Ive been struggling with drawing harpy legs and since you're so good at it I was wondering if you could give me a few tips? If not that's cool too 👌 I hope to see more of your amazing art soon~!
thank u anon!!! <3 imo the best way to get better at harpy legs is to study some real life birds!! i tend to draw harpies with like. Total Bird Leg, but if you wanna mix it up n make them even weirder/more human like then YAA GO FOR IT!!!! monsters are so much fun and there aren’t any rules so. just have fun!! anyway, here’s some bird leg info
Have a great big ol’ sheet of kissing references!
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really helpful technique ^ once you know how to divide by halves and thirds it makes drawing evenly spaced things in perspective waaay easier:
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Medieval (9th-15th century):
10th century and earlier
Romance (1000-1250)
11th century
12th century
13th century
more 13th century
14th century
more 14th
15th century
and more 15th century
Gothic (1150-1550)
Renaissance (1520-1650)
16th & 17th century
16th century
more 16th
Tudors (1500-1550)
more Tudors
Elizabethan Period (1558-1603)
Jacobean Era (1603-1625)
17th century
more 17th century
and again
and even more
this won’t stop
Baroque (1600-1750)
Georgian Period (1714-1830):
18th century
more 18th century
18th century women’s fashion
18th century men’s fashion
Rococo (1720-1770)
Classicism (1770-1790)
children 18th-19th century
Regency Preiod (1811-1820)/ Empire (1800-1820s):
1790-1820s
more stuff on regency and georgian era
even more
that’s not enough regency
and more
how is there so much
early 19th century men’s wear
early 19th century women’s wear
Victorian Period (1837-1901):
Romantic Era (1820-1840s)
Civil War Era/1850-1860s
1870-1890s
more victorian
Edwardian Period (1901-1910):
1900-1910s
Belle Epoque (1880-1910s)
more edwardian/belle époque
Modern:
1910s-1920s [Fashion between the World Wars]
1920s
more roaring 20s
so much 20s
1920s hairstyles
1930s
1930-1940s
1930-1950s
1950s
more 50s
1960s
1960-1970s
1980s
lots of periods in one spot/fashion through centuries:
here, here, and here is almost everything (and properly ordered)
also here with lots of historic fashion magazines
100 years of beauty (includes lots of other cultures too!)
historic fashion
costumes of antiquity
more historical clothing
history of fashion
more history of fashion
“vintage” clothing
historic costumes
children’s historical fashion/toys
details
historic wedding dresses
historic assecoires (hats, shoes…)
hats
masks
parasols
lots of embroidery/jewlery
it indeed is western/european centric, I’m sorry for that, but for other cultures I simply don’t have so many references
ALSO note that most of the pictures show historical clothing from the upper classes or more festive clothing of the lower/working class because normal working clothes wouldn’t survive for such a long time, and the clothes were often re-used over and over again!
Types Of Divination
Divination is the practice of seeking knowledge of the unknown or future through supernatural or symbolic means. There are hundreds of divination methods used across cultures and time periods, each utilizing different tools, elements, or techniques. Below is a categorized and comprehensive list of various divination practices.
These methods use symbols, numbers, and abstract concepts to gain insight.
A. Alphabet & Writing-Based Divination
• Abecedarian Divination – Using letters of the alphabet in random patterns for messages.
• Onomancy – Divination through names.
• Graphomancy – Analyzing handwriting for hidden meanings.
• Lexomancy – Opening a book randomly and interpreting the first word or passage seen.
• Spirit Boards(Ouija) - Spirit divination using an alaphet board and planchette to spell out messages.
B. Number-Based Divination
• Numerology – The study of numbers and their mystical meanings.
• Arithmancy – Using numbers associated with names or events to predict outcomes.
• Geomancy – Casting marks on the ground or sand to form patterns for interpretation.
C. Sound & Speech-Based Divination
• Echomancy – Interpreting random or accidental sounds.
• Oinomancy – Using the sounds and bubbles of poured wine for divination.
• Geloscopy - Divination using the sound of someone's laugh.
• Cantiumancy - Drawing messages and predictions through music.
