#My new rig

[suntails]

do you deserve to be loved?

#*smashes thru the wall like the kool aid man* im fucking back #we're so back. it's joever. i'm screeching into the sun i'm ILL i fucking sobbed last night i cried during work #i sat and drew during my lunch i finished the lore drop at 7am and didnt sleep and drew until work started at 9 #i. um. i dont even know where to start for making shit. i feel adrift i feel lost in the sauce of misery #the way he screamed at his baby self that he didnt deserve to cry. that he didnt deserve to be loved. im fucking ILL #ive talked before abt his bad relationship w his own mortality but ngl i REALLY underestimated how deep this ran...esp w the new dad knowle #twst #twisted wonderland #twst silver #silver vanrouge #ch7 spoilers #book 7 spoilers #he got a new rigged expression!!! all the new animations!!!!!! as a rig animator by trade i was v impressed and pleased #silver nation. fuck every other book like im sorry this one wins u cant deny it #suntails

[arsenicflame]

stede is 'oh this place has something related to my interest i must go in immediately' autistic and izzy is 'if we deviate one inch from my plan for today i will murder someone' autistic

#stede wandering off into the forest to look at bugs was not on the schedule or any of izzys contingency schedules #new thing i think would fix izzy: a clear fucking plan #in the nebulous reunion timeline future i see izzy researching every port town they are gonna stop in HARD so he can figure out everywhere #stede + ed might possibly want to go and plan several routes for the day to keep himself calm in the inevitable chaos #(and yet somehow every time stede finds something he missed and they still go off script anyway) #(he tries to go separately around port from them one time and its a fucking disaster; someone gets stabbed; so he just resigns himself to #incredibly stressful port stops) #its not like stede + ed mean to do it!! theyre both awful for it individually and they just feed off each other #its ok because theyre very good at letting izzy have the deck Exactly how he wants it and scheduling as much big picture stuff as they can #with him #(when stede realises theyve been the cause of like. 65% of izzys stress they finally agree to let him redo the rigging as an apology and #they suddenly realise watching him buy the supplies that hes just as bad as them in his own way) #(he absolutely terrorizes the rope guy but they have never seen him so relaxed as when he was up there redoing all the lines) #nyxtalks #ofmd #izzy hands #israel hands #stede bonnet #you can pry autistic izzy away from my cold dead hands

[sonic-adventure-3]

learned how to use hdris and even did a couple simple colour adjustments in engine the other day!! so squabble render be upon ye

#this isn’t the rigged model i’m currently working on. it’s the segmented one #i realized i don’t have a drawn reference for her new shoe design #i’ll have to compile some angles for them #hopefully i can get to making some proper references for her b4 the showdown starts lol #squabble the pigeon #ocs #3d adventures #my art

[egophiliac]

Hello! Sorry to bother but do you have any digital art tips? I’m quite new to it and any tips, tricks or advice would be helpful! Your coloring style is very beautiful and I love it a lot!

thank you! 💚💚💚 sorry this is a bit late, hopefully there's still something helpful in it!

(also, it got pretty long, sorry!)

I think the biggest thing is to just take things slow -- digital art feels different than drawing traditionally, and it's SUPER easy to get overwhelmed by the billions of cool features that the digital world offers. (I say, as someone who spends a lot of time downloading cool brushes and textures...and then never using them ever.) there is a ton of really cool stuff you can do digitally, but because there's so much, I think it's really important to take time to figure out what is and isn't working for you. spend some time doodling without any intent to do a finished piece, figure out how you like to hold (or not hold) your tablet, what keyboard shortcuts you end up using a lot (and therefore might want to map to your pen/tablet buttons for quicker use)...that kind of thing!

