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I’ve officially decided my favorite relationship trope is “at first I was perpetually bothered by your mere existence but somewhere along the way you became my best friend and oh yeah I’m also in love with you.” Nothing else matters.

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Kakashi's side profile through the years 🥰

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Working on a glow-up of this Almost Human comic I started almost 5 years ago to the day. I'm doing a rewatch because I've re-embraced physical media and I do have it on DVD. We'll see if I finish this time but I've got one page done and another laid out and partially inked...regardless it's fun to see how much I've improved in 5 years!

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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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Holy shit this is insanely amazing. Absolutely gobsmacked... exquisite!

This is another imagination creation for my Favourite detective/inspector Llewelyn Watts. This scene specifically is one of the main scenes I fell head over heels in love with him. The way he forfeits his control and surrenders his obedience to the doctor. The genuine worry over Georges survival and softness of his attempts to sooth him. And also the look he has with the rolled up sleeves and exposed forearms holding him down gently. Ughh he's just so attractive here I wanted to reflect that with prettier lighting.

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You draw anatomy and faces so well, besides just doing studies was there any sources you found really helpful?

Thank you so much! I appreciate you saying that.

Studies and reference will always be helpful of course, and just drawing drawing drawing. But in terms of specific sources for getting better at them, hmm...

A site that I still go back to now and again when I'm feeling rusty is hitokaku, which is an old japanese site that shows you how to draw different parts of the body. Definitely recommend exploring that.

Manga Materials goes into some nitty gritty of anatomy in a really in depth way that can be overwhelming if you're just getting started but is really fascinating to look at. I follow them on patreon, but I think they might have notes available for free and stuff on their twitter or other socials.

Character Design References has pinterest boards just full full full of materials to look at. Less specifically anatomy practice, but there's some anatomy materials in there you can take a look at, but also just huge databases of character sheets and things too. I get lost in this place.

Anatomy360 is a great reference, they even have some free materials that I have used for muscle reference dozens of times

I also look thru adorkastock sometimes for poses or just plain old practice.

Also if you can get your hands on any of the Morpho anatomy books, I would recommend those in a heartbeat. I have like 5 of them. Their subjects range from general anatomy, simplifying forms, exaggerated muscles, how to draw fat folds--really great stuff, mostly made up of drawings. I have referred to these books *so* many times.

Anyway...apart from that, I look at a lot of images of athletes or bodybuilders (looking at specific sports gets you different body types, so it's fun to explore), I practice faces by having a sketchbook and trying to draw people in videos i'm watching (used to be at cafes but I don't do that as much w/ the pandemic and all that). Helps you capture shapes and likenesses better if you're trying to do it fast and symbolically, you learn what details make up a person's "look," it's a lot of fun.

This is what i can think of off the top of my head. Mostly I just draw a lot and practice and do my best ;~;

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fast rendering tutorial for when you dont want to put in any effort

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hello! i loved your art. i would like to know if you allow me to use some of it to create fanfic covers, always giving credit to you for the art.

Thanks for the ask and this a great time for a friendly reminder that I don't allow reposts but you can use my art in edits with proper credit!

Only stipulations I ask are that you don't make money off my art and that you must also send me a link so I can seeeeeeeee.

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Jonin vests seem easy in comparison to military tactical vests…

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Hello and welcome to the Face-McPunchy polycule. You have to be prone to violence to join.

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both drawn to life books are free to read on archive.org?? and downloadable as pdf???? what!! YO HOLY SHIT

a coworker yesterday was asking me about these behind my chair, and gun to my head, if you asked me what was the single best drawing book of all time -- it'd be these. there's a reason i keep them in irl arm's length.

not to toot my horn but i get a lot of comments about "believable life"/body language in my drawings, and i owe that to this book. Walt Stanchfield -the author- was one of the main mentors to a ton of the rennaisance era disney animators (Glen Keane, Musker, Deja, etc). this guy understands both the kinectic sense of how bodies move and squish/stretch, and how people "act", and composition/silhouette, and is honestly just a thoroughly decent dude.

some screenshots!