#this pose is from a ref post i saw on pinterest

[agarthanguide]

Very much love your take on the new looks for Orym and Ashton! I saw a bit of your post about how Liam and Tal give feedback... would you be willing to share any information about how the back-and-forth process works between you and the actors as you work on their stuff? (I just love hearing HOW the awesome happens, not just the end results.)

Yeah okay. Lemme think, here. Alright let's so this as a numbered list-

1- Actor sends description of character. This is pretty broadly interpreted, in my experience. It's something between a brief paragraph, an annotated pdf, and multiple pinterest boards.

2- I send back a Pitch. This has taken multiple forms in the past, but it's generally settled into a few pages, that kinda go- a- Poses and Vibe Sketches- This includes little portraits, attitude poses, a couple sketches showing extreme dynamism or movement. I try to suggest outfits and weapons or accessories, here, but I don't spend a lot of time fleshing it out. b- Outfit Poses- usually on a turnaround or one fairly lowkey pose. I try to include 3 or 4 serious attempts at outfits and maybe a couple of backs, if it's important. c- Color- I usually just pick an outfit at random and try to give it a few different palettes. If the actor is absolutely sure what the palette is, or if it's a character I've worked with before, I might just make one palette and briefly color each of the outfit sketches from b in that palette d- Accessories, Weapons, Other Important Stuff- if the character is carrying around like a book or a bird or a really specific weapon, I try to address that in its own space, though sketches for all of those things may exist on other pages. This has been known to be very pretty or a bit boring.

3- There is some form of back and forth between me and the actors (and a producer, who are all lovely and don't step in on creative things but are always working against a schedule and need to know how things are going. I just want to be clear that every producer at CR is a secret angel who eats deadlines and shits magic and every one of them totally Gets It. They are all One Of Us). The back and forth is always individual and based on the actor but it can be- a- Actor picks from menu, usually via complex "circling" system (also all sketches are numbered, so they can just ref numbers). b- Actor sort of picks from menu, while moderating and adding further references. c- Actor just sends a bunch more shit and I narrow stuff down based upon what they seem to be getting at.

4- There's this bit of finding what the pose is gonna be, marking in all the necessary accessories, getting that last email about adding a scar, can we add a necklace? etc. What you are left with is something that the Producers call "pre-final." If it hasn't already been with the modelers and painters this whole time, this is when the modelers and painters get the design and start their magic.

5- I go away into a cave for a time period of quiet reflection with my Gods. I refer to this period as "rendering." I cannot be reached by the reason of man and spend a lot of time bitching to my friends while I try to figure out why shading a cape is suddenly the most difficult thing I've ever dealt with in my life.

6- Done!

#i hope this is what you were asking for #and i didn't just write out a really boring list of chores lol #what's important is that the whole process feels private #even though I know it has the eyes of a LOT of people on it #including sensitivity consultants and friends and family of the actor #i consider that a Good Thing #it takes a village to raise a dnd character

[habken]

I saw on Instagram you posted the refs you used for the latest Scammers to Lovers with dk holding bk. (Which I loved sm!!!!!)

I wanted to ask where you find good pose references, especially for character interaction?

I know people often say Pinterest but lol I can never seem to find good pics of two people interacting like this.

the refs were from this post! Tbh I don’t use a lot of pose references, so I don’t have a solid place to find them 🥲 most of the poses I draw are from the top of my head lol and if I do use references it’s usually for silly goofy stuff.

I get inspired by other artists and animated stuff though, and I’ve done a lot of studies in my free time, which have helped me practice dynamic posing and character interactions

#ask

[demondepresso]

With the addition of @intheshadowof-thevalley 's tav, this meme is starting to look a bit less a low-effort meme lmao

The initial request was to add their tiefling wizard on top, as to form a "wizard tower" but wizards are too flimsy IMHO and I didn't want to break Gale's back... so I found an alternative solution lmao

I eyeballed the colors of their tav from the ref I got sent and from the screens I saw on their blog, and I hope I didn't mess up too much!

Base/ref I used under the cut, together with the request I got :3

pose reference/base by @/mellonsoup (on pinterest and tiktok) -> https://pin.it/378hy5AF7

I already tagged where I got the meme for Kylech and Gale in my previous post abt them, but it was a prompt shared by @draw-the-squad-like-this

#demondepresso art #bg3 fanart #bg3 tav #bg3 gale #bg3 meme #baldur's gate 3 #messy drawing #meme redraw #doodle #digital art #firealpaca #noob artist #artist on tumblr #just wizards doing wizard things

[gaytedlasso]

where do you find ur references? i usually cant find anything similar to what i have in mind so i have to mess around with anatomy for ages

Well most of my spn refs I've found on tumblr or homeofthenutty. If I'm looking for pose references I honestly find most of those on tumblr or pinterest. Whether they cross my dash or I have to search things like "mlm couple" "man in crop top" "back muscles" or whatever I need. I usually start there cuz there's less chance of getting stock photos. Pinterest comes in handy because of the "related photos" feature too. However, sometimes needs must and google has to deal with my "shot from above man walking" searches.

