Art Help Tips Tutorials

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[nipuni]

Hello dear Nipuni! First of all, Happy New Year! (both 2017 and also the upcoming Chinese one in a few days xD). I was wondering if... you could tell me who you color the lineart, I mean, how you do color the line >///< Call me silly, I've tried a lot of things and when I paint, it always ends up changing the line color :S I've even watched Matt Rhodes painting and couldn't figure out how he did it. Could you please help me? Sorry if I disturb you! U_U" I really love how color clean your art is!

Hello! Happy new year to you too!! It depends on the software you are using, make sure your lines are in a separate layer, then lock the transparency of said layer and paint over them, the color should only affect the lines this way (or whatever you have in that layer). In photoshop it is this button

and in SAI it is here

It will allow you to do this

I would show you more programs but I only have these two, I hope it helps!

[cupozo]

i made a thing

[anatoref]

Blasts! Top Image Row 2 Row 3

[linneart]

Hi! when you colour things digitally, how to you colour underneath the line art? The best ive come up with it make putting a partial transparency on the original picture, but it doesnt look quite right :/ thanks!

I made a guide because this is a very common question, but very VERY useful!! This makes things way easier:

1. Create new document

2. Paste your linework onto a NEW LAYER

3. Set that linework layer to MULTIPLY

4. Put all other coloring layers UNDERNEATH the linework. Those are where you color! (Layers 2 and 3 in image) This works on any paint program that has layers. If you have a layer option, you usually have some type of “multiply” setting.

If you don’t have multiply, it may be called something else. Mess around with the settings, but you shouldn’t have to change the transparency!

[felidadae]

i have a question about drawing clothes with writing on them; when i do it it always seems to turn out slightly ~wrong~. like not all the letters look to be the same size, or like i stretched them/ shortened them in the wrong place. how do you always do it so perfectly? is there some secret to it, or is it mostly trial and error?

Honestly, its a lot of trial and error :’D What I’ve noticed when drawing letters on clothing is the letters have to follow the folds of the clothes - which becomes easier the more you practice. If you have any clothes with lettering or shapes on them (even stripes if you really want to give yourself a headache PFF), take a photo and study how the lines follow the creases!

giving yourself a small guide too can help! What I tend to do when I include letters is stencil out a box shape that follows the shape of the body (even if there aren’t any creases on the chest area for e.g, there’ll still be a slight curve because chests aren’t flat), and then I use that stencil to make the letters fit the shape! Like so:

I hope some of that helps Anon :’D I’ve never tried to do a tutorial before because I find it really tricky to explain how I do things - but I hope even some of this has helped. Honestly the best thing to do is just practice from photos and remember the letters and shapes will distort depending on the angle of the clothing, you’ll get the hang of it in time

[kiraoji]

art cheats

hello i am here today to not lose track of the art cheats i have discovered over the years. what i call art cheat is actually a cool filter/coloring style/way to shade/etc. that singlehandedly makes art like 20 times better

80’s anime style

glitch effect

glow effects

adding colors to grayscale paintings

foreshortening ( coil )

foreshortening ( perspective )

clipping group (lines)

clipping group (colors)

dramatic lighting ( GOOD )

shading metal

lighting faces

that is all for today, do stay tuned as i am always hunting for cool shit like this

[kiraoji]

guys stop reblogging this these are cheats the CIA will come for you

[lunaartgallery]

After many requests, I’ve made another character tutorial, this time looking at the very basics of shapes. My next tutorial will explain the “Awesome Duo” featured in many shows. Star and Marco, Mable and Dipper…etc.

List of Characters featured: Ralph, Vanellope, Felix, Joy, Anger, Sadness, Jasper, Grenda, Star, Pikachu,The Joker, Dash.

WANT TO SEE MORE COOL STUFF! Support my Patreon if you like my artwork and get a ton of exclusive content,   Patreon: [https://www.patreon.com/lunaartgallery] Thank you~!

[anxiouspineapples]

quick & simple hair tutorial

[swordsite]

#Knife #Knives #Cuchillo #Faca #Couteau #нож #ナイフ #刀#pisau #سكين

Modern Knife Types / Blade Shapes

For sources: http://sword-site.com/thread/1111/diagrams-modern-knife-types

Sword-Site - The World’s Largest Sword Museum

[thegeekcritique]

Important for those who thought a Honing Steel was a Steak Knife.

