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Bird brothers: Eluréd and Elurín!

I made these little guys for the @tolkienrsb 2024. The accompanying fic, by Quente, will be available to read on September 6!

Eluréd is modeled after the white-tailed eagle; for Elurín, I used the Eurasian tree sparrow as a model. Both birbs are made with air-dry clay.

read A flight, a wing, the promise of spring beginning on September 6!

[my trsb masterpost]

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I made an art/anatomy tutorial about birds! I hope people will find it helpful!

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hand reference

Run away with me?

My art for the @tolkienrsb 2023! This is an AU where Maedhros and Fingon elope into the wilds of Valinor~

Look for the amazing accompanying fic by @goschatewabn coming September 8!!

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"Glaurung's Brood"

an eggcelent dragon nest for B2MeM! @spring-into-arda

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Adventures in hand sketches

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References: cuddling; Finno's hair; Feanor's outfit; Feanor's pose; Finno's pose. Background image.

But when they were landed, Maedhros the eldest of his sons, and on a time the boyfriend of Fingon ere Morgoth's lies came between (they’re husbands now it’s nbd), spoke to Fëanor, saying: “Now what ships and rowers will you spare to return, and whom shall they bear hither first? Fingolfin my father-in-law? BTW Fingon’s already here, don’t be mad...”

or:

sad snuggling on the swan-ships after you did some murders, & tfw your father-in-law challenges you to a duel but you’re in your jammies

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This is one of my two art pieces for the @tolkienrsb 2022, an AU where Maedhros sneaks Fingon onto the swan-ships and all hell breaks loose! 

The accompanying fic [link TBA] is being written by the stellar @maedhrus!!

My TRSB22 Masterpost

(unedited images beneath the cut)

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I’m constantly always in awe of your anatomy. It’s just???? Perfect. I don’t want to be a pest but if you have time, do you have any anatomy quick tips? I struggle so much with it!

AHHH thank you so much!! I wouldn't say it's perfect though. There are definitely mistakes in it 😅 and it's somewhat simplified, 'cause I couldn't bother with actually learning which muscle does what. But anyways, I love drawing anatomy and so I'm absolutely not bothered at all by your question!

Since you didn't specify, I can only give you these off the top of my head. They helped me a lot with making my anatomy look more natural.

Here I go with my basic english skills, trying to explain anatomy

The head fits roughly 7.5 times into the body

There is a line that connects the inner side of the knee with the hip bone (caused by different muscles in the leg) that causes an indentation in the leg

The angle of the calf muscles and the angle of the ankles are opposites

Those calf muscles squish outwards when kneeling

When drawing the neck/shoulders, you should never forget about the "Trapezius" muscle

The bone on the outer side of your wrist is more pronounced than the one on the inner side

The triceps appears to be longer than the biceps

The hand is approximately as long as the distance from the chin to the hairline

This is all my mind could come up with at the moment, but I hope it helps :) If you want me to specify, let me know

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Hey do you have that kissing tutorial I cant find it :(

Hi! I'm not sure which specific kissing tutorial you are referring to, but I do have a few reblogged under the tag kissing tutorial here and kissing ref here.

This is less of a tutorial and more helpful notes on drawing kissing I found on twitter.

Hope that helps!

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How do you draw kisses so well????????

I had to learn how to draw the head in different perspectives besides the basic ones, that’s how u make the kiss look less stiff and awkward and actually make it look like a kiss. look for reference poses, i practiced with those a lot, don´t be afraid to practice different perspectives beside the side view, bonus points cause u wont have to draw the lips from a back view lol 

Also lips ARE SQUISHY and sometimes, depending on how deep or open mouthed the kiss is the lips may not even be that visible, they´ll just look like lines sometimes. Remember to use references, they help a lot, also nose positioning you’ll have to find out by pure observation lol so ye references.

Also Expressions! play with them they give life to the kiss, make it angsty, passionate, delicate, u do u! Hope this helped!

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Hands Row 1 & 2 Row 3 Row 4 Row 5 & 6 Row 7

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A mouth-watering fuck-ton of hand angle references.

By Shadowcross on DA.

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[image description: a pencil sketch of Maedhros Fëanorion wearing a simple dress and a large cape. end image description.]

We had a drawing session for family night and naturally I drew my boy ❤️

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[Image description: Colored pencil drawings of Gil-galad and Erien from the Silmarillion. The first drawing depicts Gil-galad as Ilmafinwë Artanáro, an elf man with curly silver hair, warm brown skin, and green eyes; he is wearing a blue robe and gold hoop earrings. Next to him is his sister Erien, an elf woman with curly red hair, warm brown skin, green eyes, and a jagged scar between her eyes; she is smiling wide and wearing a purple robe, silver and blue earrings, and a necklace with a gold pendant of the Fëanorian star. The next drawing depicts two alternate versions of Gil-galad. First he is shown as Cantafinwë Ereinion, an elf man with dark curly hair, warm brown skin, and silver eyes; he is wearing a purple robe, a pink undershirt, and gold and red earrings. Finally he is shown as Velcafinwë (Finellach) Gil-galad, an elf man with red hair, warm brown skin, and blue eyes; he is wearing a green robe and gold and pink earrings. End image description.]

long time no draw, huh?

