Themes and Resources

katsuukis’ 4k icon pack ⋆

multifandom icon pack; includes icons from disney, boku no hero acedemia, haikyuu, yuri on ice, voltron, lucifer, once upon a time + the 100. thank you again for 4k followers, you guys are amazing! 

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VIEW THEM ALL HERE 

It is incredibly hard to be a theme maker. When you post something you spent your time and effort on to the world for free you should be appreciated which sadly isn´t the case always. People steal themes regularly, take the code and place their own name instead of the maker not thinking it can be seen. If it keep happening the amazing theme makers we have on Tumblr today might not be willing to post their themes or share their amazing skills. I feel that theme makers need to be more appreciated, they need to get more people to take notice in the work they do. I wish I could do more to thank these amazing theme makers and if you are a theme maker an isn´t on this list I apologize. I try to fit in as many as possible and everyone on this list is makers from the themes us at themegalore has reblogged

So, thank you for your hard work and dedication. {this is not in alphabetic order}

In celebration of 5k followers I’ve put together a pack of all my favourite textures! :)

Note that none of these were made by me. I have named each texture with the source + which of their texture packs you can find it in.

210 medium/large textures. (Most are 500+px width)

Please like/reblog if you download. :)

If you’re an artist who likes to work really close, (like me), do yourself a favor and put up two views. You can do this by clicking View–> New on your toolbar.

 This literally saved my ass a few minutes ago. Yes, you can recover those files that you accidentally closed and thought you couldnt get back. 

Right after that happens, open Microsoft Word again and click File - Info - Manage Versions - Recover Unsaved Documents.

Hey! Sorry for the late reply, I haven’t really had time to do the tutorial for you! But, I did one today. It’s kinda messy and not 100% anatomically perfect (I do several flaws myself) but I think I made some good points!

Arms:

Arms cannot be done without shoulders, so that’s why I will include them here. To know how one body part works, you need to understand the other parts too. I suggest drawing a stick figure, as shown above. Do it with shoulders and everything - don’t care about anatomy. Really, don’t - go mad! You can figure out how to deal with the anatomy AFTER you have figured how to draw the body freely.

I imagine most body parts to be shaped as tear drops, as shown above; especially the arms and legs. Draw them above the stick figure - don’t be afraid to overlap the teardrops. In fact, I suggest it! The best way to understand anatomy is to think of it as shapes and doll-parts.

After you’ve figured that out, do several, VERY tiny, small doodles like these. Go crazy - don’t bother with anatomy just yet. Do them also very quickly and so small you can’t think of the details. Just keep doing this until you sorta understand how arms work. 

Here is a doodle of a “real” arm, and as you can see, how it’s shaped it resembles the teardrops above. A general rule is to constantly draw the body in curves - male AND female. NEVER draw a single line straight.

I mentioned before I thought it was important to include shoulders/other body parts to understand another. This is why. The body basically has a “flow” when you move. The red lines clearly shows the flow. This is also how you can create a dynamic pose: think of the flow. The muscles are formed that way to be able to function. Which reminds me, buy some good anatomy books. And I’m talking about more or less MEDICAL anatomy books - you think you won’t need it - but trust me, it’s more useful than you can imagine. I do NOT suggest buying “stylistic” anatomy books, like Christopher Hart (ugh NO), for example, as these can mislead you. Medical anatomy books CANNOT because they MUST be right.

And for the last part, here’s some “do’s” and “don’ts”. It’s important to remember the muscles between the neck and shoulders. Many, especially when drawing females, forget this. It’s true the most visible it is - the more muscular you will look. But even the most petite people have these. Your neck literally would not function if you didn’t have these supporters. Then, the arms below is just to show why it’s important to draw the body with curves. Many have probably heard “straight lines for males” which is a complete lie. They will look stiff and unnatural. Curves can both empathize muscles AND fat. Heck, even your bones aren’t straight.

Legs:

Legs certainly are the hardest. There’s a good reason for this; because they’re one of our most strongest muscles, and they are more or less dominating when it comes to poses (together with the spine). However, just like with the arms, draw a stick figure. I won’t suggest drawing them completely straight, as you can see here, as it will add weight. Do teardrops shapes. As for the hips - think of them as panties or briefs. This is not a MUST; but it will help; I think!

And just like the arms, do small doodles. Don’t be serious, play around until you get the idea.

As you can see, these legs easily can be turned into teardrops even when they’re detailed like this.

Now, what makes legs/hips interesting is that the way fat gathers there. Although not a must, seeing as we’re all different, females tend to get more fat there than men. Usually, however, it’s not at the SIDE of the hips, but at the thighs, calves and the “love handles”. (Excuse my english, aaah…) Women also tend to have bigger hips, but again, it’s not a must. It’s not uncommon to have small hips, either; or big hips for men, etc.

Of course, the legs too follow the “flow”!

Something worth noting is the “Standing point” The standing point is basically a straight line, and the further away you are from the line; the more unbalanced you are. To create a dynamic pose you should avoid that line as much as possible. However, if you want to look balanced/realistic, have the one leg stand there for support. The leg to the left is balanced, as you can see one of the legs is taking all the weight; with other words, it’s the support leg-making it balanced. The legs to the right, however, are likely to fall over if she keeps standing like that! edit: <- that explanation was horrible. Hope you still get it.

