#they are going to be so much fun to color and draw

[a-book-of-creatures]

Posting this because I reblogged something about Usborne Books and apparently most people seem to associate Usborne with lift-the-flap books for preschoolers.

Which is weird because to me as a child Usborne books were some of the spookiest books I could get my hands on. They filled the same place as Dorling Kindersley - colorful, creative, informative books that were educational as well as fun to read. And their approach to myths and legends was, not going to lie, very formative for me. If it wasnt' for Usborne, there might not have been ABC.

And much like Dorling Kindersley, Usborne went through a phase of extreme creative experimentation before stagnating into safer forms of publishing. But for a while, Usborne books were mindblowing.

So what has Usborne done then that aren't lift-the-flap books for preschoolers? Well, a lot. Puzzle Adventures. Extreme map and code puzzles. How to Draw Books. Cut-out and build houses, Trojan horses, and dinosaurs (by Luis Rey no less). How to Be A Detective. Nature spotter's guides. Nature Search books. Facts and Lists books that instilled cosmic horror in me years before I knew what cosmic horror was. I could go on forever.

There was a series of excellent myths and legends books which I posted about before.

These were illustrated by Rodney Matthews and were every bit as metal as you'd expect from something by Rodney frickin' Matthews.

Then there were the Quest books which were Where's Waldo-esque books that followed a storyline in a fantasy world.

In this case, they showcased lush art by Nick Harris in which you find various items or characters to make the story progress, as well as other random things (find 10 rats, find 8 clownfishes, etc).

The Tabloid Histories books, oh my gosh.

Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Medieval, etc. history told through tabloid articles and ads.

More about monsters though! There were books about folktales and legends illustrated by Stephen Cartwright.

For me it was my first time hearing of a lot of them, such as the Lambton Worm!

The Haunted World, now that was spooky! With lots of colorful, dripping art by Graham Humphreys.

Introduced me to a lot of ghosts, vampires, and monsters from around the world. Such as the story of Arnold Paole!

And there were maps and diagrams...

... and lindorns [sic] and mokele-mbembes!

The Supernatural Guides had denser text but sadly have not been reprinted anytime recently.

The World of the Unknown series, though... ohohoho those were good.

Of course (no offense to fans of ghosts and UFOs), I had eyes only for the Monsters book. With such gems as the Velue...

... the Lambton Worm...

... and cryptozoological rubbish such as the Monongahela sea serpent (below), the Loch Ness Monster, the Abominable Snowman, and their ilk.

You know, the sort of thing that would keep a 7-year-old fascinated (and perhaps scared under the blankets) for weeks.

Anyway, yeah I just really love Usborne books. Or at least what they used to be.

#creatures #monsters #ghosts #usborne #spiders #dragons #books

[reignsan]

Please watch Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night, it's about four girls who are all scared of what other people think of them coming together to make a music youtube channel:

One quit drawing because her friends called her art cringe (without knowing it was hers)

One's an ex-idol who punched one of her group members and caused a huge scandal, has since quit going to school

One is half-foreign and was always made fun of for her height/name/hair color

One is a former extrovert who made a fool of herself at school so quit going, shoving herself in her room all day to be a vtuber

They all contribute in different ways to the channel: one sings, one writes the music, one does the art, one works on the videos. It's a very heartfelt series so far as these kids learn to support each other and break out of the shells they've put themselves in.

I feel like, in English-speaking circles at least, it's not getting much attention because it isn't on Crunchyroll, it's on Hidive instead, which makes it kind of go under the radar.

So anyway yeah check it out, it's my favorite anime of the season for sure.

#jellyfish can't swim in the night #yoru no kurage wa oyogenai #Youtube

[ebi-noodle-doodles]

Do you have any advice/tutorials on how to make healthily round characters? You do them so well!

Hi I really want to answer this with like my doodles and stuff but I’m out (might reblog the stuff later) but so want to say just use a LOT of references. I got used to not using references most of the time because Ive build a somewhat small mental library in my head but certainly its not absolute or perfect, but If I want to focus on a certain piece I really look for references! OR use the mirror.

