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Found some hands tutorial by me

Not in English but hope it will help???????

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Drawing Heads and Faces: Cheekbones

I’ve found that drawing the head starts to make a lot more sense once you start thinking about cheekbones and cheeks, and how the fit into the head structure.

You might be aware of the Mysterious Indent that Looks Good Next to the Outer Part of the Eye, or the Mystery Indent for short. 

Drawing a Mystery Indent may serve you fine if you only draw the head from flat angles, but it falls apart when you get adventurous.

Why isn’t this making sense anymore?

Drawing a ‘Mystery Indent’ is an attempt to imply cheekbones without knowing how they actually incorporate into the skull, and this is why it looks so unconvincing when you use it to draw the head in anything other than ¾ view.

The cheekbones wrap around the head and eye sockets from above the bridge of the nose.  The concave you draw if you draw the ‘Mystery Indent’ is a misunderstanding.  There is no concave.  You should instead be thinking of this as where the eye socket/brow overlaps the (convex!) cheekbone.

Compare the cheekbones on both sides for placement.  They should match up and correspond with each other.

(Knowing cheekbone structure helps when drawing gaunt characters, because their cheekbones may stick out.  Remember to compare the cheekbone placement on both sides!)

* This is part of a much larger tutorial I’m working on about head, face, and facial feature structure.  Hopefully more to come eventually?

[erichibbeler]

A long time ago an anon asked my thoughts about drawing backgrounds, so I finally got around to putting this together. It’s more prop-centric, but it still represents my philosophy to backgrounds. 

I’ll try to do something more about drawing actual background spaces in the future! Please let me know what you think, if anything is unclear, or if you have suggestions for other tutorials you might find helpful!

[catghost2]

high quality expression references with varied facial types

[art-res]

Very useful! I love the range and how well lit these refs are. 

[alexandrediboine]

Hey, could i Ask u why do u usually fill the shape of the drawing with one colour and then u color over it?

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

[vielmond]

Here’s a cool resource for you, guys!

Do you know when you need to paint skulls, vehicles or some object full of crevices and details that change and get obscured by different angles? It can be hard to find good references, sometimes you need to learn how it looks from unusual angles like the underside, but no one take photos of the underside.

Well, the folk at Sketchfab do. It’s a project that has been running for a while, and wow, it has grown since I last checked it! Some incredibly kind museums joined and are sharing 3D scans of their collections, to not speak of the high quality scans of almost anything by regular users. You’ll also find original 3D models there. It’s amazing, a wealth in information at your fingertips, almost as if you had the object in your hands. Enjoy!

Aqui vai um recurso legal!

Sabe quando você precisa pintar crânios, veículos ou objetos cheios de depressões e detalhes que mudam e se sobrepõem de ângulos diferentes? Pode ser difícil encontrar boas referências, às vezes você precisa descobrir como ele fica de ângulos pouco usuais como debaixo, mas ninguém tira fotos debaixo.

Bem, o pessoal do Sketchfab tira. É um projeto que existe há um tempo, e nossa, como cresceu desde que o conheci! Alguns museus incrivelmente generosos chegaram e têm compartilhado scans 3D de suas coleções, sem falar dos scans em alta qualidade de quase qualquer coisa feitos por usuários comuns. Você também encontrará modelos 3D originais lá. É maravilhoso, uma fortuna em informação na ponta dos seus dedos, quase como se você tivesse o objeto em suas mãos. Divirtam-se!

[concerningwolves]

Writing Deaf Characters | Speech is Speech

Before I get going, I’m 75% deaf, as some of you know, semi-reliant on hearing aids and lip reading. My first languages were Makaton sign and then BSL. I now use spoken English.

There are a lot of issues I find with how deaf people are represented in books, when represented at all. I would love to see more deaf and hard of hearing characters in the books I read- without having to read books specifically about deaf/HoH people- but when I find them, they’re grossly undercharacterized or stereotyped. Authors write them in a way that sets signing language characters apart from speaking characters as if they are inferior, and this makes my blood boil.

Some technicalties

I’ll keep this brief.

You may have heard that “deaf” is a slur and you should use “hearing impaired”. Don’t. I’ve never met a deaf or hard of hearing person who believed that. Use deaf for people who are deaf, and Hard of Hearing (HoH) for people who lack hearing. These can be interchangeable depending on the person. This is why sensitivity readers are a useful part of the beta process.

Sign language is incredibly varied. It developes in the same way as spoken language. Fun fact: in BSL there are at least half a dozen ways to say bullshit, my favourite of which is laying your arms across one another with one hand making a bull’s head sign and the other hand going flat, like a cowpat. It’s beautifully crude, and the face makes the exclamation mark. Wonderful.

