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helainetieu: Wish more people understood this.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:58:28 -0400

helainetieu:

Wish more people understood this.

I obviously hate myself. I am so drained of ideassss.

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:36:40 -0400

I obviously hate myself. I am so drained of ideassss.

oh no what is this: underpriced, undervalued & over it: attitudes towards art & commissions

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:39:57 -0400

oh no what is this: underpriced, undervalued & over it: attitudes towards art & commissions:

nightingales:

There is a really problematic culture of artists underpricing their commissions online - though I’m sure this practice extends towards the ‘real world’. A fun fact before we start: the internet is actually part of the ‘real world’. If you don’t think that industry artists are…

boygoblin: same I AM LITERALLY CRYING.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:51:24 -0400

boygoblin:

same

I AM LITERALLY CRYING.

e1n: storyshots: Drawing from films Drawing from films is a...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:09:34 -0400

e1n:

storyshots:

Drawing from films

Drawing from films is a ridiculously useful exercise. It’s not enough to watch films; it’s not enough to look at someone else’s drawings from films. If you want to be in story, there’s no excuse for not doing this.

The way this works: you draw tons of tiny little panels, tiny enough that you won’t be tempted to fuss about drawing details. You put on a movie - I recommend Raiders, E.T., or Jaws… but honestly if there’s some other movie you love enough to freeze frame the shit out of, do what works for you. It’s good to do this with a movie you already know by heart.

Hit play. Every time there’s a cut, you hit pause, draw the frame, and hit play til it cuts again. If there’s a pan or camera move, draw the first and last frames.

Note on movies: Spielberg is great for this because he’s both evocative and efficient. Michael Bay is good at what he does, but part of what he does is cut so often that you will be sorry you picked his movie to draw from. Haneke is magnificent at what he does, but cuts so little that you will wind up with three drawings of a chair. Peter Jackson… he’s great, but not efficient. If you love a Spielberg movie enough to spend a month with it, do yourself a favor and use Spielberg.

What to look for:

Foreground, middle ground, background: where is the character? What is the point of the shot? What is it showing? What’s being used as a framing device? How does that help tie this shot into the geography of the scene? Is the background flat, or a location that lends itself to depth?

Composition: How is the frame divided? What takes up most of the space? How are the angles and lines in the shot leading your eye?

Reusing setups, economy: Does the film keep coming back to the same shot? The way liveaction works, that means they set up the camera and filmed one long take from that angle. Sometimes this includes a camera move, recomposing one long take into what look like separate shots. If you pay attention, you can catch them.

Camera position, angle, height: Is the camera fixed at shoulder height? Eye height? Sitting on the floor? Angled up? Down? Is it shooting straight on towards a wall, or at an angle? Does it favor the floor or the ceiling?

Lenses: wide-angle lens or long lens? Basic rule of thumb: If the character is large in frame and you can still see plenty of their surroundings, the lens is wide and the character is very close to camera. If the character’s surroundings seem to dwarf them, the lens is long (zoomed in).

Lighting: Notice it, but don’t draw it. What in the scene is lit? How is this directing your eye? How many lights? Do they make sense in the scene, or do they just FEEL right?

This seems like a lot to keep in mind, and honestly, don’t worry about any of that. Draw 100 thumbnails at a time, pat yourself on the back, and you will start to notice these things as you go.

Don’t worry about the drawings, either. You can see from my drawings that these aren’t for show. They’re notes to yourself. They’re strictly for learning.

Now get out there and do a set! Tweet me at @lawnrocket and I’ll give you extra backpats for actually following through on it. Just be aware - your friends will look at you super weird when you start going off about how that one shot in Raiders was a pickup - it HAD to be - because it doesn’t make sense except for to string these other two shots together…

Since I’ve had people asking me about storyboarding and how to learn it or what exercises to do. Emma Coats tells you all you need to know in this post.

disneyfrozen: note : the bottom two are from the teaser!

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:14:33 -0400

disneyfrozen:

note : the bottom two are from the teaser!

doctorcello: So I wrote and animated this tutorial for people...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:18:19 -0400

doctorcello:

So I wrote and animated this tutorial for people working on my short film Bothered, but I figured it would be useful for all animators, particularly beginners. I borrowed some of these concepts from this awesome packet done by Jon Hooper and Michel Gagne, which is also pretty great!

oxgall: happydorid: whee I’m dizzy from working on this i...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:25:05 -0400

oxgall:

happydorid:

whee

I’m dizzy from working on this

i LOVE JDSKJASasssd

SREECHES. OH WOW THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. I’ve been working with 3D modeling and 3D printing this year. This really inspires and pumps me up about it.

mintyfizz: SUMMER COMMISSIONS Y’ALLhello! i’ve got a bunch of...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:52:48 -0400

LINEART (with or without shading)

COLORED LINES

LINELESS/PAINTING

mintyfizz:

SUMMER COMMISSIONS Y’ALL
hello! i’ve got a bunch of free time now and i have summer classes dues to pay and an art school i need to save up for so I’d like to start earning a bit of cash on the side to help with those things

See more of my art here! See past commissions here!

I’ll draw anything (nsfw and violence included)

By default, you’ll get a 1181x1748px image, which makes a 4”x6” print

Feel free to ask me/discuss prices on backgrounds, large prints or any other special requests you might have

Prices can vary based on subject matter and complexity

Paypal only, payment upfront

Remember to provide refs or detailed descriptions!

Contact me at gennyLB@gmail.com

thanks, have a wonderful day!! :>

Kapow! This gal’s art is real nice everyone go look and commission her!

zimeta: A little appreciation post for Kathy Zielinski...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:18:28 -0400

zimeta:

A little appreciation post for Kathy Zielinski showcasing the villains she worked on in animated films. :D

She’s a great inspiration to all aspiring ladies in the animation business. She currently works at Dreamworks.

