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norisus:

I said that I’d show some tutorials I have saved up to someone, but decided that I’d just go ahead and post most of what I have stored away and create a sort of masterpost out of it. (I figure it’ll help me just as much since, as of now, they’re all pretty scattered between my Tumblr and bookmarks)

A lot of these are hosted on my personal Tumblr, but I don’t change my url so it’s pretty safe to bookmark them there (and not have to worry about the url changing) if you don’t wish to reblog them yourself for whatever reason.

Feline tutorials:

• Basic domesticated cat tutorial
• The domestic cat body
• Improving upon (lion) anatomy
• Realistic lion faces tips
• Big cat paw tips
• Canine vs. feline - paws and legs
• Beginner feline tutorial
• Guide to big cats
• Feline comparison
• Canine vs. feline - facial anatomy
• Canine vs. feline - chest anatomy
• Guide to little cats
• Big cat eyes (could work for other eyes)

Canine tutorials:

• Basic wolf anatomy
• Skeleton notes on wolf legs
• The wolf skeleton as a whole
• The wolf skull and teeth
• Wolf paw tips
• Basic canine poses
• Canine ears and chest
• Drawing realistic wolves
• Basic wolf tutorial
• Wolf paw tutorial
• Paw pad tips
• Wolf skeleton and muscles
• Wolf fur direction
• Canine vs. feline - paws and legs
• Canine vs. feline - facial anatomy
• Canine vs. feline - chest anatomy
• And this is just an excellent DA for wolf reference images

Avian tutorials:

• Bird wing anatomy applied on humanoids
• Bird wing tutorial (lots of underrated tips)
• Varying bird wing structure
• Basic owl anatomy
• Bird wing vs. bat wing vs. pterodactyl wing vs. human arm
• Bird wings and flight
• Various bird wings
• Eagle facts sheet
• Bird muscular and skeletal anatomy

Human(oid) tutorials:

• Hand tips and reference
• Simplifying human anatomy
• Feet and shoes tutorial
• Bird wing anatomy applied on humanoids
• A guide to movement: flexibility
• A male shoulder study
• Altalamatox face tutorial 
• Male legs reference
• The human hand
• Male vs. female waist
• Excellent expressions tut
• Understanding anatomy part 1 (follow desc. links for more)
• Painting skin
• Simplifying hands
• More simplified hands
• Pose tutorial
• Varying the female figure
• Profile proportions
• Expression tutorial
• Virtual lighting studio
• Breaking up the male torso
• Male torso anatomy in use
• Simplifying the human foot
• Various facial and body shapes reference
• Drawing the nose
• Female anatomy patterns
• Human mouths
• Breaking down the human nose
• How to draw the ear
• More hand(y) tips
• Neck and torso tut
• Jawline and kissing tip
• Yet another hands tutorial
• Male torso in motion
• The human head at various angles
• Variation of colour throughout the skin
• Excellent action and couple references
• Advice on eyes
• Feet reference drawings
• Nose shapes
• The human skull and face
• Facial features
• Portrait lighting cheat sheet
• Animating dialogue (mouth movement)
• A kissing tutorial
• The fist
• Various athletic builds
• Various types of hair
• Proportional height of different positions
• Expressions photo references
• The hand in motion
• Skintone palettes
• Semi-realistic eye tutorial
• Male muscle reference
• The human body in perspective
• The human head at various angles
• Painting a realistic eye
• Arm shape and muscles
• Animal feet on a human figure
• Hand poses
• The face in profile
• Skin tutorial
• Body type diversity
• Drawing hair
• Muscles in the neck and face
• A beginner’s guide to knees
• Another ladies tutorial
• Breakdown of lips
• Blocked out human faces
• Practice figure drawing (animals as well)
• A neat arm trick
• Excellent ear anatomy tutorial
• Fullbody proportions tutorial
• Over the shoulder poses
• Male torso photo reference
• Detailed arm muscle drawings
• Guide to human types

Dragon tutorials (and bat wings):

• Anatomy of the Western dragon
• Dragon wing tips
• Dragon wing tutorial
• Dragon anatomy
• Dragon tutorial

