Give Sirius A Vlog, Please. 

May the Fourth be with you!

Another shoey by Daniel Ricciardo and Sir Patrick Steward - Canadian Grand Prix 2017

art tips post

for all the artist following me

Have two sketchbooks: One for finished and high-quality art (stuff made with Prismacolor or Copic if you use that or art for your portfolio) and the other sketchbook for more messy doodles. This way you have a place to try new things and mess up as much as you need. When I only had one sketchbook I was scared to draw in it because I didn't want to mess it up

Do studies. I cant tell you how much I've improved just by doing studies of shoes, hands, noses, and all that. This works for when you have art block too since you’re not really making stuff up and just learning how real things work.

Learn from others. I’ve never taken a real art class because 1. I can’t afford it and 2. there’s no good art classes/programs at my school. I’ve been following several artists and learning from them over the years and they’ve helped me tremendously. Just please do not steal art because that is never okay.

Break down concepts. If you notice there’s something wrong with your piece then figure out why. You can’t get better if you leave mistakes and don't try to understand whats going on. If the color is weird figure out if the values look right or maybe its the saturation of the color.

Watch youtube tutorials. Here are some youtubers I think are pretty good art teaching all things art: Draw with Jazza |  DrawingWiffWaffles |  Proko |  Baylee Jae

Have an inspiration folder/blog. Sometimes you just need a collection of starry nights or a misty forest or even a French bakery. All of those things can help you get inspired to draw. It could even be completely unrelated to what you plan to draw.

There are no dumb ideas in the creative process. If you want to draw a lizard in a dress go for it! If you want to draw various pastries with faces do it! Don’t let the thought of it being too dumb stop you because if I’ve learned anything in my several years of drawing it’s that an idea can lead to another and another and another and you may get a really good idea just from doodling dumb things.

Here’s a few things that can get you started on drawing better:

Dynamic poses | Dynamic clothes | Dynamic figure drawing

COMPOSITION | PERSPECTIVE | CONSTRUCTION

Anatomy:

Legs

Arms

Hands

Heads

Body (Female) (Male

Color Theory

Improving your sketchbook

Most importantly, don’t give up! You may not immediately get notes or followers but it’s more important you get better than to have popularity. How do you think those popular artists got to where they are now? To be good you’ve got to work at it.

Hogwarts Houses common rooms in Halloween season 

Alexander “angel” Lightwood

you can’t make this shit up lmao

Be aware. Winter is coming.

Okay so i started playing the Sherlock Mobile Game and this is my Avatar. I regret nothing.

26 Books Every LGBT Person Absolutely Has To Read

Oh, and non-LGBT people – you should probably read these too.

1. More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera 

“It really shines a light on the effect depression has on LGBT+ youth, and I think it’s also really important that it addresses being gay in a Latino community, where being gay is unheard of. It’s a really important book and I recommend it to everyone.”

2. Maurice by E.M. Forster 

“It’s a classic about a man in Edwardian England who falls mutually in love with a peer at Cambridge and their subsequent years together. It deals heavily with class difference and societal expectations for a man in the upper middle class during this era but it ends happily, so that’s a plus.”

3. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

“It’s such an amazing and well-written book that not only explores queerness but also being a POC (specifically being Mexican) and figuring out who you are and learning to accept and love yourself. It’s such a great book and I love it so much.”

4. I’ll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson

“It’s a beautiful book about love (in all its forms), loss, and starting anew. The book is amazing and I always find something new in it each time I re-read it. It’s a must read for all LGBT+ rights advocates.”

5. Tell Me Again How A Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan

“It was great because it showed a POC who didn’t know how to come out to her Muslim parents.”

6. Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

“It’s about the hardships endured during the 1950s in Virginia, especially with integration and accepting your sexuality at that time. The two main characters Sarah and Linda are complete opposites, both on different sides of the battle for civil rights, but soon realise they are falling for each other.”

7. Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown

“This was a great lesbian coming-of-age novel that highlighted all the issues people in the LGBT community faced back then [in the ’60s]. It’s important for me to not ignore the advances that people fought for, for me to be comfortable coming out today.”

8. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

“It’s about an intersex person and their family’s history as Greek-American immigrants.”

9. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechtel

“It’s a graphic memoir that parallels many experiences young queer folk have when coming out and claiming their own identity. It’s a MUST read.”

10. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

“It’s the type of book that’ll leave you bawling your eyes out in the middle of the night after you throw your book at the wall.”

SEE FULL LIST IN LINK ABOVE

Here’s a recommendation for fans of welcome to night vale:

The Kirlian Frequency.

It’s a Spanish (edit: language) animated series about a radio host in a mysterious supernatural town. Each story is pretty much separate and you can find the whole thing on Netflix.