#but its in rough shape

[spacedlexi]

whatever. reduces you down to your simplest shapes

#these guys have such good shapes and color schemes this was fun as hell #i love minnies silly useless little belt girl what are you doing #the walking dead game #twdg #i am not tagging everyone lmao #doodles #these are technically roughs but i was Not lining this its enough

[allastoredeer]

your drawing guides are SO helpful. Thanks for making them! I was wondering, how did you get to good at breaking down and figuring out what forms/shapes to use?

Thank you! I'm so glad they've been useful!

Well, something I've learned is that you can basically draw anything, and I mean anything, with just a handful of specific shapes, which are cylinders, spheres, squares, rectangles, and cones/triangles.

These are your building blocks to drawing anything and everything, it's just a matter of breaking whatever it is you want to draw down to these shapes.

For example, here's a picture of my doggo.

Let's break him down.

It's all about ignoring the details, colors, textures etc... and simplifying your subject into its most basic form. And once you do that, it's easier to sketch them out using these shapes as building blocks to construct them. Once you have the basic shape, pose, or expression sketched out, you carve away what you don't need and add detail, clothing, hair, facial expressions etc..

We'll use Lucifer as another example, as I can go back to his character sheet.

You can even break down their clothes if you want, like Lucifer's hat:

You give the shapes curves and depth to show direction and action, don't feel like you have to keep them frigidly in their pristine, straight-lined shapes. Be loose with it.

So far, with deconstructing Hazbin characters, I've found that most of their shapes are triangles and cylinders (of various sizes and widths). They also tend to be very curved and fluid, which is fun.

In the end it kind of just takes practice and training your brain to strip away all the fancy details, cut the character 's body into the basic sections we know of (face, neck, chest, torso, pelvis, arms, legs, feet), simplify those into their most bare-bones shapes, and pay attention to how those those shapes connect together.

Hope this helped, or shed some light on my process XD

#don't know if this helped #or if it just comes off as rambly #but yeah #its just about training your brain to look for these specific shapes and simplifying your subject with them #once your know the basic shapes of the character you can basically draw them doing whatever you want #and remember kids #when you're sketching #sketch light and loose #light loose and quickl #the slower more critical side of drawing comes after the rough sketch #the sketch is supposed to be rough #details take of #like #90% of the process #anywho #thanks for the ask #Im glad my drawing guides are helping #anon #anonymous #asks

[zeawesomeness]

Look L O O K the song was stuck in my head and I was trying to focus on my Kendratello comic. The two clashed into THIS.

#animatic wip #dont mind the stickmen and basic shapes #its a rough draft #if thats not obvious #rottmnt kendra #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt donatello #rottmnt krang #krangified kendra #nerdy prudes must die #npmd #animatic

[kiimmyko]

wanted an Omen inspired oc :3c

I think I wanna name him Void

#Void the Cat #he is not scary. he is friend shaped :3 #sonic oc #its a rough draft so details will be adjusted over time

[tootditoot]

A (very) rough sketch of Balloon Party

#i gave up drawing the balloon because I can't get its shape right #reverse 1999 #reverse 1999 fanart #reverse 1999 balloon party #balloon party #traditional art #rough sketch #artists on tumblr #ink

[nom-central]

what voreblr doesn't tell you about plush vore is that it's only easy to pull off if you're not a human

#speakin words #im having a rough go of it. #its so AWKWARD with humanoid shapes

[strawberry-seal77]

sketch!!! of the sillies!!!

#the sunset is there entirely because I wanted to put a heart shape in but y'know what it works #also so sorry gambol shroud fans I did not look up any references #I sure do know its 2 parts & a ribbon! #wait theres s'posed to be something at the end of the ribbon FHDGJFHG .oh well #its ok tis only a rough skeetch #rwby #blake belladonna #yang xiao long #my art

[byanyan]

ok I'm a big old liar I'm not doing any writing tonight but I do have a vid of my dog bein weird to share w y'all

#this is how he buries his treats and it's so fuckin funny to watch #but it's even funnier on the rare occasion he does it on the couch lmfao #(ignore the rough shape of our couch omg.... we got it secondhand for free when we moved provinces & its awful but functional u know) #anyway this made me laugh when my mom shared it w me so I wanted to share w u guys I thought u'd like it 💜 #━━ ˟ ⊰ ✰ ooc ⋮ don’t @ me.