everyone's workflow and preferred program and style are different, so it's hard to give hard-and-fast general advice. but the things that I think of as the essentials for learning digital art programs, and what I think of as a good order to focus on learning them in (although YMMV, especially depending on what kind of art you're doing):

brush customization (e.g. flow, opacity, softness)

layers and layer masks

selections and transformations (e.g. scale, rotate, flip horizontal/vertical, skew) (skew is underrated and I will die on that hill)

blending modes (e.g. multiply, screen)

adjustments/adjustment layers (e.g. hue/saturation, curves)

and I think most stuff after that is gravy! often very good gravy though! but yeah, as overall advice I recommend just taking things one little bit at a time, spending some time just drawing and messing around with each feature and what you can do with it. whether or not you end up incorporating any of it into your workflow, it's always good to try things out and just see how they feel! :D

and just so there is at least a little more concrete helpfulness in here, here's a few more specific things that I think are super important to keep in mind!

use! your! tablet/pen buttons! I mentioned this earlier, but they are extremely useful for keyboard shortcuts that you use often! most programs will also let you create new shortcuts for other things -- personally, I use the magic wand tool to fill in big color blocks a lot, so I made shortcuts for 'expand selection' and 'fill' and then mapped them to my tablet buttons.

flop your work horizontally often! when you're working on something, you get used to the way it looks, so seeing it mirrored is a quick way to see it with fresh eyes! in my experience, it often feels like this:

(a common thing is to find that everything is sort of 'leaning' too much one way, which is where skew really comes in handy!) (seriously, I love skew, it is my savior)

if you're working with color, keep a hue/saturation adjustment layer (or a layer filled with black or white and set to Color) on top and toggle it on occasionally to check your values! a lot of people who know a lot more about color than me (and are better at putting it into words) have written about why values are so important, so all I'll say is that the rule of thumb is that your image should still be readable in greyscale:

there are some exceptions and grey areas (do ho ho), but it's a good general rule to keep in mind! (some programs also have a colorblind mode, so you can check to see how your work will look to someone with colorblindness!)

and finally, here's some digital art programs I recommend, if you're still looking for a good one!

free: krita, FireAlpaca

paid: ClipStudio, Procreate (iOS/iPad only)

#art #...sort of #horizontally flipped mal isn't my favorite drawing i've ever done of him #but it's up there #anyway i do personally use photoshop #but i absolutely do not recommend it when there are better and free-er art programs out there #it is the equivalent of texting with a giant 90s-block phone that has been jury-rigged to somehow install whatsapp #because i don't NEED a new phone i KNOW how to use this one it's FINE #(oh god i've become my dad) #someday i will have to actually switch to clipstudio and learn new keyboard shortcuts :(

[prostocupoftea]

I have done what kinitopet fandom (probably) does not have but totally does (not) need... a CRIME AU! i am so sorry

Tw on poorly drawn guns, masks, scars, robbery police etc baisicly crime stuff

I have so much work why am i doing this... it is like 3 am...... aNYWAY---

More yapping and magnifyed parts under the cut

I was just literally sitting in the bus from uni and like "jeez can't imagine how those with full au-s abt tsp or kp, that must be so hard, i have one design and im already dying

And than i thought what au can i do for kinitopet

And here i am, 5 hours later with full ref-sheet and a little story idea in my head

Okay now to the au

It might be bad it might be okay-ish, well an okay-ish option is that they are like "Bad Guys"-ajesent group, you know, rob banks, skedadle with money, no killing, etc, all to make them redeamable, but, i mean.... they are horror charscters.... we all want our qute kinito but, u know...... he literally does not take "no" for an answer, just saying

So my idea is that maybe kinito does crime to get attentoin of that one detective, you know, "You" and does those "hello, you!" like he is talking to everyone while specifically naming You (((:

Aaand he is really in crime for that cat-n-mouse game, money are a bonus to do more crime with, he is just resl smart and wants to find soneone who is as intelligent as him and can catch him (or at least follow his clues)

Also they wear matching fake tatoos bc statistically most people are gonna notice a tatoo and they are gonna search you by it

And they have their secret normal lifes ofc bc why not

Sooooooo, i'll probably would never draw those guys again unless i guess y'all really like them, but in any case be free to take them and do whatev ya want, just tag/credit me (:

#kinitopet #kinitopet au #sam the sea anemone #kinito the axolotl #jade the jellyfish #i sexualized both men in kinitopet and what you have done in your life #i am not sorry #sam literally wears men version of bikini armor plate that protects n o t h i n g #kp brainrot so much my gray matter is dripping from my ears #i wanna punch myself in the face #btw i am still rigging that model #so do not worry. i'll get there #kinito fanart #btw i have no idea why new york #just wanna to make him say “hello new york” #also cool screens on buildings #perfect for announcing crime >:) #kinitopet crime au #prosto cup of art

