Creative Croc

No parts of it extended beyond the lines, and the paper ticket was clearly displayed, impaled on a horn.

Anyways! HERE'S YOUR HANDY GUIDE TO WHAT CAN COUNT AS EYESTRAIN! I'm pulling this straight from the Artfight rules page about what needs to be labeled and filtered as eyestrain because it's VERY helpful and VERY accurate! I also know not everybody has an AF account and might not always have access to this handy guide, and this is an important resource; That's why I'm sharing it here! (under the cut)

PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY!!! THIS IS ABOUT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OTHERS!!!

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard)

Aaron Rutten (free)

BoroCG (free)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates)

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, ect Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Libresprite (free, for pixel art)

Those are the ones I can recall.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Check it out at afroindex.org! 💛✨

This Yoruba bust (or Ife Head) is dated to the 12th-14th centuries.

This misunderstanding also deeply, unfortunately, and inaccurately mischaracterizes traditional arts in African cultures as being “less developed” for being more stylized, as if they cannot figure out realism due to difficulty (lmao?), which simply is not the case.

The copper / brass mask of Ọbalùfọ̀n II, dated to 1100—1400 CE. He was the third Ọọ̀ni (ruler) of the Ife Empire (modern southwestern Nigeria and eastern Benin), who expanded the empire and led it through the height of its Classical era. His rule was a time of immense prosperity and innovation, particularly in the realm of copper-alloy craftsmanship. To this day, he is the patron deity of copper-alloy work and good governance.

"Figure of an Ọọ̀ni" sculpture, from Ife, 14th century CE. Made of zinc brass.

16th century CE ivory mask from the Benin Empire, depicting Idia, the first Iyoba (Queen Mother) of the kingdom who assisted her son, the king, crush a rebellion and re-establish Benin's power as an empire. In honor of this, he created the title of Iyoba, giving her political power equivalent to the senior chiefs and her own palace.

also wanna include some art that is more stylized, because that's no less skilled or purposeful ofc! and its too striking not to:

Anthropomorphic terracotta statues from the Sao civilisation in the Chari river basin, in modern Chad and Cameroon. Made between the 9th-16th centuries CE. The Sao civilization lasted from the 6th-5th century BCE up to the 16th century CE! They were known to be skilled craftsmen, especially in metalwork, and like many other African societies women had roles of political power.

I’m splitting it up into 3 parts

PART 1: SKIN RENDERING

Note: Do not forget to make multiple Layers.

1: Base Color

2. When choosing the whites of the Teeth and Sclera and always use a lighter version of the skin color

3. After Choosing the eye color using a darker color shade the tops of the eyes beside the pupil.

4. Now using a darker color shade of the base skin color (we are gonna call this color A cause it is very important) Shade the under eyes, eyelids, lips (bottom, top or both are fine) ,the neck, under the nose and the top of the head (this shadow usually follows the bangs of the hair but they are bald rn)

5. Using Color A and an Airbrush gently airbrush over the cheeks and nose and switching to a hard brush changing the opacity to 4.1% make two lines to shade the neck more.

6. Moving down I usually airbrush the fingers and when the chest is visible the chest as well

7. Erase the in a triangle shape usually stopping where the collarbone is.

8. I rarely have to render under the belt but when I do I airbrush the knees and toes