art

[marat]

i know we joke about cis artists having the weirdest sense of anatomy, but also even when the anatomy is fine, no one seems to want to draw women doing normal things

[marat]

Drawing challenge: draw your favorite male characters like this

[thatdemonbish]

this is exactly why i’m a huge fan of posemaniacs!

you get 3d model pose references with the option of having a male or female anatomy for each pose

they have a WIDE VARIETY of poses that you can search for using a TAG SYSTEM

(as you can see by the scroll bar in the second image there is Even More Tags)

you can select a pose you like for larger viewing and the convenience doesn’t stop!!!

you have full 360 viewing range of the pose plus zooming in and out

and what’s that? a TOOLBAR?? MENU?? THING??

Correct!

the eye button hold a very fun menu

negative space blacks out the background and fills the pose with a solid white silhouette

the “texture” refers to the skin situation of the model with the “color” and “grey” shown below

(i usually use color personally)

then there’s the option of different sized drawing grids(4 and 16 below)

idk wtf bounding box is about but it looks like this if it matters to you

“floor” toggles all shadows on the floor, “floor grid” you guessed it puts a like perspective guide grid on the floor that goes to forever, and “shadow” toggles ALL shading. there is NO lighting happening if you turn that off. NONE.

NEXT ITEM! that box thing with the line through it? flips the pose horizontally.

the little person symbol? lets you switch anatomies

camera icon? you can choose from a selection of preset camera angles PLUS an option for … idk what to call it but you can do this!

less flat right!! i’m sure there’s a word i just don’t know but this is maximum *that* so there is less *that* if you want it

the lightbulb gives you a menu like the camera one but it offers a selection of lighting styles with variable intensity

CHARMING!

and that’s not even everything this site provides!!!!!!! they have tutorials, instructional videos, lessons, all sorts of shit!!! (although they are vast majority if not all in japanese just a heads up)

AND ITS ALL FREE

DONT EVEN NEED TO SET UP AN ACCOUNT OR APPROVE OF COOKIES JUST GET IN DO YOUR THING GET OUT NO STRINGS ATTACHED

and if you don’t have ad blocker or are on mobile(like me) NOT TO WORRY

the ads are few and far between! ZERO video ads, NONE take over your screen or glitch you at all, they are of no concern i forget they’re there!

(this is not at all sponsored btw i’m just a genuine fan of this site and i’m happy to spread the good word unprompted)

[g5-iguazu-deactivated20240408]

back in the 00s a single dancing anime chibi gif would feed us for months on end

[kurenaiwataru]

Here’s the template. Go forth and recreate the dancing anime chibi gif. Revive the old ways.

[enbyhyena]

This fucking thing all over deviantART in the 00s-10s LMAO

[onemillionfurries]

The bases on this post are all JPEGs for some reason. That makes them hard to use properly. I will link to the originals and provide some additional ones, along with a tutorial on how to actually make them into a GIF.

I couldn't find the caramelldansen base in this post, but here is a version that should work just as well.

Here is the original lick icon base.

To save these and have them be usable, you have to click the "free download" button underneath the image.

Some other good bases:

Dance Icon

Caipirinha

Run Run Run

You can find many other bases like these through DeviantArt.

How to make them into a GIF:

Step 1. Edit the base however you like (I used MSPaint)

Step 2: Crop and save each frame individually as PNGs (Note for the lick base: It's best to crop them to include the black boarder. This makes the GIF 50x50, which is the standard DeviantArt icon size and can easily scale larger if need be.)

Step 3: Go to ezgif.com/maker and upload all your frames

Step 4: Set "delay time" to 10, then click "Make a GIF!"

Step 5: Right-click the result and save it. Congrats! You used a GIF base!

[magz]

ID: 1. A collection of early 2000s animation meme gifs and their still images. 2. screenshots of instructions to edit animation meme templates in ms paint and ezgif.com to result in a licking gif. End ID.

[cookietastic]

We need to bring back the athletics body type post

[cookietastic]

This one

[cookietastic]

Tumblr has 10+ image limit had to add these on too

[balaclava-trismegistus]

i love love love when artists put a bunch of effort into like human anatomy and facial features and light rendering and drawing fabric folds and shadows and texture and then when they draw a gun they do this

[bloodofgrapes]

Do you hate drawing firearms? Let me introduce my good friend 3d Warehouse to you! There's a pretty good database of 3d models that you can rotate and play with in real time, no program download required! I've seen all sorts of real world firearms, as well as fictional guns from popular video games and other media

Don't ever be afraid to trace guns--it's not art theft or stealing, it's saving yourself an enormous amount of time for the exact same end result. Additionally, if you're unsure of what firearms to draw, the Internet Movie Firearms Database has a collection of basically all firearms used in any media ever, from anime to film to video games and everything in between

[fallout-lou-begas]

And of course if you can't trace a gun directly then this website is still perfect for getting a reference photo of the exact right gun from the exact right angle!