Anyways, I'm sure you do the same and trust me I understand the struggle of finding a reference for what you have in mind! Oh the hours I've spent. Sometimes I will search through unsplash.com, but usually when I need inspiration to strike as the results are very general. Croquiscafe is great and has a ton of model references, but it's $36 for a yearly subscription. There's also this collection if reference photos I saw in this tumblr post recently that looks super promising!

If you're okay with more abstract forms theres sites like posemy.art and justsketch.me that have 3D models in hundreds of poses or you can manipulate them yourself. I've also used posemaniacs.com which shows the human anatomy/muscular.

Hope some of these help!

#sketch gives art tips

[apthepotat]

Trips here like a damsel in distress

hi hello! I revive h e r e biT-

ahem anyways

SOOo I decided to post some artworks ‘n sketches I made these past few days/months and that I am quite proud of :D

Let me start with this sweetie Over here

Sorry for the bad lightning This is a school sketch of my oc named Poli ^^ she looks (and is) an adorable sweetie

10/10 would pat her fluffy poofy hair if you asked me

onto the next one >:D

so

using this base

It doesn’t belong to me btw-! I found it on Pinterest and decided to use it

to draw the human form of my vampire oc Abyssus uwu; credits goes to the artist that made the base,I do not wish to claim the base as mine- it is the artist’s- really was helpful and had fun drawing my lad ^^

I still am struggling with positions and poses and such,so I’m trying my best uwu; but if they turned ugly as hell I just pick a base from Ibispaint or on Pinterest. Both helpful uwu;

onto the next drawing which isSss

I’m super proud of thisss :,>

this is Prince hugo :D I adore his outfit,it’s a mix of two outfits I saw in the internet that.. I forgot what they are now and deleted from my camera roll :,> oops- but the wings and the position he’s in is from ibispaint itself ,I already tried drawing without a base or ref or anything but it turned and I struggled a lot :,> I already drew the face and I didn’t wanna draw it again cuz it looks amazing,and drawing a crown was HELL for me ,so I only picked a good base from the app ibis itself,got the body and position I needed and then continued :,> And the wings. I know how to draw wings but it’s hellish and I wanted to try to use more bases from ibis- luckily they have wings bases thank god and picked one of them and went creative mode

^^ really proud how it all turned out

Now last but not least is this

This is Yami :D another royalty oc of mine

nO DON’T ARGUE WITH M E - I am a sucker for royal medieval crap- I have more than two royalty Oc’s and I do not regret it ✨

.. excuse me if I sound like a hyper child trying to make the fanciest op character ever that I’ll cringe about it 5 years later 💀

but I’m really excited about him :,> so ye-!

his outfit is from the internet itself - searched fancy stuff and got it,tho it might take forever to get it again :,D

that’s it for now tho- hope you all like it ^^ I have much more artworks but my arse is hesitant and in a hurry for now sksksksksk- I might show more if you all want to,in the future- ^^ bai bai for now!

#AP artworks #omg I’m alive for real? #AP commits art real? #yes it is real you get artworks from the potat

[hychlorions]

How did you start drawing, and do you have any tips or tricks you could share please? Here I have Klavier Gavin with me: achtung ja baby ja ja this is klavier gavin you should help this anon out ja

oh mein gott monsieur klavier gavin i am SUCH a big fan!!!!!!!

jokes aside, i'd be happy to help! (regardless of you having klavier or not lmao) i'm gonna put this under the cut just in case it gets too long

i started drawing... mostly because i hung out with anime kids, so subsequently they were art kids as well, but i really only started taking it seriously when i got a good pen tablet lmao. i wasn't very good though, i mostly followed tutorials from books and online, and if you saw my art back then it would just be a lot of whales, dragons and ponies in the same poses every time

idk if i have any specific tips or tricks ? since idk what you're going for with your own art so i won't be able to give very concrete advice or how-to's n stuff like that ? but if i had to say anything, try looking into doing gesture drawings! they help improve how you understand poses, how to exaggerate them, just overall something quick u can do daily to improve lmao. i mostly just look up poses on pinterest then try to get the flow of them. i just got started on em so inevitably i'm still kinda bad at it but here are a few just to give a quick example

an important thing to note is that u get more fluid poses when you find a line of action first. i used to be really confused when trying to go about finding them, but then my prof defined it as "the longest line of a pose," and even said it's not always the spine (as most people would think). sometimes it's the line from an arm to a leg, or a leg to a leg, even. it helps to draw a circle for the head as well. u could even draw all the lines of the limbs if you want then simplify from there

