#based off of a Pinterest pose ref!!!

[mapacart]

The silliesssss ❤️💚💜

[stinky-toons]

SOME IF THESE IDK IF I POSTED BEFORE BEAR WITH ME. BEAR WIRH ME. I KNOW AT LEAST TWO I DIDN’T POST.

Last one is mad old and I have showed it off, if you’ve seen it before 🤨 you stuck around for awhile…you seen me improve..ion wanna talk abt the acedoc thing okay I just jammed it in there I am not mentioning it no I will not redraw it as 2D and Murdoc (🤨👀🤨🤨🤨 unless the ask box demands it,,,heh,,,,.. must deliver and appease) anyway food

Especially. That first one I stole Rice’s brush and holy I’m never giving it back I’m actually obsessed

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[tcheadspace]

this is a wip but my mama said i gotta do hw then i have to go bedtime brb fellas :(…

(pose n stuff was based off a ref i saw on pinterest but i cant find the og anywhere 😖)

[deabdisco]

drawings!!! the rorschach drawing is based off a little doodle in the actual book and the lauras were mainly free handed. i used pose refs from pinterest though 〔´∇｀〕

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I often shart on my art so I'mma be positive today and do the top 10 pieces of my art that I'm still fond of despite them being quite old

Most (all) of them are redacted fanart so behold

(sorted from oldest to latest)

Felt the need to put the first drawing I ever posted on this account. It doesn't stand out as being that much better than it's close by in date brethren but it still pops off in it's own right and is not nearly as embarrassing as it could've been as a first drawing (ps: it was based of a drawing by @febreze-bottle-without-febreze!)

I already reblogged this one pointing out how it lowkey served for it's time but it still deserves to be said

Like this piece specifically points out how drawings don't have to be hella detailed and have 100% effort put into them to look good. Like it obviously has its flaws but it's serves it's purpose and I honestly think that overhauling with full rendering and a detailed background would've removed some of it's charm

It kind of reminds me of those semi animations/animatics people would do for musicals and things with the desaturated background with a gradient and minimal shading

This one's is not much again but it's Adam and he's serving cunt so it ended up here. If you can find the Pinterest pose I used as a ref for this one you win a Gatorade

It's not much artistically, like I feel like the shading is lacking in places (like either the contrast is shit or the color combos for the shading are shart I can't tell) and there's some anatomical mistakes but I feel like it's iconic in it's own way and I luuuv starlight and Avior

This Gavin doodle is lowkey giving idk there's something about him...

He has no forehead but shhhh look at him 💞

Another Adam Jessup slay I think about this drawing a lot like can I ever truly replicate the face card in this piece?

He caused a motherquake measuring 9.9 on the cunter scale with this...

This is strange cuz like it's a ref sheet and usually ref sheets are my most meh art because I have a compulsion to do them but they're always a pain in the ass to do so like?

Even though Taurus is one of my more ignored redacted ocs I still like his design and I think this drawing still holds up

Rip veguh💔💔💔 it's like I can still hear his voice 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

Anyways idk this one eats noticably, again kinda sad considering it's an another low effort doodle

Scorpius mentioned yeesdddss

I remember not being sure wether or not to post it but it's kinda nice looking considering even though I am knida at this point known the Scorpius artists I don't like most of my Scorpius drawings

And this one is pretty recent but careless avior and starlight doodles! Again why is this post just telling me that I should give up fully coloring rendering and just doodle for the rest of my life

I saw a tiktok of a person who animated some greek god related stuff and got hated on because they didn't make the ichor gold and they explained why that was but I totally get them bc when I drew the scene of Starlight and Avior bathing in liquid gold people immediately said it looked like piss💔💔

[maluceh]

hi would you ever post your drawing process? i’ve noticed you do research when it comes to stuff like finding references to age up characters properly, making the characters’ styles accurate for their time, etc.

sometimes you don’t realize how much goes into art besides the sketches, drawing, rendering, all that stuff, so the little things like that which make a big difference in the end is so cool to notice, you’re a really inspiring artist for me! your art style is incredible and i’d love to see what goes through your head before drawing something, if that’s alright with you ofc.

like what’s your inspiration? what shaped your art style? do you use references and how often bc sometimes i see some poses you draw and think ok there HAD to be a reference used for this bc it’s too good but i understand finding refs for what’s going on your head is difficult a lot of times so i just chalk it up to you being skilled enough to guess how the anatomy would work (so much praise for artists like that because??? insane talent! not to say using refs makes artists less skilled or anything 😭😭 hope it didn’t come off that way)

OK WOW THAT WAS A LOT IM SORRY!

