You know what’s wild? Remembering that children hear things for the first time without context and are literally like, “What?”
I just said “See you later, alligator” to a four-year-old and I think it was the first time they had ever heard that. They froze in their tracks, looked at me completely bewildered then replied, “See you later, chicken” and kept walking.
My friend’s four-year-old put on a backyard puppet show for me, the sole audience member.
Halfway through the show, she asked me if I liked it, and I replied, “I can’t wait to see what happens next! I’m on the edge of my seat!”
Hearing this, she carefully put down her puppets, came over to where I was sitting, and explained, “You can use the whole seat. It’s more comfy.”
Maybe medieval people happened upon a T-Rex fossil and came to a relatively logical conclusion that dragons existed.
I’ve read a couple books on this actually, thats exactly what happened. Also cyclops are from looking at bones from a certain type of baby elephant. The giant note hole and tiny eyes made it look like a single eye.
Yep, can confirm! And what’s even funnier to me is that back in the dark ages, Greek people used to find a lot of prehistoric bear skeletons - and those look exactly like human skeletons, except they’re like eight feet tall or something - so they naturally assumed those were the heroes of legend, and made armour and clothes for them and reburied them with the most splendid and sacred religious ceremonies they could think of? Fast forward five centuries, Athens’ all modern and rational, philosophers and scientists aren’t taking any shit from anyone - but the problem is, people will randomly find graves containing giant-ass warriors, so that’s something that can’t be explained away and yeah, demigods were a thing and yeah, they used to be eight feet tall and sorry I don’t make the rules.
Some scientists suspect that the origin of the cyclops myths came about because of elephant skulls, which are vaguely human in shape but with a honking big hole in the middle for the trunk but easily mistakable for an eye socket without any flesh
If you tried to live on iceburg lettuce alone, you would have to eat 34 heads of lettuce daily and you would spend $17,551 annually before dying of multiple nutrient deficiencies.
anyone else have one of those Formative Omegle Experiences that’s stuck with you
i remember once matching up with this 27 year old mechanic. he found the omegle page open on one the shop’s computers, and he wanted to see what his coworker was up to. we matched up because of our listed “manga” interests.
he asked how old i was, and i lied and said i was 16. as a conversation starter, he asked if i had my license yet, and because i was 12, i said no.
so he starts giving me driving tips. get a junker as your first, because when you finally get a new car, you’ll be able to appreciate it.
stick shift is going out of fashion, and even if you learn how to drive that way and enjoy it, get an automatic. it’ll save your ass on nasty hills and in rush hour traffic.
and most importantly, never hold your hands at 10 and 2. go with 9 and 3. he’d always loved cars, and used to race when he was younger. became pretty well known in the indie circles. one day, he was speeding around the track and just came out of the curve when a girl in the crowd flashed her tits at him.
he was so distracted that he crashed straight into the barrier. due to how he was holding the wheel, he broke both of his arms. he still has a couple lingering issues.
i asked him if it was worth it, and he said yes. he’d do it again if he had the chance. they were the finest tiddies he’d ever seen.
the moral of this story is that, to this day, i grip 9 and 3 when using both hands because wait that’s what tiddy guy said i should do.
I learned mostly by myself and then I had some anatomy lessons last year. And I have to say anatomy helps A LOT in drawing faces and bodies, because you think about what’s under the skin, where the bone goes, where you can see it, the muscles and so on. So if you feel like you don’t understand what you’re drawing (like, you can’t manage to draw an arm correctly oriented, the curve of the shoulder) learning anatomy (even a bit) is really helpfull.
I’ll use some references pics for those explanations, as @astrobookwormsinger asked me to explain how I get the facial details. And it goes by looking attentively at everything. Observation is a great way to learn how things works, and, like anatomy, will give you the keys to “how to draw realistically” and make your drawing look accurate if you redraw someone.
I made some pages to explain how I work when I do a precise drawing. Please note all this is about realistic drawing, so some advices are not necerally valid for other kind of styles.
Basically, the technique I really suggest is tracing lines. See what passes where. I use this for basically anything, people, animals or architecture. It works very well and you can very quickly place everything in the space of your sheet.
Then, I tried to point out the importance of the differences between faces. to make a face look like the person you draw, you have to see what makes them unique, what are the distinguishing features. Here I take only one pic to explain what I see, don’t forget that an eye may look very different from the angle we see it or the light. Here I tried to point out the lines, some volumes. I know some by looking at them in movies a lot too, and that’s help if you want to draw them without reference. It’s all about picking what makes them look like the way they do. Here I only speak about the face lines and the eyes, but the same has to be done for the nose, the mouth, the shape of the jaw, where the hairline is, how big are the cheekbones, the eyebrow arch, …
And here are some tips for realistic looking eyes I apply for nearly every drawing I do.
And as a final tips, I will say : PRACTICE. It’s like the number one rule here. The more you practice, the best you’ll get. Try not to let too much time between your drawing session. The best is to draw everyday, even if it’s not a complete drawing or very precise. Just sketching is very good. You may have some bad drawing days, but don’t give up!
I hope this helped! I only speak about what I know, how I work, so some other people may have other tips, or probably have more complete advices. Also, I’m sorry for all the mistakes in texts, I’m not a native english speaker. I tried to correct as much as I could!
