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been having a real good time with the iron lung fanart....

ratdragonart

posted from the wrong account but we stay winning

achillesinhighheels

rubylith-art

Thinking about THE GREEN KNIGHT recently

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for april fools we’re deleting this entire site sayonara you weeaboo shits

year of da hort

#year of the horse #hort #horse #art #original art #my art #digital art #lighting practice

create your own monsters

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #thistle #thistle dungeon meshi #fanart #original art #got a tablet for my pc recently so its a game changer

Watercolor Bee

#my art #original art #art #bug art #bugs #bee #beehive #flowers #watercolor #traditional art

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Voting ended onNov 10, 2024

#i was correct

leebrontide

I want to tell a story to the artists and would-be artists out there.

When I was 19, I made a large oil painting of the nerd I would eventually marry. I poured all my attention and care into this painting. It's the only art I have from back then that still holds up as a work I'm proud of today.

I entered it into a judged show at the local art center. It got an honorable mention. I went to see the show with my beloved model. One of the judges came up to talk to me, and highlighted that all the judges really liked the painting. It would have placed, except, you see, the feet were incorrect. They were too wide and short, and if I just studied a bit more anatomy-

I called over my future wife, and asked her to take off her shoe. Being already very used to humoring me, she did. The judge looked at her very short, very wide little foot. Exactly as I'd lovingly rendered it. I would never edit her appearance in any way.

The judge looked me in the eye, and to his credit, he really looked like he meant it when he said "Oh I'm so sorry."

Anyways the moral of the story is that all of those anatomy books that teach you proportions are either showing you averages, or a very specific idea of an idealized body. Actual bodies are much more varied than that.

So don't forget to draw from observation, and remember that humans aren't mass produced mannequins. Delight in our variation. Because it's supposed to be there.

ratdragonart

No, but in high school, we were doing hand studies of our own hands, and my art teacher walked up, and is like "it's looking good, but you're palms are a little wide and fingers are short." Then she looked at my hands and just said "nevermind, that's just what your hands look like!"

😭😭 I've never recovered

wonderstruck

If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

#the terror by dan simmons #really good horror btw #just had a show come out on hbo and netflix check it out

butchlinkle

really helpful technique ^ once you know how to divide by halves and thirds it makes drawing evenly spaced things in perspective waaay easier:

#art ref

kaxen

HOW DO YOUR PERCEIVE BLUE AND GREEN?

Test your color perception with this interactive test.

What was your result?

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Bluer than average

Voting ended onSep 10, 2024

#greener than 87% of the population #cool and short quiz!

Currently working on- almost done I think :)

#original art #my art #ratdragon art #national park #lone star geyser #yellowstone

writing-prompt-s

You are the adventurer who went on an epic quest and defeated the evil king, all to gain the sacred amulet and use its one wish to revive your sister. Now everyone expects you to accept her death and use the wish to undo the damage instead. You refuse.

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Blood has stopped streaming from the wound bisecting your brow, but it still stings your eyes something fierce. You take your gauntlets off, grimacing as the grime and soot from battle tries to keep the metal welded to your skin. There’d been an explosion during the final fight with the king – no, the tyrant. Explosions, maybe. Your magic’s been erratic lately, the sudden growth of your mana pool far outpacing your control. You wipe your eyes with the back of your cleaner hand.

There’s pressure in your chest you’ve never felt before. You want to laugh. No, you want to scream. Your body is too tired to jump around like you did when you were a little girl, but you find yourself bouncing in place regardless. The thrill of battle and of escaping the castle as it collapsed is thrumming through your veins. You did it. You did it.

You are so happy, so devastatingly happy, that you can feel yourself shutting down. You need—you need rest. Food. Sleep.

Then you can save her. Then you can bring her back.

“Roksala,” Prince Eloyn says. You squint past the last rays of day to see him frowning at you. The ruins of the tyrant’s castle don’t appear to interest him. His eyes narrow. “Are you ignoring me?”

#good read