gracious goodness

jellojellyfish:

おさげふたご

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mechanized:

Hello and thank you! C:

I’m just going to throw some links to tutorials here at you because it’s easier than explaining on my own, haha.

Unique Features pt 1 (body types)
Unique Features pt 2 (female faces) 
Unique Features pt 3 (male faces) 

Female Body Tutorial (note that the same can be applied to male characters with a few modifications - e.g. the bust/waist/hips/thighs can be modified to shoulders/chest (ribcage)/thighs for male characters, and can be expanded to include neck, shoulders, arms (both upper and lower), and calves for both sexes - all can have varying sizes in any given character, which is what creates a unique silhouette)

Guide to Human Types pt 1 (Asian)
Guide to Human Types pt 2 (Caucasian)
Guide to Human Types pt 3 (African and Pacific Islands)
Guide to Human Types addendum

Skin: A Chart (note that this is a supplement to a tutorial on how to paint skin, linked in the description to the image)

Younger vs. Older features (a non-realism view on how to make characters look younger by reducing facial detail - not applicable to all styles and character designs but it can be a helpful thing to keep in mind)
Guide to Aging Characters

Ethnic Hair Types pt 1

…I get the feeling I’m forgetting to link something (and for the life of me I couldn’t find anything good on how to draw fatter characters), but there’s the basics I can remember.

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oneiroeunoia:

Somewhere Beyond the Sea (via Victor Nizovtsev Paintings and Artist Statement 3)

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zombiegotham:

Paige Bradley created one of the most striking sculptures I’ve seen in recent times. Her masterpiece, entitled Expansion, is a beautiful woman seeking inner piece but fractured and bleeding with light.

“From the moment we are born, the world tends to have a container already built for us to fit inside: a social security number, a gender, a race, a profession,” says Bradley. “I ponder if we are more defined by the container we are in than what we are inside. Would we recognize ourselves if we could expand beyond our bodies?”

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