Illustration • Artist
New Jersey, USA
I will be sharing my own artwork, along with reblogging Resources & Art that inspires me
Hey everyone! So I need your help with something. This is my sister and my mom designed and created this dress completely from scratch.
She joined this contest for the chance to win a new sewing machine, but she needs to get into the top 20 votes for the judges to decide on the winner. The more votes she gets, the greater chance she has for getting into the next round and possibly winning this prize! She is so unbelievably talented and she just really deserves this. It would also mean the world to me to see her smile and get the recognition she deserves for her talent. So if you can PLEASE VOTE for her and/or even reblog this to spread the word, I would greatly appreciate it. If not, thanks for taking the time to read this anyway :)
(you might have to log into a “contest app” which you can always delete later (and you can delete this post later too, if you decide to reblog this), but Please…you have no idea how much it will mean to me)
Thank you in advance!!
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Dragon Hunter - by Ling Yun
girl portrait by crow-god
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[From DaniDraws.com]
One of the biggest challenges a beginning painter will face is learning to paint flesh tones. The skin is highly complex, made up of varying colors and textures; if you get one thing wrong, you could end up with some pretty scary results.
Here’s a few simple tips to help you conquer this problem.
castiel gif i made, this is the low quality version cuz my scanner is broken, when they fix it I’ll upload the HQ
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I just went back through over 900 liked posts and dug out all the art tutorials so i can keep track of them. I guess this might be helpful to some of you guys, so here you go.
Here we go then!
Freeware
Alchemy - this is a really fun program. You play around making abstract shapes until you start to see something in them, kind of like a Rorschach test. Then you use the shapes as a base to draw it from.
MyPaint - a pretty decent painting program that also has the benefit of working on Unix systems.
openCanvas 1.1 - I haven’t used openCanvas in years but it was a nice program with a pretty unique feel to it.
ArtRage - Only used this a couple of times donkey’s years ago just before I got oC, but I’ve heard good things about it.
The GIMP - In a similar vein to Photoshop, but free. I couldn’t get on with it when I tried it out a few years ago, but it’s pretty popular and is available on Unix systems and Macs.Sketchbook copic: a bit different program
Not-free-ware
Photoshop - Standard painting fare. Probably the most flexible program (particularly the latest versions) but not designed to act in a “natural” way. If you’ve used it for painting versus something like Painter you know what I mean. Who the fuck pays for it though? Google “Photoshop tumblr masterpost” and take your pick.
Paint Tool Sai - Far more affordable and definitely worth paying for if you can. The brushes are very decent (especially when they’ve been tweaked a little), the gui is simple and intuitive, and I dare you to find a program with which making smooth lineart is easier.
Corel Painter - My program of choice for most things. More tools than you could ever possibly use and pretty cheap on a student license, providing that you can prove you’re a student! It’s got a few bugs but if you want realism or a more natural feel than PS or SAI this is the program for you.Anatomy
anatomy and rotation of the head
Expressions
emotions and facial expressions
expressions from different angles (love this site)
Poses
Skin tones
paint some life into your skin tones
Colouring
gamut mask tool (very nice!)
5 easy ways to improve your colouring
fucking gradients, how do they work
achieving a painterly look in SAI
kuler (more colour schemes)
Brushes
a very nice setting for the sai acrylic brush
photoshop fur brushes (and tutorial)
Other peoples masterposts
love your fellow artist (anything from prompt generators to animation background here, very nice)
e-books
art e-books (mediafire download)
even more e-books (including human anatomy, animal anatomy, cartoons, animation, composition, design, scenery, perspective…)
Tutorials
a pretty extensive general art tutorial
tumblrs
criminallyincompetent (check out their #reference and #tutorial tags, they’re gold)
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by Wang Ling
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• Added a current projects section
• Newest Blog Entry- Feel free to “like” me on facebook for more updates and art :)
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