oh where to begin…

I usually get ideas of what I want to do, but it’s not until I open the canvas that my hand just knows what to do I guess? There’s times when I can just paste what’s in my head on the canvas and times when I struggle more and I have to look for references/trace poses (which are usually me with really bad lightening around my room or yeah, pics from pinterest)

lol funny story, my one drawing of James, Lily and Harry dancing I recorded myself dancing and got screenshots of that to base the poses on…. I accidentally sent one to a person that was commissioning me at the time, most embarrasing moment of my life

ANYWHOO! In terms of clothes, I have a board for every character where I put like what I think their style entails. Cause I like it when they look like teenagers in the 70s

Here’s my process when i just vomit my idea on the canvas

there are some where I don’t have the patience or the project is too big (ex. the panels) and figuring out the anatomy would be too time consuming, so i trace the pose but i’ve been trying to do that less and less to make myself actually work and get better at anatomy

and what shaped my artstyle? wow that’s a hard question lol, idk

I think i’ve picked things from artists i’ve liked and just created a frankenstein of it, little by little and without realizing it.

not that my art looks ANYTHING like theirs, but these are some of the artists that have inspired me a lot through my art journey

hope i answered your question jsjsjs

[cepheusgalaxy]

character refs || aiden

[ID. A reference sheet of Aiden, featuring two different poses. They are a young white person with short, wavy blonde hair, dark green eyes and a pair os white wings. In the first drawing, he has his back turned and looks over his shoulder, not wearing anything but some black shorts. In the second drawing, they have their left arm amputated above the elbow, and wears a fancy ouji lolita-esque black and white outfit with yellow details. His wings are larger here as well. There is a color palette near him, with his base colors on a group and the outfit's colors in another. The captions read: "Aiden - they/he; ~16yo; loses his arm in captivity; androgynous; can't fight or do magic; pretty". The first drawing has two notes: "his wings weren't smaller, i'm just inconsistent" and "before captivity". The second drawing has one note: "non-canon fit but it's pretty". /End ID]

Aiden! I couldn't figure out a proper outfit for him, so I just did him without anything on the first and grabbed something pretty from Pinterest on the second. I was considering to have him grow out his hair during captivity but am still not sure about that. I can, however, say that Aiden has a pretty awesome fashion taste (self-indulgent) and their captor probably dressed them up to be shown off a few times. Do with that info as you will!

[ID. A portrait drawing of Aiden. He has his eyes closed and takes a sip from a tea cup. His long lashes are more visible here. /End ID]

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[toytle]

Hey! Your art really inspires me. Do you have any tips on drawing faces? Or where to start? :))

i answered an ask a while back on my drawing process if you’d like to apply my general tips to faces!

but when it comes to face studies + interpreting specifically, the best way i can describe my process is.. vibes? it’s why i avoid drawing characters i’m not familiar with, and why the most helpful kind of refs i can receive as a commission artist includes some indication of personality (like different expressions or a brief bio)

i mentioned in the other ask that i have poor facial recognition + visual memory, so collecting references of a variety of faces over time helps more than you know! try to go for candid shots of average ppl too, pinterest models start getting redundant at some point. i like to study actors bc, yes, even tho they’re more likely to be conventionally attractive, many of them are casted specifically bc they have a recognizable face or some kind of unique feature(s). it’s even better if you do a character from a live-action show bc they’ll look more natural in motion than the actor posing for the camera. this goes double for people-watching irl (DO NOT take photos of strangers without their consent). basically if you’re me, romanticize all the different features that exist and always take an interest in the inherent uniqueness of every individual ^__^ 👍

the smaller details also rly help liven up a face; every feature adds up. i usually start drawing based on feeling, and Then try to go into what i’ve drawn with a deliberate consciousness. study what feels right and exaggerate the traits that are more unique to This Particular Face. i tend to take notes for characters i’ll draw often bc i’ll know what Vibe i’m going for. sometimes i can tell that smth is off/missing, so i keep notes to know where to steer my eyes. having visual-only refs helps ofc, but i like giving a story to the things i draw, it builds up the bigger picture in my head

[haejjoon]

Hiiii

First of all I want to say that I love your art and I really admire it. It has kind of make me want to go back to drawing again. I used to draw a lot a few years ago but I stopped because I became unhappy with my progress. Now I want to go back to making art but I'm insecure about it because I'm worried I'm too old to start again (I'm 19) and whether I'm capable of relearning it properly. Do you have any tips about where to begin to learn art basics (specifically anatomy)? I would appreciate any advice.

Hello!!! Firstly thank you so much for the compliments, it really does mean so much <333

I'm nineteen, too! Of course you can start art again. I've taken a lot of breaks in between my own art, too, and it's only very recently that I started enjoying making art again (after .... like.... a year or two. lord) so I really do understand how you feel. But we're nineteen years young, and have so much time ahead of us to get back on our feet.

