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hello! can i ask for a tutorail in hands/arms and legs/feet?

Hey! Sorry for the late reply, I haven’t really had time to do the tutorial for you! But, I did one today. It’s kinda messy and not 100% anatomically perfect (I do several flaws myself) but I think I made some good points!

Arms:

Arms cannot be done without shoulders, so that’s why I will include them here. To know how one body part works, you need to understand the other parts too. I suggest drawing a stick figure, as shown above. Do it with shoulders and everything - don’t care about anatomy. Really, don’t - go mad! You can figure out how to deal with the anatomy AFTER you have figured how to draw the body freely.

I imagine most body parts to be shaped as tear drops, as shown above; especially the arms and legs. Draw them above the stick figure - don’t be afraid to overlap the teardrops. In fact, I suggest it! The best way to understand anatomy is to think of it as shapes and doll-parts.

After you’ve figured that out, do several, VERY tiny, small doodles like these. Go crazy - don’t bother with anatomy just yet. Do them also very quickly and so small you can’t think of the details. Just keep doing this until you sorta understand how arms work. 

Here is a doodle of a “real” arm, and as you can see, how it’s shaped it resembles the teardrops above. A general rule is to constantly draw the body in curves - male AND female. NEVER draw a single line straight.

I mentioned before I thought it was important to include shoulders/other body parts to understand another. This is why. The body basically has a “flow” when you move. The red lines clearly shows the flow. This is also how you can create a dynamic pose: think of the flow. The muscles are formed that way to be able to function. Which reminds me, buy some good anatomy books. And I’m talking about more or less MEDICAL anatomy books - you think you won’t need it - but trust me, it’s more useful than you can imagine. I do NOT suggest buying “stylistic” anatomy books, like Christopher Hart (ugh NO), for example, as these can mislead you. Medical anatomy books CANNOT because they MUST be right.

And for the last part, here’s some “do’s” and “don’ts”. It’s important to remember the muscles between the neck and shoulders. Many, especially when drawing females, forget this. It’s true the most visible it is - the more muscular you will look. But even the most petite people have these. Your neck literally would not function if you didn’t have these supporters. Then, the arms below is just to show why it’s important to draw the body with curves. Many have probably heard “straight lines for males” which is a complete lie. They will look stiff and unnatural. Curves can both empathize muscles AND fat. Heck, even your bones aren’t straight.

Legs:

Legs certainly are the hardest. There’s a good reason for this; because they’re one of our most strongest muscles, and they are more or less dominating when it comes to poses (together with the spine). However, just like with the arms, draw a stick figure. I won’t suggest drawing them completely straight, as you can see here, as it will add weight. Do teardrops shapes. As for the hips - think of them as panties or briefs. This is not a MUST; but it will help; I think!

And just like the arms, do small doodles. Don’t be serious, play around until you get the idea.

As you can see, these legs easily can be turned into teardrops even when they’re detailed like this.

Now, what makes legs/hips interesting is that the way fat gathers there. Although not a must, seeing as we’re all different, females tend to get more fat there than men. Usually, however, it’s not at the SIDE of the hips, but at the thighs, calves and the “love handles”. (Excuse my english, aaah…) Women also tend to have bigger hips, but again, it’s not a must. It’s not uncommon to have small hips, either; or big hips for men, etc.

Of course, the legs too follow the “flow”!

Something worth noting is the “Standing point” The standing point is basically a straight line, and the further away you are from the line; the more unbalanced you are. To create a dynamic pose you should avoid that line as much as possible. However, if you want to look balanced/realistic, have the one leg stand there for support. The leg to the left is balanced, as you can see one of the legs is taking all the weight; with other words, it’s the support leg-making it balanced. The legs to the right, however, are likely to fall over if she keeps standing like that! edit: <- that explanation was horrible. Hope you still get it.

Now for some more do’s and don’ts. I already mentioned the barbie legs, invisible heels and micro-mini crotch in my previous tutorial, but these two are different. I see this mistake a lot; when you sit down, your thighs will become wider because you’re pressing all the fat to the sides. Now, this also depends on how you’re positioning your legs. How much it widens depends on how much fat you have in the first place; but it will always be there.

And then there’s this awkward “thigh gap”. Before I get any haters telling me how I “thin shame”, please, take a seat and read this. Good? Good. How much space you actually have between your thighs depends fully on how you’re standing, bending, angle, body type and everything else. However, the one to the left? Not likely.

