While Squirt sleeps in torpor, her brain isn’t idle. Dreams of fantastical finds and nightmares abound, but sometimes she relives her old memories, of skins and carapaces worn in a younger age.
When little Squirt was still training for her future, she would be told stories of the mysterious ‘outside’. The Matriarch of the Trienkin, Habiteure, was fond of this little one. Something about little Third-Youngest Female Cinquion was intriguing, and Habiteure never tired of telling her tales of her own experiences when the world was all the more frightening.
While the spiderlet didn’t fully understand, she was comforted by the attention. When her clutchmates mocked her curiosities and teased her, she oft went to Habiteure before her minders to soothe the sting from it.
And on the day of her future assessment, Habituere would be proud to gently cup her face in her massive hands, and assure her that, “She would be something unique.” Which was not totally reassuring in that moment, but Squirt was just happy she wasn’t going to be relegated to frog farming.
While Squirt sleeps in torpor, her brain isn’t idle. Dreams of fantastical finds and nightmares abound, but sometimes she relives her old memories, of skins and carapaces worn in a younger age.
When little Squirt was still training for her future, she would be told stories of the mysterious ‘outside’. The Matriarch of the Trienkin, Habiteure, was fond of this little one. Something about little Third-Youngest Female Cinquion was intriguing, and Habiteure never tired of telling her tales of her own experiences when the world was all the more frightening.
While the spiderlet didn’t fully understand, she was comforted by the attention. When her clutchmates mocked her curiosities and teased her, she oft went to Habiteure before her minders to soothe the sting from it.
And on the day of her future assessment, Habituere would be proud to gently cup her face in her massive hands, and assure her that, “She would be something unique.” Which was not totally reassuring in that moment, but Squirt was just happy she wasn’t going to be relegated to frog farming.
While Squirt sleeps in torpor, her brain isn’t idle. Dreams of fantastical finds and nightmares abound, but sometimes she relives her old memories, of skins and carapaces worn in a younger age.
When little Squirt was still training for her future, she would be told stories of the mysterious ‘outside’. The Matriarch of the Trienkin, Habiteure, was fond of this little one. Something about little Third-Youngest Female Cinquion was intriguing, and Habiteure never tired of telling her tales of her own experiences when the world was all the more frightening.
While the spiderlet didn’t fully understand, she was comforted by the attention. When her clutchmates mocked her curiosities and teased her, she oft went to Habiteure before her minders to soothe the sting from it.
And on the day of her future assessment, Habituere would be proud to gently cup her face in her massive hands, and assure her that, “She would be something unique.” Which was not totally reassuring in that moment, but Squirt was just happy she wasn’t going to be relegated to frog farming.
While Squirt sleeps in torpor, her brain isn’t idle. Dreams of fantastical finds and nightmares abound, but sometimes she relives her old memories, of skins and carapaces worn in a younger age.
When little Squirt was still training for her future, she would be told stories of the mysterious ‘outside’. The Matriarch of the Trienkin, Habiteure, was fond of this little one. Something about little Third-Youngest Female Cinquion was intriguing, and Habiteure never tired of telling her tales of her own experiences when the world was all the more frightening.
While the spiderlet didn’t fully understand, she was comforted by the attention. When her clutchmates mocked her curiosities and teased her, she oft went to Habiteure before her minders to soothe the sting from it.
And on the day of her future assessment, Habituere would be proud to gently cup her face in her massive hands, and assure her that, “She would be something unique.” Which was not totally reassuring in that moment, but Squirt was just happy she wasn’t going to be relegated to frog farming.
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While Squirt sleeps in torpor, her brain isn’t idle. Dreams of fantastical finds and nightmares abound, but sometimes she relives her old memories, of skins and carapaces worn in a younger age.
When little Squirt was still training for her future, she would be told stories of the mysterious ‘outside’. The Matriarch of the Trienkin, Habiteure, was fond of this little one. Something about little Third-Youngest Female Cinquion was intriguing, and Habiteure never tired of telling her tales of her own experiences when the world was all the more frightening.
While the spiderlet didn’t fully understand, she was comforted by the attention. When her clutchmates mocked her curiosities and teased her, she oft went to Habiteure before her minders to soothe the sting from it.
