theartofanimation:

Riikka Auvinen

shoomlah:

God I love dagged sleeves.  Almost as much as I love slashed ones.  I just want to dag and slash everything I can get my hands on.

I’ve wanted Maleficent to be the first villain in the series for a while now, ever since I made the mental leap between Maleficent’s horns and 15th century horned hennins.  The time period works out pretty well, actually, since I wanted her to look a little more dated than Aurora’s 1480’s getup- both houppelandes and horned hennins were all the rage during the early- to mid-1400’s, and they make for pretty good analogues to her official costuming.  Sexy stuff.

This proves more than any of the previous pieces that these are adaptations, not improvements.  I mean, look at the original Maleficent design- how does one improve on PERFECTION

-C

See the rest of the series HERE
Read the FAQ HERE
Buy prints HERE

This. Yes please.

conniferusblack:

I was looking up circlets (because why the freak wouldn’t you, they’re freaking gorgeous) when I came across these…

FUDGING. MAGICAL.

Oh Ricardo, mais para mim!

purplekecleon:

Hi everyone!!! This is an art supplies giveaway for me reaching an amount of followers I said I’d do a giveaway at!

Here are the things you’ll be getting, as you can see from the photo!

• 6” by 10” Sketchbook for both wet and dry media
• A bottle of ink, you pick the color, I’ll order it from a specific site
• A fountain pen that comes with the ink from the same site
• 11 colors of Cotman Winsor & Newton watercolors
• 3 brushes
• A drawing of a subject of your choice to go on the first page! You might want to check my art out if you’re unfamiliar with me to see what types of things I usually do

And that’s that.  I don’t use any of those watercolor tubes anymore, as I’ve replaced them each with higher quality tubes, so I thought: why not give them away?  And I like the fountain pen I’ve been using so much that I think I’d like someone else to try it, too.  I’ve also replaced the three brushes I’ve included here, so I don’t need those, either.  And a drawing for good measure.

Here are the rules! Please follow these:

• No giveaway blogs.  I want more people to actually see this and have a chance at getting something; a lot of artists don’t have a lot of money…
• Reblogs enter you, and a Like helps.  You can’t just like - but you can do both to double your chances of just reblogging (if it falls on someone who liked it, I’ll check to see if they reblogged it)
• I’ll be checking the blog that wins to see if you’re an active blog.
• You gotta use these after they arrive! I obviously can’t enforce this, but I want to see people not being timid! Make art! That’s what these are for.  I know a thing that stops a lot of people is being scared they’ll mess up and waste expensive supplies… but if this is a gift, that shouldn’t matter!
• This ends on May 24th. If I send an ask and you don’t respond within 2 days, I’ll ask the next person, and so on.
• I will ship anywhere. I’ll pay the shipping.
  

I think that’s everything.  Have fun!!! Good luck!

purplekecleon:

I’d like to call this the Broken Hopes, Broken Dreams giveaway. I realized I had one more to do after the art one earlier…

I have these two Charizard I got in Japan - a Pokedoll that came out a day before we had to leave, and a Pokemon Time Charizard charm.  It’s really cute, but I don’t like Charizard a whole lot.  I bought these two Charizard items for a special friend, even though at that time I was really upset at that person.  Then we parted ways because it never got better, and I’d rather not keep around things that upset me.

So… the rules are simple.

• One reblog enters, but a like helps.
• No giveaway blogs!
• Giveaway ends May 24th.
• I’ll pay for shipping anywhere.
• You don’t have to be following me, but if you like Pokemon art, I do a lot of that!

Thank you for taking a look! I hope these will end up in a place with someone who appreciates Charizard as much as I don’t.

Mary and Thomas doodles :)

cloverdance:

…forgot to upload this too haha! ;;;

japanese-revision:

Textbooks:

• An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese
• A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar
• A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar
• Read Real Japanese Fiction

Dictionaries:

• ALC (I use this everyday)
  →Expression encyclopaedia
• Goo dictionary
• Weblio
• WWWJDIC (with audio clips)
• JWPce (downloadable dictionary for Windows)
• JEDict (downloadable for Mac users)
• Idiomatic Expressions
• Idioms dictionary [Japanese only]
• Counters dictionary
• Hovering dictionaries: 
  →Rikaikun for Chrome
  →Rikaichan for Firefox
  →Floating Dictionary for Mac
• Current Affairs dictionary

For kanji.

• Jisho (I use this for spelling kanji for if I can’t read it)
• Yamasa (I use this for learning to write)
• A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters
• Associative Kanji Learning (stroke orders)
  
  

Online reading:

• Hukumusume Fairytales
• 竹取（Bamboo-Cutting） (vertical writing)
• 吉田秀幸の日記（Hideyuki Yoshida’s Diary） (recipes)
• Chokochoko’s reading texts to help with JLPT
• TED Talks (with Japanese subtitles and transcripts)
• Learning through Films [Japanese subtitles/scripts]

Manga.

• Free online manga
• Vomic (free online manga with voice actors)
• Sound Effects (in manga, etc)

Improving your speaking:

• Japanese pronunciation guide
• Interactive Hiragana Pronounciation table
• Topics for Language Exchanges.
• Bubbly (a Twitter-like app where you can record yourself)
• Audioboo (similar to Bubbly, but also a website)

Listening:

• “Real World” Japanese
• 泣きたいときのクスリ 2007 - ‘08 (radio drama)

Writing practice:

• Lang-8
• www.Japan-Guide.com
• 原稿用紙の使い方 (How to write an essay with Japanese writing paper)
• Shiritori (Japanese word-chain game)

News:

• NewsWeb Easy
• NHK News (audio news with speed controls)
• Mainichi Primary School student Newspaper

Podcasts:

• JOQR (Cultural Broadcasting)
• TBS Radio’s Junk
• TOKYO FM

YouTube:

• Afternoon Hirusagari
• Jet Daisuke
• バイリンガール英会話
• Analog TV Forever (collections of adverts)

Japanese sign language.

