art references for you

Golgothassterror: art post

I just went back through over 900 liked posts and dug out all the art tutorials so i can keep track of them. I guess this might be helpful to some of you guys, so here you go.

Here we go then!

Freeware

Alchemy - this is a really fun program. You play around making abstract shapes until you start to see something in them, kind of like a Rorschach test. Then you use the shapes as a base to draw it from.
MyPaint - a pretty decent painting program that also has the benefit of working on Unix systems.
openCanvas 1.1 - I haven’t used openCanvas in years but it was a nice program with a pretty unique feel to it.
ArtRage - Only used this a couple of times donkey’s years ago just before I got oC, but I’ve heard good things about it.
The GIMP - In a similar vein to Photoshop, but free. I couldn’t get on with it when I tried it out a few years ago, but it’s pretty popular and is available on Unix systems and Macs.

Sketchbook copic: a bit different program

Not-free-ware

Photoshop - Standard painting fare. Probably the most flexible program (particularly the latest versions) but not designed to act in a “natural” way. If you’ve used it for painting versus something like Painter you know what I mean. Who the fuck pays for it though? Google “Photoshop tumblr masterpost” and take your pick.
Paint Tool Sai - Far more affordable and definitely worth paying for if you can. The brushes are very decent (especially when they’ve been tweaked a little), the gui is simple and intuitive, and I dare you to find a program with which making smooth lineart is easier.
Corel Painter - My program of choice for most things. More tools than you could ever possibly use and pretty cheap on a student license, providing that you can prove you’re a student! It’s got a few bugs but if you want realism or a more natural feel than PS or SAI this is the program for you.

Anatomy

heads from different angles

anatomy and rotation of the head

human anatomy for artists

speed drawing studies

nude references

hands

arm and wing movement

beer bellies

body types

noses

box and egg/run of the stroke

a trick for arm proportions

body diversity

anatomy of the waist

feet

hands and forearms

Expressions

emotions and facial expressions

expressions from different angles (love this site)

body language

Poses

figure drawing examples

posemaniacs

gesture drawing

flexiblity

hand poses

Skin tones

handy pallet

painting skin

paint some life into your skin tones

ethnic skintones

Colouring

gamut mask tool (very nice!)

colour does not have to suck

5 easy ways to improve your colouring

fucking gradients, how do they work

light and shadow

painting crystals

achieving a painterly look in SAI

painting forests

colour scheme designer

kuler (more colour schemes)

portrait lighting cheatsheet

Brushes

a very nice setting for the sai acrylic brush

photoshop fur brushes (and tutorial)

lots of photoshop brushes

Other peoples masterposts

handy art link megapost

art references

stock artists

cocks and how to draw them

love your fellow artist (anything from prompt generators to animation background here, very nice)

e-books

art e-books (mediafire download)

even more e-books (including human anatomy, animal anatomy, cartoons, animation, composition, design, scenery, perspective…)

Andrew Loomis’s books

the art of drawing

cutting edge anatomy

Tutorials

drawing 101

how to paint realistic hair

how to paint realistic eyes

conceptart.org tutorials

creature design

folds

glasses

a pretty extensive general art tutorial

tumblrs

fucking art, how does it work

wannabe animator

anatomical art

artist problems

criminallyincompetent (check out their #reference and #tutorial tags, they’re gold)

(Source: geromy-kyle)

3 hours ago 19,934 notes

nargyle:

Anonymous asked you:

how did you make the glowy effect thingy on your last explosion picture? Sorry, I’m still trying to figure out how to use photoshop LOL you’re art is awesome btw

Thank you-glad you like! Here’s a little graphic explanation to how I would create a glow effect-hope that makes sense!

19 hours ago 327 notes

creativeinspiration:

Color Palette Generator

I’m not sure why I just found out about this but….amazing! So fast and simple!

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(Source: zsazsabellagio.blogspot.com, via lattelisa)

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eatsleepdraw:

Irene Ruiz

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medacris:

svedka:

nevver:

Six Tips on Writing from John Steinbeck

Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for each day, it helps. Then when it gets finished, you are always surprised.

Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite in process is usually found to be an excuse for not going on. It also interferes with flow and rhythm which can only come from a kind of unconscious association with the material.

Forget your generalized audience. In the first place, the nameless, faceless audience will scare you to death and in the second place, unlike the theater, it doesn’t exist. In writing, your audience is one single reader. I have found that sometimes it helps to pick out one person—a real person you know, or an imagined person and write to that one.

If a scene or a section gets the better of you and you still think you want it—bypass it and go on. When you have finished the whole you can come back to it and then you may find that the reason it gave trouble is because it didn’t belong there.

Beware of a scene that becomes too dear to you, dearer than the rest. It will usually be found that it is out of drawing.

If you are using dialogue—say it aloud as you write it. Only then will it have the sound of speech.

I miss writing. Quite an awful lot.

A lot of this advice really works for drawing, too. Steinbeck’s right- take it slow if you need to, accept the fact that not every idea will work, and don’t be afraid of the things you create.

2 days ago 11,475 notes

Indistinguishable From Magic: Costumes: the Wearable Dialog

dresdencodak:

I mentioned before some of my favorite character designs in the world of comics and have been meaning to tackle this subject again. I came to realize, however, that “character design” is itself a fairly massive subject, and that it would be best to break the topic down into separate…

2 days ago 2,608 notes

miyuli:

I’m always leaving out feet because I really suck at drawing feet and shoes… So here some studies.

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2 days ago 4,626 notes

Thank you again for following~

And sorry if I accidentally post stuff that doesn’t belong on this blog whoops

4 days ago 1 note

Abstract Watercolor Tutorial:

slayground:

I got asked a few times how I achieved this effect and since I find it to be relatively easy, I figured I’d do a quick tutorial for those that are interested. This tutorial was done is PS CS4.

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6 days ago 1,183 notes

thighhighdalish:

madlygoesbonkers:

secretofdurablepigments:

Spectacular Libraries in Europe. (via Mental Floss)

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1 week ago 15,055 notes

Cropping Tutorial: How to remove the background from a photo

clawsandfangs:

Ok so with this tutorial I’m going to show you guys how I do my cropping using this picture and Photoshop CS5.

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1 week ago 106 notes

foervraengd:

DISCLAIMER: Boobies can vary in maany different shapes and sizes, both natural and fake boobies. The illustrations shown does not promise this goes for every single boobie out there. But it should cover most boobies. NOW GO DRAW BOOBIES<3

(well except the one about gravity - I am very sure about that one at least.)

my references: My own boobies, many life drawing studies, hentai and porn.

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