Paint By Science

Cartoons, Paintings & Photos! Oh My!

[dereklaufman]

Brewsiv The Bearzerker wants you to check out his cameo in RuinWorld Chapter One. Per-Order NOW at www.dereklaufman.com (link in my profile) Limited print run! #indiecomics #comicbook #selfpublished #ruinworld #dereklaufman

[nuclearlemons]

Hello!! This may be a weird question but I too am heavily interested in birds but unlike you, I cannot draw them as well. :,^( If it's not too much work (if it is just ignore this, i don't mind), do you know of any good references or sources to learn more about birds from facts to anatomy? I know this is a pretty wide range so again, I totally understand if you can't! I just thought it was worth an ask. Thank you so much!!

i don’t really have any specific reference places but here’s some things i do. 

 drawing birds is arguably one of the hardest animals because of their feathers. unlike fat and fur that folds to the body in a way that’s usually readable to whats underneath, feathers sort of create a ‘bubble’ around the body which makes a lot of body parts indistinguishable to where one ends and another begins. so its important to always think in terms of skeletal anatomy:

birds are dinosaurs and therefore reptiles. looking at birds this way, it’s a lot easier to see their evolution.

with that in mind, say we wanna draw this dude. owls are pretty tough because their outward appearances are so deceiving.

we’ve got a neutral pose, feathers are generously surrounding most of the body so its no sweat, we don’t really know whats going on. but we can hide it. but now we want to make him move and look cool. without really knowing whats going on we might get stuck on something like this:

its always kind of stiff and frustratingly unrealistic. mostly this is because we just don’t have enough knowledge of the skeletal structure to work with. eyeballing anatomy on our first drawing might get something like the left, more than anything people aren’t generous enough with leginess of birds:

 owls do indeed have regular proportioned necks with the rest of their bodies. and their skulls are like that of any other stereotypical raptor under their mask of feathers (minus their freaky eye sockets and ears)) they can open their mouths wide just like a hawk or eagle can. it’s important to remember that birds with large wingspans do not magically lose their length when hidden. they are just conveniently folded in against their bodies.

knowing this we can try again. suddenly things seem to click in place more and have a believable-ness to them.

the rule of thumb for most birds is they have less body mass and more leg/neck than one thinks. they are lanky dinosaurs.

when we are looking at this:

we are seeing this:

with that rule, drawing birds becomes a lot less confusing. with practice you might just eyeball their feathered appearances but if not, going back to skeletal/muscle structure gives the base you need to draw convincing birds.

when it comes to specific body parts, the most challenging part for me personally have always been feet. birds with super twiggy feet are easier because one line per toe is easy to get away with. but when you get to birds with meatier feet, especially raptors, it gets difficult. my way of getting around this is to think of the actual ‘feet’ last. drawing each separate toe first gets confusing because you just find yourself trying to get them to each fit evenly together at the base of the foot. one always seems kind of skinnier or fatter than the others in my experiences, and by the time you correct it the gesture gets muddled and lost.

so i just skip that part until later, i draw talon first.

perhaps this is very unorthodox, but just like artists might square in the hands first on a human before working out the arms, i square in the talons to know where i want them before worrying how they go on exactly.

that way we have a clear gesture captured, and in my experience it is much more readable.

thats’ really all i can think of now in terms of my techniques, i hope this helps :V

[wufflecomics]

<3

[paintbyscience-blog]

BIRDS FOR DAYS!!!

[capomontone-deactivated20161205]

host

[paintbyscience-blog]

Love the contour hatching

[ca-tsuka]

“The 4th Planet” french project for adults (animated TV series + video game + web platform) by Titouan Bordeau & Jean Bouthors, with the help of Folimage studio for animation.

[paintbyscience-blog]

Looks exciting!

[nickanimation]

We’re down at Ottawa International Animation Festival this week and one of our Development team ROCKSTARS, Kimberley Mooney, just sat in on a “Pitch This!” panel where she and other studio execs took a pitch and gave feedback in front of a LIVE audience. Here are some highlights! 

More on our TWITTER.

[wannabeanimator]

The Black Cauldron (1985) | character design by Tim Burton (x)

“This is the drawing that ended Tim Burton’s career as a Disney Feature Animation artist. Tim had produced endless designs for The Black Cauldron, all of them in his unique, personal style.

When it came time to come up with a look for the monster birds, the Gwythaints, most of us thought of conventional dragons types that would look for and kidnap the oracular pig Hen Wen.

Tim had this great idea for bat-like creatures with a hand shaped head. Everybody was pretty excited about this unusual idea, including myself.

