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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

I just watched a kid break down in the bookstore because his books for the semester totaled $600 and that’s the american university system in a nutshell

oh my god this is TERRIBLE advice? holy shit?? this person might mean "force landlords to go through the legal process and threaten eviction" but like. AVOID AN EVICTION AT ALL COSTS. an eviction on your record will have massive repercussions and will make finding housing very difficult!

what you should do (in the US at least), is:

look up your local (generally state level but this can vary) laws about how much notice is required to vacate. if you have no lease (and even if you pay no rent), you are generally considered in most states to be on a month-to-month lease. act accordingly. if you've signed a lease, you are not required to leave unless you have broken the lease per its own terms. this includes if the place is being sold. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LEAVE.

ensure the landlord is taking the actual legal steps to vacate - i.e. serving the correct paperwork. a text message is not correct paperwork. an email is not correct paperwork.

only communicate over text or email. do not make any agreements over the phone. if you MUST, record the conversations after checking if your state is a one party consent state.

DO NOT LISTEN TO A LANDLORD FOR LEGAL ADVICE. they have every reason to lie to you. research your own area's laws. many places have free or low cost legal clinics or assistance for those at risk of eviction. look on your city or county website.

and most importantly AVOID AN ACTUAL EVICTION AT ALL COSTS!!!!!!!

Had an impromptu chat with @ushi418 about fashion history the other day- thought I’d post it here as a quick ref for people!

Okay so I followed this video about foreshortening and…

Sycra. I love you so much for making this video.

Folks, backup your Tumblrs, for real this time

people NEED to stop gatekeeping making music like ohhhh i don’t have an instrument ohhhhh i don’t know music theory ohhhhh i’m not gonna pay for some program. SHUT UP. take my hand.

you need NONE of that shit!!!!! there’s a website called beepbox.co. literally all you have to do is press things until it sounds a modicum of nice. it’s easy it’s free and it works on anything which has a browser because it’s a website.

if even ONE person starts making music bc of this post it will be worth it.

making bad music is just as important and okay as it is to write badly or draw badly or sing badly. you AREN’T BEHOLDEN TO MAKE GOOD MUSIC. making music is not utilitarian HAVE FUN. HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!

i hate that every time i look for color studies and tips to improve my art and make it more dynamic and interesting all that comes up are rudimentary explanations of the color wheel that explain it to me like im in 1st grade and just now discovering my primary colors

wikipedia no longer being anywhere near the top of search results when looking up anything feels eviscerating