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My name is Micaela! 24, she/ her. This is just a place where I keep pics of all my art and where I reblog drawing tips. Follow if you like what you see! Follow my main blog too: @screams-internally »»»»»»»»please credit me for my art!««««««««

[anatoref]

More How To Draw Manga - Vol. 4: Mastering Bishoujo Characters

[bocodamond0]

this might be useful for me later

[iavenjqasdf-deactivated20240911]

[xxtc-96xx]

Did…did you really just

[miyuliart]

Gripping a sword overview

[thestuffedalligator]

I like how this is both art reference and a guide to more efficiently smite your enemies

[art-and-sterf]

Notes for foreshortening with ERIC by FUNKYMONKEY1945

[catboymoments]

No of fence but if you’re gonna like. Draw a realistic portrait of an anime character who lives in japan and has a Japanese name you miiiiighhht wanna maybe, I don’t know, draw them with Japanese features?

[catboymoments]

ANOTHER ADDITION- this goes for most East Asians but don’t fuckin color their skin YELLOW its super offensive

using yellow undertones is okay (as seen in example) but don’t make them look like the Simpsons

[boy-milf-supreme]

ALSO! If you are gonna draw an Asian person with darker skin, don’t make them BLACK! Asian people can have darker skin, but make it REALISTIC!

Asian people are not black and they are not white. Don’t straight up bend their race.

[binalakai-archive-deactivated20]

hey im an asian (filipino) with family members that have dark skin and what you call “nonstereotypical asian features”, not to mention that im sure other asians, even not southeast ones, have dark skin esp including people who are mix. there are asians to have skin colors you call unrealistic.

whitening is a real thing within asian communities already, and for you to promote the idea that asians can have melanin as long as its “realistic” isnt helpful to us whatsoever

[official-catboy-deactivated2021]

not to mention that the “dark” skin in the example isn’t actually very dark at all… and the “black” skin in the same picture isnt even close to realistic. thats just gray.

asian people can be dark! south asian and southeast asian people are often forgotten about! its really narrow minded to promote the idea that super pale chinese and japanese people are the only asians that are “real.” i’m also filipino, and while the original post + OP’s example were good, this “realistic” darkness thing is super stereotypical, and quite frankly, kinda racist.

these are all realistic asian skintones. there are also asian people who are darker than this. pale east asians arent the only asians who exist. normalize this.

[catboymoments]

FANTASTIC ADDITION

[seirxi]

Disclaimer: I’m completely self taught so my art is not necessarily anatomically correct nor realistic. This is just how I personally draw shoes.

Chunky Big Shoes !! Shoes are one of my absolute favorite things to draw so I’m glad you like how I draw them! these are the only real tips I have lmao. I always just make a vague shape (sorta,,,looks like a cartoon steak or smthn) and then draw the shoes.

[mcapriglioneart]

how to draw arms ? ? 

[swagginsloths]

holy fuck

[shoutsofthunder]

holy fuck is right… but… does it work with legs???

[mcapriglioneart]

yes !!

[empresspinto]

but how much extend

[thunar]

^^^^^^^^^^

[kvothe-kingkiller]

[gabbyzvolt25]

I NEARLY CHOKED

[lifeofcynch]

ENJFDFNFATFVFDF

[deactivated-blog]

finally. i can be accurate

[shiny-charming]

This is too fucking great to not reblog

[wishem]

I give it MASCLES

BIG MACHO

[keithislactoseintolerant-deacti]

🤣🤣

[urhella-gaychloe]

LMAOOOOOO

[fernacular]

Okay but for anyone who legit wants to know how to calculate it correctly:

The elbow joint on average rests a couple inches higher than the navel, so if you measure how long the distance is from the middle of the shoulder to that point then you have the length of the upper and fore arms!

[fernacular]

So if anyone’s wondering about legs too, the simplest rule of thumb is that the length from the top of the leg to the knee is equal to the distance between the top of the leg and the bottom of the pectorals:

And I wanna stress that when i say “top of the leg” i’m not talking about the crotch (please don’t flag me tumblr it’s an anatomical term) i’m talking about the point where the femur connects to the pelvis, which is higher up on the hips:

It’s easier to see what I’m talking about in this photo of a man squatting: 

So yeah if you use that measurement when using this technique you should get fairly realistically proportioned legs:

But remember! messing with proportions is an important and fun part of character design! Know the rules first so you can then break them however you please!

[im-a-hyperion-vault-hunter-deac]

HOW THE HELL DID I FIND THIS POST OMG

[clyde-anti]

skin color ref because some of yall non-black poc and whites keep fucking up as if yall don’t know there’s other shades of brown when u racebend for woke points or something 

(non-black artists please reblog)

[nebbie91]

Please reblog regardless of your race/ethnicity.

[inkandego]

heres a chart I made for myself showing diffrent undertones and how that affects the skin if anyone’s intrested

[vigaishere]

Use this to make a skin palette in your art program!

[idahlrillion]

And this is how I nose.

[artificial-strawberries]

Recently had my hair dyed, and now it's the color of Dr. Pepper

[beedalee]

Tutorial - Curves on Girls by *Ai-Bee

For the anon asking about curves months ago, and for anyone else that could use any points on the subject!*

*NOT AN EXPERT THO

[picturethisimaginethat]

Monica and Gwen make a guest appearance in a tutorial I did on curves!

[joyfulldreams]

WOW BIG GIRLS OMG

[todoyamas]

hi! i love your art, it's so pretty ♥ and you draw feet really well, do you have any tips?

thank you a lot anon!! (  /)w(\) here, i made a few notes about the steps i follow while drawing feet:

^ that’s assuming you’re not drawing from a low perspective, as if the camera was on the floor or something like that!

SORRY MY HANDWRITING SUCKS and i’m not really good at explaining things bc i don’t really follow a guide and stuff so yeah BUT I HOPE IT WAS HELPFUL TO YOU!!

[catghost2]

high quality expression references with varied facial types

[art-res]

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

[funandaims]

How to, step-by-step, make expressions mean different things by changing just one facial feature at a time. *shrug* I’m not very good at explaining how I do expressions, I just…feel out what kinds of muscles seem to fit and tweak those. And sometimes, ever so slightly, little adjustments could mean the difference between fury and euphoria. 

[stansmarsh]

reference,

[fairymascot]

So my friend Night expressed a general desire for help with profiles, and I figured I’d go ahead and whip this up! I’m no anatomy master or anything, but this is stuff that helps me quite a bit, so I figured I’d share… even if I have no idea how helpful it actually is. Writing tutorials is hard! Ah well, I hope it can be of some use.

[anatoref]

African-American Hair Styles in Depth Row 1 & 2 Row 3, 4, & 6 Row 5

[vesperkore]

[holdmyhat]

Ohmigosh yes.

[nikoanesti]

As much as I would love to try different perspectives and stuff, I have absolutely no sense of depth.

[awkwardsituationist]

“world of averages” - composite images culled from thousands of individual portraits resulting in symmetrical average faces. 

[thekawaiiangel]

this was too cool not to reblog

[misselaney]

I don’t care if I have reblogged this already, this is awesome for those “How do I draw someone who looks” questions.