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Account moving :/
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yeah, it about time I got a fresh start. never thought I'd need one but alas, I do.
not sure how many peeps still have eyes on this page but a few cool ones do.
if you wish to keep up with my future work, the new account can be found here plexisillproductions.deviantar…
however, I might still check back here from time to time.
While this is Irrelated to the move,
I know I've made a few mistakes in my time here. some trivial artistic and some deeply personal.
for those personal ones, y'all know who you are if you see this and I'd like to apologize. even if I don't have the nerve to do so directly.
I am sorry. you were right. and I was wrong.
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is this the real world?
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make a group of friends. share laughs. have fun.
...then watch them walk away one at a time.
but then was anything they said real?
...then watch them walk away one at a time.
but then was anything they said real?
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I was mistaken and thanks for wishes :)
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so I was here to log on at my birth date but neglected to do so as this page sees very little activity. that said, I wasn't actually expecting B-day wishes from... well, anyone. :/
none the less TwitchSwitch Erediell and Mighty-C-amurai all banged out a few nice words for me yesterday (well it's 1am so whatever).
except Twitch who showed up a day late. however, she had started that page and said "FREINDS! COMMENT SO I CAN RE-FOLLOW YOU!" and like the self doubting dumbass I am, I never did that. none the less, her comment addressed me as "friend" and a watch back was finally reinstated.
I started to type this up on the edge of tears. seeing that was just awesome.
none the less TwitchSwitch Erediell and Mighty-C-amurai all banged out a few nice words for me yesterday (well it's 1am so whatever).
except Twitch who showed up a day late. however, she had started that page and said "FREINDS! COMMENT SO I CAN RE-FOLLOW YOU!" and like the self doubting dumbass I am, I never did that. none the less, her comment addressed me as "friend" and a watch back was finally reinstated.
I started to type this up on the edge of tears. seeing that was just awesome.
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uh, maybe...
anyways, after I did this picture
I noted how hard the emotions boiled inside. not from anger but more from an overload.
as I mentioned, this was trying to capture two sides me. I had options, of course. but I settled for these two. the side that knows pain and the side that wants to fight it. and I instantly fell in love with the idea. even going as far as to give it a name
Shattered Self. a bit cheesy but but follows my mundane name conventions right after Self Internal. I want to continue to depict these sides of myself. I may be crying my eyes out while I do it but it feels nice. and it feels like it has meaning.
that said, you probably want to strap yourselves in...
anyways, after I did this picture
I noted how hard the emotions boiled inside. not from anger but more from an overload.
as I mentioned, this was trying to capture two sides me. I had options, of course. but I settled for these two. the side that knows pain and the side that wants to fight it. and I instantly fell in love with the idea. even going as far as to give it a name
Shattered Self. a bit cheesy but but follows my mundane name conventions right after Self Internal. I want to continue to depict these sides of myself. I may be crying my eyes out while I do it but it feels nice. and it feels like it has meaning.
that said, you probably want to strap yourselves in...
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The artist's guide to GUNS!
6 min read
howdy, guys! so a friend had asked me about firearm concepts and what he can draw inspiration from. recently, he started asking about how to make them conceptually accurate. I asked "how much" and he said "very."
I intend to add to this and it will be listed as another resource provided on my page.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS TO BE REFERENCED LIKE A DICTIONARY. DO NOT TRY TO MEMORIZE IT ALL AT ONCE
first a few opening notes you need to know to understand this guide:
the pictures will have parts or areas marked with red and blue numbers. the red are as follows and I'll go deeper on each example gun.
