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shoomlah · 1 year

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how do you consistently draw the same character without it looking weird or off every different time?? also how do i coordinate faces, i always make the eyes too far apart or too big or too small or make the mouth too close to the nose or chin edge. If you have any advice I'd really appreciate it since it looks like you have your art shit figured out 🙏

Oh man SO so much of it is just practice, and you're not alone! I honestly think everyone struggles with a sort of "generification" of their characters' features the more they draw them, even seasoned professionals. There's a tendency to just sort of average everything out into an unrecognizable mush over time, and it takes a lot of conscious effort to push back against that.

Here are a couple tips and tricks that I've found to be helpful over the years:

Make turnarounds and model sheets. There's a reason animation/game studios do this, and it is because we are all still bad at drawing a consistent face. Despite being gainfully employed. What are we, graphic novelists?? We wish. Anyway it's a great way to familiarize yourself with your character's face from multiple angles, and it gives you a single source of truth to return to anytime you need a refresher:

Gather real-life reference. Anytime I'm designing a character I'm pulling together a ton of reference of actual people who look, to some degree, like the character in my head. It's always a collection of analogues, never just a single person, but it can be a great cheat sheet for understanding how your character might move, emote, etc:

Make a 3D model. I know it seems daunting, but with the advent of programs like Blender and Nomad Sculpt it's becoming remarkably more accessible. Heck, even James Gurney was sculpting maquettes out of clay for Dinotopia back in the day! It doesn't have to be particularly detailed—just a sort of proportionate lump will do—but it's another great way to have dynamic reference that you can rotate and light accordingly:

Practice, practice, practice. Make expression sheets for your character! Either right there on the spot, just start drawin' expressions, or you can slowly collect drawings of your character that you like, as you draw them, and compile them all in one place for your own reference. Need to draw your character's head from a weird angle? Maybe you've already drawn it before and you can copy your own homework! Doesn't count as stealing when the call's coming from inside the house 😎

I'd love to pretend there's a magical point where you can just immediately rotate your character's head in your brain like some sort of photorealistic apple in a twitter meme, but a lot of the time it's reference, hard work, and whole lotta repetition. 😐👍🏼

#ask #noodle-soupz #advice #art advice #tutorial #character design

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alwayslovingharry · 1 year

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Social Media I (WTMFS)

A/N: Hi everyone, with university I've been a bit busy (again) and I've hardly been able to come back to tumblr. The thing is, today while I was studying I came up with this idea and I needed to post it. These posts will be linked to the chapters of When The Music Finally Starts, so they will go chronologically. In the future they might even serve to help me progress the story faster since there are chapters that I find difficult to write and it might be easier using this way.

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PAIRING: Harry Styles x Hailey Foster (1Dmember!reader)

WARNING: Like i said, other times, I'm not an english native speaker, maybe there are some mistakes. Also, a little look into the next chapter of the story :)

TIMELINE OF THE POSTS: DECEMBER 2016-APRIL 2017

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DECEMBER 12, 2016:

According to sources inside the show, Niall Horan, Hailey Foster, Liam Payne and Harry Styles turned up to support Tomlinson in his X-Factor performance. The 25-year-old singer was performing for the first time since the death of his mother, Johannah Deakin, on 7 December.

Although this shows the great friendship and closeness that still exists between the band members, Zayn Malik was the only one of the former bandmates who didn't show up to express his support for Louis.

It should be remembered that rumour has it that Malik, who announced his departure from the band a month and a half into their third world tour in March 2015, ended on bad terms with Louis and the band's only female member, Hailey, in particular. Although the reasons for the dispute never transcended, it is possible that they are still present as the singer did not show up to support one of his former "friends" in such a hard moment.

FEBRUARY 14, 2017:

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1dloveupdates: JACK WALKER AND HAILEY FOSTER ON THEIR VALENTINE'S DATE AT THE RITZ IN LONDON!!!!

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my1dheart: sorry, but they are a stunt since 4ever

harley'sdaughter: the worst i've seen, dude

haileywithlove: I've seen photos of her outfit, she was ✨GORGEOUS✨

futuremrsstyles: where's harry?

amelia_west: he isn't his boyfriend or anything, GROW UP!

futuremrsstyles: OMG, why u're so rude?

