BRANN my guy my dude, I’m doing alright, thank you! Living exciting times, I was recently accepted into a university and will be starting my Graphic Design studies in a few weeks. After cleaning hotel rooms for 4 long years, I’m overjoyed to leave everything behind (except for my dog, obviously) and basically start my life over.

But yeah my fave artists ummm let’s see! I have a ton of them but here’s a few I could think of:

I love Francisco Goya’s work, especially the Black Paintings and other witch-y artwork of his. They have been said to satirize people’s fear of the supernatural (note that Goya lived in an era when it was still risky to be accused of witchcraft, so I’d imagine creating surreal and nightmarish pieces might’ve been a daring act). Interesting person, interesting art.

Louis Wain. Not only do I look up to this man for his artistic skills, but also his passion for creating art. To those who don’t know, Wain either had Asperger syndrome or suffered from a serious mental illness. Despite spending his final years in a mental hospital he kept creating amazing art until the end. As someone who has an irrational fear of “going mad” and losing my skills/will to draw, Louis’ work reminds me of the fact that even severe illnesses/disabilities are not always the end of the world (or career).

I think Bragolin’s bizarre artwork of crying children is worth a mention as well! My mum had an obsession with his paintings and after spending a fair portion of my childhood staring at 2 massive prints of these weeping kids, the artist’s work has definitely stuck with me. If I ever get around learning how to paint, Bragolin’s style will definitely be a great inspiration to me.

Not sure if Annie-Claude Martin counts as “classical” artist, but she illustrated A Treasury of Fairy Tales which was my favorite book as a kid. I absolutely love her style, especially the way she drew animals and fur details.

Rules: tag 9 people but im only tagging 2 because im not cool enought to have 9 tumblr choices friends @ialwayschoosekaitlyn @mrs-mckenzie

Relationship status: alone, but very much crushing on a cutie from Germany (also i keep attracting weird Fboys? send help?)

Last song i listened to: Space by Ally hills (10/10 would reccomend)

Last book I read: frankenstein, it’s optional for my L2 english class but im trYING IT ANYWAYS (also lots of fanfiction! lots!!!)

Favourite colours: sunset colours omfffg

Top three shows: Right now I’d say Riverdale, American Horror Story, and Supergirl

Top three characters; From choices: Val AKA my badass wife (C&TF),

Eleanor AKA my Ghost wife (Braidwood),

Audrey AKA Clarke AKA Lexa’s Wife (RoE)

(PS shout out to Brooke for being the only sane Love Hacks character, and even thats debatable)

From other media: Katniss Everdeen, im team Gale all the way, read the books people she hated that peeta malarkey boi (The Hunger Games)

Hermione Granger, because shes so freaking strong and Harry knows like, 3 total spells. (Harry Potter)

Raven Reyes, because oh my god, leave Raven alone. She doesn’t deserve this torture, let her rest, let her kiss Octavia, let her smile, please, these are all things I need (The 100)

Top 3 ships; From Choices: MC x Kaitlyn (The Freshman), MC x Brooke x Sereena (This one kills me okay, it makes me real emotional and no one else is talking abotu it so i guess its a me thing) (Love Hacks),

Lexa (Nerd twin) X Audrey (RoE)

Other media:

Raven Reyes X Octavia Blake, LiSteN DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE 100 THINGS COULD’VE BEEN SO GOOD OCTAVEN IS SOME GOOD STUFF AND IM SO SAD (Reshop Heda) (The 1OO)

Betty Cooper x Veronica Lodge, okay omg, please go watch Riverdale. like it doesnt have to be for Beronica. Theres some good straight ships in there too. The film work is amazing, beautiful use of colour, its a great show its on netflix (and CW i think?)

For last its a toss up between Alex Danver x Maggie Sawyer, and Kara Danvers x Lena Luthor. like hmu if you like supergirl. hmu if you like any even slightly gay show, ive probably watched it.

Aaa thank you so much (and I know, right? I would be completely lost without Iiro). <3 

Well, I was lucky enough to grow up with dogs all around me (my first neighbourhood was inhabited by many German Shepherd Dog enthusiasts, including my parents), so I’ve spent a huge portion of my life observing their body structure and movements. I may not know all of the dog anatomy tips and tricks whatsoever but I’ve developed a strong sense of knowing what ~*~looks~*~ right and what does not. On top of that I’ve had a ton of repetitive practice.

I bet anybody can get better at doggo anatomy though. Genuine interest in learning all about your drawing subject goes far. Most of those Really Damn Good Artists that I know of use references and do regular life drawing sessions, so those two things are another key to effective learning (it should also help your brain to understand perspective and forms better! You mentioned that your dogs look “flat”, I’m by no means a professional and haven’t seen your drawings so I don’t know for sure but that to me sounds like you could benefit from practicing forms and perspective?).

You didn’t ask for this asdfg but here’s a handful of woof tutorials etc. that have helped me in the past, maybe you/somebody else reading this will find them useful:

Wolf Anatomy: Body and Skull

Wolf Anatomy: Poses

Notes on head/muzzle

Front legs

Hind legs

Notes on leg anatomy

Paws

Paw pads

Noses

More noses

Ears

Teeth

Canine (+ hyena! :D) Differences Chart

Canines vs. Felines: Paws and Legs

Canines vs. Felines: Facial Anatomy

Canines vs. Felines: Chest Anatomy

Stylized expressions

Balto concept art

101 Dalmatians concept art

References I personally like to keep around while drawing:

Basic reference part 1 / part 2

Muscular system

Skeleton

Muscles and skeleton front view / back view

Head part 1 / part 2 / part 3

Front leg part 1 / part 2

Hind leg part 1 / part 2

Paws

Videos of dogs in motion:

Animated walk and run cycles

Canine running, animated by Aaron Blaise

Various breeds in motion 

Galloping Greyhound

GSD running

GSD jumping and barking

Greyhounds

Thank you, the fact you like my scribbles means a lot to me. ‘Course you can use that prompt for a school project, I wouldn’t mind at all. Just in case you need it, here’s a website full of Aesop’s fables for you to get started. 

Thank you, I appreciate it! Yeah, I had to sacrifice a few years of my life to work on my mental skills because I used to deal with stress/anxiety very poorly. Nowadays I feel much better and more optimistic about the future in general, real excited to meet like-minded people and put my focus on all that artsy stuff.

Healthy ones! I think I prefer medium-sized mutts over any breed, a mixed pup with pastoral + guard dog breeds in it would be ideal for me.

(…in theory, that is. Honestly if you tossed me any type of dog, I would not Not end up loving it with all my heart.)

It’s a forum on Reddit where people tell (supposedly) true stories of their experiences with individuals they’d rather not meet again. Check it out if you’re into scary stuff:

r/LetsNotMeet