[eshithepetty]

Tbh the funniest thing I've seen crop up for mob psycho s3 is when people complain about the characters being off model. Like.... really?? Off-model animation... in mob psycho 100.. Ohhg the horror. Surely the roughness and creativity and freedom in style hasn't literally always been part of this show's art direction.. mob psycho has never been off-model before. Yup.....

Like:

[ID: various screenshots of characters in Mob Psycho 100 getting off-model, either by being stretched, drawn with wobbly or messy lines, having intentionally bad anatomy, or colored in with botchy, stark colors. End ID.]

Literally where have you been 😭

#mob psycho 100 #mp100 #anime #and even if theyre talking about like. not intentionally going off model for gags or exhaggaration like it is in most of these screenshots #and instead just. little changes in face shape or whatever.... that has also. been a thing forever??? #like actually look at the past episodes. sometimes mobs jawline is sharper sometimes rounder. sometimes reigens face changes a little #thats not like... some new horrid thing born from laziness. different storyboarders just have different styles #and sometimes those styles reflect in little ways 😭 that has been the case for animated shows forever. not just in mob either #like tell me you know nothing about animation without telling me you know nothing about animation lmao #and like fine you can be a bit annoyed by that ig. but.... in regards to /mob psycho/ tho??? the series literally about expression?? #and s3 has been comparatively so polished too!! #and ngl i kinda miss the roughness and sketchiness of the past seasons... #don't get me wrong there has absolutely been some Incredible and creative animation this season #but it doesnt... quite have the same vibe i feel? not in like overall presentation? #i wonder if the staff has been switched up a bit for this one #anyways #ill stop rambling now jdgdhd #watch 'the psychedelic sakuga of mob psycho 100' by traventalks on youtube its such a good video essay and criminally underrated 🙏 #my own post

[thueenz]

for real though that post is so true on the love front i think about it all the time like why is everyone so LOVELESS not even just in like cishetero marriages where they hate each other just in general like platonic too. it drives me craaazy when im exposed to it like why are ppl like this !! why dont you love your friends and partner!! its like everything is a social game that theyre playing just for validation and lacking real connection and its a game where theyre always about 2 steps away from being bitter and hateful towards their friends/lover like STOOOOP! im someone who values love and kindness so much and it baffles me. why do you hate your partner! why do you talk about them like theyre an object of validation! why are you dating someone you clearly dislike! why are u so mean to ur friends behind their backs im cryin. why do you up and abandon them the second you get a partner bc you dont value them over the romantic validation you get. ive always been such an affectionate person at heart and i value what my friends say so much and i always find myself feeling so distant from people in relationships because they just feel?? so shallow?? and distant from me. like i think oh this preson gets me but theres ppl who say the same things how they value kindness and love but its always like, immediately clear they are actually a deeply mean person and just enjoy feeling like theyre 'good'. the way society functions with relationships feels so intensely shallow and i cannot connect to it at all. i love my friends and i love people and i always want to understand them and reach out with compassion and be close to them physically and emotionally speaking and talk a lot and listen to them. however im cursed to live in a world of 1 word responses if any at all and shallow relationships where no one gaf about each other and then i get told i talk too much. hello? *tapping mic* hello? is this thing on? be filled with whimsy and love going forward please. anyway does anyone else feel this way or is it just me feel free to talk about it if youd like

#thank god i finally found some friends who are like this too it was so rough before #it sucks tho bc ive been so tired lately its hard for me to live up to this #which i dont hate myself for its valid its just like waaah i wanna have the energy to really put my all in friendships again #for half my life my biggest want and goal in life has been to be someone approachable and who seems kind #even to people with anxiety and i think growing up with anxiety greatly shaped that #i value being kind and compassionate and understanding to such a degree that i spent and still spend time actively working #towards that goal and unlearning being judgemental and bitter #bc i want to be kind so badly and to put kindness in the world... #no but seirously why do people date ppl they dont like #wym you guys arent so unabashedly in love that you practically see hearts thinking of them #wym your entire chest doesnt fill with joy and the simple prospect of them experiencing lifes small joys no matter how little and mundane #to love so wholly that you strive to be a good person not out of guilt or feeling like you are bad but because you desire so deeply to be #good for them and put as much goodness in their life as you can because its what they deserve...💙💙 #ANYWAY LMFAO! im sappy asf as a person sorry everyone but also not sorry #pers

[mmmthornton]

Stan when any of his guy friends don't pay attention to him for five minutes: uwu i'm just a sad wittle boy 😢

Stan when his girlfriend wants his attention or any kind of communication whatsoever: um okay 😒 needy b*tch

#south park spoilers #stan marsh: the new randy! #south park #i don't want to seem like i automatically HATE it when a south park character is an asshole or a misogynist #because that is ...the only explanation its just blatant misogyny he doesn't like her as a person he doesn't even like her as a girlfriend #he just wants her to be there when HE wants her #and thats fine in a comedy! you can do that!.....if you make jokes~ #if i want to watch a guy be a jerk to women for thirty minutes i can go literally anywhere i don't need to go to a comedy show for that #like i'm HERE because the egg-shaped construction paper babies are terrible and it makes sense when they're written as like kids too #instead of just the mouthpiece of a bitter old man who hates his wife probably #because when you don't make jokes about it or even care about the story you're writing...that's just what it is #it doesn't seem like the person writing it is even having a good time exploring this side to Stan or any of the characters #so whats the point? why am I here? i don't want to watch your rough draft of your woman-hating agenda #its just not good but its not even not-good in an interesting way its in a boring old man way #which is the REAL crime in entertainment

[spottedbread]

I decided to actually do a study on how a cat leg is supposed to move

#its rough and the shapes are not consiste t #but it was more about learning how it moves #so a little inconsistency isnt that big of a deal

[toytulini]

miniature crochet clown cloak experiment 1

pattern i more or less followed is here:

i made some alterations, mainly, the scale

#toy pic post #undescribed #clowns #clown doll #crochet #cloak #illjay #ive undone it now cos i didn't want to commit the yarn i was practicing with to the project which is also why the hood is a different color #cos i didnt want to cut it. mainly i did this to try to learn the project and shape and understand the concept without having to commit to #the full scale project. now that i have a rough understanding of the concept and where to start etc i might next try experimenting with #different stitches...and i have my foolish and hubristic gaze set on the idea of making a scalemail cloak now. i think i could do it. #should i? perhaps not. it will be so expensive and teeeedious and i still dont know which yarn id use. i used rhss the first time for the #gloves and its held up well but i think that would maybe feel a bit stiff for a cloak and not be very breathable if its like. #warm at ren fair u see. also im torn bc like i rlly wanna do a project w metal scales cos i like the weight they have and like. the feel #but i also Love to Glow. and i Already Have The Gloves.....so like..... #i should do more glow.... #idk! im not there yet anyway. i also want to experiment w star stitch cos i think that could be pretty and its a fun stitch to do. #but also maybe i sjould just make a full size basic one w the cotton yarn i have just to use it up on a simple stitch cos like. the yarn is #a pretty color but i cant even really describe it as 'splitting' bc that would implay the strands were ever together to start #and Very Thin. so itll take forever and hurt my handsss #anyway. look at my clown #oh and the yarn is like #truboo? bamboo rayon? #Youtube

[prjctdiva]

me animating the most scuffed rotoscope sequence frame by frame because I would rather hang myself than use AI for any of my projects

#its an abstract project anyway so idgaf about consitence #give me that rough shape #nik speaks #my face #suicide mention #in case

[heartbreak-eugene]

sooo yesterday i got to play TLOU for the first time on my own with my own console, 10 years later after falling in love with the game.

to say im excited and beyond happy about this is an understatement.

after everything i've had to put up with over the past several months this is definitely a win for me.

#yeah. i watched markiplier play it in 2013 and was immediately in love with the game #never ever had the luxury or the chance to have a playstation and one was straight up given to me last week #it doesnt read discs and its in rough shape but i can still play downloaded games #the last of us #tlou

[sezja]

If you talk to Thaffe after the events of Mount Gulg, he says, "Thancred told us what happened. Are you all right?" and I just........

#twine boys #thaffe #listen. listen. he's so sweet #like yes thancred absolutely gives magnus and the boys a very simplified version of events #leaving out that the wol is being corrupted by the lightwardens' aether #but what they do know is the wol fought vauthry. collapsed. the sky changed back. #the exharch has been abducted. the warrior of darkness is in rough shape. #and thaffe's first concern isn't 'hey can you tell us more about what happened' #which would be fair! this has to be scary! the sky's changed back! #no. his first concern is 'are you okay?' #magnus also gets me right in the heart; he's like 'should you even be up right now???' #(jeryk is jeryk about it; just 'oh i was hoping we could show you the lanterns on the tracks are working. :c maybe later.' #which is sweet in its own way! he told the wod about hoping the lanterns could be useful if the night ever returned to amh araeng. #i love them all so much. #i should be sleeping right now but i'm having emotions instead