#if u have art tips

[beatcroc]

the real joke here is that i'm pretty sure fake pep is like totally average person height, it's just that the rest of this cast are fuckin pipsqueaks

hey! it's a series! fake peppino world tour: [noise] [noisette]<-u are here [peppino] [gustavo] [gerome] [noisette again]

#regardless of what i said abt the noise these two are DEFINITELY besties #pizza tower #peppino spaghetti #fake peppino #noisette #gustavo is 1 foot tall to me. peppino is not more than 4'. they are funny little cartoons and fake pep is just. a guy. #brick is at LEAST six feet tall though idk whats up with him. huge rat #only cute fake peps in this one...u will get The Beast next one though. next one is with peppinooooo... #framing of it is proving to be a bit of a pain though so im prolly gonna do a silly aside thing first #arting #there is not really a joke with the tip jar btw i just needed fp to be....doing something. boring if he just sits there. #Popular post #i dont have anything else to say here except to bitch about how utterly fucked the framing and perspetive of this one is oops #pizzaposting

[garmabawls]

“did you stay up playing video games again?”

#ninjago #lego ninjago #i love jay walker #jay walker #ninjago jay #suit jay #agent walker #said i wasn’t gonna draw suit jay anymore #but hdhfksjfhsjjfkf #he’s so cute #tried to do some things different #changing up my art style????? #hate coloring hair if u have tips plsssss #i swear lloyd is my fave character i just draw jay too much #zina draws

[kotofeden]

I'm not going to post full version there, I'm not that unhinged

But you know where to find it 👁️👄👁️

#ace attorney #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #my art #narumitsu #wrightworth #art #yes in the blue bird app #i don't have any other alternative rn #or #maybe #i could post it on ao3? #it got me thinking #ALSO #I was on the convention last weekend #people could tip-vote for the gayest I MEAN THE BEST lawyer #they could vote for Phoenix or Miles #little did they know that they were voting for whos topping in my next spicy-art #mwahahahahahahahhahahahahaahhahaaha #if u wanna know- Miles got 15.44 and Phoenix 10.16 #spicy #not safe for minors

[pinkwindowwithin]

do you have a timelapse or art process vid up somewhere to watch?

if not uhh- what's your drawing process? qwq

your line art specifically I find very cool and I want to understand how you do it :')

SO. I wrote up a really long response to this that tumblr decided to delete when I tried to post and I didn’t have any of it saved SOOO. If this comes off as rambly or incoherent I’m very sorry I tried 😭 ALSO THIS IS JUST HOW I DO IT, NOT HOW I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD DO IT!!! Do ur lineart in whatever way feels right and makes you happy!

I do most of my stuff in Autodesk Sketchbook, which unfortunately doesn’t have an automatic recording feature (and the recording option it does have is kinda clunky and distracting 💔) BUT. PROCREATE DOES, SO WE HAVE THIS

I focus more on the gesture and the shapes than trying to make it look “good”. Truly it’s a “going with the vibes situation”, because I tend to switch things up quite a bit when drawing (although that isn’t really shown here 💔). If there is a movement or particular shape in the sketch, I will try to capture its essence as much as I can (this doesn’t mean sticking close to the sketch, just means I’m trying to capture the general vibe or the line of action and trying to remain faithful to it)!! My favorite part of the process, and the part I focus on the most, is coloring so my lineart is really tailored to make coloring easier for me, so there’s not a lot of details or crosshatching or anything of that nature… I’m really just blocking stuff out to make coloring easier hehe

#SORRY IF THIS IS INCOHERENT WAA #i have a hard time explaining how my process works #because idk even know what I’m doing most of the time #I’m really just doing whatever is fun and feels good in the moment so #take that as u will #tips fedora #thank u for the ask ahehe #my art #asks

[iknowwhereyousnoozeatnight]

pardon my shaky hands

#death note #l lawliet #trad art #got out the paint pens bc they’re so crisp #that black pen makes my shaky hands very noticeable but whatever #u get the scribbly guy since i cannot smooth my lines via procreate w/o a working pen #i have so many of these paint pens tho i don’t even think i used all of the blue ones #they all are very little tho #they’re the posca .7mm ones but i think i’d use them more if i got the 1.8 or thicker ones #my hands are shaky and my eyes are bad so it’d be easier if i could get bigger pens #i have a couple but they are all neon bc i like bright colors #and since i'm talking paint pens anyway i found an absolute beast of a pen #i literally have to fist it to hold it it's massive. i mean. i do have little hands but it's still massive #the ball in it literally clunks when i shake it rather than the little quiet noises of the other ones #its fucking massive i forgot i had it it is awesome i think i probably got it to color things in fast bc it's a massive wedge tip

