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GallifreyanWolf

@gallifreyanwolf / gallifreyanwolf.tumblr.com

Just an average mild mannered designer,passionate about creating, astronomy an a general geek. Founder and Captain of Type Forty Design. Place for geeky / creative ramblings on art, life,gaming and more. For my custom work check out my etsy, teepublic ...
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Sir Terry Pratchett: on writing Good Omens with Neil Gaiman

I love the whole interview but this little snippet most of all:

Terry: “You can usually bet, and I’m sure Neil Gaiman would say the same thing, that, uh, if I go into a bookstore to do a signing and someone presents me with three books, the chances are that one of them is going to be a very battered copy of Good Omens; and it will smell as if it’s been dropped in parsnip soup or something in and it’s gone fluffy and crinkly around the edges and they’ll admit that it’s the fourth copy they’ve bought”.

You can never own enough Good Omens copies.

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cellardoor28

This just made me teary. This is my (old, battered) copy of Good Omens.

Oh my! 🥹 you have a parsnip soup inscription! This is beautiful.

Glorious! ❤

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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.

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narrettwist

Homie gonna share this

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how to draw arms ? ? 

holy fuck

holy fuck is right… but… does it work with legs???

yes !!

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empresspinto

but how much extend

^^^^^^^^^^

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gabbyzvolt25

I NEARLY CHOKED

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lifeofcynch

ENJFDFNFATFVFDF

finally. i can be accurate

This is too fucking great to not reblog

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wishem

I give it MASCLES

BIG MACHO

🤣🤣

LMAOOOOOO

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fernacular

Okay but for anyone who legit wants to know how to calculate it correctly:

The elbow joint on average rests a couple inches higher than the navel, so if you measure how long the distance is from the middle of the shoulder to that point then you have the length of the upper and fore arms!

So if anyone’s wondering about legs too, the simplest rule of thumb is that the length from the top of the leg to the knee is equal to the distance between the top of the leg and the bottom of the pectorals:

And I wanna stress that when i say “top of the leg” i’m not talking about the crotch (please don’t flag me tumblr it’s an anatomical term) i’m talking about the point where the femur connects to the pelvis, which is higher up on the hips:

It’s easier to see what I’m talking about in this photo of a man squatting: 

So yeah if you use that measurement when using this technique you should get fairly realistically proportioned legs:

But remember! messing with proportions is an important and fun part of character design! Know the rules first so you can then break them however you please!

HOW THE HELL DID I FIND THIS POST OMG

Licherally in the midst of drawing a guy and crying at how bad the arms are. Thanks Tumbles

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drrockbell

I only ever saw the part where people started drawing the limbs outrageously long and genuinely wanted to know how to fix that, so I’m really thankful to see the rest.

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Help Me Start Over: Relocation and Bill Coverage Fund

My friend has been through a lot the last few weeks thanks to horrid biggots. They don't deserve the hate and harassment they are enduring because of vocal, and vile people.

They need help getting to a new, safe home. Please donate or share if you can 🩵

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Our April project may still be a mystery to us, but meanwhile do you think you can find Hytroga in this new image?

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