LEO EDWARD CAULFIELD

19 - queer - commissions open! dm - I don't have notifications on for notes so please dm if I don't reply

[ravenmaws]

hey its been a bit huh! uuuh yeah haha, i moved both irl and accounts and then got really artblocked. @iron2sulfide <-- new acc :)

[ravenmaws]

reaaaally old mapleshade sketch I finally got around to finishing idk if I like it but yknw

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[ravenmaws]

what I am about to do has not been approved by the vatican

redrew a funny pic. thinking about putting this on a shirt :)

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[ravenmaws]

very fun discord commission I got that made me laugh. idk shit about dark souls but this guy is fun praise the sun etc

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[ravenmaws]

I've put a nice dent in my wallet unfortunately so I'm taking icon commissions like pictured for $25 pls dm if you want one or boost if you don't !

[ravenmaws]

Attack on gummyshout I forgot to post

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[ravenmaws]

attack on snarkosaurus! love silkwings

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[ravenmaws]

girl help my art style changed again. anyways this is my wow oc named lette I love women

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[nerdlingwrites]

You don't realize how many artists have same face syndrome until you try to find an artist who can portray ethnic features. Many of them either lack the skill or the motivation, or maybe the motivation to develop the skill. But sorry I don't want you giving my Black OC a pointy little nose and that same mouth you drew on that white girl over there.

Next time you find an artist you want to commission, look and see if they have any Black or brown people in their portfolio, and as you search, maybe fruitlessly, all the faces begin to look exactly alike and it starts to feel like you're looking at someone's incredibly well executed dollmaker.

People who can draw a wider range of features than just "generic white fantasy girl #9" are stronger artists and more worthy of your cash. (Unless the same face Pixar thing is what you're going for, then by all means, proceed with mediocrity.) And I don't mean "draws the same face and gives it dark skin and curly hair" I'm talking big noses, wide noses, flat noses. Monolids and thick lips and textured hair and PEOPLE WHO'S UNDERTONE IS NOT PINK FOR GOD'S SAKE WOULD YOU STOP MAKING PEOPLE PINK?

Anyway, find quality artists by looking for faces of color.

[nerdlingwrites]

Oh and body shape/sizes other than "impossibly slender elf girl" or "tiddies out anime girl"!

[grimalkinsquill]

Some folks are saying use NatGeo as a reference which, um...well, OP's got a reblog specifically about why that is a bad idea that I won't paraphrase or do any horseshit with because her words matter more than mine.

To sort of shoot that strawman argument of "well, if I can't have that, then what else is there? You never provided me that!", I'm going to speak up with a better suggestion for folks who sincerely want to improve: Unsplash is right there. They have a whole section dedicated to people photos, submitted by their userbase for free use: (x)

Here are some fun ones, just from a quick skim right now:

Like this is just a skim! Folks, we can do better and not use racist resources. Sure, Unsplash is limited by what users submit, but at least by that virtue, there's so much more there on Unsplash to practice with as an artist for diversifying your face shapes and body styles. And, again, all of these are free to use, so they're willing models.

[nerdlingwrites]

I appreciate this addition because you did the work to find a quality source of pictures from models of color who are every day people. They also VOLUNTEERED to have their pictures used for free by artists as reference. That gives them agency, it makes it a oit communication and not colonization.

I don't want people to never make an addition to my posts, it's just way too often people blunder along without any care for the core subject - which is racism, not a simple criticism of technique. This shows an understanding of the underlying issue and then says to other white people "hey look you can stop being racist AND not be racist at the same time!"

Anyway, sorry if that didn't make sense, I'm hopped up on anti anxiety meds after the incident with the dog at the park.

[ravenmaws]

beforeeee I pass out here's an attack on moontearrs_!! she's a great artist and I'm a sucker for nightwing ocs

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[overwatchocweek]

Blogs to Follow to Help Develop Your OC

On top of having this blog to encourage creating OCs, I also want to give people access to resources that can help you out in creating your OC! Here is a compilation of blogs to follow, as well as a few other links to help further your development!

maxkirin - Novelist blogger who offers many great pieces of writing advice, as well as videos!

about-your-oc - Writing prompts and resources for OCs

character-prompts - A collection of short character prompts

develop your oc - A collection of prompts and questions for your OCs

faceclaims-rpg - A blog dedicated to finding “face claims”, or irl people to represent your character’s appearance. They include a large array of tags and a directory of faceclaims, including POC.

tasksweekly - A blog dedicated to bringing more advanced prompts to get your creative juices flowing. Check out their info page and just snoop around.

dear-indies - A blog dedicated more specifically towards RPers with guides, tutorials, masterposts and face claim help.

howtofightwrite - An excellent resource for tips and tricks on writing combat and fight scenes, as well as what not to do.

The Script Family - This is a link to a separate masterpost, all of the blogs listed being absolutely excellent resources for writing and research. Just reach in and take a look, there’s answers to questions you didn’t even know you had.

writing-prompt-s - Short prompts to write stories off of

tiftswritingcorner - Prompts and challenges

helpfulwritingstuff - Reblogs of random resources and tips for writing.

heywriters - Writing tips, inspiration and resources

writingwithcolor - A blog dedicated to writing and resources centered on racial & ethnic diversity

fixyourwritinghabits - A collection of resources and tips for writing

fuckyeahcharacterdevelopment - A hub of information for character creation, development and writing

writeworld - A blog dedicated to prompts/inspiration to get writing via pictures, art and music

promptsandpointers - A blog dedicated to bringing advice and inspiration for writing

yourocs - Questions to flesh out your characters

writing-questions-answered - A blog dedicated to answering questions about writing help

I visit almost all of these blogs quite regularly, and I highly recommend going through these blogs for help and inspiration. These are just my personal recommendations, there are definitely more blogs out there you can dig for of course!

[ravenmaws]

forgot to sign this at 2am so I had to sign it on my phone >.> revenge on Fennecki!! she made a really good painting of one of my dragon ocs and I want to stare at it all day

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[ravenmaws]

attack on my friend michealsmells :] in love with this oc

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[ravenmaws]

haha johnathan I can't pay child support

hi! I'm very broke rn and want to work on larger projects so I'm opening up four slots for fullbody commissions! they are $50/ea and I'll draw pretty much anything but right now I'm most comfortable with feral furry art. you can look at my pinned post for more info about my commissions and dm if you're interested! if you're not please still reblog. look at that shit. anyways have a cool day :]

[ravenmaws]

attack on torchflight ! follow me on af if you want your dragons drawn I'm on a wof kick

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[finchwingart]

Sorry if you get this question a lot! - do you have any tips/good refs for drawing back legs on animals? Thank you for your time

Hi! sorry I took ages to respond to this, I'm always like "I'll respond later when I can dedicate more attention to it" but that time never comes so im doin it now

Not totally accurate but this is how I generally go about it:

[ravenmaws]

friendly fire on @guidomistake :] love da pupy

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