“There’s more honor in over-reaching and failing with ambition, than in limited success. And if we measure our goals by the best of the best, at least we’re unlikely to run out of challenges.” -Elizabeth Bear Being an inspiration-board and a place to put my sketches.Tumblr (3.0; @jennathings)http://jennathings.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/100b002661653edd0bb52a59afa60b54/tumblr_mmmty9JoG31r7llf5o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e4659d6cd14e7f9f050ee63c8d540a71/tumblr_mmmty9JoG31r7llf5o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://catfromwonder.tumblr.com/post/50159115038/alex-garner">catfromwonder</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Alex Garner</span></p> </blockquote>http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51266446359http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51266446359Fri, 24 May 2013 21:20:26 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpur7pLgW31qzhl9eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fairytalemood.tumblr.com/post/50170336532/liquidnight-arthur-rackham-illustration-from">fairytalemood</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://liquidnight.tumblr.com/post/192738701/arthur-rackham-illustration-from-maid-maleen">liquidnight</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rackham">Arthur Rackham</a></p> <p>Illustration from <em>Maid Maleen</em></p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51255753996http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51255753996Fri, 24 May 2013 18:40:29 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/61c072586b08e6875224bbacf5d5cf39/tumblr_mhvdtb5zuK1qg7qx4o2_250.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8f58a23c4ae58a4c0a6afc5314a49ae4/tumblr_mhvdtb5zuK1qg7qx4o3_250.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c318766d535e215a8510b020118880cc/tumblr_mhvdtb5zuK1qg7qx4o4_250.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/283d2121d227ab79b932d08bf3080c48/tumblr_mhvdtb5zuK1qg7qx4o1_250.png"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><strong><small><a href="http://maybellesnow.tumblr.com/tagged/childrensillustrators">Children’s Illustrators</a></small></strong><small>: <em>Kay Nielsen</em><br/></small></p> <blockquote> <div><small>Born in Denmark in 1886, Nielsen was inspired by Art Nouveau and Eastern influences in his illustrations, and adopted many practices of Japanese woodcuts, such as asymmetrical composition, large vacant areas, sinuous linework, and flattened perspective.<br/></small></div> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51244644739http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51244644739Fri, 24 May 2013 16:02:18 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c79078b529e76b855aeb7ab838f77637/tumblr_mmjqw5dvlD1qj5qvfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fairytalemood.tumblr.com/post/50179848166/maid-maleen-by-r-leinweber-1912">fairytalemood</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“Maid Maleen” by R. Leinweber (1912)</p> </blockquote>http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51234833011http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51234833011Fri, 24 May 2013 13:20:44 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1008a2d8735426c83586aead2ba3b043/tumblr_mmmknird051qf9y8qo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1e37a40733a0ac71075019cb7d1a6926/tumblr_mmmknird051qf9y8qo2_400.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://yoccu.tumblr.com/post/50152882532/s-john-rise-up-oh-wow">yoccu</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004987">[s]: JOHN.  RISE UP.</a></p> </blockquote> <p>oh WOW</p> </blockquote>http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51226322032http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51226322032Fri, 24 May 2013 10:40:37 -0400not tagging the hamsteakBECAUSE BEAUTIFUL ART<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3faioky7A1ru7fpoo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3faioky7A1ru7fpoo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3faioky7A1ru7fpoo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3faioky7A1ru7fpoo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3faioky7A1ru7fpoo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://a-fall-leaf-something.tumblr.com/post/22293322993/illustrations-by-john-bauer-i-just-have-no">a-fall-leaf-something</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>illustrations by John Bauer</p> <p>(I just… have no words to say how much I love his art)</p> </blockquote>http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51219677844http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51219677844Fri, 24 May 2013 08:01:42 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ojq0N8YM1rph6wgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ojq0N8YM1rph6wgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ojq0N8YM1rph6wgo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ojq0N8YM1rph6wgo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ojq0N8YM1rph6wgo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ojq0N8YM1rph6wgo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ojq0N8YM1rph6wgo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ojq0N8YM1rph6wgo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fuckyeahvintageillustration.tumblr.com/post/25185038288/eric-prince-of-lorlonia-by-margaret-jersey">fuckyeahvintageillustration</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>‘Eric, Prince of Lorlonia’ by Margaret Jersey, illustrated by Alice B. Woodward. Published by Macmillan & Co in 1895.