[procyo9]

#my access to blender should be restricted #i rigged that shit by myself and his fingies are kinda wonky but thats ok #i can fix him #signalis #adler #adlr #signalis adler #signalis shitpost #.obj #adler & rifle models by rose-engine uwu #btw this is just one out of many memes w adler i made (and one i put most work into i guess lmao) #putting him into random memes is my new coping mechanism

[svtskneecaps]

all this stream is telling me rn is badboyhalo cannot under any circumstances become president because if he becomes a federation puppet and gets turned against the players or the eggs the ENTIRE server is fucked

#qsmp #qsmp badboyhalo #bad: OH MY GOSH. WHAT IF (intricate break in plan that could ensure eggs die that i had not considered in my life) #just every 3 minutes he's like OH MY GOSH and comes up with a new reason their safe houses aren't safe #like SIR THEY MIGHT NEVER HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT DOING THAT IF YOU HADN'T #LETS NOT FORGET ELQUACKITY'S PLAN WAS 'eh blow stuff up' LIKE ???? BASIC AF #and here bad's like 'they could use the wand of symmetry to rig tnt in the egg rooms so it'll ignite when the trapdoors are activated!!!' #would that have crossed their minds??? WHO KNOWS!!!!!! BUT THEY SURE FUCKIN KNOW NOW!!! #nothing is secret on isla quesadilla once it's said out loud that idea is Public Domain #shut up vic #block game brainrot

[wildmeadowsims]

It's a love story, baby, just say yes!

spent the last few days making these poses telling a little story of my OCs who are 11 years in the making! I wanted to show their love story from where it started, when they met in 2010, to when they started dating in 2014, to where they are now in 2024 :)) Anyway, they've known each other 14 years officially. Brb while I sob!

#mine #my ocs #into the world of mu #nr #mu #ts4 #the sims 4 #blender render #render #zane #kate #my poses #rebecca #vanessa #stephanie #zate #my pose #tried new rigs to make them ! #thanks to my friend storm for recommending those rigs!

[ghoulinfuschia]

It’s nearly 4 am and Im laying awake looking at Adobe Animate tutorials when I dont need to be. The grind never ends does it.

#honeybee rambles #I wanna learn a new SKILL #STOMPS MY FOOT #On top of my current building skill of Vtube rigging

[foldingfittedsheets]

As I woke up this morning a sourceless voice was assuring me, “Not many people know this but carnosaurs were actually the ones responsible for the extinction event, through a combination of guerrilla tactics and overhunting.”

As I gained consciousness I was like, wait, that’s just nonsense.

#ramblies #something is trying to brainwash me about dinosaurs in my sleep and I think it’s me #in other news I’m so fucking tired today and woke up way too early and I have to rig today and I just know it’s gonna be rough #dreams #dream #dinosaur

[chiprewington]

okay no more blender spam i promise

#chip revvington #chainsaw consultant #perry winkles #toontown #corporate clash #corporateclash #toontown corporate clash #toontowncorporateclash #ttcc #my art #perry's rig is a little messed up since ey were my first attempt at anything ever in blender #chip is my second attempt and i definitely think i improved a lot! #also perry's eyes/tail/wings/blush here are edited on in post #the day mix and match comes out and if the parts are free to unpack i'll definitely be remaking em with my new knowledge

[gradient-joe]

[COMING TO VRCHAT SOON. (IF I EVER FIGURE OUT HOW TO RIG (GOD SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THAT))]

#bugbo #gradient joe #vrchat #yooo new avatar?! #this is my first model ive ever made on blender btw im so proud of it #its me!! :) #please someone teach me how to rig im actually so lost rn

[justinegreenpie]

