eyecager:

This is happening. Submit your portfolio here- http://www.facebook.com/stephensilver

BTW facebook is a great way to keep updated on artists and what they are working on and what they are doing. It’s actually become a huge artist community and I enjoy using my facebook way more now.

For anyone who actually uses facebook and is looking for a job in the arts, this might be a cool thing to peek at!

fujo:

SenshiStock’s gallery consists of millions of pictures that are free to use as reference.

General Drawing Poses
Sit and Kneel
Dramatic and Reaching Drawing Poses
Magic and Hogwarts Drawing Poses
Staff Weapon Pose Reference
Hammer, Axe and Bat Pose Reference
Sword Weapon Drawing Reference
Small Bladed Weapon Pose Reference
Gun Weapon Pose Reference
Bow and Arrow Archery Stock
Foreshortening and Perspective Poses
Dynamic Flying Falling Action Poses
Deafeated or Laying Drawing Poses
Magic Crystal
Magical Girl Wand Weapon
Transformations and Dance
Cards
Back Pose Reference
Pin Up Inspired Poses for Drawing
Performances Poses
Life in General Poses
Fights and Fighting Pose Reference
Leaning Poses
Classic Sailor Senshi Poses
Wings
Sailor Moon Villains
Pairs
Romance or Couples Pose Reference
All the Male Stock
Hanging Stock Drawing Reference
Three or More Groups
Instruments
Mirrors
Whip 
Technobabble

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aavv4881-deactivated20130324 asked: I know this has been asked before during your streams, but what are your brush settings in Sai for painting?

I just tweaked the normal brush tool to this: 



Pretty much use this for everything. Persistence I tweak between 23 and 31, and brush size is scaled on my tablet’s scroll ring.

This video is a painting demo by Bobby Chiu with an excerpt from “The Perfect Bait” audiobook.

This series is a must-watch for anyone looking for a career in the arts, or even just looking to get inspired.  

abigaillarson:

Questions I get all the time are, “how can I draw like you?” “how did you develop your style?” “can you make a tutorial on your style?”

I like sharing my process, but my style is something I’ve spent nearly eight years developing. I’ve had too many knock-off artists cropping up over the years to not guard my style. I do discourage young artists from learning a style, and to instead discover their own.

Learning someone else’s style won’t make artists better creators, just better mimickers. Bobby Chiu’s video explaining style development is much more eloquent and charming than I could ever hope to be, so if you have asked me (or any other artist) the above questions, take a ten minute break and check out this video!

The subject of style is always a tricky thing for me, because I look at my own work and don’t really see much consistency at all in the way of style. I think I manage to paint things with a fairly consistent technique, but the underlying structure and sketches are pretty much all over the place! 

I try not to let this discourage me. I know that even once I find a nice place to solidify things, my style will still be ever-changing as I learn new things. It can be a constant struggle between making consistent, recognizable work, and stretching yourself to sample new things and experiment. Art really wouldn’t be near as fun without a constant evolution.  

PROJECT BOOGIE

So, ages ago I did some arts (top) of a character dancing because I was listening to this song a bunch and it was the natural result. It wasn’t until afterward that I realized HOW DAMN HELPFUL it was, for practice. 

It helps you work on a bunch of things: consistency, anatomy, dynamic poses, gestures, and implying a character’s personality via said gestures, it helps you loosen up to work on bigger projects, and you know what it’s just plain FUN.  

Tonight I decided to kick artblock in the teeth and work on poses at the same time, and sketched up a new version (bottom).

SO HERE’S MY PROPOSAL:

Pick out a tune and draw a character of yours (or your favorite character from something — whatever, all that matters is you’re DRAWIN’) rockin’ out to it. It can be super loose sketches or a finished thing.  Draw a handful of poses, try out different angles and perspectives!

LET’S DRAW SOME SILLY THINGS AND LEARN STUFF WHILE DOING IT.

And when you’re done, if you wanna upload it, tag it with #projectboogie so I can love you. 

Show me your boogie. 

lexxerduglas:

isaia:

mynameismad:

giancarlovolpe:

I did some compositional how-to’s in my early weeks at Warner Bros. studios.   I thought it’d be great to post a series of these on the Tumblr’s for beginning board artists.

This is the first part - the rule of thirds.

This is how I lay out a lot of things!!

I am a dummy and this is a thing I need!

