#useful things

[thyinum]

hello :) i had two questions to ask but first i must tell you that your art is beautiful ! im so glad i stumbled across it

i was curious about what brushes you use in procreate (if that is what you use that is), i really enjoy the texture and line weight in your work so i thought i would ask

i also wanted to know how you go about colouring skin, especially with unique lighting… do you use reference images? either for anatomy or for skin tone? most of my art is b&w out of comfort haha but if you have any tips when it comes to working in colour i would love to hear them !

once again you are so so talented and i hope you have a lovely day <3

Hello!! Thank you for the questions and kind words 🤲💙✨

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First of all, brushes

You guessed it right, I use Procreate and here are the brushes I use the most:

Most of them are standard, but Water Liner and Wooden Pencil, my most favourite brushes, are from downloaded sets. Here's where Wooden Pencil comes from:

I couldn't find the exact same set of Water Liner (I guess it's because they updated it), but this one is pretty close:

I use these two brushes pretty much for everything. Wooden Pencil is a little modified (blend mode on multiply) and I use it both for sketches and linework. Water Liner is sometimes for filling with base colours and always for rendering.

Also all of my artworks have a noise effect!

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Secondly, coloring skin. Most of the time I go with the flow and do what feels right. Of course I keep in mind anatomy and other stuff like surrounding and skin tone. Like, everything that surrounds your character shares a little bit of it's colour (but you need to be careful with it). Also skin by itself is pretty colorful, for examble forehed is yellowish, cheeks and nose have some pink and chin and jaw are a little bit greeny-bluish. Also I think Ukrainian painting school has a great influence on me, so you can check out some of our artists. For example, Fedir Krychevsky and Oleksandr Murashko.

When it comes to some tricky lighting I start looking for references or use this thing:

There's also one with male head from this guy, you can find it in his profile. They're really helpful when you can't figure out how to do shadows and lighting.

Hope it all will be useful for you!

#useful things #brushes #inbox

[gregarious-cervine]

Just saw Godzilla X Kong today, and I wanted to warn anyone with photosensitivities that there's a prolonged sequence of flashing lights partway through the movie.

It happens early on, when an aircraft travels into a swirling vortex in the ocean; the sequence lasts about 30 seconds to a minute, and was the only such sequence in the movie, as far as I can remember.

#my posts #analysis #media critique #godzilla #godzilla x kong #disability #important #useful things

[nblraevart]

#useful things #Instagram

[purelyfiction]

This is a PSA for all the readers who are reading stories with multiple parts - interacting with the first part is so incredible of you, but when you go to part two, four, seven and twelve make sure you’re interacting with those too if you’re enjoying it. :) otherwise the story progress doesn’t happen for everyone <3

#useful things #writing things #writing meme #fanfiction meme #fanfiction things

[leifandthorn]

A helpful flowchart!

If the signs point you to "yes"...hit up the Leif & Thorn website and start reading.

#Leif & Thorn #webcomics #should you read? #flowchart #useful things #fantasy comedy #distressingly relatable #reblog to support

[bea-lele-carmen]

#we heart lt #packing things #home #travel #im coming #dear #things #useful things #organisation #luggage #bag #feeling happy #good things are coming #sharing things

[zoobus]

good luck with your IT exam. are you using official study materials for it? i'm interested in getting certified myself so i was wondering what the studying process is like. anyway hope it all goes well for you.

I'm using the highly recommended Darril Gibson Get Certified Get Ahead study guide, but I'm also taking a prep course from my local community college. I have immense respect for those who can study on their own without outside coercion but it's just not something I can do - I bought the study guide for the now obsolete SY0-501 four years ago and never touched it. It's likely not that hard if you actually meet the prerequisite (ie two years working in IT) but I don't and must learn what a DNS server is.

My original study plan was taking notes and completing assignments. I have since learned there's a better way

Before watching this video, I knew of Anki but didn't quite understand its purpose. I get it now and it's proving helpful. He has another good explainer here.

My study plan now is to have my (*through gritted teeth*) class-required, online-only semester-length rental etextbook open in one screen and a .csv spreadsheet in the other and rewrite notable points into silly, mildly humorous questions in one column, answers in the next. Jokes make it a little easier.

