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just a guy who loves their murder ( & silly podcasts) eighteen | any pronouns

[thecrowverlord]

salutations, a charaid!

・crow/eddie ・ 8teen ・ transmasc nonbinary (any prns)・aroace ・

so incredibly normal. been on tumblr for as long as I can remember through various accounts. extremely autistic, adhd, and idk probably something else that fucks me up in the head. goth extraordinaire.

what's currently on repeat?

things i'm so incredibly normal about

shows ・the clone wars ・ the bad batch ・star wars: rebels ・granada studios' the adventures of sherlock holmes ・agents of SHIELD ・ arcane ・ the mentalist ・ numb3rs ・ person of interest ・ the owl house ・ gravity falls ・ good omens ・shadow and bone ・ elementary ・ sherlock (bbc) ・ hazbin hotel ・ miss marvel ・loki ・we are lady parts ・interview with the vampire ・ the amazing digital circus ・

movies ・star wars ・ spider-verse ・ frankenstein 2025 ・ the marvels ・kpop demon hunters ・ coraline ・the addams family ・

books ・ legendborn ・ the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde ・ six of crows ・ the locked tomb (b2) ・wayfarers series (b2) ・arc of a scythe ・don't let the forest in ・percy jackson & the olympians ・ magnus chase and the gods of asgard ・ the lunar chronicles ・ the picture of dorian gray ・the hobbit ・

music ・ paramore & hayley williams・ hozier ・ will wood ・ moon walker ・bauhaus ・zombina & the skeletones ・ chappell roan ・ the amazing devil ・the crane wives ・VIAL ・bad cop bad cop ・bikini kill ・ mommy long legs ・siouxsie and the banshees ・jekyll and hyde (musical) ・ beetlejuice (musical) ・ EPIC: the musical ・

audiodramas ・ the magnus archives (completed) & protocol (s2) ・malevolent (completed) ・sherlock and co (stockbroker's clerk) ・ camp here and there (s1) ・wolf 359 (just started) ・

hobbies ・painting and drawing ・writing (am studying this in uni!) ・ upcycling and making patches ・ making jewelry ・ collecting shiny things from the streets to put in jars ・ feeding the murder of crows ・ visiting the creek to talk to the water spirits ・researching mythology ・

comprehensive list of character who live in my brain rent free (the blorbos) sherlock holmes (all iterations) ・ kayne (malevolent) ・ elias bouchard (the magnus archives) ・ henry jekyll/edward hyde ・ ahsoka tano (star wars) ・ tech (star wars: the bad batch) ・ kaz brekker (six of crows) ・ jesper fahey (six of crows) ・ phil coulson (agents of shield) ・ hobie brown (spider-verse) ・crosshair (star wars: the bad batch) ・

sideblogs

@crowdoespaganism <- pagan/spiritual blog

@stitchedfeathers <- diy & punk/goth subculture blog

@crowdoeswriting <- writing blog

navigation

#the crowverlord caws ― textposting

#the crow's sketches ― my art

#the crow reacts: (media name) ― for liveblogging my reactions when i do that

#the crow's oc posting ― all about my silly little original characters

#project: (title) ― for when i vague post about my novels

[earlgreyhound]

the triple stare of fatherly judgment

[thecrowverlord]

this guy stole my name, so I put his soul in a painting

[unhingedandcringe]

kuntenserven

[nobody-expects-the-inquisitorius]

Hi. Sorry. Hi. Going to be unwell forever about "The Emperor wants you dead" / "Likewise." because Maul. MAUL. ARE YOU REFERRING TO WANTING THE EMPEROR DEAD IN EQUAL MEASURE OR WANTING YOURSELF DEAD. Never in my LIFE

[succubusboyfriend]

being a self-taught artist with no formal training is having done art seriously since you were a young teenager and only finding out that you’re supposed to do warm up sketches every time you’re about to work on serious art when you’re fuckin twenty-five

[succubusboyfriend]

someone: oh yeah, do this exercise during your warm ups! it’ll help

me: my what

[suave-eddboy]

[thepioden]

What’s up I have an actual college degree in art and I was never ONCE taught to do warm ups.

[sparksel]

when i was in undergrad, it was kind of mentioned in and offhand way that we should do warmups, but we were never shown what that meant. And, y’know, we were young so it didn’t matter so much. 

Being older now and having an art job it’s…kind of essential. 

So: a quick primer for those of you who are like ‘ok but how do i actually go about doing this warmup thing.’ 

1) you may be tempted to do ‘a warmup drawing’ which is just a drawing that will take longer than it needed to and probably be frustrating and kind of bad because you didn’t warm up first. It’s tempting but always a trick your brain is playing on you! Do not trust! 

2) warmups will vary based on what feels good to you/what task you’re about to do/what motor skills you want to practice. That being said, some good standbys:

a) circles. Just a whole page of circles on whatever drawing surface you’re going to be using, whether that’s your tablet or your sketchbook or a drawing pad on an easel. For these circles you should make sure that you’re drawing from your shoulder and not your wrist. In fact, you want to be drawing from your shoulder rather than your wrist most of the time! forever! your wrist is delicate please preserve it! 

