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When I was trying to figure out paint tools sai I had a hard time finding helpful tutorials. So I’ve decided to post some things I’ve discovered that were useful. (And maybe might be useful to you) http://i.imgur.com/9M5XpMw.jpg
A mouth-watering fuck-ton of hand angle references.
By Shadowcross on DA.
a really simplified step-by-step on how i’ll draw a really really simple drawing using flash, with which i have become good pals.
this isn’t pretty, and sloppy. but hopefully it helps out?
Some of you have been asking me about my notebook covers, so I decided to do a tutorial. Hope it be helpful for all of you who want to customize notebooks. Remind that I am not american or british and do not speak English that well. Sorry if I wrote something wrong. See ya!
Aaaaaaaah thank you so much for doing this for me :) I hope to find some time to do this, I really appreciate you making a tutorial QwQ
Just curious on how you approach composition and perspective. I feel as if sometimes I think too hard, not really about what to draw but how to draw it and make it look interesting. The comic panels you have been doing are amazing. Any tips/references on improving my knowledge of composition and perspective? What do you think about as you lay your pencil on the drawing paper? what goes through your mind?
*STANDARD DISCLAIMER* I’m not handing down life lessons or trying to assert that there’s a ‘correct way’ to draw. I’m just trying to make perspective more approachable for thems that want to tackle it.
Okay. Let’s do this.
1. Understand what perspective is and what it’s for. Stay away from rulers while you get comfortable.
Everyone struggles with perspective because 1. it’s not well or widely taught and 2. artists tend to see linear perspective as a set of rules rather than a set of tools.
Linear perspective is a TOOL we use to create and depict SPACE. That’s it. That’s all it is. Your goal is not to draw in ‘accurate linear perspective.’ Stay away from the ruler and precision for as long as you can. Your goal is to create the illusion of three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface. Perspective is just a tool to help you construct and correct that space.
2. Know in your bones that you can ONLY learn to draw in perspective through physical practice. There is no other way.
Grab some paper and draw with me. If you match me drawing for drawing you will be more fluent in linear perspective and spatial drawing by the end of this post. Unfortunately if you don’t, you won’t be.
3. Sketch around in rough perspective. NO RULERS.
So let’s make some simple space. let’s start with a two dimensional surface…
K. We have a flat, 2D surface. Let’s create some depth by putting a vanishing point in the middle, and having parallel lines converge towards it. Make a gridded plane inside that space.
Good. Let’s make that space meaningful by adding a dude and a road or something. (Again, parallel ‘depth lines’ will converge into the vanishing point along the horizon)
And now we have the rough illusion of some space. I didn’t use any rulers, and it’s not perfectly accurate, but we got our depth from that vanishing point right in the middle of the page. And since we have a little dude in there, we’ve got human scale, which allows us to gauge the size of the space we’ve created. Gives it meaning.
You need people or cars or some recognizable, human-scale THING in there as a frame of reference or your space won’t mean much to your viewer. Watch. We can make that same basic space a whole lot bigger like this:
Same vanishing point in the same place, completely different scale, and a totally different feeling of space. Cool, right?
3. Sketch around in rough perspective MORE. STAY LOOSE.
See what sort of spaces and feelings you can create with vanishing points and gridded planes on a post-it or something. Super small, super rough. Feel it out. Pick a vanishing point or lay out a grid in perspective, and MAKE SOME SPACE. Do it. Draw, I don’t know, a lady and her dog in a desert. I’ll do it, too.
Good job. LOOK AT YOU creating the illusion of space! This is how you’ll thumbnail and plan anything you want to draw in space. All of my drawings start this way. I think about how I want the viewer to feel and then play around with space and composition until I find something that works.
Once you have a sketch you like, and space that you feel, THEN you can take out the ruler and make it more accurate and convincing.
4. Draw environments from life.
I cannot stress this enough. Draw the world around you, try to draw the shapes and angles as you see them, and you will ‘get’ how and why perspective is used. Use something permanent so that you’ll move fast and commit. I usually use black prismacolor pencil.
