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April32013

simonist:

pages from Manga Matrix, via mini-sys

Thanks for posting this! I completely forgot about it!

art resource creativity creative excercise omg this is awesome

April12013

The Secret to Composition

colonelsassacre:

don’t mind me i’m just filing this here

art resource

March242013

hearditbothways:

I am probably not the best person to be asking since I am still learning myself, so take this with a grain of salt. Your best bet is just to observe metal objects in real life or find references. But I hope this at least points you in the right direction!!

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art resource metal chrome

11AM

eyecager:

characterdesign101:

clockwork-dingos:

How to paint gold tutorial by *ConceptCookie

And I found this very helpful just by looking at it. I was never good at coloring gold.

Gold is tough. This is awesome.

Gold is super hard and this is a great tutorial so adding my own tip to this. A trick to painting gold is throwing in some desaturated yellows to where they look almost greenish. Just eyedrop this pic, you’ll see what I mean.

Full pic is here, I used this as an example since it’s made of legit real gold.

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art resource gold

February12013

Wanna tussle? More on fight scenes.

writeworld:

Anonymous asked: How does one write a good fight scene?

Step one: Most of the time, it’ll be best to avoid starting it with the phrase “wanna tussle?”

From there, you might find these links useful:

How to Write a Fight Scene

A Summary of How People Die (And Don’t) In Swordfights

Getting a Handle on Guns

For when things get ugly, check out On Killing Characters.

Thanks for your question! If you have any other writing concerns, please send us a message.

- O