[nevver]

Paint it black

[thaxted]

From the label on the bottle:

Instructions: Thin with water to increase flow as required. Paint with it.

Stuart Semple is so full of gentle but pointed snark and a burning desire for accessible art, I love him. I love that no matter what Anish Kapoor does, Stuart Semple will be there, making fun of him and selling affordable art supplies to anyone who wants them.

[masterread-deactivated20200926]

Iit smells like black cherry? Fuck yes

[scaliefox]

Is that the same guy that gave him a middle finger by making the wordest brightest pink and putting in the terms of use that the Vantablack asshole is the only man not allowed to use it?

I love this because it’s like watching a comic book fight between an art themed hero and his super villain nemesis that wants to keep all the art things to himself. 

[hzs-modblog]

Yes, and that same jerk broke said terms of use by having someone get him the pink pigment and he then literally gave Semple and the world the middle finger, after dipping it in the pink pigment. No class whatsoever.

Semple responded by somehow getting Vanta Black (or his own newly made pigment, can’t remember which) and giving the peace sign to everyone with two voided out fingers. Seriously, they looked like a bad video edit.

[scaliefox]

Sounds like he’s attempting to flush his reputation down the crapper with keeping such a huge advance in art technology to himself AND throwing a tempter tantrum over the backlash.

I’m glad this Semple dude is standing up his bullshit. 

[lilac-keeper-deactivated2022112]

Ya’ll are missing one very important point: Vantablack is caustic. Direct skin contact can cause really gnarly chemical burns. Despite that, the “void is staring back at you” black is something just about any artist would want to experiment with, even if you need to handle it as a hazmat chemical.

So, Semper’s peace sign in his own “deep space between stars” black is downright incredible as it’s SAFE. Anyone can use it, it even smells good without the scent affecting the color or consistency.

An artist in his studio whipped up a safe alternative to a pigment that chemical engineers have to make in a controlled lab.

Semper’s vengence led to a breakthrough that benefits artists of all levels the world over, and that’s just lovely.

[scaliefox]

It’s like he used the power of righteous hatred the same way some people use the power of love.

His intense need to spite the VB asshole let to him making a scientific breakthrough that shits all over his product. 

[nuttersincorporated]

Spite is a really grate motivator

[thesnadger]

When I was in school, one of my art teachers used to say “this world needs more creators. There’s more than enough destroyers in the world today.”

Just a reminder, if you create anything–art, writing, food, machines, ideas, equations, knits, tools, gardens–the world needs you.

[sylviawitch]

This makes me happy.

Happy creating, everyone

[bunnie-blogging]

me: I don’t want to draw because I’m no good

my brain: you have to draw to get better though

me:

[komadoriwonder]

It's horrible to see art without crediting and let's not talk about asking permission because that seems impossible. And the annoying is that?? People reblog the stuff?? like redhoodie and darkwolf whatever their url is do this all the time and people reblog their stuff!! It's not fair to the artists to post their stuff without asking, we have several sites to ask in Japanese and korean and all the shit. It's not that hard guys.

There is really no excuse to post without crediting. And like you said, even if you don’t speak the same language as the artist, google translate is a thing. So there’s no excuse to not ask/check for permission either. 

When I first got on here, I used to follow a lot of blogs that were fuuuuull of reposting artwork uncredited. I just didn’t think it was a big issue, but I know better now. 

Now, I just live by the rule that a) if there is no credit to the artist, and b) if I think the source/artist is already on tumblr, or has specified that they do not want their stuff reposted: I do not reblog it. 

It’s as simple as that.

It means that we have to do our research before reblogging some stuff, but it is so so important. And we’re only going to prevent the reposting if there’s enough people refusing to reblog and encouraging a culture of “credit and ask” on tumblr. :) 

[nevver]

Paint it black

[thaxted]

From the label on the bottle:

Instructions: Thin with water to increase flow as required. Paint with it.

Stuart Semple is so full of gentle but pointed snark and a burning desire for accessible art, I love him. I love that no matter what Anish Kapoor does, Stuart Semple will be there, making fun of him and selling affordable art supplies to anyone who wants them.

