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Canine Drawing Resources

Hi peeps, I see your awesome asks. I’ve been working on a few DTIYS challenges, but I will get to them. Lighting and tone seem like popular subjects, and I want to get better at those things too, so I’ll be creating a write up for that. 

For now, I’m going to tide you over with a mini canine master post. 

Real Dog Skeleton 3D Model - Sketchfab

Sketchfab is amazing bc you can rotate the 3D model in the browser and practice from several angles. 

Another great one to study musculature

 Low Poly Wolf - Good to check out for the value practice

Canine Fur Direction Reference featuring my amazing dog

Fur Tutorial, see technique in action below. In like two days it will be public automatically to everyone, not just patrons.

Free to use stock photos of doggies

Here is a sample I created to demo the two tutorials I made (for more, see  @astrikos​ ) 

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Lets get rowdy!

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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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Feel like continue introducing a bit on characters of the ttrpg cardgame Historic: Road eternal thing

Caged wraith

The Caged Wraith is an Ensu who has a cage around their body, heart, and head. Their soul is even looser and easier to move or change than normal. As a result, they need a physical cage on their body to help keep the soul inside.

They are the sneaky rogue character who can kill with twin daggers, pick locks, or sneak around. They have the ability to open a door on their cage and let their soul out. When in soul form, their party carries their body as an item, and they can attack people's souls directly, or use their power to touch the world. They can pass through walls with ease, and peek inside things that shouldn't be seen.

They can either follow the path that empowers their ghost form, or the path that empowers their physical body.

(design draft and absolutely unintelligible degradation)

Also the tool that fall along the same line of aesthetic and region (if the client Feel like make it to be) (not specifically used by this little weirdo but i think they share the similarity)

The steward's sword

A simple one-handed sword made of iron, with various parts of it that are gilded in gold, as if it was once dipped in gold but has lost its golden parts overy many years of use. It is a bit dirty, but the golden parts shine as if they cannot ever be stained.

Also sharing the link of shame at the end ↓↓↓

Backerkit page of the project

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We need to bring back the athletics body type post

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A Young Daughter of the Picts, Steph Wilson

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save a horse ride a cowgirl

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Elster, the endlessly devoted

A close-up too:

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My Cyberpunk OC Artemis.

my loyal attack dog

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January Commissions are OPEN! get some art done for your existing character or update their look for this glorious new year

5 slots are open!

to reserve a slot DM me here or email at forgingmeanings@gmail.com

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Squeeeeeem!

Can you believe that fan favourite Squeem came back for Fantasy High Junior Year? I sure can’t. Glad to see you, Squeem!

@caitmayart thank you so much for the beautiful art this season!

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Azuriels horn cream!

keep your horns shiny and vibrant!

now with asbestos for a more flame resistent and longer lasting shine!

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October Commissions are live!

5 slots are open for grabs

to reserve a slot shoot me a DM here or email me at forgingmeanings@gmail.com

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Latigo w/ a cat lycanthrope variant

a commission

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ain’t that a kick in the head

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The Last Stand

for swordtember