But in the end the producers commented that it reminded them of the surreal 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine, a style they deemed  inappropriate for The Black Cauldron.

Tim left the production shortly thereafter, and produced a beautiful animated short stop motion film called Vincent. It wasn’t until after he left Disney that he became THE Tim Burton, when he was given the chance to put his mark on many live action as well as animated films alike.” - Andreas Deja

[wannabeanimator]

Flash FX Animation: 'Designing an FX Pipeline for Television' by Brent Forrest

”The difference between a good and bad pipeline boils down to the asset management system. Quoting Chris Fourney, designer of the Mother Asset Manager: A good system ‘helps simplify productions and allows Artists to focus on the Art – instead of file management and technical issues.’ I couldn’t have put it better myself.”

[theartgalaxies-blog]

Useful Art Related Websites

Forums/Communities (Many Links Courtesy Of Matt Kohr’s resources page)

Conceptart.org

CG Hub

The Crimson Daggers

Deviantart

Ctrl+ Paint Deviantart Group

Ctrl+ Paint Facebook Page

Wysp

Free Instruction/Tutorials (May at times be NSFW)

Ctrl+ Paint (Highly recommended)

Proko’s Youtube

Sycra’s Youtube 

Mark Crilley’s Youtube

Idrawgirls

Feng Zhu Design Cinema

Enlighten

Reference

Senshistock

(Suggest more of these, maybe? Please make sure they are stock reference, preferably free to use off of deviantart or the posters website.)

Free Figure/Gesture Drawing Tools (May be NSFW) (Many Links courtesy Sycra’s resource page.)

Pixelovely

Quickposes

Sketchdaily

Posemaniacs

Color Scheme Designers & Color Palettes

Adobe Kuler

Color Scheme Designer 3

Colorpod

Chromaa

Color Collective

Color Palettes Generator

Color Hunter

Design Seeds

Colllor

Free digital art programs

Mypaint 

Krita

FireAlpaca

Gimp

[anipaints]

Let’s talk about trees - a practical how-to for populating your natural environments and landscapes with trees and plantlife in drawings

I’ve seen a lot of people who really want to do nature/landscape drawings but struggle with filling the space. I’m by no means an authority on this matter, but I thought I’d share my observations and ideas about filling nature shots with cool stuff because I really like drawing them and spend a lot of time doing it.

Some observations:

It’s hard to figure out what’s in a natural landscape unless you take time and really make a mental inventory of everything you see. Go explore and memorize

Draw from life and references

It’s too easy to fall into the habit of making ‘convenient shapes’ with trees and branches. Look for alternatives, examine how abruptly branches grow into different directions and split.

Mix and match. I never draw a scientifically exact tree species, I mix the relevant qualities from the kinds of trees I know that fit the image. Combine stuff you’ve seen and your imagination.

I try to ‘layer’ the vegetation. A forest looks empty with just trees. Think about the medium and low-height vegetation and bushes and then what’s closest to the ground and ON the ground.

Take into account what you want to convey with the vegetation; seasons, is the environment lush or harsh, is it creepy or idyllic?

If you like this, please do reblog but do not redistribute/reupload or modify in any way without my written consent.

[art-res]

Javicandraw MasterList

@javicandraw is an active member of this community, always sharing his tutorials with me. He created this lovely masterlist playlist of all his important videos!

Here it is! [Click to save & stay updated!] 

For easier clickability: 

THE BEST TUTORIALS FOR DRAWING THE HUMAN FIGURE 

HUMAN FIGURE BASICS TUTORIAL - Part 2 

TOP 4 BEST TUTORIALS FOR POSING and GESTURE DRAWING 

HOW TO DRAW SKETCHES, GESTURE DRAWING and POSING 

TOP 3 TUTORIALS FOR DRAWING THE HUMAN HEAD FOR BEGINNERS 

HOW TO DRAW THE HUMAN HEAD TUTORIAL FOR BEGINNERS 

TOP TUTORIALS FOR LEARNING HOW TO DRAW HAIR + ORIGINAL TUTORIAL 

HOW TO DRAW EYES: TOP 4 OF THE BEST TUTORIALS! 

HOW TO DRAW SCREAMING FACES - TUTORIAL 

HOW TO DRAW MOUTHS - A PROCESS TUTORIAL 

HOW TO DRAW NECKS - A PROCESS TUTORIAL 

HOW TO DRAW HANDS: Parts 1 to 4 

DRAWING HANDS WITH GESTURE

HOW TO DRAW THUMBS!!!!

FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO DRAW HANDS!!!

HOW TO DRAW EXPRESSIONS - A Process Tutorial

HOW TO DRAW FEET: A Process Tutorial

Thanks for looking, please consider reblogging to support the artist or following my art blog @astrikos​ to support @art-res​!

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[joethejohnston]

These are the initial diamond mural designs that i did for “It Could Have Been Great” way back at the beginning of 2015. Special thanks to our prop designer Angie Wang for helping steer these toward an art deco sort of style.

[rebeccasugar]

Joe’s diamond mural designs!!! Now you’ve finally seen all 4!

[paintbyscience-blog]

So all the diamonds have all these planets around them... Except pink diamond... Who has only one planet... One planet with a single moon

[s0ffia]

websites:

Animation World Network

Animation Backgrounds

Animation Magazine

Animation & CGI

Animator Island

Anime News Network

Cartoon Brew

Character Design References

On Animation

Reference! Reference! (free database for animation)

11 Second Club (monthly character animation competition)

tumblr blogs:

animationart

animationforce

animationtidbits

aspiretoanimate

calartscharacteranimation

disney-moments-sketches (Allen Ostergar’s blog, animator at Walt Disney)

drawingforsuckas

fuckyeahconceptart

storyboardresources

theanimationarchive

theartofanimation

wannabeanimator

resources/tips:

Animation schools: 1 / 2 (Top 50 USA) / 3 (Top 100 international)

Which animation school is right for you? (Ringling vs. CalArts)

Don’t want to/ can’t afford art school? you’ve got other options.

Animation Mentor: The online animation school

Art school exercises!!

51 Great Animation exercises

20 things you can expect as a traditional (2D) animation student that they never tell you

A Survivor’s Guide to Life Inside an Animation Studio

Animation basics: The art of timing and spacing

Animation Notes From Ollie Johnston

Animated chart of the basic principles of animation

10 Second tip: Always Anticipate

book: Animation: Learn How to Draw Animated Cartoons by Preston Blair

book: A System for Planning and Timing Animation by Glen Keane

book: Timing for animation by Harold Whitaker and John Halas

book: Gesture Drawing for animation by Walt Stanchfield

Basic 3D Animation Terminology

Digital pencil test!!

Keys to Emotion in Animation

Lessons from Disney’s Zootopia

Model Sheets central

The importance of Acting in Animation by Segio Pablos

Printable exposure/dope sheet

Phoneme Chart

Recommended reading for animation students and enthusiasts

The 5 Types of Animation

The Know-How of Cartooning 

The Unofficial Truth about The Animation Industry

Why Disney Sends Its Animators To Life Drawing Classes

Walk/Run Cycles reference

What is Pixar looking for in Animators? (scroll down)

Portfolio Advice for The Disney Animation Internship

What is Rigging?

3D Rigging Terminology

3D Modeling Terminology

tutorials:

Animation for Beginners: Where do I start

Animation Physics (Video tutorials on physics for animation artists)

Animation tutorial part. 1 AKA “the secret of animation”

Appealing Poses in Animation

Background & Movement in TV

Blinking tips

Breakdown tutorial (middle frame between to keys)

Drawing & Composition for visual storytelling

Drawing for Animation

Drawing a Likeness

Animation fundamentals + tutorials

Filmmaking: Composition and Framing

Getting Shape Change

How to animate using photoshop

How to animate Characters in Perspective

How to Animate Head Turns

How to Draw Gesture

OpeenToonz tutorials masterpost

Overlapping Action and Drag

Portfolio tips / Making A Successful Portfolio

Lyp Sync tutorial

Line of action

Basics of good cartooning 1-12 by Sherm Cohen

Squash & Stretch tutorial

Squash and Stretch 2

Storyboarding tutorials by Sherm Cohen

The Illusion of Life: 12 Principles of Animation

Tilt, Flow & Rhythm

Underlying Structure When Animating Expressions

TVPaint tutorial: Uploading and Coloring Scanned Animation

supplies (traditional animation):

10 Essential Art Supplies for the Traditional Animator

How to Use a Light Table for Animation

Making a Simple Animation Lightbox

Peg bars, Animation Disk & Desk

softwares:

free

Blender (3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline: modeling, rigging, animation,etc)

Emofuri (animate using .psd files)

Google Sketchup (

Live2D ( animation/drawing software

OpenToonz (Studio Ghibli’s open source animation software)

Pencil2D (create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics)

Renderman (Pixar’s free 3D rendering software)

