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Mon, 20 May 2013 12:01:24 -0400

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wannabeanimator: The Paper Wings Podcast Character Design Cheat...

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:31:14 -0400

wannabeanimator:

The Paper Wings Podcast Character Design Cheat Sheet (pdf)

You can also listen to the accompanying podcast here.

John Cleese: 5 Factors to Make Your Life More Creative

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:01:03 -0400

John Cleese: 5 Factors to Make Your Life More Creative:

sarabelfgren:

meganeabbott:

If just you keep your mind resting against the subject in a friendly but persistent way, sooner or later you will get a reward from your unconscious.

Hat tip to Brain Pickings.

This is very true, in my opinion.

helpyoudraw: Tutorial: comic layouts by medli20 from...

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:01:13 -0400

helpyoudraw:

Tutorial: comic layouts by medli20 from DeviantArt

artdirections: 5 Ways to be a Happier CreativeWe all know the...

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:58:25 -0400

artdirections:

5 Ways to be a Happier Creative

We all know the tortured artist schtick. To be honest, I can be a downer sometimes myself, but I think it would be terrible for us to all perpetuate the idea that being creative and miserable are mutually exclusive.

So here’s to being creative and actually enjoying it:

1. Refuse to See Your Entire Life Either as a Success or a Failure
The idea here is to never buy into the lie that your life is either successful or failing in terms of your creative output. Think of the most successful creative person you can, if you look closely you can see a series of successes and failures.

The best way for me to look at the creative life is as a series of projects which can be successful in some ways and fail in other ways. For instance, some projects are really successful in the development of your skill but not financially advantageous.

Also, don’t believe that there is some level of success where you have now “arrived” or attained a level of success which can never been denied to you, like being hailed a “creative genius” with endless financial gain, forever. I could tell you many examples of artists and musicians who seem like they have “arrived” with one project and then completely fail the next.

2. Make Something Everyday
Will Bryant says something like, “I make stuff because if I don’t I get sad”. A silly and profound statement. Last year I did a daily drawing project where I created a new character every weekday. I found this statement to ring very true.

This practice gave me a sense of creative productivity every single day, which is a serious morale booster. Even if you don’t show anyone, it can help you feel prolific and unlimited in your creative abilities, which in turn increases your confidence.

3. Be Authentic
This is huge. Many people have done amazing things in creativity and have received many rewards, successes and prizes for them. So there is a lot of incentive for YOU to be THEM. But the trick is knowing the truth: you CAN’T be them. Trying to be something you are not will make you feel like an old sock. You already know this, but I thought I’d remind you.

4. Know Your Purpose
Shooting aimlessly into the dark can feel like…shooting aimlessly into the dark. Your purpose doesn’t have to be mind meltingly important. I like the humble yet ambitious purpose the great Debbie Millman has taken upon herself to “try to make the supermarket more beautiful”.

Try to clarify what you want to achieve overall so that everything you do has a sense of purpose. Purpose equals meaning, and to most creatives I know, a sense of meaning is why they want to make art and why they DO NOT want to work in a factory.

5. Address and Defeat Your Fears
That dreadful fear is a bully that is killing your soul and it should be stood up to. Listen to it, don’t ignore it. Hear what it’s actually saying and then dismantle it. Talk to someone about it openly, if the fear is tied to reality, then face it and take it down with integrity. If it’s all lies, all smoke and mirrors then let it disappear in the cloud of smoke that it is. If you are doing super boring unadventurous work, you won’t have any fears at all…but who wants to do that?

Hope this makes you a bit happier today.

- Andy J. Miller

P.S. To tackle the piling up questions here on this tumblr I have started taking on 1 hour video creative coaching, for more info click here.

anthonyholden: What are studios looking for? How can I get into...

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:37:12 -0400

anthonyholden:

What are studios looking for? How can I get into a good animation school? What should I be studying?

I get a lot of these types of questions now and again, and I never know how to answer them. I can’t be sure of what studios are looking for, I don’t control admissions policies to schools, and I have little idea what makes for a current and relevant curriculum. There are a lot of variables in your bid for a career in animation, and it’s kind of impossible to control most of them. You must be crazy to want this job!

I find it helpful to focus on the things I can control. Among those things are your study habits and how you spend your personal time. It’s good to work hard and have goals—without them we would get nowhere. Study hard and make decisive strides towards achieving your art goals. But in the heat of that pursuit, don’t forget to go out and live your life!

If you spend any amount of time looking at artists online, you’ve probably figured out by now that there are about a million dudes and dudettes in internetville who draw better than you (I relive this realization daily). Once your have done your best to rise to their level, the only tool you have to compete with these crazy talents is your background, your personal character—is you!

Consider developing your whole self with the same raw focus and intensity that you develop a particular skill set. Get focused. Go out, have adventures. Run, jump, skin your knee, fall in love, root loudly for the away team at a baseball game, barely escape a crash of stampeding rhinos, live to see another day. Experience things big and small. Go for a walk. The world is full of wonders.

I know this advice is not particularly animation-specific, but maybe that’s for the best. At any rate, it is something I feel strongly about. Animation is great, and there are few things that I enjoy doing more than drawing and storytelling. But in order to have stories to tell, first you have to live them.

Be good, and see you soon!

PS, if you were looking for advice on draftsmanship you should probably be reading this.

somersault1824: The Skull Via Anatomy In...

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:01:03 -0400

somersault1824:

The Skull

Via Anatomy In Motion

http://on.fb.me/ZcD4Lt http://on.fb.me/18bpH1N

gaksdesigns: “Tearful” by Christina K

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:01:20 -0400

gaksdesigns:

“Tearful” by Christina K

kobochasketch: Kobocha’s First-ever Key-chains Celebratory...

