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Whoo, super long nose tutorial! I’m sure there’s heaps I didn’t mention in this but this is generally how I approach it - the main thing is to check out references and try and draw different noses, it’ll help you create more diverse characters and have fun with it without being afraid of drawing the nose (since it’s genuinely one of my favourite things to draw).

Other tutorials: X

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edit: broke up the images more so hopefully it isn’t super blurry now!

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ahhh I hope this serves as some sort of use for people? orz

learn your anatomies to the point that you can build it in simple shapes! perspective is also essential, i’m sorry

if you can build things in your head and take them apart in your head you will have little to no problems building your pictures { aside from composition issues }.

remember to use references, it’s not cheating, your mind won’t ever come up with as much variety as nature and if you haven’t rendered something before and you don’t know how to do it, what are you going to do? not use references?

and practice lots, it’s the only way to develop your own style and see what sorts of stylization works and what doesn’t!

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idk, this has probably been discovered by somebody smarter than me long ago already… anyway, just in case it helps!

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oooooooh

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Thank you bless you!

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Femur Shorthand by mldoxy

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OpenToonz

It’s finally here!

We have been waiting for days and OpenToonz is finally available!

OpenToonz is the Open Source version of Toonz, the animation software used by Studio Ghibli and Futurama’s animators. The software was developed by the Italian Digital Video and this free version was created by Dwango in collaboration with Digital Video and Studio Ghibli.

You can download the software here!

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@tangy-teardrops

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sketchcomplex

I stumbled upon a website that allows you to blend any colors evenly no matter how opposite on the spectrum they are.

sharing the knowledge

very helpful art resource

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WHERE HAS THIS BEEN ALL MY LIFE???

arttutorialparadise

i plan on writing a comic, do you know any tips that could help me with that?

(As an art focused blog I’m going to take it that when you say ‘write’ you mean doing the entire thing and not just writing the plot and dialog.)

Well, I don’t draw comics that much these days, but I’ll give you what advice I can. I’ll also point out some helpful tutorials those who do draw comics have done.

1. Characters

You’ll probably have an idea of where you want to go with your comic- but plotting out your story and characters should come first. Have a sheet handy for each character that includes a simple turn around (front, back, and side view) so that you can reference it and keep the character consistent looking. (Especially if the character has a more complex costume.) On this sheet also include a few character basics that you may need to remember like height, talents, or even favorite food. Basically stuff that you might otherwise forget when you’re in the middle of a story.

Other great resources:

http://fuckyeahcharacterdevelopment.tumblr.com/post/130822316533/the-character-turnaround

2. Thumbnails and Composition

Even in regular art sketching out a small fast composition/layout of your image before you start building on it is good practice. For comics I should think its even more important. Consider that your panels’ shapes can evoke mood just as much as the content you put inside them and play around with the layout and composition of your comic page.

Other great resources:

http://ucresearch.tumblr.com/post/52827769865/the-visual-linguistics-of-a-comic-book-page

http://giancarlovolpe.tumblr.com/post/31936449650/i-did-some-compositional-how-tos-in-my-early

http://giancarlovolpe.tumblr.com/post/32159024946/heres-some-guides-i-did-to-point-out-the

3. Backgrounds

I hands down am no good at backgrounds so I’m going to just direct you to some other people. (Sorry!)

http://arttutorialparadise.tumblr.com/post/128788977877/as-warm-as-choco-a-master-post-of-thomas

http://yakovlev-vad.tumblr.com/post/105009670983/other-guide-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC-also-you-can-look-through

http://eyecaging.tumblr.com/post/132954811495/the-class-im-currently-taking-and-will-probably

4. Creating Mood Through Art

Don’t tell. Show. Perspective, color, and lighting can also evoke emotion to help move the story along. Use these to tell your story more effectively in areas without text. Is your character sad and vulnerable in this frame? Consider a slightly downward looking angle over the character and color the frame with shadows of blue tint. Keep the lighting sparse and broken up or even just from a single light source that barely reaches over the character. The angle makes them small and vulnerable, the blue tint makes their sad feelings more apparent, and the small bit of light highlights the fact that they’re in shadow (sad) instead of in the light (happy).