[masterread-deactivated20200926]

Iit smells like black cherry? Fuck yes

[scaliefox]

Is that the same guy that gave him a middle finger by making the wordest brightest pink and putting in the terms of use that the Vantablack asshole is the only man not allowed to use it?

I love this because it’s like watching a comic book fight between an art themed hero and his super villain nemesis that wants to keep all the art things to himself. 

[hzs-modblog]

Yes, and that same jerk broke said terms of use by having someone get him the pink pigment and he then literally gave Semple and the world the middle finger, after dipping it in the pink pigment. No class whatsoever.

Semple responded by somehow getting Vanta Black (or his own newly made pigment, can’t remember which) and giving the peace sign to everyone with two voided out fingers. Seriously, they looked like a bad video edit.

[scaliefox]

Sounds like he’s attempting to flush his reputation down the crapper with keeping such a huge advance in art technology to himself AND throwing a tempter tantrum over the backlash.

I’m glad this Semple dude is standing up his bullshit. 

[lilac-keeper-deactivated2022112]

Ya’ll are missing one very important point: Vantablack is caustic. Direct skin contact can cause really gnarly chemical burns. Despite that, the “void is staring back at you” black is something just about any artist would want to experiment with, even if you need to handle it as a hazmat chemical.

So, Semper’s peace sign in his own “deep space between stars” black is downright incredible as it’s SAFE. Anyone can use it, it even smells good without the scent affecting the color or consistency.

An artist in his studio whipped up a safe alternative to a pigment that chemical engineers have to make in a controlled lab.

Semper’s vengence led to a breakthrough that benefits artists of all levels the world over, and that’s just lovely.

[scaliefox]

It’s like he used the power of righteous hatred the same way some people use the power of love.

His intense need to spite the VB asshole let to him making a scientific breakthrough that shits all over his product. 

[neverenoughcolour]

whoa I got another prompt :o

I hope you don’t mind waiting Anon; I am hopelessly slow with these :(

[neverenoughcolour]

Anon. I gave up. :(

[ambiengrey]

These doodles were inspired by @preciousthingsareprecious’s lovely post and tags (which, I hope you don’t mind… ^^;)

[neverenoughcolour]

I changed my main URL from thedancingcrown to @ambiengrey (I haven't fixed the description on my sideblogs yet), and I'll be posting my art there from now on. I'll be using this blog to reblog art tips and things, tutorials, ideas I want to try and WIPs, but finished works are going to my main blog. I'm reblogging this art from the main partly as an excuse to tell you this :P but if you like the art and you want it on your blog please reblog from the source, not *this* reblog with this message :( This has been a PSA~ :) thank you~~!

[neverenoughcolour]

“You’re being stingy–”

“You’re using all the dough!”

“I’m making more to love!”

For anon! Who requested Jason and Tim, baking cookies :D

[crvggio]

Writer goals: Fanart based on your writings

[petimetrek]

Artist goals: Fanfics based on your drawings

[fieldbears]

Reader goals: Your fav fan writer and your fav fan artist going back and forth in a delicious cycle of fic and art, until you’re printing out Tumblr pages so you can roll around in a pile of them

[rachelhueyart]

Can you talk about colors? (if you already didnt) Because boi the colors you pick for your art are just so STUNING LIKE THEY WAS MEANT FOI IT. Thanks ily

TO BE HONEST my color theory is rubbish but this is generally how i tend to think about colors! Hope this helps!

ALWAYS THINK TEMPERATURE!!  

[piraticoctopus]

For anyone who wants a free pose-able human reference for drawing

The other day I came across this awesome program by accident (I don’t even remember what I was actually searching for, but on the several times I’ve looked for a program like this I’ve had no luck). It’s cool enough that I wanted to share it.

It’s called DesignDoll (website here) and it’s a program that lets you shape and pose a human figure pretty much however you want.

There’s a trial version with no expiration date that can be downloaded for free, as well as the “pro license” version priced at $79. I’ve only had the free version for two days so far, so I’m not an expert and I haven’t figured out all of the features yet, but I’ve got the basics down. The website’s tutorials are actually pretty helpful for the basics, as well. 

Here’s the page for download, which has a list of the features available in both versions.

There are three features the free version doesn’t have:

Can’t save OBJ files for export

Can’t download models and poses from Doll Atelier (a sharing site for users; note that the site is in Japanese, though)

It can’t load saved files

The third one means that if you make a pose, save it, and close the program, you can’t load that pose/modified model later. You have to start with the default model. I found that out when I tried to load a file from the day before (this is why reading is important…). Whether saving your modifications (and downloading models and poses) is worth $80 is up to you. 

