#visual library

[art-tnt]

Dp you have any good source for clothes and fabric?

Oh yes! I have a few snippets randomly posted in here throughout the years (should be under clothing reference or fabric reference tag), but one of my favorite resources for a lot of design related things is Visual Library! Among the huge selection they provide, they have sections dedicated to clothing by type and style. The only downfall is that all the references here are drawn ones and not images taken from life. I have yet to find a good reference library for live photo references of fabric types and how they drape and fold. My solution for that has been to create what I needed from materials I had at home and take photos myself when I've needed to see how something drapes or falls. Plenty of live references for naked poses out there, which I can understand, but we need to know how to draw clothed people, too! I will reblog this with an update if I ever find a nice resource for a variety of live fabric types.

[beefucu]

Stepping back in time, here's my honestly stellar casting ✨️

[categorised-art-tutorials-tips]

Drawing a Journey References 1 (Visual Library)

Credit: Etherington Brothers

[noblemansdemon]

So working on a comic strip recently (I started today) I stumbled upon a thought and now I can't get it out of my head, please help.

[wizardnameguy]

St. Joseph's Church, Le Havre.

Icon of the reconstruction of Le Havre’s city center after the Second World War. The city was rased in a series of bombings between september 5th and 11th, causing the death of nearly three thousand people. Its tower dominates the reconstructed city from the top of its 107 meters ; It is both a lighthouse and a stele in memory of the lives lost during the bombings.

It was rebuilt in 1951 by Auguste Perret, architect precursor of the reinforced concrete. This very particular style is said to have inspired the architects of Eastern countries after the Second World War, giving the somewhat demeaning term "Stalinist architecture", but having the advantage of being able to rebuild "quickly and well".

The church is both a secular and religious place, and the theater of many art expositions such as Chiharu Shiota’s Accumulation of Power:

“A church is a place for people to pray and do confession.

It is a place also for spiritual energy even for people who are not religious. In my mind, every person in life has his/her own place of power.

The church, however, symbolizes a place for collective power where thoughts, wishes, ideas and prayers accumulate.

The red whirlpool construction embodies an accumulation of spiritual power.

In this construction, all ideas, thoughts and prayers of people having been in the church are accumulated, like in a storm.

Its place above the pastor symbolizes the inner power of people -each personal place of power comes to force in it.”

[jense-doodles]

Day 37 and 38

Tire swing/box of crayons

I am running out of backlog drawings and I am going to die I think because of that. I need to draw more thingies

[almajellyart]

trying to build up my visual library, so enjoy some power tools c:

[andthebeanstalk]

Me: hm, I want something to put on the TV as background noise... Huh. Looks like YouTube is recommending something called The Last Unicorn. That's perfect, it's probably some old shitty animation that has aged poorly! I can watch it ironically!

Me, 2 hours later as the credits roll: *crying, cheering, buying the book, composing the songs*

Me, 2 weeks later: So I have compiled all of the quotes from the book that I think could make good tattoos, and also, HOW HAVE I NEVER LEARNED ABOUT HOW THE LAST UNICORN FUCKING SLAPS??? This gay-ass little fairytale fed my soul! Watered my crops! Transed my gender! Can't believe I heard of this story from youtube recommendations, of all places!!

[interact-if]

The Summit Library

Watch the trailer here!

A Library that's falling apart, an Empire on the brink of war, and a dangerous magical mystery you've been tasked to solve. Set out to uncover the Summit Library's secrets and get drawn into the complexities of the Empire's politics; navigate love, truth, betrayal, and heartbreak.

✨ Play Chapter 1 here!

This game features:

✦ A magical mystery set in a fantasy-rich world.

✦ Choices that matter; have your actions and relationships with others shape the story.

✦ A customisable MC; choose your name, appearance, pronouns, and place of origin.

✦ A diverse LGBTQ+ cast.

✦ Collectible CGs.

✦ Epilogues for good and bad ends.

✦ Unlockable information for your codex.

Content Warnings:

✦ Fantasy violence, death, blood, strong language, screenshakes, sexual themes and language.

