animation reference

Personal tutorial & inspiring art reblog, also other things that I may find useful. NSfW is tagged and reblogged as a link to not show the pictures. I consider NSFW most sexually oriented stuff, but not necessarily all nudity.

[nesskaintips]

Step by step.

EDIT: added sketches.

[gif87a-com]

[whothebuckisfuckybruh-deactivat]

me realizing my experiences with sewing have been a lie this whole goddamn time:

[fuzipenguin]

I don’t know about human surgeons, but that’s a suture pattern I use to close skin all the time and you can see why.

[cappucino-commie]

I forgot vets existed for a moment and that comment made me wonder what Cryptid had gotten a doctorate and was performing surgery.

[soundlesswind]

Photoshop Tutorial: How to paint water in 10-ish steps. Reblog to save a life.

[endshark]

I drew @rambamboo’s character Grapefruit and my character Bloodberry in Drawpile. I took it into Clip for minor adjustments, tones and my logo thing, but the colours and inking was done in Drawpile.

[as-warm-as-choco]

Little Witch Academia shikishis by director You Yoshinari (吉成 曜)

[rabbitwithapencil]

c3rmen on Twitter

“To anyone who struggles drawing horses, the Spirit animation notes are solid gold. I wish I could find more animation notes like this.”

[freak-phone]

I get asked a lot for tips with coloring black people, so i put together a little tutorial! (and bumps my kofi if you found this helpful)

[naariel]

Eris?? Goddess of chaos strife and discord?? more like Goddess of animated hairporn jesus lord just look at it.

[iisiibear]

since I’ve drawing a lot of glowy magic/fire things lately,,,,here’s a tutorial with brush settings!! :0

[chicinlicin]

Some quick animation smear guides I put together for a friend! not sure if it works as a tutorial without my in person commentary, also more intended as a guide to show examples of basic/common smear types :O

…might make a tutorial on how to use smears another time…

[seandunkley]

Knowledge!

[windycarnage]

(thanks so much my dearest trent for letting me use your mix!)

TUTORIAL

hello all! since i dont really have any easy way to represent how i paint and since a lot of people have been asking for a tutorial, here is the best that i can do. i recorded a painting of a drawing and i highly suggest watching it. really, just observing the piece and how i did it are the best ways for you to learn, because there really isn’t anything step-by-step i can show you if you want to learn to paint the way i do. a lot of it is just feeling it out for yourself and making your own choices… but i will try and explain the process best i can. i also did a video tutorial because i think its important that you see the mistake i made and i where i made them, the parts where i struggled, and how i approached them. i think its important to see where i went wrong, too, so you can see how i problem-solved.

first of all here is the finished piece if you would like to see

and here are the brushes i use. keep in mind that, i used a lot of different settings on this piece and i will never suggest to anyone to keep their settings the same for every brush. brush settings are there for a reason, you should experiment with them, learn how they work. it can ONLY be to your advantage.

“Brush”

“Water Color”

“Crayon”

(these are the three brushes i use primarily for painting this piece, i dont know if every version of sai has these brushes, so i apologize)

PART 1

normally i start my sketching in cs5. for a while i was using sai, but cs5 seems to have better brush sensitivity (though i would say sai has better dynamics). regardless, i sketched in photoshop. the canvas i used to paint was 3000x3000 (i really wouldn’t suggest going any smaller) i brought it into sai and after coloring my lineart (by making a new layer above the lineart and pressing “clipping group” in the layer settings). then i duplicated my layer. this for me, is my way of back tracking. but i’ll talk about that a bit later.

PART 2

these days, i begin the painting by making a new layer beneath my lineart and setting in a rough estimate for colors and shadows. generally, i only do this for the face. this is because i dont want to lose a lot of the color from the sketch and i use the sketch as a way to navigate where my shadows should go. most of the shadows are in the sunken areas around the eye and beneath the nose. you can also start to bring in highlights at this point too, but i wouldn’t suggest using your darkest or lightest colors quite yet. use your darkest and lightest colors extremely minimally, you want the depth of contrast to range across the drawing, pulling only focus into your lightest and darkest areas where you see fit. there isn’t a secure light source in the picture, but if there was, you’d want that to be your focal point.

PART 3

at some point after you’ve mapped out the shadows and some highlights of the face, you’ll want to merge your sketch and painting layer. remember earlier how i said you were going to keep a duplicate of your sketch layer? this is because primarily most of the actual painting will be on the same layer. from my experience, i like to keep a back up the original sketch in case i paint over something that just doesn’t look right, and can just turn the sketch on and remember exactly where the landmarks of the painting were supposed to go. in this painting i never had to use it, but as the whole “painting on one layer” thing seems to really freak people out, i decided to add this step.