There are different sign languages. Knowing more than one would make a character multi or bi-lingual, even if they are non-speaking.

Makaton is basic sign language used by children, and it mirrors the very simple language used by toddlers.

Yes, we swear and talk shit about people around us in sign language sometimes, and no, it isn’t disrespectful to have signing characters do this. Just remember that we also say nice things, and random things, and talk about fandoms and TV shows and what we’re having for dinner, too.

Each signed language is different from another. ASL and BSL? Nothing alike. Just google the two different signs for horse.

Remember that sign language is a language, equal to the spoken word

Therefore, treat it as such. Use quotation speech marks and dialogue tags. You only need to explicitly state that this character uses signed language once, and then let your modifiers and description do the rest.  It isn’t a form of “sub-speech" or “making hand actions”- sign language is a language all on its own: it has its own grammar rules, syntactical structures, punctuation, patterns, idioms and colloquialisms. For example, “what is your name?” becomes “Your name what?” with the facial expression forming punctuation in the same way that spoken English uses alterations of prosodic tone (inflections). There is even pidgin sign; a language phenomenon usually associated with spoken language.

In the same way that you would describe a spoken-English character’s tone of voice, you would describe a signed-English speaker’s facial expressions and the way that they sign- keeping in mind that these things are our language’s equivalent of verbal inflection.

So please, none of that use of “special speech marks” or italicised speech for sign. If your viewpoint character doesn’t understand signed speech, then you take the same approach that would be used for any other language they don’t understand, like French or Thai. E.g “He said something in rapid sign language, face wrinkling in obvious disgust.” is a good way of conveying this. The proof that you’ve done this well is in whether or not you can switch “sign language” for French or something else, and it would read the same.

Don’t be afraid to describe how things are said, either. Sign language is such a beautiful and expressive way of talking, and to see a writer do it justice would be truly fabulous. Putting this into practise:

“Oh, I love maths!” She said, fingers sharp and wide with sarcasm. She raised her eyebrows.

“I’m sorry.” He replied and made his face small, but could not keep the grin forming. She was starting to laugh, too.

This is part one of two, for the sake of readability and keeping the information simple as I can. Part two- writing the deaf characters themselves- is coming up over the weekend. See you then and best luck with your writing until that point :D

This is part of my weekly advice theme. Each week I look at what you’ve asked me to help with, and write a post or series of posts for it. Next week: settings and character development (including heroes, anti-heroes, villains, and every other kind of character).

[naamahdarling]

Thank you, this is wonderful and helpful.

[scriptautistic]

Writing Autistic Characters: 50 posts from scriptautistic

Happy Nanowrimo! In honour of national novel writing month 2017 we have put together this list of 50 of the most useful questions and answers from our blog this year. We hope you find them useful - happy writing!

-the scriptautistic mods

Meta

Our masterpost list

Finding an autistic sensitivity reader or beta-reader for your story

How to research autism without falling for tropes

How do I incorporate a character being autistic into the plot without making it be about them being autistic?

Autism resources

Representation

What sorts of characters would you like to see more of?

What are common stereotypes about autistic characters?

Do you have any advice to keep from infantilizing an autistic character?

Is it ok to write ASD characters that are not loved and accepted straight away?

Would it be bad if I make a non-human character autistic?

How do y'all feel about a story about an autistic guy who grows to dislike his autism?

Comorbidities

Similarities and differences between OCD and ASD

What is the difference between down syndrome and autism?

Encouraging abused children to stim again (effects of child abuse)

Are autistic people more likely to get migraines?

Tips for writing an autistic character in a psychiatric hospital?

The effect of a mental breakdown on a character’s routines

Emotions and empathy

What does hyperempathy feel like?

What would a low-empathy character feel and do when trying to comfort someone?

Showing love without saying “I love you”

How would my character use facial expressions?

Sensory sensitivities

What does understimulation feel like?

How might a person with sensory sensitivities cope with living in an unpleasant environment?

Can a character’s autistic traits change as they get older?

How does it feel to have auditory processing disorder?

Why would an autistic person might hit their head when overloaded?

Stimming

How can I write stims?

What does stimming feel like?

What unobtrusive stims could my character use?

Would a character stim differently depending on their emotions?

What is the effect of repressing their stims?

Education

Does autism give disadvantages for certain subjects at school?

Is it realistic to send someone with autism to a special needs school?

