art inspo

[wuntrum]

my newest brushpack is here! 13 painty brushes for rendering to your heart's content (in clip studio paint), which you can get for free (/pwyw) on my itch.io!!!

[kradeelav]

both drawn to life books are free to read on archive.org?? and downloadable as pdf???? what!! YO HOLY SHIT

a coworker yesterday was asking me about these behind my chair, and gun to my head, if you asked me what was the single best drawing book of all time -- it'd be these. there's a reason i keep them in irl arm's length.

not to toot my horn but i get a lot of comments about "believable life"/body language in my drawings, and i owe that to this book. Walt Stanchfield -the author- was one of the main mentors to a ton of the rennaisance era disney animators (Glen Keane, Musker, Deja, etc). this guy understands both the kinectic sense of how bodies move and squish/stretch, and how people "act", and composition/silhouette, and is honestly just a thoroughly decent dude.

some screenshots!

[scubaby]

#🧐

[thefugitivesaint]

Elizabeth Shippen Green (1871-1954), ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, “Tales from Shakespeare” by Charles Lamb, 1922 Source

[notalkingplz]

[particoat]

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

Home to roost: vintage nests.

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

If you like fairies or are one, here’s my current collection of vintage fairy imagery.

[kaixo-agur]

Tales of enchantment from Spain, illustration by Maud and Miska Petersham. c.1920

[dfordoom]

1950s diner.

[autelephone]

Al Parker, 1960’s.

[dawningcrow]

[the-evil-clergyman]

Illustration from Figures of Earth by Frank C. Pape (1925)

[zoejayw]

[ Download Link ]

As promised, it’s finally here! Thank you to all of my patrons for not only the support that made this possible, but for giving me the confidence to work on a big project like this.

Rather than providing any drawing instruction, what this writeup aims to do is help you learn to unpack the decisions being made in a given composition, and articulate what elements in a piece are responsible for its impact. Being able to isolate these qualities in your own art and art that inspires you opens up avenues for improvement regardless of medium, style, or technical skill. This is the first of hopefully many PWYW art ‘tutorials’ from me. 

I hope you all enjoy! 

[t0ast-ghost]

Can’t explain it but they’re really cunty in this photo

[vulcussy]

Art grad student answer: it's the contrapposto.

This is a counterbalanced pose where the weight is rested on one leg and the hips and shoulders are tilted in opposite directions. It emphasizes the curves of the body.

[lord-valery-mimes]

Cuntrapposto.

[oliviawhen]

Witch! Hat! Atelier!! ✨

[mysterium-solis]

Siegfried Having Defeated the Dragon by Hans Thoma (1889)

[oviraptoridae]

here's what ur gonna do. ur gonna get a plain tshirt from anywhere. from ur closet or ur dad or the thrift store or whatever. then ur gonna go to the dollar store or whatever equivalent u have in ur country. ur gonna get fabric paint and a sponge. ur gonna go home and take a cereal box or a cover of a magazine or something similar. ur gonna draw a design on it [or words. or print out a picture and trace it onto the cardstock) and cut out a stencil. then ur gonna use the sponge to dab the paint onto the shirt using the stencil. ur gonna do that thinly in 2-3 coats until it's opaque but not too stiff. then ur gonna let it dry for 24 hours. ur gonna cover that shirt with a thin towel and press an iron against the design for 30 seconds. then ur gonna wash it & wear it. got it?