But, the default model is pretty nice and honestly if all you’re looking for is a basic pose reference it should work fairly well as it is. Here’s what it looks like:

There’s a pose tag that lets you drag each joint into place and rotate body parts. The torso and waist can be twisted separately, and it seems like everything pretty much follows the range of movement it would have on an actual human.

Even the entire shoulder area is actually movable along with the joint! See, like how the scapular area of the back raises with the arm:

The morphing tag is one of the coolest features, in my opinion. It lets you pick and choose from a library of pre-set forms for the head, chest, arms, legs, etc. It has some more realistic body shapes in addition to more anime-like ones. Don’t like the options there? Mix a few to get what you want! Each option has a slider that lets you blend as much or as little as you want into the design. 

So you, too, can create beautiful things like kawaii Muscle-chan!!

The scale tag lets you mess with the proportions and connection points of different joints. This feature combined with the morphing feature not only allows more body shape variations, but it also means that you can do things like make a more digitigrade model if you want. (The feet only have an ankle joint, but for regular human poses that’s all that you really need, so whatever.)

Or you can make a weird chubby alien-like thing with giant hands and balloon tiddies if that’s more your thing.

The ability to pose hands to the extent it allows is far more than I could have hoped for from a free program. Seriously, you can change the position of each finger joint individually, as well as how spread out the fingers are from each other. Each crease on the diagram below is a point of movement, and the circles are for spread between fingers. 

And to make it a bit more convenient, there’s a library of pre-set hand poses you can pick from as well, and then change the pose from that if you like. 

In both versions, you can also import OBJ files from other places for the model to hold, like if you wanted to have them hold a sword or something.

Basically, this program is awesome and free and you should totally check it out if you want a good program for creating pose references.

[thebookskeeper]

I just wanted to add a little more to this. If you have trouble figuring out how light sources work in your drawings this also allows you to choose where to have a light source.

That shaded ball on the left is your light source. You can see how moving the point changed the shadow cast.

Oh and all those other nifty looking things in that bottom bar there, yeah it’s what you think. You can change the model color to one of these presets or even customize your own palette.

Plus for all you lovely people who want something a little more simplified to use as a pose reference

You can turn your model into the classic wire frame.

[nick-nocturne]

Why reblog this? Because for more visual creators, this will be like the lumberjack discovering chainsaws. “Reblog to save lives” as the saying goes.

[princesscupcakecarnage]

@ravesinthesky

[ravesinthesky]

Yesssssssss thank you @cupcakesandfucks

[sirensmaw]

gOD BLESS THIS

[nedoiko]

For the purpose of reliably finding it if lost xvx

[askjonfreeman]

Passing  this info along to the artists out there.  I’ve  been using this program a bit recently (free version) and there’s a couple areas where this REALLY helps out

- Understanding the more complicated poses that involve torso twisting

- HANDS

- FEET

The parts involving the flanges are VERY useful, since looking through hand references are a royal pain and require extrapolation anyway … or you can just zoom in and pose the hand/arm how  you need it to for your drawing.

I’ll probably get the full version when my budget clears it.  Definitely gonna rely on the free version until then.

[cosmicspacezombie]

@freshfromthegraveyard

[thundercluck-blog]

Hey friends!

It’s Meg here for TUTOR TUESDAY! Today is part one of drawing trees. I’ll do a tutorial on painting trees next time! This was a recommended tutorial, and if you have any tutorials you’d like to see just send em in here or at my personal! Have fun, keep practicing, and I’ll see you next week!

[fan-dylex-blog]

but its Wednesday…….

[zoophobianexus]

xD

[badgerclaw-of-shadowclan]

Good reference for backgrounds!

[peachbunni-deactivated20180110]

Reblog vs. Repost

It’s exactly as it sounds.

Reblogging is when you hit the double arrowed reblog button, one of the main functions on the tumblr media site. Usually harmless (unless you are reblogging uncredited/stolen stuff). Reblogging always will have some source to the original poster.

Re-posting is when you take/save an existing post on another person’s blog and post it yourself, whether it is on tumblr or another social media site, instead of reblogging it. Usually harmful (unless the original poster explicitly gives permission for others to repost). Whether you give no credit, some credit, or say it’s “not yours,” it’s incredibly wrong to repost without permission from the original poster.