I Am FormidablePassion

You are probably looking for my other blog. You know the one I actually use. My other blog is FormidablePassion. So if I am following you and you would like to follow me back, that is the one I actually use. Or if you see me around, liking things, leaving replies, asks, etc. 

[fujo]

SenshiStock’s gallery consists of millions of pictures that are free to use as reference.

General Drawing Poses Sit and Kneel Dramatic and Reaching Drawing Poses Magic and Hogwarts Drawing Poses Staff Weapon Pose Reference Hammer, Axe and Bat Pose Reference Sword Weapon Drawing Reference Small Bladed Weapon Pose Reference Gun Weapon Pose Reference Bow and Arrow Archery Stock Foreshortening and Perspective Poses Dynamic Flying Falling Action Poses Deafeated or Laying Drawing Poses Magic Crystal Magical Girl Wand Weapon Transformations and Dance Cards Back Pose Reference Pin Up Inspired Poses for Drawing Performances Poses Life in General Poses Fights and Fighting Pose Reference Leaning Poses Classic Sailor Senshi Poses Wings Sailor Moon Villains Pairs Romance or Couples Pose Reference All the Male Stock Hanging Stock Drawing Reference Three or More Groups Instruments Mirrors Whip  Technobabble  

[fucktonofanatomyreferences]

A glorious fuck-ton of human pose references.

[dharmagun]

reblogging because i feel like maybe i can draw again. sometime maybe soon.

[jam-juice]

This is amazingly useful. Yasss been needing a post like this for a while!

[rosexknight]

REBLOGGING FOR REFERENCE

[artblackout]

Art Black Out April 15th

The idea is that on April 15th - World Art Day - artists only post black images to draw awareness to something people take as given: a steady stream of visual content on their dashes. 

We are drawing attention to the ongoing issue of artists being disrespected and their art being stolen or reposted. Let’s make people aware of what the Internet would look like if artists stopped making art because they get discouraged or too scared to post for fear of having their work stolen. 

For one day, let’s flood dashes everywhere with gaping black spaces where art is supposed to be. 

HOW TO JOIN:

On April 15th post completely black images everywhere, on whichever platform it pleases you, and tag them with #artblackout.

Inform yourself on the issue of art theft, reposting and giving credit and spread the word! 

That’s it, well done, and thanks for helping artists to stay motivated to create the awesome content they are giving the world every day.

[sevindeadlysins]

Cas: Like? Dean: Why do you have a framed picture of a wasp? Cas: Dean, that is a bee. Dean: Is that why you photo-shopped a crown on it? Cas: It’s a Queen Bee, Dean. 

Dean: Cas? Cas: Hmmm... Dean: Are those vinyl wall clings on the wall? Cas: *sigh*

Day Three: Royalty of @winchester-reload‘s Suptober list.

Pretty sure I promised some folks some stick figure art. 

[sevindeadlysins]

Day two: Eyes for @winchester-reload‘s Suptober list.

[sevindeadlysins]

I’ve decided to participate in @winchester-reload‘s Suptober Prompt List (When I feel like it or have time to) as well as various ones from other places, like the official Inktober, as well as A.I.kntober which is super fun. I totally recommend it, it has three levels of absurdity. 

I’ve never drawn a face outside of a stick figure before. I don’t think Dean looks like Dean, but he at least looks human. I call it a win. (WHAT ARE FACES AND EARS???)

My prickly skeleton is my favorite though. I think I will name it. 

Soul Shredder but Cuddles for the nick name. 

Day one down. 30 more to decide if I will participate or not. 

[feywylds]

ATTENTION ALL DIGITAL ARTISTS

There is a website called Humble Bundle. Right now, Corel Painter, normally a multi-hundred dollar program, is on sale for 25$. It comes in a bundle, so it comes with multiple other things, brushes, and other programs that compliment Painter. The money goes to charity, and it seems like you can choose how much of it goes there!

Idk what else to say, I'm just like,,,, excited and wanting to share the hype. Btw, here's the link so you can see for yourself.

Humble Software Bundle: Painter - Create With Confidence

Pay what you want for a bundle of software and support charity!

[solluxisms]

It’s on sale until October 9th, 2019, important to note.