</p> <p>See the complete book <a href="http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00083401/00001/thumbs">here</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51214997075http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51214997075Fri, 24 May 2013 05:20:29 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0818e2f5a8b8d6a0fbe3a5502007a2c0/tumblr_mmni86NREN1sor8q8o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b97a3a3d6e3f12edfc6be3d1b475533b/tumblr_mmni86NREN1sor8q8o10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/170098b57b6e1fafe875972e4dcdc63c/tumblr_mmni86NREN1sor8q8o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0952e3ca957b81648be415651abf0923/tumblr_mmni86NREN1sor8q8o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/aaa7913bcb9effe60702144787bd9881/tumblr_mmni86NREN1sor8q8o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d546d9fd407956710e71a1599cbe5495/tumblr_mmni86NREN1sor8q8o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6d0acb8f8fafc621d02bff3bc24c8654/tumblr_mmni86NREN1sor8q8o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c78f9657a95e2bb3b7fb304521d969b7/tumblr_mmni86NREN1sor8q8o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/239ba22ad3787bc17a03bffbbfecd641/tumblr_mmni86NREN1sor8q8o8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fcf7377e21391a7c09203a6dd11f64a5/tumblr_mmni86NREN1sor8q8o9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://anime-backgrounds.tumblr.com/post/50192177601/the-secret-world-of-arrietty-directed-by-hiromasa">anime-backgrounds</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>The Secret World of Arrietty. </em>Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and scripted by Hayao Miyazaki and <span class="new">Keiko Niwa</span>. Created by Studio Ghibli.</p> </blockquote>http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51210475866http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51210475866Fri, 24 May 2013 02:40:32 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8fedc98ea8fbccba68b8c278e44e929b/tumblr_mna4etjBYM1r9teujo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hey look! It’s the thumbs I’ll be presenting for critique along with a developed sketch of one of them! (I’m leaning heavily toward #3).</p>http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51192107939http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51192107939Thu, 23 May 2013 21:35:17 -0400imc 2013illustration master classjenna kassartthumbnails<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/20eb4586302d292058d2a36561aa6606/tumblr_mmt7hyiQhs1qcwd45o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/014ed5c03c46a032d4e6ae9e0c3d5a69/tumblr_mmt7hyiQhs1qcwd45o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/17e37276775fcfb083bd3a74660ac8b7/tumblr_mmt7hyiQhs1qcwd45o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cryptovolans.tumblr.com/post/50449253454/these-teas-are-available-on-adagio-now-go-forth">cryptovolans</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="https://www.adagio.com/signature_blend/list.html?userId=366225">These teas are available on adagio now!</a> Go forth and try them if you so desire, they’re all really lovely (I’m personally a huge fan of how the Raven blend came out, but then, I love all things Earl Grey and lavender) </p> </blockquote>http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51190985717http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51190985717Thu, 23 May 2013 21:20:29 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mba8k6GPRz1rozlcso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://luz-sonriente.tumblr.com/post/32752637617/howard-pyle">luz-sonriente</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Howard Pyle</p> </blockquote>http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51181676401http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51181676401Thu, 23 May 2013 19:12:52 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dc8e99c44935b4a70be83701fee41d0e/tumblr_mfh12tZGQz1qc8yyuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sadburro.tumblr.com/post/38626926312/it-was-worse-than-creepy-creaking-noises">sadburro</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>It was worse than creepy, creaking noises</em></p> <p><span>Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliot</span></p> </blockquote>http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51161364192http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51161364192Thu, 23 May 2013 14:24:40 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ebe34c439aaa15ed870b220ea3fce149/tumblr_mmkdz6QSwf1qdbhwwo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c296c6793d53fe634374ba701203e4cd/tumblr_mmkdz6QSwf1qdbhwwo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f0482780490db0b917c5ed1f6fd3b6f6/tumblr_mmkdz6QSwf1qdbhwwo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8159cc8549b15266a027c80e6974c8f1/tumblr_mmkdz6QSwf1qdbhwwo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/be48d8bda7d73817a828e15e8e022a15/tumblr_mmkdz6QSwf1qdbhwwo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/298e8b0fa02cc1bdb149b71bd98c796a/tumblr_mmkdz6QSwf1qdbhwwo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://animationtidbits.tumblr.com/post/50067616166/bambi-backgrounds">animationtidbits</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Bambi</strong> - Backgrounds</p> </blockquote>http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51146771254http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51146771254Thu, 23 May 2013 09:36:35 -0400woah<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/378c6920f1bab0121db5ec1cca5a4887/tumblr_mmfqqswBYd1r1eenfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://masterpiecedaily.tumblr.com/post/50456395173/gustav-klimt-portrait-of-helene-klimt-1898">masterpiecedaily</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Gustav Klimt</p> <p>Portrait of Helene Klimt</p> <p>1898</p> </blockquote>http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51137550771http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51137550771Thu, 23 May 2013 04:48:36 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/53106eba6a1b720d4dcb19b2e7d9d64a/tumblr_mn8ddbDqg51r9teujo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My thumbnails for this year’s Illustration Masterclass. I am doing A Midsummer Night’s Dream!