spider kidz :P
Spent a long time on this art resource/reference masterpost! Finally starting to edit to add more. This will be REGULARLY updated so it’s gonna get huge. If you have a request for resources for me to find OR have a resource you want me to add, just send me an ask :D
General Anatomy/Human stuff:
- body quick tips
- painting/drawing straight hair
- how to draw eyes
- arm squish/bend tip
- chest/pecks with raised arms tip
- long hair how to
- male torso anatomy (back)
- learn manga male anatomy (torso & arm)
- male torso anatomy (front)
- head and hair tips (scroll a bit, it’s in one of the images!)
- how to draw noses
- ears tilty tip
- arm tips
- two tips for drawing women’s hair
- drawing teeth
- anatomy tips
- random hair and mouth ref anime
- leg muscle anatomy ref
- arm muscles anatomy ref
- knees reference
- arm ref study
- quick arm tut tip
- how to draw arm
- shoulders n sleeves
Poses:
- umbrella poses
- random female poses
- random anatomy pose thing
- chibi sleeping in hands pose
- laying poses
- elf (?) with staff poses
- holding phone half bod
- peeny wolf pose set
- perspective pose sheet
- anatomy poses
- crossed arms ref sheet
- holding baby poses
Hands:
- how to draw hands 1
- hand refs & tutorial 2
- hand tutorial 3
- hand tutorial 4
- 36 hands
- how to draw hands in 10 minutes
- hands ref 2
- hand gestures and simplifying the hand
- arm & hand ref
- 500 hands
Diversity:
- stop drawing natives red
- wheelchair tutorial
- drawing fat people
- vitiligo notes for artists
- darkskin palms
- epicanthic folds
- biracial characters
- do’s and don’ts of thick lips
Animals/Creatures:
- how to draw falcon beaks
- canine studies (broken down into parts)
- feline tiger ref
- Insect wing venation
- Musculature of a T-Rex
- Pony bodies tutorial
- Hyena Nose tutorial
- horse reference
- drawing horns
- Flesh tutorial
- bird tips
- wing basics
- making mythical creatures look realistic
- pony heads tutorial
- dragon designing tutorial pt 3/3
- pony wings tutorial
- hedgie bodies
Furry/Anthro:
- dogquest’s pixel tutorial
- furry portrait tutorial
- furry pants tutorial
- how to draw paws/pawhands
- fur direction reference
- anthro tips
- muzzle shapes
- furry styles
- anthro expressions
- f2u chibi-ish furry base
- furry / cartoon head tutorial
- f2u furry base/pose w three different ears
- drawing humans! for animal artists
- Backgrounds:
- how to draw debris
- fire tutorial
- night sky tutorial
- materials study with notes
- tree tutorial
- water tutorial
- tangents??
- ocean painting
- clouds tutorial
- bubbles
- painty background studies tips
- peony tutorial
- lakeside tutorial
- quick flowers for the lazy
- mistletoe vs holly
Perspective:
- foreshortening coil technique
- foreshortening tutorial
- Webcomic:
- medibang comic panel tutorial
- how i make webcomics/webtoons
- how to color comics
- the art of lettering comics
- comic/doujinshi paneling
- in depth webcomic tutorial
Coloring:
- The colorpicking problem
- 72 Color Combinations
- How ViPOP uses color
- Hair coloring tutorial by rosuuri
- Gurochii moe quick eye tutorial
- Anime eye tutorial
- Mermaid tail tutorial
- Grayscale to Color painting tutorial
- chibi eye walkthrough
- skin tone tutorial 1
- curly hair tutorial
- color palette
- coloring tutorial
- light, it gets everywhere
- comfort color
- skin coloring tutorial
- holographic tutorial
- dappled lighting effect
- cute/bright coloring tutorial
- pattern trick
- arcana character coloring tut
Expressions/ Meme / style:
- small body language study
- expressions reference
- how to cute
- Platonic cuddles meme
- expression reference : nervous
- flustered expression meme
- drawing expressions tutorial/key
Pixel Art:
- Pixel icon tutorial
- Ice cream
- Moving clouds tutorial
- 50x50 pixel doll tutorial
- pixelin’s pixel process
- pixel expression ref
- pixel eye blinking tutorial
- how to pixel liquids
Clothing / Accessories:
- Shoes
- Fancy color tip / ref
- Chainmail
- short reference
- learn manga basic pleated skirt tutorial
- learn manga basic frills
- random clothing refs
- chainmail brush
- clothing ref masterpost
- pinstripes tips
- cloth texture tips
- how to clothing folds
Misc:
- Sketchfab 3d Models
- Mikeymegamega on YT for anime/ecchi/etc
- Gentei_sozai on twitter for chibi poses
- S0zalsan on twitter for random poses
- mecha basics
- 75 tutorials
- Obvious art tips you might have forgotten
- Mosaic effect
- how to draw a cute chibi
- fighting artblock
- cute pikachu base
- painting a face tutorial
- volume commissions mini tutorial
- arcana characters tutorial reference
- notes from the “animators survival kit”
- concept art tutorial
- another art resource masterpost
- MS paint tips and tricks
- Reference table for drawing CONSISTENT faces
- @hanari0716 on twitter for HELLA references
- animation guide for beginners
Brushes:
Can anyone translate this?