[yourspecialeyes]

Signal boost to all the fan artists I love and depend upon!! ❤️

[bravestghost-deactivated2019070]

shading colour tips

hey yall its me the Art Mom™ to help you shade pretty

rule 1: DO NOT SHADE WITH BLACK. EVER. IT NEVER LOOKS GOOD. 

red- shade with a slightly darker shade of purple

orange- slightly darker and more saturated shade of red

yellow- i think like..a peach could work but make it a really light peach

green- shade with darker and less saturated shade of blue or teal

blue- shade with purple

purple- a shade thats darker than the purple you’re using and maybe a little pink (MAYBE blue)

pink- darker shade of red

white- a really light lavender or blue..or i guess any really light colour??

black- okay listen dont use pure black to colour anything unless you want to leave it with flat colours because you cant really shade black lol

grey- a slightly darker shade of purple or blue (less saturated)

brown- slightly darker and less saturated shade of purple or red

aaaaand thats all i got lol. let me know if there is anything i should add to this list!!

[valmoxium]

If you’re a visual learner…

I made some Balls of Colour to go with Art Mom™’s post:

[mcapriglioneart]

how to draw arms ? ? 

[swagginsloths]

holy fuck

[shoutsofthunder]

holy fuck is right… but… does it work with legs???

[mcapriglioneart]

yes !!

[empresspinto]

but how much extend

[thunar]

^^^^^^^^^^

[kvothe-kingkiller]

[gabbyzvolt25]

I NEARLY CHOKED

[lifeofcynch]

ENJFDFNFATFVFDF

[deactivated-blog]

finally. i can be accurate

[shiny-charming]

This is too fucking great to not reblog

[wishem]

I give it MASCLES

BIG MACHO

[keithislactoseintolerant-deacti]

🤣🤣

[urhella-gaychloe]

LMAOOOOOO

[fernacular]

Okay but for anyone who legit wants to know how to calculate it correctly:

The elbow joint on average rests a couple inches higher than the navel, so if you measure how long the distance is from the middle of the shoulder to that point then you have the length of the upper and fore arms!

[fernacular]

So if anyone’s wondering about legs too, the simplest rule of thumb is that the length from the top of the leg to the knee is equal to the distance between the top of the leg and the bottom of the pectorals:

And I wanna stress that when i say “top of the leg” i’m not talking about the crotch (please don’t flag me tumblr it’s an anatomical term) i’m talking about the point where the femur connects to the pelvis, which is higher up on the hips:

It’s easier to see what I’m talking about in this photo of a man squatting: 

So yeah if you use that measurement when using this technique you should get fairly realistically proportioned legs:

But remember! messing with proportions is an important and fun part of character design! Know the rules first so you can then break them however you please!

[im-a-hyperion-vault-hunter-deac]

HOW THE HELL DID I FIND THIS POST OMG

[erasaure]

[tenoni-references]

Library books art hack by @danarune on Twitter

[ghostlyapivorous]

:eyes:

[eliciadonze]

Admitting you have no idea what anything actually looks like is honestly the best thing you can do as an observational artist. It will solve so many problems.

Knowing makes you blind

[eliciadonze]

hey elicia! if you're up for an art methods question, i was wondering what your approach to cool textures is? like interesting woven tweed jackets, or crumpled things, or whatever texture you think is interesting to talk about? i adore any methods posts you've made and would love to see more if you wanted to. its super interesting!

I try not to think in terms of texture too much because it always occurs in context. So you’re never drawing generic tweed but that particular tweed. If you start treating all tweed the same way, then it becomes stylized, and you stop observing. And in my style of art, observation is far more important. 

That doesn’t mean there aren’t universal ways of treating the same materials. I always draw skin the same way, for example. And sometimes I apply stylized details to materials in lieu of observable details in order to convey my own style.

A good example is this jacket:

The sequins are nothing I can observe, and if you start studying them you’ll see they’re in fact very stylized and not realistically what sequins should look like.

But it works because a) I know what sequins are supposed to convey even if I don’t draw them accurately (what people picture in their minds when they think “sequins” is always the same sum of light behaving a specific way), and b) the rest of the drawing is realistic.

So a lot of materials rendering is about finding that balance of how much information do I need to provide before they’ll believe it’s sequins?

My favorite materials are the ones that can be made to look beautifully convincing—hair, skin, jewels, leather, armor, satin, water, flower petals, etc.

[eliciadonze]

Hi, Elicia! Could you talk a little about face shape? I have a lot of trouble drawing a face the same way twice, never mind drawing my own characters (naturally they're always the hardest because there's no outside referent). How do you make a face stick together instead of being a collection of anatomical details all out of sync with each other? I have the same trouble with architectural detail and perspective too, however many tutorials I do.

