vicesandviagra:

cisbender:

when an artist wants to show you their art

or a writer wants you to read what they’ve written

it’s quite often an expression of trust

because a poem or a story or a painting are often things that come from the heart

little pieces of the artists themselves

and if they’re willing to share it with you

you should appreciate it

THANK GOD SOMEONE KNOWS BECAUSE I SWEAR TO GOD WHEN I SHOW IT TO PEOPLE THEY THINK IM BRAGGING

tips for novice artists

gayndam:

• eyeballs are 1 eyeball apart
  
• legs are about the height of your head and torso combined
• height = armspan 
• arms are about ¾-4/5 the length of legs
• hands are about 1/3 the length/width of your wrist to your elbow
  
• your face should be about 4.5 eyeballs wide (3.5 if anime)
  
• your face should be about 6 eyeballs long (3.5-4 if anime)
  
• your eyes are in the middle of your head
• muscles arent just bumps on arms
  
• fat isnt just a balloon belly and skinny everything else
• boobs are not anything like waterballoons
• hair is more fluid than you think
  
• USE REFERENCES!!
  
• but dont copy!
• dear lordy dont shade with black
• draw more than normal standing poses at a ¾ view
• draw more than one character/bodytype/thing
• watch speedpaints on youtube
  
• digital artists: SAVE. OFTEN. AND. ALOT.
• experiment with different brushes
  
• try to finish an artwork in a single session, if you have the energy/time
  
• remember, you won’t be amazing the first time you draw
• practice makes perfect!
• draw what makes YOU happy!
• remember to take criticism politely
• however, you don’t have to be polite to people who are downright rude
• send me an ask if you want to know more!
  

arma3000:

damnanime:

seto-kaibae:

Twinkle Twinkle fucking why

Can’t I draw the other eye

What the fuck’s up with your nose

Fuck those folds in all your clothes

Twinkle Twinkle fucking shit

Fuck this art, I’m done I quit.

Little artist, please don’t cry,
I’ll help you draw that fucking eye.

If your features seem rather whack,
Flip the canvas and drive them back.

If traditional is more your trend,
Then notice senpai Wilhelm Bendz!

If all this seems a total waste,
Then fucking cheat with cut and paste.

Making art’s a no-rules fight,
Uh, beware my power, Green Lantern’s light.

THIS POST!

“Why do you hate the shape of breasts in plate armor so much?”

jenniferrpovey:

cataradical:

martwhim:

Since people often ask “Alright, well this is fantasy!  Why can’t we have boob shapes in plate armor?!“  I decided to make a post about it.  My frustration has nothing to do with historical inaccuracy and I’m all for imagination and freedom– but I’d like to (very quickly) illustrate this for you:

I purposely over-emphasized the shape of the two spheres in the armor so you can really think about this. 

Look at the shape of the blue cups and the green line, think about the form of that on some beautiful ornate plate armor.  A female warrior is charging into battle.  In the midst of this, she trips!  Or is pushed over, or takes a blow to the chest!  So long as the force is on the front of her torso it really doesn’t matter for the conclusion:

She feels a sharp pain in her chest and hears the cracking of bone!  Oh no, what’s gone wrong?  Well she doesn’t have time to think about that, because she is now dead.

Her sternum just fractured, take another look at that green line, that’s where all of the pressure from any front impact is going to go because of the shape of the two blue cups made for her breasts.  The rest of the armor slides around your body, but because of the two cups for breasts that are often made in fantasy female armors, the pressure point is directly on the sternum.  The breasts are not going to stop the force of you falling onto them, and because of that the metal is going to push in and bash you in the sternum.

What does a fractured sternum do?  Why it goes right into your heart and lungs of course.

(that was the sound of all of my followers inhaling a sharp breath between closed teeth at once)

Here are three great solutions to the problem:

GREAT EXAMPLE OF FANTASY TORSO ARMOR THAT IS FEMININE BUT FUNCTIONAL:

It is usually possible to bind the breasts when fighting if they really are far too large to fit into regular looking armor (there’s padding anyway), but most women can actually fit into a similarly sized male counterpart’s armor quite easily.  Even if that’s the case, the armor can be made to have a curve to it without putting all of the pressure in one area, which was actually a style of armor for quite some time as shown here:

And don’t even get me started on the dreaded “Cleavage Window”

The “Cleavage Window” defeats the purpose of having any armor on your torso because it means you’re just going to be leaving open the vital organs the rest of the armor is trying to protect.

If people are going to protect themselves and not have much torso protection, invest in some blocking lessons, because the best defense is to not get hit at all.  There are also advantages to not having plate armor, and plate armor was often really expensive anyway.

– Edit –

supaslim replied to your post: “Why do you hate the shape of breasts in plate armor so much?”

I’d also like to add that boob bulges direct blows straight to the sternum as well, rather than making them glance to either side. Good post.

but how else can you sexualize the women if you don’t give them armored boob pods!!!!

Also, breastplates are shaped to redirect the tip of a sword or spear to the side. Boobplates would redirect the weapon right into the middle of the woman’s chest.

For The Insecure Artists Out There

It can be tough putting your art out there, and it’s so very easy being a jerk from behind your screen. Some people just have a harder time dealing with negative comments so I just thought I’d write this for the insecure artists (whether amateur sketchers like me, or more technically advanced artists) :

So what if someone tells you your art is “ugly” or “bad” ?