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first art post...... hai im quinn n im a cool artist that draws cool furries ^w^ btww... these r some of my main refs :0
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.
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.
Gnarlstar (Ref subject to remake)
NAMES: Gnarlkit, Gnarlpaw, Gnarlpelt, Gnarlstar GENDER: Cis Female GROUP: MossClan ROLE: Leader BIRTH MOON: - 101 BAFE (8.5 years BAFE) DEATH MOON: N/A PERSONALITY: Gnarlstar is a gloomy and clever teacher. She can be quite strict and brush off feelings as something that can be ignored in face of greater good. She is quite pessimistic when it comes to cats, but trusts her clanmates enough. Gnarlstar is not kind to those disabled by life, as once her deputy lost a leg she began to look for replacement, believing him to be incapable of being leader. But at the same time, as she aged, she grew distrustful and spiteful, feeling jelous of her once-candidate for new deputy. As an elderly leader, she sits mostly in her den, giving orders and watching her clanmates. She wasn't very loving mother, but was attentive and raised her daughter to be a clever and useful warrior. There was no need for love. They are all only leaves and branches in this large tree of life, and individual will is meaningless in the large scheme of things. Still, it is no excuse to slack off.
HISTORY: Gnarlkit, along with her littermate Dogkit were born in MossClan. While Dogkit was exiteable, Gnarlstar was more withdrawn and rational. They both were excellent and talented apprentices who never got in trouble.
Gnarlpelt was an excellent teacher, she kept discipline tight and taught her apprentices the skills they needed to survive as well as often quizzing them to make sure their minds stayed sharp. She was strict, but mostly fair.
As leader, she was strict and closed off to other clans, even LindenClan who often offered aid. She wanted her clan to be independent and didn't trust Lindens generosity, believing there is a hidden motive behind their good mask. Her attitude lead to increased conflicts with MossClan's longtime rival, FalconClan.
One of those wars took place after the clans setteled in new territories. Gnarlstar grew paranoid by careless actions taken by warriors of FalconClan. She decided to attack first, constantly bickered with Miststar and even spat in the young leader's face. Gnarlstar only ceased her open antagonism once a former house cat turned warrior Gravelgrain died in a battle, crushed by tree. It was a clear sing StarClan was displeased.
Right after, a young warrior named Ridgecrest, whom Gnarlstar trusted more than other cats had kits with FalconClan's healer, Paleswan. Instead of keeping the kits, she gave them to their father, which enraged Gnarlstar. She felt betrayed by a warrior who had so much potential. She exiled the molly.
After the war ended, Gnarlstar ordered her cats to look for a certain molly, who left her kit several moons ago in MossClan, because she couldn't take care of it. The cat named Rose was found and invited to the clan. There, she was renamed Rosestripe. Gnarlstar grew to like and respect the molly at first, but grew jelous of the popularity Rosestripe had. She was not only pretty, but also loyal and unafraid. On impulse, Gnarlstar tried to make her relationship worse with other cats, but this failed. Not only she was liked, but also several cats, including Gnarlstar's own grandson had romatic feelings for the ginger molly.
Gnarlstar withdrew into her den, unsure what to do. The only cat she found comfort was Newtburn, in her mind the only cat who stayed loyal to her…. Whom she grew to love romantically. Another cat she grew to trust was Storkmeadow, an orphan found with her siblings by their dead mother and adopted by the Clan. This young molly took her duties seriously and always helped other cats out, impressing Gnarlstar. She only hopes that Storkmeadow will be able to train up a good warrior before Gnarlstar herself looses her last life. Thankfully, a warrior named Bullfinchwing had kits around the time, which gives the leader perfect oppurtunity to test the molly. When Sunstar, new leader of LindenClan, accidentally tresspassed onto MossClan territory, Gnarlstar threw a fit and refused to back down from antagonizing LindenClan because of this. It did not matter that LindenClan has been recently shaken by a boar attack that killed two warriors and two kits, and it did not matter that LindenClan was not in any way antagonistic in past years. As if sent by StarClan, Gnarlstar got a heatstroke around the time, which allowed Spiderweb, MossClan's healer, to handle the situation. Thankfully, LindenClan understood and held no major grudge.
A promised ref for some of the background cats in the last page. This one has slightly different style due to how quickly it was made, but the rest should be more consistent. ---- Current Name: Tallcloud Clan: ShadowClan Rank: Warrior - Fighter, Trainer, Guard
Status: Alive Age: Around 4 Years Gender: Agender (Any Pronouns) Parents: Mossystone (sire), Unknown Mother Siblings: Miststripe Mate: Viperleap Kits: None Yet
Info: Tallcloud is a quiet and serious cat, which can be found either resting or training. She is considered the most taleneted fighter and despite her relatively young age she is quickly picking up a knack for teaching others.
He deosnt seem to be interested in the leading position, prefering to be in charge of smaller group of cats than the entire Clan. Despite their quiet nature, they appreciate humor, which is why they picked Viperleap as their mate. Tallcloud enjoys the shenienigans the tom gets into and is essentially his protector. But when it comes to nonsense or drama, she prefers to just walk away, ignoring it entirely until she deems it too disruptive for regular clan life. In these cases she tends to pin cats down until they calm down, few cats being capable of escaping her firm grip.