Here is Erien, and a bunch of Gil-galads! The first pic shows them as they appear in my ’verse little star, little flame; then there are some alternate Gils because I really cannot decide on his hair color... He (and Erien!) are always Russingon kiddos though!!! <3

references:  Erien: pose, hair; Ilma; Canta, Velca

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I’ve been wanting to do a thing like this for a while. Behold my amazing animu mongah skills there wow swoons

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How to draw Afro textured 4c hair - an explanation/Tutorial

For those of you that don’t know what 4c hair is, 4c hair is a hair texture type that contains coils to small and tight that the hair appears to be more puffy rather than curly ( like to photo below ) this is in NO WAY to be confused with curly hair. there is a drastic difference.

As a black artist that primarily draws characters with 4c hair, I’ve been asked many times to do a tutorial on 4c hair so here we go~

before we get into 4c hair, lets take a moment to fully understand it by talking about hair texture in a general sense first

let’s take a look at this example of straight hair vs curly hair ( 1 type straight hair vs 3 type curly hair )

If you take a moment to compare the two you’ll notice straight hair is flat, it has no texture. Straight hair perfectly hangs down similar to liquid-like silk. It’s lack of curl pattern is the reason as to why it hangs perfectly flat.

curly hair on the other hand doesn’t lie down flat and silky like straight hair, It’s more thick. Curly hair in it’s raw and unstyled state has a trapezoid like shape this is because the sides of the hair spread more outward.

So why is this? Why is straight hair flat and curly hair thick?

the answer to that question is a thing called piling up. When it comes to hair texture, the shape of the hair strands aren’t the only thing that matters, its how the strands coexist with each other, Curly hair strands coexist by piling up on top each other.

moisture also effects hair texture too, different hair types absorbs moisture differently, thus the thickness of each hair type is different. 

…..soooo, how does this all relate to how to draw 4c hair?? 

Well let’s take a look at the drawing below. Notice how the arrows go outward more as the hair texture gets curlier. As we’ve already discussed, this is because hair piles up, The curlier the hair texture, the more it piles up on each other, the bigger it gets, the more outward the arrows go.

Out of any hair texture, 4C hair has the most curls. Because of this, the hair piles up on each other so much that it doesn’t lie down flat like straight hair, nor does it make a trapezoid like shape like curly hair, it instead becomes more cloud like.❤️

This is what you need to take into account when it comes to drawing 4C hair.

Think of it as piling up a bunch of cotton balls on each other. The most cotton on top of top to lead to a bigger patch of  cotton. this is 4c hair.

How to not draw 4c hair:

Garnet fanart. Let’s talk about Garnet Fanart. I notice a trend that when artists draw Garnet from Steven universe, her hair texture is usually changed to 3 type curly like texture. This subtle form of White washing has confused me because this is inaccurate. 

Garnet’s hair is in the shape of a cube. Though 3 type hair piles up on each other, it isn’t curly nor thick enough for their hair to stay in the shape of a cube. Curly hair lies down more than 4c hair. So garnet’s hair being in the shape of a cube is a dead giveaway that it is 4C. Why do you think hairstyles like flat tops are usually seen on black men with 4c hair? It’s because, the 4c hair texture is thick and strong enough to stay in whatever shape you put it in.

please, if you’re drawing a character with 4c hair, avoid drawing it like curly 3 type hair, this is very anti-black and texturist.

So, how do you draw 4c hair?

honestly, its the most easy thing in the world

i wanna clarify that blobby looking 4c drawings ( like the one on the top left ) can work depending on how cartoony your art style is.

Another thing that I want to greatly clarify when it comes to drawing 4C hair is, YOU. DONT. NEED. TO. DRAW. EVERY. HAIR. STRAND!…..like, seriously. I’ve gotten many messages about how 4C hair is hard to draw, and it’s always left me confused; but then I find out that the same people that have trouble drawing 4C hair, attempt to draw every single strand of hair. This is unnecessarily time consuming because it’s merely impossible to get every single detail down, especially when you have a simple cartoon style. 4C hair does not require much effort, all you’re doing is drawing lumps. It’s that simple, nothing more nor nothing less.

The reason why I greatly advise all of you to avoid drawing every single hair strand is because in real life, when you look at a 4C textured Afro, your eyes don’t pick up on each individual hair strand like straight or curly hair. 4C hair, appears to be more undefined and cloud like, so attempting to draw each and every individual strand is unnecessary and will most likely end up looking inaccurate.

Anyways! that’s it for now! there will be a part 2 to this tutorial that will come out next week! i hope you guys have learned from this and apply it to your black character in your art!~

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[Image description: Colored pencil drawing of two elf-like people. One, Isléya, is a fem-leaning nonbinary person with long silver hair partially tied up in a bun and partially flowing loose about her shoulders, pearly pale blue skin, and black eyes with silver pupils; she is dressed fancily, wearing a revealing red dress, many earrings along her pointed ears, and a necklace with a moon pendant. The other, Vakila, is a nonbinary person with curly red hair pulled up into a bun, brown skin, and hazel eyes; they have two scars across their face and are squinting suspiciously. End image description.]

Isléya and Valika - two more significant characters from my capstone project :)

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[Image description: Colored pencil drawing of two elf-like people. One, Réyan, is a nonbinary person with red-brown hair tied back in braids, copper-brown skin, and gold eyes. The other, Hanumi, is a female person with long, loose blue-black hair, pale skin, and blue eyes; she is also wearing a circlet with a green jewel. End image description.]

Meet Réyan and Hanumi, the main characters of my capstone novel!