✦ This game will feature mature content and NSFW scenes in the future, and is intended for 18+ audiences. These scenes can always be skipped without penalty.

[qkayoostudio]

out now: A Tavern at Night!

surprise!!!

I've been working on a little game for the oji jam and the queer game bundle!

play it here!!

There won't be a devlog this week, but I hope that this grouchy merc can fill that void😊😊

***

You're cold. You're wet. This storm isn't going to let up anytime soon. Thank the gods for this remote tavern -- there isn't anything out here for miles.

To pass the time and distract yourself from your shivering, you strike up conversation with a somewhat terrifying mercenary all the other tavern patrons give a wide berth to. 

He begrudgingly obliges.  

features:

♡ respite from the rain

♡ chooseable pronouns

♡ bonus art for each ending

[thebearthatkeepstheteahot]

lace picture dump

here's my second (then pictured complete with first) third and fourth pieces of bobbin lace from this year (technically I made one other thing before this but years ago)

(The first three are the whole stitch then half stitch bookworms and the torchon ground bookmark from Dye & Thunder's beginners book; the fourth is a sampler of cloth stitch, half stitch, and whole stitch/cloth stitch and twist from an IOLI Introduction to Bobbin Lace book.)

Then the beginning of my first attempt at Armenian needle lace, based on a video tutorial by BecomeInspired on youtube. (This is size 5 DMC perle cotton in shade 742). It's not basically difficult to do but I think you have learn to judge the loop sizing. I've worked further on this since and it eventually got a bit ruffly. (I'm pretty sure it should be more visible if you click on the picture)

Finally, an attempt at the primary motif in the Cherry Blossom shawl from Tomoko Morimoto's New Tatting, but it isn't planar (doesn't lie flat). I mostly blame this on having no idea how to upsize the thread space measurements given from "silk thread" (??) to size 10 crochet cotton since for some reason I like the idea of this in the yellow/white mix that is Aunt Lydia's "mimosa"

[fictional-library-tournament]

Prelims round 1, poll 21

Propaganda

The Library, Clue/Cluedo:

Easily in the top 10 places to get mysteriously murdered.

Magical Library (aka The Library of Legends), Smile PreCure! (aka Glitter Force):

when I was a kid I used to push my books about on the shelf to try and get it. tree library. I want to live there

The City of Books, Umineko When They Cry:

Each book contains a different world inside of it and is practically endless

The Incorruptible Republic of the Immortal Library of the Grand Architect (aka The Incorruptible Library), Girl Genius:

So it's an autonomous government under Paris, dedicated to protecting and giving access to books, who are willing to lend out any book to anybody. Their collection holds a lot of dangerous/important relics. The librarians are incredibly dedicated to their ideals and will fight to defend them. They are a powerful organisation and opposed to the main antagonist of the comic, who uses mind control ("to read what you want, you have to be free!"). They also have giant cats. The cats are giant and they protect the library and accompany librarians on detached missions. Enough said. Very cool library

It's a library hidden underneath Paris that basically serves as an independent country, because everyone knows better than to mess with them. They also serve as explorers and historians of the crypts and labyrinths that are underneath the city, and go on retrieval missions to collect rare books from dangerous places. There are also large cats that are protectors of the library, and all of the librarians are reasonable people who are both protective of their collection and supportive of general mad science shenanigans if they're for a good cause.

[beefucu]

Call that Night Night and the Silent Js

[categorised-art-tutorials-tips]

Drawing Forests References (Visual Library)

Credit: Etherington Brothers

[garadinervi]

[De institutione musica], (manuscript; 52 leaves: paper, color illustrations), France, ca. 1490 [Oversize UPenn LJS 47, Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA]

[wizardnameguy]

Four of the 28 ‘Schwarze Mander’ bronze statues currently displayed in Hofkirche, Austria. These statues are part of Emperor Maximilian I’s funeral monument which originally was to be composed of 40 statues of ancestors and historical heroes. Emperor Maximilian I was buried in the church of the Wiener Neustadt castle, leaving his monument empty. Below is a chalk lithograph of the Hofkirche, with the hollow tomb of the emperor.