Now for some more do’s and don’ts. I already mentioned the barbie legs, invisible heels and micro-mini crotch in my previous tutorial, but these two are different. I see this mistake a lot; when you sit down, your thighs will become wider because you’re pressing all the fat to the sides. Now, this also depends on how you’re positioning your legs. How much it widens depends on how much fat you have in the first place; but it will always be there.

And then there’s this awkward “thigh gap”. Before I get any haters telling me how I “thin shame”, please, take a seat and read this. Good? Good. How much space you actually have between your thighs depends fully on how you’re standing, bending, angle, body type and everything else. However, the one to the left? Not likely.

Hands:

- Okay, I’m getting really lazy now; so I’ll be quick. Draw a rectangle. Sorta like this; it doesn’t have to be exactly like this - since hands can be shaped VERY differently. Just compare to your friends.

- Draw a little triangle attached to it.

- Now, the fingers! How long they should be and etc doesn’t really matter either. But if you’re unsure, draw them as tear drops, too.

- Now, flesh out the fingers! Starting to look like a hand, sort of.

- Then draw the details and fix things you didn’t like. I really don’t like the way this is drawn but I’m just tired right now.

Just like the legs/arms, practice by doing that simple figure really quickly.

Feet:

Okay, I’m getting really lazy. Plus, feet are SUPER HARD- I’m just going to say this: think of them as triangles. Overlap them; think of it as 3D!

Practice practice practice! And medical anatomy books. And photo references. And real-life references!

Hope this helped! \o/ As I said, I’m nowhere near perfect but, ahh, I tried.

 This literally saved my ass a few minutes ago. Yes, you can recover those files that you accidentally closed and thought you couldnt get back. 

Right after that happens, open Microsoft Word again and click File - Info - Manage Versions - Recover Unsaved Documents.

i personally prefer to use S-4 for default drawing and S-7 when i need to draw really long smooth lines. this is what it does:

this is where you find transparent brush:

when you enable it, you can use your currently selected brush as eraser. this is what it does:

this is where you find clipping group:

you have to have at least two layers, the base layer and the one for the colors. when you draw on the layer with little red bar on side, the stuff you put on the layer appears only on top of the things you have on the base layer. the effect is p much same as preserving opacity except you dont change anything about the base layer and you can still use layer textures and effects. this is what it does:

1. Game Making Tools

[no coding required]

construct 2

gamemaker studio

stencyl

clickteam fusion

[some coding required]

unity

unreal engine

[more info]

…more game making tools

showcase of games that were created with these tools

2. Graphics

[create your own graphics]

photoshop

gimp

piskel

pixlr

…more graphics programs

[download graphics]

opengameart.org

[create your own models]

3ds max

maya

blender

…more 3d modeling programs

3. Sound & Music

[create own sounds]

bfxr

audacity

…more sound/music creation software

[download sounds/music]

freesound.org

incompetech.com

…more royalty free sounds/music

4. Distribution

[upload your game]

dropbox

indiedb

itch.io

gamejolt

newgrounds (only flash/html5/unity games possible)

kongregate (only flash/html5/unity games possible)

…more distribution options

info:

creategames.tumblr.com by @PixelProspector

Icon fonts masterpost!

Since I love icons in web design, and it seems to be pretty popular to use them in tumblr themes aswell, I thought it would be convenient to gather a lot of icon font resources. This post contains icon font generators/libraries, icon fonts and some useful tutorials + articles, enjoy!

Theme 15 - Paradise

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250px posts

5 links

updates tab + slide out ask

all colors customizable

please don’t remove credit

please like/reblog if using! 

Ask/FAQ Page 01: Wildest Dreams by patrionus / aurathemes

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A minimalistic ask / FAQ page that comes with an ask box and is easy to customize. Inspired by the amazing aphrodhlte's Magic page. Please remember to replace “USERNAME” in the code with your tumblr username in order for the ask box to work!

Please don’t remove the credit

Don’t claim/redistribute as your own

Don’t use as a base

Please like/reblog if using! :)

sooo i’ve been suggested/browsing a lot of old pixel websites lately SO i thought i’d put this together! here’s the best pixel websites i could find, but feel free to suggest more!

Pixel Art Websites:

PEACHIE’S COLLECTION - a gagillion animals, toys, dolls, pretty much anything you could want. if you don’t click anything else on this list, click this.

EMOJI7 - literally THOUSANDS of little emojis. just click the numbers to see more.

HAMSTER CAGE - hamtaro pixels from the anime, games, movies, and manga.

SUSHI CAT - sushi and lucky cats.

TAMATALK - around 20 different tamagotchi pixels to choose from.

CATCH A STAR - a small assortment of random pixels.

BITMAP DREAMS - food, anime, backgrounds, and other stuff.

Video Game Sprites:

SPRITERS-RESOURCE - an AMAZING website full of ripped video game graphics and sprites from many, many different systems.

POKEMONSTADIUM - search any of the 718 pokemon and pull up their game sprites, spin off sprites, and official artwork.

WELCOMETOATHENA - a masterpost of fanmade animal crossing sprites.

Tumblr Blogs:

PIEXLIAN

PIXEL-DREAMS

PERFECT-PIXELS

FOODPIXELS

PIXELSHIBA