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Hey! Your blog is amazing! So you mentioned you burnt out in 2015. And that you've been slowly falling in love with art again. I've been struggling, awfully so, to get myself into gear. How are you managing that? I'm low-key dying. Again, your stuff is wonderful 😍

Ahh quite frankly, it still feels like pulling teeth, even after nearly 2 years of feeling this way. All I can really say is be attentive to your emotions/mental state, take breaks (either small ones or big ones aka not drawing at all) when you feel like you need to, and be patient with yourself. Often times, it’s a lot of tiny steps that will help lead you somewhere out of your block/burn out. Small victories or little things that make you go “Okay that didn’t turn out too bad!”. Going back to your roots or flipping through stuff that inspires you is really good to do, even during break times. Occasionally you’ll make huge strides or have sudden epiphanies, but those are rather few and far between in my experience. Focusing on the small, immediate goals is much more rewarding and far less daunting than trying to look too much into the future.

Let yourself rest, but keep your head up when you trip and fail. These sorts of blocks always happens in waves, and it’ll always feel like you’re drowning for the longest time, but eventually you’ll figure something out that will let you break the surface and breathe.

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Where do you find anatomy references? I can never find any good ones

I have a Pinterest just for this!! It’s open to public and I never go anywhere else to find references (because Pinterest is just too good to me ww) so feel free to peruse my whole account to find whatever you need! Here are the anatomy specific boards that I have:

(Potential nudity warning for almost all of them, pretty much!)

Female:

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-anatomy-female/

Male:

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-anatomy-male/

General Anatomy tips:

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-anatomy/

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-head/

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-hands/

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-torso-back/

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-torso-front/

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-legs/

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-feet/

Poses:

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-poses/

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-couple-poses/

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-fighting-poses/

Additionally, here’s some other stuff I’ve also done in regards to anatomy:

Posts I’ve made on anatomy:

http://arucelli.tumblr.com/post/149612264533/typically-when-people-are-taught-how-to-draw

http://arucelli.tumblr.com/post/152425562204/how-exactly-do-you-draw-the-shape-of-the-head-i

+ a masterpost I made with links to figure drawing websites:

http://arucelli.tumblr.com/post/142534306654/figure-drawinganatomy-link-reference

Have fun Anon!!

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How exactly do you draw the shape of the head? I have problems with that.

As you can see in my examples, I tended to taper the front of the face a bit to account for the angles of the zygomatic region (your cheekbones and the arch that connects it back to the skull/cranium!)

I made up this method a while back when I was still learning basic foundations for art n stuff, hope this helps you! Of course, the head shape changes a lot depending on ethnicity, body make up, etc. but it’s still based on the shape of the skull!

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Aru I need your help! :0 I just recently got photoshop and whenever I press alt for the color picker/eyedrop tool, it only picks the backround color and not the foreground, so then i always have to press X to switch it back and forth, how do I get it to just pick up the foreground???

So here’s what I’m assuming is happening to you:

Thankfully, this is an easy fix! Go to Window > Color

This is what you’ll see if you’re having this problem:

To fix it, just click the foreground square!

and fixed! Hope this helps!

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hello! could i ask about how you balanced school and art? im taking so many ap classes this year and im not sure how ill be able to balance things out. i want to improve more this year but school is definitely going to kick my ass this year ;

Okay so here’s the thing, I wasn’t the best at school. I got by with As and Bs, but I wasn’t above average or extraordinary. If you want to have stellar grades and perfect scores, you’re definitely going to have difficulty finding a time and place for your art.

Just as I told another anon with a future in AP classes, don’t stress it. Art isn’t something that schedules a test every week, it can wait for you while you work through your studies. Improving is hard but you’re just going to have to try and optimally use the free time that you do have to get your art farther, faster. This doesn’t mean become a hermit or forgo a social life, but think about how you learn best. Whether it’s through doing studies, trying new things every time, drawing from life, or just drawing every day, it doesn’t matter.

Balancing school and art goals is hard if you’re trying to be the best in both worlds, but trust me, it’s not going to be the end of the world if you don’t draw everyday. School’s important, and AP classes are stressful enough as it is. Think of drawing as something fun or calming, and I promise you’ll have a much better time balancing both than if you beat yourself up over it.

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New video up! Hope this answers some of your questions about how I blend in Photoshop (this applies to practically every program though) c:

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Typically when people are taught how to draw humans, they’ll say somewhere around 7-8 heads tall for the average adult. I find 8 heads to be a lot easier, since you just take the measurement from head to crotch, and use that for how long the legs should be (crotch to ankle/heel).

Additionally, this is very much an average estimate, so don’t feel weird about fudging around the numbers! A difference in weight distribution, muscle mass, ethnicity, general body build, genetics, and daily routine will change all of these numbers to some degree, but I hoped this helped out in any case!

If I explained anything poorly, please don’t be afraid to ask//

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Can you explain your full process for painting a characters. From base color to finish. Like I was watching one of your highlights on twitch from May 27 and was so confused. I'm new to digital painting. I just got Photoshop.