#art hacks

[friendofthecrows]

I compiled this a while ago but I was just looking for references and found the file so...

Best places to find reference photos:

Body types, poses, and anatomy:

http://reference.sketchdaily.net/en

https://www.posemaniacs.com/

https://quickposes.com/en

https://www.characterdesigns.com/#home-section

https://www.adorkastock.com/sketch/

https://line-of-action.com/practice-tools/figure-drawing/

https://www.proko.com/browse/tools?af=242

Giant anatomy reference tutorials Pinterest board:

https://www.pinterest.com/deedee1232/body-reference/

General:

https://unsplash.com/

https://pixabay.com/

https://www.pexels.com/

https://stocksnap.io/

https://www.freeimages.com/

https://kaboompics.com/

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

https://morguefile.com/

https://www.flickr.com/

https://www.dreamstime.com/

https://pmp-art.com/

https://www.freepik.com/

https://photobash.co/

https://picjumbo.com/

https://burst.shopify.com/

https://magdeleine.co/

https://wordpress.org/openverse/

Historical:

https://nos.twnsnd.co/

[cowsabungus]

Art Hacks for Physical Disabilities!!

I know art can be inaccessible to physically disabled people for a lot of reasons, and I think art should be accessible to everyone, so here’s a couple of the things I found to help for a few different issues you may face that stop you participating!

I have a link to all these items (UK) in my link tree!!

IMAGE DESCRIPTION

Slide one: illustration of a white woman with pink hair, wearing a pink outfit, sitting in a power wheelchair, looking at the viewer with thumbs up. Text Reese “hacks to make art more accessible”

Slide two: illustration of three different kinds, using three different types of pencil grips. One hand uses a circular grip. 100 is a large, rectangular grip. Another uses a grip that is ergonomic and fit into the hand. Main text reads “Paul, grip, strength and dexterity”. Subtext reads “there are loads of different types of pencil, grips or design for different disabilities and conditions. Increasing the width of the pencil can give more texture for a better grip using a pencil with a thicker with also reduces the amounts of pressure needed to hold a pencil you can make your own using items like pool noodles. KT tape an air dry clay. You can also put these groups on things like paint brushes.“

Slide three: illustration of a hand using a tool that looks like a wrist support with a paintbrush connected to it text next to it reads “this talk next a paintbrush to your hand in a way that means you don’t need to hold the paintbrush with your fingers and you will need to move your arm around“ on the bottom right hand corner is in photograph of a guided hand device. Text read “regarded hand as a tool designed to reduce the need for moving your hands and fingers and relies on the movement of your shoulder and upper arms and can be used with different materials like paintbrushes, pencils, pens and styluses.

Slide four: main header reads “when in bed“. Illustration of an iPad pillow with a iPad in it is next to text that reads “iPad pillows, put your tablet at an easier to access level when sitting or lying down“. In the bottom left hand corner is an illustration of a girl sitting in bed in her pyjamas with a pillow behind her and a bed table as she is drawing. On the left hand side is a photograph of a bed table with the text reading “bed tables are used to give you a flat tire up surface while in bed, and are often height adjustable”. In the bottom right hand side is a bedsit, a pillow with the text underneath, reading “ bedsitters of specially shaped pillows that you put behind you in bed to help you set up and give you a soft surface to lean back on”.

Slide five: maisie had a read out “at a desk left”. On the left hand side is a photograph of the document holder with the text “document holders put your paper at an angle to help prevent crane in your neck down”. On the right hand, middle side is an illustration of someone using a armrest and on the bottom left hand side is a photograph of the armrest. Text next to them reads “economic arm rests clip onto your table or desk and give you a surface you lean you’re forearms or elbows on. This can be used to steady your arm and reduce pain and fatigue while sitting at a desk”.

Slide six: maisie reads “foot and mouth painters” . on the right hand side is an photograph of swapping Augustine, an Indian woman with no arms, wearing a sari painting with her left foot. In the bottom left hand corner is an illustration of a woman with green hair painting using her mouth. Text reads “foot and mouth painting is a technique used by artists who do not have, or cannot use their arms so hold the paintbrush in their mouth or using their foot. Swapna Augustine is a foot painter who has painted with her feet and participated in multiple exhibitions of foot and mouth painters. Her art is stunning and I would definitely recommend checking some of help work out.“

Slide seven: main text reeds “art without brushes and pens”. On the left-hand side is a photograph of a spin art device. Text next to read it reads “spin out involves using bottles of ink and squirting them onto a spinning piece of paper to create spiral art. On the middle right hand side is a illustration of a laptop with coding art written on the screen. Text me next to it reads “coding art involves making programs that design and create art pieces digitally. This could be used in conjunction with an eye tracking software.“ On the bottom left hand side is a photograph of a child in a power wheelchair with paint on their wheels painting onto a large piece of paper. Next to this is text reading “wheelchair painting involves putting paint on your wheelchair wheels and moving around and large piece of paper. Sometimes you can connect a roller to create more marks.“

Slide eight: text reads “what do you do to make art accessible for you?”