My main advice

Build a mental library full or references; Even if the reference you compiled are not the same body type/shape, you soon learn to incorporate them in actually drawing round characters.

You can try building this mental library not just by searching online but ACTUALLY STUDYING ONESELF, by that I mean your body. Try taking videos of yourself and pause on frames that could potentially make a good dynamic reference!

Build a habit of drawing different character bodies. I cant say I’m an expert nor really follow this rule since I lack understanding, really but one of my discovered inspirations before I drew characters like these is the Dungeon Meshi Artist. They draw different shaped characters so well, take inspiration from them!

Pay attention to distribution of fat and muscle. (again I’m not an expert!!!) Pay attention to HEIGHT and WEIGHT of the character. What I usually do is that sometimes I estimate how much torso is going to on or legs so it looks proportionate

I learned that chibi is similar to what Im doing. I guess I learned chibi with round shapes aka bunch of circles and ovals, but irl those are more of chunky sausages(?)

BE CONFIDENT on your SKETCHES. I usually start small in sketching like big canvas/paper small lil “chibi” characters. Practice a pose u like then choose what you want to focus and render on

I feel like I’m saying this more for myself hut fundamentals! fundamentals, fundamentals fun d a ment a l s ! In anatomy, lighting & generally in art is key component to everything really!

Welp might reblog this with some visuals hopefully when I get home! I do think I still need more practice despite all the drawings I made, I feel like it still lacks dynamism that would be appealing at first glance.

if it contributes to anything, I think my coloring also makes the piece “look” soft.

#ebi noodle doodles #xixiriima #reply #ask reply #my reply #reblog later #reference #check dungeon meshi artist

[boringmarinn]

Why do you ship Sans x Frisk? As a person who ships them myself, what do you see in them, like about them? Personality traits, situations, tropes etc, anything that comes to mind, what makes you enjoy them and continue to breathe life to them?

Omg ok sooo... When I realized I was already shipping Sans and Frisk, maybe because I love the trope of the funny ironic character who has secrets and the silent protagonist who have a lot of will and power. I also have a soft spot for monster x human interactions, relationships and seeing several AUs with the two of them was what made me like it even more.

I think I liked them visually because the sprites in the game are so cute and the same size and the colors match and so on. I also see Sans more as a teenager and Frisk as well so i almost always draw and write them close. Frisk have a lot of secrets that Sans knows about and vice versa, and both have this drama about fate, about powers that can destroy, judgment and guilt, responsibility and determination i found super interesting.

I absolute love the concept of Frisk being a "more than a simple human" thing, a deity, some powerful force that can be either benevolent or dangerous when in contrast with Sans that's "just a normal boss monster" or something like that. I'm in love with Frisk being a god what just wants to live a normal life, having a normal family and a happy life and find this wish coming true with their monster family, and they find love with that one monster who has kept his eye socket on them all this time, seeing the sweetness and love that they share.

I also love the angst in the forbidden love thing, like, monster and human love being a taboo...

Frisk It's a character that ended up growing in my hand while I was drawing and creating, so to speak. I didn't want to let Frisk become that cliché of cute and lovable, so she/they transformed a little too quickly hehe. Today It's very different and that adorable cover is just a disguise for the real Frisk. Which isn't a terrible evil being either, it's just harder to comprehend and morally gray. They're determined still, to being a better person and changing the order of things and changing fate.

Sans I don't even know where and how to start because he has been my main and if not my most intense and prolonged hyperfocus. I have a lot of fun writing and drawing it in many different ways, with my favorite being this ironic, calm and funny little guy, but who carries a huge weight on his shoulders for the people he loves, a guy who worries too much about simple things and is a bit anxious and uncertain about the future.

