Sunflower Fields

Call me Sun! (he/him) || Main is @sunlit-roses and I am not particularly active, mostly just keep this account to save art references and resources. [Header is Padparadscha from Land of the Lustrous]

[midwinterhunt]

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

[515-interito]

@teal-chimera is this the one youre looking for?

[teal-chimera]

unfortunately not but I'll share anyways! <3

[almakrowan]

So I posted a silly doodle yesterday on twitter and now people think it was a tutorial. So I got upset and made an actual tutorial so noone says I halfassed the yesterday's one 😡😡😡

Here you go: ~How I draw braids~ 🩷🙏

[zaccrimart]

I made a clip studio brush which you can find here

[pumpkster-deactivated20250205]

ayo i found 2 pages with head angles of humans and animals, could be useful to anyone reading this

hoomans

animals

[netheritenugget]

Holy FUCK, this is an amazing tool.

[scrabbleknight]

Reblogging for my artist fellows.

[i-imade-a-thing]

Reblog this!

[butchlinkle]

The creator of the original, the animal reference tool, made their own human reference tool which allows you to search based on different body parts and poses!

https://x6ud.github.io/pose-search/

[sistema-jerimum]

Even though I don't like how the next Storyboarder update will be focused on the shot generator since I barely use it, I have to admit it's an incredibly useful tool.

It's easy to use, it has a few model options (with sliding scales for body type) and pose presets, and you can draw over it. I 100% recommend it to anyone in need of humanoid references. It's free.

Storyboarder - The best and easiest way to storyboard.

Storyboarder makes it easy to visualize a story as fast you can draw stick figures. Quickly draw to test if a story idea works. Create and s

[chuwenjie]

A compilation of stuff I know about drawing Asian faces and Asian culture! I feel like many “How-To-Draw” tutorials often default to European faces and are not really helpful when drawing people of other races. So I thought I’d put this together in case anyone is interested! Feel free to share this guide and shoot me questions if you have any! I’m by no means an expert, I just know a few things from drawing experience and from my own cultural background. 

[felinewasteland]

That ol’ chart of mine makes the rounds online periodically and it drives me crazy because it’s frankly not very good. So, I finally got around to remaking it.

I doubt this will get anywhere near as popular, but I wanted to make it.

Good reference for animation, comics, and for visualizing phonetics!

[zmeess]

SPEAKING OF TUTORIALS, i never uploaded this thing to tumblr! a trick i use when drawing elf ears cause they can be finicky sometimes

[schweizercomics]

In ain’t one to draw a perspective grid and then place figures in it; it’s never worked for me. So here’s my method!

[sistema-jerimum]

Even though I don't like how the next Storyboarder update will be focused on the shot generator since I barely use it, I have to admit it's an incredibly useful tool.

It's easy to use, it has a few model options (with sliding scales for body type) and pose presets, and you can draw over it. I 100% recommend it to anyone in need of humanoid references. It's free.

Storyboarder - The best and easiest way to storyboard.

Storyboarder makes it easy to visualize a story as fast you can draw stick figures. Quickly draw to test if a story idea works. Create and s

[smiggles]

Tiny trick I use when I draw “growly” expressions is starting the lines at the tear duct It doesnt always start there but when simplifying art that’s the method I do!

[obm-avenquire]

as promised (thumbs up) heres a lil uhhhh simple breakdown of how i general do fur things! can be applied to hair in general and also clouds and grass depending on how you work it (thumbs up pt2) feel free to request other tutorials 

[soundwall]

have fun w/ this

[leave-her-a-tome]

(source)

Unsplash -  photography, illustration, and art

Pixabay - same as unsplash

Pexels - stock photos and videos

Stockvault.net - stock photos

freepngimg - icons, pictures and clipart

Veceezy - vectors and clipart

Kissclipart and kissPNG - more vectors and clipart (often transparent!)

Getdrawings - simplistic images and drawing tutorials

Gumroad - photoshop brushes (and more)

Canva - needs login but has lots of templates

Library of Congress - historical posters and photos

NASA - you guessed it

Creative Commons - all kinds of stuff, homie

Even Adobe has some free images

There are so many ways to make moodboards, bookcovers, and icons without infringing copyright! As artists, authors, and other creatives, we need to be especially careful not to use someone else’s work and pass it off as our own. 

Please add on if you know any more sites for free images <3

[kmparker616]

Thanks for the information!!

[mayflowers07]

I will reblog this everytime i see it

[floraone]

Ok so while we’re at this, I just checked out Unsplash, and it’s an AMAZING site for free images?

[color-palettes]

Washing the Weekdays - Submitted by SeesawSiya

#ea789c #5bcbf9 #0132d5 #c6f291

[ruvviks]

TOOL: OC QUESTIONS GENERATOR

a neat little generator that gives you a random question for your ocs! find the generator here! // my oc page (if you’re interested)

>> FEATURES

over 600 different questions, covering every aspect of character building

easy to use, no unnecessary distractions, just a very straightforward generator

content warnings on the page itself, as well as in the first screenshot

will receive updates every now and then when i come up with new questions!

>> NOTES

please send me a dm if there’s a content warning missing, i’ll add it to the page immediately!

if you have any ideas for questions, feel free to let me know and if they’re not on the list already, i’ll add them!

feel free to use this tool for personal projects or tell your friends about it, as long as you don’t try to steal the code of the page or claim the generator as your own :)

i do not take credit for all the questions in this generator, i’ve gathered them at some point from both my own brain as well as stuff online

likes are always welcome, reblogs much appreciated! also consider checking out my art while you’re here B)

[looceyloo]

A thing about archery!

No one asked for this but I have a LOT of feelings about archery. I see so many mistakes when people draw archers that look awkward or just straight up don't make sense, even in like, really technically good professional art. So, I put together a guide!

Obligatory disclaimer: I'm an amateur artist, and this guide isn't to teach you archery! It only touches on some aspects of archery technique, and doesn't even go into other important stuff (like arrow rests, or over the top impossible fantasy bow designs). I just wanted to highlight what I consider when I draw an archer!

FYI, this is part of my March Patreon pack! I'll be doing one of these every month or two, and I'll always make them publicly available. If you'd like to support me or help me decide what my next topic will be, check out my Patreon!