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SU Future comic - From Monster to Future: Part 2, pages 18-19

I’m sure a ton of people already know how to do this, but I only learned recently, so I wanted to share one of my favorite thumbnailing tricks! Color matching is SUPER helpful to quickly map out potential color schemes :D

Thanks to all the peeps who have been sending me nice messages, I appreciate it!

For those of you who have been asking for a wallpaper of my latest su piece, you download a hi-res copy from gumroad (the minimum price is £0) I’ve also put it up on redbubble if anyone wants a print.

As for backgrounds, I’m probably not the best person to ask,  as there are quite a lot of different things that can contribute to making a background that’s visually pleasing. If you want to learn more Here’s a list of tutorials  that I’ve found helpful in the past.

Story telling with backgrounds

Compostion

colour theory

drawing props and objects

Are you tired of feeling like your art just isn’t improving? Do you want to do a 30-day challenge that’s actually useful? Welcome to 30 Days of Improvement Hell. >:D

I made this because I’ve been feeling super ‘blah’ about my art these days, and I needed something to kick-start myself. Who wants to do this with me!? Start now or whenever you can (now you procrastinators!). Challenge yourself and have fun at the same time!

Tag your posts with #Improvement Hell so everyone can follow along and see each other’s awesome artwork. I may even create a blog and reblog them! :D

What are you waiting for? START!

Self-Portrait - Introduce yourself

Draw a figure using a reference - link to reference

Draw a figure that’s in action, using a reference - link to reference

Draw a part of the human anatomy you have trouble with. x20, with atleast 5 being skeletal/musculature studies.

Draw more figures. Quick gestures and silhouettes. x20, with atleast 10 different body shapes

Let’s have some fun. Design a character from either This or This character generator! Be creative and bring something to life!

Pick the weirdest object in your house/room. Draw it. Shadows and Highlights.

Find 2-3 objects, make a scene with them. Draw it. Bonus points for creativity. Double points for dramatic lighting.

Draw a landscape of a place you’ve never been or drawn.

Draw a BG with 1pt Perspective. Negative points if it’s a railroad or an empty street.

Draw a BG with 2pt Perspective.

Look out a window. Draw what you see. Bonus points for adding something interesting.

Draw an interior setting with the character you designed on Day #6 in it.

BG with either bird’s eye or worm’s eye view.

Halfway there! Draw three ‘action’ scenes with different compositions in each. Quick sketches are fine, just make them interesting and understandable! Bonus points if it’s the same scene, but different composition.

Draw a single page comic with 5-7 panels (the story begins and ends on one page). 

Draw an animal you’ve never drawn before. x10  Link references.

Draw a car. Negative points for whining. Hint: Use a perspective grid.

Think of the thing you hate drawing the most. Guess what? Draw it! Negative points for lying to yourself.

Pick an object in your house/room. Now design a character from it, using the shapes, forms, textures, purpose and colors as inspiration. Also link/post the object you used. Negative points for using a humanoid action figure.

Draw a character/object/scene, and shade them using ONLY solid blacks and whites. Bonus points for good use of lights/shadows

Draw a different object/scene/character. Shade using hatching, crosshatcing, and/or pointillism. Bonus points for lights/shadows and textures.

Colors! Pick a color palette, and paint a scene/character/object using only those colors (some blending allowed). Bonus points for good use of lights/shadows.

Draw and color a scene/object/character - no lines allowed! (aka - lineless art). Don’t forget light and shadows!

Draw a scene/character in a style you’ve never drawn before. If emulating an artist, credit+link. Bonus for color style.

Draw a character. Draw 10 emotions/expressions. Bonus points for ‘uncommon’ emotions. (i.e. anxiety, guilt, despair, loneliness etc.)

Draw three random shapes using your opposite hand (or your foot). Now design characters from those shapes.

Turn on the tv (or load your illegally downloaded movies). Pick an actor and draw them.

Almost done! Let’s have some fun. Draw some fanart. Bonus points if it’s super obscure and unknown. Make people guess what it’s from.

Last day! Find a drawing you did within the last year. Now draw it again using what you’ve learned! Link it for comparison!

 Look at all that amazing improvement! Congrats!

Police officers shoot and kill Kid in Los Angeles: ‘He ran because he was scared’

Andrew Heney, owner of the Freeway autoshop, told a local CBS affiliate: “We had a security guard that was out front, because we had just had certain issues with people tagging and stuff like that.”

“And then the police came up, and they pulled their guns on him and he ran because he was scared, and they shot and killed him. He’s got a clean background and everything. There’s no reason.”

The sheriff’s department are claiming Andres Gyuardado had a gun but the autoshop owner and witness to the shooting says that’s absolutely not true he never carried a weapon and didn’t that night.

What’s even worse is that right after the shooting, the Store owner said the cops immediately destroyed all the surrounding security cameras, broke into the store, stole his DVR with the recordings, and then created an illegal warrant after doing all this. 

The shop owner also states he never called the police and doesn’t understand because “There was no reason for them to be there.”

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For those who aren't aware, as I wasn't until I googled it, 8 minutes and 46 seconds was the exact amount of time that George Floyd was pinned on the ground.

After the final battle, Adora’s friends learn about her long-held wish regarding Catra.

Summary: Connie tries to figure out whats up with the weird mark on her stomach, and pulls a sword from Steven’s gem.

Preview:

As she came to Steven’s side, he kissed her cheek, making her heart pick up pace in her breast. That was new, still, and she still wasn’t quite sure what either of them meant by it. It was a nice greeting, though, even as he mumbled, “Sorry about this.”

Citrus widened her eyes with anger, her face contorting with jealousy as she hissed, “That’s not fair! She’s not even cracked and you’ll fix her?”

Steven groaned, rubbing his face. “I guess you’re right. It’s just a kiss.”

She wasn’t , and the uptick in her heartbeat wasn’t the silly excitement of a friendship slipping into something new. Anger to match the quartz’s, icy and snarling, buzzed in her chest, despite the stillness on her face.

“I can’t do nothing.”

She couldn’t do nothing, not when Steven was raising his thumb to his mouth in a kiss. Yes, it would only take a second, but Steven’s time should not have had to be piecemealed out to every gem who came to his door with demands. He should not owe every moment to duty, especially when the gems gave him so little in return.

The quartz was so smug, so confident, that every moment staring into her face made Connie’s gut twist hard, until the words lashed out of her, until her sword came to her hand and pushed into Citrus’s face. “Maybe you should be more careful with your gem!”  

Everything in the room went still.