1dloveupdates: @amelia_west @futuremrstyles please, no fights on my account

FEBRUARY, 2017:

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hsdailyofficial: Harry recently in Jamaica!!!

109 comments

HSwifey: he's literally a model

ismael's_sis: hopin' he's working on an album

larrylover: people are saying Louis's also there!!🔥

MARCH 4, 2017:

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hfdaily: Hailey arriving to Milán airport few days ago!!

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1Dstarforever: she's comming home, she's comming homee

hailey_fosterfan2307: she's a fashion icon even when she takes a plane lmao

MARCH 9, 2017:

MARCH 31, 2017:

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harrystyles: SIGN.OF.THE.TIMES // 7.APRIL.17 //

101k comments

ismael's_sis: F*CKING FINALLY!!! OMG!!

APRIL 21, 2017:

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thegrahamnortonshowofficial: Mr Harry Styles on the show, ladies and gentleman

132 comments

lisawatts: Sign Of The Times was so emotional

freddythescottish: he's a funny guy, he was great on the show

seb_thestark: this dude should've gone solo before

APRIL 22, 2017

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haileyfqueen: Hailey with Jack leaving The London Studios yesterday (21/04/2017)

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harleyisreal2012: I'm just sayin that Harry was also there yesterday 🫣

slayhailey: she went with him, he's going to appear on Good Morning Britain next Monday

h_defender: he doesn't give me good vibes, too arrogant 😐

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Thanks for reading/watching and I hope you liked it, please leave any comments or leave a like it if you enjoyed it.

See you soon :)

#harry #harry styles one shot #harry styles fanfic #harry styles #harry styles soft fanfic #harry styles fanfiction #harry styles x famous!reader #music #one direction #styles

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sparklingbluerose · 2 years

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Axis Powers x Reader

You are...interesting. With the unknown control over fire, you seem to always have this charm which both draws them to you and scares them...

A/N: I'm back in this fandom, baby

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TW: None! Full crack, help.

Fem! (Y/N) 《Other Genders Will Also Be Made》

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North Italy

Sissy, Doitsu is watching you 👁👄👁

PLEASE you scare him so much. You're always engaged into this weird 'when will u die' persona and he hates it.

Always screams when you're around lmao–

But in all honesty, man adores you so much when you fight. You're England but fire and better. America agrees. LiKE, OMG did you just summon a fire butterfly!? Cool!

When you first said you were from another world, mans just flipped his shit and went like...

"Ve~? But..you look like you're from China!" 💀

Well YES Liyue is based off of China but like, ain't the same thing. Just similar.

He believes you though, really thinks Teyvat is cool.

Just a warning, no one will ever believe you if you guys end up actually dating. Literally no one. The innocent cute Italy, falling in love with the person scarier than Russia!? JOKE.

Until he kisses you in front of everyone. Germany is convinced he no longer needs protection.

Because when you're around, he'll be safe 24/7 lololol

And by the way, your ghosts need to stop picking on him. Like pls stop he'll get a heart attack damn.

"Hilichurl no oniisan ga byouki ni natta, Hilichurl no oniisan ga kanbyou shite~"

Italy and Japan.exe has stopped working. DO IT AGAIN DO IT AGAIN DO IT AGAI–

Loves it so much, man. Will literally cuddle you all day and get scolded for missing a world meeting. But hey, it was most likely worth it ❤️

Japan

He doesn't deserve your cuteness omg–

Will literally do anything for you, finds it comforting how you don't invade his personal space.

...Sometimes freaks out when you scare him, but he doesn't scream. Literally just makes an expression like "😰" then a few seconds later bitch be back to "😐"

THERE IS SERIOUSLY NO WINNING WITH HIM

Besides all the pranks, he actually has only seen you be so scary once. And he'll remember it forever.

"You guys are really trying to push on my buttons~ Hm? I'm aware that this will bring you consequences. I may be cute, someone harmless, but as of now...what if i...don't?"

Those words scared him shitless and never again will he EVER try to piss you off in any way possible.