</p> <p>I am so creeped out by the way Oberon acts toward Titania: because she is willful and refuses to bow to his demand to give up a thing he wants, he <em>drugs her in her sleep</em> with the goal that she <em>have sex with an animal</em> and be so humiliated that she capitulate to his wishes.</p> <p>I want this to be a pretty romantic Pre-Raphealite-esque painting at first glance and something that makes the viewer uncomfortable at second look.</p> <p>(the first six thumbnails are from when I was emotionally exhausted from crashing out and unable to art at all.)</p>http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51121122325http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51121122325Wed, 22 May 2013 22:53:00 -0400jenna kassprocess porn?thumbnailsartillustration master classimcimc 2013<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6a5e33d6cbbfc91950aa403303f269a7/tumblr_mmi3g2edgF1ra6fd5o1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0cdd1c4952e3cea29b37381e04e78e31/tumblr_mmi3g2edgF1ra6fd5o2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6e048778ffdd7c628b9ffa301bfc7ba6/tumblr_mmi3g2edgF1ra6fd5o3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/41d541eca2af214381659e30ebb7c75b/tumblr_mmi3g2edgF1ra6fd5o4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9556a9d1f29f8689982599440a1ba826/tumblr_mmi3g2edgF1ra6fd5o5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c4b3f9ab32df288e6dffc5db4b667de7/tumblr_mmi3g2edgF1ra6fd5o6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f245974aa91f1652bb053f1d72fa8dfe/tumblr_mmi3g2edgF1ra6fd5o7_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bbe4bf2e93d0453238c06c5c9c03c4f0/tumblr_mmi3g2edgF1ra6fd5o8_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6fe738728371aef820cb44acba13f813/tumblr_mmi3g2edgF1ra6fd5o9_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2fe53435c0f02adc72dfb3c5177acb0c/tumblr_mmi3g2edgF1ra6fd5o10_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tea-tears-and-bbc.tumblr.com/post/50117095760/ignore-me-while-i-pretend-hes-talking-to-me-bye">tea-tears-and-bbc</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/#Ignore%20me%20while%20I%20pretend%20he's%20talking%20to%20me%20bye">#Ignore me while I pretend he’s talking to me bye</a></p> </blockquote> <p>We interrupt this artblog for MY DOCTOR</p>http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51114516653http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51114516653Wed, 22 May 2013 21:31:59 -0400FOREVER MY DOCTORNINEI LOVE YOU/weepsnow back to your regularly scheduled blog(sorry not sorry)<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d3f31ca554905e3d57f6bd4b438fd9ba/tumblr_mn87juxOV71qe0vxio1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d8da7a2d14fc5b59bbc46fe82dae8b4a/tumblr_mn87juxOV71qe0vxio2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://deerheadlights.tumblr.com/post/51111080660/applying-what-you-learned-is-hard-p-and-i-dont">deerheadlights</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Applying what you learned is hard :P And I don’t think it worked…</p> </blockquote> <p>It is <em>incredibly</em> difficult to do a 1:1 learning something:applying it, so don’t be too hard on yourself, haha. For me, there’s an average of a year and a half gap between learning something and having it actually sink in, god help me.</p>http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51113983002http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51113983002Wed, 22 May 2013 21:25:17 -0400my babbies are the best babbies<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2bb2d40fac4fba4afba812d393cc847e/tumblr_ml5fzmVKy81rmxrqeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://anarchyagogo.tumblr.com/post/50396428446/engraving-by-max-ernst-18th-century">anarchyagogo</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Engraving by Max Ernst, 18th century </p> </blockquote>http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51103953199http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51103953199Wed, 22 May 2013 19:12:38 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3a5c6ebafca1afd891cfb78d52560574/tumblr_mevp48UomQ1qbvt5oo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><span>fritz hegenbart</span></p>http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51083082497http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51083082497Wed, 22 May 2013 14:24:27 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f3a91aa9e705b71cdc16df4a74d9f26a/tumblr_mmtkmkV7XI1qlp8moo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f68ee2559e9cd526e90c350c0f513bb7/tumblr_mmtkmkV7XI1qlp8moo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0326bb6910a8681d5ce872fcb7ea258d/tumblr_mmtkmkV7XI1qlp8moo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://scorpionhoney.tumblr.com/post/50470923208/last-post-for-this-sketchbook-update-a-bunch-of">scorpionhoney</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Last post for this sketchbook update!</p> <p>A bunch of drafts for a body of work I want to do that I’m just referring to right now as my <em>Cloud series</em></p> <p><em><br/></em>FYI: <a href="http://scorpionhoney.tumblr.com/post/50064470293/commissions-are-open-10-slots-available-5">COMMISSIONS ARE STILL OPEN</a></p> </blockquote>http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51068357618http://jennathings.tumblr.com/post/51068357618Wed, 22 May 2013 09:36:43 -0400