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Here some furries I drew out of boredom.
I was talking to my brother about some of my stuffed animals, and I realised that I unintentionally made them pretty diverse. So far we have
⢠a lesbian alpaca
⢠a pyromaniac nonbinary sheep with he/they pronouns
⢠a gay eldritch abomination disguised as a bear
⢠an aroace immortal sheep in a constant state of childhood innocence despite its previous canon lore of being known for manipulative tactics (all for good reasons)
â˘Â and the ally teddy bear
I do not know who James Burks is, but I was recommended an artistic post of a stop motion this James Burks made. When I looked at it, liked it, and his message to continue making art was meaningful. So, I thought to share it with you.
Oh no, itâs that stupid MINION!
You should not have entered his DOMINION!
This is some of Rareâs stupidest BULLSHIT.
This mini game is not so LIT!
Itâs time to be ever-so SNEAKY! Look out for the sewers! Ooh! Theyâre CREEPY!
Look out for Mr. PATCH!
He can be quite the BATCH!
New Banjo-Tooie Animatic short. Enjoy boi!
NEW BANJO-TOOIE LET PLAY VIDEO OUT NOW!
Art Tutorial Chapter 2
Pick up your tools, don't be a fool (Part 1)
Welcome back to another art tutorial! We're so glad to see that last time lot of you found interest in what we wrote. You gave us an incredible support and we hope to don't disappoint you with our nexts art tips! So, let's talk about tools you need to get started! This chapter may be long, so we divide this in two parts.
INTRODUCTION AND TRADITIONAL ART
1) Traditional or Digital?
We're going to talk more deeply about this soon... for now we just had to say: this two methods may seems different, but at the end there's not much difference. It's all about comfort, style, money in some case, and personal preferences.
I'll explain this in the image below:
Seen? Not much difference at all ;)
What we can say shortly is that working traditionally may cost less (not at professional level, because supplies cost a lot and also not last long) , while digital make some process much faster and the CRTL+Z function is a pure divine blessing.
The center of the discussion is: Traditional and Digital are not enemies, who use to be traditional is not better than who use digital and viceversa, and you not need to learn one rather then the other one first. You will get lot of satisfacion from both, you just had to choose the right tools for you! Each have some exclusive feature and the best part is that you can mix them together creating some unique masterpieces.
But we had to say this: in this modern world being a Digital Artist have a lot of more benefits in terms of time, reproducibility and effectiveness than traditional art.
Every artistic current is the daughter of his time and it is nice to live the present, because one day there will be no more and we'll understand his preciousness too late. So, don't reject something just for principle, I know that what is new can be scary.
2) Sketch'n'painting!
There's a lot of things that usually nobody say, and this is an unpopular one of those: Drawing is a thing. Painting is another.
To be a successful artist or at least to enjoy what you're doing, you don't need to know both, but of course I suggest to have a complete perspective for make art. So, the thing is, make practice in drawing, make a lot of sketches, focus on the shapes, on your lines, but also make some exercise making volumes with colors, modeling with light and shadow, express with color blends. My advice is to make some practice in sketching starting from simple things, for example your smarthphone, some fruits, a pencil... whatever you want. At the beginning keep focus on the silhouette, then try to split the zones with lots of shadow with the ones with lights. At this point you will have already a good awareness for drawing something. To make practice with painting, try to trace an image or a photo placing a sheet of paper on a light source if you're working traditional, or maybe use an image on a different layer in digital. Then focus on the shadows and light contrast, on the colors and reflections.
Every teacher will say that you need to learn drawing before painting... but at the beginning, only focus on some black lines may be frustrating and alienate someone to continue, but if you learn how to sketch and at the same time you learn how the color works, you will see how much you can do and this may be a good motivation to don't give up. Believe me, it works!
3) What do I need for Drawing Traditionally?
The market is full of choice, so you can be guided by your personal tastes, but basically you may know that with better materials generally come better results. At the beginning you don't need a 10$ piece of paper just for sketching, but keep in mind that don't be severe with yourself. If many artists around here make beautiful works, it's not because they are gods, but because they have done so much practice, they know their tools well and have the right materials. Time to time ;)
We'll talk more about traditional tools in the future, for now here's a quick start guide for the techniques I used the most.
TRADITIONAL DRAWING Essential things are:
 - A sketchbook (rough paper for artistic stuff, depends on your media) you can choose a classic white paper or a midtone (better for make highlight with white pencil). If you want something super portable to take everywhere, some hardcover little sketchbook should fits for you, but when you're at home or comfortably sit on a desk or table I suggest a simple album of sheets or with a spiral binding. Dimensions may be your personal choice, but with an A4 you will have more supporting surface and this could translate in much more freedom while drawing. About the thickness, is better something around 90g/m , with some thinner paper you may incur in breakages, and problems with color saturation. Put simply, you could make a mess full of stains. Cool grunge stuff? I don't think so.