Besides getting scared, seeing you kick ass with your cute ghosts and fire he literally looks at you like "🤩"

Man will probably write an anime or manga based off of you, most likely with the titles like..

"A Cute Girl Who Has Fire Powers Gets Isekai'd Into My World And I Fall In Love With Her!"

r/cringe

JUST KIDDING STILL LOVE U JAPAN

Since you're respectful around him though, he'll let you into hi personal space usually and let you hug him. Cute!

"Hey~ Japan? What's this book about? Hent–"

"Ah, (Y/N)-san. Wourd you like a demonstration?"

I'M SORRY I HAD TO I'M THE BIGGEST JAPAN SIMP 😭

Germany

"Zhat is enough, (Y/N). Back into the timeout bucket."

Treats you like a child(e)

Like please calm down sir, we get it, you're protective. But girl probably a lot stronger than you damn.

You ain't having any of it. Just...run away and have him chase you for 5 hours straight until he gets tired.

Though i guess he finds you cute. He "guess".

Lmao sir you fell in love anyway. I win this damn bet, give me my 100 yen or you P E R I S H

Dating Germany is probably the most hell you'd have. Though he's nice and all you wanna stop him waking you up for morning jogs like you ain't tryna get muscles–

Unless he invites your bestie Prussia then i guess maybe.

Ya'll legit have such an awkward clown relationship help

"So..hey! You saw those fireworks?~"

"Ja."

"..."

"Okay. Uh.."

"...💪🤡.."

Hates dealing with France but man, you're no normal girl. Like literally has no idea why you use the flowers he bought you as coffin decoration 😭

But don't worry, you guys'll get there soon. You just need a little more push. And for God's sake be more normal /j

Will definitely be the type to confiscate your spear if you suddenly set the kitchen in fire.

Lord Doitsu ain't having any of it today sry..

South Italy

Yay bonus character!

Used to hate you because you're too cute to be real /j

Everyone also freaked out when you said you were dating Romano like hello?? This april fools or sumn?

Spain teased him so bad the poor guy had to punch him in the face LMAO that was so uncalled for. Mans made you apologize instead becaude his just went no thanks–

"RAGAZZA WTF ARE YOU DOING?!" 🤡

"Oh Romano~ nothing, just decorating your house!" 😌

When you said decorating, well i mean decoration as his covering his house head to toe with coffins, skulls, and all the sort. He loves you but please...

This is too much for his heart to take–

When he saw you getting all serious all of a sudden though, he fell over his chair. Pretty sure EVERYONE did.

When you and Italy objected to America's idea in a World Meeting, ya'll went BERSERK 💀

Well, mostly you. But you get what i mean. Literally took out your Staff of Homa and pointed it at his neck. It'll be up to you to guess what he suggested that got you so pissed.

Anywaysssss– basically everyone + Belarus + Russia now knows not to mess around with you.

You could beat their ass and they'd blame it not on you..

But a damn pAinTiNG 🖼

Yes. A painting. Why in the name of God would they ever blame you knowing they already got the scare of their life?

So basically, Romano always makes sure to keep his distance when you aren't comfortable. He'd get obliterated into the 6th dimension lol

Have a long life with this handsome, loving dork ❤️

#hetalia #genshin impact #fanfic #crossover #country #idk why #i love u

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mulletmitsuya · 2 years

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Toman groupchat (captains and vice captains)

Warnings: swearing, flirting

Mikey: who's the hottest person in Toman

Mitsuya: well hello to you too

Draken: last time we had this argument some punches were thrown

Mikey: yeah but this time we have our vice captains so it'll be fair

Chifuyu: please don't involve us

Takemichi: yeah I feel like this is a trap

Smiley: I'm the hottest mf out there so might as well get this over with

Baji: you have one facial expression

Baji: how is this "😁" attractive

Smiley: I know the boy with long ass teeth ain't talking to me

Mitsuya: let's stop this before it escalates

Mikey: no we're all gonna have a vote, think of it as a game

Baji: it's not fair to the ugly people tho

Mikey: like who

Draken: why would u ask that

Baji: Takemichi isn't attractive, so it's not fair to him if we play this game

Chifuyu: 💀

Mikey: Takemichi isn't ugly he's actually very cute

Smiley: Takemichi's alot of things but cute ain't one of em

Mikey: you wanna get beat up😃

Takemichi: it's okay Mikey-kun haha😅

Smiley: I know he's crying rn

Draken: stop with the bullying

Mitsuya: this is why I don't wanna be involved in this

Chifuyu: are we gonna ignore Mikey-kun saying Takemichi's cute

Mikey: vote now or else

Mitsuya: still against this but what does the winner get

Mikey: I'll pay for their food the next time we go out

Takemichi: so like a date?

