sonaTINA in C minor

Jul 03
2012

So I am changing the way I use tumblr.

This is complicated, but… I changed my username from tynart to tynafish. And then I made a new blog called tynart with the same layout my original account had. I am going to delete my old personal account, kitsuki, and make tynafish my new personal account.

For those that have been following my art blog, if you don’t want to be spammed by all my reblogging, you might want to head over to tynart.tumblr.com and follow that blog instead. (Yes the URL is confusingly the same, but you’ll notice you’re probably following a tynafish instead of tynart now.)

For those that have been following my personal blog, I am now tynafish instead of kitsuki.

Message me if you have questions~ >___>

tags: hellos.

Jun 27
2012

drawnblog:

Mechanical Apple is a boutique animation studio based in Australia, led by Ari Gibson and Jason Pamment.
They recently relaunched their website and posted this beautiful short. Nice of them to give us a visual blast of winter to get us through these hot summer days. Looking forward to more great work from this budding new studio.

Jun 26
2012

avengersaccumulate:

between-heavenandhell:
thorhead:
lokifeelsruinedmylife:
godesssofmischief:
kalelle:
iron-tony-stark-man:
kathystarkpeople:
atano:
The Avengers | This is War
asdfghjkl;

//ALL MY CREYS.
//ERMAHGERD! I almost cried TT~TT Too many feels!
TEARS ON MY FACE
THIS IS PERFECTION. CRYING
~I AM SO{AFVHIGN
I CaNTOUT DTAJKR T
P
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R
F
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C
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This is how it’s done.

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animationtidbits:

DOTA 2 - Character Art Guide
Full PDF HERE.

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Jun 25
2012

showslow:

Eye Study in Pencil by Armin Mersmann.

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Jun 24
2012

tanjovee:

0javy0:
sir-genwaldthuswindburn:
loki-cant-sing:
remmylupinlover:
hobbitsunite:
Home made cosplay of the Iron Man Mark 7 suit shown off at animeland wasabi 2012
I don’t usually reblog stuff about Iron Man…but when I do…it’s the coolest shit.
COSPLAY THINGS THAT ARE JUST NOT FUCKING FAIR
take all my money and make this for me
Home made? HOME MADE?! Even the suits they used for the films weren’t this amazing!
This guy wins. Everybody else can go home cause you know your cosplays just cannot compare.

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Jun 19
2012

drawnblog:

luclatulippe:
Hey freelancers: have you been keeping track of your monthly expenses like I recommended 18 months ago?
Well, because at heart I am The Illustrator Who Wanted To Be An Accountant™, and because my site stats claim this was a mighty popular post, here’s an update to our Monthly Revenue & Expense Worksheet as a PDF for you to download. (Also, here’s an Apple Numbers spreadsheet. If anyone can convert this to a prittay Excel version, that would be coooool!)
Here’s how we use it:
Print out a new sheet every month.
Use a sexy magnet (optional) to stick it on our fridge (or front door; somewhere where you’ll see it often each day).
Jot down every miserable Expense you make during that month. (Round up and drop the cents to keep it simple.)
There’s also a teeny tiny box for Revenue, so jot down every job you get. (Or jot down every cheques you actually receive; whichever works best for you.)
Jot down business expenses too, like HST/GST, software, hardware, paper for your printer, etc…
Add these up at the end of each month* and see what kind of hot mess your finances are in. FUN! (And if you’re like me, you’re going to want to double-check your calculations; our groceries were $960, not $850. FOR TWO PEOPLE. WTF?)
This is a rough worksheet rather than a typed-in-the-computer spreadsheet for tax purposes. It’s meant to encourage you to quickly jot things down so you can get a bird’s eye view of your “money in/money out” situation. It lets you see right away if you are in the red or in the black, and if you have any money left at the end of the year to put away and invest.
Where are you over-spending? Restaurants? Clothes?
Are you not bringing in enough money?
Did you bring in more than usual last month? Good job!
Do you have some left over each month you could be putting into tax-free savings account, or a retirement fund? (Are you even doing this?)
Yes, you can use an app (there are literally hundreds out there, and you may be able more easily to track them as they happen), but for me good ol’ paper-and-pencil works best.
When you’re done, you can type all the totals into a proper spreadsheet and have a
* I round up a little each time, because I know there are small items I forget here and there.
Freelancers, young and old: How do you keep track of your expenses? Paper or App? How accurate/disciplined are you about it? You run a business after all, so if you’re not doing this somehow or other, you’re only cheating yourself in the long run. Hop to it! :)

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Jun 14
2012

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lunatyger:

DISNEY HOW DID YOU DO THAT?!
what
is
your
secret

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Jun 11
2012

Graphic Design Pricing - What's a good designer worth these days?

drawnblog:

luclatulippe:
Attention, freelance creatives: read this article by Shaun Hensher on how to approach pricing for your work!
This is a great start, helping you wrap your head around why you would charge a certain amount for this or that kind of project. Though one thing I’d recommend is to boost his “Bare Minimum” from $100 to at least $250. If you consider that a single project—say, a standard editorial illustration—may take you on average of 8-10 hours to complete, charging $100 means you just worked for minimum wage. No, we don’t usually “charge by the hour,” but it’s important to think of things this way when you add it all up each year come tax-time.
This has inspired me to post a follow-up (of sorts) where I’d like to apply some more long-term thinking and planning (because I don’t have enough to do already!), and examine the cause-and-effect of lousy pricing in the illustration field.
This article is directed at client-types, but I think it’s important for freelancers to read this too, and think about whether or not you’re pricing your work in a way that benefits you and your business.

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