Sculptris (Free digital sculpting tool by the makers of Zbrush

SculptGL (Online modelling program)

Synfig (2d animation using a vector and bitmap artwork)

paid

Zbrush (digital sculpting sw by Pixologic)

Mudbox (digital sculpting sw by Autodesk)

Cinema 4D (digital sculpting sw by Maxon)

TVPaint  (2d animation)

animation studios:

Aardman (Bristol, UK)

Blue Sky Studios (Greenwich, USA)

Dreamworks (Glendale, USA)

Fox Animation (USA)

Imagination Studios/CN (Burbank, USA)

Industrial Light & Magic (San Francisco, USA)

Laika (Hillsboro, USA)

Luma Pictures (USA / Melbourne, Australia)

Nickelodeon Animation (Burbank, USA)

Pixar (Emeryville, CA)

Rise FX (Berlin, Germany)

Studio Ghibli (Tokyo, Japan)

Sony Picture Imageworks (Vancouver, Canada)

Sony Pictures Animation (Culver City, CA)

Walt Disney Animation (Burbank, CA)

Weta Digital (Wellington, New Zealand)

inspiration: worth watching short films

Coda by and maps and plans

Contre Temps by the Contre Temps Team

Duet by Glen Keane

DOG ENVY by Olivia Huynh

Fallin Floyd by  il Luster

French Roast

Gravity by Ailin Liu

In Between by Gobelins

Jinxy Jenkins and Lucky Lou by Michael Bidinger and Michelle Kwon

My Big Brother by Jason Rayner

Night Light by Qing Han

Nephtali by Glen Keane

Nocturne by Kari Casady

Historia de un Oso by Gabriel Osorio

Home Sweet Home  by home sweet home the film

One Bright Dot by  Clément Morin

Stickboy by Giant Ant

SOAR by Alyce Tzue

Tsunami by The Animation Workshop

Thought of You by Ryan Woodward

Vagabond by  The Animation Workshop

5 Gobelins Shorts That Pay Tribute To Women Animation Pioneers

[vividjeff]

OpenToonz Swatch Tutorial

Complaints aside, I’m not giving up on this program. 

So here we go:

Turns out OpenToonz has a function similar to Adobe Animate CC’s “Tag Swatches”.

You can simply open that by clicking on Windows > Other Windows > Pallette to get this thing here: 

“Tag Swatches” give the users the ability to change the color used with the swatch into another. Such as:

to

NOTE THAT CHANGING THE COLORS OF THE SWATCHES APPLIES TO ALL OTHER FRAMES/LAYERS DRAWN WITH THAT SWATCH!!!

To add another swatch, simply right click inside the box and press “New Style”.

It will create a new swatch for you to draw/color with.

EDIT: “New Page” allows you to have another tab of swatches. So you can make one for each character/object/etc.

To change the icons in the palette, select the drop-down shown in the picture and choose whatever you’d like. For me, I’d rather have the List View.

That’s it for now. Will this satisfy anyone? Sorry if I’m not very good at tutorials X/

[shencomix]

Don’t misclick.

image / twitter / facebook / patreon

[prokopetz]

On nomenclature.

According to academia, “modern” means “the 1920s”, “new” means “circa 1996”, and the “future” is what people sixty years ago thought the year 2000 would look like. What word can I use to describe stuff that’s happening now?

[anamcaramia]

Double future

[darfichihrenhundstreicheln]

post-post-postmodern: the sequel

[prokopetz]

Postmodern II: Postmoderner

[paper-rose-doodles]

2 Post 2 Modern

[prokopetz]

Postmodern: Director’s Cut

[buckybits]

Postmod3rn: The Revenge

[prokopetz]

Postmodern: Nouveau Drift

[bold-sartorial-statement]

2 post 2 modern 4 u

[dubiousculturalartifact]

Mad Modern: Future Road

[lloydguitarguy-blog]

Modernest modern, the moderning

[prokopetz]

Postmodern 2: Dialectic Boogaloo

[bonjxro-deactivated20181127]

Mr. Magorium’s Postmodern Emporium

[wehaveallgotknives]

post and modern’s bogus journey

[ca-tsuka]

Artworks for “The Big Bad Fox” (Le Grand Méchant Renard) TV special by Benjamin Renner (Ernest & Celestine), based on his comic-book. Produced by Folivari studio (Didier Brunner).

[ca-tsuka]

Urbance pilot is now online : http://steambot.ca/watch-urbance-pilot-now/ Directed by Joel Dos Reis Viegas (Steambot Studio) Animated in Japan by Yapiko Animation.