MultiDimensionalFanG1RL

Fan girl for Life. She/her. Fantasy Lover. Puzzle solver. Avid reader. Multi fandom.

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Hello 💚☘️❄️☘️💚 March!

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Post 1- Feb 10

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Grey Wolf - Submitted by momotarousagi

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Fall-Autumn Musings 2022 iPhoneXR Hipstamatic Photography Original Photographers Photographers On Tumblr Lowy Lens, Hampline Film, No Flash

[ggsstudies]

bamboo tutorial!

here’s the long-awaited bamboo tutorial!! so sorry it’s taken me this long to get it here; i’ve been really busy with schools w/ finals and ap exams but here it is!!!

step 1:

on the left- take your favorite green colored marker and make little lines with gaps in between them. on the right- draw long, skinny boxes

step 2:

on the left- take the tip of your marker and make little Vs on different parts of the bamboo. you can also make a sprout by drawing a line and then adding the Vs. on the right- draw ovals the same width of your bamboo. these ovals should be pretty small and spaced about the same distance away from each other. make sure to stagger them tho if you have multiple stalks (??) of bamboo so it doesn’t look all the same

step 3:

on the left- take a white gel pen (this is optional) and just add some highlights along some of the bamboo. this gives it some more ~detail.~ on the right- basically do the same exact thing as step two for the left side but with your marker or fineliner. you’re making little leaves that look like Vs. you can also add some sprouts :)

bonus step: (not pictured)

with either one, you can add little leaves floating around the bamboo to look as if some of the leaves are blowing in the wind 

i hope you all liked this tutorial!! if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out!!

xo- gg

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Stag by © Edwin Kats

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[heyyysol]

The Dummies’ Guide to Illustrator

This is a tutorial I wrote back in high school intended for total Illustrator newbies coming into our newspaper staff. It tells you everything practical a newbie should know, with none of the fluff and fancy-schmancy tricks you don’t really want anyway. Download a pdf version here.

Pen Tool Guides:

Pen tool exercises

A guide to the pen tool

Another guide to the pen tool (Photoshop)

VectorTuts’ Beginner Tutorials:

A guide to the blend tool

A guide to pathfinder (more indepth)

A guide to brushes

A guide to type

All about transforming

Simple designs to practice:

4 simple shapes in Illustrator

More Simple Shapes

Practice basic skills by drawing a ninja

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Necklaces for Different Necklines Created by Imogen Lamport from Inside Out Style here. There’s also a link to Polyvore for all the individual pieces. First seen on Donatella’s inspiration & realisation Facebook page.

[kasiaslupecka]

Reply and learning time! :)

I got a question how to learn shading . I think some of You like to learn more about this topic. I will write down what is my approach to shading.

Remember this picture. It’s the most basic behavior of light on the object.

We have shadow…

[gingercatsneeze]

1. Ah Fai was a chief animator for McDull’s animated features. He’s super cool. Ultimate senpai. 

2. Previous post on breakdowns right here 

Some thoughts on acceleration and force

I presented this in the order of how I slowly understood the trick of delivering force - first an abstract concept of impact taught by Ah Fai, then a more complicated discovery on the acceleration pattern, last back to a more abstract concept of breakdowns. 

Like I’ve previously stressed, 2D animation is everything but one single approach. There’s no one rule that rules them all, but interchangeable ideas with math, or physics, or music, etc. There’s no “perfect” animation either, but what is perceived as organic and dynamic. E.g., using the Fibonacci numbers to animate didn’t bring me a perfect animation! On the other hand, a tiny change in the pattern could already make the feeling of force so much more powerful. 

Not so much of a tutorial than a personal experience. I hope you find this interesting hahaha 

[tombancroft1]

Great notes and thoughts on animation spacing and Timing!

[blue-ten]

Trakoclock asked:

Hey, if you don’t mind sharing, I’ve always wondered how you got that soft celling look on your characters in your comic. Any tips? I’m currently working on my own comic and I kind of want to go for a less harsh form of cell shading. Thanks!

A couple people have asked about the way I color things and I’ve been meaning to post a tutorial on it :]. I’ve never been too good at describing my process, but I hope this helps!

[nakiqueue]

I got like at least 10 asks on gouache and how to use them…this is just a basic stuff :V

more gouache tips later!!!

[amazinglyartisticadvice]

Use the right tools for the job

Which means, pretty much, the following:

Don’t use substandard paper. There is archival quality paper which is very inexpensive, take the time to search it out.

Use the media that works best for your idea- Pencil and paper are not always appropriate.

Don’t use tools that are not meant to be used for what you are using them for, unless you’re going for a certain look. E.G., using blue ballpoint (one of my former favorites when I was starting out) to make your Baroque image is not approriate UNLESS you’re using humble media as a direct contrast to the decadence of the subject.

Use the tools that work for you- Micron pens may not be the best choice, especially if you wind up with shaky scribbled lines that don’t look anything like your original sketch. Try different media and find out what feels natural.

Don’t be cheap- Money is always an issue, as is availability, but using Magic Markers from Target is not an acceptable substitute for Copics. Tombow markers are. PITT colour brush pens are. Substitutes should always be of comparable quality.

Your artwork is not going to progress much if you insist on doing absolutely everything in the pages of your binder using 2H school standard pencils and one of those evil pink erasers.

Use your own judgement on which materials will speak to your project best.

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6 Color Scheme Tools

COLORlovers

The biggest resource community for colour palettes as well as patterns. Plus points that they spell “colour”correctly my British way.

Kuler

From Adobe it pretty much works the same way as COLORlovers where you also create your own schemes or edit others accordingly.

Colorotate

This site is a little more interactive and fun with the 3D elements. In addition there are few fun mixing/blending options.

Color Scheme Designer

The Wheel! A great resource for creating schemes as well options for “light-er” or “dark-er” versions.

Pictaculous

There are a few picture-to-colours applications but this is my favourite as, in my opinion, its most accurate. In addition to finding you colours from an image you’ve uploaded, it suggests other similar colour schemes from Colourlovers and Kuler. You can also download swatch files which I find useful.

Color Palette Generator (DeGraeve.com)

If you’re lazy or don’t have the image on your computer, this site lets you use URL’s instead.

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[giancarlovolpe]

Hey kids!  If you’re a filmmaker, animator, or storyboard artist and you don’t know what screen direction is, you might want to read this.

For the record, there are always exceptions to the rule in filmmaking, which is why I pointed out 3 examples here.

I’ve also found that comic books tend to NOT take screen direction as seriously as film does, but I’m still on the fence if this is wise or not.  My favorite comics pay close attention to screen direction so as to not confuse the reader.

Good luck!