• Phonomancy - Divination through people's voices and speech.
This category includes divination methods that rely on natural elements like fire, water, earth, and air.
A. Fire Divination
• Pyromancy – Divination using flames.
• Capnomancy – Studying smoke patterns.
• Causimomancy – Burning objects and interpreting how they react.
• Spodomancy - Divination using ashes.
• Ceromancy - Interpreting the patterns/shapes in melted candle wax.
B. Water Divination
• Hydromancy – Scrying or divining using water.
• Pegomancy – Studying the movement of sacred wells or springs.
• Aspidomancy – Scrying with whirlpools or moving water.
C. Air & Wind Divination
• Aeromancy – Divination through atmospheric conditions.
• Anemoscopy – Studying wind direction and patterns.
• Chaomancy – Observing air currents and swirling dust or leaves.
D. Earth Divination
• Lithomancy – Casting and reading stones or crystals.
• Geomancy – Reading marks or patterns in soil, sand, or earth.
• Spatalamancy – Divination through cave formations.
• Halomancy - Divination using salts.
• Abocomancy - Divination based on interpretation of the patterns in dirt, silt, sand, or dust.
These methods rely on interactions with living things and biological matter.
A. Animal-Based Divination
• Ornithomancy(Augury) – Observing bird flight patterns.
• Ailuromancy – Watching the behavior of cats.
• Myomancy – Interpreting mouse or rodent behavior.
• Ophiomancy – Observing snakes.
• Ichthyomancy - Divination using fish.
• Zoomancy - Divination through the actions of wildlife.
• Alectromancy - Using roosters or hens to make predictions.
• Apantomancy - Interpreting chance meetings with animals, such as the familiar black cat crossing your path.
• Myrmonancy - Discerning the future through observing ants eating food.
B. Plant-Based Divination
• Dendromancy – Divination using tree bark or branches.
• Botanomancy – Burning plants and interpreting the smoke.
• Xylomancy – Interpreting patterns in fallen branches or wood.
• Tasseomancy - Gaining wisdom by reading tea leaves
Using objects, artifacts, and physical tools to gain insight.
• Bibliomancy – Interpreting messages from the open page of a fallen book.
• Rhabdomancy – Divining with rods, wands, or sticks.
• Belomancy – Throwing arrows and interpreting where they land.
• Oomancy - Divination using eggs.
• Crystallomancy – Scrying into crystals (e.g., crystal ball gazing).
• Curiomancy - Divination by casting random or obscure objects.
• Catoptromancy - The art of scrying with a mirror.
• Psychometry - Scrying of a held or touched object.
• Astagyromancy - Divination performed by tossing dice.
• Dactylomancy - Using a ring suspended on a cord/chain or a pendulum to divinate.
• Papyromancy - Folding paper into shapes, then interpreting the forms and shadows created.
Methods focused on communicating with spirits, ancestors, or the dead.
• Necromancy – Summoning or consulting spirits of the dead.
• Oneiromancy – Interpreting dreams.
• Psychomancy – Communicating with spirits and being able to hear their voices.
• Osteomancy – Reading bones or skeletal remains.
These methods rely on intuitive abilities or the reader's energy field.
• Morphic Resonance - Using the concept of collective memory and patterns from the past to predict future patterns.
• Aurascopy – Reading auras and energy fields.
• Cryptomancy - Supernatural insights through secret signs and omens.
• Intuitive Counseling - Offering guidance based on intuitive feelings.
• Remote Viewing - Psychically perceiving a distant or unseen target.
• Energy Scrying - Divining information about a person’s physical or emotional state through their energy.
• Channeling - Mediums communicate with spirits to convey messages or predict future events.
These systems have structured methods and are widely practiced.
• Cartomancy/Tarot – Using cards to interpret the past, present, and future or speak to spirits.
• Runecasting (Runology) – Reading ancient runes for insight (Futhark, Ogham, Witch Runes, etc).
• I Ching (Yi Jing) – Using hexagrams derived from coin or stick throws.
• Astrology – Studying celestial bodies and their influence on human affairs.
• Palmistry - Reading the lines on a person's hand.