Other great resources:

http://z-raid.tumblr.com/post/73920323805/fucktonofanatomyreferences-a-glorious-fuck-ton

http://tycarterart.tumblr.com/post/59196632709/ty-carter-art-thoughts-on-color-part-1-2

5. Push Action

Perspective helps with this as well, but really push your characters to create a feeling of movement and dynamism. Do this by drawing a line of action before you sketch out your character. An example of someone really good at this would be Nargyle: http://nargyle.tumblr.com/post/130911292126/collection-of-bunny-girl-ennas-this-week-follow

And here are some other great resources for action lines:

http://grizandnorm.tumblr.com/post/82493964139/tuesday-tips-super-week-push-it-clarity-is

http://arttutorialparadise.tumblr.com/post/84925511977/ashasaurus-rappinpicard-always-some-good

http://dammek.tumblr.com/post/111813031572/gonna-use-buddy-boy-here-for-another-thing-i-got

Anyway, that’s all the advice I have, so here’s some from a few other people and feel free to look around in this blog’s archives for other resources and tuts you may need. :)

http://faitherinhicks.tumblr.com/post/115222022285/how-i-make-the-comics

http://kierongillen.tumblr.com/post/137340673792/comic-writer-masterpost

http://gigidigi.tumblr.com/post/101404096071/anonymous-said-how-do-you-manage-to-put

http://arttutorialparadise.tumblr.com/post/128801892137/the-relative-color-and-the-absolute-color

I hope this helped and good luck with your comic!

~ ATP

PS: Don’t forget to take care of your wrists as well!http://arttutorialparadise.tumblr.com/post/137176735622/flatbear-foervraengd-every-artist-who-sees

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Late last year I wanted to start a series of short tutorials called Tip Jar, as a way of saying thanks to my fans and giving back to my patrons. This is the first of the series I have made, showing my technique on quickly filling in lineart so you can get to painting without coloring outside the lines faster.

Someday I hope to turn these into video tutorials when I have the income and the time, but for now I hope that I will be able to share useful tips in this infographic format.

Full tutorial image

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This is exactly how I do my flats.

chillyfeetsteak

This is how I do my flats! Really quick and easy!

shoomlah

Worth sharing because this is exaaaaactly how I do my flats! I get this question all the time when I post my process videos, and this explains it far more succinctly than I ever could. :)

billbreneisen

It’s easy for storyboard artists to forget about certain cinematic techniques because we don’t work with actual cameras, film, and lenses. Here’s a little piece about racking focus and it’s purpose in cinematic storytelling. Cheers!

billbreneisen

A brief overview of focal length as it applies to storyboarding. Happy storyboarding!

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Drawing Clothing: Portraying Thickness of Fabric

Something I see neglected a lot in drawing tutorials in regards to drawing clothing is the thickness of the material, and I think this is a very important element of fabric that needs to be considered!

It basically breaks down to that thin fabric has more folds and creases and thicker fabric has less, due to the very nature of the material itself. A thick wool coat is less likely to bend and fold as compared to a polyester Windbreaker.

Here are some examples:

The sweater on the left is a wool knit (presumably), and the shirt on the right is silk. Although the models are standing fairly different, there’s no doubt that if the one wearing the sweater were to stand up, their sweater would not fold as excessively as the silk shirt.

Here’s a better example, of the same style of clothing:

Both of these figures are wearing a hoodie and pajama pants, of roughly the same cut and style. But the difference is that the figure on the left’s fabric is likely made of felt or very thick cotton. See how few folds there are, how rigid it is? It almost looks fluffy. The fabric is thick, therefore the hood sits up on its own. Fabric that behaves like this include wool, thick cotton, canvas, flannel burlap, denim, thick acrylic, angora, corduroy, velvet, etc.

The figure on the right is probably wearing the same size of hoodie and pants as the figure on the left, but the difference is that the fabric is probably a poly-blend, thin cotton, or something similar. It sags, it droops, and it clings to the body where it lays, and hangs underneath. Since the fabric is so thin, the hood has no support. Therefore it lays almost flat on the figure’s shoulders. If this is exaggerated, the fabric will even start to appear wet and heavy. Fabric that behaves like this includes silk, polyester, thin cotton, crushed velvet, oxford, nylon, thin acrylic, satin, cashmere, etc.

This simple concept can change the feel of a concept or character very quickly! Keep them in mind and keep drawing!