February82013
Shimura tatsumi (1907-1980)
is known for designing several striking bijin-ga prints towards the end of the shin hanga movement. Born in Takasaki, Gunma, Shimura’s real name was Sentaro. Shimura devoted his career entirely to Nihonga, or Japanese style painting.
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September272012
Alphonse Mucha, “Dusk” and “Dawn” 1899
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September202012
NEW AVAILABLE ART PROGRAM
It seems to be a mix between SAI and photoshop, simplified. It even has a stabalizer that works even with the mouse.
Best of all, it’s free, and works for both Mac and Windows.
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March272012
Just a few [of the] references [from different websites] I’ve compiled for making more unique face/body shapes in my characters.
Of course, creative liberty is (and can be) taken on most of these shapes, but anyone who wishes to design a character should at least know that there are many shapes and sizes for characters to be and that can define them.
I encourage making each character, human or animal, unique and identifiable by their silhouettes and profiles when they’re bald and unclothed.
fuck nevermind trying to find ways to not suck at art.
FUCK I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS lAST WEEK
yesss come to my blog i need you
December132011
ugh, exactly. that’s why i draw with my eyes shut. just to keep out all those horrid outside influences, you know?
and when i get jury summons. i make sure i’ve got my mp3 player in with me to drown out all that relevant information so i can make my judgement based on absolutely nothing at all. same thing when i’m voting. i just drop my pen onto the ballot paper and hope it makes a tick in one of the boxes. heck, i’m reblogging this post with commentary and i didn’t even read it. i have no respect for people who put any research into what they’re doing whatsoever. they’re just gross.
Reblogging for amazing comment.
OP, how…. how do you think master painters work? Illustrators? Do you think professionals at Disney or Pixar or Ghibli work without references? That they’re just magically able to accurately draw architecture and animals and natural looking movement without references?
Using a reference doesn’t mean copying an existing piece of art; that’s just copying. It means researching your subject matter and using your research (often visual) to create stronger, more accurate work. It’s not just “okay,” it’s necessary to attain the level of skill the artists you admire exhibit. These artists don’t generally rely heavily on references for every piece, either. They look up what they need, learn from using it, and are able to absorb that knowledge for use in future work.
This may not change how you and those who share your sentiment feel about it, but I urge you to look a little deeper into what using references really means, as it would appear your understanding of the subject is fairly shallow.
that awkward moment when OP is being sarcastic and it’s hard to read over the internet.
They may very well have been being sarcastic, but a lot of people hold this opinion in earnest. This isn’t the first time I’ve heard this sentiment, and it won’t be the last. There will always be people who don’t understand the difference between copying and referencing, and who don’t understand how references are used.
The snarky comments are funny, but not particularly useful outside of being entertaining. The best thing to do is take something like this at face value and use it as a platform to educate those who are less informed and will otherwise look at something like that image and say, “Oh yeah, same.”
(All of the above)
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