Drawing the parts but not the whole means you’re over-recognizing. You’re knowing rather than seeing. So you need to turn off the part of your brain that likes showing off what a smartypants it is.

You can flip your reference upside down so you don’t recognize it anymore. Like this:

Or you can do timed gestures. 

Or a blind contour, which is the toughest but best way to shake your habit. Like this:

[foervraengd]

Okay so I followed this video about foreshortening and…

Sycra. I love you so much for making this video.

[humblegoat]

guys

GUYS

SHIT

SHIT GUYS

[thesylversmyth]

reblogging againg because holy cow, this HELPS

[meitantei-lavi]

I’ll just have to watch this soon

[artbymoga-deactivated20200516]

I SERIOUSLY REBLOG THIS EVERTIME IT’S ON MY DASH! IT’S SO HELPFUL!!

[asexualmew]

Sycra is really great you guys. Ya’ll should subscribe to his youtube channel if you want more cool art tutorials!

[jpmockman]

@retro-savvy @gundamdoublex @rejectclone

[anayadusksong]

It works!!!

Dudes, I am going to watch ALL of this guy’s tutorial videos!!

[kelly-chan-is-a-bad-pickle--hel]

are you fucking serius-

ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS

IT WORKS AND I SPENT SO MUCH TIME TRYING TO PULL THIS SHIT OFF BEFORE BUT THEN THERS THIS EASY SHIT I COULD HAVE DONE

A R E Y O U F U C K I N G S E R I O U S

[merwild]

Reblogging to save an artist’s life! 

[alecjmarsh]

I am launching a new challenge! Anato-may functions like inktober, or Mermay, or any of the other great themed months going around for tumblr artists!

Anato-may can be fulfilled however works best for you, whether it is with five minute gestures or detailed studies. I have a brand new notebook and I’m ready to go. I would love for you to join me! I will be tracking the tag #anatomay

[bravestghost-deactivated2019070]

shading colour tips

hey yall its me the Art Mom™ to help you shade pretty

rule 1: DO NOT SHADE WITH BLACK. EVER. IT NEVER LOOKS GOOD. 

red- shade with a slightly darker shade of purple

orange- slightly darker and more saturated shade of red

yellow- i think like..a peach could work but make it a really light peach

green- shade with darker and less saturated shade of blue or teal

blue- shade with purple

purple- a shade thats darker than the purple you’re using and maybe a little pink (MAYBE blue)

pink- darker shade of red

white- a really light lavender or blue..or i guess any really light colour??

black- okay listen dont use pure black to colour anything unless you want to leave it with flat colours because you cant really shade black lol

grey- a slightly darker shade of purple or blue (less saturated)

brown- slightly darker and less saturated shade of purple or red

aaaaand thats all i got lol. let me know if there is anything i should add to this list!!

[valmoxium]

If you’re a visual learner…

I made some Balls of Colour to go with Art Mom™’s post:

[brittascribbles]

SO USEFUL!

[drawingden]

Anatomy Studies by gregor-kari

[eliciadonze]

Quick and easy Photoshop brush setting tutorial + blending technique for beginners

View this on my blog if dashboard view is too small. 💛

1. Open your basic brushes and pick a size.

2. Open the brush settings window. Turn on “transfer” and set the opacity and flow jitters to “pen pressure.” Make sure the rest is off or at 0% as shown:

3. Click on “brush tip shape” and set “spacing” to 1%.

4. Turn on “shape dynamics.” Set the “minimum diameter to 1% and set the control to “pen pressure.” Leave everything else off.

5. Now you have a blending brush!

6. You have many options from here. You can leave off shape dynamics and work with a fat brush. You can change the hardness to get a soft brush. 

7. Once you have this brush, blending is much easier:

8. You can use this brush to practice making smoothly blended gradients. 

(9. A nice shortcut is to press the “alt” key as you draw, which will bring up the eyedropper tool. This will allow you to select colors within your drawing as you draw, which makes blending faster and easier.)

10. Now you can draw blended images:

11. If you have trouble choosing color palettes, you can also use your new semi-transparent brush to help you make a palette that has the same undertones. Here’s an example:

12. By blending pink and blue with the background yellow, we can create a nice working palette with a warm undertone:

13. Good luck! Practice blending every day. 💛