- Graphite Pencil (for the beginning, I suggest an HB for standard lines, a 2B for shadows and 2H for soft lines) and eventually a Penknife (it's important to have the tip not consumed too much). H stay for Hardness, wich means you will have clear lines, basically grey, and the overall feeling is of an hard stretch. You should use it to set the lines at the beginning of the drawing or to create clean strokes. B stay for Blackness, wich means you will have dark lines, thick, shaded. It's ideal for create nuances, thicken the edges, and make shadows. HB unites both. It's a standard pencil, useful in many situations.
Alternative: a
technical pencil
is also a great choice , you have the same kind of tips, same tips, and you not need a Penknife, It will be easier to keep the same trait. And be careful, the tip can easily break, but it's nothing.
- Eraser - everyone make mistake, and from that we will learn a lot. Also the best artists out there made mistake, but what is important is to recognise this errors and resolve it fast. A little at a time, you will learn to make a drawing fast without make lots of mistake, but for now, don't be afraid to erase what's wrong. So, nobody will see that :P And for more complex drawings:
- Smudge - some of you may have use fingers in the childhood to color some drawing with pencil powder, and also you remember some good shades from it, right? Smudge is basically this principle, a compressed cardboard pencil wich serves to blend the graphite. And... don't get me wrong, it's absolutely much more better than fingers, it gives much control and complessity to lights and shadows. You will be amazed!
- Charcoal and Chalk - for less clean drawing but with beatiful shades and effect like the old masters, this may be the right choice for you. Usually they are so dirty, and I suggest to use a larger drawing surface for that. They're the equivalent of a very soft pencil with a very large tip.
- Ink - A classic old technique, you can take ink from a nib or use brushes to create strong and defined lines.
For COLORING:
- Coloured pencils - There's too much choice, really. What I can tell you, of course, is that more colors you have, Â better the results will be. Be careful to not saturate the paper with color, use a rough paper to give a good texture and you will get some great work.
- Markers - Many of you who are interested in manga, comics or design will surely know this technique. It's a very expensive tool, but also very cool. Generally they are alcohol based colors with a felt tip that allow you to color quickly and with really beautiful shades. To get good results, many, many colors are needed, and I also recommend a special paper for alcohol colors, because they really stain a lot. It also stink a little.
TRADITIONAL PAINTING
There's so much cool techniques out there, and you really have spoilt for choice. For now, the ones I suggest are Acrylics and Watercolors:
- Acrylics (more flexible than oils) - The type of standard painting that dry quickly compared to oil paintings and can be diluted with other mediums and can be used over many different supports, such paper, wood, canvas, metal. They require careful cleaning because when they dry up ... problems comes. For Acrilics you need:
- A Canvas or a thick paper - even if you can paint on a lot of rigid supports, these are the most common and versatile methods. Various sizes, depending on the type of work you want to do and even if you want to create something transportable rather than a huge panel.
- Selection of Brushes - (I suggest synthetics one) Every brush have is own effect, so choose that according to your preferences. At the beginning, a round-tipped and a flat brush can be enough.
- Colors - Â you can start with just the basic color (yellow, red, blue, white, black) but a ready made pigment will ever be more brillant. You will find them in jars or tubes, on different sizes. It depends on how much you have to paint, and always close everything well to not make them dry.
Watercolors ( dry, liquid, guache or ecoline) - is a very old techniques, one of the most loved of all time. It allows you to quickly color sketches, create unique effects, and the fact that is not heavy allows you to work with the background of the paper, acting by levels. It's perfect for sketching, illustrations, comics or travel, usually the sets are sold in small boxes not bigger than a smarthphone. For Watercolors you need: - Watercolor paper (basically sheets of cotton or tick paper, since water is used, the paper tend to deform a lot. An advice is also to stop the edges with a scotch tape.
- Brushes (basically fine brushes, always synthetic) you don't need expensive brushes because they tend to ruin itself very little over time. Generally you will need small and pointed brushes, no special shapes are needed for now.
- Colors - The watercolors comes in various forms, in godet, in tubes, or in the form of inks or bottles of concentrated color (usually called Ecoline) Just try and choose your favorite. In general tubes it's called Gouache and it is an opaque painting compared to the transparency of the classic watercolor in Godet. However, Those already liquids are very bright.
- Black liner or ink - If you want to give clear contours to the shapes or make shadows. There are special pens with different tips, and even pens with the tip similar to a brush. Otherwise you can think of a more classical solution with a nib dipped into liquid ink.
- White Pen - to add some light strokes. Purists would say that white is obtained only with the non-color of the sheet. In my opinion, with a white pen the effect is more cool. Always depends on what you have to do, be creative!
- Some Water in a Jar - Â It's important to wash your brushes and of course knead the colors. You don't need specific materials, some jars of marmalade or homogenized food for childrens are a good choice.
My favourite pick is drawing with black pencils and ink, and put some colors on with watercolors, because it create some cool effects, dries quickly, and it's easy to carry around and combined with Digital Media create some great stuffs. Try to believe!
