aka Allison.
30-something, married with cats, hobbyist doodler of doodlethings.

Daily doodles are on semi-hiatus. They're more like semi-daily doodles for now.

I like to reblog the occasional tutorial, other cool art, and random stuff that amuses me. I dig Supernatural, Doctor Who, MST3k, Mass Effect, and lots of other stuff that I won't list 'cause I could spend all day making it.

Good luck.

Light smattering of prints @ etsy or society6

norisus:

I also use this same method for painting fur like this

EDIT: I also usually use the 4th nib but accidentally used the 3rd for this

itsphotoshop:

COLOR PALETTE MASTERPOST by forbiddenforest

So today I felt like sharing some useful websites that provide pre-made color palettes (left side), as well as sites that allow you to create custom ones (right side). They can be used for graphic design, themes, art, interior design, or just something pretty to look at.

Adobe Kubler (Explore)

Chromaa

Color-Collective

Just Jaimee Daily Color Inspiration

Design Seeds

Adobe Kubler (Create)

Color Scheme Designer

Color Palette Generator (paste the URL of an image and it will automatically generate a pallet that matches the image)

Color Hunter (upload an image and it will automatically generate a pallet that matches the image)

Colllor

I hope you find this useful (and please like or reblog if you did)! Enjoy :)

helpyoudraw:

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helpyoudraw:

HOW TO MAKE YOUR ART LOOK NICE: Contrast by trotroy

Many thanks to phenomenal-field for telling us about this tutorial!

briannacherrygarcia:

crispy-ghee:

Character Design is using Pinterest, an online pinboard to collect and share what inspires you.

DEAR TIM I HAVE CONCEPTS TO COMPLETE DUE IN AN HOUR WHY DID YOU LINK THIS THIS IS THE MOST DISTRACTING THING YOU COULD’VE LINKED

CLICK IT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CLICK IT.

antiale:

4 all u kids who wanna study some figure drawing/anatomy

• Figure Drawing For All It’s Worth - Andrew Loomis >PDF download<
• Mastering Drawing The Human Figure - Jack Faragasso >PDF download<
• Figure Drawing Design and Invention - Michael Hampton >PDF download<
• Dynamic Figure Drawing - Burne Hogarth >PDF download<

All the downloads are free they only take a little bit time to download because these are big files!

toramiyo:

Some great and simple tutorials from DerSketchie on DeviantArt

They have more tutorials in their Gallery so check them out!

laurenzuke:

Index:

- DON’T DO 5 MONTHS OF BUFFERS

- CHOOSE A PREMADE FONT THAT ISNT AWFUL

- CHOOSE A TEMPLATE

- WRITE YOUR STORY BEFORE HAND.

- DON’T GO BACK.

- JUST DO IT

- DON’T BEAT YOURSELF UP.

 also includes tons of links to cool stuff. yay!

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whaatnext:

• everything you need to know about pixel art and how to start (best one so far)
• pixel art, what is it? 
• an introduction to pixel art by richard janes
• 2D will never die’s tutorials page
• ultrashock’s pixel art tutorials: part i | part ii | part iii | part iv
• wikihow’s become a pixel artist
• great list of 30 tutorials
• create a 3D characters from pixel art

the big list of pixel art tutorials by pixelprospector

pixel art tutorials

• HUGE Collection of Pixel Art Tutorials (pixeljoint)
• Pixel Art Tutorials (Derek Yu)
• Pixel Art Tutorial (Natomic / Mark)
• Big Collection of Pixel Art Tutorials (Gas 13)
• Pixel Art (drbubu)
• Pixel Tutorial (Final Boss Blues)
• Pixel Art Tutorials (deviantART)
• More Pixel Art Tutorials (TIGSource Forums)
• Even More Pixel Art Tutorials (Pixel-Zone / Some dead links…)
• Learning Pixel Art (Black Golem)
• A Beginner’s Guide To Spriting (TIGSource Forums)
• 2D Tile Art Basics (Flash Game Dojo)

pixel art inspiration

• HUGE collection of Pixel Art, Mockups and more from TIGSource forums!!
• Tzigla (a place for collaborative pixelated drawings in 100×100 pixel squares)
• Pixel Art Guild (site that features Pixel Art)
• Pixel Art Mega Thread (Something Awful Forums)
• Pixel Art Rebirth In Digital Animations (Game Comments)
• Hall of Fame for Games Featuring Outstanding Pixel Art (TIGSource Forums)

pixel art forums

• Pixel Joint
• Pixelation – Way Of The Pixel
• Show Us Some Of Your Pixel Work (TIGSource Forums)

freelance guide

• Pixel Art Freelance Guide (Adam “Atomic” Saltsman)

graphic style analysis

• Graphic Style Analysis – Part I (Black Golem)
• Graphic Style Analysis – Part II (Black Golem)
• Graphic Style Analysis – Part III (Black Golem)

tutorials about glowy graphics

• We Love Glow (Rob Fearon)
• The Radiangames Style (Luke Schneider)

qinni:

The whole film took me altogether about 5 grueling months (usually 10-12hours a day) to do. I often felt my butt was going to grow into the chair I usually sat at. 

Please note that this was simply my way of doing my film to achieve the soft-shaded style I wanted; there are many other ways of doing this and some are a lot faster with different results~! :)

• My film on DeviantArt | My film on Vimeo
• My film gifs on Tumblr
• You can see my storyboard animatic here (although the original had music, but like I mentioned, my placeholder music was by Joe Hisaishi, you know, Miyazaki’s composer, so it’s not really legal to upload it). 

This tut differs a bit from my dA version, because tumblr lets me put the combination of gifs and jpegs :D. 

Here’s a book that will really help you start animating:

• The Animator’s Survival Kit 

here’s some books that are good for composition, storytelling and colours:

• Dream Worlds: Production Design for Animation
• The Art of Pixar: The Complete Color Scripts and Select Art from 25 Years of Animation
• Prepare to Board! Creating Story and Characters for Animated Features and Shorts

I hope these helped

I ask that no one removes the credit or source for this tutorial/guide please. thanks :)