Humm hard to pick, my recent top two favourites are

The Legacy of Bhaal (BG3) https://youtu.be/kbQQAg3IPM8

Lord of Frenzied Flame (Elden Ring SOTE) actually, this whole OST is insanely good. Base game slaps as well

https://youtu.be/SHwLbyDlqG0

I’ll give you some suggestions you can download for free from the internet archive

As others have said, The natural way to draw is an excellent book https://archive.org/details/naturalwaytodraw0000kimo_q8c1

Andrew Loomis has a lot of great books.

https://archive.org/search?query=andrew+loomis

Personally I recommend Fun with a pencil. https://archive.org/details/andrewloomisfunwithapencil1 You can start from zero with that one.
He is good for anatomy and portaiture

Anatomy for the artist by Sarah Simblet This book has great photos, even to just flip through

https://archive.org/details/anatomy-for-the-artist

This next book I haven’t read myself but is a very important topic!! Some people are scared of perspective because it looks very technical, but it’s not hard at all. You definitely should get comfortable with it!

https://archive.org/details/PerspectiveMadeEasy

Color and light by James Gourney This one is more about painting, but these are concepts that you should get familiar with early on, and some people neglect.

https://archive.org/details/color-and-light-james-gurney-english

Now for video:

The Proko channel on youtube has great tutorials on anatomy as well, I used those a lot arround 2014? So I would look through their archive.

For figure drawing sessions

The Croquis café https://croquis.cafe/ Has a huge archive of natural figure drawing videos and photos, you have to pay a subscription to access but it’s so worth it! They have a free section as well if I remember correctly

Edit:

For materials, start simple: pencil and paper. A cheap sketchbook or just printer paper will do. Whatever you have arround .

And just draw draw draw every day! a little every day will do wonders for you. Don’t be precious with your drawings, and learn to let go of your mistakes and your successes as well.

Check the different resouces and see what clicks for you. Art requires you to pay attention to a lot of stuff, but don’t get overwhelmed. Ask for advice, look for drawing groups/ buddies. Have fun with it.

Little fella looks so pissed! Makes him extra cute :)

(Some) videogames are just another way to consume stories. their interactive nature makes your imput as a player matter, and if the story is good, (like with any other medium) you get invested in the characters, the world and what happens to those as you progress through the story.

The Witcher 3 is probably the game I have cried the most while playing. From the opening cinematic I shed tears because I found it so beautifully made, I cried when Geralt reunited with Ciri, I shed angry tears when I found a particularly gruesome crime scene during a quest.

The fucking Velen OST makes me cry sometimes.

And I’m only taking about base game here, I haven’t finished any of the DLC’s… Which I know are fantastic so there are still more tears to cry, so… I think I’m gonna go play just now.

Thank you Baroque : )

Aww , muchas gracias!

I didn’t romance her but through my first playthrough I was willing to sacrify everything for her. It was looking hopeless in the end but I was so surprised and relieved by the ending I got. I love her, but also unsure if I’d like a romantic bond with her.

Ooff, That was cold X^D

“Ahh, Kos, or some say Kosm… Do you hear our prayers? As you once did for the vacuous Rom, Grant us eyes, grant us eyes. Plant eyes on our brains, to cleanse our beastly idiocy.”

Micolash in Bloodborne

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Late reply but

I go through periods of burnout and thinking people are losing interest

You don’t owe us anything, when you need a break please take it, or slow down a bit. Mantaining a community is a massive task, I feel that there’s enough of us invested now that we are not going to let it die. ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)

Also

I think I’ve only gotten one of you to actually volunteer

This is awesome!! Thanks again anon, truly. <3

Finally, I want to be more involved in contributing to communities but I don’t want to share whatever just fot the sake of it; so hopefully I can put together a nice post + write up from time to time :) you’ve inspired me as well.

Ugh! I love Bacon’s work immensely, been thinking a lot about him lately. I wish some day I can make my bushstrokes speak as much as his.

Same. Old habits die hard X^D, I’m trying to keep things fresh ocationally adding a lil nose.

The voyager app for lemmy has a selection of them for you to quick access.

I use the voyager app to browse and it has this little text faces that, imo, are better the emojis. ～(つˆ0ˆ)つ｡☆

(⌐■_■)

I got curious about them a few weeks ago and investigated the authors name . Turns out this is kind of a side project, (alternate universe type of thing for these characters) and they have quite a prolific body of work that they have been posting for a long time on (drumr roll…) reddit.

Yess! Bloodborne parry windows for everything ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ

At least he didn’t sign it this time!

Still better than Ai