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Garden in Rain (detail) Mayumi Oda; Japanese-born American, b. 1941 Sōsaku hanga woodblock print; ink and color on paper 1981

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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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when u dont like ur art take a deep breath and remember u created it from nothing, like a god

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Repeat after me: I draw so good. Not everything needs to be a banger. I'm not a content machine I'm a person who makes art and art takes time. Inspiration comes in waves and when it recedes that's when I should let myself rest

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Medusa

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Official Art Post

for "Dog-Walker Dean" by dark_and_twisted ( @from-my-dark-and-twisted-mind ) for the 2024 Proship Big Bang ( @spnproshipbang )

Featuring Dean Winchester!

And his hot, dog-owning neighbor Castiel!

With Mary and John Winchester having a discussion about their son's choices...

But love (and kisses) will triumph!

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Revising some of my horse drawing tips pages, starting with necks!

Corrected some muscle names and added more explanation/ method.

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saw a pic of a maria martinez vase on the dash and had to physically hold myself back from reblogging it to tell everyone abt her burnishing technique

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TODAYS CHALLENGE

The Portfolio Sheet

I challenge you to create a commission sheet, no matter what kind of art you do, digital 2D, traditional, crafting, writing, voice acting, music, video editing, photography, literally anything!

however best suits the art you make, find a way to present it, this is not only a fun exercise, it's also a great way to show off what you've made. really useful for applying to colleges, applying for jobs, but most importantly it's just cool to have for when people ask to see the art you make!

not doing commissions? no problem! you can make the sheet purely for fun. alternatively though, you can show off your art, and in the area where you would display the prices you can write "NOT FOR SALE" or "YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS ART" or perhaps "YOU COULD NEVER AFFORD MY TALENTS", etc

best of luck :>

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"It took me TWO years to finish this sketch book!" Well that's cuz you're not fuckin sketching. Those are fully painted pieces dawg that's a renderedbook. I've gone through four sketchbooks in my off time this year alone I just draw stupid faces and shit for fun. pussy up like the rest of us and start drawing stick figures with guns

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Kneading bread dough is the most grounding thing for me. So I decided to make some rolls to relieve some stress and make something nice.

@stealingyourbones has made some delightful food abominations, which taught me I can replace the water in bread with almost any liquid.

So I tried Miso.

The yeast loved it and frothed up super fast. Mixing miso broth with the egg and oil smelled funky. The dough didn’t rise any fluffier than usual but the texture feels good. Then I decided to roll in some black garlic and green onion. I’d add nori crumbled up but I ran out.

Now we let it bake.

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Are you available for commission

So how does a commission scam work? You’ll get asks like this from blank blogs who didn’t see your commissions posts and instead are programmed to send these to anyone using certain tags. Afterwards, they’ll offer you $300 to draw a pet but won’t use your preferred payment option. Instead, they’ll ask for your email address. What happens next? You’ll get a phishing email claiming to be from PayPal saying you need to upgrade your account and when you click the link you’ll compromise your account details to the scammer who will then try to get your money. You will not be paid for your work at the scammer will then move on to someone else and block you.

If someone was really interested in commissioning you, they would already know the answer if they seen your post about it.

So what can you do? Block bots like this and warn other artists.

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AI disturbance overlays for those who don't have Ibis paint premium. found them on tiktok