[leonbabygirlkennedy]

Without you, Mary, I've got nothing

#my art #silent hill 2 #silent hill 2 james #james sunderland #sh2 james sunderland #silent hill #silent hill 2 fanart #hand symbolizes one of two things. 1. the amount of fucking doors in this game (sorry for hating that all of them are locked... or 2. #(spoilers) the pillow #im trying sooo hard to get james face right please gimme tips if u have any for drawing him

[emry-stars-art]

Some thoughts I’ve been thinking:

1) i might or might not be planning on opening my patreon in November

2) one of those patreon tiers might or might not include early access to select future writing endeavors (which select snippets/scenes/etc will be determined by yours truly)

3) i might or might not be planning to start writing/drafting a full multi-part royal au fic for my nanowrimo project (starting November)

Just. You know. Things to perhaps maybe consider for the future

#is this pointed enough 💀 #I’m still not all with the self promotion thing #which WILL have to change if I want to actually make art a viable gig #but man 😂😭 #yeah im gonna have patreon and a shop opening and like. a kofi tip jar still and everything #commissions eventually!! when they open to the public! #help me make more art for u 🫣🤲 #anyway okay byeeee #not art sorry guys #running shop

[mokutone]

thank you spacebabe51 for the kofi tip!! here is medic from tf2 😄

#my art #medic tf2 #not nart content #thank you doodles #image desc in alt text #i haven't thought about these guys in a WHILE! my brother used to play tf2—he was a big fan of the spy i think #they do have Very fun designs to immitate though! thank u for the tip and the request!

[8bit-mau5]

Wanted to show off some quick holiday-themed tiefling bust adopts im working on 👉👈

#artists on tumblr #dnd #dnd art #tiefling #Gabriel's arts #WIP #adoptable #okay to reblog #these guys have been precaimed for cheap cos i wanted some quick cash to cover groceries up here asdmknfnjfhb #the guy up top was actually the 3rd to be designed! he also went the fastest any of my adopts have ever sold and im #so happy abt that 😭 #if anyones ever interested in having early access to my adopts feel free to DM me and i can send u a link to my art server! #the kofi section gets access first. but the server overall gets to see and preclaim my stuff before twitter and tumblr #most times even the Tip Jar tier ($2 a month) gets access to them also #depending on my situation #ANYWAYS i have idea for another 3 adopts but theyre PROBABLY not gonna come out til like. after my trip? we'll see how inking goes

[maukiki1]

u said u have reqs open uhhrmmmm um im throwing king mfb ur way :3

I tried a different rendering style w this and got a little excited about trying it and ended up spending more time onnit than i intended😭😭😭KING WHEN I CATCH YOU KING….

Heres my absolute confusion-struggle-madness page of me trying to figure out how to draw him . Like idk what it is but his blitz striker fusion wheel lookin-ass hair looks so easy to draw yet it got me ripping my hair out wtf ive never struggled with drawing a mfb character ever before KING WHEN I CATCH YOU KING….

#me as HELL when im pointing at myself. #this isnt the first time i got personal beef with his gayass #im not gonna forget that time i sent u a picture of variareses face bolt #and asked u what it was and u told me and i was so sure it was a shogun bey #thats because 4 year old me wholeheartedly believed that variares was a shogun bey #theres so many things my 4 year old sle fthought that have just become solid #in my head like thats what it is. #but theyre SO WRONG theres so many of those it spdeserves its own post #btw i still havent found variareses tip but i think i found the very tip of the tip? #the part above the tip is like some goofy ass plate looking thing idk my variares is an abomination #beyblade #mfb #king beyblade #beyblade king #metal fight beyblade fanart #metal fight beyblade art #beyblade metal fury #metal fury #beyblade metal saga art #beyblade metal saga #beyblade metal fight art #metal saga #metal fight beyblade #beyblade metal fight fanart #beyblade metal fight #beyblade 4d #metal fight beyblade 4d #mfb 4d #mfb metal fury #beyblade metal fight 4d