Thank you Giancarlo! This IS gangsta.
Thank you, based god for releasing it from your Chamber of Secrets.

Man, I really needed this reminder of how great the Rule of Thirds is for composition. I often start out with it in mind and then drift away from it as I work, but looking at some of my more recent compositions I really think they would have come out a lot stronger had I stuck with it.

clorinspats:

How to give proper credit to artists without knowing who they are

I appreciate reblogging the shit out of this if anybody wouldn’t mind.

Sick of art going around and artists not getting proper credit at all.

please and thank you

sick of people throwing my art around without crediting me

damianmcgintleman:

• Admit you have talent

No, seriously, do it. Say it right now, aloud, in front of your computer. “I am a good writer/artist/musician/singer/whatever.” Just admit it to yourself. Because I swear when you do, your work will become better. You’d be amazed at what you can produce when you feel confident in your abilities.

• Stop comparing yourself to other people

“I’ll never be as good of a writer as Hemmingway/Bronte/Rawling!”, “I’ll never sing like Adele/Florence Welch/Joan Jett!”, “I’ll never paint like Picasso/van Goh/O’Keefe!”, “I’ll never draw like Davis/McCracken/MacFarlane!”, “I’ll never play like Hendrix/King/Cooder!”

No. You won’t. You will never, ever be as good as them. And they will never be as good as you. Every artist is unique. You have your own voice just like they had their own voice. Don’t try to be someone else; be you.

• Be proud of your work

Wrote a shitty poem? Song? Manuscript? Paint something you didn’t like? Drew something wrong? Who. The hell. Cares? At least you DID something! That’s more than most people can say! You finished a piece of work. Be proud of that accomplishment.

• Realize that not everything you do will be great

This ties in with the previous tip. You’re going to do shitty things. It’s part of being an artist. Stop putting so much pressure on yourself to create something great every time. Strive for it, sure, it SHOULD be your goal. But realize that sometimes you’re just going to do something that sucks, and then get over it and try to do better the next time.

• Be proud of your talent and enjoy it

I’m a writer and my best friend is a singer. I can’t tell you how many times we’ve told each other that we wished we had the others’ talent. This is a typical “grass is always greener” thing. Be proud of what you’re good at and enjoy it, because someone out there is wishing they were as good as you, I guarantee it.

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AK’s Guide to Suits

An introduction to the finer details of menswear, and how to get them right in your… aw, hell, why am I describing it here? Read the intro!

(Source: nihilnovisubsole, via clorinspats)

nepeter:

have you tried mypaint?

• its free
• its open source
• works for windows, linux and mac
• 90% of the window space is where you draw, no clunky and messed up menus
• performance-wise
• supports layers
• the canvas is basically unlimited, the program automatically chooses a dimension for your picture when you save
• easy (but not too limited) brush creation
• overall fucking awesome

obligatory screenshot

Haven’t checked this out myself, but figured I’d give it a reblog for those of you who might be curious.

(Source: shalrath, via ursineknight)

lexxercise:

Kate Beaton retweeted a link to this on twitter today, and it is chock full of good business advice for not just designers, but artists of any kind who do freelance/contract work for clients, so I wanted to pass it along!

In this roughly 30 minute presentation, veteran designer and Design Director of Mule Design Studio, Mike Monteiro, and his trusty lawyer discuss steps you can take to protect yourself and make sure you get paid.

eyecager:

Amazing!

(Source: ref-land)

eyecager:

瞬間連写アクションポーズ02 殺陣・ソードアクション篇 [単行本]  and 瞬間連写アクションポーズ03 ヒロイン・アクション篇 [単行本]  Real Action Pose Books.

The sword one is neat because they have a kimono on and kimono off version of each shot most of the time. And the third book looks really nice, I hope I can find it. Bought this also from Kinokuniya in hopes one day I do an action comic mixing a storyboard/comic style for the action scenes. An example of this would be some panels Agasang did I still swoon over.

Also I wonder how many takes it took to get that cool scene down where he kicks the guys sword back in.

eyecager:

瞬間連写アクションポーズ―立ち回り・スタント・アクロバット [単行本]Real Action Pose Collection

A beautiful reference book. I bought mine from Kinokinuya when I was living in California.

They have published three books so far, the 2nd one is focusing on sword action and the third one has a female as the main fighter. I own the swords one and will be looking for the third book at SDCC.