- Hexxus (Fern Gully)

- Jafar (snake and as beggar - Aladdin), Tzekel-Kan (The Road to El Dorado)

- Kathy!

- Frollo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)

To see what else she’s done, look her up at IMDB!

More about her animation.

Oh wow Frollo’s animated sequences are some of my favorites.

knockingghosts: Sacrilege will be a demon/saint themed art book...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:00:20 -0400

knockingghosts:

Sacrilege will be a demon/saint themed art book coming out sometime in the fall/winter. Submissions are open if you want to be included!

Ultimately when all the artists are picked you will pick either a known saint or a known demon and illustrate them. This topic will be very loose, draw giving you room to draw anything within it. It can be cute, serious, funny, or sexy. That is all up to you and your style. There is no particular message I am trying to put out there with this other than awesome, interesting art.

Since this will be the debut book (of a hopefully continuing publishing venture on my part) I want this to be as big and wonderful as it can be. At the moment there will be room for around 30-35 artists, but if interest in this peaks more than that will be included. Over 200 artists have already submitted but really, the more the merrier—a range of styles is something that is important to me. If this is all successful I will hopefully curate and create more books with many of the other subjects and topics.

So! If you want to be included in Sacrilege and send me some examples of your work (either a portfolio site or some low res jpgs) to my email at samanthamashillustration@gmail.com

Around June 19th a list will be put of who has agreed to or has gotten in. But I am more than happy to announce a few people who have been eager to be included from the start like skoptsy, violentcosmos, and yosb—so that gives you a hint of the wide range of styles Sacrilege is looking for! So reblog this, pass it to a friend, I wanna see everyone’s art.

Then a few months of making will be given after the set amount of artists are announced and a kickstarter to fund this (though that info will be gone into further later—for now just submit!) If say the funding is more than enough we may even allow more artists in at a later date! For now enjoy this transparent demon/saint promo lineart piece—you can hover him anywhere and it is pretty fun.

FLIPS TABLE. I want to be a part of something like this one day. Goshhhhhh I can’t wait for this though.

adriofthedead: lickystickypickyshe: Imagine if writers spoke...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:02:21 -0400

adriofthedead:

lickystickypickyshe:

Imagine if writers spoke about other people’s professions the way other people speak about writing.

Or if artists spoke to other people about their professions the way other people speak to artists about theirs:

“Oh, you’re a carpenter? Would you be interested in building me a house? I can’t really pay you or anything, but it’d be great exposure.”

thesixofhearts: banair: itsphotoshop: COLOR PALETTE MASTERPOST...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:14:52 -0400

thesixofhearts:

banair:

itsphotoshop:

COLOR PALETTE MASTERPOST by forbiddenforest

So today I felt like sharing some useful websites that provide pre-made color palettes (left side), as well as sites that allow you to create custom ones (right side). They can be used for graphic design, themes, art, interior design, ~~or just something pretty to look at~~.

Adobe Kubler (Explore)

Chromaa

Color-Collective

Just Jaimee Daily Color Inspiration

Design Seeds

Adobe Kubler (Create)

Color Scheme Designer

Color Palette Generator (paste the URL of an image and it will automatically generate a pallet that matches the image)

Color Hunter (upload an image and it will automatically generate a pallet that matches the image)

Colllor

I hope you find this useful (and please like or reblog if you did)! Enjoy :)

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OH MY GOD I JUST USED A BUNCH OF THESE TODAY WHAT THE——?!

rabbiting: man i draw some weird shit Oh my goodness everyone...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:32:39 -0400

rabbiting:

man i draw some weird shit

Oh my goodness everyone her work is so wonderfully wonderful check it out.

fripperiesandfobs: Wedding dress ca. 1871 From Kerry Taylor...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 01:25:33 -0400

fripperiesandfobs:

Wedding dress ca. 1871

From Kerry Taylor Auctions

You guys you guys i found my wedding dress.

watershedplus: A levada is an irrigation channel or aqueduct...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:58:33 -0400

http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/display/13372123

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Levada_Madeira.jpg

http://www.xeta.at/Madeira/_DSC6353_Wasserfall-Madeira-Levada-Ribeiro-Frio-Portugal

watershedplus:

A levada is an irrigation channel or aqueduct specific to the Portugese island of Madeira. They were created from the sixteenth century to carry water across the island from the mountainous west and northwest of the island to the drier southeast, which is more conducive to habitation and agriculture
The total levadas network extends over 2150 km in this island 57 km long, 23km wide in the widest point.

Source 1, 2, 3

korranation: Korra-ified Nick logo! So cute!

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:46:38 -0400

korranation:

Korra-ified Nick logo!

So cute!

theyoungdoyley: Too Bold - Pages 1 and 2 (links to higher...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 02:19:40 -0400

theyoungdoyley:

Too Bold - Pages 1 and 2 (links to higher res)

penstab and I will have a proper site running sometime soon, but for now, have the opening pages of Too Bold! I hope you enjoy.

Ah oh my goodness I can’t wait for Too Bold!! Jenn’s comics are really amazing everyone go go read them all.

Book 2: Spirits (x) “#so animation style looks a bit...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:45:00 -0400

Book 2: Spirits (x)

“#so animation style looks a bit different #I reckon it’s not the final product yet” -avatarparallels

This, my dear friends, is a metal pipe. Trying to hop out of my...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:23:00 -0400

This, my dear friends, is a metal pipe.

Trying to hop out of my comfort zone. I draw differently on my Intuos apparently.