End of ID.

[fangirlingatstuff]

ARTISTS

IF YOURE LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT MANNEQUIN BOY DO I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU!

INTRODUCING

LUCKY 13 BY SOOZAFONE

Lucky 13 is a completely FREE 3d print file available on Printables by Soozafone! If you have access to a 3d printer or can get someone ro print it for you, I 1000% recommend it!

Lucky has the same amount if not more articulation than most artist mannequins and is SO MUCH CHEAPER. While filament is expensive, I was able to print mine at my university’s print lab for 13$. 13!$!!!

This figure is comparable to the Armature 9 models, and in my opinion, BETTER just because of the customizability and free print use! Im currently working on making dragon wings for mine.

Lucky comes with the armature, skin, a stand, 8 different hand poses, and several accessories, but the community has HUNDREDS of remixes and new additions custom made for this little guy.

And the best part is, is that the creator, Soozafone, is ALREADY working on a version 2!! Check him out on reddit at r/Soozafone!

I am so in love with my own figure and am so excited to see all the new updates. If you’re looking for pose reference but dont want to fork over hundreds on a figure, PLEASE! Check out Lucky 13!

Here’s the link to the Printables page:

I literally cant recommend this figure enough, Im already planning on printing a few more because I love it so much.

I hope this gives all the other artists a fun little project, because I certainly had a blast putting mine together!

Happy printing!!

[vyrtuosoart]

Please tell me this wasn't common knowledge coz SINCE WHEN IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE

SO APPARENTLY YOU CAN COLOR OVER ERASABLE PENS WITH MARKER AND THEN STILL ERASE THE PEN AFTER ?????

[zombie-jed]

Going to pornhub for anatomy references

[artichao]

if there's one piece of art advice i wanna give everyone i know, it'd be to

RENDER YOUR LINEART LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE!

lineart can be coloured and shaded just like every other aspect! it may be subtle but can make a HUGE difference to the finished piece.

now, it's not for everyone; some people prefer the boldness of black lineart. just from my experience, allowing lineart to blend yet still stick out just enough can help art feel smoother and open.

THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR PIXEL ART!

since your lineart is WAY more noticeable and thicker, sometime it is jarring to have all of your lineart bold-black. colouring your lineart opens up your art; it creates space for your subject to breathe. black lineart can be confining, so lightening it up to compliment the colours it contains can make your art look fresher!

AGAIN this is purely up to choice. everyone has their methods! just from me to you, try it out sometime!

[emeraldthelynx]

ART

Which of these do you want me to explain (in comic form?)

Please reblog so the poll isn't stuck to only my blog. (You can delete it as soon as it's over, I just don't want to be stuck with a sample size of 10-12 people)

[acrylicalchemy]

Try this quick tip to eliminate all that pesky white space right out of the gate. Share this tip with your art groups and artist friends 🎨❤️

[usefulandeasytoreadthings]

Easy to read tutorials for how to self publish and format PDFs of books for printing.

In my experience, this information is EXTREMELY hard to come across because in my experience, no one gatekeeps like the book industry ✨️. Fancy stuff. I found these incredibly helpful. They have a lot of pictures and graphics and are easy to understand.

These tutorials are specific to the Print On Demand site Lulu, but has stuff that seems true across the industry from what I've seen. Either way I've found it to be incredibly helpful.

[artfaithfully]

Regarding art reference

I see a lot of people saying that a new years goal is to “use less reference” in their artwork. And I wanna address it, especially regarding new/beginner artists.

Reference isn’t a bad thing. We have a visual library in our brains, and we build that library through using reference images to draw! How can we expect to have a catalog of how things should look if we don’t use references to begin with?

Build your catalog first. If you don’t, your brain tries to fill in gaps incorrectly. Reference isn’t bad. Don’t copy! But compile different references to create something else.

We can’t create something from nothing.

Cheers, and happy new year! - Faith💖

[azultecnicolor]

Drawing men with big brown eyes is better than therapy actually

[2dmax]

very quick tip* on what i prefer to see in lineart

lines want to generally be thicker where they connect and they should not sort of peter out and get thinner then leave a gap where they ought to connect - that’s basically the gist of it.

*tip i have heard from many, many sources much smarter, more talented, and more accomplished than I, which has improved my lineart greatly. You are free to develop your own artistic practice in any way you see fit, or to not develop it at all; for some art is a passion, others a profession, others a hobby, or emotional outlet. Many some combination.

Recorded this in sketchbook pro - almost my least favorite program for drawing these days but amazing recording feature that only captures strokes instead of a full screengrab

[duchesscelestia]

this week's video discussing the good and bad sides of art hacks is now live!

[gloomyloomy]

uhhhhhhhhh guys uh

i just

i just found the cheat code to perspective

[achromant]

i COULD have opened the game and taken screenshots in perspective as references, but NO. appareantly that's too much work, so bullshitting my way through perspective for an hour it is.

seriously though. please be better than me and use references, people.