Did you know: Chris Evans gets panic attacks. Yes, he does. This is one reason why he’s very private and didn’t really do any meet-and-greets on the Avengers’ sets.
It amazes and inspired me that a man who does what he does can do it, even with an anxiety disorder. You go, Chris.
This is why I get so upset when I hear negative comments about Chris and how he doesn’t seem as out-going as the rest of the Avengers cast. I remember hearing people complain about how he’s ‘rude’ and the like and it’s sad, because I highly doubt he intends to come off that way, he’s just more reserved than the others.
I remember hearing once that he actually went to seek psychiatric help before accepting the role of Captain America because of how anxious he felt regarding it. As well as the fact that he already played another Marvel superhero and he was concerned how comic fans would react to his playing another hero in that universe.
Just because someone’s in the entertainment industry doesn’t mean they’re going to be incredibly outgoing off camera just as much as they appear to be on camera. Some people just really enjoy acting; they’re not the characters they portray nor are they like their costars nor are they going to be incredibly outgoing because of their choice of career.
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Yeah okay we hear a lot about Bucky stumbling along the road to recovery with Steve’s steady helping hand, but what about when he’s in a place where he’s okay? When he’s got enough of himself back that he can get by on his own? That’s when I like to think about Steve absolutely breaking down because if Bucky doesn’t need him anymore, what reason is there for him to stay? And that’s when Bucky realizes that Steve is maybe not as consistently impervious to self-doubt as he always seemed. In fact, this whole situation seems very familiar to him, so he wraps an arm around Steve’s neck and pulls him in close for a warm, reassuring hug. Just like they did in the old days when Steve was sick and Bucky was scared and they were both hungry as hell. He presses his face into Steve’s neck and murmurs, “you know, punk, I’ve been where you are. Maybe I can get by on my own now, but it sure as hell doesn’t mean I want to.” And Steve realizes that Bucky doesn’t need him, but he’ll always want him – and, somehow, that’s even better.
Ok I’m working on improving my portfolio for an interview for illustration and graphics comunnication university courses. I realised all I draw are realistic pencil portraits from favourite photographers or copy other artists e.g Iain MacArthur. I know I need other things but what?!? I just bought some markers/water colours in an attempt to diversify my work but what else can I do?!? I also don’t have any original work, I don’t really know how to do anything original. HELP!?
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I never was applying for illustration so I don’t know what exactly the portfolio requirements are. Can our followers help out?
Universities do not like pictures copied from photographs that are not your own or copying artist. They want color/value studies, life drawings, still life, and original illustrations in portfolios! – shyfather
Schools don’t like to see things copied from 2D sources—I’ve worked behind-the-scenes on portfolio reviews before, and it’s one of the main ways to immediately kill off interest in your work. Search online to for tips in regards to setting up still lives and drawing from life, and start with little practice sketches until you get comfortable with it.
I’m not going to lie; that transition can be difficult. My biggest advice would be to grab scrap paper—stuff that’s been printed or written on, or torn, or whatever—and just sketch any and everything you see. If you’re doing it on paper that’s not pristine, it tends to help keep you a bit more relaxed and willing to make mistakes (I use moleskine sketchbooks nearly exclusively, but had a hard time starting new ones because they were so expensive and pretty looking, until I started purposefully screwing up the first page; it helps a surprising amount).
The real trick to drawing is to learn how to see. It’s a lot harder than it sounds, and something that everybody struggles with. We all grow up with an engrained set of symbols representing objects (the football-shaped eye is a classic example), and think we know what things look like because we see them on an everyday basis, but step one to drawing from life is to not trust your mind. Draw what you see, not what you think you see. Check your angles an proportions more than you think you need to. Look at the nuances in shadow. Check out how reflections work on surfaces you wouldn’t normally assume are reflective.
Hell, take a half hour walking around whatever room you’re in and just observe. You’ll be surprised at how much you miss without realizing it.
Drawing from life is hard to learn for a lot of people, but like with all things in art, it just takes practice. Don’t worry about interesting subject matter when you start out—draw everything.
Once you’re comfortable with that, then move on to practicing composition, lighting, and all that jazz. Don’t try to do everything at once; you’ll just overwhelm yourself and psyche yourself out. Take it a step at a time.
I’ve got a couple all-time favorite pieces of art advice that might help, so let me link those here in case they help:
- If you only ever look at one art tutorial, this is the one to read
- Best advice for anyone in the arts (or any field, really)
- Something I needed like five years before anyone told me
- Just lots of things on lighting, actually; lots of people forget this stuff
- A study schedule, if it helps keep you on-track
- And then here’s just everything I’ve acquired because maybe there’s something in there that can help if you get stuck on something specific
Focus on showing off what you’re good at. Diversity is helpful, but don’t include subpar work just because you feel you need something made with colored pencil or whatnot. Especially if you’re low on time, start with your strengths and expand from there.