Q: After you defeat the titans, in the peaceful world, what kind of life would you like to have?
Eren: A world without titans? Can’t really imagine it. Well, it would be relieving to live a kind of life I had with my parents.
Levi: That is, if you manage to stay alive this long. I would probably stay with the guys from Survey Corps. And clean the mess that’s left.
Q: In what way, with what kind of words would you propose?
Eren: “Would you live together with me?” is what you usually say, right?
Levi: Are words really so important?
Q: Your perfect bride?
Eren: I would say Mikasa, but it’s a little… Haha…
Levi: That’s personal.
Q: What kind of wedding would you have?
Eren: Kind that would make everyone enjoy themselves.
Levi: A quick one. I’m busy.
Q: From the trainees, who do you think will be the fastest to get married?
Eren: Marco, it’s quite obvious, right? He’s always looking out for other people.
Levi: A strange as it may sound, Eren. Yeah, I think it would be him.
It’s quite a rough translation and I can’t really see Eren’s last answer. If someone sees any mistakes, please tell me!
Q: Bold question, your ideal bride?
Eren: I knew you want me to say it’s Mikasa, but I won’t tell you (laugh)
Levi: What a disgusting question
Q: What kind of wedding would you have?
Eren: Kind that would make everyone enjoy themselves.
Levi: Can we finish this interview soon? I’m busy.
Q: From the trainees, who do you think will be the fastest to get married?
Eren: Marco, it’s quite obvious, right? He’s always looking out for other people and tactful. Everyone always says that they want to be under Marco’s leadership
Levi: This might be a strange opinion, but I think Eren is the type that will get married early
EDIT: I have asked 2 of my Japanese colleagues and my sister who is fluent in Japanese to discuss more about Eren answer. Firstly because I feel that it won’t be so direct (this kind of interview normally won’t give straight out answer, especially with Eren being 15 years old, when doing this translation, I need to think like Eren). So there is possibilities of following explanation
1. Eren answer on perfect bride was ended with それはどうかな
The explanation of that phrase is very deep, that I need to check on Japanese web dictionary to find the proper meaning
「それはどうかな?」とは、相手の企む思惑にたいして自身が懐疑的であることを示し、動揺を誘う言葉であり (source)
Sore ha dou ka na means, one is not sure (has no confidence) about the other party’s feeling, one is hesitating in own’s invitation. It can be for Mikasa or this also can mean Eren himself is not sure about what the interviewer think about it.
2. But that can be different context based on when the question is asked, the phrase also can mean, Eren himself is not sure about this answer (because he is a teenager). He feels that the interviewer might have wanted him to answer “Mikasa” but since he jokingly said それはどうかな, according to my friend it can also mean that he is teasing the interviewer that he would not want to share the answer. (a bit OOC though but anyway it’s one of possibilities)
I really apologize for the lack of research in previous post, and I kept thinking about Eren’s answer because it shouldn’t be that easy, and yes even according to Japanese, that answer is ambiguous. Perhaps the people who understand Eren’s characterization more than me, will be able to comprehend why his answered the question like that.
Oh My God, I didn’t expect such a twist !!!
Because, all along, this above from ch1 was actually about...
“MIKASA”
Not gonna lie, at first I was like “????” but as I kept on reading, I figured it out.
Ymir Fritz wished for freedom because her love for King Fritz made her unable to stop him, his quest for domination and massacre causing her pain, because all she could do was participate in it.
Meanwhile Mikasa...
...stopped the man she loved, saving what was left of the world from his terrible plan.
Mikasa did what Ymir couldn’t.
