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If you havenāt yet you reallyĀ need to support the print release of Amongst Us on Kickstarter!!
Also read my interview with the artist, Shilin, here
Everyone whoās been talking to me knows iāve been working on this comic about wlws and cats for a while and iām so so happy itās finally here!!! :D
idea stolen from this post :ā3
I stumbled upon a website that allows you to blend any colors evenly no matter how opposite on the spectrum they are.
sharing the knowledge
very helpful art resource
WHERE HAS THIS BEEN ALL MY LIFE???
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 youāre supposed to do warm up sketches every time youāre about to work on serious art when youāre fuckin twenty-five
someone: oh yeah, do this exercise during your warm ups! itāll help
me: my what
Whatās up I have an actual college degree in art and I was never ONCE taught to do warm ups.
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, yāknow, we were young so it didnāt matter so much.Ā
Being older now and having an art job itāsā¦kind of essential.Ā
So: a quick primer for those of you who are likeĀ āok but how do i actually go about doing this warmup thing.āĀ
1) you may be tempted to doĀ āa warmup drawingā which is just a drawing that will take longer than it needed to and probably be frustrating and kind of bad because you didnāt warm up first. Itās tempting but always a trick your brain is playing on you! Do not trust!Ā
2) warmups will vary based on what feels good to you/what task youāre 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 youāre going to be using, whether thatās your tablet or your sketchbook or a drawing pad on an easel. For these circles you should make sure that youāre 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!Ā
In order to ensure that youāre drawing from your shoulder, when youāre holding your pencil or whatever drawing tool youāre using, the only part of your hand that should be touching the drawing surface is part of the last two fingersāsome 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.Ā
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 iāve already drawn as a precision exercise, but i donāt do that unless iām feeling loose
b) spirals! i donāt always do spirals, but if iām stiff and the circles just arenāt 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 itās all about making sure iām comfortable with how iām moving so who really even cares about how the spirals look. Not me!Ā
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 Iām 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 donāt always remember where I picked up my warm up exercises, but Iām 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 Iāll often take the time to do some rough shading on at least a few of them
f) spidermans! This one is really good if youāre going to be storyboarding or working on dynamic poses. Just fill a page full of spidermans doing all sorts of acrobatics.Ā
g) beans. I donāt do beans too much anymore, but I know a lot of people like it so Iām mentioning it here. Fill an area with different size bean shapes without lifting your pencil off the paper.Ā
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 youāve already drawing. Repeat with a wavy line. Iām bad at this one, which means I probably need to do it more.Ā
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 youāre getting bored, etc.Ā
This is a long list, I know, but I usually donāt take more than 10 to 15 minutes to warm up, and I can warm up one handed while Iām drinking coffee, so, multitasking hurrah.Ā
Sometimes Iāll advance to a precision warmup and find that I havenāt loosened up enough yet; itās 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 Iām not feeling it before I start, by the time Iāve gotten to the end Iām usually Ready For Drawinā. Brain hacks.Ā
so, yeah! thatās a lot of words, but! Warmups are important! Save your joints, take less advil, do better drawings!Ā
Anyone want to please explain how I draw from the shoulder cause Iām pretty sure Iām all wrist
is it just me but sometimes I confuse fanfics with canon like my friends and I could be talking about a book or show and iād mention a subplot they never heard of and then I realize I read that on Ao3
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Link is a simple man with simple needs. Bombs. I am sorry there isnāt a lot of Sidlink now but please, be patient, things are just starting to move after all. As usual comments and criticisms are more than welcome, thank you all for your support so far! Itās been a blast drawing this silly comic up to this point!
An incredible Thank You to @lime-jam who helped me beta-reading the dialogues and teached me a thing or two as well.Ā
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WHAT THE FUCK-
first thing i say to my self in the morning
PSA for LBGTQ babes
Iāve been coming out for over 10 years now, and honestly the one thing I wish Iād realized sooner is how useful descriptive language can be.Ā Not only do you not need a label, you donāt even have to have everything figured out yet :) Here are some solutions to common problems that can make it hard to explain who you are:
If youāre struggling to find the perfect label, try describing your sexual orientation or gender identity instead
Ex: āIām attracted to men and nonbinary peopleāĀ āI identify with women, but I donāt feel 100% femaleāĀ āI donāt normally experience sexual attractionā
If you arenāt sure about your identity but want to come out, you can always just say the parts you are sure about
Ex: Ā āI like guysāĀ āI have a crush on this personāĀ āI donāt feel like a womanā
Want to be clear about how you feel, or worried about your labels changing later? You can include your questioning in the description.