[moncuries]

btw my latest art recipe is:

photobashing my own refs for poses

csp’s colourize feature (i have used this for ages and it gets u the best base gradients. i do not use it for skin tho bc it gets very muddy)

the artemus pencil set (again, ages)

reffing actors faces!!!!!! important if ur drawing real people, do not so this shit from memory

looping not strong enough by boy genius

lots of reflections and backlighting for drama

#there u have it #art tips #if u ever want a visual or in depth tutorial just say so #art tutorial

[oakbearart]

I showed this to my gf and he said “us”

I showed this to my roommate and she said “holy shit u have to watch beastars”

#my art #anthro #werewolf #artists on tumblr #beastars #t4t #wip #tried posting a hq and low quality version at the same time let’s see what tumblr does with this lmao #if u have any quality posting tips pls dm me omg

[compacflt]

my apologies if this is too simple or juvenile or personal a question but HOW did you become such a proficient writer? and do you have any tips or pointers to keep in mind? i know you must do a lot of reading and a lot of writing, but your skill is just incredible to me. your prose!! your cadence!! when we get around to talking about it is genuinely one of the best things i've ever read and i'd eat it if i could!!!

this ask was so sweet thank you!! rly made my day when i needed a boost. Hope you don’t mind i took a couple days to think about it cause no one’s ever asked me for writing advice before

idk how i became a “proficient” writer bc I really don’t write that much. something about my fic gave me brainworms and i went into overdrive but that’s…not my usual MO. which is why it’s weird for me too. admittedly i am studying english/creative writing as my second major at uni, but i haven’t learned anything in any of my classes you couldn’t learn by just reading and writing on your own. honestly i should’ve stuck with my IR major instead, i find structured cw classes a complete waste of time. but here are some little tips i thought of that would’ve helped ME:

This is more a “do as I say not as I do” because I’m really bad at habits like this, but keep a diary. You can write about the big events (went to the store, did homework, got laid etc.) but that’s boring—focus on the details (watched someone at west side market throw a glass bottle of olives at a rat, broke a pen and permanently stained my dorm desk and won’t get my deposit back which pissed me off because I move out in a week, this guy’s breath smelled like lemon pledge and it made me wonder if he drank window cleaner before kissing me etc.). Real life is really interesting! How can you write about interesting real life in an interesting way? It’s a good way to practice. You don’t have to do a big reflection at the end of the day or anything. It’s okay to jot down something you saw & then immediately forget about it. It’s the act of figuring out how to translate life into words that’s important

If you type, learn how to type FAST. This is just my experience, but I think typing faster makes your cadence, clause length, dialogue, IDEAS flow better/more naturally. We think in words/sentences, not letters.

This is a super lame tip that’ll make you roll your eyes, but read poetry. Poetry is all about how words/ideas/images sound and interact with each other. Don’t get hung up on one poet—im not really recommending any for precisely this reason—read poetry you love (for me, Ada Limón, Jack Kerouac, Frank O’Hara, ghazals etc) AND read poetry you hate (for me, Rupi Kaur, Emily Dickinson, Whitman, etc)! Read all genres you can get your hands on. (I think there are like “great poetry anthologies” you can find for free online if u don’t know where to start. Also you can’t go wrong with subscribing to/reading a variety magazine like the NYer. It’s pretentious but it exposes you to all kinds of weird topics, ways of writing about them, etc.) Figure out how certain combinations of words and punctuations make you FEEL, and why, and why the writer chose (or not) to make you feel that way. Figure out which literary sounds you like and which ones you don’t. For me, i figured out that I REALLY like alliteration, comma splices, zeugmas, the rule of three, and

“he’s [verb]ing again… yeah compacflt’s characters are [verb]ing again… big shocker”

If you have an idea for a piece, figure out what it is you really want to get out of it—to say something? to experiment with a different style? to see your fav characters do something? to have fun?—and then figure out how, on a technical level, you should write to match that goal (this is where the poetry training comes in handy). If you’re just writing to have fun, don’t listen to any writing advice (incl. mine), because most of it is bullshit and over-generalized and will make you feel bad about yourself. Just take the advice that you think will work for what YOURE trying to write.