So to anyone who’s wondering why Isayama left Ymir an abused woman, that’s simple : love is never about suffering or submitting to your lover’s horrible actions.
“To you, 2000 years from now” is Ymir wanting to convey to Mikasa not to make the same mistake as her.
here forever,
rest peacefully,
my beloved,
my dear,
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The Lesser Known Best Girls of 2020
Anime this year has had its ups and downs, but do you know what gets on my nerves? When people ignore all the amazing female characters we’ve gotten and just assume Chizuru Mizuhara from Rent-a-Girlfriend is the best girl of the year (who is also amazing and deserves to be worshiped). Sure, we have Tohru Honda, Nobara Kugisaki, Abby, and Chika and Kaguya. But when will people start noticing the other MVPs of the year?
So this is an appreciation post for all the anime girls nobody has talked about from 2020 (at least, the new ones…sorry continuing series girls like Asirpa and Chihaya and Myne).
1. Kazuya’s grandma from Rent-A-Girlfriend. Because she constantly roasts Kazuya, she’s the reason this hot mess of a show exists, and without her, we would not get to know Chizuru.
2. Makoto’s mom from Ikebukuro West Gate Park. Because she’s the perfect blend of no-nonsense mentor and pure cinnamon roll who does more to solve people’s problems than her son. Why can’t she be the protagonist?
3. Swindler/Ordinary Person from Akudama Drive. Because she has gone through some of the most character development of the year, from a somewhat bland but still sweet cinnamon roll to a crispy bun who has seen some shit and has come out the other side. Or at least I hope she does, the show’s not over yet.
4. Makoto Ohno from Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater. Really all the girls in this show are best girl material, but Makoto is the perfect senpai who is underrated and unjustly ignored…just like this show. Please watch this show, it’s the most wholesome watch of the year without being annoyingly moe.
5. Minare Koda from Wave Listen to Me! Because she’s a hilarious boss ass bitch who represents all the women watching anime as jaded adults, and she practically carries that entire show on her own.
6. Natsume from Deca-Dence. Because she’s basically an adult version of Emma from The Promised Neverland with the addition of a mechanical arm and a cute pet.
7. Catarina Claes from My Next Life as a Villainess. Because she’s so fun to be around, she accidentally turned herself in to the protagonist of the harem game…and she never has to end up with anyone to consider her ending successful.
8. Somali from Somali and the Forest Spirit. Because I would cut off my own arms to ensure her happiness. Apparently, most people don’t realize Somali is a girl and everyone forgot how adorable this show is.
9. Chiyuki Fujito from Smile Down the Runway. Because she’s a great example of a typical determined anime protagonist who isn’t annoying and is easy to root for. And she ended up getting side-lined in her own anime in favor of the male co-protagonist.
10. Arte…from Arte. Because she never gives up and constantly deals with people belittling her artistic abilities, but she’s still a kind person who doesn’t have to act more masculine to respect herself…..just ignore the hair thing at the beginning of the show.
11. Oden/Hina from The Day I Became A God. Because she’s hilarious and effortlessly endearing, and she gets bonus points for her big “love confession” being familial and not romantic…cuz that would make the show very…different
OR NOT I GUESS! WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK PA WORKS? AM I THE ONLY ONE WEIRDED OUT BY THIS?!
Oh well, she’s a good girl either way, even if the show’s ending grosses me out.
*editing this in after the fact* 12. DEAR GOD HOW DID I FORGET NOI FROM DOROHEDORO!? SHE LITERALLY GOT ME THROUGH SO MUCH OF THAT SHOW! Everyone’s favorite super buff lovable antagonist. She’s the perfect woman, nothing more to be said.
And finally, the best girl of the year:
Sayaka Kanamori from Keep Your Hands Off Eizoken. Because her design is unique, she’s a shrewd, brilliant business girl, and without her, the show would go nowhere because the other girls would spend all day daydreaming about making an anime and never actually do it.
And some honorable mentions:
Michiru Kagemori from BNA. Because her design is awesome. I just can’t remember much about her…personality wise.
Jing Xialian and Sophia Taylor from Appare Ranman. Because despite being the token women in an otherwise all male cast, they are the most interesting and entertaining characters in the whole show. They just need more screen time. Seriously, I love Appare, but I wish they were the protagonists.
Anyway, thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
akudama drive ☆ akudama
↳ the courier, the brawler, the hacker, the doctor, the cutthroat






