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Need textures?We had a feature of drawing references yesterday, so let's take a look at textures now. I must admit that I'm a total freak when it comes to this topic. I love textures, I love making them and I love seeing them everywhere. In this feature I'll also include some tutorials, traditional and digital, so you could learn how to make some on your own.
TUTORIALS

TEXTURES!

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Need references?Although drawing and painting "from life" is way much more effective and efficient than drawing from photos (I'll be writting a separate journal about this soon, no worries), you simply can't have a person to model for you every time you want to create something. And there are situations when you don't exactly know how to place that bloody hand or if the foot is drawn correctly. Similiar issues can happen with architecture, perspective... with everything you draw. Then, when you look for help, you may stumble upon Stock gallery and you find awesome things. Remember about crediting the used stock directly!
POSES AND ANATOMY

ARCHITECTURE

ANIMALS
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Need brushes?After references, textures and faces, the time comes for brushes. All inspirational, all useful!
GIMP BRUSHES

PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES

Need faces?We've already had "Need references?" and "Need textures?", time for something else. This actually is about references again, but about these more specified ones. Emotions. How many times have you wondered why is that the faces you draw look as empty as dead? Depicting moods can be a very hard task. Try sketching yourself (yes, a mirror would be a nice thing to have in this case), pull faces at diffrent angles, change light. And take a look at these below. Compare.

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Naalbinding

Guess: about which element from the picture above will be this article about?
About socks. And to be more precise -- about one really old technique of making them, older than crocheting and much older than knitting. Previously, you could read a simple tutorial about how to make a viking dress, and this little thing is strongly connected to the mentioned one. I'd not imagine a lack of these socks when some of the history reenactment events are early in April or in October, or exactly in winter. (Of course, the ones from the photo above are my summer socks, phew. You'll see my winter ones in the end.)
Besides being accurate historically and useful for history reenactment, I'm sure that you can admit how waaarm and comfortable can woolen socks be. There's nothing better to warm up your toes after you arrive home in December, all cold and tired... maybe except a nice bath, but noone says that you can't wea

Creeping Wednesday #13 :iconghostystareplz:

Welcome in the year 2013! It's the 13th Creeping Wednesday and the air grows chilly as this time we're going to see and read all about ghosts. Thanks to ~JadasArtVision and *SandraHultsved for suggesting some very nice artworks for this issue. The next theme is going to be... pinups! Keep in mind, dear suggesters, that I'm looking for the creeping ones (: done traditionally and relatively not popular.

3 questions to ~RossanaCastellino, a wonderful dark creator!
What is that attracts you to traditional art?
I've always had a passion for traditional techniques. I've been drawing since I was a little girl and I immediately fell in love with color

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The genius of Miyazaki - Art HistoryIf you haven't heard his name, you must have heard about at least one of his creations. So, who's Miyazaki? It's easier to say who he's not.

Hayao Miyazaki was born on the 5th of January 1941 in Bunkyo, Tokyo, as a second of four sons. His father was a director in young Miyazaki's uncle's factory producing rudders for fighter planes - this is where Hayao became highly interested in aviation, which often appears in his films.

When Miyazaki was a little kid, his mother suffered from Pott's disease (sort of tuberculosis) and spent a few years in a hospital. Some says that a very similiar motif appearing in "Tonari no Totoro" ("My neighbour Totoro") was strongly inspired by that part of his life. Also, during his childhood, Miyazaki had to change his place of residence and switch schools several times, which influenced his films a lot, too.
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Dreamy Theodor KittelsenAs I've previously promised, after the articles about Sulamith Wülfing and about John Bauer, the time comes for an article about
Theodor Kittelsen.

Generally...
...Theodor Severin Kittelsen, being a great representant of the Golden Age of Illustration, is one of the countless artists who received more attention and appreciation a long time after their death. I don't say "proper attention", it's still far from it.
His depictions of Scandinavian folklore creatures are said to be equally cannon to the trolls portrayed by the definitely more famous John Bauer. But, unlike Bauer, Kittelsen didn't focus just around trolls (which are, you must admit that, most of Bauer's creations - although his sudden death at young age is

Creeping Wednesday #4

Today's theme is Tolkien - and take a look at all these fabulous traditional art pieces! Thanks a lot to *SandraHultsved, =Natalia-Luz, ~Doertchen, *erinclaireb and ~JadasArtVision for suggesting some artworks for this feature. Apart from this, I decided to extend Creeping Wednesday and include a short 3-questions interview with a person strongly connected to a specified theme. The next theme is a Rat. Let's see what you can find.

