The Bowser/Kammy/Peach stuff was some of my favorite stuff to voice, Bowser easily became my favorite character to voice aside from Sassy Mario and Tonk/Twink/Star Patrol. I love Paper Mario.
In Super Mario Sunshine, if you go to the last mission of Bianco Hills and balance on a rope while repeatedly using the Rocket Nozzle, then get hit by a Wind Spirit, Mario will shoot up to a great height. As he falls, he will sometimes stop in midair, looking broken. Pressing the Y button will resume the fall.
I just saw a post advertising a site that sells bootleg pokemon merch. With the recent popularity of Pokemon go, the need for merch has risen. Now I understand bootlegs are a cheaper option, but they also can be unsafe! Most bootlegs are rush jobs made by cheap labor. There can be dangerous things such as lead paint and needles in the fabric (before I bought official merch, I had a few bootlegs and one of them still had a pin in it). So stick to official guys! Here is a bootleg spotting guid from Pokevault.
http://pokevault.com/ << Slightly more on the expensive side, but has a wide virity of merch, both new and old! Has a collectors club where you can get discounts.Visiting their youtube also has discount codes! All items are instock unless it’s a preorder. Takes paypal, credit card, cashier’s checks, money orders, and cash (last 3 US residence only). See their FAQ for more on this.
http://sunyshore.com/store/ << Cheaper than Pokevault but only carries newer items. Occasionally has older items and carries Free! (Anime) merch too. Items are picked up from the pokecenter (unless otherwise stated). Accepts paypal.
http://www.pokemoncenter.com/ << This is the offcial pokemon store. As of now they only stock recent items (2015-2016). Compared to Pokevault, their stock is tiny. Cheaper than both Sunyshore and Pokevault (because lack of middleman). Stocks items months after they have officially been released in Japan. Doesn’t take paypal, only credit card. Only ships to America. Free shipping with $50+ order.
http://pkmncollectors.livejournal.com/ << User run sales. You have to sign up for a livejournal and apply for membership of pkmncollectors. Often times much cheaper than the rest due to items being used (most in good condition). More variety of merchandise than the rest. Good for people interested in collecting pokemon merch. Most users take paypal. They also have some handy guides.
Why do artists refuse to use references why why why.
It’s not a contest to see who can get by without them. It’s not cheating to look at a thing in order to know what the thing looks like.
You don’t get stronger or better by pretending. Nobody is impressed by the awkward whatever-it-is you just drew. Use references.
I don’t think a lot of people know that it’s not cheating. I recall seeing so many piece of art called out because they referenced a pose, someone recognized it, and then proceeded to shame them for it. There’s this belief, both by creators and the audience, that artists should just be able to translate the ideas from their head to paper, and if they don’t, it’s plagiarism, or not true originality (spoiler alert: there’s no such thing).
I myself didn’t start using references until very recently, because even I was under the impression that it was frowned upon. And that belief has seriously crippled and stalled my ability to improve as an artist.
As a restarting artist, I can confirm. I just never knew. I thought you were just supposed to know how to draw the body correctly and if you didn’t you had no talent.
(( I am going to say this again, loud and clear for everyone:
USING REFERENCES FOR ART IS NOT ‘CHEATING’!!!
If you can draw/paint without references, great! But if you need to use them, and feel that your art can be bettered by using references, please, use them! This is one of the biggest tips I can give to artists, is USE REFERENCES!
Anyone who would dare to attack someone for using references after ‘recognizing a pose’ is a dipshit, who doesn’t know a thing about art.
Do you know who else used references for their art?
Norman Rockwell
Alphonse Mucha
Gustav Klimt
Toulouse Lautrec
Vincent Van Gogh
Paul Gauguin
Edgar Degas
Gil Elvgren
Frida Kahlo
Pablo Picasso
Disney Studios
And thousands of others! So, artists! Go forth, and use references!!! ))
What do you think artists do when they ask someone to stand infron of them for 6 hours and then they draw this person. Do they cheat? Or when they place a still life and then paint it, cheating again? LOL
Soooo. I made this post originally on my personal blog (I’m eliciaforever), and it was nothing more than a little rant about a specific incident that I deleted after five minutes. But before I could delete it, it took the hell off on me, and now it has all these notes. And LOTS OF AMAZING INPUT.
And I just wanted to add in response to the above tags in particular, that shaming people for using references is something that happens to so many of us SO OFTEN. It doesn’t matter how skilled you are. People think art is supposed to be magical or whatever, and anything else is a crime. The reality of course is that art is a thousand times more deliberate than a lot of people think it is.
So yeah. Good info to pass along. Use references, kids. ❤
Reblogging because I think it’s important especially for young artists to gain the confidence to use references.
OK,so again I made a Rainmeter of the GameBoy Horror from luigis mansion. i made another version with the boo radar, Mostly stays blue throughout the day and then at 11pm it turns yellow then ad midnight red. This took more time than it should’ve and some of the text might be in wonky places but im happy with it.
UM I actually alternate between a couple tools depending on how rough or polished I want the piece to feel.
For something like this one I used the Brush tool:
And for something cleaner like this one I used the Pencil tool:
I think what a lot of SAI users don’t know about is the stabilizer function which really helps eliminate that kind of wobbly disconnect between your hand and the machine.
For those of you in North America, the Shiny Yveltal is now available over the Nintendo Network. To get it, go to Mystery Gift > Receive Gift > Get Via Internet. This event only will last for one week, until May 26th 2016 so get it while you can.
In Super Mario 64, it’s possible to reach the island in the middle of the underground lake in Hazy Maze Cave by sliding under the elevator from the red coin room to the rolling boulder room as it’s descending.
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