• Heartful Power Hideo
• Shuwa Island

TV:

• Japanese subtitles for anime
• KeyHole TV (to stream Japanese TV and radio)
• 風雲LIVE日本語（Feng Yun LIVE Japanese） (to stream TV)
• 映画で学ぶ実践英会話

Tumblr:

• Kanji-a-Day
• Holy crap Japanese
• Nihongo ga Suki
• Jumpstart Japanese
• Nihongolog
• Nadine Nihongo
• That Japan Addict
• ChilliMuffin
• Japanese through Fandom
• F-Yeah Native Japanese
• J-Vocab of the Day
• ぶらりめし [Japanese only]
• Peaceful Chef [Japanese only]

Those studying in Japan.

• Japanicking in Yamanashi (at Yamanashi University)
• Samxuel (at Kyushu Sangyo)
• Katy in Japan Town (at NUFS)
• Chocotastie (at Seinan Gakuin)
• Kim in Sapporo (at Hokkaido University)

Blogging:

• Yaplog

Learning websites:

• JapaneseClass.jp
• The Japanese Page
• Tae Kim’s Guide to Learning Japanese
• Erin’s Challenge (with listening and reading practice)
• Maggie Sensei

Other resources:

• Lots of threads with a variety of resources for Japanese learning
• JLPT Resources

I’ve added more to the list since first creating it. As always, if anyone has anything they would like to add, let me know!

fayren:

It took a bit of setup but I’m now taking preorders for my art book! For reasons (mostly paypal), I cannot use storenvy for preorders so I have set up a Google form. If you fill out this form you will reserve a copy and only once the books arrive will I bill you. If you feel like you may need to change your info in the future, please bookmark the page after the form is completed. I’ve never done this Google forms thing before so please bear with me!

BOOK INFORMATION

• $35
• Softcover
• 70 pages (50 full color illustrations, 14 of sketches)
• Matte cover, glossy interior
• Includes free 8 x 11” signed print of exclusive artwork not available anywhere yet
• Expected arrival is June 12th. I will ship them as soon as they are received!
• If you are going to Fanime or AX I will have them at my booth, no need to buy online! I also have a more extensive convention schedule you can check out.

» CLICK HERE TO PREORDER!! «

Also to celebrate my first art book I’m also doing my very first giveaway! I will choose TWO random winners to each receive a free copy of the book. THREE runner-ups will get to select three prints of their choice from my print inventory. Five winners in all!!

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

• Reblog/like this post any time between now and noon PST on June 15th.
• Liking and reblogging will give you two entries, but no more.
• You do not have to be following me (but it’s awesome if you do!).
• Must have your ask box enabled!
• Winners will be contacted via askbox and must respond within 24 hours. If winners do not respond after 24 hours, their prize is forfeited and I will choose a new winner randomly from the remaining entrants.
• I will ship internationally.

Thank you guys again SO much for all of the interest and support with this book. It’s been such a thrill to see everything coming together and really crazy to see people so excited about it. I am speechless and endlessly grateful!! THANK YOU!!!

<3 Fay

antiale:

4 all u kids who wanna study some figure drawing/anatomy

• Figure Drawing For All It’s Worth - Andrew Loomis >PDF download<
• Mastering Drawing The Human Figure - Jack Faragasso >PDF download<
• Figure Drawing Design and Invention - Michael Hampton >PDF download<
• Dynamic Figure Drawing - Burne Hogarth >PDF download<

All the downloads are free they only take a little bit time to download because these are big files!

silvarbelle:

allurious:

some of excentrique’s summer ‘11 collection; the librarian.

ALL OF THE WANT

A quick doodle to relax from the illustration I’m working on. :3

poncy-rogue:

megzie-the-invincible:

noxnoctisanimus:

chekhovandowl:

mrsmelchiorgabor:

this is what heterophobia would look like if it was real. if you believe that heterophobia is a real thing that exists, please watch this because you will see that it simply doesn’t exist, that it never has and never will. 

tbh I think everyone should watch this anyway because it’s very clever and very powerful

tw: abuse, suicide, cutting, bullying, phobia, etc… 

But if you can get past it, it’s really worth a watch.

This seriously crushed me.

If you’re straight, you need to watch this. Period. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to have the message that WHO YOU ARE is WRONG and condemned by society, then you need to watch this.

I couldn’t watch the ending. I knew how it ended, and I couldn’t bring myself to watch it.

Usually I take issue with the way some forms of media try to flip inequality on it’s head (drow society, Save the Pearls, etc) but it’s usually comes down to the fact that they just end up elevating the already privileged group to a moral high ground by making them “oppressed”. I applaud this video for not making the protagonist the brave straight warrior standing strong against they tyranny of the gays in charge. No, she’s just a kid. Just a victim, like those of us who are LGBTQ are in the real world today. This video does such a good job of making you FEEL the pressure to be normal in this society and does a great job portraying the emotional turmoil trying to reconcile with being outside that norm can produce.

We’ve got it good in this day and age. Well, not good. We’ve got it better. But we still have a long way to go…. you wanna know what it feels like…? watch this video

Just wow.

crab-cakes:

peonygoodchild:

C I R C L E T S  (x)

I require all of the bridesmaids and groomsmen at my wedding to wear circlets.

No you have no choice. You will be elves and you will like it.