Dibujando Monitos

Currently an art student in California, but was born and raised in México. Title is Spanish for "drawing cartoons", which is pretty much all I do. Besides art, I like animals, mythology, and good stories. I'm also a twin.
I volunteer as a docent at the local zoo.

Mayo 24, 2013 1:26 pm
painajaismetsä: 30 Days of Art Improvement Challenge

pencilcat:

Are you tired of feeling like your art just isn’t improving? Do you want to do a 30-day challenge that’s actually useful? Welcome to 30 Days of Improvement Hell. >:D

I made this because I’ve been feeling super ‘blah’ about my art these days, and I needed something to kick-start myself. Who wants to do this with me!? Start now or whenever you can (now you procrastinators!). Challenge yourself and have fun at the same time!

Tag your posts with #Improvement Hell so everyone can follow along and see each other’s awesome artwork. I may even create a blog and reblog them! :D

What are you waiting for? START!

  1. Self-Portrait - Introduce yourself
  2. Draw a figure using a reference - link to reference
  3. Draw a figure that’s in action, using a reference - link to reference
  4. Draw a part of the human anatomy you have trouble with. x20, with atleast 5 being skeletal/musculature studies.
  5. Draw more figures. Quick gestures and silhouettes. x20, with atleast 10 different body shapes
  6. Let’s have some fun. Design a character from this character generator. (created by PreservedCucumbers)
  7. Pick the weirdest object in your house/room. Draw it. Shadows and Highlights.
  8. Find 2-3 objects, make a scene with them. Draw it. Bonus points for creativity. Double points for dramatic lighting.
  9. Draw a landscape of a place you’ve never been or drawn.
  10. Draw a BG with 1pt Perspective. Negative points if it’s a railroad or an empty street.
  11. Draw a BG with 2pt Perspective.
  12. Look out a window. Draw what you see. Bonus points for adding something interesting.
  13. Draw an interior setting with the character you designed on Day #6 in it.
  14. BG with either bird’s eye or worm’s eye view.
  15. Halfway there! Draw three ‘action’ scenes with different compositions in each. Quick sketches are fine, just make them interesting and understandable! Bonus points if it’s the same scene, but different composition.
  16. Draw a single page comic with 5-7 panels (the story begins and ends on one page). 
  17. Draw an animal you’ve never drawn before. x10  Link references.
  18. Draw a car. Negative points for whining. Hint: Use a perspective grid.
  19. Think of the thing you hate drawing the most. Guess what? Draw it! Negative points for lying to yourself.
  20. Pick an object in your house/room. Now design a character from it, using the shapes, forms, textures, purpose and colors as inspiration. Also link/post the object you used. Negative points for using a humanoid action figure.
  21. Draw a character/object/scene, and shade them using ONLY solid blacks and whites. Bonus points for good use of lights/shadows
  22. Draw a different object/scene/character. Shade using hatching, crosshatcing, and/or pointillism. Bonus points for lights/shadows and textures.
  23. Colors! Pick a color palette, and paint a scene/character/object using only those colors (some blending allowed). Bonus points for good use of lights/shadows.
  24. Draw and color a scene/object/character - no lines allowed! (aka - lineless art). Don’t forget light and shadows!
  25. Draw a scene/character in a style you’ve never drawn before. If emulating an artist, credit+link. Bonus for color style.
  26. Draw a character. Draw 10 emotions/expressions. Bonus points for ‘uncommon’ emotions. (i.e. anxiety, guilt, despair, loneliness etc.)
  27. Draw three random shapes using your opposite hand (or your foot). Now design characters from those shapes.
  28. Turn on the tv (or load your illegally downloaded movies). Pick an actor and draw them.
  29. Almost done! Let’s have some fun. Draw some fanart. Bonus points if it’s super obscure and unknown. Make people guess what it’s from.
  30. Last day! Find a drawing you did within the last year. Now draw it again using what you’ve learned! Link it for comparison!

 Look at all that amazing improvement! Congrats!

Mayo 23, 2013 4:00 am
xhikaruchanx:

thisgrrlwithhands:

Answer all these questions and you should have a fully-developed character for your audience to connect with. A strong character can carry a weak plot; but a strong plot can’t carry weak characters

oh
my
god
yes

xhikaruchanx:

thisgrrlwithhands:

Answer all these questions and you should have a fully-developed character for your audience to connect with.
A strong character can carry a weak plot; but a strong plot can’t carry weak characters

oh

my

god

yes

(vía aetalks)

Mayo 22, 2013 5:52 pm 8:01 am

princeravioli:

I HAVE BEEN REALLY FRUSTRATED WITH ALL THE UNSOURCED ART I’VE BEEN SEEING LATELY

PLEASE SOURCE THINGS /CRIES

(vía puppetbomb)

4:01 am Mayo 21, 2013 8:01 am

adapadapa:

morbi:

suchre:

Battle Against A Furious Soccer Ball

Glitches in realistic sports games are inherently the funniest thing on the planet

croby federation football

DYING!!

(vía terribleclaw)

4:00 am
shadzu:

hhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

shadzu:

hhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

(vía starborn-vagabond)

Mayo 20, 2013 11:30 am
Phoenix Lynx Griffin Design by *comixqueen
Finished version of this!
This was tons of crazy fun to do, and I plan to open griffin design commissions in this style soon *_*

Phoenix Lynx Griffin Design by *comixqueen

Finished version of this!

This was tons of crazy fun to do, and I plan to open griffin design commissions in this style soon *_*

8:01 am

nekonotaishou:

beastlyart:

rambeltilx:

d-dinosaur:

notanothershipper:

cataquacks:

itsvondell:

johnthedragon:

d-dinosaur:

Look at this cute fucking thing.

I want twenty of them.

OMFG BABY

oh wow that’s SO cool i’ve never seen one of these before

aw!!!

Is nobody else going to point out how much CGI went into this? It looks so fake. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantispidae

omg what a cutie

There is nothing cuter than bugs cleaning their little feet. Even spiders I’d normally be leery of, my heart just turns to rainbows.

This is the cutest mantid I’ve ever seen!!

Did some digging, and it turns out these guys aren’t mantids at all! Not even close!

Mind blown once again, thank you Nature.

4:01 am