Gesture Drawing Top Image Row 2 Row 3 - 8

Knife Sketches

These rings are stunning. They make me think of the spring, I love there style and there nature like feel and whimsy. They look really elf-y inspired too. 

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How to Draw Abdominals Top Image Row 2: by Josh Reed Row 3 Row 4: by NemanJa Filipovic Row 5: by Charles Hu Row 6 & 7

I really like horns, so here, have a set horns, antlers and feelers! Feel free to use as a reference or inspiration, no need to credit. :)

Right. Here it is everything you ever wanted to know about fashion cuts, trends, style, all in one post.

Every example of a trend that existed is list in the above post. So get to know your styles, perfect your image and enjoy mixing trends and different eras together.

Use these to help you, it’s a guide I found. Could be useful to some..I’ve learnt something new..half my wardrobe can now be categorised, I now know what to buy,styles etc.

The original content source is Pinterest.com, Fashion Editorials and Styling Templates. The accuracy I can’t account for 100% but I found this post very useful for myself! Please feel free to edit and update If you know the correct labelling for anything that is inaccurately categorised.

If nothing else, enjoy. 😍👌👌

I’m sure Vaja is having a lot of fun with that cape.

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Halberd of the Guard of the Electors of Saxony

Dated: circa 1620

Geography: Saxony

Culture: Saxon

Medium: steel, wood, gold, textile, metallic thread

Dimensions: L. 8 ft. 8 ½ in. (265.4 cm); L. of head 50 ½ in. (128.3 cm); W. 11 ½ in. (29.2 cm); Wt. 7 lbs. 2.2 oz. (3237.5 g)

Source: Copyright © 2015 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hello! I'm a self taught artist who wants to get better at shading/lighting and backgrounds especially. But whenever I try to do a background study, I can't break it down and it ends up looking terrible. Do you know of anything that would help?

Hi! I would like to talk a little bit of the thought process behind photo study and the importance of simplicity.

It is really important to break down an image to chunks of value rather than seeing the detail  first, which can lead to over-complicated mush of colors with no constructed value.

These are some of the artists that inspired me to get used to breaking down images in the most simplest way possible:

Notice how super simple and straight-on-point his thumbs are? And this is how his colorscript for Moana looks like:

Zero detail. Yet you have all the information you need!

I personally think these thumb studies are super important to train your eyes to break down an image in values and colors and therefore be able to organize and design your painting better.

some of my favorite vintage dresses         ↳  green