Soo... Well i think that's a lot of reasons people like them two. They're two little guys, they go around the time and space, (like sans can teleport in space and frisk teleports in time thats so cool aaaa) them both like papyrus and toriel very much, they two are poker faced deadpan funny faces

I find them fun and even more fun is seeing other talented artists in the community doing their own interpretations of them in such unique ways. I love seeing fans making content for fans and how the characters change drastically in each person's hands, it's beautiful

#sans x frisk #underground club au #marintalks #frans #thanks for the ask!! #I really wanted to write a text like this explaining things better #I feel lighter #thanks youu!!

[gessshoku]

The image before I color it!! You can see how my style slowly becomes comfy again as I progress in drawing myself

Ye I used myself as a model, just cause I didn’t wanna draw different people, another day <3

I did draw @vurelly OC’s! They were very shaped and as I was drawing Niko I saw their post about their $100 behind their card and I just I had to-

Also tiddy window makes a come back, I don’t wanna hear that he can’t have it cause he’s a twink- look at sun and moon and look at them g o o d.

#i Drew myself with long hair #honestly I looked like that hand witch from gravity falls with it #my hair always stuck to me and was like my own little cave #I only liked it when it was up cause it made me look fancy #my favorite one has to be bottom middle and bottom left corner #I’m proud of em UwU✨ #studying is only fun when it’s art related #gess box of arts #ima study more with Vu’s OC’s #they are going to be so much fun to color and draw #vu won’t know what hit em #*scheming in my lil think thonkin noggin* #art studies #face practice #doodles

[jarrows]

recently i reread a bunch of my favorite sherlock holmes stories (norw my beloved) and felt compelled to create my own diagram for 221B

#sherlock holmes #there are so many great blueprints and maps out there and i thought it would be fun to toss my own hat into the ring #trying to be accurate to what is mentioned in the books #while still allowing for some fun artistic embellishments #was a nice challenge! #i ended up doing lestrades office too but of course you never do see that in canon so it was much more vibes~ based #i am going to color this and spruce it up some but we needed break here before diving back in #since i think the timelapse of this drawing is longer than some feature films 💀💀💀 #anyway definitely open these images in a new tab and zoom in if you can bc these are really big

[puppyeared]

updated Sleight ref!!

#i changed his colors !! #treat this as a suggestion than a solid ref. i spent like 3 hours drawing and redrawing the legs bc i couldnt get the shape right so if u #wanna draw them more planti or digi i do not mind ^_^ get silly with it!! same goes for pelt pattern do whatevr u want with it #the pelt pattern is loosely based on a snowshoe cat which was fun to play with. as u can see they kinda have a butterfly motif going on #if u squint the ear tufts kinda resemble luna moths or swallowtails with the long tail at the end of the wings #i was kinda torn about changing the costume color but it clashed too much with the new color palette so i had to change it #i didnt include the cape here so its easier to see the costume but ill draw it another time if i remember lol #its also a lil hard to see but i put pinstripes on their pants but thats optional. their design is pretty flexible anyway #god im pretty attached to this guy already. hes like semi fan character semi regular character... oc... thing #i should draw more furries. i followed some furry artists for giggles recently and its true what they say. u need furries in your life #btw while i was drawing this i was fooling around while trying to figure out his costume color and colored it as kaito kids suit for fun #and i just stared at it for a solid 5 minutes before saving a picture. maybe ill post it later #my art #myart #my oc #oc #furry art #fur #furry #laika's comet #laika's comet oc #fan character #sleight #ref sheet #oc ref sheet

[wasyago]

oh boy, what are we doing to do with you now...

#jrwi riptide #jrwi chip #my art #sketch #jrwi spoilers #jrwi riptide spoilers #riptide spoilers #is it in the same exact color pallett as the last dead chip art? yes #why? i dont know #am i going to draw another one like this? maybe... #its a fun pallett what can i do.... #changed the design ever so slightly. removed the veins from his neck because it was just too much plus i don't think i want to- #pull up a ref with vein locations in human neck every time i draw chip #plus like. surely the veins were black just because his throat was damaged by the heart. surely they'll calm down later. haha #oh and his hair are a little lighter. i was debating making them gray as well but decided against it #my boy already looks like Scar from 3rd life. he doesn't need more....

