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We bare the same teeth.

We bare the same teeth.

Yours- painted in red and meat. Mine- fractured and dirty. You bit back, and they called it brave. Yet when I growl, they see me as something dangerous. I looked up to you all my life, even when you bit back to discipline me. We both learned to obey to be rewarded.

You were seen as a protector, even when blood stained your fur. But I was called a mad dog for befriending those who were supposed to love me.

-Keeshin

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Respect is Selective

It must be easy to be angry. Isn't it?

I once knew you as something who screamed to me for discipline.

To degrade to give a lesson.

To bare your teeth to those who have wronged you.

You became my lesson. That ferocity can be feared.

That anger can be a voice, just not kindness.

You loved, yet those who see it laugh in your presence or dismiss it. You were like a dog, and I also walked in your shoes.

Not the same, but similar in a way. You can show your teeth and be feared, I show my teeth and I get a bullet to my head.

We're both mutts.

The only difference is

someone saw that respect for you.

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Rust over Meat

I smile, but my mouth salivates over the chains. Years of waiting rusted the chains, and my teeth are broken and missing. My tongue flicks onto these rusty chains, hoping that the taste of copper can satiate my hunger, not meat. -Keeshin

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Here, take these

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Hey! I hope you're doing well. I’m reaching out because I really need help getting more eyes on my pinned post. It’s for a family in need, and a simple reblog could make a huge difference. Would you mind boosting it? Thank you so much! 💛

No problem friend.

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Handsome f-ck

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"Hello? Helloooooo?"

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Making something...

Making something...

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I have no idea what I've done with the eyes but it's worth a shot.

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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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Everybody gets lost sometimes

I didn't knew I was either,

From a massive rainforest to a small suburban household.

I didn't knew anything but stand and panic inside my head.

I'm stuck. My mind said.

I just sit there in silence hoping someone will see me. I just wanna go home.

I wanna stay in my bed.

I don't know wether to cry, run or hide. I just know that I can't move. I can't breathe. I can't think. I'm just. Stuck.

Everybody gets lost sometimes, but not all the time. And that person is me. I know what to do. But I can't do it.

I'm stuck.

I don't know anything but stay stuck.

-keeshin

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Hello! Would you happen to have any recommendations for realistic anatomy books on humans (for art purposes)? A lot of the online anatomy references are very exaggerated and the models have only 'ideal' body types and don't depict any others (E.g. Online male anatomy references are extremely buff for no reason). Thank you for the help :)

I do have a small collection of anatomy-for-artists books, but honestly, those are also populated predominantly with people who look like living Greek sculptures. So, I asked around a bit for both book and online sources. Here are a few things:

Height Weight Chart -- A library that people have contributed multitudes of their own photos to. Some people took turnaround photos in form-fitting clothes. Some are just one-off snapshots of people in street clothes. But, both of those things can be useful in their own way, and there certainly are a lot of body types here. (Thanks for the link, Fable).

------------------------------------------------------ AdorkaStock -- Features a whole free pose gallery containing a really excellent array of varied bodies. The photos generally focus more on form than costume, and if anything, the extremely sculpted bodies you tend to see in other stock libraries are de-emphasized here.

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Satine Zillah -- An expansive library of downloadable photo packs. Most of them feature athletic or thin body types, many are heavy on costuming, but there are some that focus on more variety if you take time to scroll through (elderly bodies, plus-size bodies, people with dwarfism, etc.)

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Morpho -- I know a lot of people swear by these books by Michel Lauricella. Morpho: Fat and Skin Folds in particular seems to cover some ground that a lot of other anatomy/pose lessons just skip right over. Looks like it's available as an ebook too.

I hope that helps some! I'm sure there are other resources out there, though. If anyone has some solid recommendations, please leave them in the comments!

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Isn't it painful? - Keeshin

We used to laugh together,

Eat together,

Smile together,

Sleep together.

Isn't it painful? To know it's not the same anymore.

I try to remember it all,

Our memories, our love.

Nothing.

I try to remember it,

Your face, your love...still,

Nothing.

I walk outside to hear your voice echoing in the air. Still nothing.

I look behind the doorway and I see nothing standing inside it.

I see nothing,

Isn't this supposed to be painful?

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Don't get a priest, shoot the ghost.

Do it American style CAW CAW—BITCH

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My mind falls to a haze and my heart full of woe,

My head titls to the celestials above,

craving for their light,

Alas my eyes meet nothing but tears and grey,

My thoughts thinking of you and nothing but you,

but my heart falls numb whenever I see you,

I love you,

I love you,

I love you!!

If only I have the courage to say,

but my mind and heart knows that it is never meant to be.

For a sociopath won't change its ways,

nor will it feel empathy,

And if I did what would happen then,

Would I change my ways?

Would I be able to weep deeply like you?

Will I feel emotions like you—

Will I feel pain like you?!

Would a future of figment be worth a risk?

To risk you?

To risk your heart over mine?

If so then I will truly be a sociopath.

I love you, but I can't have you.

Not in any life time.

- keeshin

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Chapter 1 is done and ready! :b

I really enjoyed writing it and I hope you all enjoy it as well.

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