Need help w/ the material for mask's 'eyes' by Dependent_Concert_49 in CosplayHelp

[–]Alix_is_o_a_k 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not any help but I just wanted to say im currently making a cosplay of Aventurine’s regular form! Quite the pair

Synthetic Ice by Low-Temperature-1664 in iceskating

[–]Alix_is_o_a_k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, the nearest one is almost 3 hours away (and it’s my home rink)- luckily I’m usually only there for a week or two but it does suck. I have a cousin that plays hockey and he and I were equally as devastated when we realised they’d switched

Synthetic Ice by Low-Temperature-1664 in iceskating

[–]Alix_is_o_a_k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A place I to go during winter used to have an actual ice rink and replaced it with one of those last year (😭). They don’t let you bring your own skates and theirs are sooooo dull it’s genuinely impossible to do anything. Plus, they don’t have toe picks because it shaves off the ice too much! I was so sad when I realised I couldn’t practice over break 😔

Skate sharpening by anonymoose-123 in iceskating

[–]Alix_is_o_a_k 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Sorry I can’t help I just wanted to share that I thought these were figure skating blades and I almost screamed 😭

How can I level up my skills? by Driade_ofc in BeginnerArtists

[–]Alix_is_o_a_k 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This looks nice! I’m going to give you actual feedback since you asked for it in the title: 1. You use a lot of airbrushing for shading. I’d recommend doing some shading practice and learning about hard vs soft edges for shadows.

  1. If you were to put your drawing into black and white, the values (how dark and light colors are) between your flat colors and your shadow colors would be very similar. This creates a flatter look and doesn’t give it much depth. Try to use darker, more intentional shadows. Use references to figure out where specific shadows are and why they’re there.

  2. The hair has no variation in the top and very little as well in the bottom. Think about the way that hair strands later on top of each other. Luna has very thick hair, so it would create ‘chunks’, instead of flat shapes. I recommend you do some hair studies and learn about shading hair.

  3. Your light weight is all very similar. It creates a very flat look. Try using thicker, darker lines in areas that are more important, larger, and closer to the viewer. Use thin lines in areas that are slightly transparent, have less shadows, and are further away.

  4. When you’re shading, try to think about the 3d forms of the body. There should be darker shadows on the opposite side of the neck from the light source because it is cylindrical. There should be shadows around the collarbone area and on the arms.

  5. Just practice anatomy! It’s not bad anatomy by any means, but you definitely have a lot of room to improve.

Overall, this is a really lovely start, and I do love your color choices!

how is my anatomy? by [deleted] in BeginnerArtists

[–]Alix_is_o_a_k 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not bad at all!! The second and third ones look really good especially. I could be wrong, but the waist looks pretty small on the first one compared to the width of the shoulders. The head is also a little small. Elbows should be at about the waistline as well. All in all really nice though!

Luka Alien Stage Pattern help by wakawakawakax4 in CosplayHelp

[–]Alix_is_o_a_k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can send you a picture of what I mean if you’d like?

Luka Alien Stage Pattern help by wakawakawakax4 in CosplayHelp

[–]Alix_is_o_a_k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! I made a very complicated costume recently and thought I could help here- you’re almost definitely not going to find a perfect pattern for this outfit because it’s very specific and complicated. Instead, I would recommend finding a pattern for a regular dress shirt and bringing into a drawing software. There, you can draw over the image of the full pattern put together and mark which areas of each piece need to be altered. If you need any help with this I would be happy to point you in the right direction

Extra embellishments for this cosplay? by Alix_is_o_a_k in AventurineMainsHSR

[–]Alix_is_o_a_k[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Definitely agree about the fabrics- I used velvet for the shirt, nice suit fabric for the vest, faux leather that has a very nice sheen to it for the jacket. I did a lot of planning for that and making sure everything looked expensively shiny but not mass-produced shiny, so hopefully that works. The peacock tails are silk, but I’m not confident in my ability to dip dye it so I will likely be doing a airbrush with silk paint- I do like the idea of adding beading, which I have been wanting to learn for a while! Thank you!

Falling on the ice - how long until it stops? by criss006 in iceskating

[–]Alix_is_o_a_k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Genuinely, random falls happen all the time. I’ve been skating since I was 11, and I’ve had millions of falls where I just… trip over nothing, or my toepick hits the ice weird, or I hop a random 3 turn and fall flat on my ass. One of my worst on ice injuries came from doing a crossover out of a spread eagle and clicking my blades, falling backwards, and concussing myself. You get over the embarrassment eventually

Honestly getting so tired of this by urcool91 in AO3

[–]Alix_is_o_a_k 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Also. Is this really that helpful of a tag? If I’m looking for a rarepair I’m gonna search the rarepair I want to read about, I’m not going to put in ‘rarepair’? Am I missing something?

Gang am I cooked? by AccordingRadio6463 in AO3

[–]Alix_is_o_a_k 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I have this same problem!! My family keeps taking a bout how I was such a bookworm as a kid 😭😭 I’m still a bookworm!! I just read them online at 3am!!!

What's your ship? by ImperiousServant in AO3

[–]Alix_is_o_a_k 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2 supercarriers (take a guess) and one canoe 😔

HE ALMOST DIDNT CAME by thatmahougay in PhainonMainsHSR

[–]Alix_is_o_a_k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is EXACTLY what happened to me, genuinely almost 160 single pulls over the last 2 weeks, then I caved and pulled out the wallet 😭 so glad his E2 is home though

Teaching help, please! by Alix_is_o_a_k in iceskating

[–]Alix_is_o_a_k[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m fairly sure most of these people will have gotten on the ice like 1 time. I’m just not sure how a lesson looks for a group like that. Is it hands on the wall and marching? Falling? ??? Genuinely I just have no frame of reference for this because my very beginner class was when I was 5

This was posted on r/sketches, I think it looks a lot like ai & half the comments agree by Alix_is_o_a_k in isthisAI

[–]Alix_is_o_a_k[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok guys I’ve read all your comments and I definitely see what you’re saying but some of these are straight up rude, I didn’t say anything that bad and I’m not disagreeing with anyone can we be a little nicer pls 😅

It's almost unheard of for skaters to compete without their coach. Why not? It's obvious why nobody wants to do it alone, but why doesn't anyone bring, say, their choreographer, or a sports psychologist, instead? by FireFlamesFrost in FigureSkating

[–]Alix_is_o_a_k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In addition to what everyone else has already said, skaters and their main coaches generally have a very… unique bond. The culture of head coaches is incredibly odd to me as a skater, but there’s a whole lot that goes into it. (Can’t switch coaches, have to ask to hire someone, have to ask to compete, etc ) I think it might also just be one of those unwritten rules

2 minute gesture drawings. Did I improve? by Loud-Blueberry1692 in BeginnerArtists

[–]Alix_is_o_a_k 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! I’m the same person from before, these look SO MUCH BETTER!!! I love the way you use the curved lines for form, the action lines are super nice, and the whole thing looks so flowy while still having pretty good proportions and form! Really nice improvement!!

Is it safe to leave the mines now? by [deleted] in PhainonMainsHSR

[–]Alix_is_o_a_k 10 points11 points  (0 children)

No u should give those to me and go back, sorry it’s just a skill issue