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Ballpoint pen sketches I did the other day 🌵

HEY ARTISTS!

Do you design a lot of characters living in not-modern eras and you’re tired of combing through google for the perfect outfit references? Well I got good news for you kiddo, this website has you covered! Originally @modmad made a post about it, but her link stopped working and I managed to fix it, so here’s a new post. Basically, this is a costume rental website for plays and stage shows and what not, they have outfits for several different decades from medieval to the 1980s. LOOK AT THIS SELECTION:

OPEN ANY CATEGORY AND OH LORDY–

There’s a lot of really specific stuff in here, I design a lot of 1930s characters for my ask blog and with more chapters on the way for the game it belongs to I’m gonna be designing more, and this website is going to be an invaluable reference. I hope this can be useful to my other fellow artists as well! :)

The internet just changed: Net Neutrality is dead.

The FCC sided with Comcast and decided to let ISPs censor the internet. The Internet needs to stop this from happening: http://cms.fightforthefuture.org/tellfcc/

Last Wednesday, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced a proposal for new rules that would allow for a “ fast lane” of Internet traffic for content providers who are willing (and able) to pay a fee. [1] The proposal reverses the FCC’s previous commitment to net neutrality and open internet and allows ISP’s like Comcast or Verizon to slow down and censor services that don’t pay the toll.

We have to be totally honest, this situation is seriously grim. But there is still hope. The FCC already knows that the Internet community wants net neutrality, but they think they can put their spin on these new rules and sneak them through. If we can prove them wrong right now with a massive public outcry, we can literally save the Internet once again.

We need to stop the FCC now. Big business groups are already ramping up lobbying efforts with the FCC in swarms since Wednesday’s announcement in support of censoring the open Internet and to ensure this dangerous proposal moves forward. [2]

This is a critical moment. In the last few weeks more than 65,000 people have taken action with us. Can you help us get to 80,000 by the end of the day today?

[1] Gautham Nagesh. “FCC to Propose New ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules”. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304518704579519963416350296

[2] Edward Wyatt. Edward Wyatt. “Lobbying Efforts Intensify After F.C.C. Tries 3rd Time on Net Neutrality” http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/25/business/lobbying-efforts-intensify-after-fcc-tries-3rd-time-on-net-neutrality.html?hpw&rref=politics

  - Fight For The Future

What I think makes a character more than just eye color and hair

I see a lot of beginner artists drawing OCs that have lots in common, so I (a not much better artist, if I’m honest) decided to say what I like in a character design that shows more than just their eyes and hair color/hair style.

1. Eyebrows- Most early artists draw their eyebrows to be very similar across characters, and while some art styles can have the same eyebrows throughout, I think variety here can be great! Play with the bushiness, shape, and color a bit and see what happens.

2. Height- For the most part, I find that backgrounds and multiple people in a drawing can be pretty rare for beginners, so they have nothing to compare the character’s height to. However, when drawing multiple characters in a scene make sure that their heights can contrast with each other to make it more dynamic. For fun, try drawing super short characters or taller ones- and even though proportion is a must in these places, practice drawing these different heights can really help.

3. Tattoos (be very careful with this one)- Lots more people have tattoos than one might think. In a story, it could have significant meaning or just be there for stylistic purposes, but not only do they look cool, they can tell a lot about a specific person. However, be careful not to add too many tattoos and keep an open mind as to placement, size, and what the tattoo actually is. These things can get really angsty really fast, and definitely should try not to be a trend throughout most characters in a story. Personally, I don’t particularly like face or hand tattoos, but ones on the back and collarbone feel nice. Be very, very careful about these, and when in doubt, ask a friend if they look too awkward or crowded.

4. Moles and freckles- I can say that almost every person has a birthmark of some sort somewhere, and to make your OCs more realistic it’s a good idea to add some. Change the size and color of these marks, and remember that they can pretty much go anywhere. For freckles, place them not only on the face but wherever the sun hits, such as shoulders, the back, the collarbone, and arms. Avoid doing these marks in heavy black ink, otherwise it can look like pimples or splatters. Also avoid doing specifically shaped birthmarks in my opinion- the cliché of “I was born with this strange birthmark and I have no idea what it means oh shit would you look at that” can rarely be put well to use and a person may as well be born with a tattoo on their face that says “main character”.

5. Noses- Lots of beginner artists do take their inspiration from anime and cartoons, and just drawing a dot for a nose isn’t very creative in my opinion. Plus, when the heads are turned in profile, all these characters tend to have that signature anime nose shape. Try noses that might stick out a bit more, that are hooked, that are angled, straight, bumpy, etc.

I understand I’m not the best artist myself and I probably shouldn’t be giving advice just yet, so take this with a grain of salt- and add on if you like!

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(an ace safe space)

The internet just changed: Net Neutrality is dead.

The FCC sided with Comcast and decided to let ISPs censor the internet. The Internet needs to stop this from happening: http://cms.fightforthefuture.org/tellfcc/

Last Wednesday, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced a proposal for new rules that would allow for a “ fast lane” of Internet traffic for content providers who are willing (and able) to pay a fee. [1] The proposal reverses the FCC’s previous commitment to net neutrality and open internet and allows ISP’s like Comcast or Verizon to slow down and censor services that don’t pay the toll.

We have to be totally honest, this situation is seriously grim. But there is still hope. The FCC already knows that the Internet community wants net neutrality, but they think they can put their spin on these new rules and sneak them through. If we can prove them wrong right now with a massive public outcry, we can literally save the Internet once again.

We need to stop the FCC now. Big business groups are already ramping up lobbying efforts with the FCC in swarms since Wednesday’s announcement in support of censoring the open Internet and to ensure this dangerous proposal moves forward. [2]

This is a critical moment. In the last few weeks more than 65,000 people have taken action with us. Can you help us get to 80,000 by the end of the day today?

[1] Gautham Nagesh. “FCC to Propose New ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules”. http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304518704579519963416350296

[2] Edward Wyatt. Edward Wyatt. “Lobbying Efforts Intensify After F.C.C. Tries 3rd Time on Net Neutrality” http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/25/business/lobbying-efforts-intensify-after-fcc-tries-3rd-time-on-net-neutrality.html?hpw&rref=politics

  - Fight For The Future

African-American Hair Styles in Depth Row 1 & 2 Row 3, 4, & 6 Row 5

Honestly, if Marlene manages to fix every single plot hole in 7B she is a literal genius, because I cannot for the life of me figure out how to fix this mess of a show, like, I have built/read theories about pretty much every character on the show being -A, and there are still some details that don’t add up, every time. I just. Ugh. I just need to watch those last episodes and finally let my brain rest in peace.