Heather's Art Refs

Personal references for my art. This includes references or inspiration I find to fuel my artistic endeavors, which can include 'non' art related posts. Feel free to follow if you find this blog helpful!

[vicomaco]

I’ve repeated the pattern of my last Diabolik & Eva illustration, now here’s my real favorite couple ever and ideal goal of romance and love, Gomez & Morticia Addams! 🖤

[malkshake]

Autumn gecks pattern!

Always a good time for autumn mood! And not because I profit from it!

Redbubble | Society6 | TeePublic

[raksulovesdogs]

This year I made some illustrations for my school project, hope you like it! 

Upd: Yes, wendigos are not a cryptid, I know it and I drew them to tell some russian people about existence of algonquian mythology, I said that they are NOT cryptids please calm down

[zandraart]

dust to dust

[kadabura]

Hey, I made a short, simple game that you can play here for free. It’s about helping others and finding the courage to confront your own darkest thoughts and insecurities ✌️💚

[meme-templates]

I. I need all the alignment chart memes. All. All of them. My hands are shaking. Please.

AIGHT YALL RB THIS POST WITH YOUR ALIGNMENT CHART BLANKS FOR THIS ANON

[ edit 06 / 20 / 19 : check notes for more :) ]

[ edit 06 / 22 / 19 : somebody said tje bold of you to [ blank ] chart was made by @bnhaalignmentcharts ! ]

[catchingtearsinrain]

“Twilight in the Labyrinth” || Labyrinth inspired shoot by Bella Kotak.

[the-disney-elite]

A Closer Look at John Alvin’s Poster for The Hunchback of Notre Dame

John Alvin is the artist behind the iconic movie posters for such Disney classics as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King.

These photos show the artistic process John used to find the look of the final poster design for Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Alvin’s wife, Andrea, has released a GORGEOUS book highlighting her husband’s many illustrated accomplishments – The Art of John Alvin. To see more of John’s work, check it out!

[icefitness]

[fit-with-champagne]

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[oneofthejohns]

Unversed Comics has just launched the Kickstarter for their brand new anthology, No Refunds! This time with stories about moments where you make decisions where you can never go back.

 It features 9 new cartoonists and 5 of the best cartoonists from the first Unversed anthology: Hope Dibby, Maria Frantz, Clive Hawken, Tandy Kunkle, and Seaerra Miller!

 You can check out the Kickstarter here:

 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oneofthejohns/no-refunds-a-unversed-comics-anthology

Please consider donating or help spread the word! We really appreciate it!

[aurelie-a]

Sugimoto the Immortal

[tkkatherineblog]

[inprnt]

“Altamira” by Alison George on INPRNT

[catonhottinroof-deactivated2023]

Eduard Charlemont (1848-1906)

Sleeping Beauty awakening, 1873

[grizandnorm]

Tuesday Tips - Floating Hands I use this a lot when storyboarding a first pass of a sequence. Placing hands in the right, most appealing position can be tricky. In order to create a clear silhouette for the hands, I often draw them “floating in the air”. Then, using my general knowledge of anatomy, I just “fill in the arms”. This way I can create a much more expressive and clear pose than if I was just radiating out of the torso. That’s when structure and anatomy can get in the way of a clear message. And hands carry a lot of meaning, so I want to make them as clear as possible  for my audience to see them. I would say the same applies to life drawing. Since they often don’t carry the body weight (legs most often do), I feel like i can take the freedom of changing their position slightly to make a better visual statement. -n

[stemmmm]

The lip sync tutorial they DON’T give you

I mentioned on twitter that I wanted to do a lip sync tutorial and immediately got some people who were interested so I put one together real quick!

I’m going to use a bit of unfinished lip sync from my taz animated part as reference. They’re just gifs so no sound, but you should still be able to tell that he’s saying “I’d say a solid B… Solid B minus.”

Anyone who’s looked up how to do lip sync has seen phoneme charts. Phonemes are just the shape your mouth makes when you make certain sounds.

When you do lip sync, you want some kind of reference to make sure it’s right

What’s easiest is to say it yourself and pay attention to the shapes your mouth is making. Since you’re going frame by frame, your audio is slow enough that you can make each shape slowly and distinctly and you can get each individual phoneme down in the animation.

Don’t do this.^

An easy way to tell if you’re animating lip sync wrong is if you run out of frames to make each shape. You don’t need them! Making each shape is unnatural. People talk quickly and the mouth doesn’t have the time to get into each shape. They blend together, sometimes to the point where the shape doesn’t change at all!

Not only does the 2nd gif take less frames and energy to make, it’s more relaxed, it looks less distracting, and his lips are much easier to read!

These are reference charts to show the differences more clearly

This is the difference between getting swallowed up in every last detail and paying attention to reality.

What matters more than hitting every syllable is making it look natural and flow with the acting. That’s why anime mouth flaps can work so well. A strong pose through the whole body matters more than one mouth shape.

[eintsein]

Hey guys, so I’ve seen some posts around about daily routines so I thought I’d share my own. I consider myself to be great at being productive even early in the morning, and here’s how I achieve that. Hope this is helpful, and feel free to ask me questions if you have any!