When possible, I make cloze type questions in a separate file, which just means enclosing parts of a sentence {{c1::like this::}}, forcing you to remember the actual context of words and definitions. After you import those files into Anki, you'll have set of flashcards like so:

So most days I spend hours reading and converting text into questions to answers, completing assignments and labwork, and going through Anki cards on my phone. Reading is the most taxing and lengthy aspect for me. Sad to say that this is my first stab at true studying so these might be no-brainers or outright false for everyone else.

Edit: I should note that I struggled with Anki before because I wasted too much time looking for existing decks that explained the material for me, not realizing that part of the studying process is literally creating the deck yourself. You can find shared decks online but to actually understand, you should write them

#useful things #studying #It's better than what I did before ie nothing or last minute cramming

[foodgate]

#the recipe that will save your dinner guests #do it yourself #diy activities #useful things #5-minute crafts #diy projects #tasty #how to cook #gordon ramsay #crafts #lifehacks #dinner recipes #easy recipes #chef ramsay #life hacks #handcraft #dinner #trucos de belliza #5 minute craft #5 minutes craft #recipe #recipes #easy dinner recipes #indian dinner recipes for guest #healthy dinner recipes #veg dinner recipes #healthy dinner recipes vegetarian #keto dinner recipes #food #art

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

#yeehaw #1k #5k #10k #posts that got cursed. blasted. im making these tag updates after... 19 hours? #also i have been told it should say speech loss bc nonverbal specifically refers to the permanent state. did not know that! #unfortunately i fear it is so far past containment that even if i edited it now it would do very little. but noted for future reference #edit 2: nvm enough ppl have come to rb it from me directly that i changed the wording a bit. hopefully this makes sense #also. in case anyone is curious. though i doubt anyone who is commenting these things will check the original tags #1) my friend did not do this on purpose in any way. it was not intended to distract me or to hit on me. im a lesbian hes a gay man. cmon now #he felt very bad about it afterwards. i thought it was hilarious but it was very embarrassed and apologetic #2) “why didn't he use 🫵🏼?” didn't exist yet. “why didn't he use 🆗?” dunno! we'd been using a lot of hand emojis. 👌🏼 is an ok sign #like it makes sense. it was just a silly mixup. also No i did not invent 👉🏼👌🏼 as a gesture meaning sex. do you live under a rock #3) nonspeaking episodes are a recurring thing in my life and have been since i was born. this is not a quirky one-time thing #it is a pervasive issue that is very frustrating to both myself and the people i am trying to communicate with. in which trying to speak is #extremely distressing and causes very genuine anguish. this post is not me making light of it it's just a funny thing that happened once #it's no different than if i post about a funny thing that happened in conjunction w a physical disability. it's just me talking abt my life #i don't mind character tags tho. those can be entertaining. i don't know what any of you are talking about #Except the ppl who have said this is pego/ryu or wang/xian. those people i understand and respect #if you use it as a writing prompt that's fine but send it to me. i want to see it #aaaand i think that's it. everyday im tempted to turn off rbs on it. it hasn't even been a week

[dio7r]

#this is what makes us girls #girlblog #hyper feminine #girl interrupted syndrome #lizzy grant #black swan #divine feminine #female hysteria #girlblogging #tumblr girls #2014 tumblr #just girly things #gaslight gatekeep girlboss #hell is a teenage girl #just girly thoughts #girlhood #just girly posts

[gregarious-cervine]

For anyone interested in seeing Meg 2: The Trench; there's a brief scene of flashing lights at one point, coming right after a character turns on some lights using a laptop during a tense sequence in an underwater base. (Being as vague as possible to prevent spoilers.)

#analysis #media critique #disability #epilepsy #important #useful things #my posts #spreading the word

[sylvies-kablooie]

i do unironically think the best artists of our generation are posting to get 20 notes and 3 reblogs btw. that fanfic with like 45 kudos is some of the best stuff ever written. those OCs you carry around have some of the richest backstories and worldbuilding someone has ever seen. please do not think that reaching only a few people when you post means your art isn't worth celebrating.

