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will do it raffle style ♥ thank you for the support!!

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birthday stream!! drawing rin from fate! webcam on for today~ ♥

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drawing soramiraso or miyu from youtube!

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working on chibi commission of asuna and yui from SAO! http://www.twitch.tv/harukatsune

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http://www.twitch.tv/harukatsune working on pokemon commissions ♥

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http://www.twitch.tv/harukatsune/ finishing some commissions ♥

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http://www.twitch.tv/harukatsune gonna finish up some commissions! ♥ thank you sooo so much for 300 followers already on twitch! it means a lot!! i’ll be streaming in a couple minutes~

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I can’t stress enough the importance of stretching your hands, and forearms every morning and every evening, spend 5-10 minutes going through a stretching routine. These are very easy to do, takes little time to do them. It’s VERY common in all animation studios. Conditions can slowly develop, the most typical one is Repetitive Strain Injury, it’s a prevalent condition resulting from overusing the hands to perform a repetitive task, such as typing, clicking a mouse, writing, and of course drawing. In simple medical terms, repetitive strain injury (RSI) stems from prolonged repetitive, forceful, or awkward hand movements. The result is minor damage to muscles, tendons, and nerves of the neck, shoulder, forearm, and most commonly hand and wrist, which can cause pain, weakness, or numbness. If you’re feeling some pains, tingles, weakness, or numbness in the wrist/forearm; one of the best ways to heal quickly are ‘Contrasting Baths’. What crazy voodoo am I speaking of? A couple different physiotherapists and massage therapists had recommended this technique to me several years ago, and for anyone I knew that tried it, they all say the results are fast and effective. Commonly used by carpal tunnel suffers, it’s a method of treating muscle soreness, swelling and inflammation, it’s also known as Hot/Cold Immersion Therapy. You can use the double sink in your kitchen at home, if you don’t have one, then get your hands on two very large identical bowls, it needs to be big enough to submerge your entire forearms from wrist to elbow. Fill one up with ice cold water (with a couple dozen ice cubes floating in there). The other with very warm water, not tea-kettle boiling hot water, just hot tap water, or as warm as you can handle, no sense in burning yourself of course. Have a stop watch or clock ready, and submerge your arms for 30 seconds in the hot, then switch to doing 30 sec. in the cold, and repeat a few times back and forth, 30 sec. a piece. After only a few times you’ll notice the hot water getting cooler and the cold water getting warmer, so then the technique grows to be less effective, but by then, the job is done. The idea is that the extreme heat and cold contracts and expands your blood vessels, promoting greater blood flow to circulate and flush through your arms, and increased blood flow is what aids in healing faster! Enjoy!

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masterpost for when u wanna draw!!

jfashion magazines!!! (helps out with outfits/people)

paint online!!

some paint tool sai brushes!!

mypaint (its free and its kinda like photoshop its really cool!)

firealpca (its free and its pretty much a mix between sai and photoshop!!)

photoshop (for free! and other stuff)

textures

more textures

brushes

more brushes

bonus: a kawaii photo editor

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CLICK HERE

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By the way, there’s a really amazing image upscaler specifically for anime-style pictures, that not only makes the image bigger without ruining it; it can actually make them look better if it’s been compressed. Try it here.

I heard about this on Twitter and it’s really, really good. I’ll probably use it sometimes on here if an image gets compressed weirdly by Tumblr (which I’ve already tried, and it does make pictures look better).

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Tutorials with within 10 steps!

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The Google Cultural Institute documents the world’s art and other cultural treasures. At the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, Google workers took a series of photos of these skulls (and over 200 others), and stitched the photos together so that you can view them at any angle.

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Ok! Your charms are so nice. The little bell on them is so cute... If you've planned for what the acrylic ones are going to be... will there be Vocaloid charms?! \(0□0\) Will they have similar or different designs as the old ones? And how much do you think they'll cost? Thanks for answering my question before////

thank you!/////// i might do vocaloid again! not sure. ww they’ll be $8-10 since it’ll be higher quality. the style will be most likely like my recent chibi art: http://fav.me/d8r00ed

no problem ww i like to answer questions~

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Hi there! I have a quick question about the vocaloid charms on your storenvy, since you don't have any Luka charms left. (quq ) Do you plan to make more, or are those the very last ones? Sorry if it's a dumb question!

hi! no no omg it’s not a dumb question don’t worry!

sadly, i’m not making anymore of the old charms i used to make. however i am planning to produce higher quality clear acrylic charms soon! 

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"Stellarscapes" by Oriol Angrill Jordà

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Thanks so much for your ask! I’ve meant to do a tutorial like this for a long time. This is the way that I draw big girls, though it’s quite a short and basic tutorial. I hope it helps!

the “area of gain” part was pretty much taken directly from -here-, a VERY informative and helpful tutorial. Here’s a couple of tutorials that I think are pretty good: link and link.