GalacticKit

Part 1: Long masc hairstyles + playing with fades

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.

The fact people go “I felt it was my job to” no tf it isn’t. No one ASKED. You’re doing this to feel good about yourself and get validated by people of similar mindsets. And if anyone disagrees — GOD FORBID — then suddenly you know how to use a block button. It’s ridiculous. It’s vile. It’s CHILDISH. (Duh)

I did not spend my entire young adult into adulthood trying to unlearn purist, unhealthy mindsets from how I was raised, just to be told by people a decade or more younger than me that I and all of my friends are monsters/problematic for exploring different themes with appropriate ages in — what should be — safe spaces. Some of us (probably many) were able to express internal things through fictional characters.

Let me be clear. There is not anything wrong with playing with characters when they’re older. There literally isn’t. They’re fake. They’re fictional. It’s like saying you yourself are not allowed to grow up and explore yourself because you were a child once. Do you realize how dumb that sounds? Say it out loud. Tell your parents they’re gross for having sex because they were children once. It will sound as dumb as it is, I promise.

They’re not real. Fiction is a place to safely explore themes. YES there are obviously things that are questionable in content but you know what? I look away! I scroll. I block. I don’t make big giant call out posts and go “wow I’m such a good person”. I don’t care that strongly. Yall just need a better hobby.

It’s funny in its own way. I do point and laugh most of the time bc wtf??? But I am also angry. Because with a mindset like that, you will never survive in the real world. And all you’re doing is ruining reputations and sometimes lives based on what? Vibes? “Guilt by association”?

New chapter is still being worked on. Been so so so busy between work, making new shop items, manufacture shopping, and just trying to exist as a human with other things going on outside of the tiny hours of free time I get.

Soon, I promise! For now, enjoy ~