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spinturnixx:

loweryi:

flemmlii:

avianawareness:

Because feathers do so many jobs there needs to be more than one type of feather. Some of them are long and strong for flying and steering. Others are soft and fuzzy. These feathers are very good for keeping the bird warm. In fact, we have learned to use these soft feathers in our clothing and bedding to help keep us warm. You might have had a down comforter on your bed or wear a down jacket when it is cold outside. These are things that are filled with soft downy feathers.

If you look at the different feather types above, you will see that they come in many shapes and sizes. The types we see the most often are tail and flight feathers (also called vaned or contour feathers). At first look they may seem the same, but actually are different. Tail feathers are balanced left and right of the center. Flight feathers have a wider and narrower side. This makes them better for flying because they can cut through the air with very little resistance (also called drag).

Other types of feathers are made for use on the body of the bird. The downy feathers that are good for warmth are shown on the far right. Semiplume feathers also help to keep birds warm and for water birds help them float. The bristle feathers are found around eyes, nostrils, and for some birds that like to catch flying insects they can be seen around their mouths. Filoplume (file-o-ploom) feathers are can be found around the tail and flight feathers. They are thought to be used to sense when the flight feathers need to be maintained.

No matter what type of feather, they all have similar parts. Below is a drawing of a feather showing all the parts that you might find on a feather. Not all feathers have all the parts. For example downy feathers are missing the stiff barbs and vane. You will also see that flight feathers have very little or no downy barbs.

We learned about different feather types in my Ornithology class last year. It was really interesting. Especially the part about the flight feathers. I had to take a good look at Sammy’s wings to see the venation. :3 

Yeah! This is kind of elementary ornithology knowledge, and if we wanted to go into detail we’d talk about the different flight feathers for different kind of birds (say, owls vs other birds in terms of silence, etc) buuuut let’s keep it at the basics. This is a super handy reference. 

oh fuck I need this so badly gosjdkfjalskdfsafdklsfd YESSSS

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foervraengd:

From Gottfried Bammes book “Der Nackte Mensch”.

Gosh this is going to be a very useful reference for me in the future. I always tend to mess up poses like these ones.

And to be honest, it feels like there’s way too little references over the flexibility of the spine… And I think some *cough* comic artists *cough* should consider this before they break the spine on the superheroines in their comics, stylization is one thing - using exaggerated pin-up poses on every drawing is another.

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typefettinge:

the—medium:

<sup> makes words go like thi^iiiis.

<sub> makes them do thi_iiiis.

<small> makes words go little. The more <small> you have the smaller the word.

Same thing applies with <big>.

<u> makes underlines.

Go here for Ｆｕｌｌ Ｗｉｄｔｈ.

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pugletto:

prrb:

How I pratice drawing things, now in a tutorial form.
The shrimp photo I used is here
Show me your shrimps if you do this uvu 

PS: lots of engrish because foreign 

This is the best art advice ever and you should all listen to it because it’s basically what I’ve been telling people for years.

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whitepool:

terminalmontage:

tmirai:

foervraengd:

ibelievepracticemakesperfect:

ibelievepracticemakesperfect:

BittersweetDisease/Foervraengd’s Tutorial Series - Understanding Anatomy

[Part 1] - Introduction

[Part 2] - Drawing The Base

[Part 3] - The Torso

[Part 4] - The Legs

[Part 5] - Arms & Hands

[Part 6] - Gesture

[Part 7] - Bodyshapes

Edit: Fixed the hideous picture issue.

:D

This is a super, super awesome tutorial that I refer to often.

Saving this for later, I really need it.

WOW THESE ARE PERF

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coelasquid:

froontherun:

AK’s Guide to Suits

An introduction to the finer details of menswear, and how to get them right in your… aw, hell, why am I describing it here? Read the intro!

-fans self-

I know they’re just drawings but damn do I love a man in a suit.

Yes wonderful

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sluggyslime:

pelicaneggs:

go here

http://www.myscriptfont.com/

instead of printing it off just use this blank thing that way you dont have to scan it or anything

so fill that out by pasting it in any art program and whatnot

then save it and upload it to that site

and itll give you an option to download it

so do that and then install it BAM

neat
 

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lesbiaaans:

Anon asked for some advice about eyes, and I… may have gone a bit overboard, ahahaha. I hope it turned out at least a little worthwhile!

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whitepool:

lesbiaaans:

So my friend Night expressed a general desire for help with profiles, and I figured I’d go ahead and whip this up! I’m no anatomy master or anything, but this is stuff that helps me quite a bit, so I figured I’d share… even if I have no idea how helpful it actually is. Writing tutorials is hard! Ah well, I hope it can be of some use.

ARIGATOU……………

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swaetshrit:

kiqoseven:

alldrawtut:

Michael Hampton

Today is feet day

that construction hnngh

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