Hands:

- Okay, I’m getting really lazy now; so I’ll be quick. Draw a rectangle. Sorta like this; it doesn’t have to be exactly like this - since hands can be shaped VERY differently. Just compare to your friends.

- Draw a little triangle attached to it.

- Now, the fingers! How long they should be and etc doesn’t really matter either. But if you’re unsure, draw them as tear drops, too.

- Now, flesh out the fingers! Starting to look like a hand, sort of.

- Then draw the details and fix things you didn’t like. I really don’t like the way this is drawn but I’m just tired right now.

Just like the legs/arms, practice by doing that simple figure really quickly.

Feet:

Okay, I’m getting really lazy. Plus, feet are SUPER HARD- I’m just going to say this: think of them as triangles. Overlap them; think of it as 3D!

Practice practice practice! And medical anatomy books. And photo references. And real-life references!

Hope this helped! \o/ As I said, I’m nowhere near perfect but, ahh, I tried.

Edit: Good damn did I make many typos

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supposed Touhou 16 cover. ????? pls don’t do this is this real (I can’t see it on ZUN’s blog or anything)

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Reblog if you have an original story!

I’m not talking about fanfictions or AU’s based off of a video game/comic/TV series, I’m talking about a story with a world and characters that are YOURS and YOURS alone.

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90s furries remember…

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first few secs of something i’ve been dying to draw for a long time

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Oh, hey Tumblr! I hear you enjoy sharing really fascinating things. I happened to find this picture hanging around with all of this really fascinating information on it. Information you might want to share like wildfire.

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WTH happened to your UnderSwap songs?

I deleted them. Though you can probably find all of them on youtube, reuploaded by others. I found that keeping them up was a bit mediocre, given they were getting better trafic everywhere else but the original source.

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Blink and you just might miss it.

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Back when Zootopia had a sheep that pretended to be a wolf.. My idea was that the mask didn’t quite fit right on his face!

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(WIP) Noku Carrying his beloved dragon

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Leo sama<3

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https://soundcloud.com/raysonwilliams/ransom

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[TO MY FANS, PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION]

Sorry about the long hiatus! I’ve been working on something rather big, and I made this to keep you satisfied in the meantime.

First of all, I want to get some news out of the way. I’m going to stop uploading to Soundcloud and instead moving to Youtube. ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY6mk-eEiWZOGxfyyCPyHHA )

Now onto the mini album itself! ZUN recently released the album “Datless Bar ~ Old Adam”. The music style is… experimental to say the least. But it inspired me to make my own little bar (alcohol?) themed album! What started out as a little joke turned into this! Well, I hope you enjoy~ See you all next dream!

Download: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0lxvfo76ulen8gx/AAAvp3eNFLPk3FXX3WYIEhNIa?dl=0

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To the Steven Universe fans that:

- Bullied Zamii070 or any other fanartist who drew things that they didn’t like.

- Harassed Lauren Zuke and the other Crewniverse.

- Got angry at people who make Male Gemsona’s.

- Force their gender/race headcanon’s down people’s throats.

- Accused people of being abusive (or condoning their behavior) for liking characters like Jasper.

- Attack people for what characters they ship.

- Harass people who are not the right “body type” to cosplay a certain Gem.

- Harass people who are not the right “race” to cosplay a certain Gem.

- Start hating on a character for having actual flaws and making mistakes.

- Think men shouldn’t be allowed to be part of the fandom.

- Harassed other fandoms because they viewed the Steven Universe fandom as “pure” and “superior”.

YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES

YOU ARE HURTING THE FANDOM, YOU ARE HURTING REAL PEOPLE, YOU ARE HURTING THE SHOW.

PLEASE STOP BEHAVING LIKE BULLIES.

 If you see something you don’t like, don’t look at it, or block it.

Be considerate, have empathy, be a good person.

Be like Steven.

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When a foreigner(gringo (is that word derogatory?) tries to say they know about latin america, but you know they don’t.

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“The Royal Lung of the East, the Ambitious feline of the west.” Anyways, these are some character concepts for my Digital Conceptual art class. But they also tie in to a music album I will be selling eventually around early November(?) The ones that will get further developed are #3 from above and #5 from below, so look forward to that! © vxwarrior/RaysonWilliams/Team Runi - Eryl and related designs. © vxwarrior/RaysonWilliams/Team Runi - Kotek and related designs.