#aruasks

Thank you, I’m really happy to hear that people find her interesting!! 💕Essentially she’s a supernova contained in an (alien) form who’s in a constant state of evolution and explosion (aka nuclear fusion). Her subpowers come from the manipulation of that energy, and so everything she does has something to do with her releasing or taking energy.

I’m hoping to make a Youtube video about this eventually (I haven’t posted in over a year klsadjf;lasdf) but in shorter terms, I just didn’t really like the way that SCAD is structured for the amount I’m paying. I’m about to finish my first year at SCAD in two days, and at the rate I’m going at now, I wouldn’t have been able to start any major classes until at least halfway through my second year. It just didn’t work for me, and I didn’t agree with the way that some of the teachers here at SCAD chose to grade their students (they based it on a standard as opposed to individual improvement). This isn’t to say that SCAD is awful and no one should go there, it’s a very well funded school with a lot of opportunities, amazing teachers, and great resources (if you go for the right majors), but for me personally, I just didn’t enjoy my experience.

As for why I chose LCAD over other art schools, it was mainly for the size and the alumni. I know a lot more LCAD alumni whose work I’m really inspired by, and I like how the school has fewer students than the average art school. That being said, LCAD will most likely be a lot like SCAD, and I’m not going to expect it to be infinitely better in any way. But the fact that it’s in California (aka nearer to some of the studios I’d be interested in getting an internship for) and is overall more familiar to me (having lived in California for most of my life), among other things, it seemed like a good choice.

Ahh quite frankly, it still feels like pulling teeth, even after nearly 2 years of feeling this way. All I can really say is be attentive to your emotions/mental state, take breaks (either small ones or big ones aka not drawing at all) when you feel like you need to, and be patient with yourself. Often times, it’s a lot of tiny steps that will help lead you somewhere out of your block/burn out. Small victories or little things that make you go “Okay that didn’t turn out too bad!”. Going back to your roots or flipping through stuff that inspires you is really good to do, even during break times. Occasionally you’ll make huge strides or have sudden epiphanies, but those are rather few and far between in my experience. Focusing on the small, immediate goals is much more rewarding and far less daunting than trying to look too much into the future.

I have a Pinterest just for this!! It’s open to public and I never go anywhere else to find references (because Pinterest is just too good to me ww) so feel free to peruse my whole account to find whatever you need! Here are the anatomy specific boards that I have:

(Potential nudity warning for almost all of them, pretty much!)

Female:

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-anatomy-female/

Male:

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-anatomy-male/

General Anatomy tips:

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-anatomy/

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-head/

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-hands/

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-torso-back/

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-torso-front/

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-legs/

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-feet/

Poses:

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-poses/

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-couple-poses/

https://www.pinterest.com/arucelli/ref-fighting-poses/

Additionally, here’s some other stuff I’ve also done in regards to anatomy:

Posts I’ve made on anatomy:

http://arucelli.tumblr.com/post/149612264533/typically-when-people-are-taught-how-to-draw

http://arucelli.tumblr.com/post/152425562204/how-exactly-do-you-draw-the-shape-of-the-head-i

+ a masterpost I made with links to figure drawing websites:

http://arucelli.tumblr.com/post/142534306654/figure-drawinganatomy-link-reference