main blog is @erisolkat! heres my blog where i put edit resources, website resources, and other graphics/tutorials
87 posts
“but AI art lets me create my OCs!” YOU WILL USE PICREW AS GOD INTENDED
handmade drawing references :)
I took these pictures mainly to analyze my hand structure. Feel free to use them for your art, if you'd like to!
GUYS I’VE FOUND A VERY IMPORTANT WEBSITE FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN KNIT WITHOUT INJURING THEMSELVES!!!!
Bands
Against Me! (rock, folk punk) (x)
The Oozes (punk) (x)
The Hirs Collective (metal, grindcore) (x)
GEL (hardcore punk) (x)
Urn (hardcore punk) (x)
The Black Dresses (noise pop, hardcore hyperpop) (x)
Party Ghost (rock) (x)
Lagrimas (hardcore punk, scream punk) (x)
Doll Skin (rock) (x)
Dazey and the Scouts (rock, indie) (x)
G.L.O.S.S. (hardcore punk) (x)
Dog Park Dissidents (punk rock) (x)
She/Her/hers (rock) (x)
Deli Girls (hardcore electronic) (x)
Dream Nails (punk rock) (x)
Sarah and the Safe Word (rock, dark cabaret) (x)
Pinkie Promise (punk rock) (x)
B. Fraser (emo) (x)
Newgrounds Death Rugby (emo) (x)
Scowl (hardcore punk) (x)
Feminazgul (black metal) (x)
Sports Bra (dream pop, light rock) (x)
Club Sofa (indie pop) (x)
The Cost ov Living (grindcore, harsh noise) (x)
Kuromy (punk) (x)
The Sonder Bombs (indie, pop) (x)
Lidocaine (rock) (x)
I'm letting unseen forces take the wheel (cybergrind) (x)
Gum Disease (punk) (x)
Cam Girl (rock, trash rock) (x)
Gully Boys (grunge pop) (x)
Arcadia Grey (sparkle punk) (x)
Schmekel (folk punk) (x)
Destructo Disk (punk rock) (x)
User Unauthorized (hardcore punk) (x)
The Spook School (indie pop) (x)
Pinkshift (emo) (x)
Glass Beach (emo) (x)
Butch Baby (light rock) (x)
VIAL (indie punk) (x)
Sister Wife Sex Strike (folk punk) (x)
homewrecker. (metal, hardcore punk) (x)
Mega Mango (indie rock) (x)
Keep For Cheap (prarie rock) (x)
Steam Powered Giraffe (cabaret, steampunk) (x)
Thotcrime (grindcore, cybergrind) (x)
Whirlybird (indie pop) (x)
Kampsport (hardcore punk) (x)
Um Jennifer? (alt-rock, punk) (x)
Scarlet Demore (alt-rock) (x)
HappyHappy (folk, folk-punk) (x)
Queen Zee (punk) (x)
Grumpy Plum (slop pop) (x)
Cheap Perfume (punk) (x)
Pollyanna (power-pop, rock) (x)
Ballista (metalcore) (x)
Faetooth (fairy doom, metal) (x)
Lacerated (death metal) (x)
Fortuna Malvada (hardcore punk) (x)
Peach Rings (bedroom power-pop) (x)
Solo Artists
Laura Jane Grace (rock, folk punk) (x)
Left at London (pop) (x)
ZAND (pop, ugly pop) (x)
Ada Rook (hardcore electronic) (x)
Ms. White (pop) (x)
Rett Madison (indie, folk) (x)
Murder Person for Hire (folk) (x)
Backxwash (rap, industrial hip hop) (x)
LustSickPuppy (electronic, rap) (x)
Babylungs (electronic, rap) (x)
Human Kitten (folk punk) (x)
Harley Poe (folk punk) (x)
Ewy (emo, folk punk) (x)
Averstaskta (instrumental) (x)
Andie Schoen (indie) (x)
Elliot Lee (dark pop, electronic rock) (x)
Urias (hip hop, ballroom) (x)
Twink Obliterator* (cybergrind) (x)
Rio Romeo (cabaret punk, indie) (x)
Knife Girl (art pop, indie) (x)
Alexander James Adams (folk) (x)
Starmaxx (pop) (x)
Sofya Wang (pop, alt-R&B) (x)
Boy Jr (indie/alt pop) (x)
Medusa (revenge pop, hip-hop) (x)
Mal Blum (singer-songwriter, folk) (x)
Gina Young (riot grrrl) (x)
Petra Fiyd (indie pop) (x)
awfultune (bedroom pop) (x)
Quinn Hills (alternative pop) (x)
Femtanyl (electronic) (x)
Vivivivivi (electronic, glitchcore) (x)
Lilac Boy (glitchcore) (x)
Rosie Tucker (indie rock) (x)
Ryan Cassata (singer-songwriter) (x)
Pain Chain (noise, synth) (x)
In Love With A Ghost (electronic, lo-fi) (x)
Alice Longyu Gao (hyperpop) (x)
Prophetic Nightmares (ambient synthwave) (x)
Saint Wellesley (indie folk) (x)
They also have an animal one that I linked a whole back on the same site !
