meganlynnkott:

My new mantra

This makes me very emotional for some reason.

humanoidhistory:

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this day, especially in times of ‘disaster,’ I remember my mother’s words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.”

—Fred Rogers

steampoweredcor:

laurenwallaceart:

Introducing Character Drawcember!

This is a series of drawing prompts I designed for myself to get into a better rhythm of art production and also to think in depth about my characters. I’m posting this in case anyone else would like to work through the list too! :) I purposefully designed the workload to be relatively relaxed, since December is a busy month for a lot of people, myself included.

RULES: Use whatever of your own characters you want to use. You can stick to the same couple of characters or use all different ones. Any medium, and they don’t have to be consistent in style or technique. Basically there are no rules, just use this as a fun opportunity to work on your cast of characters. If you do decide to do this challenge, use the tag Character Drawcember!

WEEK ONE (Dec 1-7)

Sketch…

…a protagonist

…an antagonist

…an old character you don’t use anymore, and then redesign them.

Finish one of these into a full-color piece.

WEEK TWO (Dec 8-14)

Sketch…

…the inside of your character’s room.

…your character as a child, adult, and senior.

…an alternate universe version of one of your characters.

Finish one of these into a full-color piece.

WEEK THREE (Dec 15-21)

Sketch…

…a big group shot of your characters.

…a fake screenshot, as if your characters had their own movie

…your character’s favorite place

Finish one of these into a full-color piece.

WEEK FOUR (Dec 22-28)

Sketch…

…your character in someone else’s style (credit who you were inspired by!)

…three different outfits for your character

…free day- you choose what to draw with your character

CATCHUP (Dec 29-31)

If you’re not done yet (it’s okay!!), use this extra time to finish!

IMMA GONNA TRY

subjecttocaprice:

subjecttocaprice:

My mom just sent me this picture of my dog…I guess we got a lot of snow, then

update:

jennypizzas:

Lamar Abrams (storyboard artist & voice actor on Steven Universe) made some interesting commentary about how we present our characters in media a while back.

You guys should follow his twitter, it’s great.

I really relate to this. I just didn’t think of putting more diversity in my work for a long time for some reason.

juliancallos:

“Rebel”
Acrylic and gouache on Rives BFK mounted on wood panel
9″ x 12″

Here’s my piece inspired by Princess Leia for Gallery 1988’s Star Wars: Art Awakens gallery show and charity auction, a collaboration between Gallery 1988, Disney, LucasFilm, and Bad Robot. Pieces in the show will be auctioned off for charity on eBay on Friday, November 13th. If you’re in Los Angeles, you can see the artwork in person on Saturday and Sunday (November 14th and 15th) from 11am–10pm at Gallery 1988 (West). Find out more info here and support a good cause!

Almost everything in this piece is a reference from the original Star Wars trilogy: the symbols of the Rebel Alliance and the Empire, band patches for Max Rebo Band and the Mos Eisley Cantina band, “Rebel scum,” tattoos of Alderaan and Leia’s blaster, modified X-wing pilot gloves, the vest Leia wore on Hoth, her pants from Endor, the chain she used to strangle Jabba, and of course her hair from A New Hope. If you couldn’t tell, I had a lot of fun with this!

funnyordie:

The Missing Peanuts Comic Panels

These recently discovered Peanuts panels show Charles Schulz actually had a pretty messed up sense of humor.

ciphernetics:

Ah, the Christmas season. All my childhood favourites are here- Santa, Rudolph, Frosty, the Angel of Death

zaelart:

Shoe love

zaelart:

It’s a @timrlai

wes-eskimo:

sincerelyshawndra:

Wow

How to beat procrastination

elven-queen-of-mirkwood:

I have family (an uncle and two cousins) living in Winnipeg, and my mom and baby sister go there sometimes. I worry for them. I worry because there’s a high chance of them being in danger because of sick fucks targeting Native people and attacking them like the poster above. If you’re Native and in Winnipeg, PLEASE watch out for sick, racist fucks like these. Winnipeg is not a safe place for Native people.