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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>Design and Art references.</description><title>Artsy Fartsy References</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @cute-reference)</generator><link>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7c5af2c18f04271e34bc963411e79095/tumblr_mkbobomXX21rwvezyo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e0d55b6ce0e8166fa383eebfc9041745/tumblr_mkbobomXX21rwvezyo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4f62af0fe230f77243d8c41559d76dc8/tumblr_mkbobomXX21rwvezyo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/48595318705</link><guid>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/48595318705</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:40:52 -0400</pubDate><category>character design</category><dc:creator>pyokolee</dc:creator></item><item><title>
| Mahou Shoujo  { By } |


</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/824be249dbd4edf2691f6abe1f32328e/tumblr_mj54wcBp6m1rpcp44o6_r1_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/784d290df32af3096ef2ad7b720236ab/tumblr_mj54wcBp6m1rpcp44o2_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4e8bd66f190377fe7182073be035d7ff/tumblr_mj54wcBp6m1rpcp44o1_r2_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/aa707c1bc5eee5866e135ccf652efd66/tumblr_mj54wcBp6m1rpcp44o4_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dbb408671ca3ac5fc2b9ea2dd6848458/tumblr_mj54wcBp6m1rpcp44o5_500.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;pre&gt;| M&lt;a href="http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&amp;illust_id=26404803"&gt;a&lt;/a&gt;h&lt;a href="http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&amp;illust_id=26313784"&gt;o&lt;/a&gt;u &lt;a href="http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&amp;illust_id=26308951"&gt;S&lt;/a&gt;h&lt;a href="http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&amp;illust_id=26352891"&gt;o&lt;/a&gt;u&lt;a href="http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&amp;illust_id=26303174"&gt;j&lt;/a&gt;o  { &lt;a href="http://0takugirl.tumblr.com"&gt;By&lt;/a&gt; } |&lt;/pre&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/44845031067</link><guid>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/44845031067</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:17:02 -0500</pubDate><dc:creator>pyokolee</dc:creator></item><item><title>gigidigi:

Based on a pal’s idea:


“Last night before dozing...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/46cdbd1bbf7f3f167447bcc3c8e38440/tumblr_miyujlNZt71qd62wro1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://gigidigi.tumblr.com/post/44276310147/based-on-a-pals-idea-last-night-before"&gt;gigidigi&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Based on a &lt;a href="http://nerdbotmk2.tumblr.com/post/42213848385/last-night-before-dozing-off-i-hit-the-random"&gt;pal’s idea&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Last night before dozing off, I hit the Random Page button on Mario Wiki a few times and drew whatever came up as long as it was a person or character.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I thought it was a fun little exercise.”&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;It is!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/44283311494</link><guid>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/44283311494</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:54:52 -0500</pubDate><dc:creator>pyokolee</dc:creator></item><item><title>gigidigi:

I also put together a process gif for anyone who’s...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9f949a0a9929eebfecaee67f0f6b34c7/tumblr_mieku2cHPQ1qd62wro1_400.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://gigidigi.tumblr.com/post/43383241002/i-also-put-together-a-process-gif-for-anyone-whos"&gt;gigidigi&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I also put together a process gif for anyone who’s interested in that kind of thing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/43947807961</link><guid>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/43947807961</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:08:13 -0500</pubDate><dc:creator>pyokolee</dc:creator></item><item><title>artducation:

belle by `loish
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4f2f24d50052c06a2269ff3ecb34b75a/tumblr_mi0tgiF4O71qedslwo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://artducation.tumblr.com/post/42777340144/belle-by-loish"&gt;artducation&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://loish.deviantart.com/art/belle-353490370"&gt;belle&lt;/a&gt; by `&lt;a href="http://loish.deviantart.com/"&gt;loish&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/42897442815</link><guid>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/42897442815</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:32:33 -0500</pubDate><dc:creator>pyokolee</dc:creator></item><item><title>shpdoinkle:

there comes a period of time about every few months...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a53392cb10ca01f63db017d9085eb703/tumblr_mi0z51N4zK1rmabboo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://shpdoinkle.tumblr.com/post/42787776112/there-comes-a-period-of-time-about-every-few"&gt;shpdoinkle&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;there comes a period of time about every few months or so when i get every song from cats dont dance stuck in my head and this week is one of those times&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/42897098799</link><guid>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/42897098799</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:28:40 -0500</pubDate><dc:creator>pyokolee</dc:creator></item><item><title>helpfulharrie:

Source: FOERVRAENGD



List of tutorials that...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a7dcae8c1eb5a1cde5458ea844e20136/tumblr_mfnrb3UtZS1rhqfm7o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2e7e9ed2d032c0debefc90ea2f85139d/tumblr_mfnrb3UtZS1rhqfm7o2_r1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3ba386dcd049431308df76996b54ebbf/tumblr_mfnrb3UtZS1rhqfm7o5_r2_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a66fc3fd27dbc344010915ef7b9605f4/tumblr_mfnrb3UtZS1rhqfm7o6_r2_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/89b0025ceb332092440ce0b3bf603abc/tumblr_mfnrb3UtZS1rhqfm7o13_r2_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5ec1ab0f93b3e6645f731bdcaed99123/tumblr_mfnrb3UtZS1rhqfm7o7_r2_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d9e80816695e9abde3e84f188f774928/tumblr_mfnrb3UtZS1rhqfm7o9_r3_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ecca9a0f4955cfec9b3303127d6608cf/tumblr_mfnrb3UtZS1rhqfm7o10_r2_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/87be18cecea66ab261332086cdf366f3/tumblr_mfnrb3UtZS1rhqfm7o11_r2_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/aa7932129c82f181174d28aef2a17af1/tumblr_mfnrb3UtZS1rhqfm7o8_r2_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://helpfulharrie.tumblr.com/post/38952439994/source-foervraengd-list-of-tutorials-that"&gt;helpfulharrie&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;a href="http://foervraengd.deviantart.com/art/Expanding-the-comfort-zone-310564417"&gt;FOERVRAENGD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;List of tutorials that helped me with environmental painting:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://fav.me/d4x7l2t"&gt;“How to make your own Perspective Grid in PS”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;—- this one is the best thing I’ve ever discovered. Srsly CHECK IT OOOOUUUUT!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://fav.me/d32jxb3"&gt;Snuffen’s Background Tutorial P1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;More or less ALL tutorials by Griffsnuff is awesome, so make sure to check out the rest of them!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://aquasixio.deviantart.com/gallery/8808807"&gt;More or less ALL tutorials made by AquaSixio!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;List of youtube channels that also helped and inspired me:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/user/FZDSCHOOL"&gt;FZDSCHOOL&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;em&gt;More or less one of the most known concept art-related resources I know on youtube. It’s great to sit and draw and just listen to the talking.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/user/sinixdesign"&gt;SinixDesign&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;- This guy is also great! He has some design workshops ever now and then where the viewers can send in their stuff for critique! very encouraging and inspiring!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/user/moatddtutorials"&gt;moatddtutorials&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;- This guy is more into drawing than painting, and has a more cartoony style. He has interesting methods when it comes to perspective. And he also challenge himself in some of his videos (the engine block video is a great example of this)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a class="external" href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.youtube.com/user/foxorian"&gt;foxOrian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Also known here on dA for his awesome perspective and composition tutorials. He has a youtube channel where he posts some videos that might be interesting as well.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/42894799430</link><guid>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/42894799430</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:02:36 -0500</pubDate><dc:creator>pyokolee</dc:creator></item><item><title>fauxboy:

innocentxguilt:

lily-violet-rose:

Dear Creature’s...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ob6dk80k1qdxufeo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ob6dk80k1qdxufeo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ob6dk80k1qdxufeo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ob6dk80k1qdxufeo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ob6dk80k1qdxufeo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ob6dk80k1qdxufeo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ob6dk80k1qdxufeo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ob6dk80k1qdxufeo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ob6dk80k1qdxufeo9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fauxboy.tumblr.com/post/42128176200/innocentxguilt-lily-violet-rose-dear"&gt;fauxboy&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://innocentxguilt.tumblr.com/post/37020394285/lily-violet-rose-dear-creatures-fall-2012"&gt;innocentxguilt&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lily-violet-rose.tumblr.com/post/22610741286/dear-creatures-fall-2012-collection"&gt;lily-violet-rose&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dear Creature’s Fall 2012 collection.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Wow I want.. all of the middle column&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I want to draw them???&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/42151256151</link><guid>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/42151256151</guid><pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 21:24:16 -0500</pubDate><dc:creator>pyokolee</dc:creator></item><item><title>sarapocock:

I thought I’d quickly document my animation process...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d8b8475f312949325ea78386626aa9d8/tumblr_mfei1kGUZ71rn49cpo1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d35d8853266506a363ccadfe6bed11ea/tumblr_mfei1kGUZ71rn49cpo2_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c6981680cbf3905b46dc3c9a28d4af76/tumblr_mfei1kGUZ71rn49cpo3_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cd816e16ed0b511f7b81bab8beef9377/tumblr_mfei1kGUZ71rn49cpo5_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fc86679e457c521ab841c591288aafd0/tumblr_mfei1kGUZ71rn49cpo6_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1d29bbd56871551406a8535079e6f89c/tumblr_mfei1kGUZ71rn49cpo7_r1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sarapocock.tumblr.com/post/38492076026/i-thought-id-quickly-document-my-animation"&gt;sarapocock&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I thought I’d quickly document my animation process before the apocalypse hits. Happy 12-21-12!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/42008547692</link><guid>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/42008547692</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:50:07 -0500</pubDate><dc:creator>pyokolee</dc:creator></item><item><title>abrza:

violapunk:

fan-troll:

fox-orian:

luniara:


ctchrysler...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/19c5a1fe0a1a62c97c41f0a555713f9d/tumblr_mfkc9dHKlv1r0bsjlo10_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; 100% zoom/grayscale&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/42efd1b02c9be8df0a33b7bea648cb55/tumblr_mfkc9dHKlv1r0bsjlo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; sketch&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dc27af567bf92b4cba9174e9a4998a03/tumblr_mfkc9dHKlv1r0bsjlo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; lines&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5f89502259d6b1ebfb311d936ffe6e5b/tumblr_mfkc9dHKlv1r0bsjlo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; flats&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/05ac8d6b81d1744a6eb72d3c855d6c50/tumblr_mfkc9dHKlv1r0bsjlo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; shade layer&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/78150dbc6a137348088a5a52d2edff49/tumblr_mfkc9dHKlv1r0bsjlo5_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; shade layer colorized and set to multiply&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/77aebdfff14cf4137434778906b8c19f/tumblr_mfkc9dHKlv1r0bsjlo6_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; shade layer duplicated, set to difference, levels adjusted and colorized. tweaks made with soft brush.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1056112f699963d2e07dfc3dc6b5cec8/tumblr_mfkc9dHKlv1r0bsjlo7_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; shade layer duplicated again, set to divide, levels adjusted and colorized. tweaks made with brush.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/63317da9fad7136f3ffecca3e0dc04c5/tumblr_mfkc9dHKlv1r0bsjlo8_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Add background&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/683e826014e93beafa059195aa0d9cb5/tumblr_mfkc9dHKlv1r0bsjlo9_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; Add noise and filters&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://abrza.tumblr.com/post/40262004807"&gt;abrza&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://violapunk.tumblr.com/post/40221179937/fan-troll-fox-orian-luniara"&gt;violapunk&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fan-troll.tumblr.com/post/40215713001"&gt;fan-troll&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fox-orian.tumblr.com/post/40167359340"&gt;fox-orian&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://luniara.tumblr.com/post/40145570909/ctchrysler-sorry-for-the-lack-of-wips-on-this"&gt;luniara&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ctchrysler.tumblr.com/post/38758234777/sorry-for-the-lack-of-wips-on-this-pic-here-are"&gt;ctchrysler&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sorry for the lack of WIPs on &lt;a href="http://fav.me/d5p51vy"&gt;this pic&lt;/a&gt;.  Here are jpg’s of all the steps (with not-so-very-clear notes).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All the work was done in GIMP.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Wait what?&lt;strong&gt; A grayscale shade layer???&lt;/strong&gt; What layer option do you use though, let alone change the color successfully?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;This is a really effective way to color, actually. I do it all the time. When you make shade layer, make sure you’re ONLY shading SHADOWS and basic diffusion — NOT object/material color values (like, just because the socks should be a dark color, you’re going to completely ignore that in the shading layer.) There are two ways to mix the shading afterward. You can place the shading layer over the flats layer then set the shading to Multiply, OR put the flats over the shading and set the flats to “Color” blending. Then, you just paint some small variances in hue to whichever layer you’ve set blending mode to.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is a great way to color because it eliminates the need to mix new colors as you pass from one flat to another. It gets less of a painterly look, but in this type of art you’re not going for that anyway. Excellent for comics.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;r&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;SO THAT’S HOW YOU DO IT&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;This is very similar to how I go about coloring as well. :)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/40309474531</link><guid>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/40309474531</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:05:58 -0500</pubDate><dc:creator>pyokolee</dc:creator></item><item><title>swissserif:

Attribution N/A, but it’s a great illustration. If...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/96571a0cdae90a1e676b9370d5c4de31/tumblr_mg9m45CFgN1qbmuzjo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.brandonalvarado.me/post/40021461397/attribution-n-a-but-its-a-great-illustration-if"&gt;swissserif&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Attribution N/A, but it’s a great illustration. If someone has the artist I’d love to know. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/40216893670</link><guid>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/40216893670</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:21:04 -0500</pubDate><dc:creator>pyokolee</dc:creator></item><item><title>tinysnails:

Colored version of Dipper and Mabel! :)
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc7qvb5Njj1qdkmdyo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tinysnails.tumblr.com/post/33986943460/colored-version-of-dipper-and-mabel"&gt;tinysnails&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Colored version of Dipper and Mabel! :)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/40216511501</link><guid>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/40216511501</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:16:29 -0500</pubDate><dc:creator>pyokolee</dc:creator></item><item><title>just-art:

Illustrations by Anna Lazareva
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma81vrBPRa1rn2fvxo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma81vrBPRa1rn2fvxo2_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma81vrBPRa1rn2fvxo3_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma81vrBPRa1rn2fvxo4_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://just-art.me/post/31410971917"&gt;just-art&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Illustrations by &lt;a href="http://annalazareva.com/"&gt;Anna Lazareva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/31467282000</link><guid>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/31467282000</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:04:58 -0400</pubDate><category>Style</category><category>colors</category><dc:creator>pyokolee</dc:creator></item><item><title>WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME ABOUT THIS PALETTE</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ghost-bustier.tumblr.com/post/10989470730/why-did-nobody-tell-me-about-this-palette"&gt;ghost-bustier&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsib0v25Jf1qivwm9.png"/&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsiasdAk9E1qivwm9.png"/&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsiayznToP1qivwm9.png"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In at least Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign CS5 (maybe other programs/versions too), if you go to Window &amp;gt; Extensions &amp;gt; Kuler, you get a palette with preset color palettes that compliment each other, as well as a tool to help you make new ones. Then you can save it to the Kuler list, or to your Swatches palette.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/31061782359</link><guid>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/31061782359</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:29:37 -0400</pubDate><dc:creator>pyokolee</dc:creator></item><item><title>kurokodile:

It’s President Bird!
from Three Word Phrase by Ryan...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9yixj1rCl1qfo716o1_250.gif"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kurokodile.tumblr.com/post/31032666470/its-president-bird-from-three-word-phrase-by"&gt;kurokodile&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It’s &lt;strong&gt;President Bird!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;from &lt;a href="http://threewordphrase.com/presidentbird.htm" title="Three Word Phrase"&gt;Three Word Phrase &lt;/a&gt;by Ryan Pequin&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/31057097994</link><guid>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/31057097994</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:22:23 -0400</pubDate><category>pixel art</category><category>animation</category><dc:creator>pyokolee</dc:creator></item><item><title>haz un cute squirtle y un cute poochyena :D &lt;3 porfiiis</title><description>&lt;p&gt;No había visto esto, lo intentaré! :3&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/29540095892</link><guid>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/29540095892</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 03:21:04 -0400</pubDate><dc:creator>pyokolee</dc:creator></item><item><title>pamikoo:

“I’ll marry you but there is one tiny little thing we...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8s9now49k1qdh3hco1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pamikoo.tumblr.com/post/29466763355/ill-marry-you-but-there-is-one-tiny-little-thing"&gt;pamikoo&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“I’ll marry you but there is one tiny little thing we need to do first.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/29535199883</link><guid>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/29535199883</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:22:53 -0400</pubDate><category>design</category><category>color</category><category>crossover</category><category>lineart</category><category>corpse bride</category><category>coraline</category><dc:creator>pyokolee</dc:creator></item><item><title>radiomaru:

personasama:

EDIT: Sorry, I’m a retard at tumblr -...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8e7oo76kt1qis82bo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://radiomaru.tumblr.com/post/28913792972/personasama-edit-sorry-im-a-retard-at-tumblr"&gt;radiomaru&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://personasama.tumblr.com/post/28913429144/edit-sorry-im-a-retard-at-tumblr-let-me-fix"&gt;personasama&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Sorry, I’m a retard at tumblr - let me fix this&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So apparently there’s an &lt;a href="http://majornelson.com/2012/08/07/content-coming-soon-to-the-xbox-live-marketplace-7/"&gt;online multiplayer patch and Wallace Wells DLC coming soon for the Scott Pilgrim vs the World: the Game&lt;/a&gt;, so I thought now would be as good a time as any to start posting concept work I did for the game. Around summer ‘09, the first assignments I had on the project was to concept moves/specials for all the bosses and playable characters. I started with Winifred Hailey, who was originally supposed to be a midboss fight somewhere in Roxanne’s stage, I think, but was cut because of time/budget/chaos.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; I’ll post more of the other characters during the rest of the month. Is there any Evil-Exes or main characters you guys want to see first?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Re: Chaos. The “behind the music” of this game would seriously eff you up and make you cry. Those were hard, weird times. Every time someone is snarky about this game it makes me sad because they don’t even know how much of a miracle it is that we got to make a good game at all.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/29105079928</link><guid>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/29105079928</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:46:02 -0400</pubDate><category>concept</category><category>Scott Pilgrim</category><category>sketch</category><dc:creator>pyokolee</dc:creator></item><item><title>albinwonderland:

lachrymouse:

kryptongirl:

Double...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8aygj7OyJ1qzf0o8o1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://albinwonderland.tumblr.com/post/28819798275/lachrymouse-kryptongirl-double-trouble"&gt;albinwonderland&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lachrymouse.tumblr.com/post/28796940527/kryptongirl-double-trouble-all-i-want-is-a"&gt;lachrymouse&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kryptongirl.tumblr.com/post/28790425042/double-trouble"&gt;kryptongirl&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Double Trouble.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;all i want is a movie with these two.  &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;yep&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/29104663928</link><guid>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/29104663928</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:39:11 -0400</pubDate><category>color</category><category>duo</category><category>girl</category><dc:creator>pyokolee</dc:creator></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7iutrNnBT1r4uaolo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/29104599953</link><guid>http://cute-reference.tumblr.com/post/29104599953</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:38:09 -0400</pubDate><category>style</category><category>color</category><category>beemo</category><category>Adventure Time</category><dc:creator>pyokolee</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>