Archive.org deliver a windfall of lost music.
If you’re looking for a good way to spend the rest of your week, Archive.org have unearthed a gigantic collection of cassettes from the mid-eighties into the mid-nineties. According to their notes, the collection was saved from the archives of noise-arch.net and donated by former CKLN-FM radio host Myke Dyer in August of 2009. Due to the size and obscurity, the collection hasn’t been properly notated but is said to include cassettes ranging from “tape experimentation, industrial, avant-garde, indie, rock, DIY, subvertainment and auto-hypnotic materials”. Head to Archive now to download the free collection.
ADVICE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HAVING A GOOD DAY:
wait until it gets dark and make tea or coffee or hot chocolate, or if it’s too hot outside make yourself a healthy smoothie with your favorite things in it at any point during the day
put on your favorite underwear, it helps, trust me, it’s an old family secret (i’m not kidding)
if you have a pet, play the “how many things can i stick on you until you move or get mad” game (bonus points if they fall asleep, extra bonus points if a family member sees you and tells you to quit it, extra double ultra points if they join in)
rip a peice of paper into as many little pieces as you can
go to animeseason.com and click “random anime” until you see one that looks completely ridiculous (or actually good) and watch the first episode. repeat if it sucked or if you get bored halfway through
spend at least an hour making a music playlist for how you feel right now and save it for now or when you feel a bad mood rise again
curl up in bed and cover yourself with blankets and pillows and put in music and just lay there for a while (sleeping is also good)
eat everything
drink lots of water
it’s okay bad moods don’t last forever!!!!!! i promise!!! you will be yourself soon and there are people who love you very much, don’t be afraid to reach out to them
you are lovely
eat lots of bananas
one day. ONE DAY. i might grace the internet with my absolutely massive (and i MEAN massive) stick figure violence-esque reaction image collection
I think people would armchair diagnose bad people with cluster B disorders much less if psychiatric disorders hadn't all been given names by ableists who of course picked the traits most unberarable to "sane" people to name them rather than, you know, the ways it affects the people that have them. It's like, when doctors are all "this disorder gives you extremely low self esteem. and it's called the Selfish Fucking Asshole Disorder" or "this disorder makes you want to die so bad. and it's called the Hysteric Bitch Disorder" or "this disorder disconnects you from your peers. and it's called the Insane Evil Cunt Disorder" and so on and so forth, so of course you have people going "oh, this person is a selfish fucking asshole, they MUST have Selfish Fucking Asshole Disorder! this further proves that all people with this disorder are like that in the first place!" Do You See It
Y’ever read something and have understanding that has eluded you interminably suddenly stop, curl up, and snuggle neatly into a fold in your brain because a new way way opened to it?
hello i am here today to not lose track of the art cheats i have discovered over the years. what i call art cheat is actually a cool filter/coloring style/way to shade/etc. that singlehandedly makes art like 20 times better
80’s anime style
glitch effect
glow effects
adding colors to grayscale paintings
foreshortening ( coil )
foreshortening ( perspective )
clipping group (lines)
clipping group (colors)
dramatic lighting ( GOOD )
shading metal
lighting faces
that is all for today, do stay tuned as i am always hunting for cool shit like this
Ok but like. What the fuck is there to do on the internet anymore?
Idk when I was younger, you could just go and go and find exciting new websites full of whatever cool things you wanted to explore. An overabundance of ways to occupy your time online.
Now, it's just... Social media. That's it. Social media and news sites. And I'm tired of social media and I'm tired of the news.
Am I just like completely inept at finding new things or has the internet just fallen apart that much with the problems of SEO and web 3.0 turning everything into a same-site prison?