But if you’re writing to explore some political idea, then you should think about HOW to best write about that idea. What would be a convincing story/allegory/scene to engage with this idea vs. not convincing. I talk on this blog all the time about how disappointed I am that my very-adult-grown-up attempt to deal with the dynamic of “immovable internalized homophobia vs unstoppable falling in love anyway” is rendered a little childish/immature by some pretty unconvincing plot points like the characters buying a house together—I really should have considered how that plot point would interact with the characterizations I’d built already (hint: poorly). You can think of writing as kind of a military structure if that helps—you have strategy on the overarching campaign (plot/character growth/allegory/theme) level, the battle (scene that advances the above) level, and the tactical (sentence-level construction/syntax/wording) level. They all have to work together. If a scene is failing to properly engage with the idea you’re trying to convey, you’re losing a battle that will weaken the overarching campaign. Same thing if you choose a weird word in a sentence/write in a style or tone that’s weirdly out of place with your idea—it makes your engagement with the theme/idea less convincing. just try to be purposeful and consider your strategy on all levels of your work as you’re writing it!! At the very least it’ll make editing easier lol.

But then again when I read my own writing from just a couple months ago I cringe out of my skin, so like—just also accept that it’s a process and we’re all just making it up as we go along. Be proud of being embarrassed of your old work, because it means you’re growing. Own that shit. When I finished writing WWGATTAI i thought it was the best thing I’d ever written, and maybe it was. But since the day I finished working on it, it’s the worst thing I’ve written since then. That’s a great feeling. Not to be like writing grindset obviously bc it’s supposed to be fun—but if what you want is to get better at writing, the strategy is to WRITE a whole bunch of shit, and then own your embarrassment about how much you’ve grown since you started. And know you’re still always growing and learning. there should never be any “goals” where skills are concerned 👍🏽

#fake it till u make it #the good part about fiction is all you’re really doing is makin shit up #no rules!!! #fiction is just trying to sell a lie right #so it’s all on a sliding scale of convincability (at least that’s how i judge fiction) #and figuring out how to convince people of your lie is where the art is #anyway. #not top gun #asks #writing tips #idk how to tag this #also i love ao3 because trying to get published traditionally genuinely made me hate writing/MY writing #i have indeed had the cliche 100+ form rejection letters experience #unfortunately writing is also one of those things where you can see it as a competition so easily #(admittedly a small part of why i don’t read other TG fics—i don’t wanna read people doing it better than me😭) #BUT you tailor your experience to have a healthy life. it’s not a competition if you don’t make it one. put yourself first

[octoooo]

Sea slugs sea slugs sea slugs!!!

Sea slug Kocho sisters!!

Shinobu & Kanae are cyerce nigricans

Kanao is cyerce elegans

#imagine taking a starfish and just attaching it to your head #kny #demon slayer #SS Anne (Sea Slug au) #shinobu kocho #kanao tsuyuri #kanae kocho #octo’s art #I wanted to make Kanae & Shinobu a pinkish/purplish gray respectively #but I’m not as skilled in mixing colors of alcohol markers (u gotta like..rub the marker tips together & then color but jfjdmdk) #I’ll work on it :D #when Im able to make them digitally their colors may change so think of this as a beta #except Kanao I really love how she turned out she’s very pretty <3 #also I should mention the frills(?) on the chests. young/immature slugs no matter their gender will have them covering their chest #they shrink as you mature though which is why Kanae doesn’t have any covering her #and why Shinobu’s only partially cover it—she’s not as young as Kanao but not as old as Kanae #they don’t think of each other as naked though #might redraw them later for funsies #might draw very berry sour brite crawler giyuu too

[fictionandmusic]

looking for advice from sewing side of tumblr!

i’ve had this fake leather jacket for ages & im really attached too, but it’s recently started falling apart on the inside of the collar/neck area (as seen in the pics)and little black flecks just come off on my neck and clothes when i wear it.

is there any way i could patch or mend or glue that area to keep pieces from fall off so i can keep wearing it?

the rest of the jacket is in very good condition & id hate to throw it out bc of this single issue!!

#comment or reply or dm me if u have any advice or helpful tips please #sewing #fiber arts #mending #clothes repair #sewblr #help wanted #kttalks

[mushroom-for-art]

More bases, a silly lil Charmander and Cubone with my sorta idea for them without a mask so yall can add a custom mask or go traditional (cry lines and skull cracks not included)

Lineart may be edited but don't remove signature

#my art #My bases #The charmander tail is full on purpose so yall can have the tail tip visible through the flame if u want #Or just erase it lmao idk #Charmander #Cubone #I'm not gonna debate cubone real face with anyone #I googled it started at plushies other people's art ect and drew this #Gonna try to make some custom charmanders and Cubones #@me if u use! #pokemon