#i often wonder about how many things would be considered classic or high art had they only received the marketing #how many short films that were made for class could have been the most powerful thing you'd ever seen? if you'd seen them? #“you know the greatest films of all time were never made” etc etc #but like. these works of art ARE being made. it's just enjoyed by a smaller audience with equal impact though #i think about this one furry i used to follow on insta who had the coolest worldbuilding ever. it's been years. #thought prompted by that sketch of nimona from ten years ago that was just for a character design #posted to the creator's tumblr and now it's nominated for best animated feature film at the oscars #and by the genuine emotional reaction a fan comic made me feel. how much work had gone into it. how beautiful it was to me. #idk what to tag this but i hope whoever needs to hear it does #writing #writer #fandom #fandom culture #artist

[owlpellet]

i thought my laptop was on its last leg because it was running at six billion degrees and using 100% disk space* at all times and then i turned off shadows and some other windows effects and it was immediately cured. i just did the same to my roommate's computer and its performance issues were also immediately cured. okay. i guess.

so i guess if you have creaky freezy windows 10/11 try searching "advanced system settings", go to performance settings, and uncheck "show shadows under windows" and anything else you don't want. hope that helps someone else.

*yes sorry i mean usage i posted this before bed :( i do not mean the hard drive is full aaaaghhhh

#i feel like such a dumdum #i thought i needed a new HDD for sure #i can use this thing again....

[normal-thoughts-official]

Please stop seeing politics as an identity and start seeing it as a collective means for change

#i am so tired of ppl trying to use 'theres no ethical consumption under capitalism' in regards to BDS #it's not about ethics it's about participating in a political strategy palestinians have spent YEARS promoting as a means for change #some things are in fact not about you #social justice #I/P #social issues #palestine #gaza #free palestine #free gaza #id in alt #overflowing trashcan

[lazylittledragon]

can't believe we're all adults being forced into the club penguin level of censorship in 2024

#ramble #if you say unalive in front of me i will personally kill you with my hands #you just can't muffle and censor and hold someone's hand through some things #some things are horrible. and they should be spoken aloud and they should upset you. because they are horrible #the second we started kidzbopifying the world was the end of taking anything seriously i think #i'm not even joking i've spoken to people older than me who won't even say the world sex #this isn't the playground you're not going to get in trouble just let us say the word!!!!!! #how am i supposed to listen to you when you won't even say the thing you're supposed to be talking about #yes this is the fault of the platforms with their censorship rules but the fact that we all just go along with it like it's not dystopian #you do know it doesn't stop with cursing right. people are already having to censor queer terms because they get flagged as inappropriate

[dirtytransmasc]

the men and boys are innocent too.

we cry "the innocent women and children" to appeal to the masses, to try and force their sympathy, but the men and boys are innocent too.

I have seen sons crying out for their mothers, their fathers, their siblings. I have seen them break down at the loss of their families. I have seen them cling to their dead and grieve.

I have seen fathers cradle their dead children, seen them kiss their faces and hold their little hands. I have seen them faint with grief when asked to identify the dead. I have seen them carry their sons and daughters. I have seen them fasting to provide what little they can for their families.

I have seen men and boys digging through the rubble with just their bare hands, I have seen them comforting strangers, playing with children, rocking them, hushing them, even if the face of such imminent danger. I have seen them cry, seen them grieve, seen them break down into each other's arms, seen them be selfless, beyond selfless, becoming something I don't have a word for.

I have seen the men who are doctors refuse to leave their patients, even when they have no medicine or supplies to give them, even when they're threatened with bombings. I have seen fathers who have lost all their children pick orphans up into their arms and proclaim them their child so they are not alone. I have seen men and boys digging pets out of the rubble.

the men are innocent too. the men and boys are being hurt and killed too. the men and boys are grieving too. the men and boys are scared too. the men and boys are fighting to save their people too. the men and boys deserve to be fought for too.

#I don't have words to describe how I feel for the men of Palestine #the things I have seen them do after everything they have been through goes so far beyond selfless #what do you call this? this prevailing goodness and willingness to give everything they have and more? what word even touches it? #I don't think there is one #islamophobia has conditioned us to see these men and boys as evil and dangerous #we see this in how we speak about Palestine #and we need to uncondition ourselves #they're just as innocent and of value and good as the women and children #so fight for them #they don't deserve this any more than the women and children #free palestine #palestine