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First real pencil test C:

I will have to scrounge for some free time later to use this stuff more. Definitely want to visit doing some run/walk cycles again.

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Watching the voice of China. Making everyone ugly~

#cool art

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22 Storytelling Tips from Pixar

Waaay back in the olden days (2012) Pixar storyboard artist Emma Coats gave some amazing writing tips. I love these and have read them dozens of times.

#1: You admire a character for trying more than for their successes.

#2: You gotta keep in mind what’s interesting to you as an audience, not what’s fun to do as a writer. They can be v. different.

#3: Trying for theme is important, but you won’t see what the story is actually about til you’re at the end of it. Now rewrite.

#4: Once upon a time there was ___. Every day, ___. One day ___. Because of that, ___. Because of that, ___. Until finally ___.

#5: Simplify. Focus. Combine characters. Hop over detours. You’ll feel like you’re losing valuable stuff but it sets you free.

#6: What is your character good at, comfortable with? Throw the polar opposite at them. Challenge them. How do they deal?

#7: Come up with your ending before you figure out your middle. Seriously. Endings are hard, get yours working up front.

#8: Finish your story, let go even if it’s not perfect. In an ideal world you have both, but move on. Do better next time.

#9: When you’re stuck, make a list of what WOULDN’T happen next. Lots of times the material to get you unstuck will show up.

#10: Pull apart the stories you like. What you like in them is a part of you; you’ve got to recognize it before you can use it.

#11: Putting it on paper lets you start fixing it. If it stays in your head, a perfect idea, you’ll never share it with anyone.

#12: Discount the 1st thing that comes to mind. And the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th – get the obvious out of the way. Surprise yourself.

#13: Give your characters opinions. Passive/malleable might seem likable to you as you write, but it’s poison to the audience.

#14: Why must you tell THIS story? What’s the belief burning within you that your story feeds off of? That’s the heart of it.

#15: If you were your character, in this situation, how would you feel? Honesty lends credibility to unbelievable situations.

#16: What are the stakes? Give us reason to root for the character. What happens if they don’t succeed? Stack the odds against.

#17: No work is ever wasted. If it’s not working, let go and move on - it’ll come back around to be useful later.

#18: You have to know yourself: the difference between doing your best & fussing. Story is testing, not refining.

#19: Coincidences to get characters into trouble are great; coincidences to get them out of it are cheating.

#20: Exercise: take the building blocks of a movie you dislike. How d'you rearrange them into what you DO like?

#21: You gotta identify with your situation/characters, can’t just write ‘cool’. What would make YOU act that way?

#22: What’s the essence of your story? Most economical telling of it? If you know that, you can build out from there.

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Hope you liked these!

#writing tips

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Here’s my submission to QPop Gallery’s Gainax Show! As a big fan of the Gurren Lagann Universe, I wanted to draw something that peaks into the past timeline that is the backbone to the main events of the show. Every character in this show is extremely appealing but the one that really stood out for me was Spiral King and his mech Lazengann. So with lots of love and fanboy hearts, I drew young spiral king before the events leading up to his confrontation with the Anti-Spiral and his transformation into the antagonist. The gallery show goes from Aug 22nd until Sep 13th, along with other lovely Gainax artworks! Come check out the show!  

#cool art #gurren lagann

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Deluxe Draughtsmanship Exercise CheetSheet(TM donut steel all rights reserved lol no not really)

Draughtsmanship is the skill of making lines go where you want them to go. For that, body, eyes and mind must work together.

Some movements feel awkward and your pen won’t go in the direction you want it to. That’s a body problem. Exercises like the radial and (clockwise/counterclockwise) circular training will help you build muscle memory.

But round arcs and straight lines are of no use if they don’t land on target. For that, practice three-point targeted circle exercises, circle push and ellipse exercises.

Jumping the gap between 2D and 3D is going to be the hardest part. You have to train your eyes. The problem is that the page is flat and your eyes will see that. Eliminate all shadows with a well lit surface. Defocus your eyes, close one eye (or cover it) to defeat your depth perception so you can see INTO and draw INTO the page rather than ON the page. You have to push your lines AWAY from you or TOWARDS you.

Lastly, some of these exercises are meant to be DISRUPTIVE. They break routine and pattern and force you to keep your mind engaged instead of falling into stupid autopilot mode. Good art requires a certain amount of mental fortitude. These exercises are meant to provide you with a level of cognitive difficulty to strain your mind.

Look at your own abilities (or lack of them), pick one to strengthen, and then choose the exercise that targets that weakness. Practice until it becomes second nature and then move on to the next weakness.

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Misty Gehry, Misty Gilbert by Several seconds on Flickr.

#inspiration #buildings

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Little Witch Academia (リトル ウィッチ アカデミア)

The first key visual for Little Witch Academia, illustrated by creator and character designer Yoh Yoshinari (吉成曜), along with his original design proposal, from The Art of Yoh Yoshinari Illustrations (Mandarake).

#yoshinari yoh #little witch academia #cool art

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Ghost Racers #3

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Little Otto, who is made of hands, is up to something… A conceptual Jellybots piece for fun and color.  Needed to get this onto canvas and out of my head- It feels good to put some proper effort into something personal again. Initial color study and middle stage included :)

#colors

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#anatomy #arm

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Preview of the PV for the Momoclo x KISS collaboration. 

Where do I have to sign to get this made into a full show?

#animation #sushio

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This is for my Art Final at school!!  I had a blast drawing this comic haha

#reminder #cool art

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"Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious."

- Stephen Hawking

#inspiration