my mom got me this little thing and im obsessed with him.... little creature..

I have been thinking. about the creature

The expression "like a deer caught in the headlights" comes to mind.

Who is the scared one now?

Dude… give me the bottle (when you lost a rhyming contest against the supernatural skeletal horse) I found out about Mari Lwyd a couple of years ago - and I fell in love with the concept. Here are some of my Lwyd arts I drew during this time The most recent art is here

P.S. - don’t forget about the frogs

Enjoy my new Mari Lwyd art, it’s her season after all >:) (and also my birthday soon, which makes it even nicer)

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

Spent a long time on this art resource/reference masterpost! Finally starting to edit to add more. This will be REGULARLY updated so it’s gonna get huge. If you have a request for resources for me to find OR have a resource you want me to add, just send me an ask :D

General Anatomy/Human stuff:

Poses:

Hands:

Diversity:

Animals/Creatures:

Furry/Anthro:

Perspective:

Coloring:

Expressions/ Meme / style:

Pixel Art:

Clothing / Accessories:

Misc:

Brushes:

Tis but thy name that is my enemy.

That artist is the founder of Cara by the way (https://cara.app/zemotion/all).

Cara is the only art platform I have found that not only prohibits AI art from being uploaded on the site, but also offers their users to Glaze their art (which protects them from ai mimicry). They are also working on implementing Nightshade, which actively poisons ai training.

I have used Cara for a couple of months now, and I hope more people check it out. It's really nice. 💚

We need these kinds of places for artists, and it's also FREE (despite the staff paying out of their own pockets to keep it running).

got my hands on a field guide of californian bugs and i found that there's this one bee species in southern california that looks like this

(Actual bugs under the cut, CW for insects)

Credit for idea @blimbo-buddy

holy shit is this gorgeous.

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

Ok, ok, okokok...

I've spent the last 24 hours checking out the Cara art platform and I've gone from "this sounds way too good to be true" to "WE FOUND THE HOLY GRAIL WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THIS??"

To be clear; I don't want to overhype this. Because I believe it would be a huge disservice to these people who are taking the first steps to create a sanctuary for artists and art-lovers, and they're still figuring things out.

But from what I can see, there are many things I'm excited about.

Like. Here's their website: cara.app

It's got some DeviantArt nostalgia, while the interractions with posts is reminiscent of Twitter.

Then you type whatever you fancy into the search bar (I typed DnD) and BOOM!

Their pinned thread on Twitter gives a simple yet VERY enticing menu of what they offer, so here are some of them:

AI-DETECTOR!

The ai detector is a nice touch for everyone in general, not just artists. I don't like how my brain is slowly being wired to check the number of fingers on every picture I see online. Having a place where you can just admire and take in gorgeous art without having to worry how it was created is sorely sought after, and I know I'm not alone in that.

GLAZE YOUR ART!

They have Glaze (a software that protects art from ai mimicry) integrated in their website so that you can chose to add it to any art you post. They will also add Nightshade into the mix, which actively poisons ai scraping. 🥰

CUSTOMIZE YOUR FEED!

A social feed that doesn't hide posts from the people you follow and where you can also CHOSE WHAT PERCENTAGE of the site's wide content you want! I can actually still get some art recommendations in my feed without losing content from the ones I follow. Yes? Why is this not a thing everywhere…???

CUSTOM CROP FOR THUMBNAILS

I can chose to focus the thumbnail on the face instead of their crotch. It's so simple. And we deserve nice things.

THEY ARE SURVIVING ON VOLUNTEERS AND COFFEE.

SUMMARIZATION

Cara's art platform gives artists: -ai image detector -Custome home feed where posts won't be hidden -Feed AND portfolio -Easy portfolio upload -Custom crop for thumbnails -1200 character limit -Post editing -Animated GIF covers -Community discussions (like in the early 2000!) -Phone app

IS THIS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE?

Almost.

First of all, they are still in beta. It seems like they launched in early 2023, so the site has only been up and running for about a year. So there are bound to be some bugs lying around if you sign up. They encourage people to join their Discord server and report any iffiness you find.

Secondly, they can't host N*S*F*W art yet. They say that they hope to be able to in the future, though (and asks for legal support in the matter).

But other than that...? I'd say, it's worth checking out.

I joined yesterday, and I'm gonna keep exploring. I'll update this post if I find anything else, good or bad.

They say that this is supposed to be a platform by artists, for artist. And by the looks of things so far, I believe them.

full body commissions, at long last!

the base price is $100 for a single figure, and then you add on the price for colors if you want that! flat color prices vary on complexity. if you have someone in a suit, then it's just +$30, but it's more like a complex period costume, then it's closer to +$40-50 (same for simple renders)

(simple renders are not an additional fee on top of the flat colors! I realize that it might be a little confusing, flat colors + simple renders is it's own thing, which starts at +$40)

anything over $100 can be paid either in it's entirety up front, or $100 up front, and the rest once completed (for this, I'll send a lower resolution jpeg of the finished illustration when it's finished, and the high res png when the payment goes through)

visual references are a big help! either art of the character, or things like a face claim or actor. if you have a character from a specific time period, please also send references of the clothes you'd like them in! if you have a pose in mind, feel free to tell me! It can be anything from standing around, to sitting down, jumping, etc.

these prices are for private commissions only! which means you can go ahead and get 'em printed or whatever for your own personal use but you can't use them commercially

currently, I don't have prices for a commission with a second full body figure! if you really want something like that, we can work out a price.

I'm also using a dead line weight in these examples, but if you want something that looks more like the inking style that I use in Trikaranos, just let me know!

🍊 commissions will be on a 10x15 in canvas at 300dpi :)

🍊 email me at [email protected], and we can talk details! I use paypal for payment, do not send me money ahead of time because this is not my paypal email and I use invoices.

if I don't reply in like, a day, feel free to message me here and I'll give you my other email where we can hash out details because sometimes, the perils of having an email on public display is that people will sign your email up for junk mail and it takes a minute to mark it all as spam

things I'll draw: established characters, ocs, your favorite dead roman or greek hero, I'm cool with it all!

things I won't draw: generally, I'm not too keen on drawing anyone under 18, as you may realize from the fact that many characters on my blog are vaguely in their 30s. like, it's not a hard rule, but I will fully admit right here that I'm better at drawing people over 20.

Decay exists as an extant form of life