#tutorials of tomorrow

[frogcroaks]

Do you have any thoughts on how to approach developing your visual library? :O you mentioning it in your other art advice posts was super helpful and helped me narrow down that’s what I want to work on with my art right now, but I feel im struggling to break down /how/ to study very efficiently orz. Are there any methods, approaches, exercises, etc that clicked for you personally in terms of, I suppose being able to approach studying in a way that felt it rlly helped you learn from it?

It doesn’t have to function as super general + easy to follow advice or anything, just seeing other perspectives & thought processes is rlly interesting! you mentioning you approach shape language in a different way than the usual “circle/triangle/square” method really made something in my brain click about approaching character design for example haha

Sorry if this sounds pretentions but I am a nerd about art and learning. Never ask a nerd if youre not prepared for a nerd answer

[cellclothism]

i dont think theyd get along very well .

[0m3n-0f-d3ath]

🧱 Ottto

In the 3-D 🧱

[trekkerac]

got too ahead of myself with making an inventory system and now i dont fully understand my own code 😎 but i'm too genius to fail

...code dont work

oh hubris :/

[the-wanderer-returns]

spearmaster is here too!

[lozzamation]

Hermit A Day May

Day 2. Grian

[lunarharp]

i just worked out how to make my first animations...life changed. maybe

[ferronickel]

Looking Glasses Page 67

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A world in a well, let's call it a "well-world"

[I find that sometimes I am too steeped in my own comic's lore. If you have questions about how well-worlds work so far, comment on this page and I'll see if I can address them in the comic soon.]

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Hey, you wanna crochet a pencil skirt? I got a tutorial for you!

Years ago, I made a video tutorial for making a pencil skirt. It ended up on the front page of ravelry, which was fucking wild. 

Anyway, time has passed, I’ve kept making pencil skirts, and now I’m here with what we’ll call Tutorial 2.0. Let’s get to it: 

Supplies:

Yarn

Hook

Clear Elastic Cord or woven belting

Buttons or Zipper

Step 1: Measuring

Measure the following things: 

Your waist.

The widest part of your hips.

The length between your waist and the widest part of your hips. 

For example measurements, I will use my own:

Waist: 33”

Hips: 43”

Length between: 8”

Step 2: Gauge swatch

A gauge swatch will help you accurately size your skirt. Work a gauge swatch of ten stitches across and ten rows. You can use any stitch you want for your skirt, but I tend to use single crochet for the waistband and double crochet for the body of the skirt. When I do a gauge swatch, I work it in double crochet since that is what I use for the skirt body. 

Write down your number of stitches per inch, and the number of rows per inch. 

For our example, let’s say I get 4 stitches per inch and 2 rows per inch. 

Step 3: Make the waistband

Crochet a chain to the same length as your waist measurement. Work in single crochet rows until the waistband is 1 inch tall. You can work clear elastic cord on the wrong side of the rows to add some stretch to your waistband. You can also work the waistband without elastic and use belting at the end to help hold the skirt in place. I have an example of belting in this video.

Step 4: Start the body of the skirt

Once you have the waistband 1-inch tall, you can start the body of the skirt by completing a row in pattern stitch. Once you’ve done that, wrap the waistband where you want it to sit, with the open ends at the back. 

Step 5: Add increases

This pencil skirt uses raglan increases. There will be four points on the skirt where you will always increase. You will work 3 stitches into each increase, always placing the next increase in the second stitch of a previous increase. 

These increases should shape close to your body to give you the classic pencil skirt fit. For best results, place increases in the same places on either side of the skirt. Line them up with the front curve and back curve of your leg (the green line is the leg). 

I find it easiest to mark one side of the skirt, then simply count over from the other end the same number of stitches for both increases on the other side. 

Step 6: Let’s math it up!

To make sure your skirt’s gonna curve correctly, you need to be sure you can hit the last round of increases you need within the length you have between your waist and your hips. As I mentioned earlier, my waist is 33” and my hips are 43” with an 8” length between. I get 2 rows per inch and 4 stitches per inch. 

