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DYNAMIC CHARACTER DESIGN
Thanks to NetGalley, I was able to read a digital ARC of Dynamic Character Design by Fernanda Soares de Carvalho.
The book is comprised of a short introduction, then five chapters covering, in order, tools, tutorials, sketching, drawing digitally, and tips.
I really liked this book. The art style is quite lovely, and the book is laid out very nicely. I found the tutorials very helpful, the illustrations and explanatory text clearly explaining things in nice easy to digest chunks. I would have loved if the tutorial and sketching sections were longer.
The digital drawing chapter is mostly software agnostic and is more about concepts applicable to process of drawing digitally rather than how to use the digital tools available. That being said, the author uses the Procreate app, and has a couple of software specific tips that can be very helpful to beginners.
In summary, this book will not teach you how to draw photorealistic people, but does a nice job of guiding you through the process of creating stylised characters.
As I embarked on a drawing everyday challenge this year, and struggle terribly with people and faces, I really hope a few months of studying this book will get me closer to where I want to be. I’m definitely buying this book on publication.
KAWAII BIRDIES BY JEN BUDROCK
Thanks to NetGalley, I was able to read a digital ARC of Kawaii Birdies by Jen Budrock.
After a short intro of the artist, there’s a brief explanation of kawaii which is followed by notes on tools how to use the book. Pages of simple outlines showing the shapes of various anatomical parts, like wings, crests, beaks etc follow, before a directory of facial expressions and a quick guide to colouring.
A couple of pages categorising the various orders of bird follow, with a little bird drawn for each type. And they are adorable! So, so cute. The artist has really nailed the kawaii factor.
Most of the rest of the book is short one-page tutorials on how to draw specific types of bird, so they actually look like the type of bird you’re aiming for. A section at the end shows how to draw the birds in adorable poses, or with fun or cute accessories. The final section consists of four double spread colouring pages full of little birdies to colour.
Just flipping through this book is so much fun. It made me want to try drawing some myself, and I shall be giving it at try. Budrock makes it look easy. Admittedly there might be a bit of the a draw-the-rest-of-the-owl vibe, but how un-cute could they turn out?
Full disclosure, I really like birds, I love kawaii art, and I’m terribly biased in favour of kawaii animal characters that have little x’s for buttholes. Those x’ s make this an automatic 5 stars from me.
WEEKLY LINKS 23-01
Software
- Obsidian - PKM. Plain text. Markdown. Extensible. I love it so much!
- Mastodon Apps Feature Comparison - (Probably already outdated).
MacOS
- Linkjar - MacOS app to “Save interesting stuff and read it offline”.
- Confectionery - MacOS app to “Take delicious screenshots of your websites”.
- Amazing AI - Apple silicon MacOS app to make AI generated images locally.
- DiffusionBee - MacOS app to make AI generated images locally.
iOS
- Toot! - After development on Metatext paused, Toot! is the iOS Mastodon app I’m using while I wait for Ivory.
Cosplay
- Cosplayer’s Ultimate Guide to Eva Foam - Newly published, this looks really interesting.
Fonts
- Where to find fonts for Apple platforms - Apple system fonts
- Pixtura12 Medieval Pixel Font - Extremely cool mediaevalesque pixel art font.
Internet
- Bring Back Blogging - Encouraging people to do what it says on the tin.
- ooh.directory - Lots of blogs!
Fashion
- Is It Classist To Be Against Fast Fashion? - Very interesting article.
Art
- Rider by Sergey Grechanyuk - I love this style of art.