...okay, one more, because Epel's white rabbit outfit is SENDING me. everyone in this event looks like a decadent little pastry and I want to eat them all.
This Usagi (Son of one of Draxum's allies) used to be a bully, because he was an incredibly lonely child and envious of the twin's close relationship.
As they grow up though, their initial animosity slowly transforms into competitive respect as they discover shared values & a common sense of dumbassery
question for you!! ive been doing some research on bows to draw and write about the character pictured below, the huntress from shattered pixel dungeon. i was wondering if you knew what type of bow would be closest to the one pictured in this art? i can't find any that curve so sharply that don't also have more than one string, and at this point i wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't one at all. thank you!!! i love your videos by the way they make excellent drawing practice :]
Ok, sorry @themichaelvan, I'm gonna piggyback a rant onto your ask.
One of the curses of being highly invested in a topic is that you start to get uncanny valley much more easily when you see it represented.
A lot of drawn or animated bows suffer from one of 3 problems:
1: the bow is shown at rest in a shape that just doesn't have enough length in the string/limbs to reach full draw (as in the above case)
2: the bow is shown at full draw in a way that could never return to a resting position (usually because the string is way too long, resulting from drawing the limbs too close to their resting position- see below)
Think about how long that string would be if it was straightened. There's no way the limbs of that bow are that long.
3 (usually in fantasy/gaming): the bow is designed in such a way that the limbs simply would not bend the way they need to (usually due to being unfeasibly bulky, or made of a material- e.g. A human spine- that just doesn't have the right kind of physical properties to make a bow from.
So, discounting 3., because people who draw those usually know they're ignoring physics and don't care (in which case: that's awesome, carry on!), how do you avoid this?
Let's look at the different stages of drawing a bow:
- at rest
This is a horsebow. It's 55" end to end. The string is completely taut at rest, and the limbs have a destinctive curve, which gives them enough length to reach a 30" draw. Bows with less curve (e.g. Longbows, and the one in the ask) would need to be a lot longer (68"+), to reach the same draw length.
- starting to draw
The limbs start to straighten slightly, but it's mostly in the limb tips, which frees up some string length.
-half draw
The ends of the limbs have uncurled significantly, but the curves closest to the riser (grip) are still mostly the same
-full draw (ignore my face)
The second half of the draw changes the shape more dramatically, as the central curves bend more sharply.
Notice that at each point, the tips of the bow reach mord than half of the length of the draw? If the string needs to cover more distance than the limbs, something's gone wrong!
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...anyway, to answer your question, the bow in the picture is probably a recurve or horsebow, but it's a bit too small, and the string isn't far enough along.
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