And on the day of her future assessment, Habituere would be proud to gently cup her face in her massive hands, and assure her that, “She would be something unique.” Which was not totally reassuring in that moment, but Squirt was just happy she wasn’t going to be relegated to frog farming.
While Squirt sleeps in torpor, her brain isn’t idle. Dreams of fantastical finds and nightmares abound, but sometimes she relives her old memories, of skins and carapaces worn in a younger age.
When little Squirt was still training for her future, she would be told stories of the mysterious ‘outside’. The Matriarch of the Trienkin, Habiteure, was fond of this little one. Something about little Third-Youngest Female Cinquion was intriguing, and Habiteure never tired of telling her tales of her own experiences when the world was all the more frightening.
While the spiderlet didn’t fully understand, she was comforted by the attention. When her clutchmates mocked her curiosities and teased her, she oft went to Habiteure before her minders to soothe the sting from it.
And on the day of her future assessment, Habituere would be proud to gently cup her face in her massive hands, and assure her that, “She would be something unique.” Which was not totally reassuring in that moment, but Squirt was just happy she wasn’t going to be relegated to frog farming.
HEY THERE, MY FABULOUS FRIENDS! It's a new week, and maybe you think you know what that means... but what you may forget, dearest wanderers, is that it is also nearly a new month, and that means that this is not only Sketchy Saturday, it's...
! _ ! SHIPPY SATURDAY ! _ !
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:: Lead Artist ::
Loor :: They / Them :: @solesurvivorpaigeargot :: Ko-Fi
:: Supporting Artists ::
Halk :: They / Them :: @tarberrymentats :: Ko-Fi :: Commissions :: Merch
Bex :: They / Them :: @bexatomarama :: Ko-Fi :: Bex-Doodles :: Linktree
:: Mods ::
Noct :: She / Her :: @hope-of-the-wasteland
The seasons are shifting on both sides of the equator at this time of year. Thoughts of Autumn and Spring dances, community celebrations with a live band, fancy clothes, and colored lights came up in our idea discussion, and the Artists decided this month's Shippy Saturday was gonna be a touch of that Seasonal Swing~
If you're wanting to participate, tap the link below and keep reading.
As said above, the AoTA Discord got chatting about seasonal dancing. Bex, in fact, brought up Sock Hop type events: Small community dances that were popular in the 20's. Loor got to thinking about the fact that it's Autumn-- the time of year for Harvest Festivals for all of their upbringing. Meanwhile, Halk threw in that it's turning to Spring on their side of the world, and that this time of year is home to Dança de Primavera-- a fest that appears to be an excuse to have a grand old time putting flowers on everything.
The conclusion was clear; the season was changing and we all felt like dancing, so lets have ourselves a party and put on our best shoes~
This week: We will be arting pairs of characters dancing together, using the information you provide us following the guidelines below! We'll be styling the dance moves after styles popular in the 50's and before~
To send a VALID Sketchy Saturday Request, please send the following information as an ASK to our ASKBOX [ @artistsoftheapocalypse ]
The TWO [ 2 ] CHARACTERS you'd like sketched up
---- All Fallout characters welcome!
---- Canon and OCs alike, we love them all!
---- One couple per ask, please. Do not send multiple and say you're giving 'options'; some of our artists experience choice paralysis and may lose substantial arting time during the event trying to resolve that distress.
What is their RELATIONSHIP DYNAMIC?
---- Romantic, platonic, like siblings, best friends, ect ect
---- Try to keep it to a sentence, do not send us paragraphs of backstory. We don't need that much.
---- Please tell us if anyone in a couple is touch adverse / touch repulsed so we don't art up any OCC affection. We WELCOME being told if you HC a character as aro/ace/demi, so we can respect that vibe in the work produced.
What STYLE of DANCE are these characters engaged in?
---- Don't know popular dances? That's okay, me neither, but that's not your problem. Feel free to use a broad catagory like fast-paced, slow and romantic, jazzy, or rowdy.
---- Want to suggest a specific dance? Totally cool with us! Just try to keep it within the era we're using for inspiration; approximately 1930's - 50's.