Ableism

Well-intentioned but rude neurotypical people

Bad therapy

Might a police officer consider an autistic person a threat if they were having a meltdown?

Communication

What might cause my character to be temporarily nonverbal?

What are some causes for an autistic person being nonverbal?

Might my character use filler words like “um” and “er”?

Could an autistic character pick up on sarcasm?

Could you use signing to communicate with an autistic toddler?

Other

Is it possible for a character’s family/friends to not suspect that the character is autistic until adulthood?

A character’s friends asking them to stop infodumping

How to write a sex scene with an autistic character

What problems might my character have around keeping a pet?

What could be some difficulties with being an autistic cop?

Flying and being at the airport while autistic

Fun posts

Stim toys in a post-apocalyptic setting

Accommodations for an autistic crewmember on a space station

What might an autistic society look like?

[moramew]

A small list of random ass sites I’ve found useful when writing:

Fragrantica: perfume enthusiast site that has a long list of scents. v helpful when you’re writing your guilty pleasure abo fics

Just One Cookbook: recipe site that centers on Japanese cuisine. Lots of different recipes to browse, plenty of inspiration so you’re not just “ramen and sushi” 

This comparing heights page: gives you a visual on height differences between characters

A page on the colors of bruises+healing stages: well just that. there you go. describe your bruises properly

McCormick Science Institute: yes this is a real thing. the site shows off research on spices and gives the history on them. be historically accurate or just indulge in mindless fascination. boost your restaurant au with it

A Glossary of Astronomy Terms: to pepper in that sweet terminology for your astrophysics major college au needs

[moramew]

Adding to this since I’m working on a shifter au one-shot:

Canine Body Language

Feline Body Language

[moramew]

More:

Cocktail Flow: a site with a variety of cocktails that’s pretty easy to navigate and offers photos of the drinks. You can sort by themes, strengths, type and base. My only real annoyance with this site is that the drinks are sometimes sorted into ~masculine~ and ~feminine~ but ehhhh. It’s great otherwise.

Tie-A-Tie: a site centered around ties, obviously. I stumbled upon it while researching tie fabrics but there’s a lot more to look at. It offers insight into dress code for events, tells you how to tie your ties, and has a section on the often forgotten about tie accessories

[moramew]

Even more:

Types of High Heels: A page describing twenty five different types of high heels. It gives a description and pictures. Shake it up from just “stilettos and kitten heels”

Random Job Generator: Exactly as it says. The site offer more generators like characters, plots, or town names.

Glossary of Hosiery Terms: Figure out what is what on a pair of stockings.

Men’s Dress Shoe Guide: A quick guide describing the eight most common types of men’s dress shoes. Pics included.

Types of Women’s Coats: Descriptions and pics of various different types of coats.

[artboatparty]

Inktober day 3: Edward.

[artboatparty]

Inktober day 2: Divided.

[artboatparty]

Inktober day 1: Swift.

[kiera--b]

friday night tutorial time

this post is massive but i tried to cover both the conceptual and technical side, hopefully it’s somewhat coherent

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[frenden]

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How These Tools Are Different

Photoshop doesn’t do well at interpreting light tablet pressure. Making thick-to-thin strokes requires a lot more care and deliberate line control than would even be necessary with an analog sable brush and real ink. It blows out pressure at the low end leaving feathered lines difficult to create.

BLOB. Line. Line. Line. BLOB.

You get the idea. Since around the time of the Photoshop CS6 Beta, I’ve attempted to create a brush that combats these shortcomings by dropping out some of the lowest pressure mark-making with a combination of flow and texture settings.

The result is a brush that, while not 100% opaque at the lightest marks, provides a hell of a lot more fidelity and control. To my knowledge, no one else has used this technique to create inking tools. The response from peers who’ve tested the set has been unanimously positive.

Pointy tip. Line. Line. Line. Pointy tip.

Here’s a short video showing an early version of just one of the tool presets included in this set.

In addition to several inking tool presets, there are robust pencil tools for blue-and-red-line-roughs and general sketching.

Feedback from other Artists

>These are, by far, the best set of PS brushes I’ve come across. The pencil tools are excellent. I love the Sumi Brush and the rest of the ink pens are fantastic. – Eric Merced

>I’ve been using Frenden’s…inker for awhile and I absolutely love it!…I have a hard time using Photoshop’s default brushes now. – Kory Bing of Skin Deep

>‘Been waiting on these longer than a stripper trying to pick up a quarter with no hands! Inking brush is the tits dude! – Eric Brock

Note: These Tool Presets are only compatible with Photoshop CS5 & CS6.

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