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Heart

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He opened his eyes, staring up into the perfectly cut circle, the void in the sky that told Raiden he was dead.

Again. He had lost track of how many times he had looked up into that hole-punch of a star or sun or whatever it was. It just told him that once again, he had tried and he had failed.

Raiden stared at his hands. They were clean to the untrained eye. But to Raiden they were once again stained with the blood of failure.

“You cannot save him,” said the ever gentle voice of Time’s Keeper.

Raiden clenched his hands into fists. “Yes I can,” he said, his heart as defiant as it was gentle.

The pity. Raiden had grown tired of it.

“I will try again,” Raiden said as he always did, getting to his feet.

The sigh. “Very well.”

Raiden blinked. He felt pain in his chest—a hilt stuck out from his chest. He looked up, once again seeing Kung Laos’ horrified face. “Kung Lao—” Raiden choked, blood pouring from his mouth.

“Raiden,” Kung Lao ran t catch him.

Raiden blinked. There was Kung Lao. Then two of him. Then four. Then eight…

An infinite number of them, all rushing to Raiden, to catch him as he was killed, all of them suffering.

"Heart" by Oberhofer

ah fuck I actually like this idea too much pray for it to not rot in WIP status

#*inhale - exlase* #PRIMORDIAL SCREECH #don't you love it when writers #don't you #when writers #when #wrsffGGHHHHJjH #raiden #mk raiden #kung lao #railao #mortal kombat #mortal kombat 1 #mk1

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time loop where i keep dying to save you but clearly the loop just wants me to accept your death. im not going to but i can tell that's what it wants

#you promised sad railao dreams but there were none 😭 #at least I have this post #I can rotate it 360 in my head playing Benny Hill theme (also in my head) #railao

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#ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL BOY #liu kang #mortal kombat #mk11 #mortal kombat 11

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#YAAAAY THE BOIIIII #beautiful beautiful boy~ #shaolin punk 💗 #I'm so happy to know that now you will draw him more 😏 #kung jin #mortal kombat #mkx #mortal kombat x

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I had an idea for a little AU, where we can see the fate of Kung Jin and the reason why he is not in the story of Mk11

Remember when Lao and Liu came to Wu Shi Academy (at least i think it was Wu Shi Academy) and saw a bunch of dead monks?

#"oh. my fav is alive and well? nice! I'm gonna kіll him <3” #😊🤝😌 #kung jin #kung lao #mortal kombat 11 #mk11

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its so difficult to draw anatomy. and objects. and backgrounds. and clothing. and colors. and lighting. i honestly dont know how i ever managed to draw anything in my entire life

#art supplies and pain

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MOOD!

#art supplies and pain #but THE THING IS- #I'm kinda out of the art block #BUT I'm not finishing anything?? but starting more WIPs??? #helb

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#drawing

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#oc #OH YES #OH MY GOD

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#wheEEEEEEEEEEZE #zack fair #sephiroth #cloud strife #ff7 #ffvii #crisis core #final fantasy vii #crisis core final fantasy vii #ccff7

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#they finally gave him these scars ⚡ #raiden #mk raiden #mortal kombat #mk1 #mortal kombat 1

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Question, HOW DO YOU DRAW HANDS SO GOOD??

practice

I could stop right here, since it’s the right answer for this type of questions 99% of the time, but I will elaborate with some tips that helped me – so maybe they will help someone too. :3

1. Just draw them

I know, I knooow, all the artists say that, and it’s haaard and boooring, and the sketches are uglyyy- 😩 but it WORKS, because if you want to draw one good hand you must go through 100 bad ones. So take a sketchbook/tablet/tissue/magna doodle and get them out of your system, don’t wait for the “big art piece” to draw your first hand of the day.

2. Use references

If I could slаp every person who spreads the idea “references = bad, you should draw from memory”... 😶 Every professional artist/animator in every industry is using references (the main question is HOW to properly use them, but that’s another topic completely). And hands, being one of the trickiest things to draw, are actually the easiest to acquire the right reference for. They are… literally RIGHT HERE, under your nose. Just put them in needed position, take a picture and draw~✨

And for disаbled artist and artists who can’t use their own hands for any other reason – you can always just search for refs on Pinterest or use these resources:

Line of Action

SketchDaily

Pexels

Search for conductors and athletes photos – the way they gesture and hold baton/sports gear is so nice to look at! Also saw people recommend cooking videos.

3. Learn from other artists

And I don’t mean just watching tutorials (like Sinix, for example), but if you see the art with cool hands – find a minute to reflect on it, or even try to replicate the gesture. The best way of how to do it, as well as a few tips on drawing hands overall, was explained in this video by Ethan Becker. This (as well as his many other videos) was THE video that helped me to understand the way you can draw hands.

❗ FAIR WARNING tho, his style and online persona are… something 😆 -and it’s completely understandable if someone would not feel comfortable watching him. But he’s NOT really being mean and he’s NOT really mocking other artists, because behind the irony and fake aggression there are respect and very useful tips from an animation industry professional. And most importantly – he will teach you HOW TO LEARN, his advises are changing the way you look at/do art. He’s mostly focused on the animations now, but I strongly recommend checking out his older videos.

4. Work from larger to smaller

There are several approaches to draw a hand and you can find the one that suits you by practicing. Learning the anatomy will help you to position the fingers the right way and the “blocks technique” is useful for understanding the forms/masses in 3D space and how they overlap each other. I love to work with shapes, it can give your art an interesting flow and it’s simple enough to now feel overwhelmed – which is good for the beginner artists. Here’s the small “tutorial” of how I usually draw hands. Let’s take this blurry photo of me hand that I definitely didn’t took just now specifically for this post afdHHH

STEP 1. Drawing the shape of the palm.

STEP 2. Drawing the shapes of the fingers – they love to cluster and hug each other sometimes. 🥰

Tip 1. Check out this mass that is right next to the thumb! It will divide the palm in nice shapes and guide you, look for these forms on your references.

Tip 2. Sometimes it’s easier to draw the fingertip FIRST where you want to put them – and then connect it to the palm, not to build the finger from the palm.

STEP 3. Drawing fingers (here’s where you need to know the anatomy – or just keep in mind that every finger has 3 parts and the thumb has 2), adding details, cleaning – you know, draw the rest of the owl.

Tip 1. Keep in mind that the nail “hugs” your finger, so from a certain angles it looks like an arch.

Tip 2. The amount of details depends of your style and character physique/age: the shape of the fingers and nails, the wrinkles and fat… Using your own hand for references is great for constructing the gesture, but for diversity look at different people’s hands, seek the differences and implement them in your art.

wow that was a lot, haha, hope it helps, and as usual, sorry for typos/mistakes

also THANK YOU SO MUCH! 🫰 drawing hands is always a struggle, I still make mistakes and hate the result sometimes, but it’s nice to know that I made progress over the years and people think it looks good 😭💗💖💕

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god i love making animatics in my head i wish drawing was real

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You have a (Mortal Kombat) character you say? 👀

I- I do 👉👈🥺 but she's so boring, compared to everyone's mk ocs, I don't want to talk about her... oTL It's much easier to create oc for your original story (I have A TON of these) rather than for an already established canon, huhhhhh

a little sneak peek of the first sketches back from 2023

#my ask #mk oc #oc #mortal kombat #helsensm art

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#BOOP

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teeny tiny

#bebes #holding them 🥺 #liu kang #kung lao #mortal kombat #mortal kombat 11 #mk11