1- loading (where ammo is load into)
2- ejection port (when the gun fires and launches the spent case, it's here)
3- trigger (fires the gun *gasp!*)
4- charging handle/method of cycling (ya can't pick up a gun shoot. it must first be charged or cocked and manual guns do this repeatedly)
5- safety (I just ruined your day. a safety is actually a few different parts but in this case the selector switch operated by the user)
6- magazine (the way the gun holds ammo while it's firing)
7- barrel (metal tube for guiding bullets. hm, they might want to read this too)
8- hand guard (a part that separates your hand from the gun's internals. so you don't get burnt from extended use)
9- shoulder stock and/or hand grip (the part by which you hold the gun and whether it has a part to rest against for shoulder)
10- sights (helps you see better. or at least where you're pointing the gun)
blue numbers are less general and will be explained for that gun
TERMS: because I'm too conceptually accurate to dumb even this down
Round: describes ammunition where most say bullets
Bullets: I had to. a bullet is the projectile part
Cartridge: the bullet, powder, case and primer regarded as a whole
Primer: a small ignition spot located on the back of each case (exceptions to this such as "rimfire")
Bolt: the main face that interacts with each cartridge
Chamber: the spot the bolt slams the cartridge into which contains the pressure from firing
Slide: (I'll better explain on the pistol) a part the slides externally while the gun cycles
Omitted details
I have neglected to point out the "mag release" but for any gun using a detachable magazine, it's just a button that unlocks it so it can be removed.
My Shotgun:
Starting with my custom shotgun. which I switched to lever action.
this gun is loaded via a small loading gate in the bottom. I have my finger in it for y'all to see next to label 1. the magazine is fixed to the gun and cannot be removed. the safety is not listed because it is not visible. the sight on this is just a beam on top with a bead at the end. which is all you need for a sport shotgun. and I must cycle this gun each shot. and just to throw this out there, if I load the gun, it won't fire until I flip that lever. if I want to load a different type of shot shell (IE a slug. might get into how buck shot works later) all shells must first be removed by cycling the gun repeatedly.
I will also update this with a guide about shot shell colors. for now, since mine is yellow, you know it's a mild 20 gauge. well below the power of stand 12 gauge which is red.
the AR-15 (well, M4A1 in this case)
this gun runs a "detachable" magazine. unlike my shotgun, it can be removed and replaced for a hasty reload. on the AR style guns the charging handle is on the back and is pulled back and over the shoulder stock. in this, I'm holding the AR-15 sideways so I can see the ejection port. this way I can check if the gun is loaded. the safety is a switch by my thumb.
blue tags
1: the AR-15 has what's called a "forward assist" for most of us we'll probably never use it. but with extensive use, as the gun gets progressively more dirty, it's reliability drops. if you're in combat and this happens, the forward assist can be tapped to push the bolt all the away in.
2: just a "flash hider" or "flash suppressor" it will not eliminate a muzzle flash when shooting but it'll keep that flash from blinding you if it's dark while you're shooting
3: "dust cover" I thought it was worth noting but on guns that need to be more rugged against crap from the environment, the dust cover can be folded over the ejection port. when the gun cycles it pops right open.
Model 1911
yep, I guess mine's a Kimber custom 1911.
not too much to say here. the magazine is detectable and loaded through the pistol grip. this gun does have a slide which is used to charge the gun. the ejection port is on the other side and this gun is very right hand biased. when I grab the gun, I'm supposed to place my thumb on the safety and hold it down. please note that a lot of newer pistols don't do this. and while this model doesn't show it, this gun uses a "tilting barrel" design. without getting too complex, it's just part of how the gun cycles after each shot. not all pistols do this but a good number do.
blue tags
1: a lot of guns, rifles included, have a "slide release" though on rifles this is a "bolt release" and all it does is, on a gun that locks open when the magazine is empty, when the gun is reloaded you press this and the gun will snap shut. please note that the gun will only lock open if there is an empty magazine in the gun and it will not do this if no magazine is present (again, for highly technical reasons)
I plan to cover more guns soon. namely, the next I'm going for is the old WW2 era M1 Garand. I will also go over bolt action guns pretty soon.
I intend to add to this and it will be listed as another resource provided on my page.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS TO BE REFERENCED LIKE A DICTIONARY. DO NOT TRY TO MEMORIZE IT ALL AT ONCE
first a few opening notes you need to know to understand this guide:
the pictures will have parts or areas marked with red and blue numbers. the red are as follows and I'll go deeper on each example gun.
