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Hello!

It’s about time I made a proper pinned post for this blog. Long story short I stumbled into this being my primary when I first started tumblr and…I’m kinda stuck with it now. I’ve become a lot less active on this blog, so the way things are going to work for the foreseeable future is:

  • shot-through-the-art: art tutorials and general ref/stuff i feel like saving. art inspo will no longer be at this address. Follows, likes, etc. will come from here. May also be changing the name soon, depending on how I feel.
  • haul-a-quin: reblogs/fandom/general tomfoolery (most stuff on this one)
  • also working on starting an artblog, not quite up and running yet
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despazito

internet search tips on how i sift through junk or mischaracterizing content when looking up visual animal references:

  • Use the scientific name instead of common name for less false ID (especially if you want to see real wolverines or jaguars instead of the x-men or car maker)
  • Instead of “baby“, try “juvenile” or a more species specific term (bird=chick, bovid=calf, carnivoran=cub, etc..)
  • If it’s a rarer animal without many results try searching its name in a native language, it’s usually on wikipedia
  • Search the scientific name in inaturalist for multiple party verified ID sightings with locations
  • Searching “skeletal” in place of “skeleton” gives different results and usually less products
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  • try adding “zoo” to your search if you want to look at over-exploited viral species like otters, foxes, primates, or exotic cats. there can still be shady zoos but it weeds out videos of animals in people’s living rooms
  • Add “vet” if you’re searching for reference on how large/small an animal looks next to a human instead of exotic pet vids. vets and zoos can be very fond of sharing educational pics of an anesthetized animal’s cool features or a huge paw/teeth besides a human hand. vet visits for beloved zoo animals also tend to draw the media so there’s many articles written for them and in general i just love learning about weird vet procedures on exotic animals, 10/10 rabbit hole.
  • “Morph” or “mutation” tends to give you more legit resources on animal variations instead of photoshop edits.
  • Even though i know there’s a difference I also find that searching “leucistic” just gives you less fake stuff than the more commonly known albino or “white___” unless its a very common mutation. same with “dilute” instead of blue and such.
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pluralthey

radioromantics asked:

I just wanna start off by saying that your comic "drop out" was absolutely wonderful and that there's nothing that compares to it; and now to real true question... how are you so great at coloring!?!

pluralthey answered:


first of all thank you second of all i got worse at it so don’t worry about it.

second of all for real this time i have a tutorial about colors composed of 3 parts from that era here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/coloring-part-1-14680935

i also have some other stuff laying around. it can help you see how i conceptualize color.
from 2018:

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from 2019:

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also whenever my sketches reached a new audience for a long time people would bitch me out about how using pure red to sketch hurt their eyes so eventually i stopped using pure red or pure any color lol. i think that improved my coloring significantly too.

use your favorite colors, don’t worry too much, do your best, get bored easily, study colors in art you love by observing and guessing and eyedropping if you don’t get them right, etc.

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