In my experience, improving comes quickest when you focus on one very specific skill at a time—and I mean SPECIFIC. Practicing gestures with torsos only, the muscles of the upper arm, skeleton heads in different angles. I've been studying arm anatomy (and only arm anatomy) recently, and I'm already miles ahead of how I used to draw arms in the past.

If you want a specific step by step on how I personally draw anatomy, I don't mind sharing a quick tutorial! But for general advice—form follows gesture, and gesture follows movement. The biggest mistake someone can make while drawing a body is focusing on the accuracy of the muscles/bones before getting the flow of the gesture down.

Even if the anatomy looks a bit wonky with the gesture, it's important that you capture the movement of the pose first, and then build muscle on top of that. Proko on Youtube has a very good quick drawing series on this, and explains it way better than I do, but that's the gist of it.

Also, PLEASE always use references! I know that hearing that gets old, but it's really important. If you'd like, I can make a quick tutorial on how to use references properly, too. Reference everything—pose, lighting, even art style if you're looking to switch things up (i have about 10 different tabs open on my computer with different artists I admire so I can reference their art religiously).

Speaking of referencing art styles, it's important to gather a bunch of artists you like in terms of style, and not just one. The trick is to separate them by skill—"this artist is for lining refs", "this artist is for anatomy refs", "this artist is for face refs", etc, etc.

And to jump off of That: I find that with anatomy, looking at other peoples' anatomy studies on pinterest is also very helpful. Obviously you should be referencing from real life too, but with art, it can be difficult to pin down what to put on the page and what to leave to the imagination. You wouldn't want to actually draw every single muscle in the arm individually, right? So I go and look at other artists' anatomy studies to see what they keep and what they don't keep.

(usually i find them on pinterest, and they look smth like this. the color coded ones especially help me.)

I'd recommend learning gesture and anatomy first, then building off of that to learn how to draw faces, then lining/coloring, just so that you have a solid base to work off on when it is finally time to color. (also because coloring/lighting requires a fair bit of how body anatomy works as well!!)

But yes, that's all the advice I can give from laying in my bed. I hope it helped somewhat, and if you'd like tips on how to do something more specific, I'm always willing to draw it out or go more in depth ^^ Best of luck on your art journey!

[galaxyspeaking]

first of all I LOVE YOUR ART, came here bc of the zosan and then saw all your incredible good omens art too like holy f??? 💘💞🩷💖

might i ask if you ever record your process or would do a tutorial (in pictures or vid) bc i absolutely adore your work 🥹

and lastly: do you have any zosan headcanons (esp the opla version)?

sending all the love & admiration 💞

Thank you so much 🥹🥰🥰!!!

I’m gonna be honest, when I draw I always forget to turn on canvas recording and then I remember afterwards and feel frustrated because ig & tiktok both thrive on video content 😭😭

So no tutorial for now but who knows maybe that’ll happen!!

As far as process goes, I start by researching poses (find refs on pinterest, take picture of myself, and when I’m in serious doubt I build the pose in clip studio pro with their 3d models!) so I have a solid base to start.

Then I think about composition (for the good omens and zosan ones I’m using film ratios so that makes it easier)

I don’t know that I can describe my color process in 2 lines but I just build a palette in my head with like, 3-4 local colors and largely stick to it?? I’m so sorry I wish this was more helpful!!

As for zosan what’s funny to me is that the pairing’s been there for years but the slight tweaks they did in the live action made my head spin bc where does Sanji get off being so smooth?? Zoro just endlessly antagonizes him and Sanji is just smiling the whole time???? Okay girl???

Oh they’re sick freaks and I just want 2400606 scenes of them pulling on each other’s pigtails (constructing intricate rituals etc etc)

They drive me INSANE

[strawberrystepmom]

Kendy, this is so random, but I was scrolling through pinterest, and I was wondering if you ever had any comms or commission poses inspired by vintage paintings? Like 50's/60's aesthetic? A few came across my feed earlier, and they remind me of you 😭

there's the beautiful piece amira did for me based off of veil but beyond that, no actually and it's weird bc i have sooooo many vintage refs saved. there's one i really wanted to get with yami and i even have a ref board started for it which is hilarious lmfao

this is so sweet tho :(((( Thank u for telling me and now since we're on the topic im gonna share a few of my fav vintage refs just in case anyone wants to see em.

[tummyisyummy]

I don't know much about art, but I'm curious how you decide/choose your art refs? (Do I have to kidnap an angel and gift it to you as ref for Theodora?)

I choose references based off of vibe or pose I want :D. For example let’s break down Mathew’s oc profile picture:

For his pose I wanted already knew I wanted too include his weapon in some way. So using the great app of Pinterest I started to search for some basic claymore poses. When none of those rlly helped I just went through my old paintings board to look for refs.