You’ll learn or reinforce something with every drawing. I learned a lot about multiple vanishing points from this drawing:
Learned from the receding, winding space I tired to draw here:
Layered, interior spaces:
You get the idea.
Life drawing will also help you develop your own shorthand and language for depicting textures, materials, details, natural and architectural features, etc. Do it. Do it all the time. Go to pretty or interesting places just to draw them.
Take a second and just draw a quick sketch of whatever room you’re in.
5. Perspective in formal Illustration: apply what you’ve learned.
1. I always start with research. For this particular location I looked at Angkor Wat.
2. Once I had enough reference, I did a bunch of little thumbnail sketches with a very loose sense of space and picked the one I liked best.
3. Scanned the thumbnail and drew a little more clearly over it. Worked out the rough space before using formal perspective.
4. Reinforced the space with formal perspective. I dropped in pre-made vanishing points over my drawing. If I were drawing in real media here’s where I’d get out the ruler to sketch in some accurate space.
5. Drew the damn thing. Because I do my research, draw from life, and am comfortable drawing in perspective, I can wing it. I just sort of ‘build’ the ruins freehand in the space I’ve established, keeping it more or less accurate, experimenting and playing with details along the way. I erase a lot, too, both in PS and when drawing in pencil. Keeps it fun for me.
And that’s what I know about composition and perspective. If you want more formal instruction on perspective and it’s uses, you can use John Buscema’s How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way. Or If you want to get really intense about it, Andrew Loomis can help you
Painting Blood Step by Step by ConceptCookie
Frickin’ hell lemme tell you how much I needed this tutorial.
Source: JaneMere
WOWOWOW
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.
reference,
EXTREMELY IN-DEPTH GUIDES TO DRAWING DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
I am just crying tears of happy joy and whispering GAIAONLINE TAKE NOTE
‘the Irish head (skull) is one of the largest in Europe’
‘Irish are broad built and large boned’
‘Irish have characteristically thick eyebrows’
whelp
guess I know what to blame my problems on
thanks genetics
but no this is a great resource totally rad check it out
This is really, really fascinating!
i’ve been waiting for this reference for a million years
The Basic Binding of Books, a Tutorial by Jamie Butler.
Follow the rest of it here.
Fascinating.
Basic comic interpretation - different camera angle
Skin Tutorial by acidlullaby
Ty Carter Art-Thoughts on Color, Part 1 & 2; Design, Color and “Value” an Idea.
Hey rajivnarayanan,
Thanks! Here are a few demos I’ve posted on workflow, color, values, composition, and story. To see the full text and details along with other tutorials/demos, visit tycarter.com
Feel free to share with your friends or download for personal use! There are many ways to paint and these are my humble thoughts. I hope you enjoy!
A great post about lines of action, dynamism, negative space, silhouettes, twinning and composition with tons of examples Here
thanks Ron!
風で髪なびきアニメ下書き 風になびく旗や布、髪はこんな風にして丸にそって動かすといいそうです… on Twitpic
Wow, this makes folds and wind blown things a lot more clear!
Oh wow I was looking for something like this lately oAO
Oh Christ reblogging this for myself.
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Unleash your inner artist with this Graphics Tablet from Monoprice!From the time we first grasped a crayon in our little hands, we have grown used to the use of the pen/pencil form for writing and dra
Alright so I know things have been slow but heres a sweet deal. This tablet is a wonderful thing! I bought it in desperation after my Intous 5 took a dump on me. Less then 70$ and you have a tablet about the same size as a medium size range Intous. While it may not be as flash as the Intous let me tell you guys now it will take a beating and a half and still be kicking. I abuse the snot out of mine, stuffing it my laptop bag, tossing it aside when I'm done. It still works perfectly. Sure you don't have change able pen tips, but you can buy extra pens easy and the tip really doesnt show much wear and tear. The pens battery operated, so if it dies its and easy fix. USB plug in the 10x6.25 fits wonderfully in your lap. Can always go to a smaller size (I know I like larger drawing areas though)
So for anyone getting ready for that christmas season and looking for something to get for someone who wants a tablet. This is it.
10/10 would totally buy again if mine died
-Mod Cat