#ssoblr #star stable #This has been such a long time coming #I had the idea around the time we got the new character models and tried with those first #but the old unrealistic proportions with the high waisted bottoms and really cropped tops just fit so much better #So I decided to “just” do it in Blender #As you can see I managed to get the basics to work #but I didn't have access to SSO's rigs #so I wasn't able to pose them at all and they're stuck in these awkward t-poses #But I had too much fun and put in too much blood sweat and tears to not share them anyway #it was really fun getting to mix the old and new models #for example with the hair styles #so I was able to choose the best of both worlds #i kinda gave up on the old models and blender half way through and settled on just doing it in game with the new models #i also didnt wanna let the beautiful butterfly decorations of the temporary race go to waste #but that reignited my obsession and i finished the blender project too #or at least as finished as i managed to get it #hope you like it! #star stable online #sso #starstable #winx #winx club

[dnd-smash-pass-vs]

The dragon turtle on the left has steam breath! The shell alone is around 25 feet (7.6 m), but otherwise it's exactly what it sounds like, giant sentient turtle dragon. pictured here with a crommesteven I think? 2 or 3 mast, a spritsail, most others I know of that design are way too big. Originally a Dutch design, though famously used by the British Navy in the 17th century during thier early colonizing rush.

On the right we have an ice mephit. They're 4 ft (1.2 m) tall, sadistic tricksters, and apparently kept in part of the kitchen to be a low tech refrigerator.

#ice mephit #dragon turtle #DnD 5e #dnd #5e #d&d 5e #smash or pass #I know saying “this one's destroying a thing colonization era Britain used” is rigging it against my dear mephits #but lets be real buddy #The turtles barely missed the cut #you were quite low #and we've seen that the placement of mephits is something the OG and New followers can agree on. #If steam mephit couldn't win I don't think the ice one has a shot #but maybe I'm wrong!

[egophiliac]

hiii i have a question about your cheka !! did you use the professional or essential version of spine for it (im assuming you're using spine??) :0000 was debating on making some self indulgent sprites myself and i didnt know which version to buy

I use Professional! I don't use it as a professional anymore, but it works just as well for small silly things like fan-chibis. :D personally, I think the Professional features are absolutely essential (despite the cheaper version being called Essentials. it's a lie.) especially if you want to do a Twst-style chibi --I've stared at those little dudes for a looooong time trying to figure out how they work, and they're definitely using meshes, if not also constraints.

meshes are the big dealbreaker for me, since they let you weight the image to bones, and get actual deformation and bendiness:

(ignore the feather floating away, I didn't wanna fix it for the example :')

and of course, constraints are the other big thing! IK is the most obvious one:

but there's also ones that allow relative manipulation of other bones, paths, and all kinds of other fun stuff! I learned about keyable path spacing a while back and it absolutely blew my mind that you can just...DO that. god.

uhhhh yeah, sorry, I'm a Spine stan! I think Professional >>>> Essentials, although the price difference is, unfortunately, pretty steep (if it helps, I believe you can upgrade at any time for the difference in price, and for individuals it's a one-time purchase with perpetual free updates). it has a little bit of a learning curve, but once I got used to the UI I found it really intuitive, and there's plenty of documentation and tutorials!

tl;dr it's pretty expensive if you aren't using it professionally -- and you could definitely get good results using Essentials if you're clever about rigging -- but Professional is far and away the superior version.

#i...don't know what to tag this #sorry! #gif warning #gifs that i just discovered you can export with visible selection warning #i keep learning new cool things you can do in spine. i want to marry this program #anyway there's a couple of other professional-exclusive things like clipping masks and audio #but meshes and constraints are the super necessary big deal ones IMO #i want to touch the twst rigs. those INK DRIPS #i want to understand them #i think there's a really clever mixture of deformation and...shearing i think? going on #i-it's neat okay just take my word for it #me breaking out the jeweler's loupe to analyze some tiny anime gifs

[hazellblogs]

DADDY'S HOME!!!

Your resident 37 year old virgin that VERY MUCH deserves succ n fucc is home

#the quality of what I'm used to in comparison to ultra settings is insane #HE LOOKS SO GOOD ON MY NEW RIG #my old gaming laptop had the mods for his eyes and body and they still work bless up #unedited screenie btw #cp2077 #cyberpunk 2077 #Talbot #Talbot Greene #cyberpunk oc