In order to ensure that you’re drawing from your shoulder, when you’re holding your pencil or whatever drawing tool you’re using, the only part of your hand that should be touching the drawing surface is part of the last two fingers–some people prefer the finger tips, but I tend to favor the first knuckles. Either way, the fingers should really be ghosting over the surface, providing guidance rather than support. 

I usually start with big circles and then go to smaller circles and lines of ellipses, and then try to fit circles and ellipses inside other shapes i’ve already drawn as a precision exercise, but i don’t do that unless i’m feeling loose

b) spirals! i don’t always do spirals, but if i’m stiff and the circles just aren’t cutting it, spirals are a good fall back. I start from the center and work outward, going both clockwise and counterclockwise until i feel comfortable with the whole range of motion. Some people really care about getting perfect spirals but for me it’s all about making sure i’m comfortable with how i’m moving so who really even cares about how the spirals look. Not me! 

c) lines! straight lines! in parallel! i do a mix of vertical, horizontal, and diagonal. These are often more from the elbow than the shoulder, especially if I’m working on a smaller surface. For this exercise, I recommend holding the drawing tool perpendicular with the surface

d) connect the dots. This is a precision and accuracy exercise and takes two forms. The first is to draw two dots and then draw a straight line between them. The second is to draw three dots and draw the curve that connects them. This sounds a lot simpler than it is in practice. Take time to ghost over the line you plan to draw before actually committing to your line. (I don’t always remember where I picked up my warm up exercises, but I’m pretty sure I got this one from Scott Robertson. His how to draw and how to render books are very technical but also accessible and worth checking out)

e) cubes, spheres, cones, and cylinders. These help get your brain into a more volumetric space. I draw multiples of each, rotating the forms around, and I’ll often take the time to do some rough shading on at least a few of them

f) spidermans! This one is really good if you’re going to be storyboarding or working on dynamic poses. Just fill a page full of spidermans doing all sorts of acrobatics. 

g) beans. I don’t do beans too much anymore, but I know a lot of people like it so I’m mentioning it here. Fill an area with different size bean shapes without lifting your pencil off the paper. 

h) short medium and long line repetition. draw a short, medium, and long line on your page, and then draw directly on top of them 8 to 12 times, doing your best to exactly trace what you’ve already drawing. Repeat with a wavy line. I’m bad at this one, which means I probably need to do it more. 

And there are lots more options too! Hit up youtube to see what other people recommend, put together your own go-to list, mix it up when you’re getting bored, etc. 

This is a long list, I know, but I usually don’t take more than 10 to 15 minutes to warm up, and I can warm up one handed while I’m drinking coffee, so, multitasking hurrah. 

Sometimes I’ll advance to a precision warmup and find that I haven’t loosened up enough yet; it’s totally ok to go back to an earlier exercise! Also, all of this has the added benefit of kind of ritualistically getting you into the drawing mode so even if I’m not feeling it before I start, by the time I’ve gotten to the end I’m usually Ready For Drawin’. Brain hacks. 

so, yeah! that’s a lot of words, but! Warmups are important! Save your joints, take less advil, do better drawings! 

[concerningwolves]

[t-c-art-inspiration]

How on earth are you supposed to draw from a sholder? might as well tell me to draw from the foot. It makes no sense

[justpickupthatpen]

https://youtu.be/pMC0Cx3Uk84

https://youtu.be/NBE-RTFkXDk

:3

[stupidlittlesideblog]

Reblogging to save a wrist

[hotgrrlbummer]

weird little girl to fucked up little guy pipeline

[onceuponawildflower]

Frog and Toad are Friends

[lockaccle]

CW Gore (of everyone, not just Arthur), Flashing Lights

Runnning the show!

(Song by Gooseworx)

[billielhindle]

Happy International Asexuality Dayyyyy! I stand with you~

[thecrowverlord]

finally watched the amazing digital circus and goddamn does caine act so much like kayne from malevolent???? like what???

tale of the two, all powerful chaos gods, taking nothing seriously until shit hits the fan, piano playing Cains

[scream-telehead]

Just gonna….add this here for you

[thecrowverlord]

OH MY GODS

[scream-telehead]

Thank you! The perspective is thanks to my special boys, Jerry and Atticus.

[thecrowverlord]

oooh that must be super helpful. I've got to get me one of those because perspective is the bane of my existence

[thecrowverlord]

finally watched the amazing digital circus and goddamn does caine act so much like kayne from malevolent???? like what???

tale of the two, all powerful chaos gods, taking nothing seriously until shit hits the fan, piano playing Cains

[scream-telehead]

Just gonna….add this here for you

[thecrowverlord]

OH MY GODS

[willis-watches]

parents arent home until sunday

ive been told i should binge all of tadc

should i

[thecrowverlord]

finally watched the amazing digital circus and goddamn does caine act so much like kayne from malevolent???? like what???

tale of the two, all powerful chaos gods, taking nothing seriously until shit hits the fan, piano playing Cains

[physical-manifestation-of-spite]

I caught up. The finale made me crazy for them

[thecrowverlord]

i hear you, my friend. I hear you

[null-233]

Rings