Oddly Specific

A blog dedicated to finding those weirdly specific references you need for your art. Send us anything you need! Note: the ask button is the question mark with a circle around it, up at the top of the screen. Also, please date your asks mm/dd/yy! This helps us know how long it's been.

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a common topic I've seen on a bunch of other art blogs; this is one of the better ones!

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do you have any refs of people hugging? different angles and height differences would be good too!

This is pretty easy to search for, anon, but considering how long it’s been I’ll do this one anyway.

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Happy arting, anon!

- Saige

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Sometimes when I need poses references even if it's not a very specific one I don't know what to call it or how to search for it. What should I do at those times, senpai?

Hi anon! Sorry for the late reply.

In this case you can ask us what a pose is called, or try and describe when searching for it! For a fencing pose (my old sport) like a lunge, you might type “sword fighting moves” or “fencing moves” if you know that specifically. Then you can look for it!

You can always ask on my main @darklingkitten and I’ll be happy to answer.

- Saige

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chleos replied to your post “Hey followers! It’s me, Saige. Bit of a long post, but the TL;DR is...”

Glad to see you're back!

@chleos it’s good to be back! i’ve missed this blog.

consistentlyaverage replied to your post “Hey followers! It’s me, Saige. Bit of a long post, but the TL;DR is...”

Wow, that's a rough time you've had! Glad things are starting to look up though��

Thanks @consistentlyaverage! It sounds worse than it was, but I ended up learning a lot about myself and what I can endure. It’s definitely looking up and I’m excited to get back to it!

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Hey followers! It’s me, Saige. Bit of a long post, but the TL;DR is that I’ve had a crazy few months but I’m back better than ever! I’d appreciate y’all giving this a read, but no worries if you skip it.

First off, apologies. Neither you all nor the mods have heard from me since June. My summer job ended up a huge fiasco due to my mistakes, I went through some upheaval in my emotional life, went out of the country for 2 weeks, then got over a thousand dollars worth of my stuff stolen, including my laptop. Oh, and that last bit was the day before I moved in for my first semester of college. It’s been a hectic few months.

I’m not asking for your pity, just your understanding as to why I’ve been gone. I know this is still a fairly new and not-well established blog, so it may not have had as big an impact as it could have, but regardless: I’m sorry.

On the bright side! My summers are now open for internships, the upheaval was something that needed to happen, Switzerland/Austria were beautiful and I’m making plans to move there after college if Trump gets elected. Much of my stolen belongings have been replaced and college has turned out to be exactly what I needed out of life - I’m thriving and happier/less stressed than I’ve been since I was a small child.

I know most of the others mods are quite busy too, so I’m going to knock out as many of the requests in our inbox as I can. A fair amount of them will be deleted since I know they’ve been there since June; to those who sent them in, my apologies. I want to get this blog back up and running quickly. Send them in again if you think they’ve been deleted!

We hope you’ll continue to follow us, even after our departure, and wish you the best of luck with your art.

- Saige

(ps: give this a like if you read it? it’ll give us an idea of who’s actively following us.)

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Please keep sending us asks!

Hello guys, Modster Chloro here! We're sorry for not being able to answer all of your asks BUT we are so grateful for all of you dear followers! Thank you all for patiently waiting! After September I will be finished with all of my commissions (hopefully) and so I will be free to answer all of your asks (as I await for the return of my comrades(the other mods OTL)) ! Keep those asks coming! I can't wait to answer all of them! Until then, see you all in October!

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YOOOO I SENT YOU AN ASK AGES AGO ASKING FOR NAKED APRON MEN REFS AND YOU FOUND SOME REALLY GOOD ONES AND I FINALLY GOT AROUND TO DRAWING MY FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY GIFT AND SHE LOVED IT SO THANKS FOR HELPING ME OUT!! <3

You're welcome anon! We're glad we could help out and we're happy your friend liked it! Belated happy birthday wishes to them!-The Mods

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SURPRISE BEAUTIFUL PERSON! ONCE YOU GET THIS, YOU MUST PUT IT INTO AT LEAST 8 PEOPLE’S ASKS (ANONYMOUSLY) WHO DESERVE IT. IF YOU BREAK THE CHAIN, NOTHING BAD WILL HAPPEN, BUT IT IS NICE TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE THINKS YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT. HELP SPREAD ANON LOVE, NOT HATE! ヾ(＠⌒ー⌒＠)ノ

Aww thank you anon! As this is a secondary blog we can’t really send asks but we’ll see if we can send it on our primary blogs! Again, thank you!

- All the mods!