another tip is to keep reference boards of art u like! dissect how they color, how they portray depth and different angles of the face, etc. just know when to draw the line between picking out things you like about art styles you see and straight up trying to draw exactly like that one artist. i keep a reference board of how artists i like draw klavier, for example, because i want him to have the same jawline maybe, or i like how they color, but i never try to draw him just like they would. tldr the way i draw is just me frankensteining artists i like and combining them with my own art style, and it's not something i'm ashamed of, bc people can still tell it's me, and it's not like i'm copying their ideas or tracing their art lol

related to the last one: download pureref lmao it's literally free and a lifesaver. it makes it so much easier to put collages together and everything is so customizable AND u can even make notes on it. it sits on top of all your applications, and you can move it around, make it as big or as small as you want, and even change the opacity of it??? if you've seen this post, i fr just threw the images together last-minute and took screenshots to add to the ask. if you work on ipad and you're willing to spend a little extra money (because procreate's reference thingy can only hold one image at a time n i don't feel like making a new photo every time i want to add something to my reference board) then vizref is like four dollars and it's almost the same

that's probably all i can offer you ? if you want an arsenal of tips n tricks for art, i always go to @/artist-refs if i'm looking for something specific. the tagging system there is just. amazingly organized, and they even have writing resources too. they haven't been active in a while but it's still a huge archive of resources regardless lol

#ask #anonymous #sorry this took so long to answer i was playing ace attorney with my friends lmao #also yeah this got a bit long . sorry i can't help but ramble whenever people ask me things

[first-impression-s]

The Baudelaire sisters

#violet baudelaire #sunny baudelaire #asoue #asoue fanart #a series of unfortunate events #violet #sunny #my art #sketch #adobe fresco #this pose is from a ref post i saw on pinterest #pose: kibbitzer

[karenoldarts]

SHIT I FORGOT TO POST THIS ONE ;A; This was actually the first con gift I made. It’s for Robbie Daymond. Some of his most notable roles are 2014's reboot of Sailor Moon (Mamoru Chida/Tuxedo Mask), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Smokey Brown), The Seven Deadly Sins (Gilthunder), Final Fantasy XV (Prompto Argentum), and Persona 5 (Goro Akechi). I about screamed when I saw that he was Hunter in the new Reignited trilogy  ofc Spyro is a franchise I would go down fighting for, Hunter it is!!!  (was veeeeeeeeeeeeery tempted to draw Prompto and Noctis since he'll be coming too, but another time C:) Refs --> www.deviantart.com/senshistock… (Pose reference)

Pinterest link

Preeeeetty sure this is from the official artist’s Twitter?

Ref 4

Screenshot from the game

And a couple Tumblr fanarts I can no longer find..... -_- delightful.

Hunter belongs to the Spyro franchise, Toys for Bob, and Insomnia Studios Pose ref belongs to SenshiStock 

#spyro #spyro reignited trilogy #spyro remake #hunter the cheetah #hunter #gift art #Robbie daymond

[kuroki--san]

OCtober + ink 12

Kayo

Ye, that's her name. Kayo, pronounced like K.O., I think it's a cool little pun since she's pretty good at a variety of sports and she can get pretty competitive.

She's my queen 😅

And she gets pretty defensive when it comes to things she's passionate about (like her fav color yellow 👌). This is def a picture I won't archive after inktober, I like her pose (I used a ref of course and the quote is also stolen from a tumblr post I saw on pinterest).

#october #inktober #inktober2018 #manga #michychanart

[sunstones]

You bored, or feeling artsy but don’t have any inspiration...? *updated!*

Do you need to distract yourself? Or are you simply bored? Here are some great websites to make the time pass.

create pixel art

Awesome photo editor and art program, all free…!

Totally free transparent textures

make a cute chibi

draw some cool generative art

be a graffiti creator

create a picassohead (you don’t need to be a picasso to do so)

paint online

another awsome site to create pixel art on

and another one

create your own mandala

or color one

create an avatar

or you can try creating your own superhero

here you can interact with organisms in different environments to see how to music changes

here’s a website that translates the time into hexidecimal colours,

Here is a website where you can travel along a 3D line into the infinite unkown

here is a website where you can listen to rain with or without music

Need a model in a certain pose for drawing? here

Want to build your own planet

here is a website where you can create your own galaxies

make your own pattern (very useful if you need a new background)

create next hit comic

make a city which looks like something from 90′s games

draw a mandala like design

jig saw puzzles

more jig saw puzzles to solve

create a stunning HTML5 animation - no coding!

make a movie

create and dress up dolls

play a piano

you can also play a guitar

create sounds

another sound creator

create a logo

design your dream home

sketch rooms

explore fashion trends and create your own sets

build a website

try this app for building a website

Or maybe start learning how to code!

design your own t-shirt or a beanie or sweatpants and order them

design your own phone case

pretend to be a graphic designer with this cool online tool

Make your own Glitch art

Here’s another glitch art maker

And another!