I could give a better run-down of the whole portfolio process, but I don’t have time right now to give a catch-all response (I might in the future, but who knows). If anyone’s got questions feel free to hit up my ask box and I’m happy to help! It’s just easier to give specifics than to try to cater to every possible situation and school.
(and sorry if this is a little nonsensical anywhere, but it’s 7:30 in the morning and I haven’t slept… I think it gets the general point across, though. like I said, I’m always happy to chat, and would probably sound more logical when I’m not bouncing all over the place in terms of topic)
Natasha and Bucky Comics Masterpost
So with Winter Soldier out now, I know you’re all dying to read more about Bucky and Natasha, whether as a couple or individually! So, since I haven’t seen one of these with download links yet, I’ve put together a reading order + downloads.
This is a combination of solo stories and team-ups with each other. It isn’t every appearance of theirs together, but they’re the ones that I consider important. (If you have any suggestions, however, I’m totally up for editing.)
I tried to break it up by ROUGH chronology, both by keeping important events together because I really don’t like hopping from series to series, but also breaking them up after significant chunks to avoid getting worn out on one arc (hence the Deadly Origin between Cap v4 and Reborn).
Here is the folder with everything
Here are the specific download links. Message me if any of them are broken:
Captain America V5 (Bonus: Winter Soldier – Winter Kills. Takes place between issues 24 and 25)
(Note: Bucky joins the New Avengers around Secret Invasion. I wouldn’t consider it necessary reading, because it’s a team book and not individual, but I have his issues here. Issue 47 of NA comes out concurrently with issue 44 of Cap v5 I believe)
Captain America: Reborn and Who Will Wield the Shield
Captain America: Renumbered (+ Captain America and Bucky)
Widowmaker (see note in folder; prequel is in the big folder)
Fear Itself 3-4, 7.1 (the rest of it isn’t worth it. I promise. it just. isn’t.)
Bucky is currently in two ongoings (All-New Invaders and another run of Winter Soldier that I actually think might be a limited series) and Natasha is in one (Black Widow), which you should check out. I don’t have downloads for those, but they’re not very far, so you can probably grab them at the comic shop or on comixology.
As always, if you like the comics, buy them!
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For those who were interested in moar Nat and Bucky comics
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he’s a ghost
my grandfather fought hydra back in the day. the good guys won then, we’ll do it again.
PTSD: The Soldier’s Diaries
Bucky Barnes and his dog.
You know, I think spending over a decade of your life with either Clint Barton OR Tony Stark will wear your face down into the same default expression.
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…I know that look.
i need a movie that’s just pepper and nat and loki having a night on the town being sassy bitches and swapping war stories about their ridiculous pet superheroes
ridiculous pet superheroes
Did someone say ridiculous pet superheroes? You’ve got to go a long way to beat Bucky ‘This is the worst idea ever, Steve’ Barnes.
The position referred to a CM picture.
sarah rogers had the patience of a saint, and loved her troublemakers very much.
She taught Steve how to play poker and how to cheat so that he’d know if someone was putting one up on him. She taught him how to play chess and one memorable afternoon, when Steve was too sick to go to school, she spent it detailing one of Napoleon’s military campaigns.
(Sarah loved history, especially military history. Her Da used to call her The Morrigan, Boudicaa the Queen and she’d laugh and toss her head and say, maybe so. It was what made Joseph Rogers fall in love with her.)
Bucky would make it just in time, with Steve’s homework, as Sarah Rogers would get to the part about Napoleon Bonaparte’s attempt to conquer Russia.
This was when the boys would first learn that ancient proverb: Never attack Russia in winter.
She bandaged up hurts and kissed bruises better and even Bucky didn’t escape the coddling because, “Oh no you don’t, Bucko, I am not sending you back to your mother like that.”
Sarah Rogers knew a lot of things and would stare you down coldly if you mouthed off about “knowledge not suitable for the “weaker sex.” Her general response to that was, “Sir, you come back to me after pushing out an eight pound child out of your nether regions and then speak about us being the ‘weaker’ sex.”
Sarah was not often given to vulgarity but she had little patience for fools. She hated bullies as much as her son did.
Sarah Rogers had the difficult task of being father and mother to her boy Steve. She managed to be both. Exceptionally well.
She called Bucky “Bucko” and he got just as many hugs as Steve did, mainly because she could see how much he loved her boy, looked out for him and was, indeed, the best and dearest friend he could ever have.
The boys still miss her to this very day.
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