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I love this blog it helps so much with drawings. I wish there was an oddly specifc writing refs, but you're still so awesome!!

Thank you Anon! We’re glad that you find this blog helpful! We do it all for you bby <3

-The Mods

(On a side note, why not start your own oddly-specific-writing-refs anon? I’m sure it’ll be of great help to everyone! -Modster Chloro)

(PS On behalf of all the other mods I’m sorry for not answering all your asks lately. We’re currently busy with real life stuff! (Not too sure about the others but I’m currently doing commissions OTL We’ll get to those asks soon!) -Modster Chloro)

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Do you have any references for very overgrown and abandoned paved roads and highways (about 70-90 years of decay or similar)? Pretty much every photo I've found with Google Image Search are roads that were abandoned for 20 or 30 years, like the ones in and around the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Photos of cars or other metal surfaces that were abandoned for more than 50 years would be very nice as well. Thanks in advance!

Hey! I can’t actually find any old roads; honestly, I think they would’ve been completely taken over by that point.

Cars, however, I can definitely do!

This site in particular is great for car photos

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Hope those helped! I would really suggest checking out the links.

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Do you have any ref pics of someone covering their right eye with their right hand with their arm in front of their body? If you find an anime character doing this please include that, but if not then I'm still very thankful. Thank you for your time.

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Hi! I know some of these are the wrong eye, but I figure flipping them wouldn’t be too hard :P

Happy arting!Saige

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Hi! Saige here.

Sorry we’ve been so inactive recently! All four of us are insanely busy - I’m barely 2 weeks into a six week summer camp I’m staffing, I know the others are busy with commissions and family things, and we just haven’t had much time. We’re working on your asks, though; now that I’m no longer teaching 7 classes a day at camp, I should have a little free time to answer again!

Have a good day, and happy arting; Saige

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By chance, do you have any ref of tigers, lions etc. pouncing at/on things?

(*rises from the ashes* Aahh yes my time has come!)

*Insert Smash Bros Title Card Here* MODSTER CHLORO ENTERS THE FRAY

Get ready dear Anonyme for some really cool references on tigers and lions pouncing on things! 

First off, here’s a cute picture of a smol tiger pouncing on a smol pumpkin

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And here’s one of a tiger saying “SURPRISE MOTHERF**KER” pouncing on a tiger in the snow

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Here’s one of tigers giving each other the most epic of hugs pouncing at each other

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Here’s a tiger pouncing on it’s unsuspecting sibling

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Here’s a lion pouncing an eland

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Here’s a lion pouncing on a zebra

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A photo of a tiger about to kill a man (jks they’re great buddies they’re playing around)

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And last but not least, lion cubs at playtime, pouncing at each other!

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And that’s all for lions and tigers pouncing on things! 

*puts on sunglasses and rides to the sun* MODSTER CHLORO OUT LATER PEEPS

-Modster Chloro

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How to draw chalk outlines?

Sorry Anon, we’re a reference blog and we don’t post tutorials on how to draw anything whatsoever! However, you can ask for references about chalk, like children drawing chalklines on the pavement, or a teacher using chalk etc. etc.... just something really oddly specific! I’m sure you can find a plethora of tutorials out there on the internet! 

-Modster ChloroFluoro

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How to draw dolls?

Hey non, just to let you know we don't do tutorials. Also, this ask is a very general topic that would be almost impossible to answer. What kind of dolls? Barbie? Porcelain? Nesting? There are millions of different kinds of dolls out there, picking what kind of doll and doing a quick Google search will definitely pull up the references that you need. :)If you still need help after that, let us know. :)-Mod Carrie

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Friendly Reminder!

Here at oddly-specific-refs we do photo refs, not tutorials. So if you need picture references for something, please feel free to ask, but we don't do tutorials. Also, please try a quick Google search BEFORE sending in an ask. If you still can't find it then we are more than happy to help. :) -The Mods

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I tried looking for a reference of demonic looking markings as tattoos all over the body and crow feather tattoos on the side of the chest and legs and couldn't really find anything. Could you help?

Hi there non!

So it was a bit difficult to find full body tattoos of demonic markings, so I found what I could, I hope these help, and let me know if you need further resources. :)

Below a “Read More” since this contains pictures that may make some folks uncomfortable.

Also, you can always look up ancient/new age alphabets (like below) and cover your character in them to make them look “demonic” as well.

As for the crow feather tattoos...

And in case those don’t work, here’s a few pictures of actual crow feathers so you can see what they look like and maybe design your own tattoo. :)

I hope that helped some anon! Let us know if you have any other questions! :)

-Mod Carrie

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