Copper Dichroic

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

I think we can update the expression "you don't want to know how the sausage gets made" to "you don't want to see the reverse perspective of 3D animation."

“Lighten Up” by Ronald Wimberly

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Bisan Owda's call to action

eSims For Gaza

For USAmericans: Call your reps | Email your reps It takes only a few minutes and there are scripts if needed. If you call after hours, you can leave a voicemail.

US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action Toolkit

Jan 26th Int'l Day of Action Toolkit

Google Drive of posters to print

Other infographics about the strike: here and here

Whether one likes it or not, at the end of the blind alley that is Europe, . . . there is Hitler.

Steamboat Willie is now in public domain.

Mickey Mouse?

That's a Trademark.

Steamboat Willie vs Mickey Mouse

On the left is Steamboat Willie, on the right is Mickey.

Biggest design difference: Mickey has gloves, and Willie doesn't. Don't draw Willie with gloves, if you do, you're drawing Mickey. You can't see it in this particular screencap, but Willie does have fingers, so you can draw him with full hands.

Willies eye's are black solid ovals, with no sclera and no eye-shine. Mickey has white sclera, smaller distinct pupils, and usually has eye-shine.

Willie is in black and white. You could theoretically make Willie whatever colors you want but for safety, you should obviously avoid Mickey's iconic red shorts with white buttons and yellow shoes.

Mickey's face is usually colored peach these days but it can also be seen in white.

Mickey's shoes tend to be drawn bigger and rounder than Willie's.

some storyboarding techniques as a sequel to my storyboarding basics presentation. I focus specifically on tips for action and conversation scenes!

i don't know what we should do but this is the last thing refaat alareer, who was just killed by a targeted israeli strike in gaza alongside his family asked for:

"More pressure on the media more coverage more Palestinian voices more protests"

a coworker yesterday was asking me about these behind my chair, and gun to my head, if you asked me what was the single best drawing book of all time -- it'd be these. there's a reason i keep them in irl arm's length.

not to toot my horn but i get a lot of comments about "believable life"/body language in my drawings, and i owe that to this book. Walt Stanchfield -the author- was one of the main mentors to a ton of the rennaisance era disney animators (Glen Keane, Musker, Deja, etc). this guy understands both the kinectic sense of how bodies move and squish/stretch, and how people "act", and composition/silhouette, and is honestly just a thoroughly decent dude.

some screenshots!