Here's Some Notes On Some Of The Upper Body Muscles So You, Artist, Don't Need To Look Them Up

This was my favorite thing that Seán said in this video and I wanted to make a post of it for whenever anyone needs to hear this. Hang in there everyone, be strong and keep on fighting because eventually better days will come. It just takes time and we all have the strength inside us to make it to another better tomorrow. :)

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NO NO NO NO I DONT WANT JANGLES THE MOON MONKEY AS A FOLLOWER OH GOD

I imagine you've already received an ask like this, but...would you happen to have any anatomy tips? The way you draw the human body is just 👌 *chef's kiss*

I am so sorry about the late reply! I sometimes forget i own Tumblr lol. However, thank you so much!

I could spend the following 40 minutes talking and writing and giving advice about anatomy, even if I too stll have a LOT to learn and practice, I actually never studied it professionally, mostly just on my own, through tries and tries and tries. It starts from the fascination with the human body, the way it moves, the way skin wraps around muscles and bones and creates lights and shadows and how it conveys dynamics effortlessly when moving. My advice, is to always look for the beauty of it: go on Pinterest (which is your best friend as an artist) and look through anatomy and poses references images, pick the ones that attract your eyes the most and STUDY why it attracts you.

Look at the body you are seeing, then visualize the major masses in it, the volumes it has, the head, the torso, the legs - I’m finding out more and more myself that it all revolves around volumes, curves, perspective. Idk if you’ve ever had the chance to.... sculpture anything, with clay or even digitally (Blender, ZBrush etc), but that helps a lot to understand volumes and it will reflect on your bidimensional art too. Draw like you are sculting something, skillfully crafting something out of a flat surface.

Take the picture of your choosing and try to recreate it with simpler masses and volumes, just dynamic lines on paper. Start studying the muscles of an arm, or a leg, or abs. Then, everything will gradually become more natural and the pose will be clear in your mind eye. But Art is growth, and growth takes time. And lots of dedication, and love. Like a pet. Or a baby.

Beside all this, I have a huge collection of references I use almost any time I draw, even if I’m not copying it - if I have to draw an arm in a certain position, sometimes it’s enough to look at the picture of another arm EVEN if the pose is completely different. Your mind will still recognize the volume of it you need to recreate. I’d share all of it but wouldn’t ve fair to the artists I don’t even remember the name of anymore.

Personally, the anatomy references that have been useful to me the most through the years are some of the ref sheets created by Jinx-Star on Deviantart! Hope they can be useful to some of you, too.

do you have any tips for painting? i saw your progression and it’s wildly amazing! i’m trying to wrap my head around how you paint now

i was super inspired by the works of wlop, kawacy, guweiz, RDJlock and lots and lots of others, so i took it upon myself to make my style just.. a gigantic mishmash of everything i liked lol. everytime i see something i like i add it to my witch's brew of an art style like some little hoarder raccoon + building upon the foundations i learnt in art school

I FILMED MYSELF READING THIS TWITTER POST AND I HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO STOP LAUGHING

I know we make jokes about Edwin’s harem but it’s deeply tragic how every man who has ever desired Edwin romantically has also hurt him in profound ways. Simon is the reason Edwin was sent to hell. Monty abused his trust and nearly got him and Charles killed. The Cat King manipulated his repressed attraction and leashed him like a pet, keeping him trapped in a town with a murderous witch. All the while, the man Edwin actually loves, the man who has been nothing but kind and gentle and devoted towards him, does not love him back. Not in that way. Something Something Love is a punishment for not having been strong enough to remain alone.

beating breath of the wild in under 40 minutes is an incredible feat and also fucking excellent in the context of the game. ganon spends 100 fucking years preparing this onslaught, building energy, getting ready to tear the world apart, and one elf twink wakes up butt-ass naked in a cave and legs it to the castle and kicks ganon’s ass apart in under an hour with a sword he found along the way

I saw the best thing on twitter today and no one else is freaking? Ok Can I just pretend this is canon?? Because YES to this headcanon.

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ERASE the plot of the whole series from your minds. they’re living a calm regular life and have their own jayviks to obsess over.