Part 4+

basically my entire painting process is this: lay in shadow,  smooth with midtone, apply highlight. its formulaic and a lot of it depends on exactly. with one layer painting you’ll also spend a lot of time on clean up, but use this to your advantage. resculpt your picture (if you keep your sketch layer duplicated you wont have a problem returning to what it was), dont be held back. dont be scared of this painting style. a lot of people think its unachievable, its really not. a lot of it has a lot to do with working things into your own system, into what works right for YOU. you can follow this tutorial step by step but that doesn’t mean you’ll always get the right result. a lot of it really is just experience, but it isn’t until you start trying that you can actually gain it. dont be afraid of making bad art! ive made tons and tons of bad art. good artists are only bad artists who got better.

thank you, i hope you enjoyed it. feel free to send me a message if you have any more questions. i wish i could be more thorough but i’m not very good with words and even worse at trying to explain stuff i did.

deviantart | wysp | tumblr

[khroma]

In conclusion, obrounds.

Sorry for the long post (I think it’s most legible in this format but yikes it’s long)

[greyannis]

Small animation before going on vacation to Austria tomorrow. 

[welcomedhappiness]

Farewell online privacy

[tikalgirl]

What happened?

[welcomedhappiness]

Trump happened.

[pizzaalle]

just get a VPN?

[earth-ruins]

You can’t just tell people to ‘get a VPN (Virtual Private Network)’. Buying a VPN is like buying a house. It’s very very important. Having no VPN or having a ‘wrong’ one can seriously damage your life. Especially for Americans because their privacy laws are garbage. I am going to try explain why you should get a VPN but bare with me, I am from Germany and my English is far from perfect. 

Let’s start with a simple test. Click this link here: https://whatismyipaddress.com/ It will tell your IP adres, your ISP (internet service provider), and your location. The location might not be very accurate, but then again, it’s just a simple website. Imagine what the government can do!

So basically, everyone can find out where you live. But there is more danger. Your ISP. Your ISP logs your every move online and they are required to keep it in case the government wants access to it (or if a 3rd party wants to buy your data (yikes). They have everything. What websites you visit. How long you stay on a website. What you download. Your search terms. European laws are more subtle on this but if you are from the US you are #@*#&, especially because Trump doesn’t support the open internet. It’s scary but maybe in the future you can’t get a job because the recruiter knows your searched on ‘how to deal with depression’ or anythings else that’s supposed to be private because it’s your f*cking right. Or you get a $100k fine because you pirated a movie 15 years ago. You need a VPN. You’re dumb for not using one. but what does a VPN do?

A VPN encrypts all your data so if it were be intercepted no one can ‘crack the code’ and damage your privacy. 

Usually being online goes like this (simplified): Your computer —-> ISP (—–> keeps data —–> sells it)

But with a VPN it goes like: Your computer —–> VPN (encrypts data)—–> ISP (ISP can’t see shit)

Furthermore, a VPN hides your IP address and location by giving you another IP address located in Spain for example (you can often choose from a list and change as many times as you want).  

Now that you know why you should get a VPN and what is does it is important to educate yourself because people often choose the wrong VPN. VPN providers are also businesses and have to obey the law. If you choose a VPN provider located in the US then you are throwing your money away because the laws in the US shits on your privacy. If the US gov wants the provider to give all their logs they have to obey.  The ISP  still can’t see what you are doing online and sell your data but the US gov can interfere with your VPN provider so NEVER CHOOSE A PROVIDER LOCATED IN THE US. 

I just wanted to make that very clear so my followers don’t buy false security.

There is still more danger!  Who says your VPN provider isn’t selling your data? You need to check their logging policy. Do they keep logs? If yes, what for? For how long do they keep them? Tip: Choose a provider who doesn’t keep logs

More about law  The US is part of the Five Eyes program (the worst):  

The Five Eyes, often abbreviated as FVEY, is an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are bound by the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence (source)

There is also a Nine Eyes (bit better) and Fourteen Eyes Program (better).  You don’t want a VPN provider who is located in one the Five Eyes countries.  If you had to choose go for a provider located in a country that’s part of the Fourteen Eyes Program or even better, go for a country that isn’t part of any program! 

I know this is a shitty explanation and please pardon my english but now it’s time to do your own research. Take your privacy seriously. Maybe WWIII breaks out and you get killed for liking the ‘wrong’ FB-page.  

Go to this website: https://thatoneprivacysite.net/simple-vpn-comparison-chart/

Make sure that your future VPN provider both has green boxes for Privacy Jurisdiction and Privacy Logging. 

I recommend ovpn.se and trust.zone. ovpn is located in Sweden so they are part of the 14 Eyes Program and they keep minimal logs. Their business ethics, however, are alright. 

