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Wolf Face Tutorial

Artist: Naviira

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Light and Shading Tutorial

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Trying to draw buildings

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how to draw arms ? ? 

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The artist Giuseppe Penone removes the growth rings on a tree to reveal the tree at a younger age.

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I actually saw a tree stump tombstone. Know I know what meant.

A graphic guide to Cemetery Symbolism, created by Michelle Enemark, text by Allison C. Meier. Click on the above pictures to enlargen. 

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Artwork by American Illustrator Daniel Danger (@tinymediaempire)

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August 2019 Illustrations  ヽ(• ‿•)ノ

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Tutorial - Painting with “free” powdered graphite

Do you use a lead pointer?

Do you cry whenever you sharpen your lead because you know how expensive that lead was?  Then dump that dust out and use it!

You now have free powdered graphite!  (If you don’t use a lead pointer, you can buy a solid graphite stick and take a hammer to it - yes, I’ve done this - or you can just go ahead and buy powdered graphite.)  You can use a dry brush to paint it on your pencil drawings for a soft, light blended effect.  Or…

Add a drop or two of water and mix until it dissolves.  Remember that softer lead will produce darker effects, so add more or less water depending on how dark or light you want to go.

You now have powdered graphite AND erasable paint!

Paint whatever the crap.

Lift that crap out with an eraser.  Darker graphite won’t come out completely, but you can soften, blend, and lighten it.  You can also smudge it with a finger or brush.

Then you can go in and detail it with the same pencil you cannibalized to make the graphite powder, and it’ll all blend together because it’s the same crap.

But painting with graphite is nice because you can block in large areas and detail on top of it.  And sometimes you just want to have a “brush” effect, which isn’t so quick and easy with a pointy pencil, or maybe you want to be free and loose the way only a brush can let you be.

There you go!  Graphite paintings from repurposed waste materials!

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Free & Open Source Art Programs

I wrote about Free & Open Source Art Programs!

Thought I’d share, now that Adobe’s subscriptions are increasing with price and many of us can’t afford it anyways..

Another great compilation recommended by @dragonesswithinxrt-a​ in our family discord server:

https://twitter.com/Everblue_Comic/status/1124453210297520128

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More useful articles and resources / support Art-Res | my art tumblr | Idea Generator | Check out the Art-Res Anatomy Ebook!

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Do you have any tips on how to make sure your character stays consistent throughout the book? (especially for a newbie)

Get to know your characters really well before you even start the first draft. It’s a time commitment, but it’s well worth it. If you write the story with an already solid knowledge of who your character is, how they present themselves, what their motivations are, and how they change over the course of the plot, you’ll have a much easier time keeping the character portrayal consistent, as well as interesting. 

I have a couple articles that will help with your character development in the planning/outlining stages of your story:

Ways To Fit Character Development Into your Story

When To Stop Planning

Character Trait Form

Tips On Introducing Characters

Tip On Giving Characters Flaws

As well as some master posts of resources:

Resources For Creating Characters

Resources For Describing Characters

Questions I’ve answered:

Having Trouble Connecting To Your Characters?

Giving Characters Bad Traits

On Making Scenes/Characters Unpredictable

Showing Vs. Telling And Characters

Keeping Characters From Sounding Identical

And finally, some prompt lists to inspire you:

31 Days Of Character Development: Wordsnstuff May Writing Challenge

Interview As Your Character

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The best children's music.

A rather odd choice of music for the children train ride in Omsk.

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commission~ ^w^

commission info

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"When an imaginative person gets into mental trouble, the line between seeming and being has a way of disappearing"

~Stephen King, from Bag of Bones

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I’ve had this one sitting on my computer since finals. It was fun, but I think I’ll give Miriam another go at another date. In any case, meet my courier six! :)

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He's a city boi.

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Big boi has big snoot.

Big snoot has big tongue.

Big tongue has big mlem.