HEY ARTISTS!

Do you design a lot of characters living in not-modern eras and you’re tired of combing through google for the perfect outfit references? Well I got good news for you kiddo, this website has you covered! Originally @modmad made a post about it, but her link stopped working and I managed to fix it, so here’s a new post. Basically, this is a costume rental website for plays and stage shows and what not, they have outfits for several different decades from medieval to the 1980s. LOOK AT THIS SELECTION:

OPEN ANY CATEGORY AND OH LORDY–

There’s a lot of really specific stuff in here, I design a lot of 1930s characters for my ask blog and with more chapters on the way for the game it belongs to I’m gonna be designing more, and this website is going to be an invaluable reference. I hope this can be useful to my other fellow artists as well! :)

Did you find this helpful? If you’re able, maybe buy me a coffee please? :D

Spa days are so relaxing with @thelackvoid​! And we’re not just saying that because they have awesome skincare recommendations…

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

hoomans

animals

Holy FUCK, this is an amazing tool.

Reblogging for my artist fellows.

Reblog this!

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/

the biggest art tip i have to bestow upon you is to never leave color correcting or filters as the last step of your piece. tweak the colors/saturation/values and then build on that as if you’d done it manually. go a step further after you’ve applied filters. it’ll elevate your art

hope its ok 4 me to reblog but completely agreed + i would say if you’re unsure about picking colours, starting with like 3 or 4 colours and then changing colour balance + applying the layer early works really really well for finding a more unique selection

i was actually thinking about this on my drive home + wanted to add some pics to show how useful it is on getting colours. so i had this painting, this is how early stage it is. like it’s a shape. this is basically 30 seconds in. i didnt think about the colours at ALL. it’s just black red brown and white on top of green. that is all it is

i want the final thing to have a vignette so i sprayed literally just straight black on the edges. no filters or special layers it’s just black

then went to colour balance and changed it to warmer tones

and yeah:) now it has colours that i can go ahead with that fit the vibe im going for and work well together and i didn’t even need to put any thought into it! and then i can paint further and build onto those colours:)

This is a GREAT tip that I can’t wait to try for myself. I also wanted to offer a related resource for those like myself that are struggling to put together a cohesive color set early in the composition; I normally spend way too much time just trying to lay down colors I MIGHT keep.

Then I found this website:

https://mycolor.space/

My suggestion is to put in the starting hex of any color that dominates your piece; for instance, I may use the main navy of a character’s outfit. Then it gives you a TON of different combinations that complement it based on whether you want a simple a gradient, or something that contrasts its position on the color wheel, or to tweak tones/shades.

My Color Space is a great way to get started, and now I’m excited to try to the advice above with it as well!

fat bodies, fat anatomy, and how body fat tends to work should be taught as standardly as skinny anatomy and how muscles work in art courses. fat bodies are not an outlier. fat bodies are not a minority and theyre not abnormal or wrong. fat bodies are normal and they belong in art teaching spaces as commonly as other anatomy, because fat bodies ARE normal anatomy. people have diverse bodies and there will never be a single body type that encompasses the "normal body type"

tldr; fat anatomy should be taught as a staple in art courses just like any other anatomy. this is fact <3

ive gathered various links to refs so that people who see this can actually access helpful info on how to draw fat people. first and foremost though, using references will always be the biggest help :)

(please reblog this version instead)

🧪 CONTRIBUTOR LINEUP!  🧪

Here are the wonderful creators that will be joining us for the zine! Their spotlights will be coming shortly after! Let’s give them all a warm welcome! 🎉

🧪Guests 🧪 @irafook @kasi_ona @neuroid @sugarforkfull @yuya3700

🧪Page Artists 🧪

@newroyaloceans @Balqizu @thelackvoid @carohaze @catsomii @punkkrat @gitteoki @kuraschuu_ @catanadgod @lynger_ @magnanimousmilk @minteaart @swetkep @NixVintro @LawSleepwalker @melikeursmile @Nutritsari @6oxkm5b8 @greatdisaster

🧪Merch Artists 🧪

@equinoxette @ww_0924 @Shatterrssun @P0mpRawkz @sonkiam

🧪Writers 🧪

@cloud_dcst @DramaticalHeart @nefarioussness @widow-spyder

Congratulations, graduates! 🎓

Here is the entire cohort for Timeskip, Class of 2021! We are extremely excited, and are looking forward to the final work that our contributors will come up with!

📝 WRITERS

Clarkie @seidospiritdorm | Ging @litteringfire | Jessa @someonethesea | June @tsukisyama | Kaz @Ianweiran | Kir @hektaire | Mae @takigawacy | Mel @miyamellyn | Vix @vixenfur

📖 LAYOUT

Ang @azhanzhn

🧸 MERCH ARTISTS

Ces @eijunszn | Steph @hongslice | Nik @NikSaf_art | Shirley @polyswirl | Toasty @reitooast

🎨 ARTISTS

Bella @shihbainu | Croco @croco_cosuma | Denise @achoohinas | Heavinne @moorze22 | Kari @velvet_kt | Kei @yonpii1 | Ku @kuroosbedhair1 | Lammy @kulambotabo | Lei @_sooleis | Luka @blurrymoss | Meri @merialle | Mu @qquwee_ | Nume @nume_x | Pup @purpleneutrino | Ryneshi @ryneshi | Sasha @strovonski | Seko @roastedcha | Sora @/sora_gamiii (instagram) | Suu @Kurr_Dappya | Bobo @thelackvoid | Topu @oc_topu_s | Yuuzan @6oxkm5b8

Congraduations! 🎉🎊

Twitter line-up thread!