Equine tutorials:

• Basic horse (back) reference
• The equine skeleton
• Horse anatomy and pointers
• A good, large collection of horse stock references
• Skeleton of a horse and its rider
• Horse hooves

Cervine tutorials:

• Basic deer anatomy
• Deer skeleton drawing
• Deer skull reference
• Deer musculature
• Deer skeleton

Ursine tutorials:

• Fantastic bear anatomy/poses references
• Basic bear structure
• Bear anatomy tutorial

Miscellaneous animal tutorials:

• Sheep vs. goats
• Anteater studies
• Chimp studies
• Asian elephant skeletal drawing

Background and objects tutorials:

• Griffsnuff background tut part 1 (second in desc.)
• Tree tutorial
• Realistic gems tut
• Water tutorial
• General water tutorial
• Drawing crystals
• Drawing bows
• Painting rocks
• Parts of a saber (other swords linked in desc.)

Clothing tutorials:

• Fabric tutorial
• Clothing folds part 1 (second in desc.)
• Drawing hoods
• Drawing jeans
• Hat on human figure reference
• Armor
• More hat on figure references
• Different shirt collars

General painting, drawing, and style tips:

• Altalamatox digital painting walkthrough
• Simple fur tutorial
• Realism painting tutorial (human subject)
• Excellent colour tutorial
• Painting a wolf (good fur painting visual)
• Photoshop brushes tut
• Basics of Photoshop tutorial
• Another digital painting tutorial
• Common digital painting mistakes
• Colour and light
• Soft cel-shading tutorial
• Various types of hair
• Colour tips and the mood it expresses
• Composition tips
• Lighting and colour tips
• Shadows
• Another composition tut
• Simple colouring via overlay
• From paper to digital
• Painting gold
• Colour palette turtles

Hope these help!

NEat ref list! :)

(via amarilloo)

kaiami:

I know a ton of you have been waiting for this one. Teaching you to make your own plastic keychains!

To start off, I think the biggest question everyone has is what I use to make them. I work with shrink film. You might be familiar with Shinky Dink brand shrink film as a kid. I use Grafix brand white inkjet shrink film. The inkjet kind is relatively pricey compared to the regular kind. If you’re using regular, I don’t recommend you stick it in your printer. Sharpie markers would be good for that.

Alright, now open up the file with the images that you’re working with. Make sure your images are a lot bigger than you want your finished product to be since they shrink significantly.

You’ll also want to lighten the opacity to about half. I go somewhere between 50-60%.

Now print your image out! I’ve found that it works best for me when I have it at the plain paper setting, and standard print quality.

Holepunch with a 1/4” holepuncher BEFORE you shrink them. It’s so much more work to have to punch holes when your plastic is thick!

Cut out your design, leaving the amount of border you want.

Set them on a tray for convenience. An aluminum foil sheet works too, but I recommend cookie trays because they are easier and quicker to get out of the oven.

Preset heat. Your shrink film package will tell you what temperature to set it at, but I find that it isn’t always accurate for me. I generally set temperature to 350 degrees or so.

Put them in the oven. Remember to keep track of time! I leave them in for about a minute and a half.

After time is up they should be super small! Magic!

If your charms are not flat, put something heavy on it right out of the oven when they are still hot and malleable.

If you’d like to, you can seal them now. In my last two batches, I used clear topcoat nail polish. The problem with that is that I need between 3-5 coats of it, and it takes a while to dry. I’ve been experimenting with modpodge.

For lariats, you can use jump rings or lobster clasps.

Here is one that I made that wasn’t sealed. The finished texture after shrinking is a little bit rough. There’s nothing wrong with leaving them unsealed, but because they are inkjet printed, the colors wash right of without protection.

This is one that was sealed with modpodge. The colors become a little more vibrant and smooth and water resistant. Things often get stuck on when applying or drying so be careful.

These ones down here were sealed with clear nail polish. They come out shiny if you put enough coats, but the grainy texture will still be there.

Well, there ya go! Have fun making your own keychains!

Will have to try this, so much fun….

(via undergrounduno)