“Notes on skirts and pants”

Source: miyuli on twitter

I always get so fucking mad when I remember that it’s actually a 16-year-old Algerian girl who influenced BOTH Picasso and Matisse. and. No one gives a rat’s ass about her work which was very focused on women and nature. History -or people dare I say- didn’t bother to remember her name because she was a young Algerian woman and no one cares about Maghrebi/Arab women. unlike P*casso & M*tisse who both became legends, almost gods both during their lives and after their deaths, no one knows her.

Her name was Baya Mahieddine.

i hope that more people know about her now, especially seeing as OP literally linked to an article about a Baya Mahieddine exhibition in 2018.

It is remarkable that she had such a strong practise and had great influence at 16. Despite various disruptions that caused her to stop painting, she returned to her practise from the 60s until the end of her life.

More on Mahieddine’s work here.

5 min tutorial for trcelyne, hope it helps! 

Tried this out REALLY roughly just for fun and WOAH!?

IT WORKS WELL!!

IT STILL WORKS WELL!

Huh, that worked pretty well

v rushed but it works!!

What an amazing little tutorial!!! Highly recommend!!!

I’m so mad that it’s this easy and I’m a struggle boi

reblog to save an artist

Fucking really??? That’s all it took?????

how to hit your guys with the crust rays

a friend of mine was having trouble with a character of hers, he was middle-aged but looked too young, so she came to me for help. i'm something of a middle-aged-man-fan so i whipped up this quick thing to help her out. it might be useful to somebody out there so i'll share it here too!

fucked up how colors look different depending on what screen you’re looking at them on. that should be illegal I think

this fucking shit, you know

I spend so much time carefully picking and adjusting the colors in every single drawing I make that I’d probably lose my mind if I didn’t just repeatedly push this out of my memory and pretend it’s not a thing. Why am I reblogging a blank empty post that doesn’t say anything??? Weird

good news! you can’t make sure that everyone will see the correct colors on their own device, but you can make sure your monitor is as accurate as possible for printing and sharing by calibrating it! 

there are a bunch of free monitor tests, but here’s an easy one you can use. the passmark and eizo tests are also pretty good, though passmark doesn’t work in your browser. be warned that some tests may cause eye strain.

you can either use the settings built into your monitor itself or use the display color calibration settings in your operating system to adjust the settings until everything looks correct, and then enjoy your accurate colors.

REBLOG TO SAVE A LIFE

Photographers, too. Color calibrate your monitors if you intend to print or sell your work. There’s a ton of info out there for this.

https://www.the-pro-creator.com/2019/01/I-hate-adobe-and-so-should-you.html

I’m posting the links here because the link keeps on a loop with adfly

IF YOU DRAW OR DESIGN Instead of PHOTOSHOP, try GIMP Instead of LIGHTROOM, try PAINT.DOT.NET Instead of ILLUSTRATOR, try INKSCAPE Instead of INDESIGN, try CANVA or SCRIBUS

IF YOU MAKE PICTURES MOVE Instead of PREMIERE, try DAVINCI RESOLVE Instead of ANIMATE/FLASH, try OPENTOONZ or BLENDER Instead of AFTER EFFECTS, try WAX, BLENDER or FUSION

IF YOU BUILD WEBSITES OR SOFTWARE Instead of DREAMWAVER, SPARK or XD, try WIX, WEEBLY, or WORDPRESS.COM or WORDPRESS.ORG

IF YOU DO STUFF THAT REQUIRES THESE OTHER PROGRAMS Instead of AUDITION, try AUDACITY Instead of ACROBAT PRO, try FOXIT READER or PDF ESCAPE Instead of INCOPY, try LOVING YOURSELF AND USING LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE (WHO USES THIS???)