[manyrepulsivethoughts]

he knows you're watching...

I may have gotten I little too silly with the colors hehe

#fnaf #fnaf fanart #springtrap #fnaf art #fnaf 3 springtrap #fnaf 3 #fnaf 3 fanart #fnaf 3 art #my lovely crap #I was going to color with his regular colors but you know what's more fun?? #spend way too much time on funky rgb and highly detailed springlocks #and I am a purple guy truther so he ourple for that #recently got a few new brush packs for krita which also helped a lot with this and I LOVE THEM #repulsive try not to draw gore SP challenge

[diamondsheep]

🖤 Surgeon of Death 🖤

Alt version ⬇

#i REALLY wanted to draw Fem Law <33 so i finally finished coloring this sketch !! i love her design SO MUCH 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 #look at my WIFEEEE #i think i'm going to draw her more ! she is really fun to draw #trafalgar law #trafalgar water d law #trafalgar water d. law #fem law #law one piece #one piece law #law op #one piece #one piece fanart #my drawings #diamondsheep art #female law #the post is a little bit weird but i thought that ref that i used was fun sooo 😅

[cj-the-random-artist]

Limited Life Big Group Drawing??  Limited Life Big Group Drawing.

I finished it.  I mean I don’t know that I ever mentioned starting it on here but.  I finished it anyways lol. The Big Life Series Group Drawing.  It’s a thing now every time a new life series starts I have to make another one of these.  So here’s another one.

Limited Life is seriously really good tho.  I’m looking forward to seeing where it goes from here cuz it’s quite cool and all the CCs in it should have all the appreciation ever.

That said!!  I hope this giant fanart is enjoyed.  This was a lot to draw, but it was super fun, so I hope y’all like it.  And have good day lovelies <3

#limited life smp #limited life smp fanart #jimmy solidarity #pearlescentmoon #bigbst4tz2 #good times with scar #zombie cleo #bdoubleo100 #ethoslab #skizzleman #impulsesv #tango tek #scott smajor #grian #martyn in the little wood #smallishbeans #this was. so much fun #as usual i enjoy making giant fanarts instead of doing actual productive things. like homework #but regardless!!! this was such a good time to draw this. #and i like the color palette like the overlay and shading has a weird split complimentary thing going and i love it so much #i mean i say split complimentary but then there's the red. so maybe not that but its somethin and whatever it is i like it

[coastalmangoes]

Emily my beloved!!

inspired by the portrait mod by @flapjacs

#sdv #emily sdv #fanart #on an old laptop rn and finding a lot of wips that im finally finishing up :) #this was so much fun to draw #and im trying to go more loud with the colors bc she deserves it #stardew valley

[can-of-slorgs]

Completed the Shenkuu Stamp collection some time ago, so it was only fair to draw my girl Mirsha

#neopets #neotag #neoart #vin doods #gnorbu #drawing this was actually really fun in a way that when i was looking for references i didn't know she was such a lesbian icon #not surprised but hey lets cheer for the lesbian alpaca! #I'm not as happy with the colors as I thought #I'm a bit rusty in just really warm colors without it looking burnt for some reason HJSD #but looking at pictures of AC teams have made me really fall into my old virtupets fix #i love everyone so much on that team and not really that many ppl play for it #i still remember winning a long long time ago and was completely blown away as it was basically just 5 ppl in a forum going mad #i just really love the designs of most of the players on all groups?? #i don't even like playing in the AC that much i just love the characters LMFAOO #i think i still remember I drew fanart of Sela and the gelert from the darigan team when i was like 8-9 and submitting in onto deviantart #and getting hate comments probably like 8 years later because i missed his wings or i made them too small or sth #that was hilarious thinking about it now but it did made me hate the darigan team for that year SDHFKSD #ok this is too long it always ends up wit me just rambling #I love my boy XL Striker 3.8 and Sela #ok nobodys reading uhhhh #send me an ask with the weirdest emoji out of context if you've read this far tbh nobody cares by this point HJSKSFD #idk if ill draw someone for the AC team everytime i complete a stamp collection but if i'm feeling like it maybe #or if they're requested tecnically #thats it bye

[neonn-lemon]

HEEEEEY IT’S MEEE. THE DEVILLLL

Remember that thing I said? About me doing something dumb? Yeah, turns out I was right!

