It’s almost summer and I want to celebrate with a CONTEST!
And what better way than to allow my wonderful followers to win some art?
You’ll be able to commission a 4.5x5.5 piece of art from me FOR FREE. It can be an OC, some fanart, a picture of you with your favorite character.. the possiblities are endless!
The only restriction I have for it is that it can’t contain any explicit content including nudity, or anything close to it. I just don’t do it.
How can you participate? EASY!
FIRST: You must be following me.
SECOND: You must reblog this. Likes do not count.
-Other stuff and things…
~You can only reblog up to 20 times
~For every reblog of this post, you will have your name entered in that many times until it reaches the 20 limit.
~You cannot delete the posts after you reblog them. I will be checking it out when it comes time to choose the winner.
~You have a chance to have your name added in again if you watch me on Deviantart as well. The link will be on my main blog page. It helps me if your username is the same. Just send me a note on DA!
~HAVE FUN! That’s what this contest is really about. I want you guys to enjoy it.
The contest ends on June 17th, so you have plenty of time.
If you would still like some artwork from me, or want to purchase prints and other awesome things. I’ll be opening up shop in a few weeks. I’ll keep you posted about it.
Initial prices can be found on my deviantart.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
- BBC SHERLOCK
- DOCTOR WHO
- SUPERNATURAL
- THE AVENGERS
- THE HUNGER GAMES
- HARRY POTTER
- LORD OF THE RINGS
- THE HOBBIT
and, to a lesser extent,
- The Walking Dead
- WB Sherlock Holmes
- X-Men: First Class
I need more blogs to follow! If you follow back, I’d appreciate it greatly, but you need not if you don’t want to! c:
From ~Maidith on deviantART:
“How do I improve my art work?” is one of the most asked questions in art related forums, mainly regarding drawing and painting in any media. Because the question is recurring so often, I wrote the following tips that I still copy-paste in various threads.
You can apply these universal strategies not just to traditional and digital painting media, but most of them even to photography and collage.
- Look at pictures by artists you admire, and try to figure out things. How do they handle light and color? What edges are sharp, and what edges are soft? Why do they use that particular color there? What technique did they use? How did they work? The more you look at work of others, the more different kinds of styles and techniques you will see.
- Learn from the masters. Copy works you adore. Not for imitating the artist or showcasing your copy, but for the sake of learning. Don’t be shy, ask your favorite artist everything you want to know, such as “What paper do you draw on?”, or “How do you go about painting a picture, do you start with a sketch?”, etc. But be specific, don’t ask “how can I paint like that?”. And check the artist’s website, chances are they already have tutorials, a FAQ or step-by-step tutorials there.
- Challenge yourself. Never used a particular medium? Then buy it, no matter how poor you are, and try it out. Never drawn a still life? Do it. Never used that particular color scheme? Give it a try. At a certain point, when you are afraid of repeating yourself, you are on the right track to improve.
- Use reference. If you aim for realism, you can’t paint most things straight from your imagination. The old masters always made preliminary studies of life models, and did most paintings from life models too. For example, if you are unsure how to paint a head with the light source from below, look up a photo, or take it yourself, or have someone pose for it. It is worth every effort!
Stock photos from deviantartists can be a valuable resource also and provide inspiration.
- Draw from life. It’s probably the most valuable practice that there is. Sign up for a life drawing class so that you’ll be actually “forced” to do it. Believe me, it works wonders.
As for studying anatomy from books about figure drawing (Loomis, Bammes, etc.) a good exercise is to copy the body parts and figures in there and then trying to draw the same from your mind to see how much you remembered.
- Look up tutorials. Browse through the tutorial section and study the many different ways and media of the different artists. Also visit the websites of the great artists here - many have tutorials up there.
- Collect pictures. On my harddisk, I have different folders of fantastic art.
They are very inspiring to browse through and can give you new ideas in terms of technique. Whenever I feel uninspired, I look through my folders.
The images I’ve collected over time, mainly from Cgtalk.com, Deviantart, Epilogue, Artrenewal.org and many other websites.
Further Reading:
Why Reference is not a crutch
Useful resources
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Forums for those who want to learn
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