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I really like some of the books like "Manga Mania" and "How to Draw Manga." (not enough to pay full price though, yikes! But used bookstores are good and some of them are cheap on amazon.) The reason I like them is because they show you how to draw lots of poses. Yay poses! Poses I can use for my Sailors!
But then Nuriko told me the poses in drawing books, you're not actually supposed to use them, and if I use them people will make mean comments.
But... they're drawing books, for drawing, for people who draw! if you're not supposed to draw the poses, why do they show you how to draw the poses? The confusion... my brain hurts...
But then Nuriko told me the poses in drawing books, you're not actually supposed to use them, and if I use them people will make mean comments.
But... they're drawing books, for drawing, for people who draw! if you're not supposed to draw the poses, why do they show you how to draw the poses? The confusion... my brain hurts...
Who drew that one Sailor Moon pic?
That Sailor Moon picture of her sort of kneeling with her staff, that you see everywhere? It's by an artist called Nardack.
The really nice bust of Sailor Cosmos that you also see everywhere? It's actually by Marco Albiero before he made it big.
That brain-meltingly gorgeous realistic picture of serenity with her wand? It's by pixiv artist Sunmomo but sadly she only has a few other pictures.
Whatever else you're looking to identify, it might be here.
And For My Next Trick...
Since the Mirta story is getting towards the last half dozen chapters, my brain's already considering what I might do next. I'm thinking I might do more Winx Cllub, specifically a fanfic about the Company of Light. Marion & Oritel in love, Faragonda and Hagen in love, Faragonda and Griffin being BFFs, Daphne getting some screentime, Valtor, Mandragora, the ancestor witches... should be enough to do a few chapters about!
But I need help from you, o watchers!
1) Do you know of any other Company of Light fanfics out there?
2) Would you read mine if I wrote one?
3) Do you have any cool headcanon bits you'd like to see in a fanfic? Any awes
...and then my life exploded
So me and my mediocre art are chugging along happily, sketchbook on top of the pile, half-finished craft projects on the table... when the house got infested with bedbugs. And we couldn't get rid of them. People can get rid of bedbugs, but six people cannot get rid of bedbugs if two of them aren't willing to do the necessary cleaning and stuff. So everyone had to move out.
Away went the craft projects, buried under the fuss of moving and being treated in case the bugs had invaded, and away went the sketchbook into the freezer because bugs can live in paper, and away went my space to work and my privacy and my drawing books and my lightbox
Backgroundist wanted!
For this: http://cupcakedoll.deviantart.com/art/sword-draw-178595892
Anyone! Color and background for me? *puppy dog eyes* I'll buy you a subscription! and draw your characters! and paypal you some electronic folding green! Ok, probably not all three. How much does a coloring comission cost? :-?
Also! Anyone, point me at a tutorial that'll actually show me how to make layers work in Gimp and I'll draw your character. I really did spend 5 hours trying to figure out the layers + looking for tutorials with no luck. The only tutorial I found said, "this dropdown, then click on THAT" only in my shiny new Gimp, this dropdown did not have
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I don't think there's anything wrong with using the poses for inspiration and guidelines, as long as you state in the picture comment where it's from! And many of those books are pose-books as well, so it doesn't make sense that you should't use them. Of course, the goal is that in the future you don't have to use poses from books, but I don't see anything wrong with it while you're still learning, or if you need help with a pose.
I mean, I use
for poses, there's not that much difference is it? I know I'm not going to make mean comments, that's for sure! 
People might get upset if you copy or trace (which I know you don't) a pose they recognise without giving credit, but that's it.
I mean, I use
for poses, there's not that much difference is it? I know I'm not going to make mean comments, that's for sure! People might get upset if you copy or trace (which I know you don't) a pose they recognise without giving credit, but that's it.