Some Fun Susie Sketches

Symbols and Signs: Flowers

Sometimes by using flowers we can convey messages about a character and their motives. Meanings behind plants can differ by country or region and some can be completely different. Using flower symbols is a subtle and poetic way to say things. Like instead of saying Trump is wanker, you can describe him as holding Aconite, Begonias, tansy and hollyhock. (See below for meanings)

Positive Flowers

Aloe Vera: Healing, protection, affection

Amaryllis: Pride

Anemone: Forsaken

Angelica: Inspiration

Apple blossom: Preference

Arborvitae: Unchanging friendship

Aster: Symbol of Love, Daintiness

Basil: Good wishes

Bay: Glory

Bluebell: Humility, kindness

Red carnation: admiration

White carnation: Innocence, pure love,

Pink carnation: Rememberamce

Yellow carnation: rejection

Chamomile: Patience

Cumin: Fidelity

Daffodil: Regard

Daisy: Innocence, hope

Forget-me-not: memories

Gardenia: Secret love between loves

Holly: Hopefulness

Honeysuckle: love

Hyacinth: play, rashness

Blue: Constancy of love

White: Loveliness

Ivy: Friendship

Lavender: virtue and loyalty

Lily: Beauty, freedom, death, purity, Motherhood

Oak: Strength

Roses:

red: love

pink: Happiness

White: purity, innocent, worthiness

Rosemary: Remembrance

Valerian: Readiness and calmness

Rue: Grace

Sunflower: Adoration

Thyme: Courage and strength

Violet: Loyalty, devotion, faithfulness, modesty

Yarrow: Everlasting love

Negative Flowers

Aconite (Monkshood): means ‘hatred’ and ‘be cautious’. Also poisonous.

Butterfly weed: ‘Leave me’.

Orange lilies: symbolize hatred, pride, and disdain.

Petunia: symbolizes resentment and anger.

Begonia: Beware

Cyclamen: good-bye

Hollyhock: Ambition and pride

Purple Hyacinth: Sorrow, forgiveness, regret

Yellow Hyacinth: Jealousy

Yellow Rose: jealousy, decrease of love, mourning

Dark Red Rose: Mourning a lover

Tansy: anger and hostility

Willow: Sadness

Yew: Death

SO I… spontaneously decided I really wanted to get into 3D stuff this year, and my dumb idiot brain IMMEDIATELY decided the best way to do this was to dive right into character modelling– right after designing something I obviously wouldn’t be able to make with my non-existent skill set!

–HOWEVER!!! I did take a solid week or two to read through manuals, watch zbrush and blender tutorials, etc… and managed to make (imo) a pretty decent bust! Sans shoulders! <:’^)

Beleth uh, ended up way different from her original concept HAHAHA… but I actually ended up liking her more this way! For now I’m content to leave her as is, though I’d like to go back when I’m more experienced with zbrush and give her an actual body.

Oh yeah I made these skin tone swatches for me to use for colouring style consistencies sake but hey they might be useful to other people so I made them into one image and woo now y’all can use them lol

Probably aren’t perfect but hey they do the trick for me well enough :p

i literally love how your color and shade if it’s ok do you have any tips on digital coloring? you don’t have to answer this if you don’t feel like it :) thanks!!

hello friend!! i have a tutorial i made on twitter a while ago which is more or less how i make my colours more interesting. i still use the technique and in general it’s just a lot of colour adjustment nothing too special LOL here!!

so quite a lot of people expressed interest in a guide to lion dance! and since the lunar new year is coming up in a couple weeks, which means everyone’s exposure to lions is probably going to increase, i figured i’d go ahead and make it! right click + open in new tab to fullview, etc etc, i hope it’s helpful, although if you only take one thing away from this powerpoint, it’s this: lions are not dragons

disclaimer: i learned fut san style at an american university, and the senior members of the troupe were almost all from hong kong and taiwan, so most of my knowledge is drawn from what they taught me. lion dance varies widely depending on the style and the country of origin, and many schools do things differently! this is just an attempt to establish a baseline and give you a really basic intro to one of my favorite art forms. :)

Quick art tip - child proportions

Ok this is a real quick one but let me show you how to get more-or-less accurate sizes for child characters. Kids are tricky to draw, they are - from toddler up to about teens people change radically almost every year so pinpointing character’s size during those years is pure hell.

What you need to do to make everything super easy for yourself is to check their Head Proportion. What makes kids look like - well, kids, is that their heads are proportionally large in comparison to their body.

Average adult is about 7,5 heads tall in comparison to their own body, however with children under 10 that number is just under 6 heads with about 1 head shorter the younger you go down to 3 heads as an infant.

Easiest way to figure the so-so head-height of a certain age is to find images of said age group and do a quick count on them

at which after you can replicate it in your own works - don’t mind if it’s not 1:1 with reference, finding images that are actually of the age you need is tricky and kids in general vary a lot so someone might be a lot taller than others. You have a bout  0,5 -1 heads of wiggle room before it starts to look way older.

Proportions are super important in art and i lovingly recommend everyone to figure out basics of them - it’s the easiest way to get notifically better with art. I could go on about proportions but let’s wrap this up. Need to note however that head proportion is not same as character height - a character can be 15 feet tall but still have head-height of 6, HH is simply a way to scale out the body.

Simple Comic Panel Tutorial 

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if you don’t mind me asking, how do you colour your art? like, step by step? your art looks really lovely

I made a tutorial!! :> this time I used my laptop instead of my phone so I can show what my actual art style looks like!

I tried to put as much detail in the pictures as I could about my process, but if you have any questions, then let me know and I’ll answer to the best of my ability!!! :D

shading colour tips

hey yall its me the Art Mom™ to help you shade pretty

rule 1: DO NOT SHADE WITH BLACK. EVER. IT NEVER LOOKS GOOD. 

red- shade with a slightly darker shade of purple

orange- slightly darker and more saturated shade of red

yellow- i think like..a peach could work but make it a really light peach

green- shade with darker and less saturated shade of blue or teal

blue- shade with purple

purple- a shade thats darker than the purple you’re using and maybe a little pink (MAYBE blue)

pink- darker shade of red

white- a really light lavender or blue..or i guess any really light colour??

black- okay listen dont use pure black to colour anything unless you want to leave it with flat colours because you cant really shade black lol

grey- a slightly darker shade of purple or blue (less saturated)

brown- slightly darker and less saturated shade of purple or red

aaaaand thats all i got lol. let me know if there is anything i should add to this list!!

Let me know if you have questions!!!