happy with!