This nurturing nature was pointed out to them by their family, which made Tallcloud wonder… Maybe he could have kits soon? In apperance, Tallcloud is rather muscular, on top of having rounder features. She is of average size.
While I'm doing the next page, here is Roaringstar's referance! And below I added info on him in more organized manner than Patchcloud. I also added tags to find things easier. I will eventually put Patchcloud's info in the same form.
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Current Name: Roaringstar (Roaringlion) Clan: ShadowClan Rank: Leader (Warrior - Fighter, Lead)
Status: Alive (Prologue), Dead (Chapter 1) Age: Around 17 Years Gender: Cis Male (He/Him) Parents: Unknown (Clanborn) Siblings: Unnamed, dead during kithood Mate: Warmfur (Strained) Kits: Darkroar (Elder Son), Dawnlight (Younger Son), unnamed dead kits from 3 litters total Info: Roaringstar is a proud, assertive and ambitious cat, with a tendency to promise big things and rarely follow through on them. The only thing he would remain consistent at is leading his cats into battles, most of which he won during his prime, but eventually this streak would begin to decline as he aged and lost more lives. As he was on his last 2, he completely stopped going out himself, only sending his deputy and warriors out. When said deputy died during one of the many conflicts with ThunderClan, it seemed Roaringstar completely lost it, not leaving his den, screaming at everyone who questioned him and on top of all of that refusing to name a deputy. Before his health worsened, he promised to lead ShadowClan out of the twolegplace, as it became far too dangerous to live there. But then that got moved to when he will get better… Which he never did. Roaringstar’s was considered charming back in the day, but it eventually wore off as cats grew tired of constant battles and empty promises. He wasn’t a good mate either, often yelling and threatening his mate when she didn’t give him what he wanted. And when he got it, she would be left ignored. His older son rather quickly began to push himself away from any kind of relationship with his father, due to how he treated his mother, though the younger son would remain close.
Thinking about making a Warrior Cats comic about my ocs. Unsure about that cuz Im focused on uni and fully original story, but when Im burnt out on original stuff I could work on that. Maybe, idk.
Anyways, here is Patchcloud, a healer focused more on the herbal and healing aspect rather than spiritual. She has a rather weak connection with StarClan, never recieving any kind of omens, even minor ones. She relies on her instinct and knowleadge instead, though she does not doubt StarClan's existance. She simply tries not to think about them much, even when adhearing to traditions and rituals.
She is reserved and prefers to focus on work, even during free time. While appearing grumpy, she is not, she is a realist and doesn't like lying directly, though withholding truth isn't beyond her, especially when someone doesn't listen. She is generally calm and even during stressful situations is capable of holding herself. Born to ShadowClan-allied stray and a kittypet, she tended to remain on the outskirts of the Clan, until her apprenticeship to current healer at the time, who turned out to also have a weak connection to StarClan (him being born a raised a stray until joining) and he was the only comfort she had in when it came to anxiety about her not being good enough for her job. At least until he died. His name was Voideyes.
Something important to note when it comes to the story and worldbuilding is that its changed from the original... A lot in some places. Some of it is based on my old ideas of the WC world (back when I didnt understand English properly and relied on AMVs and very few translations).
So... ShadowClan kinda takes space of BloodClan? As in they live in the city, at least until the beginning of the story (Raven's Flight), and they have a lot of semi-members and friendly strays who stay behind in the city, until a second wave of moving several years later. In general they are very friendly with strays. loners and kittypets, and had less aversion to eating kittypet food, until Jawstar's rule (2 leaders before the current one post-prologue)
All monsters be respawning tonight
So like. I finally finished redesigning my fursona! I've been meaning to do this for ages, and it took me forever to actually finish it, but it's done. I'm a lot happier with her design now.
I feel like flowers suit me a little more than mushrooms. And her old design, for reference. I think I made her color palette a lot more cohesive this time around.
This is my new sona, Ida! She's a brown domestic cat, themed around mushrooms.
She's a soft, cuddly cat who loves physical contact (hugs and holding hands and all that with friends are absolutely adored). She's not the best with talking sometimes (hah anxiety) but she tries nonetheless.
Her hands can be drawn more paw-like or more hand-like, the mushrooms on her tail don't have a set pattern so they can be drawn in any arrangement as long as they're generally on the base, and her body type is reflective of mine, so she'll always be drawn with a slight amount of body fat. I might even draw some outfits for her.
Hoping she sticks around :)
I couldn't decide which version I liked better, so have both :)
HEY Y’ALL, THIS IS FREE.
I know a lot of my followers want to storyboard someday, and this is a good starting point. :) Enjoy~
Handmade Constellation Jewelry
Belgian boutique Vdeux specializes in metal work, which explores the beauty of the archaic, of nature and our ancestors through her contemporary designs. Originally trained as a fashion designer, the store’s owner “Veronica” decided to translate her relic inspirations into handmade accessories. With a newfound passion and profession, she confesses:
I make jewelry as a way of researching subjects and ideas that move and interest me. Recurring themes in my work are: the soul of beautiful old objects, childhood memories, our ancestors, the ice age, nature, the night sky and the star constellations.”
The astronomical pieces pay homage to Greek mythology and its mystical and romantic meanings. You can find The Big Dipper, Orion, Aries, Taurus, and Leo among other asterisms and constellations in her Etsy shop.
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