Ex:Ā āI think Iām trans, but Iām not sureāĀ āI donāt really know how I identify yet, but I know Iām queerāĀ āI think Iām on the ace spectrumā
Want to identify with a common label, butĀ acknowledge there is a part that doesnāt fit? Try modifying the label withĀ descriptorsĀ
Ex:Ā āIām like 95% gayā orĀ āIām a nonbinary lesbianāĀ āIām a trans man, but my gender is fluid sometimesā
Want to take the pressure off or show how you feel about your identity? Play around with humor & tone to really suit you.
Ex:Ā āIām a really bad lesbianā (Iām nb and sometimes attracted to men and have used this one)Ā āIām so gay I canāt even think straightāĀ āIām too cool for genderā
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At the end of the day, coming out is often informal and conversational, and you can use this to your advantage. The important thing isnāt the exact wording you use, but what you are trying to share <3Ā
If any of you are stressed because you arenāt sure of your identity or canāt find the perfect label, I hope this approach helps. Itās definitely made a big difference to me and my confusing gender and sexual orientation :pĀ
Oh and one more thing: you can use these techniques when talking to yourself too, itās not just for coming out. Trust me Iāve experienced how confusing & difficult it can be to figure out exactly who you are is, and it can be nice to focus on what you do know even if you just arenāt sure on everything yet.
PSA for all my LGBTQIA+ fam
Daily reminder that itās okay not to know your sexuality. Itās okay to be confused and itās okay to still be figuring things out. And if you label yourself as one sexuality and then realize youāre actually another, thatās okay too. Nothing is set in stone. We figure things out about ourselves every day, and sometimes it takes a while to come to terms with who we are or what we want.
That being said, if you donāt want a label or feel like no label suits you, youāre not obligated to have one!!! You donāt have to label yourself just because someone tells you you have to have one. What you feel is who you are. Sexuality is complex, gender is complex, human beings are complex, so just be yourself and donāt let anyone make you feel like youāre invalid.
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I usually stay out of the shit storm butā¦ Iām really pumped for this game. And I hate to see people trash it for nothing.
The backlash against Cyberpunk 2077 as being transphobic or fetishistic is honestly laughable.
Take, for instance, the poster with the ambiguous sex character. The one with a āfemaleā body and āmaleā genitalia.
The character has a female body with a penis. Thatās it. Could be nonbinary/genderqueer, could be a guy. Could be a girl. To see it as āfetishism of trans womenā is to a) imply that only trans women can have a female body with a penis and b) to ignore the contexts of the Cyberpunk 2077 universe, especially with its relationship with gender and sex.
Cyberpunk 2077 is set in a universe in which all are equal because nobody matters. Itās run by capitalism.
Trans and GNC people are a regular thing.
Nobody cares if you have tits and a dick and nobody cares if you get rid of your tits or dick or if you have any combination of the two. Itās a society with undoubtedly and indisputable free expression.
And about the advertisement.
As already stated, the universe and society are different from our own in that they are actively and openly controlled by capitalism. They are all manipulated and used.
When all are equal under capitalism, all get used. That poster is not fetishistic. Itās just using a group of people to sell a product.
Itās sexualization and nothing more.
You know, like how people use a sexy man or woman for their advertisements? Itās like that but in a society where sex doesnāt matter. Itās not necessarily good but it is a direct result of capitalism. That is what this poster is saying to our world. āWeāre all tools, nobody is better or held higher than the otherā
This is the context you are taking out of the content when you call that poster fetishistic or sexist.
There is no sexism in Cyberpunk 2077 because sex does not matter in a society where people are simply tools for the money and power machine.
(and, by the wayā¦ seeing a person with a āfemaleā body and āmaleā genitalia and automatically thinking ātrans womanā is honestly kind of reflective of how you yourself view trans women)
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currently going stupid going crazy over this video
Me listening to music when Iām alone
dear fuckwads, Iām well aware that āthe real worldā isnāt gonna cater to my mental illness Iāve actually been living in it as a mentally ill person for quite some time
Was too fun to make.
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Holy shit this is seriously fantastic!!!
Dudeā¦ thereās highlights and shadows of each color too?? BLESS YOUR SOUL!
This is amazing for d&d characterās when creating literally any race.
