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Updated the avatar here because I was never really happy with the self portrait I did. Ironically, I “updated” this with an old MS Paint picture. In other news, I might try posting on this blog again some time soon. I’ve been updating and starting other social media sites so it seemed like a fitting time to come back here as well. Time will tell though, and I have enough going on as is, heh heh.

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More tips:

The closest I could find on Amazon to the watercolour set I use is the Sakura brand of Koi Assorted WaterColours Field Set.

Just use any old toothbrush. I used to use the ones that my dentist would give me after a visit, just because those were kind of cheap and I wouldn’t actually use them anyways.

I use acrylic for flicking and highlights because watercolour-whites tend to fade when they dry.

Also, remember to keep your hands clean, because nothing’s worse than smudging graphite into your watercolours and then unable to get it out.

Try to avoid black and white when possible. They tend to dull the colours and it loses that watercolouring lustre.

Since I started watercolouring again for my daily sketches, I’ve gotten a lot of asks/dA notes on if I could give a tutorial on watercolouring and also more specific questions that overlapped each other, so I decided to do a semi guide/tips/answering thing.

I actually started watercolouring before I went into digital medium, so I have a bit of personal experience, but I am essentially self-taught when it comes to watercolouring since there weren’t a lot of watercolour tutorials online back then to begin with, so I cannot promise that these are the absolute correct way of doing things.

Hope it helps anyways :)

My Other Tutorials/Guides | My Daily Sketches

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Kim Keever

“Miniature topographies inside 200-gallon fish tanks, based on traditional landscape paintings. Keever fills the tanks with water once he’s sculpted and placed the miniatures, and colored lights and pigments create dense, atmospheric environments. He views his works as an evolution of the landscape tradition and deliberately acknowledges the conceptual artifice.”

#inspiration #landscapes

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Handmade Swords - “St. Petersburg” Rapier

Maker & Copyright: Mezhov

Materials: steel, damascus, silver, sapphires

Technics: forging, tapping, welding, soldering, fretwork, casting, etching, jewel fastener, greening, blue-ing, nickel-plating

The rapier reproduces the military beginning and embodies the synthesis of the culture, art, and history of the city’s name it carries. The handle consists of a cup hilt made in form of Peter and Paul’s Fortress - starting point of city history - with Saint Andrew’s Cross inside.

The crosspiece is a cannon - symbol of military power; bail - none other than lyre - muse of city’s art while the classic column symbolize the architectural beginnings. The mosaic Damascus screw crowns the sword’s hilt. On the sheath’s orifice stays is a lion with a ring in his mouth - symbol of guard.

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*Phew* Personal note to self to keep track of things changed.

- Edited and expanded tags - Added page explaining and listing tags - Added links to my deviantart and art tumblr

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Stechhelm

The Stechhelm formed part of a highly specialized tournament armor worn solely for the Gestech, or German joust, fought with blunted lances. The object was to break lances or to unhorse the opponent. This helmet was probably part of a series kept in the Nuremberg arsenal for civic tournaments. Date: ca. 1500 Medium: Steel, copper alloy Dimensions: H. 17 3/4 in. (45 cm); Wt. 17 lb. 14 oz. (8097 g)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Last Word by Michael Vroegop

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Calgary-based multi-media artist Jeff de Boer (previously featured here) continues to design and create awesome suits of metal armor for cats and mice that range in style from ancient Roman gladiators to knights from the Middle Ages to Japanese samurai. He primarily works with bronze, silver and copper. Each tiny suit of mouse armor takes de Boer between 10 to 40 hours to complete, while the larger feline suits require 50 to 200 hours of work.Surely it’s only a matter of time before some of these spectacular pieces show up on Game of Thrones, right?

de Boer recently self-published a book featuring some of his favorite creations, which is available here.

Visit Jeff de Boer’s website to check out even more of his splendid creations.

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mouse armor is adorable..!

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Costume Porn + Women Warriors/Women in Armor

#armour #clothing #inspiration

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Light and Shadow References

Face lighting.by moni158

female body lighting by moni158

Male hair and lighting by moni158

More face lighting by moni158

Body Lighting by moni158

Lighting Practice by moni158

Hair and lighting by moni158

Body sketches… by moni158

Face lighting practise by moni158

#reference #inspiration #anatomy

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Sinhalese Kastane Sword

Dated: 17th or 18th century

Take a look at this Sinhalese Sri Lankan sword called ‘Kastane’ of early type 17th or early 18th century featuring a rare Ivory makarra lion hilt. Although hilts of these swords can be found made from a number of material including wood, horn silver, brass etc those with ivory tend to survive less freqently due to the inherent fragillity of this precious material. The blade is of simple steel, slightly curved and with a patination overall attesting to the great age of this example.

The carving to the lion hilt is finely done with mane, eyes and open jaws all depicted in traditional Sinhalese tradition style, very fine condition and colour to the ivory rich and golden. The metal guard parts are extremely finely chiselled with scrollwork and inlay of bronze and silver, various makarra or lion heads adorn the quillon terminals and a similar larger makarra or bird heads surmounts the flared handguard to the front of the hilt.

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Clothing references

All References Male Clothing Female Clothing

Genres High Fashion Steam Punk Goth Street Fantasy

Modern Vintage Historical

Shirts Blouses Vests Jackets Coats Cloaks Hoods Corsets

Pants Leggings Skirts

Accesories Bags Jewelry Necklaces Rings Fans Parasols Tiaras

#reference #resources #clothing

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European Sabre

Dated: 19th century

Place of Origin: Europe

Sword length: 37in (940mm); blade length: 32.5in (825mm)

The sword features a wide steel blade, which rings like a bell when tapped. Also, the sword is decorated on one side with with scrolling characters which imitate Islamic calligraphy, with a coat of arms to the base, and a talismanic symbol of a cloud with a protruding hand and sword. The hilt has a large silver ‘D’ guard, with a central horn grip. The leather covered wooden scabbard has large and heavy silver fittings.

The other side of the blade also has talismanic symbols with a coat of arms, a crescent moon, a sun-burst, and a turbaned man. The spine is marked with a ‘Pierre’ but the surname is rubbed – followed by ‘Marchand Darmes Llandies & afcu a Solingen’ – a rough translation would indicate that the sword belonged to a dealer of blades from Solingen.

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