Tinybassoon - YourDailyParasite

Can't afford art school?

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free, mostly teaches anatomy and how to draw people. But does have art talks and teaches the basics.)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard and teaches you everything)

Aaron Rutten (free, tips about art, talks about art programs and the best products for digital art)

BoroCG (free, teaches a verity of art mediums from 3D modeling to digital painting. As well as some tips that can be used across styles)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free, teaches digital painting and has classes in Spanish)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price. Mostly teaching character designs and simple backgrounds.)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney. Mostly nature art)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Sinix Design (has some tips on drawing people)

Winged canvas (art school for free on a verity of mediums)

Bob Ross (just a good time, learn how to paint, as well as how too relax when doing art. "there are no mistakes only happy accidents", this channel also provides tips from another artist)

Scott Christian Sava (Inspiration and provides tips and advice)

Pikat (art advice and critiques)

Drawbox (a suggested cheap online art school, made of a community of artist)

Skillshare (A cheap learning site that has art classes ranging from traditional to digital. As well as Animation and tutorials on art programs. All under one price, in the USA it's around $34 a month)

Human anatomy for artist (not a video or teacher but the site is full of awesome refs to practice and get better at anatomy)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

📝As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. If you want to go fancy Michaels is always a good place for traditional supplies. They also get in some good sales and discounts. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are usually more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates. Galaxy, Windows, macOS, iPad, iPhone, Android, or Chromebook device. )

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99 usd, IPAD & IPHONE ONLY)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, animation and more. Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Aseprite ($19.99 usd but has a free trail, for pixel art Windows & macOS)

Drawpile (free and for if you want to draw with others)

IbisPaint (free, phone app ONLY)

Medibang (free, IPAD, Android and PC)

NOTE: Some of these can work on almost any computer like Clip and Sai but others will require a bit stronger computer like Blender. Please check their sites for if your computer is compatible.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

"also apologies for any spelling or grammar errors, I have Dyslexia and it makes my brain go XP when it comes to speech or writing"

Not now kitten daddy's googling his symptoms

@thatonegeck1 Ask and you shall receive!

I got this big guy made by a company called Budsies! They turn art, illustrations, ref sheets, anything you can think of into a huggable plushie!

(By the way when I say big guy I do mean BIG. He's 2.5ft tall. Totally able to be worn as a backpack too!)

Here is the reference sheet I made to send in to them! Feel free to steal it, edit his expression, etc

If you want one yourself, you'll have to go to Specialty Commissions on the site (NOT a regular Budsie), enter the waitlist, then get it supersized when you order (or don't! the regular 16" size is still pretty big). I'll leave more details under the read-more.

All together including shipping and whatnot it costed me $300 (US shipping, if you are not in the US it will cost more). Obviously not cheap, for me I conveniently had my birthday around that time and was able to use gift money to get him!

For the color picker: Color 21: Light Blue (Eyes, WILL COME OUT A BIT BRIGHT) Color 30: Light Grey (Majority of body) Color 31: Grey (Waist, Secondary arm color) Color 32: Dark Grey (Face buttons, finger tips, minor details) Color 33: Black (Screen, wires, L trigger)

PUT THIS IN THE DESCRIPTION SECTION: -Waist, cranks, and parts of the arm are cylindrical shapes.

-The buttons on his head should have 3D form to them, not just flat pieces of fabric.

-Screen/face is completely flat and should not stick out too much (if at all). Face should not be visible at all in profile view.

-The bottom part of the base should have a circular piece of black fabric.

-Lines on chest (including where his name is written on him), waist, head, and cranks should be embroidered!

-The lines on the right side of his head extend to underneath his head. These should also be embroidered!

-Please give the neck some reinforcement/structure so it doesn't make the head hang loose and possibly tear. <<< THIS IS SOMETHING MY BUDSIE DOES NOT HAVE SO IF YOU GET ONE I'D LIKE TO SEE THE END RESULT

-I would like if the back 2 tubes were capable of making this plush able to be worn like a backpack!

Durandal/Mjolnir moodboard

Hey everyone, I know it's going to be a busy day for a lot of people, but Google enrolled everyone over 18 into their AI program automatically.

If you have a google account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off.

Then you need to go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini and turn off all Gemini activity tracking. You do have to do them in that order to make sure it works.

Honestly, I'm not sure how long this will last, but this should keep Gemini off your projects for a bit.

I saw this over on bluesky and figured it would be good to spread on here. It only takes a few minutes to do.

recently we were out on a hilltop taking photos of the comet and suddenly some car's headlights blind us from across the bay. literally four miles away.

who the fuck is out here with these nuclear fusion powered headlights. who puts naval searchlights on their fucking toyota tacoma.

arough

ough,,,

maurff,,

argararagragarfghff

i want them carnally

Hey everyone! Got P03 loaded into blender, under the cut are screenshots I took!

Nothing about him was edited, all I did was load his game model into blender, hide the bones, and then take pictures.

Big thanks to this Google Drive below! Stole the imported model from there >:)

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dJsJ34xt2rI8QDkP_GTt9cSdoZ2wy-vd

If you would like anymore references on anything specific feel free to comment, shoot me an ask, or DM me!

no lie

this is me with like

every part i take off my truck and i look at it and go

"hmm, imma keep the old one just in case I need it at some random point in the future even though it barely functions or no longer even works"

*insert tiny reusing everything like the cheap stake they are*

I'm just-

we classified the colossal squid in 1925, put together from pieces found in sperm whale stomachs.

we've found them dead or dying or in distress, floating on the surface or entangled by trawlers.

but now

in 2025

100 years later

we finally find one alive and thriving in the deep Antarctic sea

and it's a baby.