Before I converted Mathew to the black clover verse I already visioned him in the same poses as Joan of Arc because her paintings are always super cool to look at 👍. (The vibe it gives off is cool too) soooo in the end I decided to steal the pose and lighting from an old painting. (LIGHTING HELPS GIVES YOUR PAINTINGS S CERTAIN FEEL TO IT SO USE IT)

Also I use certain poses for certain characters based off of their personality or just certain character traits. (Yeah I do use old “Angel” paintings as references for Theodora so feel free to kidnap one 🙈)

[chipistrate]

Me when I fall asleep! Hi bestie, I just wanna know... How do you draw hands?? You have a certain style to it, that makes it look so shaped yet still fluid like... I can't describe it, but what's your process when drawing ✨hands✨ (...of tiIIIME– sorry.)

Huh! Well I guess I never really thought about it... I kinda just auto-pilot when I draw hands now that I think of it, so I don't really have a "process" But I'll try to explain the best I can regardless!

Though not what I always do(sometimes I just wing it), I start with the usual shape base for the palm! Though sometimes I forget it's the palm and just use it as a base- and it's not a strict base! Don't gotta follow it 100%, if you gotta break it to make the pose work better, do it! I always have an idea of where the fingers will be when I draw the base, so I don't really map em out at all like others would with the circle thumb trick n all. (nothing wrong with that trick of course, just never worked for me)

More under cut!!

During the sketch I usually just vaguely map out the fingers like this, like mittens! And honestly, more often than not I keep em like that in the final product, lmao.

Don't be afraid to merge together two or more fingers if it helps get the pose across better! Just make it obvious it's not one huge finger by adding bumps or a line where the fingers would usually split.

I always add a curve to the base/fingers to make the poses less stiff! No matter the pose, I try to avoid straight lines on the hands! Even the slightest curve is enough for me. Though that doesn't always fit! Sometimes you gotta have a straight line or two, especially if it suits your style more! Nothing wrong with that.

Remember that the thumb and the index finger are attached! Try to make their lines flow together when possible.

Also, when I draw clutched hands, I make the index finger poke out a bit!

I don't usually draw hands with wrists attached now that I think about it(I like drawing long sleeves,,), but when I do, I make sure there's a clear dividing line between the wrist and the palm, so they don't look merged together!

Use reference pics when needed! Pinterest is usually my best bet for quick and easy hand ref pics of all kinds! Though you can also use your own hand! Whether by taking a pic or just posing it long enough. You are your own free model or something rejiagdlzf BUT if it's something simpler, I usually just pose my free hand under my desk and feel it out/imagine the hand and go from there.

And of course, the thing everyone says...

Practice makes perfect!

Though I suppose if I'm being completely fair, I never really followed that and just drew for 7 years and hoped something happened... I still struggle with hands ALLLL the time, but these are some things that I learned over the years that made em a bit easier! I guess my number 1 tip would be to just- not stress about it! I don't pay attention much when I draw hands and just let my brain go off while I think about I dunno Hatstache or something LMAO

But uh! Yeah! I hope that helped and was at least a bit comprehensible! Hope I didn't forget anything- If you need something a bit more specific then I could whip somethin up for ya real quick! Just ask! ^ This also goes for anyone reading- if I can be of any help, I'd love to try my best!

[kyriaeartblog]

omggg i love your art! do you mind telling me if you use any refs? also how do you draw hair on your characters without it looking unnatural? thanks! keep up the amazing work!!

first, thank you so much!! i really appreciate the support <3

and now, as for references, my favorite place to find them would 100% be pinterest. there are plenty of art tips collected from various places that you can search through, as well as a ton of pictures of models doing different poses, as well as some bases for varying things.

and then for the hair, i don’t necessarily have any specific tips for that, but what i can say is that the way i like to start off drawing the head is by using a circle, a couple guidelines to plan out which direction they’re facing, then a rectangle for the actual face to help plan out how everything should look. i’m not sure if that really makes sense, but usually the top of the rectangle is about where the hairline is whenever i’m using that to draw something kind of like this:

and of course, references always help with the process of drawing anything. when i started out, a lot of my drawings were just attempts at recreating nou’s works (the artist who makes artwork for kairiki bear) and thus their influence has surely seeped into my own art style, and i would recommend taking a look at their works if you haven’t seen them before.

beyond that, also look at how other artists draw these kinds of things, as well as real people—it’s better to get a general grasp of how different people do different things rather than copying a certain artist with no knowledge of why something is drawn the way it is

i hope this helped in some way ♡

[tabbbbyyyy]

Based off a pose ref (kudos to mellon_soup on Pinterest) with a lazy ass background but whatever