Mikey: yeah ig

Takemichi: oh ok

Baji: don't u have a gf

Takemichi: yes? but what does that have to do with the game

Baji: ...nothing

Draken: ok let's get this over with

Mikey: I vote myself

Angry: we should have known

Mitsuya: wont everyone vote for themselves

Chifuyu: everyone should get 2 votes and not vote for themselves

Smiley: I don't find anyone else but me attractive tho

Baji: them choose the least ugly

Smiley: aight that might work

Mikey: JUST VOTE

Hakkai: I don't know who else to choose but Taka-chan 🙁

Chifuyu: way to make it obvious dude

Mitsuya: thanks Hakkai but you'll also have to vote for someone else too☺️

Hakkai: ok Taka-chan :)))

Baji: throwing up rn

Draken: you don't have the right

Hakkai: then I'll choose Taka-chan and Baji-san :)

Chifuyu: watch it🤨

Chifuyu: Baji-san and Draken-kun

Mitsuya: Hakkai and Draken

Hakkai: jsjsskbslsbhlksovssb thanks taka-chan😚

Mitsuya: 😊

Mikey: oh my god stop with the flirting you guys can suck each others faces after the fucking vote

Mitsuya: fine

Hakkai: HUH??

Mitsuya: ;)

Chifuyu: YO YA'LL SEE THIS

Mikey: wow finally grew some balls

Mikey: anyway I vote Takemichi and Baji

Takemichi: thanks Mikey-kun😁

Angry: Baji and Smiley cause we look alike 🙂

Takemichi: Draken-kun and Mikey-kun :)

Smiley: Angry since he looks like me and Draken🤢

Baji: Chifuyu and Kazutora

Mikey: in Toman dipshit

Baji: fine then Chifuyu and Draken 🙄

Chifuyu: 😋

Mikey: I only got one vote 😦

Mikey: Ken-chin doesn't even have all the hair on his head tf????

Mitsuya: so Draken won. Figures

Baji: That's not fair, I have all the hair on my head and my head isn't fucking huge

Draken: stfu and put your teef to some good use

Draken: why the hell do you have fangs this isn't Twilight

Mikey: his name is Edward for a reason yk🙄

Angry: I don't think this was fair

Smiley: I told y'all that unattractive people would be at a disadvantage

Baji: you were voted for once and it was by your brother

Smiley: y'all voted based on homosexuality and that's where this went wrong

Baji: what ever makes you feel better 🤨

Draken: so I won😁

Takemichi: so your u get a date with Mikey-kun

Draken: 😐

Draken: nvm Baji should take the win

Mikey: wow

Mikey: I would have treated you to a nice dinner and everything

Mikey: men ain't shit

Draken: stop lying you would have given me half of your dorayaki and then fallen asleep then I would have had to carry you home😐

Mikey: I'll treat you real nice ken-chin give me a chance😋

Baji: you're broke

Mikey: I have enough money for our date❤️

Draken: not a date

Hakkai: this isn't gonna end well

Mitsuya: no one ever listens to me

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aquafinha · 2 years

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buddie have u been watching UK v The World? thots on that and/or S14?? (I've got my faves on each but don't wanna put in the ask in case it might be spoilery since it's technically mid-season for both)

Hi!! I've been watching both and I DEFINITELY have thoughts but I've been lazy about expressing them here more than vaguely. I have time, so let's get into it :) Sticking it behind a read more obviously due to spoilers!

OK, UK vs the World first....before it started I wanted Lemon to win...well lol, back to the drawing board I guess. (for the record I think her being in the bottom was BS, but I am biased, so...)