'that's a lie. that's a filthy lie.' 'no, stay awake, stay awake.' 'you promised.' 'is that all this was to you? just a game?' 'all good things must come to an end, right?' 'you wouldn't...' 'don't you dare lie to me.' 'was this all a joke to you?' 'please don't leave me.' 'i thought you loved me.' 'did any of this matter to you?' 'don't say that. don't say that to me.' 'i can't breathe.' 'i don't think i'm gonna make it out of this one.' 'just get out.' 'i don't want to see you again.' 'you're bleeding!' 'you can't save everybody.' 'some people don't want to be saved.' 'get away from me.' 'don't touch me!' 'how can you even look at yourself?' 'so, this is it?' 'i would've died for you.' 'we were a mistake.' 'none of this was worth it, was it?' 'who cares? nothing matters.' 'don't you close your eyes. don't you dare close your eyes.' 'wake up. wake up!' 'are you even sorry?' 'did you really think this wouldn't hurt me?' 'save it. i don't want to hear it.' 'i never got to say goodbye.' 'you can't do this. you need help.' 'i trusted you.' 'joke's on me, right?' 'it's gonna be okay.' 'this is all my fault.' 'you can't leave me here.' 'i just want to give up.' 'do you even see what you're doing to yourself?' 'is that all you have to say? ''i expected more from you.'
Want more like this? May I please direct your artistic attentions to the NyxNaiaStock Romance Pack on my Ko-Fi shop for more. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
I'm gonna make a post with all of the 'stick figure violence' adjacent images I have. if anyone knows any similar ones I'm missing PLEASE SEND ME THEM. I have an unhealthy obsession with them.
How do you draw anatomy?
For this question i will be using my recent darcy artwork:
Usually i draw anatomy in my own stylized way. My artstyle consists of simplified proportions and added sharpness of things. The process as it goes is first - i imagine body parts as simple shapes such as squares, triangles or cylinders.
Then the next will be adding basic anatomy knowledge, drawing them in my own style. And that's pretty much it : D (I'm answering this question as how I draw anatomy.) and also im not SUPER good at it yet so...
It’s an emergency. Look. People are really getting into it now. Do you want to be the last kid on your block still depending on corporate social media for your self-actualization?
Tutorial for a genderless makeup look.
🐇~Cute frames~🐇
“i miss the old internet” “we’ll never have websites like the ones from the 90s and early 2000s ever again” “i’m tired of social media but there’s nowhere to go”
personal websites and indie web development still very much exist! it may be out of the way to access and may not be the default internet experience anymore, but if you want to look and read through someone’s personally crafted site, or even make your own, you can still do it! here’s how:
use NEOCITIES! neocities has a built in search and browse tools to let you discover websites, and most importantly, lets you build your own website from scratch for free! (there are other ways to host websites for free, but neocities is a really good hub for beginners!)
need help getting started with coding your website? sadgrl online has a section on her website dedicated to providing resources for newbie webmasters!
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) are the core of what all websites are built on. many websites also use JS (JavaScript) to add interactive elements to their pages. w3schools is a useful directory of quick reference for pretty much every HTML/CSS/JS topic you can think of.
there is also this well written and lengthy guide on dragonfly cave that will put you step by step through the basics of HTML/CSS (what webpages are made from), if that’s your sort of thing!
stack overflow is every programmer’s hub for asking questions and getting help, so if you’re struggling with getting something to look how you want or can’t fix a bug, you may be able to get your answer here! you can even ask if no one’s asked the same question before.
websites like codepen and jsfiddle let you test HTML/CSS/JS in your browser as you tinker with small edits and bugfixing.
want to find indie websites outside the scope of neocities? use the search engine marginalia to find results you actually want that google won’t show you!
you can also use directory sites like yesterweb’s link section to find websites in all sorts of places.
if you are going to browse the indie web or make your own website, i also have some more personal tips as a webmaster myself (i am not an expert and i am just a small hobbyist, so take me with a grain of salt!)
if you are making your own site:
get expressive! truly make whatever you want! customize your corner of the internet to your heart’s content! you have left the constrains of social media where every page looks the same. you have no character limit, image limit, or design limit. want to make an entire page or even a whole website dedicated to your one niche interest that no one seems to be into but you? go for it! want to keep a public journal where you can express your thoughts without worry? do it! want to keep an art gallery that looks exactly how you want? heck yeah! you are free now! you will enjoy the indie web so much more if you actually use it for the things you can’t do on websites like twitter, instead of just using it as a carrd bio alternative or a place to dump nostalgic geocities gifs.
