hello! I recently found this rad app called “CamScanner”, a mobile app for android and iOS
what does this app do? well, basically it imitates a scanner, so even if you don’t have one, you can take real cool pictures of your drawings!
for this to work, i suggest you take a picture of your entire paper / sketchbook / etc. The app will automatically crop your picture and come out with something like this:
(sometimes it wont be too accurate, but that can be easily fixed by moving the frame yourself)
once scanned, the app will make it so your drawing looks like this:
(the app will have some presets, so you might want to mess around with those. OR you can mess with the settings yourself to get a look you desire)
this can be really helpful if you plan to color your traditional piece on a computer, or something similar.
this can even work with colored drawing, if you’d like!
original:
edited with CamScanner:
if you mess with the settings yourself, i bet you could get the picture to look better, as i did this with the presets.
Huhu, I know exactly how you feel. Last year I missed so many events and zines..it was terrible.
I started following anime-zines.tumblr.com and zine-scene.tumblr.com But tbh most of the zines I found via Twitter. Two of them added me so this is how I noticed them and also the fandom people I follow there speak about zines and retweet the informations. So this really helped.
I also asked some artists (as are you doing now) how they got into the zines. Some really happen cause the zine organizer asks certain artists to be part of it, so it’s only via connection, but there are also many many zines everyone can apply to. Yes, mostly I got to know them cause I’m following artists who are interested in zines and retweet things or even organize own zines.
It really helps when you have a little community..people who show you zine applications or retweet/reblog them so you don’t miss them.
Some of the mods of the zines which I’m taking part in now or which I have applied to also offer other projects. Like the Ghibli zine mod says they want to do more projects in the future (here) or also the one for the flower zine runs other projects (here) and the one for the Ushijima Zine I applied to has other zines going on too (here)
So it’s always good to follow artists and people that have already been hosting zines cause they might do another one and to follow accounts that promote zines.
You can also ask me off Anon and I will try to remember to message you when I hear of another zine (if you still feel you don’t get the informations on your own)
aww it makes me so happy to know you like my artwork!! so thank you~
as for sources, i don’t really have much since i can’t find some of the ones i know i’ve used in the past, but i do remember looking at this artist’s tutorials a lot when i started drawing portraits.
in regards to painting, i only really use watercolours and sort of just experimented rather than look at tutorials. However, i did find this website which looks at some of the main watercolour techniques. i also look at a lot of YouTube time-lapse videos, such as kelogsloops, tillith and agnescecile
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YOU ARE THE BEST ART TEACHER EVER OMFG THANK YOU
If all teachers taught their subjects the way just taught this, I would have been more interested in what they had to say and less in just doing the bare minimum to pass a test.
The tutorial of how I achieve watercolor effect in Sai! 🙂 I highly recommend using real watercolor paintings (your own or ones found on the internet) as reference.
And here you can find a few useful links:
You can download the Sai file of this picture here:link
ever wondered how to put pattern effects on stuff? this is how i do them. 😛 (using paint tool SAI)
*other colors will change the color of your shape. tip: brownish patterns will give your shape an antique/vintage/old effect. orz i fail at explaining haha
lol i love the overlay effect! 😀 i hope this helped! :3
Sticking a landing will royally fuck up your joints and possibly shatter your ankles, depending on how high you’re jumping/falling from. There’s a very good reason free-runners dive and roll.
Hand-to-hand fights usually only last a matter of seconds, sometimes a few minutes. It’s exhausting work and unless you have a lot of training and history with hand-to-hand combat, you’re going to tire out really fast.
Arrows are very effective and you can’t just yank them out without doing a lot of damage. Most of the time the head of the arrow will break off inside the body if you try pulling it out, and arrows are built to pierce deep. An arrow wound demands medical attention.
Throwing your opponent across the room is really not all that smart. You’re giving them the chance to get up and run away. Unless you’re trying to put distance between you so you can shoot them or something, don’t throw them.
Everyone has something called a “flinch response” when they fight. This is pretty much the brain’s way of telling you “get the fuck out of here or we’re gonna die.” Experienced fighters have trained to suppress this. Think about how long your character has been fighting. A character in a fist fight for the first time is going to take a few hits before their survival instinct kicks in and they start hitting back. A character in a fist fight for the eighth time that week is going to respond a little differently.
ADRENALINE WORKS AGAINST YOU WHEN YOU FIGHT. THIS IS IMPORTANT. A lot of times people think that adrenaline will kick in and give you some badass fighting skills, but it’s actually the opposite. Adrenaline is what tires you out in a battle and it also affects the fighter’s efficacy – meaning it makes them shaky and inaccurate, and overall they lose about 60% of their fighting skill because their brain is focusing on not dying. Adrenaline keeps you alive, it doesn’t give you the skill to pull off a perfect roundhouse kick to the opponent’s face.
Swords WILL bend or break if you hit something hard enough. They also dull easily and take a lot of maintenance. In reality, someone who fights with a sword would have to have to repair or replace it constantly.
Fights get messy. There’s blood and sweat everywhere, and that will make it hard to hold your weapon or get a good grip on someone.
A serious battle also smells horrible. There’s lots of sweat, but also the smell of urine and feces. After someone dies, their bowels and bladder empty. There might also be some questionable things on the ground which can be very psychologically traumatizing. Remember to think about all of the character’s senses when they’re in a fight. Everything WILL affect them in some way.
ARCHERS ARE STRONG TOO. Have you ever drawn a bow? It takes a lot of strength, especially when you’re shooting a bow with a higher draw weight. Draw weight basically means “the amount of force you have to use to pull this sucker back enough to fire it.” To give you an idea of how that works, here’s a helpful link to tell you about finding bow sizes and draw weights for your characters. (CLICK ME)
If an archer has to use a bow they’re not used to, it will probably throw them off a little until they’ve done a few practice shots with it and figured out its draw weight and stability.
People bleed. If they get punched in the face, they’ll probably get a bloody nose. If they get stabbed or cut somehow, they’ll bleed accordingly. And if they’ve been fighting for a while, they’ve got a LOT of blood rushing around to provide them with oxygen. They’re going to bleed a lot.
Here’s a link to a chart to show you how much blood a person can lose without dying. (CLICK ME)
If you want a more in-depth medical chart, try this one. (CLICK ME)
Hopefully this helps someone out there. If you reblog, feel free to add more tips for writers or correct anything I’ve gotten wrong here.
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