As of now I'm pulling hard for Pangina, I love her, she's a gem. Please don't send her home anytime soon, y'all...

I just want Baga to go home, tbh - I don't have a problem with anyone else but her. I remember on her season, I thought she was funny....now I'm wondering why I thought that. The "Oh, it's totally ok for me to pay someone from a foreign country to do my work for me" thing was...really super cringe to me.

I'm wondering if Jujubee is playing the long game or what? (not that the show is too long, but you know...) I love her, I don't want her to go home but I feel like it might happen soon (no, I haven't read any spoilers for today yet so IDK who goes home this week lol we watch it at 9 PM on Tuesdays).

Mo has been stunning (obligatory to use that word for her, hello) and I hope she finishes high!

The only UK girl I was really pulling for was Cheryl and now she's gone too :( (nothing against Blu, I just wasn't actively rooting for her)

I didn't watch any of the Holland seasons so I hadn't seen Janey before, but....idk. She's beautiful! But the attitude...I dunno.

And Jimbo is...well, Jimbo is Jimbo. I never know what to expect, lol.

As for S14....ok! I have ✨opinions✨I don't completely understand the "send people home the first two episodes and then bring them back" concept but whatever... I get wanting to show everyone off in smaller groups, though.

I'm not doing the greatest with my favorites! I love Alyssa, she's gone, I love Kornbread, she's out, I love Maddy, she's gone too...I hate to ask who's next, lol (also I would never ask because I hate spoilers!! Thanks to the person who replied to Maddy's Instagram post and let me know a week ahead that she would be going home, ugh.)

Willow is my absolute favorite though and I feel like she really has a good chance of winning! Angeria is amazing too and I'll support anyone from my state (well...except for Tamisha Iman last season...anyway) so I hope she keeps up the pace she's at! She's amazing.

I like Daya (more than her sister...sorry, unpopular opinion, I know) but I don't get getting upset because you asked for critique and got it??? I completely understand wanting to hear some critique if you're safe a lot, but don't be upset when you don't hear what you want to hear.

Still baffled that Lady Camden didn't win the challenge this past week because her look was gorgeous! And she sold it so well in my opinion! I like Jorgeous but I wouldn't have picked her as the winner.

I don't get why things got so...whatever between Maddy and Jasmine on Untucked, but it appeased the people who hate when the girls get along, so good for them I guess 😐

I know there's more I could talk about but my brain is fried from all that thinking, lol! We'll see how much of this is invalid after watching UK vs the World tonight...

#ask #answered #talking about drag race #drag race spoilers #uk vs the world #rpdr season 14

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captdedeyes · 3 years

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It's National Coming Out Day!!

And today, I'm just gonna say that I'm non-binary and see how this goes 😊

I prefer they/them for my pronouns 🥰, but I can tolerate he/him for the time being 😐

I was going to make a long-winded comic about my feelings on gender, but I think I'd rather write them out here under the fold 📖

This is all so weird and shocking because these thoughts and feelings came out of NOWHERE. But it DID make me consider why I never felt so happy about myself for such a long time.

If you've read all of my comics about gender and stuff, then you'd get a fair idea of the rollercoaster of emotions I went thru as I was processing those thoughts and emotions.

Did I have to make them public? No. But I did it anyway because I felt they could be somewhat relatable to somebody. I don't think I'm alone in these kinds of struggles.

I took it ALL to heart...like I do with many things. And I did that because I wanted to know WHY am I upset with my appearance. WHY am I not fully satisfied?

Why do I have to look like one way or another?

Isn't it enough to just be ME?

There's a certain beauty to being non-binary. While I'd like to achieve some degree of androgyny, there is no "correct" way to doing it because non-binary people can be anything and everything.

I've not only gained a newfound appreciation for gender expression, but I've also learned that the gender binary is superfluous. You can be whoever you want tbh, and how you explore that gender expression is entirely up to you.

Even if this doesn't work out, I will still be okay. I can still be whoever I want to be and figure this out as I go. And I will promise myself from here on out that I will be the best person that I can be for everyone that I meet and for myself.

#nonbinary #non binary #non-binary #national coming out day #my art

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