First, I need to know how many stitches I will need to add to my starting count:

33 (waist measurement) x 4 (stitches per inch) = 132 stitches

43 (hip measurement) x 4 (stitches per inch) = 172 stitches

172 - 132 = 40 stitches

Second, I need to figure out how many sets of increases I need to do to add those 40 stitches. On every row I increase, I add 8 stitches. 

40 / 8 = 5 rows of increases.

Third, I need figure out how many rows I have to work to reach the full 8 inches between my waist and the widest part of my hips. I know my waistband is 1 inch. I know the one row of pattern stitch I’ve completed for the skirt body is ½”.

8 inches (total length between waist and hips) - 1-½” (amount of skirt already worked) = 6-½” to work. 

I get 2 rows per inch.

2 x 6 = 12 rows

And then 1 more row for the other ½”. So, that’s 13 rows I need to work, but I only need 5 rows of increases. This means that I can work increase rows, then work a row or two even. This will keep the curve of the skirt smooth. The increase pattern may look like this:

Row 2 of skirt body: Increase

Row 3: work even

Row 4: work even

Row 5: Increase

Row 6: work even

Row 7: Increase

Row 8: work even

Row 9: work even

Row 10: Increase

Row 11: work even

Row 12: Increase

Row 13: work even

I do recommend working one row even between each increase row. That is 100% a personal preference.

Step 7: Join and work in rounds!

After you’ve completed the final increase round, you can join to the first stitch of the row and work in rounds for the rest of the skirt. This will let you try it on as you add length, so you can see how it’s building. When it’s the final length you want, fasten off. 

Step 7: Waist and fastenings. 

If you carried elastic cord on the back of the waistband when you worked the waistband, you can either add a zipper or buttons, depending on what you’d prefer. I like zippers just because I’m bad at buttonholes.

If you did not carry elastic, you can either sew in a strip, or you can use belting to create a stronger waistband that will keep its shape over time. If you choose to use a zipper with the belting, I recommend putting the belting in first because then it can act as extra support for the top of the zipper. 

Once you’ve finished off that way, you’re good to go. I bet you look great!

Final notes: 

If you need more than 8 increases per increase row to get your skirt the right hip measurement at the correct point in your hip, you can add more increases. Here’s an example:

If you want a pencil skirt that is a big snugger in the butt, work an inch without increases, then complete decreases in the same spots you had previously been increasing (You’ll decrease over 3 stitches for each decrease to match your increase count). Work a row or two even, try on, and then decrease again if you want to. Repeat as much as you’d like to get a very close fit. 

If you keep working increases, you’ll get an A-line skirt. You can still join at the end of the final increase you need to hit your hip width and work in rounds after that.

[bobthedragon]

I've been making vtuber guys for funsies bc arborix made such a good one earlier and idk what to do with them but anyway here's a dinosaur I made and I just realized I forgot to link its throat and tail flair actions to any sort of input :|c;;

[ao3screenshotss]

actually losing it i’ve been working on a group assignment for the last 6 hours and suddenly i couldn’t do anything on the website cause it came up with system error and i don’t even know if anything saved

[trashedpolar]

im already overthinking stuff in that deltarune trailer. that "string" minigame thingy had pink and yellow. is anyone listening. hello.

[peoplepersonoaktree]

I don't like this, but maybe someone else might.

trying to practice anatomy and shading/lighting, because I'm struggling-

It's freaking 2 am maybe I'll like it more in the morning

[godofthestupid]

clothes study! I did the red lines before putting down any color so I force myself to think more in 3d

still practicing more frilly dresses,they are quite hard for me (*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ)

here without the lines:

also I don't color pick but eyeball the colors and values, trains my perception of them while I draw!

[clarity2electricboogaloo]

I watched wicked early giggles

[annoyingvee]

I hate how my URGE to draw fanart of my and my friend's ttrpg characters is inversely proportional to my drawing skills

Like I'll fucking draw stick people fanart of my babies if i have to BUT OMFG HOW I WISH I COULD DO THEM RIGHT

If you happen to come across this post, everytime i get a like in this i will draw something until I'm minimally able to post some drawing here (likes instead of reblogs cus I don't want to mess your blogs and everything, but if u want to reblog with any kind of advice I'd love to hear some lol)