3 questions to :iconvilva73:, a fine Tolkien illustrator!What is it that attracts you to Traditional Art?Well, you know, there wasn't any other kind of painting and drawing than traditional back then (the '70s, '80s). I've been drawing and painting ever since I remember; my mother used to say that if you'd given to little Basia some pencils and paper, she could have dissappeared quietly in a corner for long hours

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John Bauer and his trollsJohn Bauer's life was very short and very sad. Despite this, he left behind many illustrations that later became inspiration for loads of younger artists, like Arthur Rackham, Sulamith Wülfing or Kay Nielsen. Would you like to read about him and about his trolls?

36 gloomy years
Born in 1882 in Jönköping, Sweden, he grew up with two brothers and a sister, Anna, who died very early, at the age of 13, which badly effected John and his brothers and left visible marks in their minds for the rest of their lives. Their father used to own a charcuterie and the apartment they lived in was located above the shop.
He started sketching very early in his childhood, although there is no formal date known. In 1898, when young Bauer was 16, he moved to Stockholm to study art and two years later he started attending

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Creeping Wednesday #14

Journal Entry: Wed Jan 16, 2013, 2:05 AM

Welcome to the 14th Creeping Wednesday! Today we will wander around the topic of pin-ups. Thanks to ~JadasArtVision for suggesting the theme and plenty of nice artworks, as usual! The next theme is going to be hair. Please remember that I look for works only done traditionally and relatively not popular.

Today we have a double interview! Let's hear a word or two from ~JadasArtVision and *mashi.

What is that attracts you to traditional art?

~JadasArtVision - I haven't really given much thought to it. Perhaps for convenience. I'm so familiar with it, traditional art has been apart of my life since before I could write! I can use it anywhere at anytime.

from a painting to a simple sketch on a napkin when sudden inspiration strikes.

*mashi - I'm not really a traditional art person as I find it quite difficult to control. There's no undo button so I was quite afraid to do that. However, I like color pencils as I feel it's easier to control and I have some color pencils from long ago so I used that initially. There are some friends who recommended copic markers awhile back so I'm still practicing that. What I find it interesting about traditional art is that it is really nicely done and the amount of effort and time to work on an artwork is impressive.

What do you like about pin-ups the most?

~JadasArtVision - They just have so much power and confidence. When they walk into a room heads turn. I wish I could be like that. I guess that's why I draw them so often; I envy it I guess. It's kinda like when people create these fantasy worlds. It's a fantasy I suppose. lol idk how to explain it.

*mashi - What I like about pin-ups the most is that it's retro. There's something refreshing to see the older days stuffs. Another thing I like about pin-ups is because it consists of girls which I can get reference and inspirations when I want to create an artwork.

Do you have any preferable time period, consider them?

~JadasArtVision - Well the 1940s and 50s are great inspirations for this style. The classic pin-ups back when burlesque was in it's hayday. when everything was sexy yet tasteful. when there wasn't porn and strip clubs. Just tease. Women like Bettie Page and Marilyn Monroe are just a few examples

*mashi - I'm not sure about the time period but I do look at Gil Elvgren's artworks a lot. I think it's the 70s or 80s?

Thank you for your answers!

Dr.Sketchy CLE - FeverBlister1 by *timswit

Custom Goth Pinup Girl Guitar (back) by *JaimeMArtist

Generally

A pin-up girl, also known as a pin-up model or cheesecake, is a model whose mass-produced pictures see wide appeal as popular culture. Pin-ups are intended for informal display, e.g. meant to be "pinned-up" on a wall. Pin-up girls may be glamour models, fashion models, or actresses.

The term pin-up may also refer to drawings, paintings, and other illustrations done in emulation of these photos. The term was first attested to in English in 1941; however, the practice is documented back at least to the 1890s.

The pin-up images could be cut out of magazines or newspapers, or be from postcard or chromo-lithographs, and so on. Such photos often appear on calendars, which are meant to be pinned up anyway. Later, posters of pin-up girls were mass-produced and became an instant hit.

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Halloween / Wizard of Oz pinup girl sketch by ~benke33

Pin-up groups on dA

Since this CW issue I'm going to feature also groups that are related to the current theme. Here are some groups accepting traditional art pin-up works: