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If it feels good, tastes good It must be mine Heroes always get remembered But you know legends never die

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(Do asks still delete as drafts? Solution.)

Do it. Shamelessly. Please. Tag my stuff as #kin #me #literally me #ID #big same #relatable #yup #insert species here #feels #nope #thanks i hate it

Tag it as #kinning if you must, even though you're breaking my heart by allowing that cursed word's continued existence.

Do what makes you happy.

If it's a drawing of my theriotype you relate to? You can tag it.

One of my self insert characters (I'll keep you guessing who they are)? You can tag it.

A drawing of my literal self or fursona or what I'd look like as a bat monster or whatever? There's a trend here: tag it how you want.

I'm almost disappointed this question wasn't "what's your opinion of otherkind/ fictionkind/ therians/ alterhumans tagging your art ANYTHING or reblogging it?" because that is a truly transcendent question and I die a little every time I see it (don't worry, spite keeps my spirits up).

But alas.

Do it! Live your dreams.

I'm a bat therianthrope. I guess you probably know that if you've poked my main blog. I find it a bit hurtful when people say we're not allowed to interact with things the way normal people are allowed to and I'm not going to contribute to that.

I could go on about this for hours, but I won't.

TAG MY SHIT HOW YOU LIKE AND HOW YOU NEED. Do it to make up for all the people who despise us and think we are lesser people. Do it because you should be allowed to interact with art in the same way normal people are allowed to.

MAKE ME PROUD and 💕 to all of you.

My emotional response is my responsibility. Not yours.

I am the Death of the Author: I am thoroughly and happily dead. So pick up where I left off. And be happy.

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i’ve been wanting to draw how i feel as an indo, and i feel like i’ve gotten close! i’ve always felt like i had a blue stripe, but ever since they introduced the white/blue one in jurassic world alive, i’ve been swaying between what base color i felt was closer. then i realized, if i’d had more croc dna, the indominus had sarcosuchus dna in her genome. what if i was more indominus than the canon indo? had the camouflaging abilities that the indominus did? i wantd to do arts showing off the color shift!

Natural Black Hair Tutorial! Usually Black hair is excluded in the hair tutorials which I have seen so I have gone through it in depth because it’s really not enough to tell someone simply, “Black hair is really curly, draw it really curly.“ 

The next part of Black Hair In Depth will feature styles and ideas for designing characters and I will release it around February. If you would like to see certain styles, please shoot me a message!

Gold Painting Tutorial by CelestialFang

How to make a super awesome easy cheating chainmail brush for photoshop or any program that lets u make brushes

step one

draw a fucking loop

step tw0

take ur loop. go to edit > define brush preset (or whatever u use to make brushes idk man i use photoshop)

bam. now u got a brush. 

but it does this shit.

and we don’t want it to do that shit. 

so what u gotta do is

step 3

go to ur lil brush widget thingy 

(this guy)

and he;ll take u to this sweet toolbox menu thingy

and then all u gotta do is fuck around with the spacing until it looks vaguely chain linky

and then u can do sweet arts like this

this tutorial has been brought to u by sleep deprivation

dont do art kids

Hello there!

Yes, we haven’t done this in a while… but our inbox and chat are swamped with questions on the subject, so this article was very much needed.

it’s a simple list of art apps, but we know you love those :D

Enough with the intro, here it is, a list of twelve art apps you may want to check out.

ArtRage is an art program for beginners and professionals. With its minimal interface, it’s easy to keep the essential tools at hand without stealing space from the canvas. Panels can be moved around and tools can be customised. We all know how important it is for digital artists to be able to modify brushes!

Pros: easy to use; friendly interface; essential tools from professional apps available; available for iOS, Android, Windows and Mac

Cons: it may get sluggish with big files and when using big brushes, but performances also depend on the running machine; limited selection of editing tools if compared to Photoshop - ArtRage is more of a painting program rather than an editing one.

Paid

ArtRage Lite is a different version at a cheaper price, mostly for beginners, but also for professionals if they need the essential.

Now free, Sketchbook is the famous app created by Autodesk for various platforms.

Pros: clean, friendly interface; easy to use; professional features

Cons: lack of official tutorials; doesn’t offer as many tools as other apps (it’s down to the essential); paid subscription in Adobe style for the pro version

Free and paid

Black Ink is a powerful little program few actually know, but there’s a reason: this isn’t your classing drawing app. What’s cool about it is the vast selection of special brushes, completely non-realistic, and definitely able to boost your creativity.

Pros: vast selection of customisable brushes; excellent performance

Cons: not very easy to use; non-intuitive interface

Paid

This is probably the most complete software for painting, drawing and animation. It was originally known as Manga Studio, but with its updates and addition of features, it became Clip Studio Paint. 

This doesn’t say much about the quality of the features themselves considering the affordable price (if you haven’t used the app yet, that is), but among graphic apps, this one is the top seller.

Pros: professional features for illustrators; layout tools for comic/manga artists; 3D reference models; customisable tools; various sales with special prices

Cons: the interface may not appear intuitive at first; the program may lag (again, performance also depends on the running machine)

Paid

GIMP is the famous open source image editor originally created for GNU/Linux and available for OS X and Windows. 

Best known as Photoshop’s main competition, this is a manipulation program for both beginners and professionals who love design.

It offers many professional features, making the program a powerful tool.

Pros: professional editing tools; supports different formats; supported by different platforms; active community

Cons: in spite of the simple design, many options are hidden and it takes time to discover all the features; slow startup

Free

Krita is an open source painting app created by artists for artists.

Pros: easy to use; intuitive interface; great brush workflow; brush stabilizer; customisable brushes; general good performance; very enthusiastic, although small, community

Cons: it may be slow or even crash depending on the running computer and the app’s version; very few editing tools compared to Photoshop

Free

MediBang Paint is a free and light app for drawing and painting, perfect for manga and comic creation.

Pros: vast selection of brushes; cloud sharing; friendly, minimal interface (non-desktop app); also available for iPad, iPhone and Android

Cons: requires an account to use all features; non-intuitive interface (desktop version)

Free

Mischief is a sketching app with essential tools, useful for brainstorming and ideation.

Pros: infinite drawing canvas; friendly interface; easy to use; cheap pro version

Cons: few updates; offers only the essential (but that’s the point); no editing/adjustment tools

Free and paid

Corel’s jewel, Painter is the most famous software that offers digital tools able to give a traditional feel to brushes and canvas.

Pros: different selection of media; many professional features; PS-friendly

Cons: certain brushes may work slow; not easy to use at first; the software may crash (this is the most common report); pricey

Paid

Paintstorm Studio is a professional software for digital painting. It’s focused on the use of brushes and blending, which makes the software a little gem in the digital painting field.

Pros: good brush workflow; brush stabilizer; “close gap” feature; customisable interface and tools; professional features; affordable price

Cons: non-intuitive interface (desktop version)

Paid

Procreate is the powerful drawing app for iOS. 

With the very sensitive Apple Pencil, Procreate is so easy to use that many artists chose the iPad over the most famous graphic tablets.

Pros: friendly interface; makes it easy to organise files; excellent brush workflow; customisable brushes; video recording; affordable price

Cons: hidden features; only available for iPad

Paid

SAI is a simple app for artists who want to focus on painting and drawing. 

It’s well known for its good pressure support and its essential tools for manga artists, but SAI can be used by any kind of artist who wants to paint.

Pros: easy to use; friendly interface; light software; customisable brushes; tons of (non-official) tutorials

Cons: limited selection of tools, even basic ones; limited canvas sizes and uses; it might crash from intensive work, especially with big canvases and brushes; supports only RGB colour mode; lack of support

Paid

We hope you’ll find this list useful. 

If you think there are other apps that should have made this list, don’t hesitate to let us know!

Thank you and peace out,

G&M

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It’s actually a USB numpad that I reprogrammed to use as a Photoshop  hotkey/shortcut pad! There’s an entire tutorial here on how to do it. 

But I ended up doing this because with the way my work area is set up, it’s much easier to have all my shortcuts close to my left hand while I’m drawing with my right hand, instead of having to reach over to use the keyboard.

I bought the numpad at my local computer store on clearance for $6 (regular price was $10) and the sticker paper for $4 at Wal-Mart (it’s actually 8.5″ x 11″ shipping labels). The tutorial I provided above already has everything you need to make one of these keypads yourself, including the sticker files, so it only cost me $10 to make mine. Compare that to the brand name programmable hotkey pads (like X-Keys) that cost $100+!! 

It’s very useful and I highly recommend doing it if you find yourself frustrated with your work station (like having to reach over your tablet for your keyboard).