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why are staff so incompetent
rather than fixing their obviously very flawed code and development, they’re deciding to ban tits? fucking tits?
that being said, although it’s so unlikely this will happen to me, please know that it’s not me posting these links and photos. Please dont click on the links.
For those of you that like everything neatly organised, here’s links to EVERY ONE of my first 150how to THINK when you draw TUTORIALS, in ALPHABETICAL ORDER for#SkillUpSunday!Enjoy, link, pin, share! Cheers!
Hello friends, this is the long awaited tutorial on Line-Quality, Art-Style, and Same-Face-Syndrome.
Line-Quality is improved by building Muscle-Memory.
You build muscle memory through Drawing-Exercises.
Art-Style is developed over time through Observation and Routine.
Routines such as… Drawing-Exercises.
And now for… the Ultimate Drawing-Exercise-Routine!
It’s called Snake-In-A-Basket!!
Draw any kind of snake inside of any kind of basket. You have 5 to 20 minutes to complete it before each/every Big-Serious-Illustration to tackle. No more, no less time!
Draw it… NOW!
(my example that I drew in GIMP)
Art-Style is not necessarily what you think it is. A fairly common style issue discussed in artist circles is the inability to draw the same character twice while retaining their likeness or the lack of uniqueness which makes our art (recognizable) distinguishable from another’s “oh! YOU drew this!”.
Here are the fastest pathways to attaining the elusive Art-Style:
Repetition!!!!!
Recurrence-of-Thematic-Elements (everyone is sad, robots, someone is always shirtless, etc)
Same Color-Palette used for everything you draw
Same-Tools (line width, brush set, same paper, canvas size)
or Same-Program
(examples of palettes!! you can’t go wrong with having a rainbow)
Some Amount of Explanation:
If you draw on the same size or same scale (A6, A5, A4, A3 | B6, B5 | Letter) or in the same orientation (Landscape or Portrait), it helps you learn Composition intuitively by training you to make use of the space you have. Also it’s easier to print out and frame if you draw on common photo print sizes 4x6, 8x10, etc.
Even if you make a lot of use of Blend/Blur and you’re more of a Painter than a Cel-Shader– deciding to use a Set Personal-Default-Color-Palette instead of randomly choosing them on the Wheel/Triangle-Thing will still give you enough stable consistency.
Onto the next thing!
Same-Face-Syndrome is normally caused by one of two things. If it’s not one then it’s the other: Same Shapes or Same Details.
To make noticebly different characters you have to Exaggerate.
Before you try your hand at drawing any Face or Body Type, draw another Snake-In-A-Basket first.
You think I’m joking?
No. I’m not.
So to wrap up, you need to Warm Up to draw, you need to make a color palette and stick to it –or just use the same Crayola pencils, or the same kind of Bic pen, same kind of sharpie, .7 or .5, and have themes like “plaid flannels for everybody” or “hoodies and jeans”. Find those things you can execute consistently, like hatching or stippling, and if you like it, stick with it!
Hope this helps!
Now draw a SNAKE-IN-A-BASKET!
Why the snake in a basket though?
This is the alternative looks a bit more abstract. The Snake-In-A-Basket makes use of different lines going in different directions but in one visually comprehensive Object. Its purpose is to build confidence in making long, medium, short lines.
HELLO! HMMM I guess a way to go about it could be to think about having an action and reaction?
THese are some things i like to keep in mind when drawing characters together!! I personally rly like little details like placing hands in a specific spot/ fingers in hair/ pulling on clothes etc HAHA ALSO I like doing quick doodles from shows/films to see how characters interact with each other, so maybe u could try doing that!! I HOPE THIS HELPS YOU OUT A LITTLE!
Again this is my personal take on color! It really depends on the situation and what you personally value, and in the end practice is your best friend.
neo-vagina-evansjellydong asked: Hi I have a question for traditional art specific commissions. When you finish a trad. art comm. do you mail the original piece to the buyer, send them a copy/print, or a high resolution file? I'm hesitant to mail in case the piece gets lost and also I would like to keep the original for my own portfolio.
I don’t do traditional art commissions myself, but this probably varies between not just the artist you talk to, but also the customer, and the type of work you’re doing. I think a high quality print & a high res file is ok, but i’m sure a lot of customers would like the original, it entirely depends. Hopefully people more experienced can weigh in.
I do what is called a clipping mask, once i have the shape of the drawing in one solid color, i clip another layer on top of this one ( create a new layer, place it on top of the solid color layer, press alt+left click between the two layers).
It means that on all of the layers clipped to the solid color one, i can’t draw outside the pixels of the solid color one. here’s a gif i made that might make things clearer.
On top of the technical side, for a character, i usually make the solid layer the skin color, doing that makes it easier to choose colors for the hair, the clothes, etc, etc. At least for me it does