Holy hell, here’s a third!

make an image look like it was created by a commodore 64

freaking cool text generator!

Easy to use word processor

Make up really cool patterns or run your photos through it :)

Write an essay on anything with no hassle

Wanna see how something you write would look like if it was on JacksFilms YGS((Your Grammar Sucks videos on YouTube))?

Make pictures out of text

ASCII word generator

Need an idea for some fanart-here :D

Still haven’t found something that would float your boat? Try these:

watch a documentary

learn to code

do something yourself

workout with the help of this great youtube channels

learn things

play pokemon or zelda or other awesome old school games

waste your time on miniclip

play games at additing games

or try games at agame

calm your thoughts

the quiet place

it will be okay

vent or listen to someone

pour out your soul

explore the sky

look at art from around the world

virtually visit museum of iraq

explore world with arounder

create a music playlist

list through rare books

scroll useful science website

create sand art

brain games

try out tastekid and discover new favorite band or movie or book

interactive 3D anatomy

random street view

post a secret

create a family tree

find our what’s the difference between x and y

help scientists and become volunteer researcher

create your own font

read a classic short story

In the mood to read, but not sure exactly what book to go for?

scribble on maps

listen to letters

play with acrobots

listen to podcasts

make a bucket list

Ever want to see the most truly useless websites in creation?

Prank a friend with this blue screen of death!

Zone out watching the colors drip down

Maybe none of these peeked your interest-maybe you’ve been wanting to create an o.c, but never really knew how to start-or you just enjoy making O.C’s….

This masterlist is to help you in making your own OCs….it can also apply to developing RP characters i suppose! (´ヮ`)!

How to Write Better OCs:

basic tips on how to make your oc even better

tragic backstory? learn how to write one/make yours great

writing specific characters

a wordier, great guide on how to develop your character

kick out those vague descriptions and make them AWESOME

Character Development:

how to actually make an OC

Q&A (to develop characters)

more Q&As

giving your character a backstory

how to write an attractive character

Need an Appearance idea?

Humanoid generator? check

Here’s another one

and maybe if you didn’t like those this’ll work

Need Monsterpeople?

Well, then here ya’ go

Maybe you need Cats?

Diversity

adding more racial diversity

avoiding tokenism, AKA, how to add diversity to your cast not just because you “need” it

writing sexuality and gender expression (doesnt include non binary, if you have a good ref to that, please add on!)

masterpost on writing more diversity into your story

cultures of the world

guides to drawing different ethnicities (not just a great art reference, but also really helpful in appearance descriptions!)

Mary Sue/Gary Stu

Test to see if your character is a Sue

Explains subdivisions of Sues/Stus

Powerful Characters Don’t Have to Be Sues

Villains

villain generator

need an evil sounding name for your evil character? bam

villain archetypes

what’s your villain’s motive for being a villain?

Relationships

character perceptions (What your character thinks of themselves and what others think of them)

how to write strong relationships between two characters

8 ways to write better characters and develop their relationships with others

OCxLove Interest Handbook

develop your couple with good ol’ Q&A!

how to write realistic relationships

how to write relatives for your characters (this is more OC related to a canon character, but will help in writing family members in general)

ARCHETYPES

12 common archetypes

8 archetypes for male/female characters

female archetypes (goes pretty indepth from two main categories)

a list of archetypes

NAMES

how to name your character

random name generator

most common surnames

surnames by ethnicity

APPEARANCE

tips for better design

basic appearance generator

pinterest board for character design (includes NSFW and images of skeletons/exposed muscle (?) so tread carefully!)

clothing ref masterpost

Clothing generator

Another clothing generator

More clothing generator

Aaaand even more

Steam punk clothing

Char Style preference

Dress Generator

DETAILS

give your character better powers

a list of professions

proactive vs reactive characters

positive and negative traits

interest generator

skills generator

motivation generator

123 ideas for character flaws

list of phobias

Oh shit someone died

Backgrounds and stuff? yep

Quirks

Personality. you need that shit

Need something fandom related?

City generator hell yeah

location? got ya

World-building?

make your own god damn laws

Landscape.

Need Item names?

Fantasy/sci-fi/etc. medicine names

Stuff to make things more interesting.Weapons, clothes, treasures… whatever your characters need.

Item & Artifact Generators

Other stuffs!

Genre, Plot, & Story Prompt Generators

How did your characters meet?

Fanfic plots. you bet your ass.

#art #design #insp