don’t overwhelm yourself! if you’ve never worked with HTML/CSS or JS before, it may look really intimidating. start slow, use some guides, and don’t bite off more than you can chew. even if your site doesn’t look how you want quite yet, be proud of your work! you’re learning a skill that most people don’t have or care to have, and that’s pretty cool.
keep a personal copy of your website downloaded to your computer and don’t just edit it on neocities (or your host of choice) and call it a day. if for some reason your host were to ever go down, you would lose all your hard work! and besides, by editing locally and offline, you can use editors like vscode (very robust) or notepad++ (on the simpler side), which have more features and is more intuitive than editing a site in-browser.
you can use ctrl+shift+i on most browsers to inspect the HTML/CSS and other components of the website you’re currently viewing. it’ll even notify you of errors! this is useful for bugfixing your own site if you have a problem, as well as looking at the code of sites you like and learning from it. don’t use this to steal other people’s code! it would be like art theft to just copy/paste an entire website layout. learn, don’t steal.
don’t hotlink images from other sites, unless the resource you’re taking from says it’s okay! it’s common courtesy to download images and host them on your own site instead of linking to someone else’s site to display them. by hotlinking, every time someone views your site, you’re taking up someone else’s bandwidth.
if you want to make your website easily editable in the future (or even for it to have multiple themes), you will find it useful to not use inline CSS (putting CSS in your HTML document, which holds your website’s content) and instead put it in a separate CSS file. this way, you can also use the same theme for multiple pages on your site by simply linking the CSS file to it. if this sounds overwhelming or foreign to you, don’t sweat it, but if you are interested in the difference between inline CSS and using separate stylesheets, w3schools has a useful, quick guide on the subject.
visit other people’s sites sometimes! you may gain new ideas or find links to more cool websites or resources just by browsing.
if you are browsing sites:
if the page you’re viewing has a guestbook or cbox and you enjoyed looking at the site, leave a comment! there is nothing better as a webmaster than for someone to take the time to even just say “love your site” in their guestbook.
that being said, if there’s something on a website you don’t like, simply move on to something else and don’t leave hate comments. this should be self explanatory, but it is really not the norm to start discourse in indie web spaces, and you will likely not even be responded to. it’s not worth it when you could be spending your time on stuff you love somewhere else.
take your time! indie web doesn’t prioritize fast content consumption the way social media does. you’ll get a lot more out of indie websites if you really read what’s in front of you, or take a little while to notice the details in someone’s art gallery instead of just moving on to the next thing. the person who put labor into presenting this information to you would also love to know that someone is truly looking and listening.
explore! by clicking links on a website, it’s easy to go down rabbitholes of more and more websites that you can get lost in for hours.
seeking out fansites or pages for the stuff you love is great and fulfilling, but reading someone’s site about a topic you’ve never even heard of before can be fun, too. i encourage you to branch out and really look for all the indie web has to offer.
i hope this post helps you get started with using and browsing the indie web! feel free to shoot me an ask if you have any questions or want any advice. <3
favorite sozai/blog materials sites!
fool lovers, TONS of cute pixel art and blog buttons/backgrounds https://foollovers.com/index.html
fairy tale, lots of retro bling and gothic style graphics, backgrounds, and buttons!
http://fairy-tail.com/
atelier N, fantasy and space themes! all blog materials like counters, backgrounds, and png graphics
http://ateliern.ifdef.jp/
sozaiya405, very sweet pixel art, buttons, dividers, all bear themed!
http://sozaiya405.chu.jp/405/
dream fantasy, almost entirely themes/bgs for different platforms, some great custom buttons too. lots of moons and bubbles, best on black bg
http://www.iriko34.com/index.html
kagaribi gentoh, graphics that look like fire glowing in the dark
http://ryusyou.fc2web.com/kagari_top.htm
black rose residence, LOTS of pixel art, dividers, and clip art. mostly fantasy theme, a lot of roses and crosses as well
http://jbrr.fc2web.com/index.html
Warning: Nothing here belongs to me, I made these transparents only for free use. VOCALOID & CiA belongs to Crypton Media & Colorful Palette. This blog is made for non comercial use.