IF YOU NEED STOCK PHOTOS OR FONTS Instead of ADOBE STOCK, try PEXELS, UNSPLASH, or PIXABAY Instead of ADOBE PHONTS, try GOOGLE FONTS or DAFONT

BONUS: If you need FREE MUSIC OR SOUND EFFECTS, try YOUTUBE AUDIO LIBRARY or SOUNDBIBLE

My bonuses:

IF YOU DRAW OR DESIGN Instead of PHOTOSHOP, try FIREALPACA , SAI , SKETCHBOOK or KRITA (these latter two are great!) Instead of LIGHTROOM, try PHOTOSCAPE

IF YOU MAKE PICTURES MOVE Instead of PREMIERE, try SHOTCUT Instead of ANIMATE/FLASH, try PENCIL2D ANIMATION, LIVE2D, OR E-MOTE

IF YOU NEED STOCK PHOTOS Instead of ADOBE STOCK, try MORGUEFILE.COM

Marisa Papen swims nude with sharks off the coast of Hawaii (2021)

Photography by Benjamin Ono

IG-@Thesamurairider

Go girl

I’m literally in love with her

If I wasn’t gay before…

btw: she’s in the upcoming Black Widow movie 😍 and—

—holyfuckingshitballs. 💖 

[i am looking respectfully]

An artist : Aw man! I saw my arts were reposted on Instagram. I’ve asked them to take my arts down but they ignored me.

Me : Say no more! Click this link, then click ‘fill out this form’. Fill the form and wait for about 1-2 days, the staffs will remove the image you were reporting from the reposter’s account :^)

hope you don’t mind me adding some more info :’D

Many websites have those complaint forms you need to fill out to submit DMCA notice. Here are some of them:

Usually links to those forms can be found on website’s Terms of Service pages. (search for copyright or DMCA)

Any content you’ve created, is copyrighted by you. You have full right to ask staff to delete repost. Your works deserve to be protected. ♥

Getting confident and flowing lines in ink is such a struggle. It took me a long time to get the hang of it! My latest tutorial shows you how I overcome hesitant and choppy lines, and also runs you through which tools I use, as well as my process from beginning to end. 

 Find it through my patreon for just $5, alongside 15 other detailed tutorials ✨ patreon.com/loish

Some lighting studies from 2018

Kid Pix just became pubic domain, so the remade (but pretty much exactly the same) version is now available here. It's uh, wild, highly recommend checking it out not only for the wonderful nostalgia but you can legit make some incredible looking stuff!

FIND IT HERE

the only bad artists are those whose work perpetuates discrimination or causes undeserved harm. there is no “aesthetic” excuse for fatphobia. humans are diverse. if you’d like to draw them, learn to draw fat bodies. 

some things I’d like to draw attention to, as I think they are important:

— nowhere does this say you have to or should draw only fat people.

— nowhere does this say you cannot or should not draw thin people, or people of other body types.

— nowhere does this say you have to feature fat people in all of your work, or any of your work, for that matter. all it says is that you should learn to draw fat bodies.

— nowhere does this say learning is easy, quick, or that you have to be perfect. learning is an active, ongoing process and there is no way to be objectively perfect in art; but you must be willing to learn and take an active part in the process.

if you want to draw people, you need to practice drawing people. this is how artists develop skills. if you are upset by or resistant to the thought of simply drawing a fat person, I would strongly urge you to reflect on how you apply value to other human beings and their bodies.

all body types are worthy of representation in art, and fat bodies specifically are underrepresented in art for a number of reasons relating to fatphobia and beauty standards centered around thinness. many of us are not readily presented with diverse bodies in media, in arts education, in drawing resources, etc, so even though diverse bodies are all around us in real life, representing only thin bodies can easily become the default in our artistic practices. I have fallen into this default in the past and am in no way an expert or master now; I am actively learning and will continue to do so.

if the piece above made you angry or upset, I encourage you to take the opportunity to reflect on why.

as artists, we must ask ourselves: what influences our aesthetic choices for our art, and what messages do those choices send?

as people, we must ask ourselves: what biases do we hold about the beauty, worth, and aesthetic/artistic value of people’s bodies, and how does that shape how we think about and interact with our fellow human beings?

if you are an artist that represents people in your work, seek out references of fat people and tutorials on drawing fat and diverse bodies. even if you never share them publicly or incorporate them into your body of work, learning to draw underrepresented and varied bodies helps you build diversified skills as an artist and works to break down the fatphobic biases reinforced by a dominant portion of media and art culture.

if you are someone who actively refuses to learn to draw fat people simply because they are fat, that problem can be easily solved by your retirement from art.

beauty is not one body type, all bodies are worthy of representation in art, and we are all responsible for taking an active part in our own learning.

in closing, I would like to boost some artists who have lots of great work featuring diverse bodies, and encourage you to check them out and support them if you can:

additionally, here are some resources that speak to the representation of fat people & bodies in art/media/culture and the significance of body diversity representation (as always, approach these critically):