Trustzone is located in the Seychelles. No country can interfere and their privacy jurisdiction is the best you can get. The US want your data but needs to get it from Trustzone? The Seychelles will simply give them the finger and wave them goodbye. However, this makes this provider very appealing for people who torrent and criminals because they keep no logs (and that is how it shoud be) Also,  there are almost no marketing efforts so this provider is one the cheapest)

Also, often providers such as ExpressVPN are being called ‘The Best’ on websites about VPNs but know that this is just marketing which also makes those provider more expensive (and they too shit on your privacy)

This must be the worst article you have ever read but please, please take your privacy very seriously.

EDIT: I got many people asking me which provider I use. For those who want to know, I use Trust Zone. They offer a free 3-day trial with no strings attached. But still do your own research! 

[writing-prompt-s]

I am also with Trustzone but I think you forgot to explain one of it’s most important features. It protects you when you are using someone else’s Wi-Fi. If you are at Starbucks and you use their Wi-Fi your privacy is at risk. Anyone with ill intentions could steal your information. Especially if you are using an unsecured Wi-Fi hotspot. With a VPN your data gets encrypted so no one can steal it. 

[rabbittiddy]

Wait, what’s going, on? Did trump destroy internet privacy with a bill or something? Where’s the news? Oh wait, why am I getting visions of Alex Jones and selling water purifiers?

[thecrystalfems]

He hasn’t yet but he says he wants to. And if he is serious about it it would be really easy to do. Since all our data is already recorded, as the person above explained.

[coltrer]

Trump wants more surveillance of Muslim Americans. This in a country where internet privacy is already close to non-existent. 

Trust.Zone has a free trial. Use it. 

btw this post only has 11k notes? That’s quite disappointing for something this important. 

Don’t reblog this post to save a life. Reblog this to protect an entire family!

[imthedoctor12]

@earth-ruins @writing-prompt-s Should I get trustzone for my mobile device?

[writing-prompt-s]

If you use public Wi-Fi, then yes. Which VPN you use is up to you, amigo. Take @earth-ruins advice. Do your own research first. 

[writing-prompt-s]

@elvesfromthedeep​ just brought the current situation in the US to my attention (March 30, 2017). 

Sources

Anger as US internet privacy law scrapped 

Congress just voted to let internet providers sell your browsing history 

To all my friends in the US, please read this entire post. Making everyone aware of VPNs is going to be my mission. Your privacy matters. Please reblog this post.

[greeneyespurpleheart]

Don’t tell me you just wanted to scroll past this. Stop looking at pictures of cats for a moment, okay? Don’t you realize how important this is? This is dangerous! ‘America, the best FREE country in the world’ my ass.

With this new law your ISP can sell your Internet history which could include passwords, usernames, religion, credit card numbers, race and much more to the highest bidder. So here is what I want you to do. You are going to read the whole thing and before you think ’this is so important. Let me reblog this real quick and go back to admiring cats again-’ NO! Don’t reblog this. Take action first. Then reblog. Sign up for a free trial! Trust.Zone offers one (here). Yes. It might be difficult to set up a VPN for some people. But is that going to stop you from protecting yourself and your family? 30 minutes. 30 minutes is all that it takes. 5 if you know how to install software. The problem with some of you is that you see ‘difficult’ as something negative. I want you to see difficult differently. I need you to push through this stuff. You are going to protect yourself. There is nothing negative about that. VPNs are fun and costsaving too! A VPN bypasses geographical restrictions so you can access websites you normally can’t or you could start Netflix’s one month free trial over and over again- forever. And it’s legal! (unless you use it to buy weapons etc.,) Don’t tell yourself that you are too tired and that you will do this tomorrow. Because that isn’t going to happen and you know it. You have to do this right now. You only have to click on it. Don’t let this/shit/life just happen to you. Take yourself seriously. Get a VPN.

Privacy is not a privilege, it’s a fundamental human right

[stumbling-while-balancing]

I had this pointed out to me, and I wanted it to be the last thing I reblogged so it was the first anyone entering my blog would see. It’s not something I usually post, but it definitely is important enough to make an exception.

Goodnight everyone!

[anxiouspineapples]

quick & simple hair tutorial

[spencerwan]

Here’s my rough animation for cyclops sequence from Castlevania. I got to storyboard this sequence as well, which was a first for me. Up until then I’d never had that level of control over anything I’d worked on in the animation industry. 

Out of everything I did for season one, this is by far what I worked the hardest on. I’m glad I’m finally getting to show it.

[boingmann]

I… made some notes on how I do panels.. I’m not sure if what I wrote makes sense but I hope it helps??

Important: This isn’t the absolute correct method in planning panels. Just mine.  (lol this might even be the wrong way;;;;; plsdontkillmetumblrartpolice)

Another tip, if you are having trouble with the anatomy (”Where does the arm start? Where does the leg end?? Is the hand correctly placed, or would it imply that the character has 10 meter long arms?”) either try to extend the drawing beyond the panel or create a thumbnail first.

That’s my 2 cents!

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