By star: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 By set: Initial - Birthday - Colorful Festival By year: 2019 - 2020 - 2021 - 2022 Special: Deadly Sins of Evil More png’s: ENSTARS (DRIVE for EnS) Stickers: EN - JP LifeSaver: All the transparents are now uploaded on DRIVE NEW EVENT: A Sorrowful Farewell at the Curtain Call (JP)
>>> Groups:
Virtual Singer > [ Miku - Luka - Rin - Len - Meiko - Kaito ]
LEO/NEED > [ Ichika - Saki - Shiho - Honami ]
MORE MORE JUMP! > [ Minori - Haruka - Airi - Shizuku ]
Vivid BAD SQUAD > [ Kohane - An - Akito - Toya ]
WonderlandsxShowtime > [ Tsukasa - Emu - Nene - Rui ]
25-ji, Night Code de. > [ Kanade - Mafuyu - Ena - Mizuki ]
>>> Events:
Stella After the Rain
Imprisoned Marionette
Full Power! Wonder Halloween!!
Run! Sports Festival! ~The Executive Committee is Very Busy~
Let’s RE:START from Here!
Someday, with Our Lyrics Joined Back-to-Back
KAMI HIGH FESTIVAL!
On a Holy Night, with This Singing Voice
Sekai’s Happy New Year!
Through Wavering, You Continue Moving Forward
Color of Myself!
Period of NOCTURNE
Resounding Twilight Parade
Unsatisfied Pale Color
Smile of Dreamer
The Tenma Household’s Hinamatsuri
Let’s Deliver! HOPEFUL STAGE♪
Singing With You in A World Where Cherry Blossoms Dance
Secret Distance
Resonate with you
STRAY BAD DOG
Tell me your problems! Exciting Picnic
Break Time for the Hardworking You!
A Song of Vows For You, Dressed in Pure White!
Wonder Magical Showtime!
Carnation Recollection
Unnamed Harmony
Awakening Beat
Ringing Sounds at the Summer Festival
This’ll Definitely Be the Best Summer!
Happy Lovely Everyday!
Mesmerized by Mermaids
The Two Moon Rabbits
Knock the Future!!
Mirage of Lights
Scramble Fan Festa!
Bout for Beside You
Revival my dream
My Footprints, Your Destination
Unwavering Feelings, Now Put Into Words
Buddy・Funny・Spend Time ♪
Intersecting Melodies, Glowing Warmth
MOREMOREMakingXmas
Same Dreams, Same Colors
Beyond Prayers, the Tomorrow We Wish for Is…
POP IN MY HEART!!
Someday, From the Depths of Despair
Operation ♡ Secret Valentine!
Legend still vivid
That Day, the Sky Was Far Away
The Gentleman Thief’s Thrilling White Day!?
Cast Spell on You
On This Blank Canvas, I Paint …
Cherry Blossoms Across Sekai, Interconnecting Our Feelings
On the stage of dazzling light
Live with memories
Connecting Painful Hope
Incandescent! Kamitaka cheering party!
THE POWER OF UNITY
Wishing for Your Happiness Upon the Blue Sky!
Guiding a Lost Child to What Lies Beyond
A Desperate Situation!? Island Panic!
Let’s Enjoy Together! Spojoy Park!
The Vivid Old Tale
NO Seek NO Find
Close game/OFFLINE
Chasing the Radiance Beyond the Blue Sky
And Now Tie a Ribbon
Don’t lose faith!
Paint What You Love ♪ Rainbow Canvas
Walk On and On
The Twilight Color on this Festival
Dear My Past Self
A Sorrowful Farewell at the Curtain Call
neocities.org 👈 for website hosting
internetingishard.com 👈 for coding tutorial
w3schools.com 👈 for a searchable index of every html and css term under the sun and live examples of how each one works
sadgrl.online 👈 for a layout builder, if you dont want to do everything from scratch
a masterlist for web resources for you to use! includes a bit of this and that, categorized in appropriate genres & updating whenever i find more stuff.
graphics category may include flashing content!
graphics;
Bonnibel’s Graphic Collection
Gifcities
88x31 buttons (1 + 2)
Glitter Graphics
90′s Tiled Backgrounds
Infini-D Resource Page
Upscaled Hypnospace Backgrounds
Sierra Death Generator
88x31 Button Maker
Backgrounds Archive
Blinkie Makers
ezGIF
Gifcam
Web Badges World
learning & page editing;
W3Schools
A Beginner’s Guide to HTML and CSS
What is the web?
Lilac Lynx’s Responsive Web Guide
Word to HTML
CodePen
Construct your CSS
Leon Arnott’s CSS for animated text
Neocities
Notepad++
welcome to my resource blog! heres where i save all the things i use in edits/on my tumblr dot com blog page (well not all of them. all the new ones i add/use from now on)