No joke, I have almost every prompt sketched out by now. But, as you can tell...the closer to deadline, the shakier my hand got...and I didn’t like ‘em no more. So I’m taking my sweet time with the rest. The lineart was looking kinda crappy, even for my standards, and college is crushing me atm. SO YEAH! NICE!

there’s a lot of mistakes on the last pic WOW. I’m going to have to re-upload it. Anyway-

OH YEAH! Fav turtle was the pic from last week! Just in case

#rottmnt #rottmnt movie #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt fanart #rottmnt mikey #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt leo #rottmnt raph #tmnttober #can you tell I got carried away with color? yeaaaah #angst #ig???? #its just one but yk #sacrifice is going to be fun #I've been meaning to post on twitter but GOD is it scary #Idk #WAIT HOLD UP WHY DO I DRAW MIKEY SO MUCH????

[pebiejeebies]

Say hello to my objectsona that was worth my time, AND I’m very proud of (wow I’m actually proud of this art guyz this is so rare)

(Time taken: 3hrs, 9mins)

Uhh hello bookmark in my new artstyle!!

+ with a small color redesign

+ with different povs

+ with more info about her design, lore, and just character study overall:

(I recommend to click on the img to read the text better ^^)

And uhh

Old vs New design comparison (+ artstyle)

Purple -> Pastel Blue

Sky Blue -> Off-White

Yeah idk I lost my excitement after stimming for a good 10 minutes!1!

Enjoy!! (I hope this doesn’t flop 😭‼️)

(Tagging some moots cause it flopped I’m sorry uhhwhgfdffadd omfg how much times will i jinx myself???— I’d love it if you rb btw/nf/nf/nf/nf)

@akalikestodraw @infinite-ticking-clock37 @galaxy-brushs-asks-blogs @knightobreath @solgavee @woodrocko @facelessthefreak @homobrainjuice @applesaucify @maxphilippa @chocolatespyro

SORRRYYYY :((

#my art #so before I drew this I drew smth shitty with a shitty brush and I got a huge artblock and hated myself for a good hour or two then I was #about to post about my art block and how I was going to take a break from drawing then I looked at my lineless art again and remembered how #much fun it was when I just drew it lineless. I only forced myself to find a perfect brush/art style when in reality the perfect artstyle #was the one that made me happy. So I went to my notebook and I saw my beautiful old sketch I drew of bookmark in different povs with the ba #sketchiness of it. So I got inspired. I colored in between the bad sketches. Redesigned the parasite. And smiled. This artstyle may not #stick for a while. But is sure made me happy and because of that. I love my art. And my style. And my ocs. And I definitely love you for #reading all of this/p. I hope this helps you too in some way! <3 #thank you #golden #osc #osc oc #object show #osc art #object show art #osc community #object show community #object oc #object show oc #object shows #objectsona #Bookmark

[deldotpng]

my favorite duo as my other favorite duo

I love em so much you don't understand

#goofy ahh clowns #arlekin and piero respectively (from soviet movie 'the adventures of buratino") #//bro I hate coloring so much?? omg #pryaing that it doesn't look off #I shoud have probably go with greyscale for this one but greyscale is even bigger pain in the ass #aside from that it was very fun to draw #giggled the whole time I was doing goo's part #he IS arlekin fr #I made twt acc btw!! go to deru_png if you wanna witness my art flop there #del.png #lookism #lookism fanart #park jonggun #gun park #kim joongoo #goo kim #gungoo