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:27:47 -0400

kobochasketch:

Kobocha’s First-ever Key-chains Celebratory Giveaway! *DmC Edition*

I’m selling these for $4 each or $10.50 for the whole set (prices include shipping + sales tax). Reblogging this post gives you a chance to win a set!

-Winner will receive a set of DmC key-chains (made by yours truly) ;D
-You do not have to be following me.
-You may reblog as many times as you want. (Sorry, likes don’t count.)
-You must have your ask box open/be willing to give your mailing address.
-Winner will be chosen by a random number generator.
-Giveaway lasts from May 15th - June 1st.
-The deadline is 12 noon EST.
-Winner will be announced the following day. :D
-Winner must respond within 4 days of giveaway’s end, or I will choose another winner.

*Payments will be accepted through Paypal.
*Contact me via e-mail at: cucubit25@yahoo.com
(I don’t trust tumblr asks/notes - sometimes they don’t send.)

Abusing my high follower count, I know. Please forgive me!
My friend is having a sale/giveaway, and every signal boost helps. :)

eyecager: Gottfried Bammes

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:33:48 -0400

eyecager:

Gottfried Bammes

thebluthcompany: The cast of Arrested Development for...

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:01:00 -0400

thebluthcompany:

The cast of Arrested Development for Entertainment Weekly magazine.

good profile reference

amisi: I’ve been playing around with SAI a lot lately and I...

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:01:09 -0400

amisi:

I’ve been playing around with SAI a lot lately and I decided to make myself some brush textures to add to the default few. I figure I might as well share. So hopefully this is useful to someone, haha.

Download: Zip File

How to Use:

1. Close SAI and locate the folder where it is installed.
2. Extract the image files into the folder “brushtex”. Additionally, you can put them in “papertex” to use as paint effects.
3. Run “start-sai.exe” in the folder, which will load the newly extracted textures into SAI.

Actually, if you go here, they have way better instructions than mine. (●´▿｀●)

helpyoudraw: click for HQ

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:01:16 -0400

helpyoudraw:

click for HQ

BASICS EVERY ARTISTS SHOULD KNOW:

Sun, 12 May 2013 12:01:14 -0400

helpyoudraw:

Basic Drawing Exercises:
http://youtu.be/8ckiHpmkoaM

How To Draw “Good” Lines:
http://youtu.be/eDWK1PWbyS8

Learn How To “Control” Your Pencil:
http://youtu.be/SdRSpYPQFNo

How Shading Works:
http://youtu.be/WzszH9BN_hI

How To Shade & Blend:
http://youtu.be/IY1t6rwbJyw

Shading, Lights & Form
http://youtu.be/V3WmrWUEIJo

How To Built Up Contrast:
http://youtu.be/1hNXlPcgafI

artgantuan: frenden: Use discount code BLOWOUT today and...

Sun, 12 May 2013 01:38:04 -0400

artgantuan:

frenden:

Use discount code BLOWOUT today and tomorrow for $2 off any brush set in my store!

Photoshop, Manga Studio 4, and Manga Studio 5 brushes are available.

Reblog for a chance at a free download of your choosing. I’ll pick a few folks this weekend.

I’m definitely planning on picking up the Photoshop set today!

How to dress people up in stuff

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:01:11 -0400

eyecager:

joshcolon asked you:
First off, I love this blog, it has helped me SO much. On to the question: My nude figure drawing is pretty decent. Always more to learn, but I can do it. I am having problems going to the next step in drawing fully clothed figures and designing armor. I can draw nude figures from my imagination mostly convincing but I cant make the jump. So how do I apply what i’ve learned from figure drawing to doing complete character drawings? How do I learn folds and Armor ect. from imagination?

Yaaaaay folds!! I am so glad my tumblr could be help to anyone. It really makes me blush and smile for days knowing I could help fellow artists on their learning journeys.

~*~ WARNING TONS OF IMAGES ~*~

Okay I fixed it to where if you save the images it’ll be at the original size I hotlinked them as but it won’t show up on tumblr that size for some reason no matter how much coding hoop jumping I go through. Seems tumblr has a fixed width which makes sense for Ipad browsing.

If you save the images you’ll be fine they won’t be super tiny. If you do Save Page As and save the page it’ll dump all the images into a folder and you can grab everything from there easy peasy lemon squeezy!

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a masterpost of background masterposts

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:00:57 -0400

pmmmprincess:

x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x

antiale: 4 all u kids who wanna study some figure...

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:56:28 -0400

antiale:

4 all u kids who wanna study some figure drawing/anatomy

Figure Drawing For All It’s Worth - Andrew Loomis >PDF download<

Mastering Drawing The Human Figure - Jack Faragasso >PDF download<

Figure Drawing Design and Invention - Michael Hampton >PDF download<

Dynamic Figure Drawing - Burne Hogarth >PDF download<

All the downloads are free they only take a little bit time to download because these are big files!

Photo

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:59:48 -0400

For those that have Easy Paint Tool Sai

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:01:04 -0400

qtmelon:

In version 1.1.0 you have an option to undock your panels or make them float.

To get the panels to float -

Go to where you installed Sai Paint tool.
Open Up Misc.ini with Notepad.

Find:

Popup panels
;========================================================================================
;
; Show Navigator, Layer, Color and Tool panel with popup window.
;
; Setting:
; 0 … Embeded
; 1 … Popup
;
PopupPanels = 1

;
; Show Navigator with popup window.
;
; Setting:
; 0 … Embeded
; 1 … Popup
;
PopupNavigator = 1