this will be a collection of art refs

this blog is really for helping myself gather art stuff from other blogs and organize it how I would like but if it helps you too feel free to follow

[patientno7]

the suffering never ends

[sinksanksockie2]

This is the real process

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Resources for you!

Character Ideas:

Character creation masterpost

Character Alignment Chart

More character alignment descriptions

Muslim Character questions

Characters with magical powers

Building a new character advice

How to create a character for an online or tabletop RPG (also a good guide on creating characters in general)

Royalty/nobility TV Tropes page

Basic character profile

OC masterpost

Random character generators - (1), (2), (3), (4)

D&D Character Building Tool

Character Design Ideas:

How clothing affects a character’s personality

Character Design Inspiration blog

Concept art, fan art, cool art to be inspired by

Character design references and inspiration

Sources for POC character design ideas and models

Create your own character model using HeroForge

For horned characters

Body and hair types guide

Random outfit generator

Naming Help:

Amazing site with an endless amount of naming resources

General advice on avoiding naming appropriation

Hispanic Surnames

Gothic Victorian names

Huge master list for character things in general

Masterlist of names of all types - including but not limited to ancient/old world names, Celtic, African, Northern European, Southern and Central American Native names, Japanese, Chinese, Mongolian, Polynesian, and more

Another name masterlist

How to pick a character name guide

Yet another names masterlist

Creating Background/backstory:

Character Sheet/Development Sheet

Another character development list

In-depth character personality, motivations and traits sheet

320 talents and passions for characters

On writing likes and dislikes that aren’t frivolous

Why you should write non-human characters non-conforming to the gender binary

Stereotypes, tropes, and archetypes

Random backstory generator

Assassin and thief character tropes to avoid

Character Interactions and putting your character into your world/story:

Comparing character height/height references

Characters who are scientists and writing about them doing science

Describing what different voices sound like

Describing skin tones

Writing friendship interactions that are platonic

Why having one character knock their friend unconscious to prevent them from doing something is a bad idea

Advice on shipping OCs with canon characters and what to avoid doing

Sweet Polly Oliver and Sweet on Polly Oliver situations (think of Disney’s Mulan for an example)

How to write multiple viewpoints/juggling a main cast of more than 4 to 6 characters

How to make readers care about your morally gray hero/anti-hero

On platonic OC and canon character relationships

How to avoid Godmodding in RPs

When it’s cheap to kill off a character

Writing dialogue

Things you shouldn’t do to canon characters

Avoiding purple prose in writing and RPs

Slang resources

Dialogue tips

Websites to chart your story/plot/character relationships

Bonus art masterlist!

[brucewayneright]

BLESS EVERYONE IN THIS POST.

[startripperhq]

COOL.

[petitprincess1]

I’VE REBLOGGED THIS BEFORE AND I WILL REBLOG IT 20 TIMES MORE

[longscarydream]

lifehack: when you see a Take One candy bowl in a restaurant, wait until noones looking and shovel candy into your pockets. god may judge you but his sins outnumber your own

[zerofarad]

“God may judge you but his sins outnumber your own.” We really need to start collecting and sourcing these Potent Quotables.

[citrusgroves]

I’ve been doing this for years

It’s all on a google doc of mine (x)

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I NEEEEED MORE OF THESE!

[art-tnt]

Trent Kaniuga gives some concept art portfolio tips

[pizdecsuqa]

All my sketches looks like I already want to die and i can’t teach you how to draw……..uuumm…… I can just show what I using when draw and give a couple of tips (I’m useless hghjhh) ((((((((also i’m sorry for my english)))))))))

Ok

I will try explain the basics So Let’s take this quick sketch

The first and most important thing you need understand that the body is made up of symmetrical geometric figures

If you can slice these figures in half and parts will not differ in size (and under conditions of perspective) so well done

If use different figures/their sizes/etc then characters and they bodytypes is changing (and don’t forget that body is subject rules of perspective)

I use human proportions, because it’s easier for me to render a drawing So you can use references of human body and this ok

But how about face? ohh well These are also geometric shapes but harder The head is a circle and the beak which is a rounded rectangle

It has medial lines and submits to perspective (please, remember about symmetry, all corners must be on the same level)

As you see, eyes can be used absolutely any form (I was beginning to understand “Disney eyes” form when copying Don Rosa and Carl Barks drawings)

and

PLZ

REMEMBER

BEAK IS A FUCKIN BONE

IT CAN’T BE DEFORMED

EVEN WHEN USE EMOTIONS

what about color I just fill in the sketch and then work on it on one layer

next add shadows, render, blurring, etc.

how do i do it you can see in speedpaints

and uhhhh…… I draw about 7 years and constantly learning to do it better All i can tell you is If you can understand all these drawing rules and use them, I think you will can draw any things even better than me, anon (bc I still don’t understand many things heh)

important thing is don’t stand still…. idk…. practice, develop and everything will turn out ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ

[amalas-tutorial-and-inspiration]

A very simple and quick guide to some scenery/background building. This is drawn sloppy..but you get the idea!

You can already create a lot of world and scenery without knowing everything about perspective or architecture

Just try things out and play around with colors and shapes.

Distant things are lighter than closer objects! So check your hues and values. Other than this go wild with colors and try out!

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Muscle reference

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Nose tutorial

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This is so cute!

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Credit: azot2012.deviantart.com

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Drawings by dessinateur777 of martial arts

Credit: https://www.deviantart.com/dessinateur777/gallery/?catpath=/

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Serratus muscle images off of Google images

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How to draw a motorcycle

Credit: https://www.deviantart.com/dessinateur777/gallery/?catpath=/

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Some cat refs

Credit: https://www.deviantart.com/darkstripe4ever

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Hands tutorial

Credit: Http://jinx-star.deviantart.com

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Eye references

Credit: Http://jinx-star.deviantart.com

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Male poses

Credit: Http://jinx-star.deviantart.com