Theres A New Templar In Lothering

There’s a new templar in Lothering

A (now entirely sfw) gift for @hermiowngranger​, Bethany and Alistair from her ridiculously beautiful fic Take My Hand (so I know you’re the real thing) seriously guys, this is the sweetest fluffiest love fest ever. Templar Alistair falls madly, absurdly in love with Bethany Hawke as they flee to Kirkwall, which means he’s now part of the crazy Amell-Hawkes, a family who seems to be brim full of either magic, or FIGHT ME. Oh, and Cullen.

art tips post

for all the artist following me

Have two sketchbooks: One for finished and high-quality art (stuff made with Prismacolor or Copic if you use that or art for your portfolio) and the other sketchbook for more messy doodles. This way you have a place to try new things and mess up as much as you need. When I only had one sketchbook I was scared to draw in it because I didn't want to mess it up

Do studies. I cant tell you how much I've improved just by doing studies of shoes, hands, noses, and all that. This works for when you have art block too since you’re not really making stuff up and just learning how real things work.

Learn from others. I’ve never taken a real art class because 1. I can’t afford it and 2. there’s no good art classes/programs at my school. I’ve been following several artists and learning from them over the years and they’ve helped me tremendously. Just please do not steal art because that is never okay.

Break down concepts. If you notice there’s something wrong with your piece then figure out why. You can’t get better if you leave mistakes and don't try to understand whats going on. If the color is weird figure out if the values look right or maybe its the saturation of the color.

Watch youtube tutorials. Here are some youtubers I think are pretty good art teaching all things art: Draw with Jazza |  DrawingWiffWaffles |  Proko |  Baylee Jae

Have an inspiration folder/blog. Sometimes you just need a collection of starry nights or a misty forest or even a French bakery. All of those things can help you get inspired to draw. It could even be completely unrelated to what you plan to draw.

There are no dumb ideas in the creative process. If you want to draw a lizard in a dress go for it! If you want to draw various pastries with faces do it! Don’t let the thought of it being too dumb stop you because if I’ve learned anything in my several years of drawing it’s that an idea can lead to another and another and another and you may get a really good idea just from doodling dumb things.

Here’s a few things that can get you started on drawing better:

Dynamic poses | Dynamic clothes | Dynamic figure drawing

COMPOSITION | PERSPECTIVE | CONSTRUCTION

Anatomy:

Legs

Arms

Hands

Heads

Body (Female) (Male

Color Theory

Improving your sketchbook

Most importantly, don’t give up! You may not immediately get notes or followers but it’s more important you get better than to have popularity. How do you think those popular artists got to where they are now? To be good you’ve got to work at it.

EASY MANGA BACKGROUND TUTORIAL

You’ll need a building design planning app or program to use this method. Along with simple photo effects.

Step one: design your background with the app or program of your choice. I personally use Planner 5D. Position the picture where you want it and take a screenshot.

Step two: open the screenshot in a photo editor of your choice. I personally use the one that came with my samsung tablet in the gallery app. Choose effects.

In effects, you will find the Magic Pen effect. It will highlight all the outlines needed for a simple manga background.

Step three: Save that picture and then go back into effects. This time choose the Negative effect. It will revert the picture to a lighter tone while coloring in the outlines previously bordered.

Step four:  Save it and go back into effects. This time choose the Cartoon effect. This will thicken and darken those colored lines and shaded areas.

Step five: There will still be some leftover color, so save and go into the tone category this time. Remove all saturation from the picture.

Step seven: Save and crop any unwanted pieces out of the picture. Save once more and you’re done.

And there you have it! Now you can use this method for any design you choose and from any angle of your choice. Enjoy!

Something else I forgot to post, done for a Suikoden zine!

Might sound silly, but I had NO IDEA of the geographic situation of Thedas before seeing this map. Because, really, it’s not like the map of the war table, in Inquisition, as any form of precise geographic indications.

Great material for fanfiction writers, by the way

Thx to @sarpndo who gave me the source!! https://www.deviantart.com/bardofrosenheim/art/Thedas-Ethnolinguistic-Map-503564439

puffs and ruffs!! (ง'̀-’́)ง