[thatseanguyblogs-deactivated201]

happy fun time.

[anatoref]

Studying Trees by Fabian Rensch

[nsfwbutts]

Thank you to the Patrons who voted for this Tutorial! If you would like some bases to use freely for exercising your new knowledge, you can download them HERE. 

If you would like to check out my reference Pile that I used for this tutorial, check that out HERE!

Hope this helped somehow in your journey to drawing plump and fat and chub folks c:

[snuffysbox]

more draw the squad. 

please credit and tag me if you use this base, thanks !!

[momoiroinkremade]

Have some noses.

👃Please do not edit/trace/reupload or remove my caption👃

[blueumbriel]

I actually got my style of drawing eyes from the Ace Attorney series and probably some 2D Disney movies as I grew up. :)

@koclains

[sov-ja]

Hi i am new to Tumblr and your drawings are amazing do you have an tips on Anatomy i really suck at it and i wish to get better. Thank you.<3

HI! THANK YOU but are you asking me, a person who cries every time they have to do a full body, for anatomy tips?? 

well…,,, i’m not sure if i’m the right person to help you with that (i'n not even sure if i can!), but insted i’ll tell you what i do to improve the anatomy of my drawings!

the most predictable and common advice is: use references!!! watching and trying to imitate the reference picture helps you understand and memorize the way things work. i’ve always wanted the characters on my drawings to be more expressive so i’ll tell how i use references to help me practise this.. let’s go! 

we’ll take these two photos as an example:

source: (x), (x)

so first of all i draw basically the same thing. i don’t aim for realistic style, so just understanding the pose works for me. i guess you can trace the image, too, but i really prefer redrawing. anyway! now i have something like this:

so what i do with these is try to change the pose just a little bit to make it look more… action-y. definetly no tracing here! draw just by looking at your fisrt one and the original reference! for example with the first picture: you can bend the body forward or backwards:

so it looks like something this:

  and the second one:

aaaaand that’s about it.. you’re absolutely right to look for art tips!! there are lots of them done by amazing artists who know what they’re doing! many of the tips i found iver the years helped me so much, but not everything worked for me, some things i kinda had to figure out myself. this one might o be useful for you BUT the best thing to do to improve any aspect of your art is practice!! if something is hard, good. do it anyway. let it be crappy for the first time, for the second time, for the tenth time, it’s okay.  eventually you’ll get it, that’s for sure!

GOOD LUCK!!! <3 

[vyscera]

27 drawing prompts to round out your OC

Because these are fun to make ok

Draw Your OC…

1. Full detail, in their undies, as a body reference point 

2. As a silhouette that is unique and recognizable 

3. Showing a dramatic emotion. Think outside of the box! Instead of happy/sad/mad, go for something like pride/love/guilt  

4. In a setting from the past 

5. In a highly futuristic setting

6. In a different style than your own

7. As a complete opposite of themselves

8. In a way that captures their personality/role by using gesture and body language

9. As a different species (fantasy/animal/ect.)

10. In their job/work setting

11. Super simplified, but still recognizable 

12. In the world of your favorite videogame

13. In the world of your favorite tv show  

14. In the world of your favorite movie (catching a trend?)

15. During the worst time in their life

16. During the best time of their life

17. Interacting with your other oc(s)

18. Interacting with you

19. As a realistic portrait

20. As a hero

21. As a villain

22. Giving up

23. Doing something they shouldn’t

24. Getting caught doing something, do they try to get out of it? How?

25. Doing something that is unique to them

26. As they just found out they’re going to have a baby! How do they react?

27. With your non dominant hand (try to capture their essence!)

[mrhaliboot]

Any tips on hands?

Yes! Hands are one of my favourite things to draw! before you settle on any sort of style, you need to study real hand anatomy either online or via life drawing, understanding hands can be really tricky (which is fine, we learn as we go along).

As for some tips on the way I draw hands, here is some pointers I came up with, apologies for my monstrous handwriting:

I personally love to exaggerate the hands to be as bold and expressive as possible, especially if the mood is something action or adventure-based. Hands are almost like little characters of their own. You can modify them with big gestures or little details (like the pinky finger out if it’s a posh character) as long as it stays believable-looking. Some of my examples!

(Also, use your own hands for reference! You have hands, use them!)