1- loading (where ammo is load into)
2- ejection port (when the gun fires and launches the spent case, it's here)
3- trigger (fires the gun *gasp!*)
4- charging handle/method of cycling (ya can't pick up a gun shoot. it must first be charged or cocked and manual guns do this repeatedly)
5- safety (I just ruined your day. a safety is actually a few different parts but in this case the selector switch operated by the user)
6- magazine (the way the gun holds ammo while it's firing)
7- barrel (metal tube for guiding bullets. hm, they might want to read this too)
8- hand guard (a part that separates your hand from the gun's internals. so you don't get burnt from extended use)
9- shoulder stock and/or hand grip (the part by which you hold the gun and whether it has a part to rest against for shoulder)
10- sights (helps you see better. or at least where you're pointing the gun)
blue numbers are less general and will be explained for that gun
TERMS: because I'm too conceptually accurate to dumb even this down
Round: describes ammunition where most say bullets
Bullets: I had to. a bullet is the projectile part
Cartridge: the bullet, powder, case and primer regarded as a whole
Primer: a small ignition spot located on the back of each case (exceptions to this such as "rimfire")
Bolt: the main face that interacts with each cartridge
Chamber: the spot the bolt slams the cartridge into which contains the pressure from firing
Slide: (I'll better explain on the pistol) a part the slides externally while the gun cycles
Omitted details
I have neglected to point out the "mag release" but for any gun using a detachable magazine, it's just a button that unlocks it so it can be removed.
My Shotgun:
Starting with my custom shotgun. which I switched to lever action.
this gun is loaded via a small loading gate in the bottom. I have my finger in it for y'all to see next to label 1. the magazine is fixed to the gun and cannot be removed. the safety is not listed because it is not visible. the sight on this is just a beam on top with a bead at the end. which is all you need for a sport shotgun. and I must cycle this gun each shot. and just to throw this out there, if I load the gun, it won't fire until I flip that lever. if I want to load a different type of shot shell (IE a slug. might get into how buck shot works later) all shells must first be removed by cycling the gun repeatedly.
I will also update this with a guide about shot shell colors. for now, since mine is yellow, you know it's a mild 20 gauge. well below the power of stand 12 gauge which is red.
the AR-15 (well, M4A1 in this case)
this gun runs a "detachable" magazine. unlike my shotgun, it can be removed and replaced for a hasty reload. on the AR style guns the charging handle is on the back and is pulled back and over the shoulder stock. in this, I'm holding the AR-15 sideways so I can see the ejection port. this way I can check if the gun is loaded. the safety is a switch by my thumb.
blue tags
1: the AR-15 has what's called a "forward assist" for most of us we'll probably never use it. but with extensive use, as the gun gets progressively more dirty, it's reliability drops. if you're in combat and this happens, the forward assist can be tapped to push the bolt all the away in.
2: just a "flash hider" or "flash suppressor" it will not eliminate a muzzle flash when shooting but it'll keep that flash from blinding you if it's dark while you're shooting
3: "dust cover" I thought it was worth noting but on guns that need to be more rugged against crap from the environment, the dust cover can be folded over the ejection port. when the gun cycles it pops right open.
Model 1911
yep, I guess mine's a Kimber custom 1911.
not too much to say here. the magazine is detectable and loaded through the pistol grip. this gun does have a slide which is used to charge the gun. the ejection port is on the other side and this gun is very right hand biased. when I grab the gun, I'm supposed to place my thumb on the safety and hold it down. please note that a lot of newer pistols don't do this. and while this model doesn't show it, this gun uses a "tilting barrel" design. without getting too complex, it's just part of how the gun cycles after each shot. not all pistols do this but a good number do.
blue tags
1: a lot of guns, rifles included, have a "slide release" though on rifles this is a "bolt release" and all it does is, on a gun that locks open when the magazine is empty, when the gun is reloaded you press this and the gun will snap shut. please note that the gun will only lock open if there is an empty magazine in the gun and it will not do this if no magazine is present (again, for highly technical reasons)
I plan to cover more guns soon. namely, the next I'm going for is the old WW2 era M1 Garand. I will also go over bolt action guns pretty soon.
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