We will talk again about all of this. I should need an entire book to explain everything we have to say, but until we have not the funds to support a similar production... meh. Â But of course if you're interested in seeing a future for this project, just a Like, a Reblog, a sharing on your socials may help a lot! :D
Next time's episode: Digital Art Tools!
Art Tutorials!
Greetings! Meanwhile, I wanted to thank you for all the support you're giving us here on Tumblr, really means a lot! â¤ď¸Â
I would like to start using this blog not only to show our works but also as a personal diary of our artistic journey... so let us know if you are interested in any particular content!
So... why not start with some artistic tutorials? :P
CHAPTER ONE:
an artistic mind makes an artistic guy.
Before throwing ourselves in a deep technical vision and some kind of âhow toâ things, I find truly important to talk about attitude and mental arrangement, because a thing like knowing how to unlock when you are not inspired, are as significant as know which tool to pick. Or maybe more important, really.
 1) PRACTICE
 The first thing that we need to say is that, like everything, to obtain results, you need practice, time and passion. Everyone can draw decently, just need some practice and time. Natural talent doesn't really exist at all, of course for some people, truly passionate on what theyâre doing, should need less time that other, but believe me, with constancy and dedication, you can do everything.
2) SELF CRITIQUE
 Second thing you need to know is to be a self-critique, itâs really important to understand errors, and learns from it. Thatâs the fast way to learn something. Neither an instructor can gift a teaching better than that, because when we fail of course we feel bad, but for sure we will learn how to avoid this next time.
3) RESEARCH
Third fact is: when you feel stuck, donât give up. Just take a breath, think about what you donât like in your art, and then try to solve it. Example, youâre drawing a face. However, it looks horrible to you. Well, try to answer that question: why I donât like this? The eyes are too small? His nose is awry? Look too flat? Well, then try to improve the parts you dislike. You donât like that at all? Take a break then, some minutes, an hour, a day, rest on your eyes really help a lot. Maybe on your first attempts you donât make some masterpiece, but is important to rejoice of small success and remember that a bad drawing will never, listen to me, never, be a failure, because from it, you will learn a lot, and believe me if I say that you became better after that.
4) FIND INSPIRATION
 At the fourth position, weâre talking about finding inspiration. Inspiration itâs not something like a mana bar that needs to charge, of course on some day we really don't' want to do anything, but you donât need a divine touch to make some art. So, my best advice is to look around, look at your drawing from distance, see the world around you, just make some steps in your room or go into the courtyard to take a break, or maybe search some image on the web. Take a look on the real life, to find some references to put and transform it in a piece of art. And well, letâs talk about references. If you're attempting to make a realistic drawing is essential to use a model, a photo to study how the light build the shape, how the texture looks and the proportion are connected with different part, but even if you make a cartoon character you need to take elements from real life. Even on an abstract painting you may find useful to put some elements in it, because from reality human use to find a correspondence, an identity, and itâs what can give to your art a personality. So to make art itâs very important to learn to observe. Don't just watch at something, observe, trying to understand every part in a thing. Sometimes to make a good painting is all about details, and the best way to know how to do is to synthesize what our eyes are teaching to us.
5) (extra tip) ENJOY!
 Art doesn't have to be a frustrating activity, it doesn't have to make you feel inferior to others or even better than others.  It must be a way to express yourself, both with pleasurable and sad emotions, must make you feel free to communicate and not to feel yourself closed in a corner of your room. You have to relax, make you smile, but don't make you suffer, make you cry and make you angry. Certainly the creative process is not always fluid, but if you really like what you are doing, then everything else will not matter. Besides, art has a therapeutic power, and it can really help in difficult times. The art is our friend, who listens to us, and likes us. Not our rival that makes us angry, hurts us and makes you hate everything else. So always remember to have fun, first of all :)
I know, that may looks boring and useless for some of you, maybe you need to know how to make a perfect color blending or to make a realistic eye just with a pair of strokes, but attitude is the most important part of everything in the life. Learn from your error, never give up, and Iâm sure youâll create a lot of a masterpiece.
 See you next time, talking about tools and everything you need to be an artist!Â
âď¸ Part 2 here => https://moonpix-art.tumblr.com/post/173191380078/art-tutorial-chapter-2 â¨
Muppet Aesthetic #3: Fozzie Bear!
(Sorry Iâm putting these out so slowly, I have a lot but Iâve been busy today so thatâs why)
Images from Top to Bottom; Left to Right:
1. Quote - Quote about comedy from The Muppet Show guest star, Peter Ustinov
2. Wocka Wocka - Fozzieâs famous catchphrase that was actually appeared first in The Muppet Movie and only once on The Muppet Show
3. Bear - Fozzie is a bear (I thought the bear looked cute)
4. Stage - Fozzie is a comedian and performer
5. Fozzie Bear - The unappreciated comedian himself
6. Rubber Chickens - Fozzie loves rubber chickens
7. Fozzie w/ Banana - Fozzie likes making banana jokes
8. Pork Pie Hat - The type of hat Fozzie wears
9. Fozzie - Fozzie performing in an episode of the web series Fozzieâs Bearly Funny Fridays