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[nikoco11]

my recipe for drawing hands!

(small note that this is a shortcut that is more abt style and ease than anatomical accuracy. it helps to take time to really properly study hands, makes it easier to bend the rules a bit like this and have it still look good!!)

(learn rules b4 u break them or whatevah)

[almakrowan]

So I posted a silly doodle yesterday on twitter and now people think it was a tutorial. So I got upset and made an actual tutorial so noone says I halfassed the yesterday's one 😡😡😡

Here you go: ~How I draw braids~ 🩷🙏

[habken]

Have you ever made a mouths tutorial? I thought you had but I can't find it under the art tips tag so maybe I'm just going crazy

But if you haven't and it isn't too much to ask, could you make one? I love the way you draw mouths I need that ability BAD (˶˘ ³˘˶)

I don't know how to explain in a simple tutorial cause there's so many ways to draw mouths but I hope my doodles can help

Something to keep in mind is teeth, think about where the head is positioned/angled and how that's going to changed the perspective on the teeth, which will in turn change how the mouth looks. Remember that the top teeth are fused to the skull while the bottom jaw can move around, so when you're drawing the mouth open, the chin will move with the mouth

[laboratoryrats]

“Drawing techniques to improve poses with hands on hips”

Source: takuya_kakikata on Twitter

[laboratoryrats]

“Techniques for drawing hands with clenched fists”

Source: Twitter

[etheringtonbrothers]

ARMS AKIMBO! To get the FREE MONTHLY How to THINK When You Draw digital MAGAZINE (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online!) just send “Magazine, please!” to [email protected]

Lorenzo!

[captainmera]

If it's okay for me to ask, how do you draw fabric or wrinkles on clothes? I LOVE how you draw clothes, and I struggle with drawing clothes that would look realistic

Do you have any tips or tutorials?

Hope that helps! :]

[maetheellen]

legs tutorial

a female-centric tutorial for legs <3

we start with bones.

as you can see, the femur juts out, and there's a gap between it and the iliac crest-- this forms what ppl know as "hip dips". some women don't have them.

here's some legs with different fat and muscle contents for comparison

but why are they *shaped* like that? (I hear u ask). well, muscles. muscles can Bulge or Wrap. Think of it as a garter on a thigh-- the thigh bulges, the garter wraps. the thigh then bulges gloriously around it.

here are some simplified representations of the important muscle groups in the leg.

the gracilis/abductor magnus is the "inner thigh". it bulges.

the rectus femoris is a part of the massive bulges we see on muscular legs. it's the middle one

the vastus medialis and vastus lateralis are muscles on the lower inside and outside of your thigh, and are the other bulges you see on muscular legs

the sartorius originates at the hip and wraps around the rectus femoris to terminate at the medial femur (inner knee-ish). it's the garter in this example-- it causes those bulging muscles to squish in the inner thigh.

the anterior tibialis and some other muscles wrap around the shin area.

the gastrocnemius is what we know as the calf. it's the meat of your lower leg, the bulging muscle we all think of when we think "calf"

[rnbwtrout]

Woe, art study dump be upon ye.

I kinda went nuts and did this all in like 3 days 🤡 it's been a while since I did art studies on very specific things so I locked in like crazy

[deeppinkman-artbase]

전투장면을 쉽게 그려보자 Let's draw the battle scene easily

[pouistired]

Made a twitter thread of the brushes and textures I use!! Wanted to share them here too

Links for everything can be found here

[poststealer]

links for non twitter users (and for archival purposes). all brushes are for clip studio paint

charcoal (free)

borupenp (free)

enpitsup (12 USD)

ph math grid (free)

ph dot grid (free)

7 paper textures (free)

45 real paper textures (free)

safir pen (used in the first image) (10 clippy)

drew brush (free)

oil brush (free)

[sm-baby]

STORYBOARD/ANIMATIC TIPS

ko-fi✏️

I made these for my friends, but I thought that might be helpful for yall as well! hehe! Now whenever someone asks for storyboard tips I can throw this at them!

Examples of storyboards I made for fun:

[pikavani]

I already learned so much! :3

[elviraaxen]

My animation process (in a GIF!)

So you've learned the 12 principles of animation but don't know where to actually apply them? Fear not!! For here is my step-by-step process, very very condensed, into one singular giant GIF.

Hope it helps!

(You may need to open it in a new tab to read the text)

[animationdesk]

This is truly phenomenal @elviraaxen! Thank you for creating this!

[etheringtonbrothers]

PLUS! I've just posted a tutorial on SHATTERING GLASS over on TIKTOK today (TikTok handle is @EtheringtonBros) hope it's useful! 

Lorenzo!

[etheringtonbrothers]

I've just posted a tutorial on COMIC and ANIMATION COMPOSITION over on or TIKTOK today (TikTok handle is @EtheringtonBros) hope it's useful! 

Lorenzo!

[genericpuff]

this showed up in my FB memories, the lightning bolt trick! I don't sketch out the lightning bolt much nowadays but it's still super helpful when I need to lay out tricky arms and leg poses. And I still apply the logic of it, especially with how I draw arms :' ) Biggest thing it helps with is shape breakdown and visualization, we gotta use whatever works to break down shapes into simpler concepts for our brains 👏💓

[smiggles]

Wings anyone?