AUTUMN or SPRING?
---- This choice will inspire the Artist's color pallet!
---- Not sure which you should choose? Perhaps you'd like to flip a coin?
---- Or! You can just say ' Dealer's Choice ' and the artist will decide~
IF YOU SEND IN AN OC!!!
---- Send in your request ask FIRST
---- THEN send your character's reference information to @solesurvivorpaigeargot
---- We'll get it added to the group dropbox so everyone can see it, and we'll have it the next time you participate.
---- If you've sent us a ref for a character before, even if it was to a different lead artist, you do not need to send it again. We have it saved <3
---- If you've sent us a ref before and have since changed your Tumblr handle, PLEASE TELL US. Usernames are part of our filing system, it's best if they're up-to-date.
That's it! As always, please be kind and respectful with asks sent to the blog, as they will be seen by our entire team. Remember to say please and thank you to our volunteer artists and mods, reblog the finished works, and leave a few kind words on them if you have any to share.
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yo here’s a useful tip from your fellow art ho cynellis… use google sketchup to create a model of the room/building/town you’re trying to draw… then take a screenshot & use it as a reference! It’s simple & fun!
This is an incomplete tutorial, and it drives me crazy every time I see it come around.
We live in a pretty great digital age and we have access to a ton of amazing tools that artists in past generations couldn’t even dream of, but a lot of people look at a cool trick and only learn half of the process of using it.
Here’s the missing part of this tutorial:
How do you populate your backgrounds?
Well, here’s the answer:
If the focus is the environment, you must show a person in relation to that environment.
The examples above are great because they show how to use the software itself, but each one just kind of “plops” the character in front of their finished product with no regard of the person’s relation to their environment.
How do you fix this?
Well, here’s the simplest solution:
This is a popular trick used by professional storyboard and comic artists alike when they’re quickly planning compositions. It’s simple and it requires you to do some planning before you sit down to crank out that polished, final version of your work, but it will be the difference between a background and an environment.
From Blacksad (artist: Juanjo Guarnido)
From Hellboy (Mike Mignola)
Even if your draftsmanship isn’t that great (like mine), people can be more immersed in the story you tell if you just make it feel like there is a world that exists completely separate from the one in which they currently reside – not just making a backdrop the characters stand in front of.
Your creations live in a unique world, and it is as much a character as any other member of the cast. Make it as believable as they are.
I’m a 3d artist and have been exploring the possibilities of using 3d as reference for 2d poses. I want to add a couple of tips and things!
Sketchup is very useful for environment references, and I assume it’s reasonably easy to learn. If you’re interested in going above and beyond, I highly recommend learning a proper 3d modeling program to help with art, especially because you can very easily populate a scene or location with characters!
Using 3ds Max I can pretty quickly construct an environment for reference. But going beyond that, I can also pose a pretty simple ‘CAT’ armature (known in 3d as a rig) straight into the scene, which can be totally customized, from various limbs, tails, wings, whatever, to proportions, and also can be modeled onto and expanded upon (for an example, you could 3d sculpt a head reference for your character and then attach it to the CAT rig, so you have a reference for complex face angles!)
The armature can also be posed incredibly easily. I know programs exist for stuff like this - Manga Studio, Design Doll - but posing characters in these programs is always an exercise in frustration and very fiddly imo. A simple 3d rig is impossibly easy to pose.
By creating an environment and dropping my character rig into it, I have an excellent point of reference when it comes to drawing the scene!
Not only that, but I can also view the scene from whatever angle I could ever want or need, including the character and their pose/position relative to the environment.
We can even quickly and easily expand this scene to include more characters!
Proper 3d modeling software is immensely powerful, and if you wanted to, you could model a complex environment that occurs regularly in your comic or illustration work (say, a castle interior, or an outdoor forest environment) and populate the scene with as many perspective-grounded characters as you need!
Not just poses, you can also do this with lighting. Playing with lights in Blender is pretty fun.
Another cool thing: http://www.makehumancommunity.org lets you generate a human model. Like a character creator in a game, but more flexible, and the result is ready to import into a 3d editor like Blender.
